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The UC San Diego cross country team is coming off a strong performance at the UC Irvine Invitational, with the men's team finishing 6th-of-20 and the women's team taking 5th-of-12. The Tritons will have back-to-back out-of-state races on the next two weekends, beginning with the Southern Stampede in
Q- How did you get started in Cross Country running?
BURKHARDT- I started running cross country my sophomore year of high school. The coach, who was my phys ed teacher my freshman year, noticed my potential when we ran the mile in class. She made me promise to come out for the team the next year. I couldn't believe that she thought I was a distance runner. All through junior high and my freshman year of high school I considered myself a 400/800m runner. I tentatively came out for the team the next fall and immediately fell in love with cross country. I am so grateful that my high school coach was willing to invest that much time and interest in me; if she hadn't, I wouldn't be where I am today.
Q- Do you enjoy other sports outside of Cross Country?
BURKHARDT- Besides cross country I really enjoy track, which is at the same time a very similar yet different running experience. Outside of running, I enjoy swimming, racquetball, tennis, horseback riding, and ballroom dancing.
Q- What are some similarities and differences in Head Coach Nate Garcia's coaching, compared with Ted Van Arsdale?
BURKHARDT- Nate has not only been a member of the team, but also an assistant coach, so his coaching style reflects a lot of the same methods and ideologies that Ted's coaching followed. Since they are two very different people, Nate brings new attitudes and ideas to our training and team. He has made changes to some of the old workouts so they fit better with what the team wants to accomplish this year, but some things have stayed the same as well.
Q- What did you enjoy about last year's NCAA Championships Festival in Pensacola,
BURKHARDT- Last year's Championship Festival was such an amazing event because of the group of girls I got to experience it with. The team we took to Nationals was so close knit, both on and off the course, it felt like I was going on a vacation with six of my closest friends. The nature of the festival was also great. Instead of it just being cross country Nationals, all of the fall sports were in one location at the same time. It was great to get to meet different teams from around the country and be a part of something that was so big. The event was treated like it was a four day version of the Olympics and it was great to be a part of it.
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BURKHARDT- La Jolla is a very unique place to run, so there are almost always differences between running at home and running on an away course. I'm not sure what the
Q- What are some of your goals to accomplish this year?
BURKHARDT- My main goal is to enjoy my senior year of running. College athletics is a very unique experience and I want to savor every last moment that I have. I also want to do everything I can to get my team to Nationals so I can run on the national scene one more time.
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BURKHARDT- I think that all of the newcomers have the potential to surprise people with their talent at different points throughout the year. Collegiate running is completely different from high school cross country and the ability for new people in the program to show their talent depends on how easily they adapt to the changeover. We have a great class of freshman recruits this year and I think they are all going to contribute great things to the team.
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Q- Is there a funny story you can share involving this year's team?
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Coffee and Chipotle-Rubbed Steak Kabobs with Stout Molasses Pan Sauce
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- For the rub:
- 1 tablespoon ground coffee
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon chipotle powder, or other chili powder
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 boneless rib eye or strip steaks, each about 1-inch thick (about 1 pound total)
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- For the pan sauce:
- 2 teaspoons flour
- 1 cup oatmeal stout or chocolate stout beer
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons molasses
Step 1
To make the rub, combine the coffee, cocoa powder, sugar, chipotle powder, 1 teaspoo salt, and 1 teapsoon pepper in a small bowl. Evenly distribute the rub on all sides of the steak, making sure to rub and massage the spices into the meat. Set the meat aside for at least 40 minutes.
Heat the oil in a large cast-iron pan over moderately high heat. When the oil is shimmering and nearly smoking, place the steaks in the pan and cook until brown and crusty, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. Steaks should register 125°F on an instant-read thermometer for medium-rare. Remove the steaks from the pan and rest on a cutting board for at least 10 minutes.
To make the pan sauce, pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat from the pan. Whisk the flour into the fat in the pan and cook until brown, about 1 minute. Stir in the stout, soy sauce, and molasses and continue to whisk until the sauce is reduced and thickens a bit, 3 to 5 minutes longer. Taste the sauce and season with salt and pepper. Remove the sauce from the heat.
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A fashion designer's beautiful Paris apartment
Just a year ago, Thuy (pronounced Twee) Tranthi Rieder relocated to Paris, but already she exudes the chic, effortless style for which the city is known.
Perhaps that is due in part to her rather glamorous upbringing. The daughter of a diplomat, she was born in Saigon and counts cities such as Rome, Athens, and Paris as childhood homes. Or maybe it has something to do with her 18-year career in fashion. She's held positions at Céline and Chloé, and is currently the global vice president of marketing and communication at Lancel, a luxury accessories brand based in Paris.
Regardless of its origin, her understated elegance applies not only to her personal style but also to the fashionable apartment she shares with her husband and 8-year-old daughter, Arielle. "I looked at so many apartments," says Thuy. "When I walked into this one, I was struck by the height of the ceilings and the beautiful light. It's a typical Parisian apartment—very chic with elegant details."
Gorgeous light and high ceilings aside, the apartment was missing one thing—furnishings. In need of a cozy family home in just three weeks, Thuy called her friend (and decorator) Eric Lysdahl.
"We worked together on their Connecticut house, and we just clicked," says Lysdahl. "When Thuy called about this apartment, I came running. It is Paris, after all."
Lysdahl hit the ground running. Literally. "It was rather manic," he laughs. "I came for two weeks over the holidays and started hunting and gathering on the streets of Paris."
Falling back on one of his favorite Parisian sources, he scoured the Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen flea market for antiques and accessories, and then picked up more modern necessities and objets d'art at one of the largest department stores in the city, Bazaar de l'Hotel de Ville.
"The bones of this apartment speak a very strong language," says Lysdahl. "The plasterwork, the built-in mirrors, the flamboyant mantelpiece, the patterned floor—they're all very strong. To compete with that, you either have to go full-on Louis XV or you have to be very spare. We didn't want this space to be too serious, so we went with a hip, young vibe."
In the living room, that meant balancing the ornate friezes, wood floors laid in a herringbone pattern, and gilt mirrors with sleeker, more whimsical elements and vibrant color.
Furnishings were left relatively sparse. Matching gray sofas flank the fireplace. Lucite tables float above a zebra rug painted in metallic silver. Vintage chairs found at the flea market were updated with a painted stripe down the center—an homage to 20th-century style icon and fashion designer Pauline de Roth-schild. For a touch of the unexpected, a silver bulldog that Lysdahl lugged home from the Marais district on a crowded Metro train amid curious stares holds court under an antique console table.
Thuy initially intended for the apartment's palette to be starkly monochromatic, but Lysdahl persuaded her to take a more vivacious route: color. Not just any color, but a no-holds-barred, eye-popping, in-your-face fuchsia. Used on the throw pillows and draperies, it single-handedly gives a lively, fresh take to the living room's traditional bones and stark white walls. "I refer to it as la vie en rose," laughs Lysdahl.
In the adjoining dining room, Lysdahl complemented the living room's warm palette with a cooler hue—choosing the same floral fabric for the draperies but opting for blue as a counterpoint to the fuchsia. Equal parts Coco Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier, the space conveys the perfect mix of classic and modern.
A sleek dining table with a white embossed top plus an orbit-like floor lamp make modern statements against the classical architecture, herringbone-patterned floors, and an overscale gilt mirror.
"This is a very formal apartment in a formal neighborhood," says Thuy. "And because the details are so ornate, we wanted to bring in a modern, clean-lined feel. We wanted the space to be more urban and whimsical."
Overlooking the building's courtyard, the master bedroom takes a more neutral turn. Gray paint on the walls was left untouched; it offers a soft yet chic foil to the crisp white of the wainscoting and moldings.
Elegant pieces—a white leather Mies van der Rohe daybed and an antique chest crowned with a black-and-white photograph taken by a friend of the family—only enhance the room's fashion-forward yet serene and ever-so-Parisian feel.
"This is my sanctuary," says Thuy. "I come here and can shut everything out."
Photography: Francis Hammond
Interior Design: Eric Lysdahl, EricLysdahl Inc., 212/717-5121, ericlysdahl.com.
Bright and Open Living Room
The apartment's high ceilings, natural light, and elegant details won the heart of Thuy Tranthi Rieder. Designer Eric Lysdahl opted for a patterned fuchsia fabric from Manuel Canovas for the windows. Vintage Louis XV fauteuils that Lysdahl found at Paris's famed Marchés aux Puces flea market flank the ornate fireplace.
See more of the living room on the following slides.
Wall and ceiling paint ("China White"); wall accent paint ("Elephant Gray" #2109-50): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Decorative moldings; fireplace mantel: original to home.
Mirror over mantel: antique.
Large vase on floor in front of mantel ("Bubba Blanc"): Moia Gallery, moia.fr.
Pair of chairs flanking mantel (vintage Louis XV fauteuils): Marché aux Puces Clignancourt.
Chair fabric: existing.
Drapery ("Charlotte"/Rose Indien #4764-04, by Manuel Canovas): Cowtan & Tout, 212/647-6900, cowtan.com.
Drapery hardware (custom): BHV (Bazar de L'Hôtel de Ville), bhv.fr.
Sofas (custom): Eric Lysdahl Inc., 212/717-5121, ericlysdahl.com.
Sofa fabric ("Teddy Mohair"/Flint #26131-11): Kravet, 888/457-2838, kravet.com.
White wool pillows: Flokati, 800/844-5345, flokatirug.net.
Patterned pillows (silvered leather): Dovecote, 866/999-2241, dovecote-westport.com.
Tribal-patterned pillows: Lelievre, lelievre.eu.
Area rug (silver-printed natural cow hide): Dovecote, 866/999-2241, dovecote-westport.com.
Coffee table and end tables ("Peekaboo" tables): CB2, 800/606-6252, cb2.com
Large round glass vase on coffee table (1930s Lalique): Marché aux Puces, Clignancourt.
Tea service ("Loya," design by Jean Puiforcat, c. 1927): available at Puiforcat, Paris, 011 33 1 4563 1010.
Sculpture (antique): owner's collection.
Floor lamp ("Lamdadaire Giant" #81174922): BHV (Bazar de L'Hôtel de Ville), bhv.fr.
Photograph behind sofa (by Stephane Kossmann): Stephane Kossmann, stephanekossmann.com.
Convex mirror over photograph: Kaolin, 011 33 1 4271 5127.
Rich Mantel Details
A vignette of coral and seashells lend texture along stacks of books on the mantel.
Lamps on mantel: BHV (Bazar de L'Hôtel de Ville), bhv.fr.
Coral collection (antique): from Marché aux Puces, Clignancourt.
Antique Living Room Console
A silver bulldog from Moia Gallery in the Marais district of Paris adds an element of surprise from its position beneath a 19th-century console.
Console table; mirror over console: antique.
Lamp on console: BHV (Bazar de L'Hôtel de Ville), bhv.fr.
Silver bulldog: Moia Gallery, 011 33 1 4274 5510, moia.fr.
Chairs flanking console ("White Nova Dining Chair"): Modani, 800/606-7319, modani.com.
Pillows (patchwork leather): BHV (Bazar de L'Hôtel de Ville), bhv.fr.
Elegant Molding Details
Ornate plaster molding adorns the living room wall panels, which are painted "China White" from Benjamin Moore.
Homeowner Thuy Tranthi Rieder.
The City of Light—and Luxury
A diplomat's daughter who lived in Paris as a child, Thuy Tranthi Rieder was drawn back to the city by the irresistible offer of a top position at Lancel, the luxury accessories brand. The company was born in 1876, when Angéle Lancel opened her first shop in a bustling neighborhood near the Opéra Garnier. Initially selling pouches and small bags for smoking items, the company quickly found its true calling—creating women's accessories and decorative objects.
In 1927, the iconic bucket bag (rechristened the "Elsa by Lancel" in 1987 and the "Premier Flirt" in 2006) was born, becoming an instant classic that has since enchanted such Parisian femmes fatales as Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf, and Brigitte Bardot. Today, more than 135 years since the firm's inception, Lancel's craftsmanship and elegant magnetism remain evident in every alluring handbag.
Drapery: BHV (Bazar de L'Hôtel de Ville), bhv.fr.
Daybed ("Barcelona Couch"/white leather, by Mies van der Rohe): Design Within Reach, 800/944-2233, dwr.com.
Wool pillows: Flokati, 800/844-5345, flokatirug.net.
Purse: Lancel, lancel.com.
Contemporary White Dining Room
The Manuel Canovas drapery fabric echoes the living room's hot pink version of the window treatment, and its color adds a dash of cool to the sleek dining room décor.
See more of the dining room on the following slide.
Wall and ceiling paint ("China White"); wall accent paint ("Elephant Gray" #2109-50): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Drapery ("Charlotte"/Ciel #4764-03, by Manuel Canovas): Cowtan & Tout, 212 647-6900, cowtan.com.
Flooring: original to home.
Dining table and chairs: Modani, 800/606-7319, modani.com.
Floor lamp: BHV (Bazar de L'Hôtel de Ville), bhv.fr.
Candelabra: Kaolin, 011 33 1 4271 5127.
Dining Room Mantel
A marble mantel, original to the home, is lined with a trio of bright blue vases that echo the tabletop's nautical palette.
Mantel: original to home.
Mirror over mantel: antique.
Painting to right of mantel (by Arielle Rieder); vases on mantel: owner's collection.
Textural Tabletop Details
The dining table and chairs are from Modani. The china, a nod to Thuy's love of sailing, is from Puiforcat.
China ("Voiles," by Puiforcat); flatware ("Chantaco," by Puiforcat): Michael C. Fina, 800/289-3462, michaelcfina.com.
Crystal ("Celeste"): Ralph Lauren Home, 888/475-7674, ralphlaurenhome.com.
Placemats: Chilewich, 888/851-7130, chilewich.com.
Tureen (antique); napkins; vases: owner's collection.
Hardware Details
Details throughout the apartment allude to its rich history and the timeless beauty of the city.
Master Bedroom in Serene Neutrals
In need of a piece of art to hang over the bed and with no time to find one, Lysdahl created a do-it-yourself tribute to artist Cy Twombly.
See bedroom details on the following slides.
Bed ("Cavana"): Modani, 800/606-7319, modani.com.
Bedspread and pillows (by DKNY): Bed Bath & Beyond, bedbathandbeyond.com.
Painting above bed (Hommage a Cy Twombly, by Eric Lysdahl): Eric Lysdahl Inc., 212/717-5121, ericlysdahl.com.
Chandelier: BHV (Bazar de L'Hôtel de Ville), bhv.fr.
Wall paint ("Whale Gray" #2134-40); ceiling and trim paint ("China White"): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Flooring: original to home. Bedside table ("Bureau Galuchat Gris"): Maison de Famille, maisondefamille.fr.
Chic Antique Chest
The mirror over the antique chest is from Kaolin in Paris.
Chest of drawers: antique.
Photo on chest (Parisian street scene by P.J. van Sandwijk): P.J.V.S. Photography, pjvsphotography.com.
Mirror over chest: Kaolin, 011 33 1 4271 5127.
Lamp: BHV (Bazar de L'Hôtel de Ville), bhv.fr.
Horn sculptures: flea market find.
Bedroom Chest Details
A black-and-white photo of a Parisian street scene adds a touch of romance behind a pair of horn sculptures and bouquet of fresh roses.
Cheerful Child's Bedroom
Pink appears again in Arielle's pattern-filled bedroom, where a mod fabric from BHV mixes playfully with stripes and florals on the bed.
Wall paint ("Horizon Gray" #2141-50); ceiling and trim paint ("China White"): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Drapery and hardware: BHV (Bazar de L'Hôtel de Ville), bhv.fr.
Bed; armoire; desk: IKEA, ikea.com.
Bedding; patterned pillows: owner's collection.
"Lips" pillow ("Lips Coussin"): BUT, 011 33 1 5381 1690.
Lamb pelt rug: Overland Sheepskin, 800/683-7526, overland.com.
Pink trunk ("Flash Fuchsia Porte Manteau"): BUT, 011 33 1 5381 1690. Houses in front of window: LEGO, lego.com.


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What if we all owned and oversaw the banks, by vote, and had a say in decisions made by retailers where we shop? What if we ran our workplaces without corporate CEOs? Here are stories of companies and communities where business is done by the people, for the people.
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New Visions
Solving today's big problems will take more than a quick fix. These authors offer clarity about the roots of our problems and visions of a better way.
How Cooperatives Are Driving the New Economy
To make an economy that serves us, we need to own the jobs and the businesses—together.
Chicago Factory Workers to the Rescue
First they occupied the factory. Now they own it. Republic Windows and Doors rises again.
World and Community
New models that foster justice and real prosperity, and sustain the Earth's living systems. How can we bring these models to life and put them to work?
Why Unions Are Going Into the Co-op Business
Steelworkers believe they can put the Rust Belt back to work— Basque style.
Big Dividends for Your Community
What if your bank's first priority was to do good?
Health care co-ops could have been a solution. Then Congress cut the funding. What now?
A low-income community boosts its local economy, one enterprise at a time.
The Power of One
Stories of people who find their courage, open their hearts, and discover what it means to be human in today's world.
Co-op Academy ... Red Clouds Collective ... Quimper Mercantile ... Seward Cafe and Hard Times Cafe ... Patient/Physician Co-op ... Mobile home land ownership ... Community food forests.
Electric co-ops lead the way to green energy in rural America.
Breaking Open
Humor, storytelling, and the arts—taking you into unexpected spaces where business-as-usual breaks open into new possibilities.
Six strategies to help cooperatives take off and become business as usual.
A new theory of human origins says cooperation—not competition—is instinctive.
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Their water supply threatened, neighbors join to fight fracking. It's just that some of the neighbors are named Lennon, Ruffalo, and Winger.
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We don't read so much about the poor in novels anymore. The moment when our greatest writers — from Sinclair Lewis to Walker Evans — turned their gaze on the stumbles of the American experiment has long since passed.
And yet while poverty remains, its global reality often has as much to do with America as a homeless woman sleeping on the streets of Somerville.
In the last decade, as US-backed dictators of African and Middle Eastern countries were ousted, the civil wars often left in their wake expelled refugees all across Europe.
Jacqueline, the 24-year-old heroine of Alexander Maksik's second novel, is one such woman. We don't know much about her as the book opens. She is homeless, alone, and desperate for food. "Jacqueline hadn't eaten since the flattened chocolate bar she'd found outside the pharmacy," the story begins.
Proceeding in short, intense bursts, Maksik follows Jacqueline as she wanders a seaside Greek village, searching for scraps. The spoils of tourists are fat, but to win them she must patrol under the hot sun and watch as people savor dripping kebabs, luscious ice cream, cold Coca-Colas.
Maksik, who grew up in Idaho, writes in a tense close-third-person voice that he uses to great effect. We don't know, then, right away, that Jacqueline is black and Liberian; we don't, in fact, know anything about her appearance. Just that she inspires charity or indifference in equal measure. Her past has taught her to judge a man by his eyes.
She is a mesmerizing heroine. Every decision she makes in "A Marker to Measure Drift" could end in her death. When a group of Senegalese men begin prowling a beach and eyeing her, she listens to a voice inside herself that says, "Move on.'' As the book continues, Jacqueline begins to be mocked by that voice.
When she is not dodging potential pimps or sizing up tourists who might welcome a foot massage on the beach, Jacqueline daydreams. Memories of her past enter her consciousness in shards. A clean hotel room with billowing curtains. Her sister eight months pregnant. A lover's hand tracing her spine.
Some of the flashbacks turn into narratives. Jacqueline wonders why it took her so long to realize her family was involved in Charles Taylor's kleptocratic rape of Liberia. She stews in guilt over having been the kept woman of an overseas journalist. Still, she misses his touch.
In this fashion, Maksik gradually reveals his heroine to us. In the opening third of the novel these flashbacks are immensely powerful. How did an upper-middle-class woman fall so hard and so far from privilege? And what happened to her family?
Several recent novels have explored similar questions, from Lloyd Jones's recent "Hand Me Down World," which tells the story of a woman who walks from Africa to Europe in search of her child, to Ross Raisin's "Waterline," the tale of a Glaswegian hotel porter who winds up homeless after his wife dies of cancer.
All of these books raise provocative questions of representation. Mainly, is it exploitative for a writer to fictionalize a trauma he or she hasn't experienced? Interestingly, Maksik's debut novel, "You Deserve Nothing," raised the opposite question: The tale of a Parisian high school teacher who has an affair with a 17-year-old was allegedly based on Maksik's own life.
These questions of reality — and an author's relationship to it — are ultimately red herrings. The desire to square fiction with the real world draws from a misconceived notion of what is moral in fiction. It is not the intention of the author that matters; it is the nature of response the book provokes. And how well the writing elicits it.
Maksik's previous novel was a lightly engaging, creepy tale. But it was far from perfect. Its flaws grew from the weakness of its characterization of the teenager with whom the teacher sleeps. She isn't believable, and her response to the affair's demise even less so.
Jacqueline, however, is alive on the page from the outset, and with each paragraph she deepens, grows more complicated. Clearer and yet more mysterious. Voices from her past — her mother's, her father's — saturate her consciousness. It appears for some time she might be going mad.
In the final third of the book, Maksik briefly pushes Jacqueline's internal cacophony too far. She has been avoiding friendships, attachments, mostly out of pride. She doesn't want to be a charity case. Finally, she begins frequenting a Greek restaurant for a cup of coffee she can barely afford. A waitress shows her kindness. A friendship hovers.
Throughout this portion of the book Jacqueline is being mocked in her mind by her mother's voice, drawn back constantly to Monrovia and the end of an affair she had there. The book may not need to tell us who Jacqueline really is, but the streaming flashbacks do not feel realistic, coming like full-fledged short films, no matter how beautifully written.
As it turns out, the two questions this book presents — will Jacqueline survive, and what brought her to this island? — are related. There is no present without the past. As the arrows of these plots slowly converge, Maksik brings Jacqueline's tale to a devastating finale in which we see her plight in its awful entirety. Here is a woman who is doing everything she can to survive, but it may not be enough. In "Marker to Measure Drift," Maksik gives her quest an awful and moving dignity.
John Freeman is the former editor of Granta. His latest book, "How to Read a Novelist,'' will be released in October.


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Get Easy Access to Your Blogging Comments
Here's how you set it up on Blogger:
After you log in to your Blogger Dashboard, click on the tab for Settings.
Then Click beneath that where you see the hyperlink for Comments.
Now scroll down almost to the bottom of the page where you find the option for comment moderation. Comment moderation allows you to review comments before you publish them on your blog. Most people select "always" and review every comment before publishing. I like to make things easy for my readers so I have opted to turn on moderation only for posts that are 7 days or older. I've read that spam usually occurs on those older posts.
Regardless of which you pick, you can receive email notifications to let you know a comment is waiting and needs to be reviewed. Type the email address you want to use in the box for comment moderation. (Notice, if you choose never for comment moderation there is no need to include an email address because all your comments will be published automatically.)
Also, note the option for word verification. This is the little box that makes you type the squigly word to make sure real people are leaving comments. I have mine turned off. Again, I do that to make it easier for my audience to leave comments.http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=691016683378293851
Next, scroll down a bit more to the Comment Notification Email option. Enter your email address here. This will let you know that a comment has been published on your blog.
If you use Comment Moderation for all your blog comments you might not want to use this option. If you do, you will receive an email to notify you that a comment needs to be moderated and again after it gets published. You have to decide which works better for you.
How My Settings are Organized
I actually use two different email addresses for moderated and published comments. Most of my blog comments (95%) get published automatically so I have notifications sent to one email address just for that and I have a directory set up in Outlook to receive those blog comments.
Because I get very few comments more than 7 days after a new post I send those moderated comment notifications to a different email address. You can see two different email address in the images above to see exactly how I've set it up. I do this so that I don't get confused between newly published comments and moderated comments that need a closer look. If they were all together in one directory I might get confused about which comments are new and which need moderation.
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Add an email address to receive notifications so that you can be alerted to new comments quickly. Your readers will love you because you can respond to their comments quicker. And you will love it because you will know right away that people are reading your blog.
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Brilliant advice, clearly expressed - thanks! I hadn't thought of using different email addresses to distinguish between comments published and those I need to approve. I too thought 7 days was safe, but I've changed my settings to 'Moderate comments on posts older than 1 day'. This week, just over 24hrs after my post, a spammer sneaked a comment past Blogger's spam filters by using certain relevant words before the spam link. Sigh.ReplyDelete
Thanks again for this advice Marian. You helped me once before, now I can see how and why I might want to modify my settings. One question I have with blogers I follow through RSS feeds, whose posts often appear on Google+ as well, and that is: Do people prefer comments on their Blog post where stats are available or on Google+ where there often is a larger audience?ReplyDelete


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"The rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather than feared and condemned, when the common bond of human dignity is recognized as the essential bond for a peaceful world." —J. William Fulbright
The Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's flagship program in international educational exchange, was proposed to the U.S. Congress in 1945 by then freshman Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. In the aftermath of World War II, Senator Fulbright viewed the proposed program as a much-needed vehicle for promoting "mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries of the world." His vision was approved by Congress and the program was signed into law by President Truman in 1946.
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German gov't to stay course in euro crisis
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The big win for Angela Merkel's conservative party was an endorsement by German voters of her tough policies in tackling the euro currency union's government debt troubles. So don't expect any big change in course from her.
Merkel ran for re-election on her basic formula: help financially weak countries but impose harsh conditions, such as deep budget cuts and politically painful economic reforms.
One fact that could affect her policies is that she will change coalition partners. Her previous one, the Free Democrats, did not make it into parliament. So she'll have to share power with one of two left-of-center parties, the Greens or — more likely — the labor-union backed Social Democrats. The Social Democrats campaigned for less emphasis on austerity in Europe, but they're otherwise mostly in line with Merkel's approach.
Holger Schmieding, an economist at Berenberg Bank in London, says such a coalition would result in only "a minute softening of the German stance toward euro crisis countries."
The major issues:
A new government could be somewhat more willing to fund European spending on infrastructure and to help small businesses. That could help get growth going in places like Greece, Portugal, and Spain. A chief complaint against Merkel's policies is that austerity lengthened recessions and worsened unemployment in those countries. The Social Democrats have called for more support for the EU's European Investment Bank, which loans to small businesses that have been having trouble getting credit. But Merkel's current government has recently already moved in that direction, offering to help businesses in Spain and Portugal to get financing. It has also relented on the pace at which EU member countries must meet the union's requirements to reduce deficits.
Merkel's new government will keep rejecting the idea of eurobonds, under which all 17 euro members would share responsibility for paying public debts. Such bonds would help solve the crisis because financially weaker countries would be able to borrow cheaply, ending concerns about their solvency. But richer countries like Germany would see their costs of borrowing increase. The Greens back eurobonds, but are too small to force the issue.
Germany may compromise on setting up a European Union-wide agency that could restructure failed or troubled banks so that taxpayers don't have to bail them out. The current finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, has been reluctant to set up such an agency, arguing it would require a years-long effort to change EU treaties. He has advocated using a network of national regulators until that can happen. It's not clear whether Schaeuble will have the finance minister job in the new government.
Even Merkel and Schaeuble have conceded Greece may need more financial help, despite two earlier rounds of bailout loans from the eurozone rescue fund and the International Monetary Fund. A new coalition might agree more easily to added help, possibly in the form of loan extensions, lower interest rates or a cut to the bailout loans to be repaid. Greece's additional needs are estimated at around 11 billion euros ($14.9 billion), much less than the first two bailouts, which totaled 240 billion euros ($324 billion).
But make no mistake — the help would again come with tough conditions attached.
As Jennifer McKeown, an analyst at Capital Economics in London, put it: "Germany will continue to advocate austerity at home and in the region's periphery."
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The pushback on the Trayvon Martin story is now getting ferocious.
Today's New York Post has a provocative (or offensive) cover saying that "Race Hustlers" are exploiting the tragedy of Trayvon Martins' death. At least they are still calling it a "tragedy" today.
On the cover are three New York state senators, Kevin Parker, Bill Perkins, and Eric Adams, who wore hoodies in solidarity with the rallies for Martin across the nation.


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Dr. Heidi Jones and colleagues publish in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology: Performance of a Rapid Self-Test for Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in South Africa and Brazil. The authors found that rapid point-of-care tests performed well for detecting trichomoniasis, a common sexually transmitted infection, even with the women performing the test on their own. These tests should be considered an alternative to syndromic management, the current standard of care in many resource-poor settings, as they are likely to improve detection and management of these infections.
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Repair the world
The ARS Electronica Festival in Linz is a conference that supports cutting-edge experiments in digital culture. The motto of this year's festival was "REPAIR – ready to pull the lifeline," and the highlight was the "Open Source Life" symposium. The bottom line of "Open Source Life" is how to transfer the ideas of open source to other layers of society.
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The Leg Bone's Connected to the iPhone by Richard Humann
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PHIL 235W Philosophical Ethics (1)
An examination of major philosophical views about right and wrong, including the roles of reason and emotion in moral judgment, the meaning of moral terms, the question of relativism, the relationship between facts and values, and the idea of the good life. Readings will include both historical and contemporary texts.
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Obama vs. Supreme Court is latest episode in recurring rivalry
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama got off to a bad start with the Supreme Court the very moment he was sworn in as president, and it's not getting any better.
On Thursday, seizing on Obama's comments Tuesday about the high court and health care, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky declared that the president "crossed a dangerous line this week" when he complained about unelected judges overturning laws.
"Anyone who cares about liberty needs to call him out on it," McConnell said. "The independence of the court must be defended. ... So respectfully, I would suggest the president back off."
McConnell was striking where he sees White House vulnerability: Three years after a mutually muffed Inauguration Day oath foreshadowed future tensions, Obama is getting renewed grief for challenging the court, whose conservative majority appears poised to strike down at least part of his signature health-care law.
Conflict, though, can be inevitable when law meets politics; the real question is how ugly it gets and who gets harmed in the end.
"The court is often out of step with the other branches,'' noted Thomas Keck, a professor of constitutional law and politics at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Protected by their lifetime appointments, federal judges can easily vex politicians, who curry public favor for a living. Congressmen seek a constitutional amendment to ban flag-burning. The court says this violates free-speech rights. A city bans handguns. The court says this violates the Second Amendment. A law gets struck down, and lawmakers lash out.
"Judges in this country are out of control," Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, declared after a federal judge in 2010 blocked the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. "The American people should respond by pursuing avenues which would result in the removal of lawless judges from the state and federal bench."
Presidents often get frustrated; most notably, Franklin Roosevelt, who saw a largely Republican Supreme Court strike down many of his New Deal programs that addressed the Great Depression.
"We thought we were solving it," Roosevelt fumed in a 1935 news conference after the court gutted one of his programs, "and now it has been thrown right straight in our faces."
Nor is vexation a one-way street. The justices, too, can get testy about the other two branches of government. Justice Antonin Scalia, for one, showed his scorn for standard legislative practice last week when dismissing some Nebraska deal-making that contributed to the 2,700-page health care law.
Imagine "we struck down nothing in this legislation but the — what's it called, the Cornhusker kickback — OK, we find that to violate the constitutional proscription of venality, OK?" Scalia said, prompting laughter.
Obama's stiff-arm to the court differed in several important respects from Roosevelt's. It came before the court has ruled on the health care law, suggesting that he was trying to influence the justices. However, unlike Roosevelt — who subsequently tried unsuccessfully to get Congress to let him pack the court with additional justices — Obama hasn't proposed explicit retaliation.
Not that he was subtle. Summoning terms often invoked by conservatives, Obama characterized the court Monday as "an unelected group of people" who shouldn't overturn a "duly constituted and passed law."
Inaccurately, the former University of Chicago law lecturer also asserted that it would be an "unprecedented, extraordinary step" for the court to "overturn a law that was passed by a strong majority" of Congress."
In fact, popular laws regularly fail the constitutional test. After Obama became president, for instance, the court struck down an animal-cruelty video law that had passed the House of Representatives by 372-42. All told, the Supreme Court has struck down some 165 laws through 2010, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Facing amped-up Republican criticism, Obama dialed back his rhetoric. His press secretary, Jay Carney has likewise done further damage control.
But it was the president's initial words that resonated, as a combination of shot-across-the-bow and a trial run for future debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. By the end of June, the court is expected to decide whether the law's requirement that most U.S. residents must buy health insurance or pay a penalty exceeds Congress' power under the Constitution to regulate interstate commerce.
Obama's comments, McConnell said Thursday, "reflect not only an attempt to influence the outcome, but a preview of Democrat attacks to come if they don't get their way." The latter was undeniably true, even if McConnell had his own partisan motives for saying so.
More surprisingly, a federal appellate judge in Texas cited Obama's words Tuesday in ordering a Justice Department attorney to write a three-page, single-spaced letter explaining the ability of courts to strike down laws. On Thursday, the Justice Department affirmed that, yes, courts do hold the law-dunking authority first identified in a landmark 1803 decision, Marbury v. Madison.
"The president believes that the Supreme Court has the final word on matters of judicial review on the constitutionality of legislation," Carney said, as he faced repeated questioning on the point Thursday. "He would, having been a professor of law."
In any institutional fight, the Supreme Court starts off with some public advantage. Forty-six percent of U.S. residents whom Gallup surveyed last October approved of the Supreme Court's performance, while only 13 percent approved of Congress.
The justices' sense of decorum prohibits them from defending themselves directly from rhetorical political assault, however, and that can diminish their reputation. Even before this latest tussle, public support for the court had fallen from the 61 percent approval rating of a decade ago.
Obama previously had shown his readiness to blast the court, as when he used his 2010 State of the Union speech to denounce a ruling that permits unlimited union and corporate campaign spending. Congressional Democrats applauded, while Justice Samuel Alito appeared to mouth the words "not true." The partisan exchange prompted Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. to consider avoiding future State of the Union speeches.
Roberts, who scrupulously tends to the court's reputation, had had his own awkward encounter with Obama when both interrupted each other during the Jan. 20, 2009, inauguration. The two Harvard Law School graduates had to repeat the exercise later.
"Are you ready to take the oath?" Roberts asked Obama during the Jan. 21 do-over.
"I am," Obama said, "and we're going to do it very slowly."
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A little corner of ESA's technical heart that is forever Mars: this rubble-strewn model of the Red Planet is used to put prototype planetary rovers through their paces. Officially known as the Automation & Planetary Robotics Lab, its nickname is the 'Mars Yard'.
Dutch students explore this alien environment in the photo shown here, part of a series taken by image gallery TechniekBeeldbank.nu. The site offers the media positive images of engineering to appeal to young people.
The Mars Yard is housed in ESA's ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, in the Agency's Automation & Robotics Section.
An 8 x 8 m square filled with sand and different sizes of gravel and rocks, the Mars Yard offers a small crater, a boulder field, a sandy dune and a gravel slope area.
This martian testbed serves to assess rover locomotion and navigation as well as the positioning of robotic arms – then check how all these elements operate together in practice, as integration is a major challenge in space robotic systems.
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(The Root) — The National Museum of African American History and Culture, created by an act of Congress in 2003 and slated to open in 2015, is still under construction. But the 19th division of the Smithsonian Institution is already making an impact on the future that transcends its history-focused primary goal: The NMAAHC 's $250 million public capital campaign is attracting, inspiring and cultivating leadership among black professionals who the museum hopes could represent the next generation of major African-American philanthropists.
At the museum's February groundbreaking, President Barack Obama delivered remarks, Phylicia Rashad was master of ceremonies and national media flocked to Washington, D.C.'s National Mall to cover the historic beginning of its construction. But Tasha Coleman, now the museum's senior manager for donor and board relations, recalls that seven years ago, there was much less fanfare and just two employees: she and famed historian, and founding director, Lonnie G. Bunch III.
"I still remember when first we walked into the office … we didn't even have furniture; we were just looking at each other," Coleman, who was the museum's council liaison in 2005, told The Root.
They had their work cut out for them. While congressional legislation authorized $250 million over a period of 10 years to the museum, the NMAAHC committed to matching that amount from private donors. That effort has been called "arguably the largest philanthropic effort driven by African Americans," thanks to an advisory council that's a who's who of African-American success and influence. It's notable for big names such as Oprah Winfrey, Colin Powell, Robert L. Johnson and American Express CEO Ken Chenault, as well as the even bigger, million-dollar-plus donations they've made or coordinated.
To Delphia Duckens, the museum's associate director of external affairs, that interest makes sense. "They're extremely excited about what the content of this museum is going to be, not just for African Americans but Americans in general," she told The Root.
But here's what Coleman, the NMAAHC's first employee, now 37 years old, says she didn't expect when she took on her role with the museum: an outpouring of support and interest from her own peers — younger, successful-but-not-even-close-to-Oprah-successful African Americans between the ages of 30 and 45. While the new museum was reaching out to donors across the nation, this group was reaching out to the museum, figuratively banging on its not-yet-constructed doors, its members ready to offer their time and money to support the NMAAHC.
Duckens remembers when the inquiries from these "young" black professionals — she says they're actually better described as "emerging leaders" in their respective fields — started coming in. "About a year ago, we started to get requests: 'I want to do something; I want to host a party for the museum.' It became ad hoc. We realized we wanted to harness all that energy, so we came up with the name 'ambassadors,' " she explains.
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Organized by Coleman and co-founded by 39-year-old tech entrepreneur Joel Limerick — among the first of the eager young professionals who emerged from the museum's Washington, D.C., backyard — the ambassadors program was formalized in short order. The requirements to join are threefold: Make a personal donation between $5,000 and $24,999, recruit other ambassadors and spread the word about the vision of the museum, promoting membership at all levels.
Those requirements aren't even posted on the website just yet, but thanks to word of mouth and an initial summer recruiting event at the "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello" exhibit at the National Museum of American History, the museum now has a list of about 20 members who have made financial commitments, plus steady interest from their respective networks.
In a still-tough economy that's even harder on the black community, who exactly are these professionals pulling out their checkbooks to support the museum's mission? "I would say the common denominator is that they've all achieved some success and recognize the success they're experiencing is directly related to what their African-American predecessors accomplished, and they're excited about telling that story to the world, " Limerick says.
"It's a financial commitment, and it's not a small one by any stretch, " says Bola Oyedijo, a 38-year-old executive with a Fortune 500 company and another of the early ambassadors. "But I think it's an important one, for a mission as critical as this."
The events that the ambassadors hold to spread that message to their peers aren't as flashy as the yearlong series of star-studded events — like a recent concert featuring George Clinton and Meshell Ndegeocello — celebrating the museum's groundbreaking. Limerick, for example, recently hosted a small reception at D.C.'s Georgetown Club with about 25 guests, curators and museum staff.
But interested would-be philanthropists don't seem to need bells and whistles to want to get involved. "Nonviolence, fortitude, love, struggle … the museum is about all that stuff. Most of my friends get excited about the idea of having our ancestors' story told. It's an easy sell," Limerick says.
Oyedijo, who also organized a recent gathering that yielded a handful of new ambassadors, says that when it comes to the idea of embarking on a black-focused philanthropic journey, "the interest is absolutely there." Her explanation for her peers' enthusiasm: "Our generation didn't go through the trials and tribulations of the civil rights movement and those game-changing history-making moments. So this is really us buying into and paying for our legacy, and making sure our story is told."
For many of the ambassadors, Coleman says, signing on is a first foray into philanthropic leadership on a national level. These participants, from her perspective, are "people who want to be a part, who want to give and who just need a platform." And while the "ambassador" title comes with an undeniably high price tag, she says that the museum made it a point to allow contributions to be made on monthly payment plans, making the commitment as manageable as possible. A $5,000 pledge paid over five years comes out to just $83.34 a month — "about the price of a nice dinner out," she says.
Valaida Fullwood, author of the book Giving Back: A Tribute to Generations of African-American Philanthropists, says she's not surprised to hear of the program's success. "Astonishing generosity fueled by an acute awareness of the cost of inaction has characterized our legacy of giving for centuries," she told The Root. "I predict America will soon note a marked increase in the number of black Americans who are staking their claim in philanthropy by asserting their presence and exerting their influence."
Once the $250 million is raised, the plan is to encourage the ambassadors to remain involved, focusing on museum programming. But Duckens also sees a role for them outside of the NMAAHC. The vision, she explains, "is that we can get this group into the habit of philanthropy, as well as providing them with the benefit of being recognized in some really prestigious communities."
For Limerick, that's already happening. "By being a co-founder of the program, I'm developing skills and a mindset to be involved in a powerful way for the rest of my life," he says.
To Oyedijo, the ambassadors' growing roster of up-and-comers — corporate types, entrepreneurs, attorneys and the like, who are committed to giving on behalf of the black community through 2015 and beyond — represents "a really good slice of the young leaders of tomorrow" who, like the museum itself, tell a story about "what being African American really is."
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Twitterrific for Mac was first released 10 years ago way back in 2007 and had regular updates until 2013. Development of Twitterrific has continued exclusively on iOS since then, but many of us still use Twitterrific on the desktop - despite it missing many recent Twitter features and Twitterrific for iOS refinements. It is time we fixed this, but we need your help!
This project is to fund a reboot of Twitterrific for Mac (codename: Phoenix) and let Ollie the Twitterrific bird emerge from the ashes of his former self. The plan is to build a minimal product within 6 or 7 months that includes the following functionality:
- Unified home timeline
- Multiple account support
- Composing, replying, and quoting tweets
- Muffles and mutes
- Streaming
- Themes
- Delete and edit your own tweets
- Sync timeline position with iOS
- VoiceOver Accessibility
- Keyboard control
- Attaching images to tweets
- Timeline search (text filter/find)
- Open links to other tweets, profiles and media in your browser
Building software takes time. Some of Twitterrific's functionality on iOS can be shared with this new Mac app, but even though that will save us some effort, creating a new app from scratch is not a simple process. In the long run, we'd like to bring Twitterrific for Mac to feature-parity with the iOS app, but before that can happen we need a solid foundation to build upon.
The Iconfactory doesn't just make a Twitter client - we've been building software and making stunning artwork for a long time. The Twitterrific for Mac team will include Sean Heber (engineer), Gedeon Maheux (designer), Craig Hockenberry (engineer of the original Twitterrific), and Anthony Piraino (designer).
Ollie can be reborn on the Mac, but only if we can afford to invest the time needed to wake him from his slumber. (He's a heavy sleeper.) This is where you come in!
We have several pledge levels available and all of them include a license to the final product - so you'll get Twitterrific for your Mac no matter what! For $30 or more, you'll also get regular beta builds as we develop the app and a license for iPulse to make sure those builds behave. At $100 we'll toss in a copy of xScope for Mac - our very popular and useful design tool.
The $15 level is a great deal since we expect our retail price to be $20. You'll not only save $5, but you'll also get your license key before we ship the final product to the public!
Starting at $60, you'll unlock a special Twitterrific Ollie-as-Phoenix T-shirt that'll make your other shirts jealous. If you're overwhelmed with generosity, for $100 we'll even include your name in the credits, and at $150 we'll throw in a fun (and increasingly rare) vinyl collectible version of Ollie (ashes not included).
Finally, we have two limited edition pledge levels - $500 includes a near-mythical monochrome vinyl Ollie toy that you're not going to find anywhere else (indeed, these are the last ones we have ourselves). We'll even personally put our signatures on the box! At the $1,000 level you'll receive an epic, hand-painted vinyl Ollie from artist David Lanham. If you've ever wanted to own a piece of artwork from Ollie's creator, now's your chance!
If we reach our funding goal, our first priority will be to work on Ollie's reemergence and get you the product described above. We don't want you to have to wait any longer!
We have a lot more ideas, though, and if we raise over $100,000, then we'll follow up with another major version that includes as many of these as we can:
- Direct messaging
- Read, create, delete saved searches
- Read lists
- Built-in Twitter search
- Built-in quick media viewer (images, GIFs, videos)
- Built-in conversation and threaded tweet viewer
- Built-in viewer for user profiles
- Alt-text attachment when tweeting images
- Searching for and getting suggested users while composing
If, against all odds, we manage to raise over $125,000, then we'll continue adding as many of the following features as possible:
- Simple list management (create, edit, delete)
- Manage drafts and sync them with iOS
- Dock-less mode
- Built-in profile editor so you can change your bio, avatar and more
- Trends
- Video upload
- Geolocation
More features means more development time. Even if we raise the extra funding, don't expect all of the above before the first 7 months! Since these will all be incremental improvements, there will be regular beta releases over a period of many months as the bonus features are added. You can have confidence that Ollie will be preening his plumage for the rest of this year and well into the next, all thanks to you!
There are some features that no amount of time or money can buy. Due to limitations for third-party apps imposed by Twitter, we can't implement:
- Polls
- Group direct messages
- Moments
Should Twitter open up access to any of these during development, there may be some shuffling of priorities to accommodate the changes.
Great! So are we! Your generous financial support would be most welcome, of course, but if you're not able to do that you can still help by spreading the news about the campaign to everyone you know. Together we'll raise Ollie from the ashes! Follow @Twitterrific for the latest news on Project Phoenix.
Risks and challenges
The primary risk to the project is Twitter itself - they could change direction, shut down their API or impose further limitations that impede our ability to deliver. There is nothing we can do to reduce this risk, but that has been true for the entire history of Twitterrific on both Mac and iOS.
Software development is always a challenge and time estimation is doubly so. We'll try to hit the target date, but there's always a chance (probably a good one) that it'll take a little longer than we thought. That said, the Iconfactory has been making software for 20 years and we have an excellent reputation for shipping quality products.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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