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What Is an "Inspired Homeschooler"?
- Amelia Harper The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine
- 2012 24 Oct
Our new writing column is titled "The Inspired Homeschooler." But what do we mean by "inspired"? When we speak of the "inspiration" of the Scriptures, we mean that God Himself led certain men to write documents that became part of the Biblical canon that we use today. The ancient Greeks believed that artists, writers, and musicians were "inspired" by nine demi-gods called "muses" who spurred them on to creative efforts. Today, when we use the term "to inspire," we generally mean that someone influences a creative effort or motivates someone to creative excellence. This is exactly what Susan Spann and I wish to do in this "Inspired Homeschooler" column.
As I travel throughout the country meeting homeschooling families, many of them talk to me about their desire to write. Parents often come to me because they don't know how to teach writing; others come because they simply want to motivate or "inspire" their children to write at all. Still others come because they are already inspired to write and have begun to create works of their own.
These "inspired" writers span a broad range of homeschoolers. Most are teens, both male and female, who are working on short stories, poems, or entire novels. However, many are adults who are homeschooling parents or former homeschooled students. Those who fall in this category are mainly interested in improving their craft or in learning how to submit works for publication. This really is an attainable goal, for I know of several homeschooled students who have already had books published.
Some people think of writing as simply a means to communicate, but in reality, writing has a much greater power. Thoughts expressed in speech are ephemeral: unless they are captured by audio or video, they disappear as quickly as they are spoken. Even an avid listener may have trouble later recalling the exact expression of the idea. However, written ideas live longer, whether in print or electronically, and become part of the greater archive of mankind's accumulated creativity, wisdom, and knowledge.
The power of the written word can entertain, enlighten, or even change hearts and minds. Think of a book you have read that held that sway over you. Have you ever had a day made brighter by an encounter with the written word? Have you ever learned something new or have you seen the world through another's eyes? Have you ever embraced an idea or philosophy (perhaps even homeschooling your family) because of the impact of the written ideas of another? Have you ever been inspired to write something of your own in response to that power?
Reading the work of another is one of the most common methods of "inspiration." Have you ever read a story and thought: "But what if it didn't happen this way? What if the circumstances or setting, or characters were changed? How would that affect the plot and outcome of the story?" If you can answer these questions within your own creative consciousness, you may be inspired to write a totally different story.
But inspiration does not only apply to creative projects. Perhaps you find yourself interested in a topic and begin to research it. As you do, you discover an approach to the topic that no one else has seen. You may be inspired to write a report, paper, or entire book that explains this subject in a whole new light. Or your own passion for an idea may inspire you to write persuasively in order to encourage others to accept this idea as well.
Inspiration can come in many forms. In the past, artists, musicians, and writers have been inspired by nature, by the plight of mortal man, by Scripture, by mythology, by their own joys and tragedies—even by their own dreams. But often, it is the written word of one author that inspires the writings of another.
That is what we hope to accomplish here. We hope to provide you with fodder for your own muse—whatever that muse might be. During the coming year, Susan and I plan to alternate writing concepts in order to help educate you concerning the written word in the current age. Susan, with her experience as an attorney who also speaks at writing conferences, plans to focus on the steps and strategies involved in bringing a creative work from idea to publication. In my columns, I plan to focus more on the wide range of genres available to the writer in modern society.
However, the goal of this column is far more than education about the written word. Our goal is to inspire you and your children to develop your creativity and achieve written excellence. All ideas have influence, but well-worded ideas possess an even greater power. Through this column, we hope that you will be inspired to develop and use that power for good.
Copyright 2012, used with permission. All rights reserved by author. Originally appeared in the January 2012 issue of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, the trade magazine for homeschool families. Read the magazine free at www.TOSMagazine.com or read it on the go and download the free apps at www.TOSApps.com to read the magazine on your mobile devices.
Amelia Harper is a homeschooling mother of five and a pastor's wife. She is also the author of Literary Lessons from the Lord of the Rings, a complete one-year literature curriculum designed for secondary-level homeschooled students. In addition, she is an English tutor and a freelance writer who contributes regularly to newspapers and magazines. For more information, go to www.homescholarbooks.com.
Publication date: October 24, 2012

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Monday, November 13, 2017
Sunday, November 05, 2017
Furman on Tax Reform
I don't agree with all of it, but these slides from a recent talk by Jason Furman make a lot of good points.
Saturday, November 04, 2017
Taxing Higher Ed
One of the most surprising parts of the proposed tax bill is its tax on university endowments. If my rough calculations are correct, the tax would cost schools like Harvard between $1,000 and $2,000 per student every year.
Is there a good argument for this policy? Not that I can see.
Is there a good argument for this policy? Not that I can see.
Friday, November 03, 2017
The Good, the Bad, and the Fixable
Click here to read my column in Sunday's NY Times on the Trump tax plan.


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The floating project in in Tarragona province, with 6MW, 5MW and 3MW turbines already contracted with Alstom, Gamesa and Acciona, respectively, is at "dead point," project leader Ramon Garriga told Windpower Monthly. Garriga is director of the semi public Catalonian Research Institute (IREC), the project developer.
Renewed development "depends on policy changes" from the central government in order "to make it attractive again for the companies involved", said Garriga.
Locally, grid connection and environmental licenses are in place for the 20MW first phase, using shallow water seabed foundations. A 50MW deep-water second phase, also on hold, plans floating turbines.
But since the conservative PP party was returned to office in the November 2011 general election, it has indefinitely frozen price support for any new renewables capacity. IREC blames that policy for Brussels finally dropping Zèfir from its shortlist for a EUR30 million funding, through the EU's NER300 programme.
The project is a deep water test and certification site located off the Port of Tarragona. At the time of the project's announcement in 2011, IREC said the agreement with the three manufacturers covered all the positions planned for the project's first phase. It aimed to install a maximum of four turbines on fixed seabed foundations at up to 3.5 km off the coast by end-2012.
It also covers 75% of the second phase, which plans eight subsequent floating turbines totalling up to 50MW at 30km off the coast.
Gamesa had confirmed it "aspires" to occupy two fixed positions in the first phase and another two floating positions in the second. As early as May last year, Acciona affirmed its commitment to Zefir.
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It's hard to believe that summer is winding down and cooler temperatures will soon prevail. This may be a sad time for some, but for hunters it marks the beginning of another exciting season of great deer hunting in the Garden State!
The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife reminds hunters they will not have to wait much longer to pursue their favorite pastime, as the 2011 New Jersey Fall Bow Deer Season opens on Saturday, September 10 in certain zones. After the early opener, the statewide season kicks off on October 1 and runs through October 28. Permit bow season then starts up on Saturday, October 29.
Young hunters will have their own special day again as the popular Youth Bow Hunt is scheduled for Saturday, September 24.
Important Bow Season Updates and Reminders
There were important Game Code amendments approved by the NJ Fish and Game Council relevant to bow hunters for the upcoming season. These include the following:
The Bow Hunting Safety Zone Perimeter Bill signed into law by Governor Christie last year reduces the minimum distance from an occupied building where a bowhunter may have a nocked arrow from 450 feet to 150 feet. Carrying a bow with a nocked arrow within 150 feet of an occupied building or 450 feet of any school playground is prohibited. Any portion of the school grounds (including fields used for sports), that could be used for play or recreation, is considered to be part of a playground
The owner or lessee of a building-and persons specifically authorized by the owner or lessee in writing (written permission must be in possession while hunting)-may hunt within 150 feet of the building. Persons authorized to hunt within 150 feet of a building must hunt from an elevated position to shoot down toward the ground. Shooting into a safety zone is prohibited.
Sunday bow hunting is allowed on Wildlife Management Areas and on private property ONLY. There are no exceptions to this rule. It is extremely important for all hunters to know the boundary lines of the property (s) they are hunting.
Crossbows are now included in the definition of "bow" in the hunting regulations. This means that sportsmen and sportswomen interested in hunting with a crossbow are now allowed to do so anywhere and during any hunting season a compound, recurve or longbow can be used. Crossbows must however, have minimum draw weights of 75 pounds.
If you do not have private land available to you for hunting don't worry. There are more than 750,000 acres of public lands open to the New Jersey deer hunter. A current listing of these lands can be found at www.njfishandwildlife.com/huntland.htm.
Online maps of Wildlife Management Areas are also available and can be viewed at www.njfishandwildlife.com/wmaland.htm.
Extensive information regarding deer hunting in New Jersey including season dates, bag limits, regulations and important changes to the Game Code for this season can be found in the 2011-12 NJ Hunting and Trapping Digest or on the Fish and Wildlife Web site at: www.njfishandwildlife.com/deer.htm.
All hunters should be completely familiar with the rules and regulations pertaining to the areas they wish to hunt.
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Youth bow hunters with a valid youth hunting license will have their own special day to harvest a deer on Saturday, September 24 as part of the Division of Fish and Wildlife's popular Take a Kid Hunting Program.
Youth may hunt statewide for one deer of either sex on this day. They MUST be under the direct supervision of a person who is at least 21 years old and who has a valid bow and arrow license. Direct supervision is defined as both the youth hunter and parent/guardian set up together at the same location, hunting as a unit, not hunting independently. The adult CANNOT hunt or possess a bow. The adult may grunt, call or rattle for the youth.
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Over the weekend, Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock offered an apology for his racist tweet denigrating Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. Here's Whitlock's full mea culpa in which he deflects blame onto his mother and Richard Pryor. Ok?…
"I get Linsanity. I've cried watching Tiger Woods win a major golf championship. Jeremy Lin, for now, is the Tiger Woods of the NBA. I suspect Lin makes Asian Americans feel the way I feel when I watch Tiger play golf.
I should've realized that Friday night when I watched Lin torch the Lakers. For Asian Americans and a lot of sports fans, his nationally televised 38-point outburst was the equivalent of Tiger's first victory in The Masters. I got caught up in the excitement. I tweeted about what a great story Lin is and how he could rival Tim Tebow.
I then gave in to another part of my personality — my immature, sophomoric, comedic nature. It's been with me since birth, a gift from my mother and honed as a child listening to my godmother's Richard Pryor albums. I still want to be a standup comedian.
The couple-inches-of-pain tweet overshadowed my sincere celebration of Lin's performance and the irony that the stereotype applies to pot-bellied, overweight male sports writers, too. As the Asian American Journalist Association pointed out, I debased a feel-good sports moment. For that, I'm truly sorry."
Whitlock references the Asian American Journalists Association, who officially called for an apology from Whitlock via their Facebook page. Apparently, Whitlock is extremely fortunate that's all the AAJA called for, as it appears he will keep his job with Fox unless other groups begin to call for more punishment and reader outrage becomes too overwhelming to bear. As John Ourand pointed out, it doesn't help matters that Whitlock's apology is labeled a "Fox Sports Exclusive" as Whitlock's columns normally are. Congratulations on that scoop, truly well deserved. The only thing missing was the word "Sources" in front of Fox's headline.
A full weekend after Whitlock's mindless tweet, sharks are still circling the water for blood. The apology hasn't been met with much acceptance from fans, readers (check the comments on the article), and other writers. The hypocritcal nature of Whitlock's Lin tweet shouldn't be lost on anyone. Only a month ago, he wrote this about himself and questions of race involving the firing of Oakland Raiders head coach Hue Jackson:
"Now, if you've followed my media career, you know I'm not opposed to fanned flames of any racial, ethnic or lifestyle variety, moving in any direction. "Just burn, baby" is my column motto. However, I prefer my fanned flames to be justified."
Justified, eh? It's extremely disappointing and mystifying that Fox Sports is (as of the moment) going to take no further action. The lack of public discipline or any sort of suspension hurts Fox Sports as it seems like they're willing to let this kind of behavior pass without considerable action and sweep it under the rug.
Whitlock wants to pass off his racist tweet as his inner desire and quest to be a standup comedian? Child please. If he wants to quit writing today and try a comedy career, I don't think anyone in the sports world would be desperate to stop him. His "act" had grown old years ago and his most recent actions burn through whatever little credibility he had left.
Whitlock may want to deepen his cultural arsenal outside racial stereotyping and references to The Wire if he does pursue that second career though.


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I'm not sure why anyone expected the friendly carnival atmosphere to hold, but it didn't.
Sporadic clashes between protesters and police continued into the evening as officers refused to allow demonstrators leave the streets around the Bank of England. Plastic bottles and toilet rolls were thrown at police as the crowd chanted: "Let us out." Simon O'Brien, a Metropolitan police commander, said officers would be making further arrests in the coming days. He also said police would be asking the peaceful "flash camp" of more than 100 tents pitched on Bishopsgate to move on before the morning.
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Menu Plan Monday
Over at familyfun.go.com they have another Month of Meals posted. We are going to follow along a bit, making everything gluten and dairy free and mixing it up a little to fit our schedule. An already mostly planned menu sounds good to me this week! I put a copy of what it looks like on the bottom, as the Month of Meals are replaced every month.
The big kiddos have a short week this week due to conferences, so they will be able to help out with catching up on some of the Thanksgiving prep. My big girl and I also get to go on a field trip for Girl Scouts for her first horse back riding experience. Woo!
Come on back Thursday for another exciting installment of Holiday Planning gluten and dairy free with withorganizedchristmas.com.
Head over to Menu Plan Monday and check out what's cooking! There are so many menus over there. Thank you, Laura for hosting!
I am also trying to participate in the Gluten Free menu swap, most of these menu bloggers also participate in Menu Plan Monday. The gluten free menus for this week are consolidated at Gluten Free Sox. This is hosted by a different blog each week and started by the Gluten Free Mommy . I hope I got linked up this week! (I'm not super tech-savvy, remember?)
Monday: Mommy's night off/Daddy's cookin'
Tuesday: (Note: I need to cook this ahead and bring to piano practice.) Kid Kebobs (use a gluten free soy sauce on this one), Smokey Potato Packets in the oven, and Carrot Coins (using Earth Balance Buttery Spread or oil instead of butter).
Wednesday: Quick & Easy: Sticky Chicky Legs, Sesame Broccoli (I'll be sautéing this in a pan instead of using a microwave), Mashed Sweet Potatoes (I'll be skipping the milk and butter, and topping with a drizzle of olive oil, dash of nutmeg and cinnamon, and a sprinkle of brown sugar).
Thursday: Kids' Favorites: Gluten Free Spaghetti and Meatballs (my kids would eat this EVERY week), Gluten Free Focaccia (make your favorite gluten free pizza crust, drizzle with a bit of olive oil and sprinkle with 2 minced garlic cloves, 1 ½ tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary, 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves, and coarse salt to taste.), and Spinach Salad.
Thursday Slow Cooker/Canning: Cardamom Apple Butter
Meat-Free Friday: Creamy Corn and Potato Chowder (Use oil instead of butter. Be sure your chicken stock is gluten free. Use coconut milk for the heavy cream. Use 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch for the all-purpose flour.), Cornbread, Broccoli Trees (I'll be skipping the dip part, but you could use tofu "sour cream" for the dip and a GFCF mayonnaise.)
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AAARRRRGGGHHH!!! How do we help science???
I am really quite scared about the future of, well, the world. We are potentially in the hands of big corporations and idiot politicians. What is particularly worrying is the potential presidents of the US: the Republican Party candidate leaders. There were several articles in the Guardian today which scared the bejesus out of me. This was one of them:
Attacks paid for by big business are 'driving science into a dark era'
Researchers attending one of the world's major academic conferences 'are scared to death of the anti-science lobby'
• Robin McKie, science editor
• The Observer, Sunday 19 February 2012
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The vast majority of scientists on both sides of the Atlantic say rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere threaten to increase temperatures to dangerous levels. Photograph: Paul Souders/Corbis
Most scientists, on achieving high office, keep their public remarks to the bland and reassuring. Last week Nina Fedoroff, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), broke ranks in a spectacular manner.
She confessed that she was now "scared to death" by the anti-science movement that was spreading, uncontrolled, across the US and the rest of the western world.
"We are sliding back into a dark era," she said. "And there seems little we can do about it. I am profoundly depressed at just how difficult it has become merely to get a realistic conversation started on issues such asclimate change or genetically modified organisms."
The remarks of Fedoroff, one of the world's most distinguished agricultural scientists, are all the more remarkable given their setting.
She made them at the AAAS annual meeting, an event at which scientists normally revel in their latest accomplishments: new insights into marine biology or first results from a recently launched satellite, for example.
But this year there has been a palpable chill to proceedings. Yes, good work was reported to the 8,000 who attended the various symposia and lectures at the meeting in Vancouver.
However, these pronouncements were set against a background of an entire intellectual discipline that realises that it, and its practitioners, are now under sustained attack.
As Fedoroff pointed out, university and government
researchers are hounded for arguing that rising carbon dioxide levels in the
atmosphere are changing the climate. Their emails are hacked while Facebook
campaigns call for their dismissal from their posts, calls that are often
backed by rightwing politicians. At the last Republican party debate in
"Those of us who grew up in the sixties, when we put men on the Moon, now have to watch as every Republican candidate for this year's presidential election denies the science behind climate change and evolution. That is a staggering state of affairs and it is very worrying," said Professor Naomi Oreskes, of the University of California, San Diego.
Oreskes is co-author, with Erik Conway, of Merchants of Doubt, an investigation into the links between corporate business interests and campaigns in the US aimed at blocking the introduction of environmental and medical measures such as bans on smoking and the use of DDT, laws to limit acid rain, legislation to end the depletion of ozone in the atmosphere and attempts to curb carbon dioxide emissions.
In each case, legislation was delayed by years, sometimes decades, thanks to the activities of a variety of foundations – such as the Heartland Institute – which are backed by energy companies such as Exxon and billionaires like Charles Koch.
These institutions, acting as covers for major energy corporations, are responsible for the onslaught that has deeply lowered the reputation of science in many people's minds in America. This has come in the form of personal attacks on the reputations of scientists and television adverts that undermine environment laws. The Environmental Protection Agency, which is responsible for blocking mining and drilling proposals that might harm threatened species or habitats, has become a favourite target.
"Our present crisis over the rise of anti-science has been coming for a long time and we should have seen it coming," adds Oreskes.
This point was backed by Francesca Grifo of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), although she added that one specific event had brought matters to a head this year: the decision by the United States supreme court to overrule the law that allowed the federal government to place limits on independent spending for political purposes by business corporations.
"That has opened the gates for corporations – often those associated with coal and oil industries – to flood the market with adverts that support rightwing politicians and which attack government bodies that impose environmental regulations that these companies don't like," she said. "The science that supports these regulations is attacked as well. That has made a terrible difference over the past year and it is now bringing matters to a head."
Her remarks are backed by a UCS report, Heads They Win, Tails We Lose: How Corporations Corrupt Science at the Public's Expense, which was published at the Vancouver meeting on Friday. It chronicles the methods used by corporate businesses to attack their targets: harassing individual scientists, ghost-writing scientific articles to raise doubts about government research, and undermining the use of science to form government policy.
"People may believe that political interference in science went extinct when George W. Bush left office, but the reality is that the pressure to politicise science is still with us," added Grifo.
Most scientists acknowledge that President Barack Obama is sympathetic to science. "The trouble is that he still hasn't been able to do anything to help. He is continually blocked by Congress, and that only adds to our worries and sense of desperation," said Fedoroff. "If the current president is for us, but still cannot do anything to help us, then what will happen if a Republican gets into the White House this year?"
In general, the worst excesses of the anti-science lobbies are confined to the US. However, there are signs that their influence is spreading, and that raises worrying issues, said Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, in London.
"In coming years, we will have to ask ourselves if public policies should be based on the advice of experts who have carried out robust and rigorous analysis of the evidence, or if they should be guided by lobbyists who appear driven by narrow ideological dogma.
"The answer may seem obvious, but we should be aware of the efforts being made in the UK to promote ideology over rational evidence-based decision-making, particularly when it comes to climate issues," said Ward.
Just how this rise of anti-science antagonism pans out in the end remains unclear.
"It has taken the scientific community a long time to realise what it is up against," says Oreskes. "In the past, it thought the problem was just a matter of education. All its practitioners had to do was make an effort to reach out and talk to teachers, the public and business leaders. Then these people would see the issues and understand the need for action.
"But now they are beginning to realise what they are really up against: massive organised attempts to undermine scientific data by people for whom that data represents a threat to their status quo. Given the power of these people, scientists will have their work cut out dealing with them."
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UC Berkeley on Friday revealed that it has alerted 80,000 current and former faculty, staff, students, and vendors in the wake of a late December "criminal cyber attack" that could have compromised Social Security and bank account numbers.
We're not talking an epic breach possibly affecting millions of people as did last year's Anthem and Ashley Madison compromises. But the revelation still must be unsettling for an institution that prides itself on cutting-edge cyber security research. UC Berkeley was among several big-name schools to receive millions from the Hewlett Foundation for cyber security policy research, and the school last year established the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity.
As for short-term cyber security, UC Berkeley says it has no evidence that any of the compromised accounts were abused, but it nevertheless was compelled by law to disclose the breach and in addition is offering credit protection services for free.
The attack took place in December when one or more people gained access to Berkeley Financial System computers via a flaw that was being patched.
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"The security and privacy of the personal information provided to the university is of great importance to us," said Paul Rivers, UC Berkeley's chief information security officer, in a statement. "We regret that this occurred and have taken additional measures to better safeguard that information."
If the UC Berkeley news is causing you some deja vu, it could be because numerous higher education institutions -- from Harvard to Penn State -- were hit with breaches last year. And UC Berkeley itself revealed a breach last April that involved unauthorized access to a Web server maintained by the school's Division of Equity and Inclusion, and also disclosed a separate breach in late 2014 involving servers and databases in the Real Estate Division.
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|Louis Elwood "Woody" Jenkins
Louisiana State Representative for District 66 (East Baton Rouge Parish)
|In office
May 1972 – January 2000
|Preceded by
| At-large members:
Irving R. Boudreaux
|Succeeded by
|Mike Futrell
| January 3, 1947
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|Political party
|Democrat-turned-Republican (1994)
|Diane Aker Jenkins
Louis Elwood Jenkins, known as Woody Jenkins (born January 3, 1947), is a conservative politician and a community newspaper publisher in the capital city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who served in his state's House of Representatives from 1972 to 2000. He is particularly known for his three unsuccessful races for the United States Senate — in 1978 against J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., in 1980 against Russell B. Long, and in 1996 against Mary Landrieu.
Jenkins was a youthful Republican who worked as a page for state Representatives Morley Hudson and Taylor Walters O'Hearn (1907-1997), both of Shreveport, the first members of their party to be elected to the Louisiana House since Reconstruction. However, he switched affiliation to Democrat to be elected to the state legislature in 1972. In 1994, after twenty-two years in the state house, now District 66, he returned to the Republican Party and was elected in 1995 as a Republican for his final legislative term in an otherwise heavily Democratic district. In 1996, he narrowly lost the Senate race to Landrieu in the same election in which Bob Dole of Kansas was defeated for the presidency by Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Jenkins claimed that fraudulent votes cast in New Orleans in the names of deceased persons provided Landrieu's narrow margin of victory, but the Republican-controlled Senate under Trent Lott of Mississippi declined to investigate his charges and seated Landrieu, who still holds the position.
In 1999, Jenkins was defeated by a fellow Republican, Suzanne Haik Terrell, in a race for the since disbanded post of Louisiana elections commissioner, a position which had been created in the late 1950s by then Governor Earl Long.
In the spring of 2008, Jenkins made an unsuccessful bid in a special election for the United States House of Representatives to fill the seat in the Sixth District of Louisiana vacated by Republican Richard Baker, who resigned for business reasons. That post was held by the Republican Bill Cassidy, one of three physicians formerly representing Louisiana in the U.S. House. In 2014, however, Cassidy unseated Mary Landrieu for the Senate.
In 2012, Jenkins was elected to a four-year term as the chairman of the Republican Party in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Jenkins is particularly known for his strict constructionist views of the United States Constitution. He was chairman of the Conservative Caucus in the Louisiana House, which began in 1972 with only four members. He is a member of the Council for National Policy. Jenkins holds both journalism and law degrees from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He operates two community newspapers in East Baton Rouge Parish: the Central City News and the Capital City News.
Jenkins is married to the former Diane Aker, an attorney and political activist.


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|Woschkeruscha Family, Leobersdorf, Austria, 1901
L-R Therese, Alöisia (Louise), Hans (later John Miller)
I first introduced my maternal grandmother last year at this post for Women's history month, 2012: Dressmaker Extraordinaire. There you'll find cool details which I will summarize here. Alöisia Woschkeruscha, was known casually as Luise in Austria (Louise, later in America).
Louise was born on May 4, 1896, in Wiener-Neudorf, Austria. Her family later moved to the small town of Leobersdorf, about twelve miles south of Vienna, where she grew up. Before her brother, Hans/John was born in 1892, Louise had a younger sister. Both girls, I believe under the age of five, contracted smallpox. As they burned with fever, dimpled pustules covering their little bodies, their father, Johann, ran through the night to fetch a doctor, but it was too late for Louise's younger sister. She died of the disease.
|Louise's Arbeitsbuch, pg 1
But it's the "noticeable marks," entry that makes me cringe. It's filled in with "pox scars!" I'm horrified by the casual cruelty of this basic document––the shame Louise must have felt every time she presented her work history/ identification.
|Elise Vogel's Dressmaking students, Vienna sometime between
1906-1909; Louise, 4th from right, standing; Frau Vogel, seated
|Louise Woschkeruscha, age 20-23
Detail from dressmaking school photo
The Lehrbrief, below, translates to "apprentice certificate," but it actually is like a diploma and recommendation, declaring that Louise has finished her apprenticeship. The translation was tricky because so many words are from another era, so I originally thought it was the start of her apprenticeship. My friends in Germany helped me get it straight. You can see the beautiful details of this document, including a naked couple in a hot tub (!)(upper right) at Dressmaker Extraordinaire, where you'll also find photos of her crocheting and embroidery samplers, which Louise created at about age eleven).
|Alöisia Woschkeruscha's Lehrbrief-like a diploma 7/1/1909


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Above is the latest teaser photo from Suzuki for its mid-displacement adventure bike that is expected to be fully unveiled later this year. A few things are now relatively clear, including (1) the new bike will have conventional forks like the existing V-Strom 650, and (2) the engine case (at least on the left side) appears to be identical to that found on the current V-Strom 650. See for yourself by comparing the photos below of the current model. Let us know what else you think about these photos in the comments section.
- June 14, 2011
- 69 Comments
Latest Teaser Photo from Suzuki Reveals Interesting Details About New Adventure Bike
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Suzuki is out with the "New Bike" – well its a freshened Vstrom 650. Swing and a miss! All that hype and it's just a 650 again???? Are you freakin Kidding me??? Who is running the marketing dept over there? —- OK it's a fine little bike with a following, most of them love their bikes – how many will upgrade??? How about a stroked version up into the 800s??? and keeping the lighter frame etc etc. Where is the 1200 version to really comptete in the Big Trailee Class??? At least then there would be some buzz…
I call mine the "Warthog," it's so ugly it's beautiful.
I think a lot of folks here are overly concerned about the oil filter and cooler placement. Nearly any aftermarket bash/skid plate provides plenty of protection for both, as well as the lower portion of the front down pipe. Someone planning on taking any bike on any unpaved surface is wise to fit sort of bash plate and tip-over protection anyway so it's really no big deal.
I've found that adventure tourers couldn't care less about the aethestics of these bikes….maybe the wonkier the better. Whatever.
The oil filter looks really easy to get to but, isn't that also a somewhat dangerous place to put your bike's achillies heal…..? One little rock bouncing just right and you got a gusher.
Well one good thing on this new model is that it looks like the oil cooler is gone from it's home behind the front wheel. Most likely they are using the Gladius motor. Surprised no one mentioned this, to busy trying to figure out if a V Strom is ugly or not I guess.
Good eye.
You missed my mention of it two days ago, then?
…i has a 650 strom…2 years 37000 odo..think was a good bike but i wore it out….lets hope the can build one like the versys….
How do you wear out a V-Strom in only 37,000 miles? There are tons of them running around with 3 and 4 times that many miles – a few with even more.
It's obvious by the tires that it's going to be a more dirt oriented machine and that's a good thing. Who wants to ride around on a street bike that's taller without the benefit of actually be able to do a little offroading with it? As long as they don't make it too ugly, it should be a great ride.
The Versys was 'refreshed' last year – and I'd expect the same sort of 'fresh' from Suzuki.
Suzuki has had a tough three years. Development money for new product is in short supply. The picture confirms the same engine and forks. We'll get some new plastic. Maybe a taller front wheel. We can expect to spend money on suspension upgrades and brakes.
Will the bike be better? I'm betting it won't be significantly different under the plastic.
Well I have a Suzuki Freewind, a sort of DR 650 with dropped suspension, way better seat, a fairing in front, and a bash plate with no oil filter to smash into first. I love the ride, suspension works great with low weight, comfort for ages with the seat and riding position, good brakes and GREAT handling.
The engine COULD be more refined, with better low rev flexibility, but there is good mid range thrust, and really, do you need any more??
They sold bulk of these in France and Germany, heaps throughout Europe, but few elsewhere. UK and US riders wanted more power, the BMZ F650 sold better without BEING better. But really, this is the NICEST bike I've owned out of 15 or so over the years, and does everything I want to do on a bike, even though it's now a bit old. It's a LOT better off road than the DL650, and could easily have sold alongside it. Suzuki dropped the ball by not continuing with this model.
To reject the v strom solely on looks, is to short change yourself. One of the great aspects about the strom is, i can have fun at legal speeds, unlike my prior sportbikes.
Someone on ADVrider pointed out that the front wheel in that photo looks awfully skinny for a 110/80-19 — is it even possible that Suzuki fitted a 21″ front wheel instead?
I so believe the V-Strom 650 is one of the best rides todate.
On my second one and been everywhere except hardcore mud and water.
It`s now time for more Horses 850 cc will do it less weight also.
Ride on Suzuki.
The front so far looks the same, forks should be USD's, would be nice to see shaft drive and I'd consider it, hopefully will have a 800-850cc.. If not then will go with a Triumph tiger XC which is a sweet ride.. Like someone said hopefully this is a prelude to something totally new and redone that can compete with the other current offerings.
Someone above said that the bike will be shown on June 22 – can anyone else confirm this? I placed a deposit order on a 2012 Super Tenere, but due to the earthquake in Japan the delivery date has been pushed back 5 months and Yamaha offered to give me my deposit back. I may choose the new Strom over the Super Ten.
Not considering the Triumph or BMW 800s ? Unless the DL650 increases the displacement to give it 15-20 additional horsepower someone wanting the Super 10 won't be happy with it's current so-so powerband let alone it's budget suspension . I'd wait a week to see what this change involves , then road test the Triumphs , BMWs , and possibly a used VStrom 1000 . The Triumph or BMW to replace the Super 10 , the used big Strom as a placeholder for the Super 10 (when available) or new middle weight Strom which probably won't be available until late in the year . Don't know where you live , but here in the northeast riding season will be just about over in 5 months . I don't buy new without a test ride , which more dealers now give to experienced adult riders with the state of the economy these days . My rule is no ride = no buy . Good luck .
My last bike was a Ducati Multistrada. The every-6,000 mile-valve-checks and every-other-year-or-12,000 miles-belt-replacement finally got the better of me. Plus, the gas tank began to bubble and warp due to ethonal contamination from gasoline. I have considered the BMW and Tiger 800. I don't care for BMW upkeep and repair (valve checks are every 6K miles also) and the Tiger is perfect – except the road going model which I would get doesn't have an adjustabel fork. I very seriously considered a Kawa Versys, but felt I wanted more power, ABS (to keep my wife happy) and traction control, so I put a deposit down on a Tenere.
With the Super Tenere having shaft drive , fully adjustable suspension on both ends , traction control , three position fuel mapping and more none of those other bikes really compare to it . Have you tried other Yamaha dealers ? Not saying it happened , but with only a certain number being imported your dealer might have got an offer for a lot more and sold your bike out from under you – that happens more often than you'd think with new models having limited availability . Even some dealers on cycletrader are selling them for 1K over retail . There are 27 Super Teneres on cycletrader if you put in any distance from your zipcode . I'd call a few nearest to yourself and see if they actually have them in stock , if nothing else to see if your dealer is being straight up with you .
I recently owned a Ducati Multistrada, which received much of the same knocks about looks as the V-Strom. As it turned out I put more miles on that bike than any I have ever owned, and I have owned at least one of every other style of bike.
As long as I am only going to have one street bike, this is the type of bike I am looking at – don't care about the visuals. If somebody can make a good looking adventure bike, then all the better.
Please tell me there will be an updated 1000 too and not just a 650.
I've owned a vstrom 650 for over 5 years. So maybe I'm biased. A bike's looks are subjective, so you can't really *prove* the vstrom is ugly or not. For the V owner to say the bike is ugly is like saying your own kid is ugly! Even if it's true, you don't publicize the opinion 😉 Some people think Sarah Jessica Parker is hot. Okay, maybe just a "but-'er-face" problem.
You *can* prove the V is a good model to ride. One thing for sure is that no one can mistake the bike for another, which is something not too many bikes can claim. And those that know motorcycles see it coming and know the pilot made a good choice. It's not going to get the supersport or exotic jaw-dropping reactions from people when it pulls up, but it's a fun bike anywhere you want to go.
And all the fat chick comments should be reserved for moped riders, not motorcyclists with vstroms. That said, let's have a look at the new one…
My God.
One, straight-on shot where the left fork leg and the oil filter are the only things in focus and people are already dismissing the bike in its entirety. Wait….it looks like it might be similar to the last bike? ZOMG!!!! The horror of family resemblance.
Hope they kept the rails in the back so I can tie down my milk basket. LOL I would never buy this ugly of a bike sorry. The Buell Ulysses was a beauty queen compared to the V-Bum
The machine is solid as is, no doubt. What could be different is styling and name… what is Strom anyway? Styling looks crude and as I heard the bike can get tipsy in side wind.
Yes – it does look similar to my 2009 V Strom….but let us not forget that the V Strom is probably the best all-around bike on the market. Yes, there are better sport bikes, there are better dirt bikes, there are better standards, and there are better touring bikes (although I think it is a very good touring bike),….but it is rock solid bike that never fails to start and take you the last 1,000 miles home….with a measure of comfort.
Ho hum…at best restyled plastic for the vstrom. what else can you expect from dead in the water Suzuki?
Lame… hows it 'really' different?
Lets face it. The V-strom has never been ,and likely never will be a thing of beauty.
It is kind of like a over-weight ,ugly women that is great in bed. It is a great ride that no-one wants to be seen with or admit to.
Like others I can't seem to place the source of the V-Strom "ugliness". I do know however that it follows a very Japanese design policy. If you have ever watched any of the old "Kamen Raida" (think of a lone bug-eyed Power Ranger on a bike) you can see the just-add-more-plastic-to-make-it-look-cooler design strategy.
Its too bad, because the SV design I rather like, and all the strom needed was to add longer legs to that design and it would have been fine. Less is more I think as can be seen with the fetching Beneli TreK Amazonas.
All Suzuki needs to do on the Vstrom is get rid of all that ugly plastic. With the skinny tires it reminds of an overweight lady on skinny legs.
I'm guessing its just a styling remake of the current Vstrom!
The existing model can be made pretty reasonably off road worthy with a few dollars and some elbow grease. Entered mine (1000) in the 2006 Alcan 5000, and have run a number of AMA dual sport events on it. The only thing I can see different from the picture is the oil cooler appears relocated, you can't tell about the filter. The picture really says nothing about displacement as the 1000 case is similar, unless your eyes are better than mine. Looking forward to learning more. I agree with others 800-850 cc would be perfect.
Is the oil cooler gone/relocated on the teaser pic or is it just angle of the shot hiding it behind the fork slider? I'm still holding out hope for a 750 to 850 cc mill. They could still use the same cases or very similar appearing ones.
You know, people complain about the lack of off-road, (whatever that means to you), or adventure worthiness of the V-Stroms but one of the things that's so great about them is their versatlity. Any perceived short coming, (oil filter location, fender too close to the front tire, lack of bash protection, etc.), can easily be addressed through the aftermarket. Most owners never take their Stroms off the pavement so the bike is excellent as a street only, light sport-tourer. Those who wish to be able to follow more gravel/dirt roads might want to make some mods to facilitate that type of riding. Those mods are easy enough and won't break the bank – especially compared to replacing the whole bike with a Tiger 800 or F650/800 GS that might still need a few mods.
Gravel/dirt roads isn't off-road. I've ridden hundreds of miles on gravel and dirt with a Honda Valkyrie, at speeds up to 70mph.
Off-road is un-predictable, so your bike better have a suspension that is capable of allowing you to maintain control and the ground clearance ( think dry sump )to get over the many obstacles you will encounter. It also helps to have a bike that is easier to get back upright when you do dump it.
That is why I will never entertain buying big beemers or the other so-called adventure bikes.
To me, the V-Strom is akin to a cute-ute, you have a good view ahead in traffic but you really don't want to blaze new trails with it.
I agree with your opinion of what constitutes "off-road" I was just pointing out that it's not the same definition for everyone. Still, there are folks, (with TONS more off-road talent and experience than me), who have done a lot of honest-to-goodness off-road riding on V-Stroms of both flavors. Just because I wouldn't do it doesn't mean the bike isn't up for it. Are there better choices out there for rugged trail blazing? Absolutely. Is everyone else duty bound to observe my limitations of what a certain bike should/can or should not/can not do? Nope.
agreed. Real off-road almost ensures rocky steps that would have this thing high-centered easily, or other rough conditions, deep mud, etc. This is a great motorcycle for just about everything else however. AND, I have a friend that knows how to haul ass on a serious scale on the twisties with one also. So they are versatile, but lean WAY more toward pavement than real ATV trails.
As a former long term partsman at a suzuki dealership for the past 20 years , I have seen some real inovations come from suzuki but if it was not a race bike it was just a stop gap. If you want the best race bikes either street or dirt buy suzuki if you are looking for a cruizer or any thing else the other manufacturers will be leading the way.
Wow. So far it looks pretty much like…the current model. Leave it to the Japanese to "tease" the public with a photo that shows absolutely no hint of genuine updating or innovation.
Let's hope that this is some perverse strategy to lull us in to low expectations, and that the actual unveiling will make our eyes pop, or at least raise our eyebrows a little.
Can't tell much from the purposely crappy photo but it just seems like they decided to re-style the plastics. Really, what's wrong with the bike basically in the first place?
The present Stroms don't look bad to me but I wouldn't say they were classically pretty by any means. I have a feeling this "new" model won't be much of an improvement.
Current V-Strom 1000 owner. Yup. It's ugly. Not nearly as ugly as my old Honda CX. With either, it didn't matter one iota, as functionally they are/were fantastic motorcycles. If you think the Strom is ugly, take it to a severely twisted section of roadway. In 2 minutes, you won't care what it looks like, and only care to ride it again.
As for the Suzuki teaser pictures … I'm most dissappointed. The 1000 hasn't seen an update since '04, and the 650 is the same bike with a smaller engine and less seat foam. We need an updated DL 1000 Suzuki!!!!
Looks like it still has the same tire hugging front fender as before, so no real adventure riding through mud and sticky loose soil for this "adventure bike". I really hate that term, "adventure bike", its pure poseur.
oil filter in the most vulnerable place possible? I guess adventure does not include any off-road. Back to the klr650.
Yeah, cuz nobody's ever taken a V-Strom off road.
There's off-road and off-road. Personally I was thinking of say shortcuts, going to camping places just of the pavement and stuff like that. Things that almost any cruiser is capable of – as long as it doesn't have "leading-edge oilfilter" (or cooler). That's the least I would expect of an adventure bike.
Unveiling is June 22 now……oh well, I give up. The current Vstrom is like P$%^Y to a man….it's the most beautiful thing in the world….right before you see it.
Wonder if it will get a partial steel trellis frame like the Gladius.
I'd expect the same Stone Age suspension and brakes.
"Leading edge oil filter". That alone means that the bike is not an "adventure bike" no matter how good it might be otherwise. Of course any bike can be modified to be anything, but that's besides the point.
In Addition to my comments below: The skip pan is a good idea and should have been added to v-stroms and sv models years ago. The engine bars could be made larger to protect the tank and to hang things on, like dirtbagz or lights. I still don't care if its ugly, because what I intend to do to it will make scratches and dirty spots look like a badge of honor.
Adding those boxes as standard equipment would be nice. Make the drivers seat and the passenger seat seperate pieces. I prefer to ride without a passenger seat so I can put a tail bag there. If it truely is an adventure bike then I would expect an extra large gas tank (with the fill hole to the right side of the tank so we won't have to muscle it onto the centerstand at fillups), at least as an option. Standard handguards are good. Metzler Tourer type tires. I don't care if Harley riders think it is ugly, because I will be going places that they wouldn't dare.
I was prepared for a new model annoucement. Let's hope this isn't "BOLD NEW GRAPHICS" posing as a new bike.
No matter distasteful the bike, can we all please agree to never again use the term "fugly"?
Disregard the lone +1 above.
Because….(O_O )?
It's internet math!
I don't get it. Is this a joke?
Looks like they just painted the barn. Same old mechanicals with new plastic covering. Ho-hum.
The v-strom must strike certain people as hideous for some reason that I do not understand. Suzuki does make some hideous bikes, see GS500F , any Katana, etc, but the strom looks great to me. I have always thought they were/are great looking bikes
I think i can relate to u…somehow…
I think the SuperTen is fugly and yet i like it/would like to own one…and yet, i just can't swallow the Strom.
So, umm–it's exactly the same?
Several times I've considered owning either V-Strom model. I stare at them over and over, images and in person. No idea what makes them look so hideous, but no matter the angle and/or color they never fail to confirm: V-Strom are among the worst styling exercises in all of motorized transport.
Looks like the v-strom only re-styled and i'd bet it is, since suzuki
prefers to do it than innovate, see the bandit family.
The 650 V-Strom is quite a solid machine. Restyling might be enough to sell quite a few more! You never know. (I enjoyed mine except for any time I was looking at it.)
(I enjoyed mine except for any time I was looking at it.)
Sir: U have made my nigth there…LMFAO.
LOL. True, though! Awesome fun to ride (and I've had several bikes that were considerably more exciting) but the only good view was the one from the saddle, some way into a day-long ride.
I sure hope that's a teaser of a teaser. It looks like the same exact bike period….. How about a fuel injected DL 650 motor in a DR 650 type chassis?


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Hotels advertise "bleisure" packages. The Thai Tourism Authority is promoting "honeyteering." And a Mississippi TV anchor told advocates of gay equality to "go on gaycation."
Whatever you're doing on vacation, chances are there's a made-up word to describe it. Combine honeymoon and volunteering, you get honeyteering. Combine business and leisure, you get bleisure. Add glamour to a camping trip with wine, steak and scented candles, and you're glamping.
Lexicographers call these blended words portmanteaus. The travel industry doesn't have a monopoly on them — think "brunch."
But they do "come in handy in a business sector where there's often a need to come up with clever marketing spin," said Ben Zimmer, executive producer of Vocabulary.com and language columnist for The Wall Street Journal. "It's niche marketing. You're trying to appeal to different sectors of the public: 'Well, we have a special kind of tourism for you and it has a special name.'"
Other examples: voluntourism, ecotourism and mancations — the latter, describing a guys' getaway, popularized by Vince Vaughn in the 2006 movie "The Break-Up." And while the word honeymoon is centuries-old, one of the first cited references to babymoons — a couple's trip before the first baby — was in a 2004 promotion for luxury resorts.
Sometimes heavy marketing can make these blends seem like "stunt words," said Katherine Connor Martin, head of U.S. Dictionaries for Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary. "They're so cute and self-conscious."
Their overuse can even lead to a backlash, as with staycations, a term that often elicits an "UGH!" response — mainly because most of us would rather go away than stay home if we could afford it. The word staycations was used before the recession, but it was only when people cut back on vacations during the economic slowdown that destinations started using the term to market themselves to locals.
"It was trying to take a bleak economic picture and make it into something happy," Zimmer said. "It had a euphemistic sound."
The suffix "-cation" is also well-suited to blends, especially if you come up with a term that rhymes with vacations. And so, in addition to staycations and gaycations, there are nakations at nudist colonies, hurrications if you leave town ahead of a storm, and playcations, just for fun.
But how do portmanteaus go from being terms nobody can figure out at first glance — like honeyteering or bleisure — to words everybody loves to hate, like staycation?
"People coin many more words than we end up adopting," Martin said. "It's hard to predict which will catch on and which won't. It's about seeing people actually using the word in an un-self-conscious way, expecting people to know what they mean."
A made-up word crosses over into acceptability — and maybe consideration for a dictionary entry — "when it's used for a period of time and in a variety of contexts in independent use, and not just the same magazine trying to make it happen again and again," Martin said.
Kory Stamper, associate editor for the Merriam-Webster dictionary company, says lexicographers track words in various ways to look for first use, but it's often "really difficult to determine who, exactly, coined a word." She says Merriam-Webster traces staycation to a quote that appeared in an Alabama newspaper in 2005, while Zimmer traces it to an online review from 1999.
Bleisure first appeared in a Carlson Hotels press release in 2007, Stamper said, while ecotourism dates to 1982. Hurrication appeared in 2005 after Katrina, and glamping showed up in the United Kingdom in 2005. And while the Thai Tourism Authority issued the "honeyteering" promotion in March of this year, Stamper traces the word's first use to 2006.
As more proof that portmanteaus are often used in marketing beyond travel, Zimmer cites "framily" from quirky Sprint commercials offering discounts on calls to friends and family. The father in the ad even "says framily is not a word," Zimmer notes. "He says you can't just put two words together and make a new word. It's funny because it's very self-conscious."


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Congratulations Mr. President on your second inaugural.Saying that makes some of you really enraged. I said the same on twitter shortly after his official swearing in. Several of the replies were embarrassing and atrocious. Some accused the man elected by a majority of Americans of treason. Some accused him of willfully destroying the nation.I believe the President's policies are destructive and will harm our economy, our nation, and our sense of national self long term. I believe his policies have the effect of turning us into subjects of the government, not citizens in charge of it. Because of his expansion of the social safety net funded through class warfare, Mr. Obama's policies will cause too many Americans' fortunes to rise and fall with those of the government, unable to chart a course for themselves apart from government.But I do not think the President means to do this maliciously. I do not think he is treasonous. I do not hate him. I am not outraged by it. The President has done what he set out to do. I cannot be outraged by him doing what he set out to do. I am far more outraged by the Republicans not doing what they said they would do.We have too many outrage pimps on both sides of the aisle whipping the respective bases into a frenzy and fury against the other side. I don't have enough time or energy to be outraged about it all. There are things to be outraged by, but not everything, and certainly not with full energy dedicated to every perceived slight and grievance.What I am finding is that among conservatives there is too much outrage, piss, and vinegar. It makes our ideas less effective. We have become humorless, angry opponents of the President instead of happy warriors selling better ideas. We are not even selling ideas.Conservatives, frankly, have become purveyors of outrage instead of preachers for a cause. Instead of showing how increasing government harms people, how free markets help people, and how conservative policies benefit all Americans, we scream "Benghazi" and "Fast & Furious."We're off key and off message. We've become professional victims dialed up to 10 on the outrage meter. Who the hell wants to listen to conservatives whining and moaning all the time about the outrage du jour? Seriously? Mitt Romney ran a campaign on just how bad things are, but he was rejected by a majority of Americans who felt like he really did not care about them and really had no plans to improve their lives.Bitching about Benghazi doesn't do that either.Be mad at me if you need to. Feel free to express your moral outrage and indignity at me. But then shut up and focus on convincing people not that the President of the United States duly elected by a majority of the American people is a traitor willfully trying to destroy the country, but that our policies will allow people to make the most of their lives and not be dependent on the rising and falling fortunes of Washington, D.C.Be happy. The anger is unbecoming of the party of Lincoln and Reagan.And if you must be angry, don't be angry at a President doing what he set out to do, be angry at a Republican Establishment not doing . . . well . . . much of anything.
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Finally my review of The Makeup Show NYC!! I have been waiting for this event all year!! I attended for the first time last year and it was an amazing experience!!! See my review from last year here and here.
This year I attended as a beauty blogger and I had the honour to attend the Blogger Preview and New Groove event the night before the big show. I was super excited!!!!!
My Saturday afternoon started in Chelsea in NYC at the Blogger Preview. This was hosted by celebrity makeup artist James Vincent, who is the Director of Education and Artist Relations for The Makeup Show.


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Two Bitcoin executives have been charged in the U.S. with conspiring to commit money laundering by selling more than $1 million of the digital currency to users of an illicit online drugs bazaar 'Silk Road'.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara brought the criminal charges in Manhattan federal court against underground Bitcoin exchanger Robert Faiella, 52, and Chief Executive Officer and Compliance Officer of a Bitcoin exchange company Charlie Shrem, 24.
The two have been charged with conspiring to commit money laundering, and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
"As alleged, Robert Faiella and Charlie Shrem schemed to sell over $1 million in Bitcoins to criminals bent on trafficking narcotics on the dark web drug site, Silk Road," Mr. Bharara said.
"Truly innovative business models don't need to resort to old-fashioned law-breaking, and when Bitcoins, like any traditional currency, are laundered and used to fuel criminal activity, law enforcement has no choice but to act. We will aggressively pursue those who would co-opt new forms of currency for illicit purposes," he said.
Shrem, also the Vice Chairman of a foundation dedicated to promoting the Bitcoin virtual currency system, is charged with failing to file any suspicious activity report regarding Faiella's illegal transactions through the company in violation of federal laws.
Shrem, considered one of the most prominent players in the Bitcoin space, was arrested on Sunday at the city's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Faiella was arrested at his residence in Florida and would be presented in federal court there. The two face upto 25 years in prison.
According to allegations in the criminal complaint, Faiella ran an underground Bitcoin exchange on the Silk Road website, which served as a sprawling and anonymous black market where illegal drugs of virtually every variety were bought and sold regularly by the site's users.
Operating under the username 'BTCKing', Faiella sold Bitcoins — the only form of payment accepted on Silk Road — to users seeking to buy illegal drugs on the site.
Faiella received orders for Bitcoins from Silk Road users and filled the orders through a New York-based company.
The company was designed to enable customers to exchange cash for Bitcoins anonymously, without providing any personal identifying information, and it charged a fee for its service.
Shrem was a co-founder and chief executive of a popular website BitInstant. The company won the backing of Winklevoss Capital Management, which is run by the Winklevoss twins, who were early players in Facebook.
After the arrests, the Winklevoss brothers said in a statement that they "are obviously deeply concerned about his arrest", and "support any and all governmental efforts to ensure that money-laundering requirements are enforced".


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Week two in LA and we're heading just north of downtown to Echo Park.
A neighbourhood that, pre-WWI, was the Hollywood of LA, the place all the film studios called home. Charlie Chaplin, Westerns etc.
After the 'white flight' post-WWII, Latinos and gangs moved in but more recently in the last decade it's been artists and hipsters, seeking a cheaper alternative to neighbouring uber-hip Silver Lake.
Echo Park's main drag is on Sunset Boulevard, which, despite all the romantic imagery those two words conjure up, is pretty run-down in parts, with the occasional hipster-friendly shop or cafe. Much like Sydney's Paramatta Road, around Annandale, for example. The hilly bits above Sunset, on the other hand, reminded me of some parts of Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Now, apparently it's still a real mix of people but truly, everyone we met – the non-Latinos at least – were all writers, musicians or actors.
But by "everyone" I mean, ooh, maybe ten people. As the guy in the bookshop explained, LA isn't a "sidewalk culture" (okay, maybe Venice Beach is, but not here).
In other words, people were very thin on the ground, literally.
So, given the lack of bods and the fact we're in the land of make believe – and that Echo Park has some relationship of one kind or another with various LA writers like Raymond Chandler and Bukowski – I decided this post would be a little different…
Lights, camera, action…
Irene, a passionate landscape architect and vintage collector from Arizona, has arrived in LA to pursue her dream of becoming a famous actress. She narrates her story…
Then one day I got a call from a big shot agent. Come up to Silver Lake and we'll talk, he said.
What did it all mean?
Cast, in order of appearance:
Maya Stein (student and fifth generation of the original Mexicans in LA from the 1700s) in intro image
Irene (vintage mannequin), appearing as herself
Andy (musician) and injured dog Whelan, as themselves
Maria (unknown career), as Frida Kahlo
Matthew (pathology assistant), the guy with the gun, as the hit man (Yes, real gun, he has… three)
Gerado (17 year old student), as Karate Kid
Ned Casual (musician, actor, painter), as moody Mike
Rosie (from England, out here with punk rock dad), as lonely Lola
Unknowns as Eddie and Bill
Manuk (actor, photographer), as Jack
Unknowns as Ghoulish faces
Dominga Perez Padron and Jose Ramon Padron as dearly departed Mexicans in photographs at an early Day of the Dead celebration in Echo Park
Eric (stage actor, newly arrived from Chicago) as the Man who Smoked a Pipe
Unknown as Juan.
Bronson the pug as himself.
All vintage clothing by Flounce Vintage, Echo Park.
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Pretty kooky huh? Well, silly it may be but it was kind of fun to do. I didn't have the idea until after I'd shot 99% of the shots so it was like piecing a storyboard together, albeit with limited images.
To anyone who I photographed, I hope you don't mind that I've cast you as a character in this strange little production. As I said, I didn't know at the time that I was going to use your photos like this. Please email me if you'd prefer not to be involved. (I may then have to kill you off… oh dear, it's all getting rather complicated…)
Anyway, to round out the picture of Echo Park, I should say that it has more than just seedy, run-down motels/apartment blocks (which I personally love for some reason). There's a range of architecture there, from the grand Victorians in the area called Angelino Heights, to some nice Modernist homes. It also has a major sports stadium, a huge park and a lake that would be filled with lotus flowers if it weren't for the fact it's currently under renovation and looks more building site-ish than anything lovely.
On the 'home front'
Coco had a ball at Echo Parks' Flounce Vintage, trying on pretty much every pair of shoes in the place as well as all the lovely old hats. And she also loved all the dancing at the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration we stumbled on while we were in the neighbourhood.
But the real highlight of the week? Disneyland! She has my friend Fiona to thank for that – if it'd been up to me, we'd never have gone. But Fiona offered to take Coco and then I felt I had to go too, so off we all went, with Fiona's 13 year old, Katie, in tow. How was it? Hugely fun. Except for Space Mountain. It was terrifying. Not the spooky imagery but the way you hurtled through complete darkness at unbelievable speed, violently jerking this way and that at every turn. Coco and I clung on to each other, me screaming "JUST SHUT YOUR EYES!" and Coco screaming back, "IT DOESN'T HELP!", totally convinced she was about to be thrown out of the cart at any moment. I swear it was the most freaked out either of us have been since we left Sydney more than 10 months ago – at Disneyland!
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SC House re-elects Bobby Harrell as speaker
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Rep. Bobby Harrell will retain his powerful post as speaker of the South Carolina House.
The House re-elected the Charleston Republican on Tuesday to the post he's held since 2005.
Rep. Jay Lucas was re-elected to his second term as speaker pro tempore. Harrell and Lucas were the only nominees for their offices.
The elections were part of the House's organizational session, which continues through Wednesday. The session occurs every two years after the election. It's largely a matter of going through the motions.
Harrell will hand out committee posts Wednesday. Committees then choose their chairmen. One top spot is vacant after the retirement of Jim Harrison, who led the Judiciary Committee for 18 years.
Republicans hold 77 of 123 House seats with a special election upcoming in Greenville County.