diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 5989654ac..50b8f700b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   def parse_sender_object_from_xml(xml)
     sender_id = parse_sender_id_from_xml(xml)
     Friend.where(:email => sender_id).first
-
-      end
+  end
 
   def parse_body_contents_from_xml(xml)
     doc = Nokogiri::XML(xml) { |cfg| cfg.noblanks }
diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index 73ee295ce..dfcabc805 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 class Post 
   require 'lib/common'
   include ApplicationHelper 
-  
-  # XML accessors must always preceed mongo field tags
-
   include MongoMapper::Document
   include ROXML
   include Diaspora::Webhooks
 
 
   key :person_id, ObjectId
-  
   belongs_to :person, :class_name => 'Person'
-
   timestamps!
 
+
+
   after_save :send_to_view
-  after_save :print
+  
+  
+  
   
   def self.stream
     Post.sort(:created_at.desc).all
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ class Post
 
  def self.newest(person = nil)
     return self.last if person.nil?
-    self.where(:person_id => person.id).sort(:created_at.desc)
+    self.where(:person_id => person.id).last
   end
 
  def self.my_newest
diff --git a/app/models/status_message.rb b/app/models/status_message.rb
index ee7e696aa..195d5a73e 100644
--- a/app/models/status_message.rb
+++ b/app/models/status_message.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class StatusMessage < Post
 
   validates_presence_of :message
   
+  
    def ==(other)
     (self.message == other.message) && (self.person.email == other.person.email)
   end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/parser_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/parser_spec.rb
index 7130ed5fa..eae4ce7fd 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/parser_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
 
 include ApplicationHelper 
 
-describe ApplicationHelper do
+describe "parser in application helper" do
   before do
     @user = Factory.create(:user, :email => "bob@aol.com")
     @friend =Factory.create(:friend, :email => "bill@gates.com")
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index c69c5850c..1c76dd26f 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ include Devise::TestHelpers
 Dir["#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/support/**/*.rb"].each {|f| require f}
 
 Rspec.configure do |config|
-  #config.mock_with :mocha
-  # config.mock_with :flexmock
-  # config.mock_with :rr
+
   config.mock_with :rspec
 
   DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
@@ -34,9 +32,4 @@ Rspec.configure do |config|
     #Factory.sequences.each{ |s| s.reset}
   end
   
-  
-  # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
-  # examples within a transaction, comment the following line or assign false
-  # instead of true.
-#  config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
 end