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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- James Lankford is typical of the many outsider conservative Republican candidates elected to Congress during the recent midterm elections. Elected to the House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th District, he unexpectedly beat several more experienced opponents in the GOP primary on an anti-government-growth, anti-deficit platform. He went on to
But one thing about Lankford is unique in Congress: He's a Baptist minister. From 1996 until he resigned to run for Congress in 2009, he was president of the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma's youth encampment and one of the biggest facilities of its kind in the country. Lankford, 42, and his wife, Cindy, have two daughters. They are members of Quail Creek Baptist Church in Oklahoma City.
While in Washington Nov. 19 for his congressional freshman orientation and to set up his office, the representative-elect sat down with an Associated Baptist Press to answer a few questions about his faith, his new calling as a secular public servant and his agenda for the 112th Congress. The interview has been edited for length and clarity:
Q: You are a sort of political novice. You were the executive director of Falls Creek, a ministry of the BGCO -- why did you, all of the sudden, decide to run for Congress as a sort of outsider candidate?
A: It's definitely not something I expected. In the summer of 2008 ... my wife and I both sensed that God was saying to us, "Get ready." And we had about four months there where just every time we'd pray, every time we'd sit in church, it was just an overwhelming sense of, "Get ready." In September of 2008, separately, we both sensed that God was calling us to run for Congress -- for this position, this year, this time. No vision in the clouds, no audible voices -- just this constant assurance that this is what you're supposed to do. And this was before the presidential election, even. We just couldn't get away from it.
It stayed that way for about seven months, and it finally came to a point in March of 2009 with a sense of, we have to do this. I'm going to be an old man one day and tell my grandchildren about the time I didn't do what I knew I had to do if I don't do this.
Had you had a political bug before this?
I'd been around the issues; I'd been in speech and debate since the 4th grade; I was a history and speech major in college. [I've] always been very passionate about conservative issues -- but that did not come out in my preaching; that did not come out in my teaching. The social issues did, but none of the fiscal and all the other things you would anticipate with that.
Well, that's a good lead-in to the next question I was going to ask, which is: The exit polls seem to show -- and then, actually a study on religion and the election that just came out this week suggested that social issues like abortion rights and gay rights were way back at the end of people's minds....
They were.
Obviously your platform is socially conservative. What role do you expect those issues to play in the 112th Congress?
I would concur with where we are on the polling. Even in Oklahoma -- a very conservative state -- I was asked very rarely about social issues in the campaign. It would come up occasionally, and I don't know if that's because they just knew where I was [but] they just weren't on their radar.
The people see debt as a moral issue. And from a Christian perspective, you go to the book of Nehemiah, and there were two major issues in the book of Nehemiah in the transition of their crumbling city. It was the infrastructure -- obviously, the wall, which we're all familiar with -- but it was also debt; the people were heavily in debt to the nations around them. And those were the two issues that Nehemiah took on. And so I think there are a lot of folks who still just inherently see our national debt as a major issue. Back to Proverbs 18 again -- a righteous man leaves an inheritance for his children's children. We're not doing that; we're spending the inheritance of our children's children. [We're in] the first generation in American history that I can tell that's actually, for their own benefit, spending their kids' money.
Do you anticipate this Congress --- and particularly the new members who were elected on this sort of platform of focusing on the deficits and the debt -- to actually be able to do anything significant about it, given the structural problems of cutting entitlements, which are by far the biggest part of the budget?
To grow this budget, you've got to have both houses to do it. It is a divided body, so that is one aspect. We can stop the growth of government based on having Republicans [in the majority] in the House and Democrats in the Senate. And the same thing is -- there's going to be negotiations. How do we bring this back? If Democrats nationwide and in the Senate in particular want to continue accelerating the rate of spending, I think they will pay a price again in 2012. Because the nation -- Republicans and Democrats alike -- see the looming effect of debt. I think the nation has shifted and put their attention on that. Now it's [on to] the solutions.
Well, do you think it's shifting enough that people might start looking seriously at entitlement reform?
I don't know. I hope we do.
To shift gears a little bit, Baptists' sort of birthright is religious freedom for all people ...
... historically, all the way back to the Baptist ancestors in the United Kingdom, all the way down to Virginia Baptists and John Leland and Thomas Jefferson and then James Madison.
Oklahoma made religious-freedom news this election -- the same day you were elected -- by passing this amendment regarding Sharia law.
A lot of critics ... have said this isn't about anything that is a real threat; this is actually a law that's inappropriately targeting one religious minority for opprobrium in the United States. How do you feel about that; how do you react to that?
We didn't take any stands on any of the state questions on that. It's a federalist nature for me that, you know, if I'm running for a federal office, I'm going to focus on federal issues instead of focus on the state issues. So on all the state questions and all of that stuff, I stayed out of that....
The piece itself, you know, targets a particular type of law; it says we're not going to have any kind of international law or Sharia law that could be used in Oklahoma courts. And so, while Sharia is obviously [used in] a Muslim court, or a Muslim legal system, it just identifies -- you're not going to use international law, Sharia law -- that can't start integrating into state courts.
So, am I what I'm hearing you say is that, to you, it's not necessarily a religious-freedom issue?
No, it's a legal issue; it's what will be the foundation for legal decisions in Oklahoma? And Oklahomans do have the right to be able to define out in their own state constitution how do our courts function? And the statement is: Our courts will function based on state law and the United States Constitution and the parameters of that -- not based on international law or Sharia law.
Moving forward, as the 112th Congress takes place -- and, if you get re-elected, future Congresses -- what issues, once we get beyond debt/deficit/economic issues, do you see as being important on the radar screen, particularly to religious voters?
I think reform of systems and structures. People can't get their voice heard -- and in the past several years, people that were passionate about issues couldn't get those issues discussed. Nothing could move because the leadership was so tightly packed around a small group of people. The House of Representatives, I believe, should be a fairly raucous house where voices are heard. And currently voices are not heard in the House of Representatives; a select group of folks are. That's not what we were supposed to be. And I think that's one of the best things we can do for people of all persuasions on that, is to make sure the House rules are reformed in such a way that representatives actually get to share the voices of the people they represent.
So, reform to things like the seniority systems? Lobbying reform?
Access to be able to put amendments on the floor -- that would be a big one. You know, voices on the committee structures; where's the language coming from? Is it coming out of the committees? Do the committees actually function? Or is it just the leadership handing, you know, "Here is the final bill; let's go vote." If people are not able to give input along the process, then it's not an open process. And your voices really aren't being heard.
Related ABP stories:
Survey: Potential religious landmines for Obama, GOP in next election (11/17/2010)
Analysis: Mixed bag for social conservatives in midterm election (11/3/2010)


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Before the New England Patriots faced the New York Jets in the postseason, there was a lot of trash talk, mostly from New York's lockerroom. Antonio Cromartie had a lot of things to say about quarterback Tom Brady and Rex Ryan just had a lot to say period.
The team reflects the characteristics of their coach on both sides. Wes Welker, outside of Bill Belichick's character, had a press conference where he made 10+ references to feet in response to the "Foot Fetish" scandal surrounding Rex Ryan's wife. Was it disrespectful? A little. Was it hilarious? By all means. It was nice to see someone in the Patriots camp say something back for once. It would have been even better if they could have actually won the game.
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The other day I bought several books, all of them about politics. I've never done a lot of political reading. But I picked these up, not because I wanted to feed my intellect, but because they were $5 a piece. (A great place to pick up excellent second-hand books is the Calico Mall in Hattiesburg.)
Still, I have accidentally learned a thing or two. Namely, what we look for and admire in our public leaders and how wrong preconceived notions can be.
"Robert Kennedy In His Own Words"
This book is a series of candid interviews with Robert Kennedy. The book offers a revealing behind the scenes look at an administration facing huge foreign and domestic policy challenges. Both Robert and John Kennedy's struggles with the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban missile crisis and other obstacles are talked about in depth.
Perhaps the most interesting reading was the Kennedys' position on the civil rights movement. Here are some quotes:
• On civil rights — "I don't think that it was a matter that we were extra-concerned about as we were growing up. There wasn't any great problem."
• On the Freedom Riders — "I didn't know anything about it (beforehand)." "(JFK) was fed up with the Freedom Riders who went down there when it didn't do any good to go down there."
• On who was helpful during the unrest — "Jim Eastland…never made any effort to stop us from doing anything in the state of Mississippi…(he) always told me who I could trust and who I couldn't trust." "I found it more pleasant to deal with him than many so-called liberals…"
"Turning Point"
Turning Point is the self-penned memoirs of a Georgia farmer in the 1960s who, only a week before elections for state senator, decided to run, though he had never sought public office before. He did amazingly well and would have won outright if not for the most blatant election tampering imaginable from an old "county boss."
The farmer was despondent and discussed taking the matter to the courts. His family and advisers, including his legal counsel, were against it, telling him there was no precedent and his efforts would be fruitless. But the farmer felt a conviction to do something — to do nothing would be irresponsible.
So he fought. Through many twists and turns, he managed to get the ballots thrown out and a new election ordered. And he won. A few weeks later, that young peanut grower from Plains named Jimmy Carter was sworn in as state senator.
"The Great Game"
This book is also self-penned by Leopold Tepper. Tepper was born in Poland in 1904 and early in his life fell under the spell of Lenin and Communism. He eventually worked as a militant, often carrying out semi-spy activities.
As hostilities grew between Hitler-led Germany and the former Soviet Union (his family moved there when he was a boy), his country asked him to set up an extensive espionage ring in western Europe. This created a dilemma for Tepper. He had already grown bitter over Stalin's purge of his comrades and felt the dictator was ruining both the country and Communism. But in the end he chose the lesser of the two evils and began working toward the defeat of Hitler's "brown plague," because Tepper was not only a Communist but a Jew, as well.
Tepper was hugely successful. Soon radio operators all over Europe were sending mountains of information back to the Soviet Union. (For funding and cover, Tepper set up a legitimate business in Belgium making raincoats. The company was very profitable. It makes for interesting reading as the good Communist tries to explain how distasteful it was to have to behave as a degenerate capitalist, yet talks about his company with obvious pride.)
Tepper and his ring continued to work behind enemy lines after World War II began. Eventually, however, Tepper and most of his colleagues were captured. Tepper expected to be tortured, murdered and/or put in a concentration camp. But the Nazis, who didn't know he was Jewish, had other plans. They wanted him to switch sides and help the Germans funnel false information to the Soviets. The Germans called it "the great game."
Tepper had almost decided not to cooperate when he struck on a bold plan. He agreed to send a false message to re-establish contact with the Soviets. But as his Nazi guards slept just a few feet away, Tepper wrote another communiqu


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Arrow Television Show on the CW This Fall – Intrigued!
Arrow is coming to the CW this fall and, curses, but they might have caught the eye of this staunch advocate of books. I typically don't like sitting in front of the television for long periods of time, but they might have won me over with their pretty looking promos and tight editing. It looks […]


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FY31AP settings (again)
OK. Now I got the default settings, checked all and made a test flight. The behavior is still the same.
My problem is, during navigation from 1 point to the next, the plane continuously rolls from left to right and back. It did not do that in the beginning, so that is why I checked the default settings. But I actually did only minor changes in the Flight parameters and set them back to default.
Can someone explain to me the functions of the PID settings in real English, (not Chinglish). I have been reading the manual from yiny0730, but is very chinglish and very confusing. On one page it says: "If the plane flies in big s line, decrease pitch stabilization". Next paragraph it says" "If the plane flies in big s line, you can increase the related D value/reduce the related I value". On the next page it says: "Increase "side offset damping" if plane fly like a "Big S" pattern".
Well, it could not be more confusing than that.
The problem is that I have been trying to understand the various values and their meaning, but I am totally lost.
I simply don't want to change anything if I don't understand it. The Feiyutech manual is also no help at all. It just explains the words, not the function and meaning.
its tough without seeing your flight pattern.
1) create a box pattern where there is a good distance between boxes.
2) only watch to see how the plane acts when it gets to a waypoint and forget in between for now
3) if the plan turns sharply and never quite reaches the waypoint then your P is too high, if the plane overshoots the waypoint then the P is too low.
4) adjust untill it is somewhere between over shooting and turning so tightly that it has to turn back to get on course.
5) now start looking at the big s little s between waypoints. 99% of the time you will have a big slow S that wanders back and forth across the intended waypoint path. to correct for this increase the side offset dampening like I have suggested a few times in this thread. Put it at like 70 for a heavy skywalker.
6) now if the actual path is "beside" the inteneded path then I belive you increase the side offset integer... or decrease hahaha.... anyway it's the number beside the side offset dampening number. play with it and you will see immediate results.
This all MUST be done in the air via the GCS or you will never get a feel for how any of these numbers work.
If you don't have gcs in the air and are afraid I would leave everything at default and just increase side offset dampening to 70 if your flying a skywalker and try that... it will fix most of your issues I think.
that is a huge S.... a small s is over correction and usually means too large P value... usually... the big S needs side offset damp increased... usually.... hahah... nothing is written in stone with this stuff.
Autpilots take time to learn belive me I have been flying many different ones for 7 years now... and trust me this one is the easiest... you will get it!
Dear Steve,
Just came back from a test flight and did as you suggested. Increased the value "Side Offset Dampening" from 60 to 70 and left all other settings to default.
Fantastic !!!!!!!!
The wobbeling has gone...... Very stable flight with only a fraction of the swing left, but hardly noticeable.
I am very glad I did not start experimenting by myself. I would never have imagined such a small change in number would make such a big difference.
Thanks again for your advice, you probably saved me a crash.
FY 31 AP - VTx connection and Throttle Setting while using Datalink 606
More silly questions coming, as I had promised!
1 - Video Tx Connecting to Hornet OSD
OK, it is all more or less clear about the connections now...
However, here is the picture: the video Tx has its separate battery connection cable. The manual says that OSD feeds both the camera and the VTx, and warns in big bold letters against trying to connect DC input to more than one point.
a - Does it mean that the VTx does NOT have to be connected to the battery at all and that it will receive its DC input through the video cable (which as usually has +12, Gnd and Signal wires)?
b - Does it mean that if I decide to feed DC to the Vtx it will be perfectly OK as long as I do not at the same time feed DC to the OSD (so OSD will get fed through the VTx)?
c - Does it mean that if I (merely theoretically) decide to apply DC to both OSD and VTx, I should sever the red and black wires connecting the VTx to the OSD leaving only the signal wire?
2 - Throttle Setting while using Datalink 606
We know that 31AP does not measure air speed, hence the plane can stall in certain conditions. To avoid this, we usually choose not to connect the ESC signal cable to AP unit, leaving it plugged into the receiver.
However, if we decide to use Datalink radio instead of regular receiver, there is no such a thing as a receiver on board any more, and the AP gets all information from the GCS through a single cable. What should we do in this case, how to keep throttle not controlled by the AP?
Thank you!
Last edited by Cathay Stray; Oct 11, 2012 at 10:25 AM.
Yes, you connect throttle to the 31ap:
During binding your receiver to your transmitter, you set a "failsafe throttle position". So when your receiver signal gets lost, the failsafe throttle is what the 31ap gets as input. It will continue to control your throttle.
I have set my failsafe to about 60%. Works perfectly.
But it is sometimes more than a failsafe setting. I thought there might be a way to get around and still maintain greater control over the throttle but looks like in datalink mode it is not an option. OK, we have to learn to live with it.
i believe most values have a max of 99 so you can think of it as percentage.
I managed to upgrade my unit to version 2.0
Well I think I did as the reading still reports 1.11 - I take that as a known bug.
The unit needs some time to report correctly what soft it is running.
I have windows VISTA. I can not use their GCS. How do I get rid of the way points?
If I switch to nav mode I would like the fy31 to maintain heading and altitude.
How do I do that. Presently if I switch to nav the plane dives and flies away to honkong I suppose. It would dive in to the ground before getting there though.
Should I connect throttle to the 31ap?
Ever since my first contact with FY-31AP, I've never connected the throttle to the 31ap and have set my failsafe to about 50%. I've no complains!
I did that because other pilots says so, but I actually never got any proper explanation for not using the throttle connected to FY-31AP and I always wondered why not?
Any thoughts?
As far as hooking up the vTX to the Hornet, basically don't have more then one power source coming INTO the Hornet, ALL of it's 12v rails are connected and non-isolated, so if you hooked up a powered vTX to the Hornet which is also powered, you would have 2x12 volts going into it. Let the Hornet OSD give power to the vTX, and keep it disconnected from any other power source. This is how mine is hooked up, infact my Hornet powers my Camera and vTX.
Also as far as throttle goes, if you are using the data radio as your RC control radio as well your throttle will still work as normal as long as you have signal because you are still the one flying it, failsafe on the throttle is for when signal is lost and you have no control.
Granted too that some AP functions will control throttle for you such as RTH, but you can configure it all to your liking and what works best for you plane. For the record I do not use the throttle port of the FY31AP either.
Air Speed Measurement Is Important
I stalled my Skywalker twice this past summer while trying to fly slow and low while trying to do some aerial photography .
It would also be very nice to have an air speed indicator on my On Screen Display.
I need some help.
I have installed the GCS 3.0
It openes up but I am getting no map. I am a new user of this all, learning. So far I was able to update the 31AP to version 2.0, installed google earth, but that is all.
I thought the map would somehow opened automaticaly once the google earth is installed ant the pc is connected to internet.
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Karrak Karnival
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September 27th to October 5th 2014 : Western Australia
Karrak Karnival, the 2014 Australian foot-Orienteering Championships carnival, will be held in Western Australia from September 27th to October 5th, in the middle of WA's famous wildflower season. The carnival will comprise nine events over the nine days. Carnival Program Event Locations
The four national championship events will be part of the Silva National Orienteering League competition and the three individual championships have received World Ranking Event status. Two open-entry events will follow the mid week School Championships on the same days, so there will be two rest days.
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On rest days visit Fremantle, Perth's port city, for Welcome 2 Fre-O, a free Orienteering discovery activity that you can do at any time . Fabulous Fre-O will lead you to most of the historic features of the area, past many of the 50 coffee shops in Freo and surrounds, and even to the home of the furture AFL Premiers! You can use the Karrak Karnival Facebook site to see how you fared against you friends and foes!
Follow this link to answers for the Welcome 2 Fre-O orienteering discovery map.
We hope you enjoyed the challenge, had a chance to stop for a coffee (there's lots of cafes in Freo), visited some of the historic sites, and got to know this interesting slice of WA a lot better.
We thank the Fremantle Dockers for sponsoring this map. Maybe next year will be their Premiership year!
Extend your stay for an extra week!
The SWOT Club is showcasing the Sprint the South West
A Series of Four Sprint events in 2 days (7/8 October) amongst the Surf, Wineries, Artisans, Forests, Icecreams, Dolphins, Coastlines, Coffee, Lighthouses, Fish, Art and more
Entries are open for Sprint the South West
The link below will take you to the correct entry page in Eventor.
Standard fees of $15/$8/$38 for adult, junior and family per event are available until midnight 14 September (after the Sprint event at Australind SHS).
On Friday and Saturday 10/11 October three MTBO National Series will be held near WA's surf and wine capital Margaret River.
Why Karrak?
Aboriginal legend.
Noongars believed that the Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (FRTBC) acquired its red markings on the tail from black cockatoos with white markings on their tails White-tailed Black Cockatoos (WTBC). These WTBC were mistakenly attempting to defend a dingo which was attacking a willy wagtail. A swamp hen was feeding at the time on sedge, the roots of which exude a red sap. The swamp hen cut a reed and struck the WTBC across their backs. When the WTBC spread their tails to defend their backs, the swamphen threw lumps of red sap at their tails. The WTBC became so hoarse from screaming that they could only vocalise 'karrak' instead of 'wolah'.
(Paraphrased from My Dusky Friends by Ethel Hassell Priv. publ, East Fremantle 1975)
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OTTAWA - There have been some summer changes in the local curling scene.
Longtime Rideau manager, Audrey Frey, has changed careers and has been replaced by Pierre Mondor. Navan's new manager is Charles Calve.
The Navy's Ann Campbell retired. Rene Boucher has taken over. They also have a new ice technician, Dan Nakita.
Urban clubs have some openings in prime-time evenings and weekends, but are generally well subscribed. Rural clubs are experiencing some decline as population pressures diminish their markets. The Ottawa Valley Curling Association has a chart on its website (www.ovca.com) that indicates which facilities have open spots. Interestingly, the former mainstay for a lot of clubs has been daytime curling, but all report openings.
SHORTY RESULTS: In Brockville on Sunday, what many perceived to be the Ontario Scotties final preview saw Team Sherry Middaugh from Coldwater combat Team Rachel Homan. Both teams easily won their semi-finals and then played it close to the vest in a squeaker of a final. Middaugh edged Homan 4-3. Middaugh second Lee Merklinger, who resides in Ottawa, had said: "Yeah, we really want to play Homan in the final." On the men's side, Toronto's John Epping defeated Chad Allen from Brantford 8-3 in a game that went all Epping's way. Epping's lead is Ottawa's David Mathers. With this year marking the first year of the Olympic cycle, both Ottawa players report that their respective teams are committed to playing in lots of events. Mathers has had to quit school to pursue his team's aggressive 10 weekend pre-Christmas schedule.
WINNERS CIRCLE: The rink skipped by Lauren Horton with Melissa Gannon, Leigh Gustafson and Jessica Armstrong won both the Carleton Heights women's spiel and junior bonspiel early in September. Jeff McCrady and Brian Lewis captured the Scotch Doubles title, while the boys' side of the junior event went to Lewis' son Chris, with David Staples, Scott Chadwick and Geordin Raganold.
CURLING THIS WEEK: The first major local curling event of the season begins Wednesday at the RCMP. The Moosehead Fall Open is divided into a men's and women's section with plenty of men's team from La Belle Province. The usual local powerhouses are in attendance -- Bryan Cochrane, Chris Gardner, Howard Rajala and Greg Richardson. The women's side is headlined by Jenn Hanna (re-united with Pascale Letendre), Tracy Samaan and Cheryl McBain. The men's event begins at 4 p.m. with the women's at 6:30 p.m. The finals are Sunday at 6.
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Concept of Shipping Conferences in Logistics
The conferences are association of companies, resembling an ordinary cartel or trust, formed to control supply and prices and to limit entry into the trade. The Royal Commission of 1909 defined Shipping ring or conference as 'a combination, more or less close of shipping companies formed for the purpose of regulating or restricting competition in the carrying trade on a given trade route or routes'. Shipping Conferences are formed only in a line trade and not in the tramp service, because the former is a more stable and regular organisation. Since the conferences are made for particular routes only, a shipping company may join many conferences on different routes. Likewise, the shipping companies may not join conference of a particular route and carry on independent business. The organisation of conferences varies. It may be completely formal or informal. A conference may have liners of various nationalities as its members and their purpose of alliance might differ from conference to conference.
To conclude that shipping conferences has two main objectives:
- To regulate competition between its members.
- To protect its members as a body against outside competition from tramps or non conference lines.
- Prevention of competition and protection of weaker lines: The organisation of conference regulates the competition among the liners by entering into agreements on subjects like fixation of rates, allocation of traffic and other sailing conditions. It curtails the unhealthy competition among the liners and protects the weaker liners, which otherwise would have been ousted in free competition.


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Religion and the Job Crisis : What do Believers Think?
As the nation struggles with a 9.1 percent unemployment rate, Baylor University's Institute of Religion has conducted a survey with the mission to answer the question, "How does religion affect how Americans feel about the job crisis?"
Released last Tuesday, the findings include that Americans who believe that God has a plan for their lives are more likely to think the government "does too much", oppose unemployment benefits for healthy people, and believe in the "American dream."
But how many Americans believe God has a plan for their lives? According to the 1,714 adults chosen randomly by the Texas-based Baptist University, 40.9 percent said they "strongly agree" that "God has a plan for me," while 32.2 percent "agree that He does, 12.3 percent "disagree" and 14.6 percent "strongly disagree."
To analyze the results further, The Christian Post reached out to Jim Case, a professional faith-based life coach and founder of Compass Christian Coaching, a company that works with individuals to find and follow God's plan for their lives.
"There are obvious political overtones and theological undertones to this survey. But as believers in a God that says that He is Sovereign and good, we are in perfect relationship with Him. He is in control. There is a sense of internal confidence that remains steadfast during whatever circumstances that affects our lives which includes job loss and economic turmoil," said Case who is also a seminary-trained theologian and corporate chaplain.
"Generally, people who believe in government deregulation believe in God's plan," said survey researcher Paul Froese.
But why would a believer in God's plan think that the government does too much? Jim told CP that it's not so much about the government doing too much as it is about a believer's outlook during unemployment and how they choose to react during those stages of economic downtown.
"People have been trained to wait on the government. They don't even think of the church as much of the solution," said Case who encourages Americans to turn to the church more so than the government in times of job crisis.
"If there were more people in unity with each other under the belief in an abundant God, there would be an opportunity for them to address their community's needs in ways so that the government wouldn't have to fill the void," he explains.
However, there are many ways where the government's system affect's one's financial life. Unemployment benefits are one of them.
"A person with faith in a God who has the energy to care for the needs of others is not going to be critical of a person collecting unemployment. They are going to realize that unemployment can be one of God's forms of provisions," Case said.
As President Barack Obama pushes a $447 billion job creation bill, it is evident that Americans often rely on the government to fix the high unemployment rate and large economic woes.
"It's an entitlement mindset that is brought and strengthened. I'm not stating that not as a criticism but as an objective reality," said Case.
Ultimately Case views the survey results as an opportunity for believers in America to view the job crisis as a call for personal or spiritual action.
"A life in faith and belief is meant to produce. It's meant to produce a life that overcomes difficult circumstances. It does not despair and does not resort giving up. It does not fall into unremitting anxiety because they are not alone," said Case.
In addition to attempting to figure out how religious and non-religious individuals view the job crisis, the survey also explored religion as it relates to health, education, income and cultural issues.
The latest analyses were carried out by researchers at Baylor's Department of Sociology and Hankamer School of Business and funded by Baylor University, with support from the National Science Foundation and the John M. Templeton Foundation.
The survey participants answered more than 300 items in the Baylor Religion Survey that was designed by Baylor University scholars, conducted by The Gallup Organization in the fall of 2010 and announced at the Religion Newswriters Association conference last weekend in North Carolina.


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Niall O'Keeffe
, December 13th, 2013 12:00
Since the last album, a fine new Fall track has already emerged: 'Bag Boy', by the Pixies. It couldn't have been a more explicit homage to Mark E Smith's group. Amid the familiar grinding rhythms, its vocal put the Mark in trademark: all hectoring instructions couched in oddly formal language. "Polish your speech!" is the new "Pay your rates!"
In a further doff of the cap, the Pixies have since added to their live set a cover of the Fall song from which 'Bag Boy' borrows most heavily: 'Big New Prinz'. It's thus possible that, three-and-a-half decades in, The Fall are now bigger than ever.
Full marks to the Pixies for honesty, and for the adroitness of their salute. After all, the spirit of The Fall is not so easily channelled. It's certainly possible to make a parodic stab at what a song will sound like based on the title Smith has given it. But coming up with a plausibly Fall-esque title from scratch is a more magical conjuring act. You can, however, imagine a Fall song called 'Bag Boy', and thanks to the Pixies, you don't have to.
How perfect that The Fall should now re-enter the fray with a biting critique of the culture of retromania. "Never forget, remembrance is worth nothing!" barks Smith on this EP's title track, vying for attention with drummer Keiron Melling and his martial, remorselessly hard-hitting style. His beat carries an echo of 'Hurricane Edward', a gem carved amid The Fall's late-90s chaos.
In the background, new voices make themselves heard, robotically intoning the phrase "Manipulated to leaving". It's a three-word sum-up of the band's tumultuous history: the personnel changes, the voodoo-style man management practised by Smith.
Showcased with ferocity at a gig in Dublin in August, 'The Remainderer' dominated a strong set, in a way that evoked the shock of first hearing 'Reformation', perhaps The Fall's best song, back in 2006. Like 'Reformation', 'The Remainderer' draws power from a pummelling rhythm, burbling synths, a riff of spiteful simplicity, and that shatteringly loud voice, full of mischief and malevolence.
Muscles flexed, The Fall devote the rest of this EP to answering the call of the weird. 'Amorator!' could hardly have a more Fall-esque moniker, but it's refreshingly unfamiliar fare. When its wheezing electronics and skiffle-like guitars suddenly drop away, Smith offers sage advice: "Never forget, your brain is a bubble of water, and a blank sheet..."
Smith's mania for repetition is indulged in 'Mister Rode', where he sings "I gotta a name I gotta say" again and again over a ceaselessly clanging guitar figure. But towards the end of the track, there's a terrific transformation, redolent of the classic 'Spoilt Victorian Child' or the more recent 'Weather Report 2'. A crescendo of stuttering guitars and beats slowly builds and builds as Smith intones an echo-laden speech of hazy meaning but infinite menace. It's electrifying.
'Remembrance R', a sister track to 'The Remainderer', arrives with a riff that rewrites 80s track 'Elves', itself a rewrite of The Stooges' 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'. Another voice is heard here: the sneering Salfordian tones of Fall engineer Simon "Ding" Archer, who embarks on spoken-word mockery of bands that reform, while Black Francis's ears burn in the distance.
Undermining the anti-nostalgia theme, 'Remembrance R' is followed by a medley of Gene Vincent covers, recorded live: 'Say Mama' and 'Race With the Devil'. At Fall shows, 50s rock & roll covers serve two purposes. For the diehards, they're a chance to hit the bar or bathroom. For wary friends who've been dragged along to the gig, there's a comfort break of a different kind: a momentary blast of something recognisable, or of a recognisable form, and a brief respite from not-getting-it. However, it's less easy to see what an EP gains from this perfunctorily rendered, roughly recorded tribute.
With its title, closing track 'Touchy Pad' promises a rant about consumer electronics, but something altogether stranger is in store. "Where's my time machine?" shouts Tamsin Middleton of the Salfordian trio Mr Heart, while Smith offers something about "Asians with weak bones". Later, during a back-and-forth with his guest, a confused-sounding Smith asks: "Are you saying Judas? I love them!" Er, right.
The EP lurches to an abrupt halt, but its work is done. The Remainderer slots into a lineage of interim records that bridge different eras of The Fall, like the sprawling 'Chiselers' single, which telegraphed a darkening of mood in the mid-90s, or the Fall Versus 2003 EP, which signalled the band's reinvigoration after career-low Are You Are Missing Winner?
To judge from this record, the future Fall will be chaotic, cryptic and collaborative. Its music will be shape-shifting, fragmented and fierce. New paths will be taken, after the playfulness of last album Re-Mit and the priceless put-down that its track 'Irish' gave to the world: "They show their bollocks when they eat."
The Fall, as usual, will move on, and leave everything behind: The Remainderer, and the rest.
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Dec 13, 2013 9:13pm
Nice review but that's not Elena on Touchy Pad.
Dec 14, 2013 5:54am
In reply to Dave:
Yes it is .
Dec 14, 2013 12:36pm
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It's Tamsin from Mr. Heart.
Dec 16, 2013 9:59am
I wish peoplke would stop routinely dissing 'AYAMW'
Dec 16, 2013 11:11am
I lived with cancer death-wipe.
Dec 16, 2013 11:13am
Pixies are ass-- ooops, Frank Black's solo career a failure, time to fire up the nostalgia machine!-- and the Limeys on this sight who besotted with that garbage, then and now, are a sad case. Mark E. has been on a goddamn roll, however, and if one omits the less-than-carefully made comps and dubiously sourced live vinyl, the Fall have been chugging strongly for the last decade plus... Long may he etc, with a nary a fucking Pixies, Slint, Bowie, Boards of Canada (hah hah) cover in sight.
Dec 16, 2013 12:23pm
Blimey, here we go again, another Journo who's not done their homework and is jumping to sensationalist conclusions! Research, people! It's not that hard if you put the effort in!
1. 'Touchy pad' features the fantastic vocal talent of Tamsin Middleton of the much-loved Salfordian trio 'Mr Heart', not Elena Smith!
2. Ding Archer happened to actually play bass on the Pixies' latest recordings, then supported the group on their recent European tour with his group AAAK, so your suggestion of there being any Ill feeling on his part towards Black Francis is frankly unfounded and embarrassing to those who know their facts.
Sort it out!
Dec 31, 2013 10:17pm
oh dear, I think Niall who wrote this review needs to try a bit harder. a very superficial review of a set of tracks that draws on the roots of The Fall. Armorator and Mr Rode, and Rememberence R took me right back to them live in the early 80s; not remembrance as in the Great War but remembering. And as for the throwaway line about 50s rock n roll - if Niall had listened to early Fall it's all twisted rockabilly rhythms; so nothing new there. Back to the Future anyone?
Feb 17, 2014 7:20pm
They performed 'Race with the Devil' 25 years ago, at John Peel's 50th.
Reflect on that, if you will.


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Discussion in 'Ballroom Dance' started by Daphna, Dec 14, 2008.
Wait, Joe and Skwiggy won MOSS? I had no idea both of them were DF'ers! Here is a delayed "Hi!"
Oh man, how long have you been hangin' out here? Hahhahaha
thanks, Laura
Great to meet you, Mandicraft! Thanks for all your hard work on such a great event. Hope to see you again soon!
Dude, we met you at Capital Dancesport in August, LOL.
I remember that get together!
Maybe he was thrown by the fact that skwiggy's real life name isn't skwiggy.
Dude, no way : )
lol, I didn't expect he doesn't recognize Skwiggy either (even with her beautiful profile pic there). well, late better than never
ok, enough teasing of Cantski now looking forward to see some ccp's gorgeous photos
also thanks for chris' lineup photo, so far that's my only decent photo of a front view of this new dress
There will be LOTS of them, but CCP is in Chicago until Tuesday, and he decided to take the camera with him because he wasn't sure my back would be able to handle hauling a suitcase and camera equipment onto NJ Transit. I'll make sure he starts processing them as soon as he gets home, but it is going to be a few days.
Did I tell you that I won a bottle of champagne for having the closest guess of the final placements for champ standard? Pretty funny. (I wasn't all that close. Got 6th and 5th right, but I had 1st-4th jumbled.)
Congrats to your winning of champagne! wow didn't know there is such award of guessing placement, good for audience!
wish ccp a good trip in Chicago sorry I was so [stupid] at comp didn't recognice you without your latin costume and makeup I'm so terrible in recognize people...anyway, so wonderful to see you and thanks in advance for ccp's photos...
I really have to make more of an effort to meet fellow DFers at comps -- sounds like I'm missing out on a lot of fun.
I think if I looked at the registration correct for Clover Star, I'll be seeing you there? I'm going down to help out down there in a couple of weeks.
Yeah, this was something new that we did with the VIPs this year for the Adult Championship Latin & Standard events. We thought it was a fun idea.
Last night, I recall finding a link for video and photos from MAC 2009 but I cannot find that link anymore. Anyone?
A few pages back I posted links (in separate posts) for Champ Standard Final and Semi. Maybe the poster has other videos as well.
It was our first time at MAC and we really enjoyed it. Well run competition, great volunteers, superb dancers, and great audience. Too bad it was so cold outside, but inside it was HOT!
Adwiz, It was good meeting you. I know my partner enjoyed it. But cold? Colder than BC?
Me too! I enjoyed meeting you too (now that I know who you are from your photo). We're not sure about Snowball (it's not an IDSF comp for Senior Latin), but hope to run into you again soon!
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We now have a date for exactly when we'll know who's going to win next year's Best Picture Oscar: Jan. 21, 2012.
The Producers Guild of America has set that date for its 23rd annual Producers Guild Awards — honors that have become one of the most reliable predictors of Academy Award success, particularly since the PGA followed the Academy and expanded its best-picture slate from five to 10 nominees.
At the same time that it made that change, the PGA also instituted the same preferential ballot-counting system used by the Academy, making the PGA Awards the only guild honors to have the same number of nominees as the Oscars and use the same method for tallying votes.
In the two years since the change has made, the PGA Awards provided crucial tests of the strength of "The Hurt Locker" and "The King's Speech," both of which won upset victories (over "Avatar" and "The Social Network," respectively) on their way to the eventual Oscar triumphs.
For "The King's Speech," the win came after "The Social Network" had enjoyed an unprecedented sweep through the critics awards and Golden Globes, making it the Oscar frontrunner in the eyes of most observers. The PGA was the first clear sign that guild and Academy voters would not be agreeing with the critical consensus this year.
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The seventh and latest series of McFarlane Toys' NHL Legends arrives in stores in November with the seven-figure lineup showcasing five greats from the past. Here are images of of them all, including Maurice "The Rocket" Richard (above).
Chicago Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita. (Man, I want some doughnuts. Where's a Tim Hortons?)
"Mr. Hockey" Gordie Howe. (When's the Mrs. Hockey figure arriving?)
Doug Gilmour, Toronto Maple Leafs and …
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Review2013 Avalon Limited with every option. I really enjoy my Avalon. I would put it at 4 out of five stars for about every category. Overall, this car represents value for the money. It is sporty yet refined, pretty fun to drive if you never push the limits and has enough technology built in. It has its faults like every car and Toyota. It's no sports car. And for a Toyota I am not impressed with the build quality. Surprising problems with a falling headliner and rattling door with the stereo playing. I haven't had the rear view or dash glare problems that some have complained about. I mostly think those are bogus. Toyota's Entune works sporadically with my iPhone 4 and I am disappointed with it
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Sporting KC vs Portland Timbers
Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 7:30 p.m. CT
Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas
English TV: KSMO-TV
English Radio: Sports Radio 810
Spanish Radio: La Gran D 1340 AM
Game On | MatchCenter | Game Notes | Press Conference
Media Guide | Social Media | MatchDay App | MLS LIVE | Direct Kick
Sporting Kansas City returns to Sporting Park after back-to-back road contests for the first match in a three-game homestand that begins with the Portland Timbers on Saturday. The match will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. CT and will be broadcast live on KSMO-TV with coverage starting at 6 p.m. CT. The game will also air live on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and La Gran D 1340 AM (Spanish).
Saturday's match marks the lone meeting between the two clubs during the 2013 regular season and the fourth overall match-up since Portland joined Major League Soccer as an expansion side in 2011. Sporting KC is 2-1-0 against the Timbers all-time, including a 3-1 victory in the only previous meeting at Sporting Park. Graham Zusi earned a brace in the first half of the contest and Soony Saad added a third tally in the 73rd minute.
The Portland Timbers enter Saturday's match in the midst of a five-game undefeated streak, including three straight draws on the road. Portland is the only club in MLS without a loss away from home to date this season. Conversely, Sporting Kansas City is undefeated at Sporting Park during the 2013 MLS regular season.
The Timbers currently boast a 312-minute shutout streak, second in the League this season behind only Sporting Kansas City's 545-minute streak which ceased in the 27th minute of last weekend's 2-0 loss to the LA Galaxy at The Home Depot Center.
Sporting KC has conceded five goals this season, fewest in the League behind the LA Galaxy and none when owning the home field advantage. Sporting KC and the Portland Timbers are both among League leaders in fewest shots against with 68 and 69 respectively.
With a shutout on Saturday, Jimmy Nielsen would surpass Tony Meola for most shutouts in club history with 38. A Sporting Kansas City victory against the Timbers would mark Manager Peter Vermes 50th win while leading the club.
Portland's first-year head coach Caleb Porter makes his first appearance at Sporting Park while former KC midfielder Jack Jewsbury returns to Kansas City for the second time wearing a Portland uniform. Michael Harrington makes his first trip to Kansas City since he was traded to Portland during the offseason. Both players have started the last five matches as outside backs for Portland.
Saturday's match will debut several new features at Sporting Park. The Boulevard Members Club will be releasing five new menu items from local eatery Grinders that will be available for purchase. Additionally, the Boulevard Brewing Company will be launching KC Pils, formerly Boulevard Pilsner, at the match on Saturday and the beverage will be available for $3 prior to kickoff. The Boulevard Members Club opens at 5:30 p.m. CT to all Members Stand ticket holders and opens to all ticket holders following the match.
The Budweiser Beer Garden will also be available to supporters on Saturday, providing an all-you-can-eat and all-you-can-drink VIP hospitality experience on the Sprint Plaza from two hours before kickoff up until 15 minutes prior to first kick. Tickets can be purchased for $25 online at SportingKC.com/tickets or at the Sporting Park Box Offices on the day of game while supplies last.
Parking lots at Sporting Park open three hours prior to kick off and all fans are encouraged to arrive early. Parking maps and directions are located on SportingKC.com/parking.
The Final Whistle: Sporting KC Postgame show on Sports Radio 810 WHB will take place in the Boulevard Members Club following the game and fans can join the discussion by calling 913-3-810-810.
Sporting Kansas City supporters can follow the match online via @SKCGameday on Twitter and the SportingKC.com/GameOn page or on mobile devices with the MLS MatchDay app. Additionally, fans outside the local viewing area can watch live on Direct Kick and MLS LIVE .


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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Babymoon II - north shore
We spent the second part of our trip in the north of the island. The north is famous for its beaches, and there are quite a few gems indeed. The area around Princeville is far more developped than the quaint township of Poi'pu. Mega-resorts, a few large private estates and a multitude of beachfront properties make for a less remote feeling than in the south. Access to the beaches is often tricky given the steep terrain, but once you get there the views are grand. Most of them are secluded (did I mention the difficult access?) and the snorkeling is outstanding. There are also plenty of hikes, but they require diligent application of DEET and we figured that can't be good for pregnant women. A few pictures.
Hotel critic: for this part we stayed at the Westin. The thing to note about this hotel is that rooms come with a washer/dryer and a full kitchen, which is probably really nice with kids. The hotel is on a cliff so access to the beach is cumbersome to say the least (you need to walk down a super steep, muddy, mosquito infested jungle path). There is a shuttle to the St. Regis (formerly Princeville Hotel) which has better access to the ocean and a stunning view of Hanalei Bay, so that's nice if you don't mind hanging out with the rich and famous. I have a suspicion that the Westin is full of consultants spending their Starwoods points, which may impact their "tight" management (why else is parking - $9/day - not included in a $250/night room rate?) For a more relaxed feel stay at the Hyatt.
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One final recall thought
The house is quiet right now. My dog Nelson just went to bed where he'll probably dream of a buffet table.
Some time ago my wife, the Lovely Doreen from Waukesha, and I cast our ballots for Governor Scott Walker. (This isn't a surprise to anyone so I don't think I'm making news with a last minute endorsement.) it didn't take long and the die is cast. Like much of the country we're just waiting for the election results.
I just checked the yard and our "I stand with Scott Walker" yard sign is still there in the moonlight. Apparently yard sign thieves have more respect for "beware of dog" signs than the neighborhood rabbits.
Under the nearly full moon the city is quiet for the moment. Tomorrow so many people will go to work or fill their days with other activities. Many of them will barely note the passing of recall election day. I've often said that's how it should be, that a government confined to its proper role should cause barely a ripple in the lives of ordinary people.
Unfortunately, these are not ordinary times, and the political opposition to Governor Scott Walker is not an ordinary movement. I tend to be blasé about much of the antics of the political left since comparatively speaking the current left wing of the Democratic Party pales in many ways to the leftwing movements of the 1960s or even the 1980s. But this election is a reminder, from Graeme Zielinski's bizarre rants to the tragi-comic demonstrations in Madison, just how much the party has been captured by it's most irrational elements. Then there's just the endless corruption of the truth by those who should know better. Barrett knows the real jobs numbers but runs the ads anyway. Jud lounsbury, a former Feingold flak, spreads rumors about Walker fathering a child in college. The weird hunting claims by the Democrats, and so on.
I hear all this stuff about a guy I knew from my days in the College Republicans and I can scarcely believe they're referring to the same person. Next they'll accuse Walker of shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die.
At some point, all this craziness has got to end.
If Walker wins, as I predict, as a practical matter some of the madness will end. The recall supporters will have learned the hard way that using recalls for purely political ends will not be rewarded. Some of the demonstrations will lose steam. Businesses will begin hiring. Life will go on for Wisconsin, most of it anyway.
We'll also be inundated with endless chatter from the mainstream chattering class, often in the form of a question but not intended that way, about how Walker will need to compromise in order to "heal" the divisions in our state. No mention will be made of the unions' conduct or the left's conduct since the 2010 November election, and nobody will ask them to reach out to Walker to end the bitterness even though they will have bee repudiated at the polls again.
But at least Walker and the Republicans will have a chance to move this state forward again. There is a lot that needs to be fixed in this state. We might as well start now with re-electing the governor to finish the rest of his term.


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So, what can you do to stay afloat? One thing you can do is put together a Family Readiness Folder. I happen to extremely blessed with a husband who actively makes sure I'm connected in some way to his Unit, and he has an amazing boss, who feels more like family then a co-worker, having been the rock I've leaned on whether he knew it or not.
What makes a good Readiness Folder?
Contact Information is Key:
Gather together key contact information from your husband, the base website or anyone else you can get it from.
1. Family Services Contacts
- Family Programs local
- Family Readiness Assistant
- Youth Programs
- Air Wing Family Programs Coordinator (or other branch Equivalent)
- Military OneSource Consultant
- Transition Assistance Advisor
- ESGR (Employer Support Guard/Reserve
- TriWest (for your area)
- ID Cards/DEERS
- Survivor Outreach Services
- American Red Cross
3. Wellness Team
- Director of Psychological Health
- Military Family Life Consultant (adult/family & child/youth)
- Chaplain
- Personal Finance Counselor
- Suicide Hotline (national (800) 273-TALK)
4. Yellow Ribbon Program contact info
5. Your local unit or operations group contacts
- Group Commander
- Squadron Commander
- Operations Support Commander
- Director of Operations
- First Sergeant
Pre-deployment Information Form
Find one of these and fill it out before a deployment. This will have important information for the unit, like deployment location and time information, who your family is, who your child are, emergency contacts, information about you so that you can be located and specific concerns about the deployment. It is important that you are kept in the loop during a deployment.
Important Dates
Include an important dates section in your folder - drill schedules, special events, or local events that might be helpful to those stationed near you, and for those that are not. They may want to make the trek closer if there will be special base events or holiday events (especially for families). Our local base had Easter, Halloween and Christmas events for the kids. There is also usually a unit BBQ. For the National Guard many states have a State Military Ball where all branches affiliated with the Guard and Reserves in the area are usually invited.
What My Family Should Know:
This is a guide for all the things you should know, your family should know. It is also a great way to get the conversation going about topics no one wants to talk about. Lets face it, who really wants to have a conversation about funeral arrangements before anyone is actually passed on. Talking about those things is important none the less. For me, I wanted to confidently be able to stand my ground and specifically state that I knew exactly what my husband wanted. This may also force your significant other to have this conversation. If I could recount the stories that I've been witness too where that was never discussed and problems arose. Contact information going unchanged - never being changed from a parent to a wife, and other similar situations. Being married to an Eagle Scout, being prepared is a mantra around here. It never EVER hurts to be prepared...it can always hurt to be unprepared.
Here's a link to a packet if your unit doesn't have one. I can also probably get one of mine, so please feel free to email me if you feel the one linked to doesn't work for you.
Other Notes:
Many Family Readiness Groups on base have booklets for deployments and info ones to have around all the time. Seek them out. If you aren't near your husband's unit, but you are near another base, reach out to them! Currently we are nowhere near hubby's home base, but close to so many. I am always actively seeking programs that we are eligible for. We have full rights to the MWR too. Last year we got a pool pase for a great deal. Sure it wasn't the local neighborhood pool that I could walk to, but it was hundreds of dollars cheaper. If you're a mom look for a local MOPS group. The base here has one, but there is bound to be a local church that hosts one. Each one is different, and while all of them are faith-based, they are all different. Seek out other Moms groups in your area as well. There was more than one in the area we were in previously, faith based or not. They are out there! Look online for military support groups, or facebook. While many can have drama (what doesn't in life anymore), I can tell you that I have made some amazing friends that I have 6yrs later, and many I eventually met in person. These ladies were my saving grace at times and I couldn't be more thankful. Find out if your area has a local Blue Star Families. They have been an amazing connection for me.
So, I hope this helps and is a place to start for you. Please do not hesitate to contact me for clarification on anything listed here, as well as help tracking down the information for your local area. If you're totally lost and wouldn't even begin to know where to start PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE email me and I will help you!!!


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Dear Charlotte,
It's September 1st today. It's weird, isn't it? The way most kids associate the start of September with brand new backpacks, pencil shavings and the panicked beating of their hearts as they get on the bus, pretending all the while to be perfectly collected, not even a little nervous? I guess that's one thing this whole thing has given me to be grateful for. Dr. Spence says it would be a good idea for me to write a list every day of things I'm grateful for. You'd like him. He also told me I should try writing you a few letters telling you how I feel, even if I would never send them, and it's not like you'd open them even if I did. Anyways, don't get me wrong, it's not like the start of another year doesn't faze me, it's more like I'm used to it, you know? And besides, I have other things to think about.
Charlie. It feels strange to call you Charlie. It's like when we used to go to that sushi place on 3rd street that you absolutely loved and we would order the rolls with the tiny orange fish eggs on top, which I always thought were absolutely disgusting because of the way I could hear them pop in my mouth like little fluorescent balloons, but you always loved them so I ate them anyway. I guess our relationship never really was that ordinary. Everyone always called you "Charlie" because you hated the name Charlotte; you thought it sounded too old-fashioned even though I always thought it made you sound regal. Even when you were small and not even tall enough for your feet to touch the ground while riding the train to school, you would always insist on people calling you Charlie, even if that led to sub teachers' mistaken assumptions that you were a boy time after time. I guess you minded being called Charlotte more than you minded being mistaken for a boy. You were weird like that. I never understood why you didn't mind it when I called you Charlotte, though. Maybe it had something to do with your obsession with secrets, the way you thought secrets made people seem more complex and beautiful. I suppose that was it. The way I pronounced your name, Charlotte, the soft shushing sound of the first two letters that shaped my lips as if I were about to kiss the air, it made it sound as if your name alone was a secret, meant only for us. Charlotte. Shharlotte. No one else called you Charlotte, and it made it special, like our memories of hushed voices in my beat-up truck watching the geese's wings brush against the surface of the lake, like that scene from "The Notebook" you loved.
I was always the too-lanky-to-be-smooth type, the socially awkward, the gawky teenager trying to make his way through high school without doing anything that would permanently damage his reputation. And then there was you, the complete set of colliding and conflicting turmoils of opinions and characteristics. You were the unrest of a storm, the uproar and chaos of a concert, the undoubtedly potent power of what it's like to be different.
It's been different, since you left. I suppose I've grown, or so they say. Not in height, of course, I think I've already done enough of that, but metaphorically, you know, like how my mom always says going through hard times is a good thing, because it makes you mature and get tougher. I've even gone back to the lake. It wasn't easy, though. Although I used to love the way the seaweed would kiss my feet, all the water does now is bring back memories, and even the good ones are hard to think about. You always said you wanted a house close to the sea. It was all the good things about the lake without the worries of leeches. I've been thinking about that a lot lately. My parents say living in a house by the sea is a bad idea, they say the water does horrible things to wood, it becomes mouldy and unreliable, and the tides are unpredictable, but I think that's exactly what I'd like about it. I guess those tides remind me of you, in a way. I guess that means I'm the wood. I hope you haven't made me mouldy.
I've tried going on dates. I know it's not gonna go anywhere, but Jenna keeps telling me going on a first date with someone doesn't count as leading them on. There was even this one girl that lasted longer than the first date. Kate. She was a swimmer. I liked that about her. I met her at school when I rejoined the swim team. I suppose she was very pretty, I got no short of pats on the back from the other guys on the team. But still, she wasn't you. And I don't mean that in a melancholic way, not really. I mean, I do wish I could go back to tracing invisible words on the back of your hand while we sat in my truck or sipping hot chocolate in a cafe downtown, and I would trade any number of chlorine-tasting kisses with Kate just to eat gross sushi rolls with you one more time, but that's not where I'm coming from. What I mean to say is that; realistically, honestly, looking at it from a third party perspective or just about any other, I'm still completely, unhealthily in love with you. And although I want to be with Kate and wish I could be the boy that gives her everything she's ever wanted because she deserves it, I know I can't. It just didn't feel right, it didn't make me happy, and pretending that could ever change would be a lie. I wish I could just move on, y'know? But I honestly think all that "closure" stuff shrinks talk about is bull.
The truth is I've never been a firm believer of true love. Unlike you and your dreamy theories of soulmates and the Greek gods slicing a person in two from the moment they're born, I've always thought there's more than one "the one". I think that, theoretically, we could fall in love with tons of people under the right circumstances. And yet I've never met another. There's only ever been one you. Only one Charlotte that hums Belle and Sebastian and glides under the water upside down just to look up at the kaleidoscope formed when the water is broken into a million pieces. I believe that, if you're lucky, you meet a person that's unlike everybody else in the entire world, and you can talk to them for ages without getting bored, about anything and everything. Maybe that's what people call a soulmate. And you think maybe you could have fallen in love with someone else, maybe they're not actually as unlike everyone else as you think they are, as special as I think you are. Maybe you even meet someone new who's just as incredible in their own way. But, theories aside, once you fall for someone like that, there's just no comparison, no going back. That person that's unlike everyone else in the whole world is always on the back of your mind, and nothing you ever do can change that. Some people never find that person, and they end up settling for a phony version of what could have been, maybe they think that's what love actually is, and they never realize that something's been missing, or maybe they live their life as if in black and white while watching other couples living theirs in full color. I guess if you're lucky enough to find that person, you spend the rest of your life together. You'd be stupid to let them go, and I suppose plenty of people do, but they're the broken people in bars eating frozen meals for dinner. If you're like me, if you're lucky enough to meet that person but not lucky enough to be given the chance keep them, then you spend your life like Cain; a wanderer, an outsider, numb. Then you're really in trouble, because not only have you tasted happiness and lost it, but that's when you really start to wonder if you'll ever find it again.
Sometimes I drive by your old house and try to take in all the details, see what has changed. I wonder about the people living there now, if they're happy, if the kids that leave toys all over the yard ask their parents for bedtime stories, if the mom makes pancakes on Sundays. Have you ever played back the story of your life in your head, like a movie? You know, go over possible scenarios of what could have happened, alternative endings to friendships and exams and arguments? That's a summary of what happens inside my head every day, the what ifs that stream from fragments of my life time after time. What if I hadn't suggested we go swimming that day, in the lake? What if I hadn't told you it wasn't deep enough to need a life jacket? What if I had paid attention in CPR? It's amazing, the lengths of human memory, the way every aspect of that day is burned into my brain like hot iron, the way I relive it in nightmares and wake up tasting lake water and feeling cold sweat dripping down my back. I heard a Biology teacher say that the human mind is made to forget, and maybe that's why I've started to find it hard to remember what you looked like, whether the heart-shaped birthmark was on your left shoulder or your right and the exact shade of your eyes, and yet there's not a day in the calendar that I don't remember the day you died. Writing it out makes it real, but saying it out loud is worse. I can never escape the self-loathing I feel every time I look in the mirror, the sadness I feel when I remember I let you get away. I thought dating someone like Kate would make it better. Because she was a swimmer, I thought she would never drown, and I would never have to lose her. I guess I am like that wood after all, wrecked from the inside, beyond repair. In any case, I hope you're happy now, wherever you are. You used to say you wanted to be a tiger in your next life. I go to visit the tigers at the zoo a lot, now. I doubt anyone has ever looked at tiger cubs with this much love in their eyes.
Dear Charlotte by HumanKaleidoscopeWatch
©2013-2017 HumanKaleidoscope
"Not all stories have a happy ending, but that doesn't mean the story isn't worth telling. "Dear Charlotte" is a story about heartbreak, a story about unconventional (and yet somewhat relatable) romance and what it's like to be young. This story was inspired by the lakes of beautiful British Columbia."
This is a story I submitted to Teen Ink that was awarded Editor's Choice Award. The image was drawn by me as well. Enjoy.
This is a story I submitted to Teen Ink that was awarded Editor's Choice Award. The image was drawn by me as well. Enjoy.
//EDIT: HOLY. A DD? I GOT A DAILY DEVIATION? Fsygfwuihfkjsgdygsd.
I was in Social Studies when I decided to check deviantart, since I had already finished writing the essay we were working on. BOOM. On me drops like a brick a whopping 300-something messages. The first comment I read congratulates me on a Daily Deviantation on my story "Dear Charlotte", which naturally reduced me to a mass of rapid breathing and incomprehensible sentences. I'm so ridiculously shocked. Seriously, I still can't believe it. I've read through all the comments, and I promise I'll set on the task of replying to most of them as soon as I can. Thank you SO much to , who suggested "Dear Charlotte" as a DD, and to the lovely for making said suggestion a reality.
Daily DeviationGiven 2013-11-20
Dear Charlotte by ~HumanKaleidoscope is, as the suggester says, " a twisted short story with bright imagery and incredible use of suspense and narrative." ( Suggested by imheretolookatart and Featured by DorianHarper )
You've done a masterful job here my dear! I was in tears by the end, you've captured such a powerful sorrow in your words, very nicely done.
Oh wow, thank you so much. It really does mean a lot, I'm so glad this touched you. :')
Oh my goodness, thank you SO much. It's so amazing to think that somebody read my story not only once OR twice, but THREE TIMES. I'm so glad this touched you, really. What you said meant a lot to me.
That was a very beautiful story.
I can't stop crying T^T
This is so beautiful and creative. I love the way you wrote it.
Phew it's not real, that would have been so so sad Very moving
Really beautiful, really moving.
Thank you, I appreciate it. :')
*snif* the last sentences were what got me
This is so beautiful however I'm crying now. So beautiful and well written!
Way to take a jackhammer to my feels.
Beautifully written, thanks for sharing this. I can't forget a story like this one.
Beautifully written, thanks for sharing this. I can't forget a story like this one.
Once again thank you, I can't forget a comment like this one.
Don't lie. I forget comments everyday.
It's not like Morgan Freeman sent you this as a .wav file. xD
Don't lie. I forget comments everyday.
It's not like Morgan Freeman sent you this as a .wav file. xD
Well you didn't just make ONE comment, you made several and they were all really awesome and when I got the DD, I saw your comment first. XD So I won't.
I couldn't imagine a guy telling this story. I thought it was a girl narrator at first and was bewildered when the narrator was revealed to be a guy. I guess it makes sense since you're a girl, but the only suggestions I have is to work on more of a guy's tone of speech (if that's a thing), and some of the sentences were a little run on or at least long.
I can't relate to this personally, but I'm sure there's someone out there who was helped by this. Really great job.
Thank you for the criticism. I wanted the sentences to run long at times. I met a guy once that wrote sort of like this, and I wanted to imagine what it'd be like if he wrote it, because he was just so different from most people. I wanted to show that the character was complex and different, an outsider of sorts, and I chose to reveal his gender later in the letter because I didn't want it to be an important factor while I was "hooking" the reader in.
This was captivating right from the beginning. I love how you let the information just trickle out, enough to keep the reader completely hooked right up until the end. The tone and pacing were perfect and the ending was beautiful with just the tiniest hint of hope.
But this really really deserved the DD i mean oh my god this was amazing
But this really really deserved the DD i mean oh my god this was amazing
Lovely work! You have a talent for conveying emotion in your work. Congratulations on the DD; you really deserved it!
Wow. This was extremely beautiful and passionate. It built me up, and it ripped down bit by bit. This is the kind of writing I want to create. This truly deserved a DD.
Wow. This is so amazing, and so sad... you really deserved that DD. You're great at writing.
Thank you so, so much. It means a lot. :')
great work! really enjoyed reading it, keep up the good work!