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When James and Vivian Henley met and married in 1988, both were certified public accountants with what looked like predictable career paths ahead. James and Vivian were believers, but neither imagined that God would call them to a ministry that would change an entire community.
A graduate of Millsaps College, James Henley was working in the U.S. Trustees Office as a bankruptcy analyst when he felt the call to enroll in law school.
"I had a wife, kids, and a mortgage," James Henley recalls. "I had never even thought about becoming an attorney. All I knew was that I was being called by God to go to law school."
James Henley enrolled in Mississippi College School of Law, graduating in 1994 and practicing with Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC in Jackson before opening a private practice in bankruptcy law. Vivian Henley, an accounting graduate of Delta State University, had already earned her M.B.A. from Mississippi College at night while working full-time at BellSouth. Three years after James graduated from law school, Vivian left BellSouth and enrolled at MC Law, earning her own J.D. in 2000. Both Henleys were outstanding law students; James and Vivian both made Law Review and James finished second in his class. In the years following their graduations, James went to work as a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee and Vivian practiced with the law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.
In 2001, just as the Henleys were settling into their new careers as attorneys, James Henley heard the voice of God calling him to take another, even more unexpected leap of faith.
"I realized I was being led to the ministry," James Henley says. "I had felt a stirring for a couple of years and I'd been ignoring it, telling God, 'You must be talking to someone else.' But that pull toward ministry kept getting stronger, and finally, I prayed to God, 'If this is what You want, You need to make it clear to me.' A couple of days later, I was leaving choir practice at church and a girl in the choir told all of us to stop moving. She said, 'God just told me He is calling someone in this room to ministry.' It couldn't get much clearer than that."
James Henley answered the call on December 28, 2001, and began studying at Wesley Biblical Seminary in Jackson and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. The last Sunday in February of 2002, Rev. James Henley preached his first sermon as an associate minister at Stronger Hope Baptist Church.
Vivian Henley was supportive, but cautious.
"When he first told me he'd been called, I said, 'Okay,' but honestly, I hoped it was a passing fancy," Vivian Henley says. "I didn't want to change my life. I thought if he wanted to stay at church all day, that was fine, but I wasn't going to stay there with him."
In January of 2004, God once again asked James Henley to step out in faith, this time by starting a new church. After discussing it with his wife and his pastor, Rev. Henley made the leap. He began organizing Fresh Start Christian Church in June of 2004. In November of that year, with a whole-heartedly supportive Vivian by his side, Rev. Henley preached his first sermon as Fresh Start's pastor to a group of 15 friends and family members in the den of the Henleys' home.
Fresh Start continued to meet at the Henleys' house for one month; the church's first baptism took place in the family's backyard swimming pool. As the fledgling church's membership grew, Rev. Henley began looking for additional space. Fresh Start moved into 600 square feet in an office building in late 2004, then into a freestanding building the church purchased on Manhattan Drive in North Jackson in 2005. In 2007, Fresh Start moved into its current location in the spacious former YMCA building, also on Manhattan Drive in North Jackson. Each time the church needed to expand, Rev. Henley confined the search to the Northside Drive area, the neighborhood where he felt God intended the church to operate.
In Fresh Start's early days, others were not so easily convinced that God would have chosen that particular neighborhood. When Rev. Henley contacted Dorothy Thompson, a local realtor, for assistance in finding the first church building, Thompson's suggestion was that he look elsewhere.
"I tried to discourage him from buying in that area because I knew the neighborhood was in transition and I didn't think it was a sound investment," Thompson recalls. "But James was adamant. He just kept saying, 'God wants us to be there.'"
When she couldn't talk him out of it, Thompson sold James Henley the church's first building on Manhattan Drive. Rev. Henley invited Thompson to attend a worship service in the new building, and she agreed, bringing along her teenaged son, Matthew. When they left the service that day, Matthew told his mother that he wanted to go back.
"We kept visiting, and eventually, we became members," Thompson says. "Before too long, Fresh Start had become so much a part of that community that we became a part of the community, too. I ended up relocating my business into that neighborhood, and then I bought a house and moved there. When my older son was looking for a place of his own, I found him a condo in that neighborhood – the same neighborhood that I advised James Henley not to buy property in. Now I tell people that neighborhood is definitely in transition. It's in transition for the better."
Fresh Start Christian Church has become a center of help, hope, and support in the community. The church runs an Angel Food program that allows families in need to buy groceries at lower prices. Fresh Start stages neighborhood health fairs and conducts seminars on how to manage finances and work toward home ownership – seminars that draw upon Rev. and Mrs. Henley's experiences as accountants and attorneys. The Henleys and Fresh Start members see the additional space the former YMCA location offers as an opportunity to develop even more programs, activities, and services for the community.
"The more we give, the more we are blessed in that neighborhood," Dorothy Thompson says. "God put us there to help the community and the community has helped us. Through Fresh Start, I am giving back. I am spending my time doing what God wants me to do."
Since moving into their new facility, Fresh Start has added a second service, a necessary step to accommodate the church's growing membership and frequent visitors. Fresh Start members represent a mix of ages, races, and income levels, and include traditional families, families led by single mothers, and hundreds of children and teenagers from the neighborhood surrounding the church. The active youth ministry includes a monthly teen night and a parents' night out with activities for younger children.
"When we first started Fresh Start, I'd open the doors and yell, 'We've got free food!' I was doing everything but grabbing kids off the street to get them in here," Rev. Henley recalls. "We'd tell them to take as much pizza as they wanted, and for some of the kids, that was a very big thing. We used something as simple as a pizza to show them that God's love is abundant."
During those first few months, Rev. Henley was happy when five or 10 children showed up for pizza. Today, as many as 200 children and teenagers show up for parents' night out and teen night, many of whom go on to introduce their parents to Fresh Start.
"It's a lot easier to start a person off right than it is to reclaim them," Vivian Henley says, "and as we've seen time and time again, you can reach a family through the children. The parent is thinking, 'I've got to go to work, I've got to do laundry, I don't have any time,' but the child is saying, 'I want to go back there 'cause they gave me potato chips after Sunday school."
Kenosha Williams is one of the many parents who found Fresh Start through her child. Williams and her then nine-year-old daughter, Monica, and eight-month-old twins Josiah and Jolisa, lived across the street from Fresh Start. When Monica asked to attend parents' night out, Williams attended a service to "check out the church." What Williams found was a welcoming, family-like atmosphere and sermons that made a difference in her daily life. That inspection visit was four years ago; Williams and her family have been involved with Fresh Start ever since.
"Fresh Start has had a tremendous impact on our family," Williams says. "Before, I would get off work, pick up the kids, go home, and we'd all watch TV. Now, there is always something going on at the church for us. My kids are involved in all kinds of youth programs and activities and I'm involved in the women's ministry and outreach in the neighborhood. We're not just sitting at home anymore. We're part of a family, a community, and we're all growing so much."
While the church has come a long way since the first year, when, as Vivian puts it, "we were amazed just by the idea that someone besides us might show up," Rev. Henley does not keep a formal count of his members.
"That's a game the enemy plays," Rev. Henley says. "How many people do you have? Oh, that's not enough, or that's too many. If you have five, 50, 500, or 5,000 and you're pastoring them, then you're doing your job and doing what you're called to do."
Fresh Start has a small paid staff ("and they are paid a pittance," Rev. Henley says with a smile), but volunteers run most of the programs. Leading them is Vivian Henley; the wife who once didn't want her life to change, serves as the church administrator, church secretary, and minister of music.
"The whole thing has been gradual, but we've both been fully involved since the beginning," Vivian Henley says, adding with a smile, "When your spouse has a calling from God, you can't just let him fall on his face."
"James and Vivian complement each other beautifully," says Fresh Start member Denny Teague. "Vivian does so much behind the scenes that allows James to tend to the flock, and they are both so responsive if you have needs or questions. You can't help but love them."
In addition to their ministry, the Henleys have continued to work as attorneys. James still practices as a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee, operating an office with a staff of 12. Vivian is legal counsel for BankPlus, and both are hands-on parents.
"You have more time in the day than you realize," Rev. Henley says. "I used to watch every football game on TV. It didn't matter who was playing, I was watching. Then I realized we have time to do what God calls us to do. It's just a matter of what we're willing to give up to do it. And I don't know of anything else I'd rather be doing."
While others marvel at the leaps of faith that took them from accounting to the law to the ministry, the Henleys focus instead on the little steps of faith they take every day.
"Every time the church doors open, that's a leap of faith," Vivian Henley says. "I think we all tend to think of faith as what gets us through the big things, but just look at all the challenges each of us faces on a regular basis. Yes, faith is for the big things, but faith is also what gets us through everyday life."


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What kind of monitor?
Posted 20 March 2007 - 05:22 PM
Posted 20 March 2007 - 05:33 PM
I have also heard good things about the ChiMea 22" as well and those can be had for $250 here localy.
Posted 20 March 2007 - 05:43 PM
cobaka, on Mar 20 2007, 07:22 PM, said:
Posted 20 March 2007 - 05:59 PM
Jsonedecker, on Mar 20 2007, 07:33 PM, said:
Was this the one that only became available recently? (Within the last year). I was looking to buy a 24", pretty sure it was the Dell, an nowhere had it available yet.
I ended up with a 22" widescreen Gateway.
I love it. I'll never go back to a 4:3 box. Gaming is great on it. At the end of the summer when I buy a new gaming rig I'll get the 24" with it.
Posted 20 March 2007 - 06:26 PM
Not really out of necessity, but just because I can.
I have been using LCDs for a couple years, and I have nothing but good things to say about them - although I find the greatest advantage is still having them mounted on the arm mounts and not sitting in the middle of the workspace on my desk.
Posted 20 March 2007 - 06:36 PM
Jsonedecker, on Mar 21 2007, 08:33 AM, said:
I have also heard good things about the ChiMea 22" as well and those can be had for $250 here localy.
I have one of the Chimea 22" LCD's - it's very no-frills and quite basic looking but for the price it's great. I mainly use it for games (of course!) so don't know how well it would go in a more professional environment.
I did have trouble with picture quality using a VGA cable but switching to DVI solve this.
Posted 20 March 2007 - 07:30 PM
22" widescreen is about the right size for me. AFAIK, any bigger and i'd need to use two DVI outputs. and 20" widescreens seem a little small compared to my old 19" CRT.
REMEMBER: the best way to choose is to go to the store and actually demo the monitor.
good luck!
Posted 20 March 2007 - 07:37 PM
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Posted 21 March 2007 - 03:15 AM
As for quality, make sure it's a good one, probably more important than with the CRT, though these days the average quality should be pretty good. As for specifics you should probably ask someone closer to home than me
krise madsen
Hatchetforce said:
Posted 21 March 2007 - 04:52 AM
Definately worth the switch.
Posted 21 March 2007 - 07:36 AM
MONOLITH, on Mar 20 2007, 06:59 PM, said:
I ended up with a 22" widescreen Gateway.
I love it. I'll never go back to a 4:3 box. Gaming is great on it. At the end of the summer when I buy a new gaming rig I'll get the 24" with it.
It was the second rev of the very first model they came out with. I have had it for over a year now. It even has Component inputs so run my 360 dev kit into it.
Posted 21 March 2007 - 09:41 AM
Jsonedecker, on Mar 21 2007, 09:36 AM, said:
Yep. My 360 is plugged into mine through the component inputs as well. Supports 1080i and looks great.
Posted 21 March 2007 - 10:19 AM
cobaka, on Mar 20 2007, 11:22 PM, said:
Don't get 22" most are TN and are lower in quality seek out any S-IPS and also most 22" are 6bit colour and again seek out 8bit or above. I know money maybe a issue but the truth about it is you pay for what you get.
While hardware you can purchase some crappy products and be stung wishing you spent a little more but in most case you can get away with it. Monitors on the other hand many over look and to me there one of the biggest items that when looking for spend up big and research heavily. If need be save more and go straight out for the best because every time you turn it on your not going to mumble to yourself if it performs and be kicking yourself that you didn't hold off until more funds came in to buy better if it doesn't perform.
Better to be happy now than grit your teeth and blame BFS for a poor game when it turns out it was the cheap nasty monitor all along.
I have a Dell UltraSharp 2407FPW and that I would recommend to anyone.
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Posted 21 March 2007 - 02:20 PM
Posted 21 March 2007 - 06:27 PM
}SkOrPn--7, on Mar 21 2007, 12:19 PM, said:
Check my link above. I'm curious what flaws you see in my monitor.
Posted 21 March 2007 - 10:19 PM
MONOLITH, on Mar 22 2007, 12:27 AM, said:
These are no big issues because your monitor seems to pack allot of punch.......
#No swivel and this maybe why it only has a 160 degree view instead if 178 degree.
#Big problem is light bleeding from top and bottom or don't you notice it or didn't know about it?
#I haven't been able to find if it's a TN or S-IPS with the specs given but being a 22" I suspect it's TN. Correction it's a S-PVA
#Response time is 5ms is that black to white or grey to grey and that info isn't in the specs.
#Not a deal breaker but no adjustable height.
While I wouldn't invest in this monitor I will say it's a great bang for buck.
Posted 21 March 2007 - 10:44 PM
I don't think I've noticed 18 degrees of angle missing.
There is no light bleed.
I confess I have no idea what S-PVA is.
Shopping around at a variety of monitors, 5 ms seems to be a pretty fast response time. It games great, no ghosting, no lag, etc.
It's got a ton of height adjustment. I can slide it up or down at least 8", and it does a 90 degree rotation with auto adjust software.
Got Picture in Picture as well.
I can watch television in the PiP, while computering with the rest of the screen.
I'm happy with it.
Posted 21 March 2007 - 11:20 PM
S-PVA is a cheap screen while S-IPS is the rolls royce so next time your in the hunt for an upgrade make sure you check things like that out. I know your happy with your monitor but there is so much companies try and push to cover over the marketing hype it gets confusing.
Anyone can claim 5ms response time but how did they achieve that is the question and is that a true response time? While your not seeing any ghosting which is a great thing just beware again of false specs without giving the complete picture.
I agree you will be happy with your purchase and I'm not knocking it but many tend to forget that a monitor is a major purchase and quality should always be high on the list when making such a purchase. Many spend $$$ on there PC hardware but fail to spend $$$ on there monitor. This leads to them being disappoint in there hardware purchase but the fact is there monitor is letting them down.
Posted 21 March 2007 - 11:44 PM
VA Panel Technology
S-PVA and MVA panels are middle of the road panels. They offer better color reproduction and wider viewing angles than TN panels, but have slower response times. They are very similar to S-IPS on paper. They also offer large viewing angles and good color reproduction, though not as good as S-IPS. The response times are generally worse than TN or S-IPS panels and there have been reports of a few monitors with VA panels that suffer from input lag, so they may not be the best choice for gaming. S-PVA has the advantage of higher contrast ratios than the other panel types which leads to better black levels. The biggest disadvantage of S-PVA panels is color shifting. Color shifting is when the image from one angle changes or "shifts" when viewed from another angle. This bothers many users to the point they will not even consider buying an S-PVA panel, while others don't even notice the color shifts. Color shifts also cause a loss of shadow detail in dark scenes when viewed directly from the center. Prices on S-PVA panels are around the same or slightly cheaper than S-IPS panels, but they are much easier to find as many manufacturers use S-PVA panels. Also, almost all monitors in the popular 24" category use S-PVA panels.
TN Panel Technology
TN panels are the most widely used panel type as they are cheap and offer excellent response times, making them perfect for fast paced gaming. The response times of current TN panels range from 2ms to 5ms. However, color reproduction, viewing angles and contrast ratios of TN panels are the worst of any LCD panel technology. Unlike most 8-bit S-IPS/S-PVA/MVA panels, TN panels are only 6-bit and unable to display the full 16.7 million colors available in 24-bit true color. They can mimick the 16.7 million colors of 8-bit panels using a technique called dithering, but the results are unimpressive. TN panels have become popular with the average user because they are very inexpensive. They are also the only panels currently being used in 22" widescreen monitors, a very popular size. Many of these 22" TN panels are around the same price or cheaper than other 20" monitors with different panel types, so it is easy to see how how they gained popularity. Afterall, the average user buys a monitor based on price and size.
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Skip to comments.Per DRUDGE: Romney internals--+1 in OH, tied in WI and PA!
Posted on 11/05/2012 1:15:27 PM PST by LS
Mitt Romney is ahead by a single percentage point in Ohio, according to internal polling data provided to MailOnline by a Republican party source.
Internal campaign polling completed last night by campaign pollster Neil Newhouse has Romney three points up in New Hampshire, two points up in Iowa and dead level in Wisconsin and - most startlingly - Pennsylvania.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Good news - Mike Francessa, a sports talk guy on WFAN in New York just said he believes Obama will sneak by and win with a slim margin. This buffoon is hardly ever right about anything so I am feeling a little better right now about a Romney win!
We had Ollie North on the radio the other day saying there was NO "military not receiving ballots." Urban legend, and quite frankly, too many of these around FR. Man up people.
It will be nice to see how well these internal guys do, since the big name polling outfits are blowing it.
Yep. It all comes down to turnout tomorrow.
Barone said he thinks the rural counties in Ohio will show up in unprecedented numbers for Romney and that will be what makes the difference. Sounds reasonable to me.
I have been predicting a razor thin Romney win in Ohio and in the general election for months now. Sounds like Rove believes that is exactly what is shaping up.
Agreed. I don't think they are factoring in Independents.
Corbett isn't going to tolerate that kind of garbage from Philadelphia anymore, especially since after we took back Harrisburg in 2010 we already won on the Voter ID front.
I have faith that if the Dems have to try to pull off massive fraud, that Corbett will be ready to litigate them into oblivion.
I will tell you the internals are probably much stronger, this is a game the Romney team has been playing with Team Obama for months and they are wearing them out chasing us around
I just talked to a friend of mine in Iowa and she talks to folks across the country and they are in general pissed at the current administration. The media is trying to drive last minute voters to somehow give Barky another 4 years but I do not think it is gonna happen!
It is gonna be a TSUYROMNEY!!
Our precinct is located at an Evangelical megachurch. They are nice people who keep a good watch on cars in their parking lot and even offer coffee and cookies to voters on the way out.
Not doubting he's ahead, but leaking that he's up by 3 or 4 or 5 would be a dangerous move, especially given that we have more votes still waiting in OH, and the Dems have more in the can. On the other side, he certainly wouldn't leak that he's down; unless it's out of reach, so if the source really is trustworthy, that says Nevada is gone. That's OK. We don't need it.
It won't this close, I see Ohio going 52-48.
It will be a tidal wave.
I agree. Real internal polls are almost never leaked for any reason.
I wouldn't count NV out just yet.
Another thing going for us in Pennsylvania this year is that up to a week to ten days ago, the DemoCARP fraud machine believed Romney had written the state off. They haven't had the time to organize their usual fraud in Philly.
In 2008 there were 200,000 provisional ballots cast; and it is estimated that military and overseas ballots number about 20,000 this year.
believe that landslide stuff at your own peril. Everyone is saying close even Romney's internals if you are to believe the source. YES we have more enthusiasm and hopefully that translates into huge turnout for us or at least greater turnout vs dems.
I'm not criticizing, just observing.
It's this attitude times millions that answers why the economy stagnates under a President like zero.
Why the economy stagnates when five trillion is spent above what the economy can produce.
It explains why the stimulus multiplier that economists like to tout, is so low.
zero is an appropriate name for this man and his effect.
They wouldn't leak it to The Guardian if they didn't want it published. (If they leaked it to the NY Times or WaPo it would just be faxed to Chicago.) I think it's probably to encourage the GOTV effort to bring reluctant Romney voters in. I think it would be dangerous to claim a lead of, say 3-4 points, even if that's what they see.
It's psyops, plain and simple, and the fact that the author is a Romney "insider" makes me even more sure that the real number is somewhere north of this. They've decided on a number that 1) is credible 2) is on the positive side, and 3) will maximize turnout by energizing committed voters to show up. In OH, that number is +1. In PA and WI, they probably don't actually know which way it will go because the recent past history is so different between 2008 and 2010, so they're questioning their own models — which might look quite good. But in states with some volatility between 2008 and 2010 Party self-ID is going to be a huge variable — and may even be changing as we type...
NOW I wonder if Freepers will whine about extending voting hours?
It's certainly a fun game, but Rove, the Rs I know around here . . . no one is acting like they lost and every one is acting like they won.
And even with a +3D model Ras has Romney ahead 1 point and winning indies by 10. Obama can't get to 50.
This is misinformation leaked by RR to get NV voters to get their butts out of their chairs tomorrow and to keep the anxiety levels up in other states so that people actually turn out.
Last thing Romney wants is for Republican voters to fully believe the poll skew reality ... until after the election. This gives everyone a reason to actually engage in the minor inconvenience of voting tomorrow even if they believe it's in the bag, for fear of guilt that if they don't, results in a close election could have depended on them.
RR internally knows it's over.
Rasmussen and Brone(sp?) on Hannity radio...OH state NONE can say who will win it! Both agree FL and VA going to Romney....STILL STUBBORN OH or else he would WIN PRES!! PA maybe both say...wow! NV Obama, CO Romney, WI maybe STRONG...WOW! BOTH don't predict TSUYOMNEY...sorry..they both say a VERY TIE RACE...it's ok, looks like ROMNEY HAS THE MO to capture the states that need to be in his column, except OH! None of them wanted to predict winner. DEAR GOD please bring OH to Romney's column!
Romney would not leak polls that would either show PA to be hopeless, or in the bag. He's doing PsyOps to psych Republicans to all go to the polls and vote. It's all going to be about turnout.
GOP senators: Thousands of ballots unlikely to reach military voters in time
"A group of Republican senators said Monday that thousands of voter ballots are unlikely to reach military service members until after Nov. 6."
"One day ahead of the election, Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to express their concern over delays in ballots reaching military voters overseas."
LOL. Perfect timing.
Wow. Really significant.
BTW, Rove released internals either the day before or the day of the election in 04. So it does happen.
You remember Calville wrote a book on how the Democrats were going to rule for the next 40 years.
The 2008 election was an aberation, not a change and the polls refuse to acknowledge the fact that the Democrats are not going to outperform the Republicans on getting out the vote.
Hence, they have oversampled Democrats in all of their polls.
This election is going to destroy that Democrat myth once and for all.
Thanks for checking in.
I agree they want it published. That makes it a press release, not a "leak." And at this point in the campaign, a press release from anyone is something to be skeptical of.
That means the most likely US readership is Drudge's, which means the target is us. That tells me that the number they've decided on "leaking" is the one most likely to encourage the troops and make sure they turn out. I do not believe under any circumstances they would "leak" a number better than +2%.
Axelrod has been telling CEO's "it's in the bag" and that has a number of FReepers fretting. Really? Why? What do they expect Axelrod to say? "We're losing. Send us more money!" CEO's contribute to winners in anticipation of consideration. They aren't going to bundle for 0bama if they think he's done for; that would be wasted money to no purpose other than pissing off the next administration.
I agree they want it published. That makes it a press release, not a "leak." And at this point in the campaign, a press release from anyone is something to be skeptical of.
That means the most likely US readership is Drudge's, which means the target is us. That tells me that the number they've decided on "leaking" is the one most likely to encourage the troops and make sure they turn out. I do not believe under any circumstances they would "leak" a number better than +2%.
Axelrod has been telling CEO's "it's in the bag" and that has a number of FReepers fretting. Really? Why? What do they expect Axelrod to say? "We're losing. Send us more money!" CEO's contribute to winners in anticipation of consideration. They aren't going to bundle for 0bama if they think he's done for; that would be wasted money to no purpose other than pissing off the next administration.
It's not when the ballots get to them but when they return, and I think the return date is postmarked before 11/17. That's a pretty big window.
Peril? Huh?
Like I said NO ONE HERE IS PLANNING TO STAY HOME FOR BEING ENTHUSIASTIC. We aren't stupid.
Geeze why is it always the Democrats that get to go into an election not acting like their dog has just died?
Um, Rove leaked internals in 2004. Story about it out today.
He's playing the pollster game at zero hour.
Call it every which way and be right no matter what.
The thing about Ohio is that Obama figured that Romney had to have Ohio, and so Obama put a lot of resources there. He is undoubtedly ready with all the fraud and lawyers he can muster in Ohio. Obama doesn't need to win there, he just needs to keep it close enough that he can jimmy the recount, maybe use some fancy lawyering. Romney, meanwhile, went with a strategy that met Obama head on in Ohio, so it is real close there, but also went after Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, Nevada, and even Minnesota. Obama isn't prepared to lose any of those states, and his strategy of creating a close election in Ohio and then using the power of the DOJ to muscle his way to a second term won't work. He has to get all those other states, too. If Ohio is close, but he loses Pennsylvania, or Michigan, his litigation and riot strategy won't work. It's not likely he can be close enough in all those states, and come up with enough phony issues, to keep his hopes alive. Still not sure if he will ever concede, or if there is any in his entourage who will make him concede, but it won't matter. He'll be done.
..OH will go red, but not as close as '04—I'm feeling landslide Professor...
I think Barone has looked carefully at the early voting precinct by precinct numbers and in doing that has determined what is pretty clear from the look on 0bama's face: they are nowhere close to their targets -- that actually matters more to them than 1 point in the polls.
And yes, it's quite fun to try and guess what's really going on. I wouldn't put it past them to engage in a little double-fake over Nevada.
Thanks LS. It happens, but not very often.
I do not recall the source, but sometime in September, I heard an interview with John McLaughlin, one of the most respected GOP pollsters. He said that Axlerod had been working over all of the polling firms, complaining that the polls were biased against minorities and young voters because they were undersampling women, Latinos, and people with cell phones. In fact, Gallup adjusted their daily tracker at about that same time in response to the complaints (and the lawsuit filed against them by the Justice Department, no doubt).
My theory is that, if Romney wins, the pollsters who predicted otherwise introduced a subtle but pernicious bias into their polls by trying to adjust their samples to fit these demographic factors, and as such, tilted them leftward. In essence, political correctness will have ruined their science, just like "climate change" has done to atmospheric science.
Barone is now saying its tight on Hannity? Are you reporting correctly or what?
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Topic: How to use RailsOnPg
Dear all,
Today I found this promising plugin that facilitates the creation of certain assets in Postgresql databases. Being able to create foreign keys from a migration would be really useful.
After installing the plugin (which I did using the command rails plugin install since the one suggested at git doesn't work) I created an additional migration with the following content:
class ForeignKeys < ActiveRecord::Migration
def up
add_foreign_key :data_sets, :city_id, :cities
def down
remove_foreign_key :data_sets, :city_id, :cities
Running db:migrate I get the following output:
== ForeignKeys: migrating ====================================================
-- add_foreign_key(:data_sets, :city_id, :cities)
rake aborted!
An error has occurred, this and all later migrations canceled:
undefined method `add_foreign_key' for #<ForeignKeys:0x000000039b6038>
Tasks: TOP => db:migrate
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
I'm relatively new to Rails, so my apologies if these questions are basic. It seems the plugin is not functioning or inactive, do I need to do something else apart from the install? Is there some way I can verify this plugin was effectively installed?
Thank you very much.


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April 16, 2007 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Missouri WIC Conference
SUBJECT 2: Education and Nutrition Committees Information
SUBJECT 3: Extra Formula
- Missouri WIC Conference: "Locals and State: Partnered for Success" The Missouri WIC Association and the State WIC Program invite you to attend the 2007 WIC Conference-"Locals and State: Partnered for Success" on August 28-31, 2007 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City. Registration and tentative conference schedule are attached. Registrations received before August 1 will be $200. Hotel reservations can be made by calling the Capitol Plaza Hotel at 1-800-338-8088. Reservations must be received by July 15 to guarantee the meeting rate of $70.00 single/double occupancy. Contract amendments are being prepared to include funding for local agency staff to attend the conference as described in the March 5 weekly update.
More information will be included in forthcoming weekly updates. Feel free to contact Jim Wheaton, MWA President, at 816-404-9745 or Tana Lovan, MWA Vice-President, at 417-864-1082 with any questions regarding the 2007 Conference.
- Education and Nutrition Committees Information: The State WIC office has formed two committees, an Education Committee and a Nutrition Committee. Both committees are made up of six nutritionists/CPAs from the local WIC providers and six State WIC office Nutritionists. Each committee has had their first meeting. Minutes of the first Nutrition Committee Meeting and list of committee members are attached. Minutes from the Education Committee and list of committee members will be included in the Weekly Update of April 23. The minutes of both meetings will be included in the Weekly Updates as well as sending them via e-mail to the Nutrition Coordinators at the LWPs since not all Nutrition Coordinators have easy access to the Weekly Updates. As you review the minutes and have ideas to share with either committee, please feel free to contact a committee member. Current plans are to have each committee meet/conference call on a monthly basis.
- Extra Formula (Attachments): A database listing unused infant formulas and medical foods is kept at the State WIC Office. With the implementation of the approval authority for many infant formulas and medical foods now at the local level, the State Office may not always know what is available. Please check the listing in order to utilize formulas with the most recent expiration date first, prior to placing an order, to help keep food costs down.
Attached is a current listing of extra formula available at different LWPs and guiding principles for shipping created to assist you when sending or receiving extra supply of infant formula. Red font means the formula will be expiring in 2007. Please be sure to notify your district nutritionist or D'Anne Ward at email@example.com when you have unused formula available at your agency so it may be added to the database.
2007 Conference Registration Form.doc
2007 WIC Conference Draft Schedule.doc
Minutes Nutrition Committee 3-29-07.doc
Extra Supply of Formula.xls


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Intel's 32nm processes, which are currently in high volume production, are part of an on-going evolution of manufacturing technologies. With the introduction of a new process family every two years, Intel manufacturing technologies facilitate ever higher-performing and more energy-efficient products.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The U.S. Olympic Committee announced USA Track & Field's Jenn Stuczynski and USA Cycling's Steven Cisar as its May Athletes of the Month, while the USA Men's Senior National Water Polo Team was awarded Team of the Month honors.
The third woman ever to clear the 16-foot barrier in the pole vault and a two-time USA Outdoor champion, Stuczynski (Churchville, N.Y.), became the No. 2 performer all-time in that event Sunday, May 18 at the 2008 adidas Track Classic at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The 2008 World Indoor silver medalist, cleared 4.90 meters/16 feet .75 inch in bettering her own American record of 4.88m/16 feet set on June 2, 2007, in New York City. Only Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia has soared higher in the history of the event. For her efforts, Stuczynski was named The Team USA Athlete of the Meet, presented by Visa. Later that week, she was also named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week.
Cisar (Altadena, Calif.) earned a silver medal for the USA Cycling Team in the elite men's contest at the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships on May 31. As one of two Americans to qualify for the final eight-man main, Cisar finished just 0.384 seconds off the winner Maris Strombergs of Latvia, while Stifiso Nhlapo of South Africa took the bronze and American Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.) placed fourth. Cisar is possibly the best American BMX rider that nobody's heard of. Often times overshadowed by the depth of the talent pool in the United States, he has consistently posted solid results on the domestic circuit before breaking through at the international level. By finishing in the top-5 in the U.S. rankings, Cisar earned an automatic bid to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, June 14, at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
The USA Men's Senior National Team turned in a perfect record at their recent America's Cup in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Using a split squad, the team garnered four victories over Team Canada, a team qualified for the Beijing Olympic Games. The performance was followed by the defeat of then No. 1 team in the world, Croatia 8-5, by the Americans in front of a sellout crowd in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Team USA was able to battle back from a 3-1 deficit at halftime to come away with a momentous victory over what is considered one of the elite teams in the world headed into the 2008 Olympic Games. Tony Azevedo tallied three goals, while Ryan Bailey scored two, and Jeff Powers, John Mann and Jesse Smith each struck once.
USA Men's Senior National Water Polo Team Roster:
Brian Alexander (Cambria, Calif.), Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, Calif.), Ryan Bailey (Long Beach, Calif.), Layne Beaubien (Coronado, Calif.), Brandon Brooks (Honolulu, Hawaii), Adam Hewko (Irving, Calif.), Thomas Hopkins (Coronado, Calif.), Peter Hudnut (Encino, Calif.), Tim Hutten (Seal Beach, Calif.), Genai Kerr (Imperial Beach, Calif.), JW Krumpholz (Santa Ana, Calif.), John Mann (Newport Beach Calif.), Rick Merlo (Fresno, Calif.), Merrill Moses (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Jeff Powers (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Jesse Smith (Coronado, Calif.), Peter Varellas (Moraga, Calif.), and Adam Wright (Seal Beach, Calif.).
Receiving second place in the women's voting was Melanie Roach (Bonney Lake, Wash.), who realized a delayed dream and qualified for her first U.S. Olympic Team when she won the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Weightlifting on May 16-17 in Atlanta, Ga. Roach totaled 190kg for a 87.96% weight lifted to body weight ratio to secure the first women's Olympic slot. She posted a top snatch of 81kg and a best clean and jerk of 109kg to total the 190kg. Roach was on target to make the U.S. Olympic Team for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, but suffered a back injury in 1999 that forced an early retirement. Roach then married, started a business and had three children before returning to the sport in 2005.
Lisa Wang (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) won her third straight U.S. all-around title in rhythmic gymnastics, as well as all four gold medals in the individual events (clubs, hoop, ribbon and rope), at the 2008 Visa Championships, May 22-24 in Houston, Texas, which gave her enough points to finish third in the voting. The Visa Championships was her last competition because she has decided to retire from competitive gymnastics to attend Yale University. Wang retires with 13 career U.S. senior rhythmic gymnastics titles: the all-around, clubs, hoop, ribbon and rope in 2008; the all-around, hoop and clubs in 2007; the all-around, ball and ribbon in 2006; and ball and clubs in 2005. She also won five U.S. titles as a junior: hoop and clubs in 2002; and the all-around, ball and ribbon in 2001.
Coming in at second in the men's voting was Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, Calif.) who led his split USA squad to a perfect record at the America's Cup held in Thousand Oaks, Calif., in late May with five victories. This included two victories over Team Canada, a team qualified for the Beijing Olympic Games, where Azevedo scored two goals each. He finished the tournament with a total of eight goals. Azevedo then followed up with three goals in an 8-5 upset of No. 1 ranked Croatia on May 31 at Oaks Christian School.
Earning the third-place vote was Troy Dumais (Austin, Texas) who won silver and bronze medals on 3-meter in two international events in May. At the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix, he won silver with 473.60 points. He was in third-place with one round to go, but scored 8's and 8.5's on his reverse 2 ½ with 1 ½ twists to move up to second. At the FINA Diving World Series in Sheffield, Great Britain, he won bronze with 452.90 points to finish third behind 2008 World Cup gold and silver medalists He Chong and Gin Kai of China. The top eight finishers at the World Cup were invited to participate in the World Series.
Second place in the team vote went to the beach volleyball duo of Elaine Youngs (El Toro, Calif.) and Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) who came out of the loser's bracket to win the FIVB open tournament on May 28-31 in Barcelona. Branagh was voted the tournament's most outstanding player. She had seven of the top eight fastest serves at the event (topping out at 51 mph) as the duo won five straight matches after a defeat on the first day of the competition. Youngs made history by becoming the oldest player, at 38 years, three months and 16 days, to win an event. The team moved up two spots in the race for Olympic qualifying points, solidifying their chances of earning a spot in the 24-team tournament in Beijing.
Coming in at third was the identical tennis twins Bob and Mike Bryan (Camarillo, Calif.). They posted an 11-1 record in May, reaching three consecutive ATP doubles finals on red clay-capturing two titles-to increase their lead at No. 1 in the world doubles rankings. The Bryan brothers went 4-0 to capture their second doubles title of the season at the Open Sabadell Atlantico in Barcelona, Spain. They defeated the No. 7 seeds 6-3, 6-2 in the final on May 4. The following week the Bryans again went 4-0 to capture their second consecutive title, defeating the No. 2 seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 on May 11 at Internazionali BNL D'Italia in Rome, Italy. In the second round that week, Mike reached a career milestone with his 500th career doubles win. Bob and Mike reached their third straight final on May 18 at the ATP Masters Series Hamburg in Germany but lost to No. 2 seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 5-7, 10-8.
1. Steven Cisar, Cycling - BMX
2. Tony Avezedo, Water Polo
3. Troy Dumais, Diving
1. Jenn Stuczynski, Track and Field - Pole Vault
2. Melanie Roach, Weightlifting
3. Lisa Wang, Rhythmic Gymnastics
1. USA Men's Senior National Water Polo Team
2. Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh, Beach Volleyball
3. Bob and Mike Bryan, Tennis


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About CASLT
Our History
Past Award Recipients
Merrill Swain
I am very honoured that the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers would wish to make me a recipient of its prestigious Prix Robert Roy. CASLT is "THE" organization in Canada which brings all of us involved in second language education together in person, and virtually, through its magnificent award-winning website, and through its Canada-wide projects. I would like to thank all of you CASLTers who have devoted so much of your time and energy to bringing second languages to Canada's youth. It's so important.
I would like to tell a short personal story - the reason I did my doctoral research on children's acquistion of bilingualism was that I figured if I worked with bilingual kids, I'd become bilingual too, especially if I lived in Quebec City. Well, it sort of worked - I became bilingual in "kid-speak".
While at Laval, I had the good fortune to work with Dr. Bill Mackey, and through many trips to Montreal, to work with my mentor and hero, Dr. Wallace Lambert and his colleagues, Dr. Richard Tucker and Dr. John MacNamara. Through these wonderful Quebec colleagues, I was introduced to Dr. David Stern, who offered me a Research Associate position at OISE.
I feel so fortunate for having known these people - these people were the leaders and visionaries of the 1970's in thinking about bilingualism in Canada, and how to achieve it. They also found me an academic home that, to my complete amazement, I have never left, after moving about the country every few years or so. I call the Modern Language Centre an academic "home" because my colleagues have become my friends as we are a group who respect and admire each others' work - Sharon Lapkin, Alister Cumming, Jim Cummins, Birgit Harley, and Stacy Churchill.
And being at OISE has also meant having contact with the best and brightest of students interested in committing their lives and careers to second language education.
Finally, I would like to say a huge thanks to the Canadian Government who throughout my academic life has funded my research. None of my research with immersion students would have been possible without the support of several Deptartments within the Canadian Govt - the once-Secretary of State, now the Canadian Heritage Dept, OCOL, and whoever it is that administers the SSHRC grants.
I am thrilled to now be a life-long member of CASLT, and hope that I can keep my fingers in some of the pies you're now stirring up!
Thank you.
Merrill Swain
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Miles Turnbull
Mesdames, Messieurs, Ladies and Gentlemen - It is indeed a very special pleasure and honor for me to introduce to you this year's recipient of CASLT's Prix Robert Roy. CASLT presents this award annually to a distinguished educator in honor of outstanding contributions in the field of Second Language Education. Professor Merrill Swain is indeed a VERY distinguished educator and her contributions to SLE during the past 38 years have been MUCH MORE than outstanding.
I must add that presenting this award to Merrill is personally very special because Merrill Swain is an important and valued colleague, an invaluable mentor, one of the best teachers I've ever had - AND she is a very dear friend.
I could tell you SO much about Merrill Swain...but I have decided to tell you a bit about her in three broad categories - Merrill the researcher, Merrill the teacher and Merrill the leader in our field.
Professor Swain is probably best known around the world in second and foreign language circles for her research related to French Immersion programs. It was through this research that Canada and the rest of the world recognized the exceptional mind and unfailing supporter we have in Merrill. Of course, she is also known for her output theory, a theory that recognizes the importance of what Stephen Krashen and others call comprehensible input...but, Merrill has used important data from FSL students to show that it is ALSO crucial for learners to speak and write in a second language, to do more than that - in doing so, they realize that they have gaps in their language, think about and hypothesize about how to say something they NEED to say and TALK explicitly about that gap in their language and figure out how to move forward linguistically. Since 1993 when she published her seminal article "Just speaking and writing aren't enough" in the CMLR, Merrill has drawn on Vygotsky's sociocultural theories, as well as her enhanced understanding of what happens in real second language classes, to enrich this output theory - she now talks about collaborative dialogue that occurs among second language learners as they interact, output in the target language, collaborate and learn together. This innovative way of thinking about second language learning has challenged many second language researchers, teachers, testers and curriculum designers. In fact, Merrill challenged and engaged an enthusiastic CASLT audience during a plenary talk at our 2000 colloquium in Toronto.
I believe that Merrill aptly chose the term output for one of her most influential contributions to the field for another good reason. In the world of academia, I am sure you have heard the expression "publish or perish." Well, in Merrill's case, there is no worry about perish except if we were to worry about the amount of output - in her case, the expression should read as "output and flourish." Imagine the following "output" record: 3 books, 9 edited books, 62 chapters in books, 91 articles in refereed journals, countless articles in teacher-oriented publications like Réflexions - see our fall 2000 issue - 22 technical reports, 135 invited and plenary talks + MANY conference presentations for researchers, teachers, parents and others interested in second language education. Talk about output!! I am sure that this list impressed you - I can tell you that it more than impresses ME. It scares me! You do the math...these totals spread over 30 odd years means that Merrill has produced MANY important documents and an average of 5 invited or plenary talks per year. I know first hand - because I am struggling to keep up within this world of publish or perish - how much time and sweat and tears go into one book, one plenary talk or journal publication. Let's just say that Merrill is a SUPERwoman! Moreover, MANY of the publications to which I referred are considered seminal readings for second lanaguage education courses around the world. Maybe some of you have read 1 or 2? Maybe in a class she taught to you?
This leads me to Merrill the teacher. Contrary to what many people believe, university researchers do teach, many are very interested in teaching in school-level contexts, and many are great teachers! Earlier, I referred to Merrill as one of the best teachers I have ever had. Why? When I think of Merrill's classes, and thesis committee meetings - one form of teaching - Merrill was an invaluable member of my doctoral thesis committee - when I think of Merrill in these contexts, the following adjectives come to mind: passionate, extremely committed, sensitive and caring, challenging - she is tough - inspiring, down to earth, collaborative, an unfailing supporter of FSL education, especially FSL in Canada, knowledgeable - super knowledgeable. Truly a special teacher and a special human being.
Just think of the number of students she has influenced directly or indirectly since she began her career - the 1000s of students who registered in her classes - they consistently give her top scores on teaching evaluations - all the participants in lecture halls during her many talks, those who have read her work...She has also supervised nearly 60 students' thesis work and has been a committee member for nearly 60 others. Suffice it to say that MANY people have benefited from Merrill's teaching, support, vision and passion.
Last but not least, I'd like to tell you about Merrill the leader. Did you know that Professor Swain is currently vice-president of the International Association of Applied Linguistics? I believe that she was the first Canadian president of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) - impressive, great to see Canada leading our neighbours to the South...but I should also note that AAAL, as it's referred to, is much more than an American association. It is REALLY quite international. Merrill has also been consultant for second language programs across the world, including many projects in Canada, she is member of a number of professional and university committees, including the prestigious College of Reviewers of the Canada Research Chairs Program - if you're any where near a university these days you will appreciate the importance of this committee. Merrill is a member of a staggering number of editorial boards - 15 in fact - 15!!, Where does she find the time??
From 1981-1991, she also served as head of the internationally renowned Modern Language Centre at OISE-UT where she had been employed since 1971 and is currently full professor, a promotion she received in 1983.
Now lest you get the impression that Merrill Swain does nothing but research and teach and serve on volunteer boards, I would like to dispel that myth. She DOES work lots -maybe too much and believe you me, Merrill and I have had lots of talk about balance in our lives...BUT she does find time for her friends and Merrill has MANY around the world. Merrill does talk about more than FSL and collaborative dialogue. In fact, I have had many meaningful conversations with her about LOTS more than second language education and academics. She is a great reader, she has a personal trainer and walks LOTS, she loves to travel, she is very concerned about poverty in the world -she recently finished a term on the Board of directors of the St. Stephen's Society for the homeless in Toronto. I might also add that she loves fine food - Merrill and I have done some FABULOUS dinner parties chez elle...She also enjoys a good glass of wine with those dinners and conversations!
I am sure you are not surprised to learn that CASLT is not the first organization to honor Merrill Swain's contributions to second language education. In 1991, Merrill was the recipient of the Canadian Educational Association's Whitworth Award for Educational Research. In 1992, The National Language Institute of Australia honored Merrill as visiting research fellow. In 1993, she received honorary lifetime membership in the OMLTA. And in 2000, she received the Samuel Messick Memorial Award from the TOEFL policy Board.
So I feel that it's about time that CASLT recognize her outstanding and inspiring contributions to second language education in Canada and around the world. It is indeed an honour for CASLT to include her on our list of recipients of Le Prix Robert Roy. WE recognize this evening an incredibly special person. Please join me in welcoming and congratulating her.
Miles Turnbull


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Ronde Barber Retiring After 16 Seasons With Tampa Bay
There may be more outgoing people (Lee Roy Selmon) and more vocal people (Warren Sapp) who have played for the Tampa bay Bucs. But there is no doubt when it comes to the face of the Tampa Bay Bucs, No. 20 Ronde Barber will hold that title hands down. Now after 16 years, it appears Barber is finally calling it a career. The only player in NFL history to record at least 40 interceptions (47) and 20 sacks (28), Barber… Read More »


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My J.T.D.T. CalendarPosted Friday, July 18, 2008, at 2:00 PM
In my home there is a little cubbyhole, which I like to refer to as my office, and on the wall of this room there is a calendar. I call this calendar my J. T. D. T. calendar. It doesn't have any pictures of beautiful scenery, or any advertising. It simply has the date and days of the week along the left side of the page, with three ruled lines running from each date and day, all the way across the page, where I can write down, "Jobs To Do Today."
On the first day of the year I go through this calendar and make notes of dates I want to remember, such as birthdays, anniversaries, and when certain bills should be paid. Then as I go through the year, I work out a schedule of seasonal "Jobs To Do Today," like cleaning the leaves out of the gutter, covering the ventilating fans in the attic, or cleaning out the garage. This calendar keeps me on schedule, but it can also get to be a burden.
You see, I have just been diagnosed as having a disease that seems to be sweeping the country at this time.. It's called "O. A. D. S. (Old Age Deficit Syndrome). I don't know just what this all means, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it is just a polite way of spelling A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R'S. Anyway, these notes I have in my J.T.D.T calendar seem to bring up jobs faster than I can work them off, and I can't understand why, because I work all the time, and I am completely worn out at the end of every day.
Just last week I looked at my J. T. D. T. calendar and noted that I was supposed to trim the shrubbery in my front yard. I think to myself, this won't take long, so I started looking for my keys to unlock the garage and get my pruning shears. This key to my garage is on the same chain with my car keys and I know I had them yesterday. I check the pockets of the clothes I had on yesterday and don't find any keys, but I do find a fried chicken leg that I had wrapped in a napkin and brought home from the senior citizen's nutrition center. After about twenty minutes I find these keys in the drawer with the knives and forks, but while I am looking for them, I notice that there is some unopened mail on the table, which I had brought from the mail box the day before, so I put the keys down on the table and start going through the mail.
In this mail there are a few bills I need to pay, but most of it is junk, so I put this junk mail in the trash basket and notice that it is full. I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash, but then I think, since I am going to be near the mail-box when I take out the trash, I may as well pay the bills and put them in the mail-box, as I go out to empty the trash.
I finally find my checkbook on a chest of drawers in the bedroom, only to discover that I am completely out of checks. My extra checks are in my desk out in my office, so I go out there to get more checks, and discover a bottle of Coke I had been drinking. I am going to get my checks, but first I will put this coke in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the coke, I notice that the goldfish are at the top of the water, indicating that they are low on oxygen, so I decid I had better change the water on them before they die. I set the coke on the counter and there, under a stack of newspapers, I discover my computer glasses that had been missing for a week. I decide that I had better take my glasses out to my desk, but first I will change the water in the fish bowl. I put my glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and in so doing I find the TV-remote near the kitchen sink. I know that I will be watching TV tonight, so I will take the remote back in the living room where it belongs, but first I will change the water on the gold fish. I spill most of the water on the floor. So I put the remote back down and grab some paper towels, clean up my mess and then head down the hall, trying to remember what I had started out to do.
At the end of the day, the shrubs are not trimmed, the bills are not paid, the trash basket is still full, there is a warm bottle of coke sitting on the counter, there is a two-day old, fried chicken leg lying on my dressing table in the bedroom, the goldfish are dead for lack of oxygen, and there are still no checks in my check book. I can't find the remote or my glasses, and I don't know what I did with my car keys.
At this point I am totally exhausted, and I can't figure out why nothing was accomplished during the day.
In order to rest my tired and aching muscles, I sit down at my computer to see if I had any E-mail, and there I find a "Spam" message advertising a pill that is guaranteed to rejuvenate and add vim and vigor to the human body of any age. I decide right then and there that I will order me some of those pills, but first I will rest a few minutes. I lean over the keyboard of my computer with my head resting in my hands. I must have dozed off for when I rouse up, I discover that I have accidentally hit the delete button on my computer and erased the address of this wonderful pill.
Now, I am asking both of my readers to check their computer to see if they received this spam advertising. If either of you did get this message, please send me the address, as I sure need some kind of a rejuvenator.
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You've made my day just reading this, but now I am so tired gotta find my bed and rest awhile. My bed is in my computer room and I find this most handy, when I get tired reading the opinion posts I can lie down and rest or at least contemplate what I've just read. My dear late wife always made lists and I found them real useful, we never left the toothpaste home when we went on vacation because it was on the list. She was very wise.
Do you still have the chicken leg?? Sounds very yummy today.
-- Posted by changedname on Fri, Jul 18, 2008, at 2:44 PM
Boy, you don't have to be 93 to have a day like this one! It's SO familiar! I wish I could call my glasses and my remote like I can my cell phone, when they're lost. I can lay them down in the most STUPID places!
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Jul 18, 2008, at 9:24 PM
Mr. Corbin, I am in my twenties and I seem to lose everything. On top of that I am always running late for every event and important date in my life. My husband says that I will be late for my own funeral someday. Try not to let it get to you. It happens to us all! Finding humor in it all is what keeps you sane I always say!
P.S. This post really made me chuckle...at the humor in it and at myself! Thanks!!
-- Posted by huxgirl28 on Sat, Jul 19, 2008, at 8:52 PM
Mr. Corbin, I am in my twenties and I seem to lose everything. On top of that I am always running late for every event and important date in my life. My husband says that I will be late for my own funeral someday. Try not to let it get to you. It happens to us all! Finding humor in it all is what keeps you sane I always say!
P.S. This post really made me chuckle...at the humor in it and at myself! Thanks!!
-- Posted by huxgirl28 on Sat, Jul 19, 2008, at 8:52 PM
So true. Now, was I going upstairs or downstairs?
-- Posted by Ducky on Sat, Jul 19, 2008, at 11:05 PM
Hahaha! Your comment is so appropriate, Ducky, considering that huxgirl posted her comment TWICE!!
"Did I hit 'save comment' or did I not???"
Did I take my blood pressure pills or did I not??
Did I feed the dogs or did I not?
What did I come into the kitchen for?
Where is my grocery list?
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Jul 20, 2008, at 8:19 AM
Where is my phone?
Where are my car keys?
Didn't someone on one of Minnie's blogs a while back talk about finding her remote control in her purse and her phone in the fridge? Been there, done that.
Thanks, Mr. Corbin. You made my day.
-- Posted by Ducky on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, at 12:43 PM
No, Ducky, that was our dear beloved Minnie herself. It was one of her best blogs! Ah, the good ole days...
-- Posted by goat lady on Sat, Jul 26, 2008, at 8:30 PM
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Paul Corbin is a 100-year-old historian, humorist, and amateur archaeologist from Advance, Mo. He grew up in the Greenbrier area west of Advance, where he attended Stepp School on the banks of Cato Slough and the Castor River, important waterways throughout his life. In an age when many area residents did not go to high school, the young Corbin made the decision to walk the five miles to Zalma, graduating in 1933. Throughout his life, he was an enterprising businessman, selling Watkins products from house to house throughout a large area - and later opening a variety store in Advance. He and his wife Geneva traveled throughout the United States, even following the route that the Lewis and Clark expedition traveled. His knowledge of Native American culture is extensive, and he has donated a sizeable collection of his artifacts to the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center and the Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill. Throughout the years, he has submitted articles to TBY, the North Stoddard Countian, the Ozark Mountaineer, and several other Missouri publications. He has also written two books - "Reflections in Missouri Mud," and "Fragments of my Feeble Mind." The first one is out of print.
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Annual dilemna: What to get a farmer for his birthday?Posted Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 12:09 PM
I never know what to get my farmer for his birthday.
After all, the only things he seems to want are shiny new tractors complete with the appropriate accessories. Of course, I can't get those; they'd be too hard to wrap.
So what do you get the man who wants nothing unless it costs six figures and fills a machine shed?
Through the years I've given a lifetime supply of pliers, handkerchiefs, sweatshirts, coveralls and insulated mud boots. One especially romantic birthday I gave him long underwear. He wasn't particularly thrilled, but warmer nonetheless.
This year I decided to come up with a few original ideas:
--A farm-proof cell phone, which could withstand not only being dropped in water but being banged with a hammer, melted with a torch, fed through a combine, eaten by a cow (and successfully passed through the other end) and dragged through a field still attached to the disk rim, where it was inadvertently left.
It would need to be able withstand months under ground, but still have all his numbers available when he found it after fall field work. It also needs a tracking device, so he can find it even if falls out of his pocket somewhere between our house and the National Farm Show.
--An aerial photograph of our farm completely weed-free. In the picture the corn must not only be as high as an elephant's eye, but the ears must be so big they look like a seed company test plot. The beans must look like pole beans weighted down with pods.
--A tape recorder so he can tape and play the same old complaints year after year. "Wish it would rain," "It seems like we can't buy a rain," "We must not be livin' right," and my personal favorite, "How come it always rains there (1/2 mile down the road), but never rains here?"
Next, he can tape the complaints for the next year or month (maybe even the next day). "Wish it stop raining," "It seems like we couldn't pay enough to get the rain to stop," "We must not be living right," and my other favorite: "How come it never rains there, but always rains here?" I'll bet a lot of husbands would go for that gift, with just a little work pre-recording, they'd never have to talk to their wives again.
--A 24-hour, weather-radar radio station reporting exact rain percentages for each farmer's specific fields. "Farmer Brown's corn field is now getting a slow and steady rain that looks like it will last about three hours. But what's this? Oh this is bad. Just � mile north over at Farmer Gorrell's corn field, the skies are partly sunny with only a 10 percent chance of rain." The station must give up-to-date forecasts every two minutes. Hubby would listen again and again just to see if it changed.
Besides those four, I came up with a few bonus gifts.
--A farmer's wish book reminiscent of Sear's Christmas catalog, but full of all those machines farmers love to browse.
--A lifetime supply of chore gloves (which also have a tracking device.)
--Jeans and overalls that are won't tear or stain no matter where he goes or what he does. (Maybe that gift would be for me?)
--Caller-ID which could automatically identify the caller. That way, he would be able to miss those constant ag research company calls, wanting to know whether he will plant seed company A or seed company B soybeans next year.
So with all these great ideas guess what I got hubby for his birthday? That's right, two sweatshirts, a pair of pliers and new mud boots.
They say it's the thought that counts anyway.
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LOL SD. I had thought for the specific reason that you mentioned, that it was likely as important as ever. Thanks for the validation.
-- Posted by Oklahoma Reader on Thu, Feb 23, 2012, at 5:32 PM
Plenty of bailing wire still in service in the 21st century.
If it weren't for bailing wire, most farming operations would fall apart.
Get it?
-- Posted by Smart Dog on Thu, Feb 23, 2012, at 3:08 PM
Not sure if used bailing wire is still a by product of farming operations. Farming has changed so much, since I have had exposure to it. If not, as it once was, the ubiquitous item hanging on fence posts, barn walls, and other strategically considered points, it would be a great gift. You can fix anything with bailing wire, WD40, and yes, a pair of pliers.
-- Posted by Oklahoma Reader on Thu, Feb 23, 2012, at 2:10 PM
WOW, now that is a phone I could use, Me again. Marcia, I love to get pliers and side cutters. Oh, and a favorite of my late father was vice-grips. I must have given him 15+ pair of vice-grip pliers. You know we can't find that stash of vice grips. Thank God my family likes the idea of always getting a great gift when they get me pliers....of any sort.
-- Posted by salinemg on Wed, Feb 22, 2012, at 5:48 PM
You're right Smart Dog, we are always losing pliers around here!
He doesn't have a smartphone, so I'm not sure if his phone can use that ap. It would be interesting to see if an ap still works if the cow swallows the phone!!
Thank you for reading.
-- Posted by Marcia Gorrell on Wed, Feb 22, 2012, at 4:19 PM
All joking aside there is an ap that you can track your cell phone, and if you have the ap you may take a picture with the phone via your computer to see where it is. We have the ap and it is great it helped us find our sons cell. We were able to see it was in the car in the back seat. Now inside a cows intestines well I don't know.......
-- Posted by meagain on Wed, Feb 22, 2012, at 4:03 PM
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Skip to comments.Jeff Flake hints: Ill support expanded background checks in return for changes on Internet sales
Posted on 05/07/2013 11:05:35 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A week ago, he noted on his Facebook page that his poll numbers after voting no on Toomey/Manchin put him somewhere south of pond scum. Today, this.
He wont face the voters again for five and a half years, but he shares a home state with Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly. They can hurt him by campaigning against him in 2018 more than they can anyone else in the Senate. No wonder hes looking for ways to flip:
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told CNN he is willing to reverse his opposition to expanding background checks for guns if the Senate sponsors change on the bills provision dealing with internet sales
He said under the measure as written, if a gun owner sends a few friends a text or email asking if they want to buy their gun, or posts it on their Facebook page, that is considered a commercial sale.
For people in rural areas in his state and others, he said that becomes inconvenient and costly
Some Republicans opposed the measure out of fear that expanding background checks would put the country on a path to a national gun registry, but Flake said that is not his concern.
If Flake flips, thats 55 votes for Toomey/Manchin. Johnny Isakson also allegedly told a gun-control activist yesterday that hes having conversations with T&M to improve their bill.....
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I think that roughly translates to "I'm gonna sell you out but haven't figured out which way to do it".
He's no Ted Cruz, that's for sure. What is wrong with AZ senators....lack of spine and/or character?
We're gonna have to run a bunch of these guys out of office on a rail to make it abundantly clear to them that NO MEANS NO!!!
Appropriate last name...
So fundamental rights are for sale for a few buck more or less?
I knew he was a flake.
RINO traitor, either way.
That should be your only concern Senator...our Second Amendment rights are not for trade or for sale!
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told CNN that he'd be fine with taking away your Constitutional rights in return for taxing you more in a way that hurts less.
No and No.
What's wrong with AZ voters?
If a majority of AZ voters were worth anything, being on Mark "Wife Abuser" Kelly's hit list would be a badge of honour, and worth a bump of several percentage points in the vote.
Hey, Flake, don't log-roll the 2nd Amendment.
Why not, Senator? Why not make it clear once and for all you are an unprincipled POS?
I believe you NAILED it correctly.
What a tool.
This guy sounds as goofy as Hagel and Voinovich. Bob
Prostitute, thy name is Jeff Flake.
Those issues are not even related. WTH
"...but Flake said that is not his concern."
Of course it isn't. Just like all the rest, D's and R's, his concern is getting reelected.
Would Jeff Flake also same the same thing about these others??...
Well the thing that's consistent with this guy is he has the right name:FLAKE!
"...he noted on his Facebook page that his poll numbers after voting no on Toomey/Manchin put him somewhere south of pond scum.
Does anyone actually believe that poll numbers that bad because of his Manchin-Toomey vite are accurate? Did they poll democrats exclusively? I'm amazed that Flake would believe them.
"Those issues are not even related."
He's still a sell-out, though.
You can stand for the constitution, Flake, or you can stand as a traitor. Which will it be?
It definitely says " My vote is for sale".
"What part of the word "no" is so difficult to understand?"
Exactly. And again, these clowns do not get "shall not be infringed" either. You can probably count on one hand the number that actually take the oath they took to heart.
So you take out a couple of the really nasty bits of this law and you can swallow the rest of the unconstitutional parts of it? There is no clean end of this turd to pick up.
This is the Amnesty Liberal Sarah Palin supported over a more consevative candidate in the primary.
Make note
Senator Flake didn't take long to live up to his name (definition - small flat piece: a small flat piece or small part of a layer broken or detached from a larger object). He flaked away from the conservative base and from his integrity faster that Lindsey Graham says "yes" when invited to a turkish bath. He joined the Gang of Eight within days of being sworn into his office (if not before he was sworn in—he may have sold his soul at "freshmen orientation").
And I contributed to his campaign—NEVER again.
Someone up thread said that his name should not be spoken in the same breath as that of Ted Cruz. I agree—they are in totally different leagues. Flake is a midget. Ted Cruz is quickly proving himself to be a giant.
Basically he is saying "I will Bury You" One way or another.
The bribes and arm twisting has begun.
The Constitution's Article V details the way amendments are added or changed. This isn't one of them.
There've been other attempts.
Democrats in Arizona play dirty.
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Under Coburn's plan, the gun buyer would go onto the NICS website and run a background check on himself. If he passed, he would be given a unique code number that would allow him to purchase guns for the next 30 days. He would then go to the seller, who would enter the code number with NICS and verify that the buyer was authorized, and the sale would proceed. The beauty of the system is that the seller never has to provide the information on the gun or guns being purchased, or even if any guns are purchased at all. That way the data is never gathered and the buyer's privacy is protected.
As far as I am concerned, background checks are acceptable as long as they do not create the databank that can be used to create a national registry. Registry leads to confiscation, time after time. But if you talk about confiscation, people say you are paranoid. So we should talk about protecting our privacy, which would make registration and eventual confiscation impossible.
Say "Confiscation",
And they call you paranoid.
So say "Privacy".
Liberty for sale, going once, going twice ... !
The Traitors need to be drummed out of the party.
You cannot trade my constitutional rights for my tax dollars. in fact, this flake has no power to trade my God-given rights for anything.
This is psyops. They want to nail Flake. PPP is hard left. I don't trust their polling and neither should any FReeper. Do we have the internals, the poll questions and the crosstabs?
This is push-polling. Who sponsored and paid for the poll?
Don't be dumb and buy into this.
Hes no Ted Cruz, thats for sure. What is wrong with AZ senators....lack of spine and/or character?
Apparently people from Arizona Catch "Potomac Fever" really easily...
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Professor Stevens received her BA in linguistics from Reed College and her MS and PhD in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Oregon. Prior to joining the Willamette faculty in 2008, Dr. Stevens lived in New York City where she was a research associate at Weill Cornell Medical College and visiting faculty member at Sarah Lawrence College. In her research, Dr. Stevens examines typical and atypical brain development using non-invasive neuroimaging techniques (EEG/ERP, fMRI, DTI). She is particularly interested in the neural systems important to selective attention, as well as the role of selective attention on academic foundations, including language and literacy acquisition. Dr. Stevens' research has appeared in several venues including the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Science, Brain Research, and the Journal of Learning Disabilities. She has also lectured both nationally and internationally on the development of attention.
Professor Stevens joined the Willamette faculty in 2008, where she is currently director of Willamette's Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (CNL). Professor Stevens teaches Cognitive Neuroscience, Language & Literacy Acquisition, Statistics, and Introduction to Psychology, as well as topical senior and freshmen seminars.
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Stevens, C., Harn, B., Chard, D., Currin, J., Parisi, D., & Neville, H. (in press). Examining the role of attention and instruction in at-risk kindergarteners:. Electrophysiological measures of selective auditory attention before and after an early literacy intervention. Journal of Learning Disabilities.
Stevens, C. (2011). Integrating community outreach into the undergraduate neuroscience classroom. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 10, A44-49.
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Stevens, C., & Neville, H. (2009). Profiles of development and plasticity in human neurocognition. In M. Gazzaniga (Ed.), The new cognitive neurosciences IV (pp. 165-181). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Stevens, C., Lauinger, B., & Neville, H. (2009). Vulnerability of selective auditory attention in children from low socio-economic backgrounds. Developmental Science, 12, 634-646.
Stevens, C., Fanning, J., Coch, D., Sanders, L., & Neville, H. (2008). Changes in selective auditory attention following computerized language training: ERP evidence from language-impaired and typically developing children. Brain Research, 1205, 55-69.
Stevens, C., & Awh, E. (2007). Commentary: Specificity, mechanisms, and timing in the study of spatial cognition. In J. Plumert & J.P. Spencer (Eds.), The Emerging Spatial Mind (pp. 362-371). New York: Oxford University Press.
Stevens, C., Sanders, L., & Neville, H. (2006). Neurophysiological evidence for selective auditory attention deficits in children with specific language impairment. Brain Research, 1111, 143-152.
Cromer, L.D., Stevens, C., DePrince, A.P., & Pears, K. (2006) The relationship between executive attention and dissociation in children. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 7, 135-153.
Stevens, C., & Neville, H. (2006). Neuroplasticity as a double-edged sword: Deaf enhancements and dyslexic deficits in motion processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18, 701-714.
Sanders, L., Stevens, C., Coch, D., & Neville, H. (2006). Selective auditory attention in 3-5-year-old children: An event-related potential study. Neuropsychologia, 44, 2126-2138.


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