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Grant Campany comes to XPRIZE with nearly 20 years in the Life Sciences industry. As the founder of BLOGiQ Advisory Group, a boutique consultancy firm offering strategic planning for non-profit organizations, Mr. Campany brings his wealth of experience in the non-profit sector to XPRIZE.
He began his career with 3M Pharmaceuticals and led the development and implementation of 3M's first global Research & Development portfolio prioritization process across three technology platforms. Mr. Campany's experience includes business development for PPD Discovery and Onyx Pharmaceuticals and global strategic planning for Chiron Corp.
Mr. Campany holds a Bachelor of Science in Business "With Distinction" and a Master of Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.


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This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mike of our Communication & Collaboration Services group to discuss the new BlackBerry® Resource Center and all that it has to offer. Check it out below!
Can you give me some background on yourself and your role at Research In Motion® (RIM®)?
I manage the Business-to-Business IT Marketing Programs for North America. My focus is on helping our customers and prospects stay up to date with all of the products in our ever-expanding portfolio, as well as to understand what they are, how they work, how to leverage and manage them, and the benefits they can bring to any organization in terms of efficiency, security, and new revenue opportunities.
What is the BlackBerry Resource Center?
The BlackBerry Resource Center is the single source for all IT and business BlackBerry webcasts, white papers, videos, demos, partner solutions and more. It's more than just a website library; the BlackBerry Resource Center is a complete online events platform which gives us the flexibility to share information in a variety of ways. Some examples of shared documents include live and archived webcasts, on-demand white papers, case studies and videos, interactive collaboration and demo sessions, and one-on-one or one-to-many chats with BlackBerry product experts from RIM or our alliance partners.
I'll break the space down and describe a few of its components, all of which anyone can access once they've registered and logged in:
- Conference Hall: The Conference Hall hosts the webcasts and live Q&A sessions.
- Solution Showcase: This is what you would call the tradeshow floor in a physical conference. Here you can browse BlackBerry and partner booths to access collateral, watch videos, and most importantly, chat with company representatives in order to get answers to your questions.
- Resource Center: This is where all of the on-demand materials are located and easily sorted by media type. If you are looking for specific information, simply use the Advanced Search function to help you find what you need.
- Collaboration Room: This is where we will hold live desktop sharing sessions on a variety of topics.
- Special Offers: As new offers become available, we'll post them here in addition to all of the other ways that people find out about special offers.
- Help Desk: This is where you can run a system check to ensure that you are able to leverage all that the space has to offer, or get troubleshooting help on the Resource Center functionality directly from a technical representative.
And many, many more! The personal content management is one of the greatest overall benefits, allowing you to store material that interests you in a virtual briefcase, among other functionality.
What unique benefit can the resource center provide?
For one, this is all about simple, consolidated access to information. We want the resource center to be your hub for all IT and BlackBerry business information. The second thing is that this is not just about information consumption – we want this to be about collaboration and interaction. If you have questions after reviewing materials, then we've included ways for you to get answers through IM chat or email.
I think it's also important to acknowledge what the resource center isn't. It isn't a place for software downloads, tech support, or product technical documentation. However, the good news is that those things are always available on BlackBerry.com!
Who is the resource center targeted towards?
A lot of the content today is geared towards IT managers and business decision-makers who need to ensure they have the information required to help them manage their BlackBerry solution and, more importantly, ensure that they are leveraging all of the great capabilities our solution has to offer.
How's the webcast series going?
Great! The feedback that we're getting is that people love the Resource Center, and they love to see the webcast schedule so they can ensure they don't miss an important session. Plus, a lot of the series is focused on the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet in the enterprise, which we've seen a lot of interest in. We're also working on additional sessions so you'll see the list of topics continue to grow.
Another great thing about the BlackBerry Resource Center is the ability to run multiple sessions simultaneously, so look for us to hold multi-track full day events in the future.
Thanks Mike!
To explore what the resource center has in store for you – and to register for your free account – head over to the BlackBerry Resource Center and check it out for yourself!

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It's a hot, muggy night in New Orleans, and in a restaurant near the French Quarter, a group of nearly 20 absinthe enthusiasts have gathered in a back room. Lou Rawls gently croons from the sound system as waiters bring in plates of hors d'oeuvres and a wine steward uncorks a black bottle of French absinthe. At the front of the room is a well-iced absinthe fountain, its glass bowl dewy with condensation. As the evening progresses, the room fills with a gentle herbaceous funk, as glass after glass of pale-emerald absinthe blooms with inverted opalescent flowers with the drip of each icy droplet of water, eventually becoming milky white in the spirit's characteristic louche.
For much of the past century, drinking absinthe in public carried the same stigma, if not quite the same risk, as engaging in activities of a more tawdry or illicit nature. But at this dinner in New Orleans, attendees had more to toast than one another's health: Last May, absinthe became legally available in the United States for the first time in 95 years, and the diners were celebrating the end of a long drought—even if their joy was tempered by the fact that, technically speaking, nothing had actually changed.
"It's common for people to say, 'Wow, absinthe has been legalized!' " says Gwydion Stone, the Seattle-based founder of the Wormwood Society, an informal group that describes itself as an absinthe anti-defamation organization (members also gather for social events such as the dinner in New Orleans). "But absinthe hasn't been legalized; it's just that it's now legally available." Stone doesn't mean to communicate in doublespeak, but as with seemingly everything related to this mysterious spirit, even absinthe's resurrection is the subject of great confusion. In the near-century since absinthe was banished from the U.S. and much of Europe, the spirit took on mythic status—and as with any myth, much of what is widely believed ranges from semi-accurate to completely false.
The Fairy's Return
When Stone established the Wormwood Society in 2004, misinformation about absinthe was widespread. Stone says that, in contrast to many claims found online, traditional absinthes are made by soaking herbs (including Artemisia absinthium—grande wormwood) in high-proof alcohol, then distilling the macerate. Stone says that some spirits sold as absinthe (sometimes with the deceptive "absinth" spelling, and frequently with implied promises of intense psychotropic experiences) skip this essential second step of the process; the same is true for do-it-yourself absinthe kits sold online. While the result may be alcoholically potent and unforgettably bitter, one thing it's not is genuine absinthe. "The herbs have to be distilled in it; it's not something you can just macerate," he says. "There are some old traditional bitters made from botanicals—including wormwood—steeped in alcohol, but none of those are absinthe."
Eventually, Stone's interest prompted him to create a formula for a vintage-style absinthe, Marteau Verte Classique, which began commercial production in October at the Matter-Luginbühl Distillery in Switzerland. Marteau is currently sold in Europe and online, and Stone hopes to introduce the spirit into the U.S. this spring. He is also exploring a partnership with a domestic distillery so that he may produce his absinthe closer to home, giving him a more hands-on role in the process.
Should Marteau enter the U.S. market, it will join a rapidly growing category of legal absinthes. Lucid Absinthe Supérieure, the first absinthe to become available in the U.S., is made in France by Ted Breaux, a New Orleans-born chemist and absinthe historian who has created several of the most highly praised absinthes on the European market. In October, liquor stores began carrying a second legally approved absinthe, Kübler Absinthe Superieure, made in the Val-de-Travers region of Switzerland, the traditional birthplace of absinthe. Francois Guy, a brand of absinthe made in Pontarlier, the historic center of French absinthe production, is also expected to enter the U.S. market this summer.
Several North American absinthes are also in production. In Vernon, British Columbia, Frank Dieter says that while absinthe has long been legal in Canada, the available product was of questionable quality. "All the absinthe that was flying around Canada was basically fake," says Dieter, owner of Okanagan Spirits, a distillery that also produces grappa and fruit eaux de vie.
Using a recipe he obtained from a colleague in Switzerland, Dieter began experimenting with absinthe in 2005, using fruit-based alcohol (instead of neutral grain spirits) to give the product a more refined character. "I decided I'd make absinthe the old-fashioned way, with fruit-based spirits and top-quality herbs," he says. "The result is a very fine product." In October, Dieter's absinthe, Taboo, became the first commercially available absinthe made in North America. Taboo debuted as a verte, or green absinthe, and Dieter hopes to introduce a blanche, or white absinthe, later this year. (Vertes are created by steeping botanicals such as petite wormwood in the distillate; these lend additional flavor while coloring the absinthe with chlorophyll. With some exceptions, vertes are typically more robust in flavor, while blanches are more delicate and subdued.) Taboo's initial run of 5,000 bottles is available through Okanagan Spirits' store in Vernon, and by online order. Dieter is currently working to obtain approval for wider distribution in Canada, and to receive approval to distribute in the United States.
By the time Taboo arrives, several absinthes made in the U.S. will likely also be on the market. St. George Spirits released its Absinthe Verte last December, and Portland, Ore.-based Integrity Spirits plans to sell its Trillium absinthe nationally later this year.
Behind the Hype
While making absinthe comes with its own challenges, Integrity Spirits co-owner Rich Phillips says overcoming consumers' preconceived notions about absinthe— such as the spirit's rumored drug-like effects—will also take some work. "Sure, there's the mystique and the lore, but I tell people not to assume it's hallucinogenic— if it was like that, it wouldn't get federal approval," Phillips says.
By making absinthe in the traditional style, Integrity is working to counter another preconceived notion: that absinthe is garishly colored and unpleasantly bitter, qualities that describe Eastern European faux-absinthes more than vintage Swiss or French spirits. "There are lots of products coming onto the market, and many of the European absinthes have artificial flavors and colors," Phillips says. "They're just undrinkable."
With absinthe's recent change of fortune, other distillers are considering entering the market. Ralph Erenzo, co-owner of Tuthilltown Spirits in Gardiner, N.Y., has made sample runs of the spirit using recipes he obtained from a museum in eastern France. Noting that the distillery is already running at capacity making whiskey and vodka, Erenzo says commercial production at Tuthilltown may not begin until much later this year. "We would like to produce it, and we know there's a demand for it," Erenzo says. "We feel we could market it well, especially since we're so close to New York City."
With their use of traditional recipes and a good track record for making quality spirits, it's possible that these distillers may help inoculate the U.S. market against the low-quality, mouthwash-colored absinthe-type beverages—derisively known as "faux-sinthe" or "assbinth"—that are typically made in Eastern Europe (or sold online as do-it-yourself kits) and marketed with lurid promises of psychotropic effects. This faux-absinthe is what consumers in much of Europe and Canada encountered beginning in the 1990s, as absinthe bans in countries such as France and Switzerland were revised, and before distillers in these traditional absinthe-producing nations could deliver authentic product to a thirsty market. Absinthe makers are determined not to let that happen in the U. S. "I produce absinthe because I love it—I love the whole tradition; I love the integrity of the tradition; I'm enthralled by the history; and I have a great respect for the absinthe makers of the past," says Breaux, maker of Lucid and several other traditional absinthes primarily available in Europe, including Absinthe Edouard, Absinthe Nouvelle-Orléans and PF 1901. "It's important for me that, for people in the U.S., their first taste of absinthe is of a quality product. I hope to establish some kind of standard of quality; that way, when the profiteers and the garbage makers follow, they will be at a disadvantage."
With the arrival of Lucid and Kübler as the first absinthes on the market in the U.S., Stone feels that American consumers got very lucky. "If the faux-absinthe products had made it in first and saturated the market with brilliant colors and wrongly flavored things, that's what people would start buying and thinking of as absinthe," Stone says. Noting that many curious American drinkers have already tried these imitation products— whether at a bar in Prague, from a bottle obtained in Canada, or from a bottle or do-it-yourself absinthe kit purchased online—Stone says that for a vast majority of domestic consumers, their first taste of absinthe will be of the genuine article.
Drinking Lessons
Consumer education is also important for those serving absinthe. "When someone sits down and asks about absinthe, it starts with a history lesson," says Jim Meehan, bartender at Pegu Club and PDT in New York. "Ninety-nine percent of the people who ask me about absinthe still think it causes hallucinations—they don't understand the product or its history, or the series of events that got absinthe where it is."
Meehan says that many customers are intrigued by absinthe's mystique and rituals, including preparation of the absinthe drip—the traditional way of serving absinthe (see instructions on page 36). While the absinthe drip allows enjoyment of the spirit in its purest form, absinthe also enjoys a long and rich history as a cocktail ingredient. "The American absinthe tradition was largely a cocktail tradition," Stone says, explaining that Marteau was developed specifically for use in mixed drinks.
Bartenders like Meehan—who have been using lower-proof, wormwood- free absinthe substitutes such as Pernod, Ricard or Herbsaint for generations—welcome absinthe's return to the bar. "One of the greatest things about working with absinthe is it has a higher proof. The more proof, the more flavor it brings to a drink," Meehan says, pointing out that vintage drinks such as the Sazerac, the Corpse Reviver No. 2 and the Monkey Gland were all originally made with absinthe, and that their flavor greatly benefits from using the real thing. "A dash or a rinse of absinthe like you see in classic cocktails brings a whole lot of flavor to the drink," he says. "If you compare absinthe to Pernod or Ricard, it has a similar flavor profile but it's much more complex, with a higher proof, less sugar and a little bitterness."
While many customers may try absinthe out of curiosity, Meehan hopes they'll come away from the experience with a new perspective. "The fountains, the spoons—all of those old, beautiful absinthe artifacts are a big part of enriching the ways in which people enjoy this product," Meehan says. "Each spirit—whether it's vodka, gin, rum or absinthe—is rooted in a culture. When we enjoy it properly, it creates more of an understanding and appreciation of when, how and where to enjoy distilled spirits."
Absinthe Drip
The absinthe drip is the traditional way of preparing absinthe. By slowly adding water, the absinthe releases its distinctive aroma and blooms into its characteristic louche, or opalescent appearance. Despite the pyrotechnics seen in boisterous European bars and in tragicomic clips on YouTube, fire has no part in the preparation of authentic absinthe.
1 oz. absinthe
Ice water
Sugar cube (optional)
Tools: absinthe spoon; small carafe or pitcher of ice water. An absinthe fountain adds a beautiful touch, and works even better than a carafe. A special device called a brouilleur—basically a shallow bowl that sits atop the glass, perforated with a small hole through which the ice water drips—may also be used.
Glass: an absinthe glass is preferred; a wine glass or water goblet will also work.
Pour the absinthe into the glass. If using sugar, place an absinthe spoon across the mouth of the glass and the sugar cube atop it. Slowly drip or trickle water through the sugar cube, allowing the absinthe to gradually louche as the sugar dissolves (if using a brouilleur, fill the saucer with ice and insert into the glass; add water as desired). Three parts water to one part absinthe is traditional, but adjust to your own taste. Use the spoon to stir in the remaining sugar.


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Stealth software startup iTegris, founded by former Microsoft VP Kurt Kolb and former Microsoft GM Tom Phillips, has raised more than $4.6 million in equity funding, according to an SEC filing today.
The filing marks the first time the startup has shown up on the radar. Based in Bellevue, iTegris says in its online site description that its focus will be "helping companies to effectively manage their software and IP assets."
We've left a message with Kolb to see if the company is wiling to give any more hints about its direction or plans.
On the surface, it's an interesting combination of two Microsoft veterans.
Kolb, most recently an entrepreneur in residence at venture capital firm Ignition Partners, previously held Microsoft roles in areas including the company's relationships with PC makers and its business in emerging nations. Phillips' roles at Microsoft included responsibilities for the company's Windows Automotive and Global Services divisions.
Cameron Myhrvold of Ignition and Nick Sturiale of Jafco Ventures are listed as directors in the filing.


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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
When Your Agent Yells, "No!"
I started thinking about this after I read about how all Hades broke loose when some YA authors responded with passion to what they saw as unfair reviews. (Link to the bru-ha-ha here.)
My agent, thankfully, saved me from myself multiple times when I felt tempted to defend my choices. Here's a sample of some of our conversations:
Me: This reviewer thinks it's wrong that I didn't have my main character fight against slavery. But NOBODY fought against slavery in the ancient world (except slaves themselves, like Spartacus). I have the research to prove it.
Agent: Doesn't matter. Don't respond.
Me: But I verified this with an expert! He's written several books on ancient slavery and is a professor at...
Agent: Doesn't matter. You. Can't. Respond.
Me: But...
Agent: NO!
Me: (Crosses arms and pouts)
Me: This one said she was only giving it two stars because she wanted to read a novel about Cleopatra instead of Cleopatra Selene. Shouldn't someone respectfully suggest that she read the description of the book before purchasing?
Agent: No. Let. It. Go.
Me: But it's so unfair!
Agent: Yup. Doesn't matter. The answer is still, "No."
Me: But...
Agent: No, okay? N. O.
Me: (Crosses arms, pouts and taps foot)
Still Later
Me: This reviewer said my book was well-written but only gave it one star because she's angry that I, as author, did not "judge" the "immorality" of the ancient world but only presented it as it was. In particular, she's outraged that my MC has no problem with her brother possibly having a same-sex affair. That's outrageous!
Agent: Agreed.
Me: I absolutely should respond, shouldn't I?
Agent: No, you shouldn't. The review was a reflection of the reviewer and not of the book, which she complimented.
Me: Still, I should...
Agent: No! Do you hear me? No!
Me: But...
Agent: NO!
Me: (Starts to cross arms but is overcome and curls into fetal position instead)
So, you see why I appreciate my agent so much. Thank goodness she is such a "No-it-All!"
16 comments:
- Gilly said...
Well, I think you get kudos for discussing it with your agent before repsonding. It's like your subconscious knew you shouldn't and asked for help.
That whole brouhaha was so interesting to me. It really made me think about my own place in the reader/writer/blogger spectrum. It made me think about the reviews I write and just what it is I really do on my blog.
- January 24, 2012 at 12:20 PM
- Jessi E. said...
It sounds great that you have an agent to play the heavy when you need her to! :)
- January 24, 2012 at 12:24 PM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
@Gilly--I think that bru-ha-ha got us ALL thinking about that spectrum!
- January 24, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
@Jessi E.--yes, thank goodness for level-headed agents!
- January 24, 2012 at 12:52 PM
- Tracy Barrett said...
Don't you hate when someone gives a book one star on Amazon because even though they loved the book, there was an issue with the delivery or the book's condition?
Yay for your agent, and yay for you for consulting her before answering!
- January 24, 2012 at 1:28 PM
- Kara said...
Wow, what an AMAZING agent you have? ;) It's also good advice to us...um...less experienced authors to NOT ENGAGE THE CRAZY.
- January 24, 2012 at 1:37 PM
Someone is paying???? those idiot reviewers???? No, surely, they are just writing for the fun of it....they enjoy pretending to have any sense and like inflicting their values on the past. Sorry you had to read them. (please tell me they were SLJ reviewers)
- January 24, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Freudian slip: I meant Please tell me they are NOT SLJ reviewers, or BL for that matter.
- January 24, 2012 at 1:50 PM
- Jessica Leader said...
Hee hee! I can totally understand your feeling het up about these redunkulous objections, but your telling is very funny. Also to remember: people who read these reviews will likely be able to separate the reviewer from the reviewed. And hey, people care enough to talk, which is great!
- January 24, 2012 at 3:22 PM
- Irene Latham said...
I get the whole not responding to the negative stuff. I mean why spend valuable brain power/time on negativity? But. What about good reviews? I always want to say, oh, I love you love you love you for loving my book! But isn't that kind of creepy too? Curious: would your agent say "no" to that as well? (I confess to trying both responses... still not sure.)
- January 24, 2012 at 4:42 PM
- Karen Strong said...
You have a smart agent. :) I know it must be hard though biting your tongue. But the aftermath just isn't worth it.
- January 24, 2012 at 5:52 PM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
@Tracy-yes that seems so unfair! The stars/review should relate to the book not to the service in purchasing the book!
@Kara--yes, she is pretty awesome! ;-)
@Diane--no it wasn't SLJ, but the first one came from a respected journal which completely floored me.
- January 24, 2012 at 6:04 PM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
@Irene--Yes, it's ALL weird. I once responded to a wonderful review and felt really creepy afterward!
@Karen--exactly. The aftermath isn't worth it but it sure is hard in those first few moments!
- January 24, 2012 at 6:05 PM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
@Jessica--thanks for commenting. I'm sure you had similar moments with your wonderful book!
- January 24, 2012 at 6:06 PM
- Juliette said...
Well done for resisting! That thing about slavery is one of my biggest pet peeves in reviews of ancient-world-set fiction (it came up a lot regarding Doctor Who a couple of years ago. Because obviously, in a 45 minutes episode about a volcano, our characters should take time out to have a historically inaccurate debate about slavery! Argh!)
N.B. I'm not saying slavery isn't wrong or anything! Just that no one in the ancient world thought it was.
- January 25, 2012 at 12:44 PM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
Juliette, thanks for confirming that--it drives me crazy when people project a modern sensibility onto an ancient reality that was, in truth, ugly and harsh!
- January 25, 2012 at 8:48 PM


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Unity is an alternative shell for the GNOME desktop environment, developed by Canonical in its Ayatana project. It consists of several components including the Launcher, Dash, lenses, Panel, indicators, Notify OSD and Overlay Scrollbar. Unity used to available in two implementations: 'Unity' is the 3D accelerated version, which uses Compiz window manager and Nux toolkit; and 'Unity 2D' is a lighter alternative, which uses Metacity window manager and Qt toolkit. Unity 2D is already dropped by Canonical from Ubuntu 12.10. Instead a version powered by Gallium3D llvmpipe alternative is used.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Update
- 3 Trouble Shooting
- 3.1 Unity stops working after update
- 3.2 Window decoration doesn't work properly
- 3.3 Window decoration can't use certain theme
- 3.4 Some gtk themes look ugly after update to Gnome 3.6
- 3.5 Newly opened window is always placed at (0,0) on the screen
- 3.6 Window's titlebar still exists when maximized
- 3.7 Indicator messages doesn't work properly
- 4 Known Issues
There are two ways to install Unity on Archlinux:
- from source code
- from repository
From source
All of the pkgbuilds can be browsed in Github repository, where Unity-For-Arch provides a minimal working Unity shell, Unity-For-Arch-Extra provides some additoinal applications including lightdm-ubuntu(lightdm with ubuntu patch), light-themes, ubuntu-tweak(a popular ubuntu tweak tool) and so on.
To install minimal Unity shell:
1. 'cd' to a directory that you want to keep the sources in and then run:
$ git clone https://github.com/chenxiaolong/Unity-for-Arch.git
Where git is required.
2 Open the README file and build packages according to the order listed. Basically run:
$ cd packagename $ rm -rvf # Clears out any files from a previous build $ makepkg -sci # '-s' means install needed dependencies, '-c' means clear left files after build and '-i' means install the package after it is built.
3. Log out and log into the Unity session.
To use lightdm to start Unity, almost the same steps need to be followed to instal lightdm-ubuntu and lightdm-unity-greeter from Unity-For-Arch-Extra. And lightdm needs to be added to autostart daemons. For Systemd users, check wiki article about Systemd.
From repository
Compiled packages are also available at unity.humbug.in and unity.xe-xe.org. Take unity.xe-xe.org as an example, to install the packages, add
[unity] Server = http://unity.xe-xe.org/$arch [unity-extra] Server = http://unity.xe-xe.org/extra/$arch
$ pacman -Suy $ pacman -S $(pacman -Slq unity)
For Unity repository, the update is the same as packages from official repositories.
1. 'cd' into the 'Unity-for-Arch' directory where it was originally cloned
2. pull all of changes from github repository:
$ git pull
3. Check if packages need to be updated:
$ ./What_can_I_update\?.py
4. If any packages need to be updated, just build them like mentioned above in from source section.
Trouble Shooting
Unity stops working after update
Try to run:
$ compiz.reset
and Log out and log into the Unity session.
If it still doesn't work, report an issue on github or discuss it on Arch forum.
Window decoration doesn't work properly
Try to install gnome-tweak-tool to adjust the theme.
Window decoration can't use certain theme
Install metacity-ubuntu instead of metacity.
Some gtk themes look ugly after update to Gnome 3.6
It also happens for unity default theme light-themes. Put
GtkLabel { background-color: @transparent; }
Newly opened window is always placed at (0,0) on the screen
Metacity-ubuntu needs to be used instead of metacity. Metacity-ubuntu is now included in Unity-for-Arch again.
Window's titlebar still exists when maximized
Metacity-ubuntu needs to be used instead of metacity.
Indicator messages doesn't work properly
Pidgin and a bunch of other applications can not be integrated into indicator-messages due to its API changes. Wait for the upstream software updates or you can help file a bug report.


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Saturday, May 7, 2011
Un-Matching the Bedroom
So when we finally saved enough money to purchase new furniture, we began in the bedroom and were determined to buy a matching set. We started with the bed and two dressers and then over the course of the next two years added the matching bedside table, bench, and mirror one piece at a time. Perfect – or so we thought.
Some would say pretty but it is just not our style (OK, my style) anymore. Truth be told, my husband still likes it. Although the furniture is very good quality, the arts and crafts motif does not fit with the rest of the house and I prefer a more "collected over time" look.
What to do?
My plan is to slowly start un-matching this room. The first item to go will be the bench. I plan to list it on Craigslist and then use the money to purchase a new bench.
Also included in the plan will be moving the bed to my son's room. At the moment he has only a bedframe, and this style of bed – to me – is more fitting for a boy's room than for a master bedroom.
Changing out these two pieces of furniture will go a long way to making this room less matchy-matchy. Eventually the mirror, tall dresser, and side table will also be relocated like they were acquired, piece by piece, over a long period of time and as they are found.
The ironic part is how things seem to have come full circle. We began with a mix of styles, went to a matching set and are now going back to a more eclectic look.
So, how about you? Do you prefer a room which looks collected over time or one which is made up of matching pieces? I am interested in hearing your opinion.
19 comments:
- Marianne said...
Hi Stacy,
Oh how true this is....your bedroom is really beautiful but I can so relate to changing your style. I'm going through that right now with my dining room. Good luck with your redo.
Marianne :)
- May 7, 2011 at 5:18 AM
- Paula@SweetPea said...
What you have is lovely! I like the arts and craft look and you can tell from the pictures that it is very high quality furniture. I can understand how you get tired of it all matching over time and it's good that you have the option to move a piece to your son's room to make room for something different in your own room.
I like a more collected look with everything not matching but our bedroom is not like that at all. I inherited a set of antique Bird's Eye Maple bedroom furniture from the 20's from my great aunt that I treasure. It does match, the only room like that in my house!
I hope you find something new that you like for your bedroom.
- May 7, 2011 at 5:41 AM
- LucindaM said...
Love what you're doing! While your room looks nice as is, I understand the fun and challenge of putting things together that didn't come that way. And the variety!! It will be fun to see how your room evolves.
- May 7, 2011 at 5:44 AM
- Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions said...
That is funny how you are coming full circle, Stacy! I don't have matching pieces - anymore. We had a large piece that was two side armoires and a back storage/mirror piece that was basically our headboard. When we moved the armoire pieces into our redone walk in closet, we got rid of the middle bridge piece. So I had no headboard and no side tables {the side tables are built into the armoire pieces and would slide in and out as needed}. That started me on my journey to a mix! I think it's very smart to try and sell some of the pieces and use that toward new. Maybe even painting some of what you do have.
- May 7, 2011 at 6:09 AM
- Miranda @ Pressing On said...
I totally understand what you're saying. In looking at your room and the lovely and special furniture you have put in there, I think the simple changes of the new bench and bed would be enough to keep the look eclectic. The couple of dressers and nightstands will still not look so matchy with a new bed of a different color and a more luxurious bench...and maybe some new brighter and lighter accessories :)
Your room will look great I'm sure, no matter what you do, but I do think the pieces you have are very classic and you can easily attain your goal with smaller changes.
I just redid my master bedroom also. I like my room to feel put together and organized, and having some pieces match adds a feeling of stability and tranquility that I prefer in my peaceful space over too a lot of eclectic furniture.
- May 7, 2011 at 6:48 AM
- Amy Kinser said...
Same here. We began our marriage with me wanting everything to be matchy matchy. I wanted "sets". Maybe because it was so much easier just to bring things home put together in the showroom.
Totally different now...I love the collected look. I don't want things to all go together. I want things in my home to tell stories that have occured over many many years.
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- May 7, 2011 at 6:50 AM
- Andrea said...
I definately now strive for a collected over time look; however, you completely nailed it when you said that when you were finally able to save and afford some post-college furniture, you immediately went for the match set. We did the same, and now we also are unmatching our sets. In fact, we are separating all our bedroom pieces too for our next home, and already sold our headboard =)
- May 7, 2011 at 7:04 AM
- Marty@A Stroll Thru Life said...
Your room is gorgeous. I like the collected look. I've never had a matching set, so may that's why. Can't wait to see the changes. Hugs, Marty
- May 7, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- Crazy Wonderful said...
I too want to unmatch our bedroom. My husband bought an entirely matching bedroom set with all the bells and whistles right before we met. He's still in love with it, and therefore I can't get him to say goodbye to it. Unless... someone where to "accidently" take a HUGE gouge out of the monster dresser. Me thinks I have an idea ;D
- May 7, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- Kathysue said...
Normally I prefer a unmatched look but in my master I do have furniture that matches and I truly love it. You can see it on my blogs sidebar. My room is a soft blue and cream and white color pallete and it is so soothing in there. I honestly would not change a thing. Kathysue
- May 7, 2011 at 6:16 PM
I think the more personal "un-matched" look just makes any room more interesting...it is perhaps more of a challenge, and definitely takes more time and effort, but is well worth it. I too started out, or wanted to start out... with a more matched look. But over the years I've inherited some really lovely antique pieces, and have become so much more savvy about putting things together; now it is such a fun challenge! We will all be watching here...
- May 8, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- Stephanie said...
Collected over time is what we learn later in life, as they say "if I only knew then what I know now" right? I think your idea of moving your bed to your son's room is a great idea! I know this room will be beautiful when you are done.
- May 8, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- {darlene} @ fieldstonehill said...
I love that collected-over-time look!
That bed would look great painted navy in a boys room!
Also, if you could remove that top trim piece from the mirror and paint the frame an unexpected color, like charcoal or turquoise... it would help take the arts and crafts edge off.
Can't wait to see what you do! You have such a good eye!
- {darlene}
- May 9, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Sherry D said...
I have a bedroom set that has a headboard, two side tables and a dresser with mirror, that match. These pieces were handmade and expensive, so I know I wont get rid of them. I have changed the look by making quilts and changing accessories as often as I can. Although I love the collected over time look for other rooms in my house. Can't wait to see what you do to obtain this look.
- May 9, 2011 at 7:28 PM
- Desiree said...
I understand everything you are saying. My husband and I had all mismatched things and hand me downs when we first got together 25 years ago and it drove me crazy. I dreamed to have a matching bedroom suite one day. And I have had 2 since. And now I'm completely like you. I feel my room is too matchy, matchy and I'm slowing mixing it up. I can't wait to see the results of your room when it is done. BTW, the room still looks nice now.
- May 10, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- Darcy from The I.Design Box said...
We have a matching bedroom set that I am WISHING I could un-match. However, my honey will not part with the "set" as a "set". Maybe one day I will win this battle because I do prefer an eclectic mix of materials, styles, and things being found over time. Thanks for sharing the post... it let's me know I'm not the only one living in a world of matching bedroom sets.
- May 10, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Traci@ Beneath My Heart said...
I totally agree!
I just got rid of our bedroom set last year to create more of a
"collected over time" look.
I do not like things to match at all now. :)
Love your blog!
- May 11, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Isn't it funny how everything comes full circle, no matter what it is? I like a collected look, and always prefer it when I design for someone else. You are brilliant to beak it up (your pieces are gorgeous -- the tiger maple drawers are exquisite)and use it in other spaces -- and so on trend with recycle and reuse :)!! Your bedroom is lovely Stacy.
- May 11, 2011 at 4:56 PM
- René said...
Funny how we change isn't it? I am in the same predicament with furniture and love the collected look more and more. It will be fun to watch as your room changes.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 26, 2009) - The current edition of the U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on Jan. 26 includes briefs on national team players competing overseas, U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryouts, trivia questions, how to purchase replica national team jerseys, updated list of United States players competing professionally overseas (including non-National Team members) and much more.
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BERG SELECTED USAV FEMALE INDOOR ATHLETE OF YEAR: USA Volleyball announced today that Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) has been selected as the 2008 USA Volleyball Female Indoor Player of the Year. She and her 2008 Olympic Games teammates earned the silver medal in Beijing. Berg played a key role as one of the two setters and the co-captain by helping to stabilize the squad dealing with the magnitude of the Olympic Games simultaneously with a tragedy affecting nearly the entire team. For the complete press release, visit http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/9157.
1988 OLYMPIAN COLLINS-PARKER RECEIVES NCAA AWARD: Deitre Collins-Parker, who was a 1988 Olympian for the U.S. Women's Volleyball team and an alternate four years later at the 1992 Olympic Games, received the prestigious NCAA Silver Anniversary Award on Jan. 15 at the NCAA Honors and Delegates Celebration in Washington, D.C. The award honors former student-athletes who successfully completed collegiate careers in various sports and have excelled in their chosen professions on their 25th anniversary of completing their athletics eligibility. Collins-Parker, who is currently the head women's volleyball coach at Cornell University, was a two-time Broderick Award honoree as the national player of the year (1983, 1984) after leading the University of Hawaii to consecutive national titles. A 1995 graduate of Hawaii with a bachelor of arts degree in broadcast communications, she is a member of the USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP) and holds CAP Level III certification. For more information, click here.
UPDATE ON TOM: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time U.S. Olympian, continues to lead her Japanese V-League squad Hisamitsu, albeit in marathon five-set matches. She turned in a 23-point performance in a 25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 17-25, 15-9 victory over Toyota on Jan. 24. Tom collected 17 kills on 39 attacks as part of a 43.6 kill percent. She added a match-high six blocks as Hisamitsu held a 15-9 block advantage for the match. Tom also had 21 positive service receptions on 41 attempts in the match. Hisamitsu, currently 7-6 and in fifth place in the V-League standings, returns to the court next week to face the top two teams. It faces league-leader NEC on Jan. 31 at Ibaraki, followed by a Feb. 1 match against second-place Denso.
UPDATE ON HANEEF-PARK: Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.), a two-time U.S. Olympian, assisted her Japanese V-League professional team Pioneer to a split of matches this past weekend. She pocketed a match-high 30 points in a 25-19, 25-19, 20-25, 21-25, 15-13 loss to her former V-League team Takefuji Bamboo on Jan. 24. Haneef-Park scored 10 of her 29 kills from the back row while adding a block. Pioneer moved back into the win column on Jan. 25 with a 25-20, 25-15, 25-12 victory over Hitashi-sawa. Haneef-Park charted 11 kills on 21 errorless attacks to go with two aces and a block for 14 points. Pioneer, 7-8 in the league and in seventh place, faces fourth-place Okayama on Feb. 1 at Okinawa.
BOWN UPDATE: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), a three-time Olympian and middle blocker on the silver-medal winning 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, turned in a big performance against second-place Foppapedretti Bergamo in an Italian Serie A league match on Jan. 25. She scored 14 points on 21 attacks to go with a match-high six blocks in a 16-25, 25-18, 17-25, 25-21, 16-14 victory. Jesi's victory allowed it to improve to 11-5 on the season and move into a tie for third place with 33 points. Bown and Jesi will face sixth-place Earlier in the week, Jesi defeated Romania's Dinamo Bucuresti 25-21, 25-12, 25-19 on Jan. 21 to sweep the GM Capital Challenge Cup 8th Final Round. Jesi now advances to the eight-team 4th Final Round and will face France's USSP Albi twice in mid-February. Despar Perugia, one of the hottest teams in the Italian Serie A league, on Feb. 2.
SCOTT-ARRUDA UPDATE: Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.), a four-time U.S. Olympian middle blocker, and her Italian Serie A team CGF Recycle Florens Castellana Grotte hooked up in a close battle with Unicom Starker Kerakoll Sassuolo on Jan. 25. However, Castellana Grotte came out on the losing end with all three sets settled by the minimum two points - 27-25, 25-23, 25-23. Scott-Arruda collected 11 points with 10 kills and a block in the loss. She and Castellana Grotte, 8-8 on the season and in ninth place, will face 13th-place Minetti Vicenza on Feb. 1.
WILLOUGHBY UPDATE: Kim Willoughby (Napoleonville, La.), a 2008 U.S. Olympian, had a busy week as she and her Italian Serie A team Despar Perugia had a league match and a CEV Indesit Champions League match. On Jan. 20, she scored a match-high 20 points against Poland's Farmutil Pila, but it was not enough in the final CEV Champions League Pool D match as Pila won 25-19, 21-25, 20-25, 25-22, 15-11. Willoughby tallied 16 kills on 40 swings, two blocks and two aces in the loss. Despite the loss, Perugia finished atop the four-team Pool D standings with a 4-2 record. Since it also hosts the CEV Champions League semifinals, Perugia bypasses the Playoffs 12 round. Perugia got back on the winning side on Jan. 25 in an Italian Serie A match, a 25-20, 25-15, 22-25, 25-20 victory over Zoppas Industries Conegliano. Willoughby served as a sub in the first and third sets and did not record a point. Perugia, sixth in the league standings with a 9-7 record and 28 points, challenges fourth-place Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi on Feb. 2.
NNAMANI UPDATE: Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.), a two-time Olympian, and her Turkish professional team Galatasaray were idle this past week. However, Galatasaray has two matches on tap this week as it plays Karsiyaka DYO on Jan. 28 and Gazi Universitesi on Jan. 31.
McGINNIS UPDATE: Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.), a setter on the U.S. Women's National Team now playing professionally for Besitkas JK Bayan of the Turkish League, helped all five Besitkas starting hitters to reach double-digit scoring in a Jan. 24 match with Iller Bankasi. However, Iller Bankasi came away with a hard-fought 26-24, 22-25, 25-23, 25-20 victory. McGinnis, one scored a single individual tally with a block, set Besiktas to a 34 kill percent for the match and only 17 errors for a .168 hitting efficiency. Bankasi overcame a .148 hitting efficiency with 51 kills as part of a 42 kill percent.
METCALF UPDATE: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), a 2004 Olympian for the United States, was idle for Turkish league competition with Eczacibasi Zentiva. She will return to the court on Jan. 31 as Eczacibasi Zentiva plays V. Gunes Sigorta. Despite being idle in the Turkish League last week, Eczacibasi Zentiva was in the mix of the CEV Indesit Champions League final week of Pool E. Metcalf notched 22 kills on 54 swings along with three blocks and an ace, but the effort came up short in match result as pool winner Scavolini Pesaro won 25-20, 22-25, 25-17, 25-21 on Jan. 20. Eczacibasi Zentiva finished second in Pool E with a 4-2 record, yet advanced to the Playoffs 12. It will face a familiar opponent, Vakifbank Gunes, in the two-match playoff series in mid-February.
SHOWDOWN IN RUSSIA: Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), a 2008 U.S. Olympian playing professionally in Russia with Universitet Belogorie, was able to meet up recently with fellow Americans Jennifer Joines (Milpitas, Calif.) and Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), who play for Fakel. As with Glass, Joines was a 2008 Olympian while Richards was an alternate to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team. Universitet Belogorie earned a four-set victory (25-21, 16-25, 25-18, 25-19) over Fakel on Jan. 25 to move into a tie for first place in the league with a 9-2 record. Glass started all four sets, but was held below her average with only five kills and an ace. Richards, coming off a 25-point performance last week, scored 18 points in the loss via 14 kills and four blocks. Joines added seven kills, two blocks and an ace for 10 points. Fakel currently is 1-10 in the league.
AKINRADEWO, FAWCETT PICK UP HONORS: Stanford University's Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), an alternate on the 2008 U.S. Women's Olympic Team after training in Colorado Springs last spring and summer, has been selected as Volleyball Magazine's co-national player of the year with Penn State University's Nicole Fawcett. Both players were seniors last fall. Akinradewo helped Stanford to the NCAA national championship match before losing to Fawcett and Penn State for the title. Akinradewo, a four-time AVCA All-American, finished third nationally in hitting efficiency (.457) and fourth nationally in blocking (1.47 blocks per set). She finished her career with the highest-ever NCAA Division I career hitting efficiency (.446). Meanwhile, Fawcett was named the 2008 AVCA National Player of the Year and Honda Award Winner as the top women's volleyball athlete this past fall. She led Penn State to an undefeated 38-0 record and second straight NCAA title. Fawcett averaged 3.78 kills per set and compiled a .358 attack efficiency in 2008.
OLYMPIC LIBEROS TO HOST CAMP: Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) and Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), who have occupied the libero position for the last three Olympic Games for Team USA, will host a one-day clinic on ball control and defense for all positions on March 8. The clinic will be held at Grand Canyon University, located at 3300 W. Camelback Road in Phoenix. The session runs from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Cost for the clinic is $160 per athlete with a cap of 60 participants. Athletes will be broken down into two age groups - 12-14 and 15-18. Sykora served as the U.S. libero at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, then earned a silver medal at her third Olympic Games in 2008 as a defensive specialist. Meanwhile, Davis was the 2008 Olympic Games libero. For more information or to register, visit www.finerpotsvball.com.
USA VOLLEYBALL HIGH PERFORMANCE COACHES' CLINIC: USA Volleyball hosted its Sixth Annual High Performance Coaches Clinic Jan. 22-24, 2009, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand), head coach for the U.S. Women's National Team, was one of the featured presenters at the event after he led the U.S. Olympic Men's Volleyball Team to the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games. Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), the libero for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team that won the silver medal in Beijing, was a court demonstrator and was on hand for several of the weekend sessions.
OPEN TRYOUTS FOR U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM: USA Volleyball will hold its annual open tryouts for the U.S. Women's National Team and Associated Training Programs Feb. 20-22, 2009, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. As part of the tryout, athletes will compete for spots on the USA Women's Volleyball National Team program, USA Women's World University Games Team or the USA Women's Senior A2 Teams. For the complete press release, visit http://volleyball.teamusa.org/news/article/7953.
REPLICA JERSEY AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED TIME: Are you looking for a unique holiday gift for your volleyball loved ones? USA Volleyball has the answer with replica jerseys from its 2008 Olympic Games indoor teams being made available for a limited time at http://usavolleyball2008.com/store/. The U.S. Olympic Women's Team replica jerseys, priced at $65 apiece, are available in extra small, small, medium, large and extra large. Replica jerseys are available for all 12 U.S. players who participated in the 2008 Olympic Games. Each replica jersey will have the Olympian's name on the back with their jersey number on both the front and back. In addition, USA Volleyball has several other 2008 Olympic Games apparel items commemorating the unprecedented indoor and beach volleyball success obtained in Beijing. Products available on the online store include short and long-sleeve T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies in multiple designs.
OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE APPRAREL ON SALE: USA Volleyball has unveiled five commemorative logo designs to appear on apparel saluting USA Volleyball's medal successes at the recent Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing. Apparel can be purchased by visiting http://usavolleyball2008.com/store/. Men's and ladies' T-shirt designs are $15, while the youth T-shirt size is $13. Long sleeve t-shirts are $18, crew sweatshirts are $23 and hoodies are $30. Sizes XXL and larger have a slightly higher price. USA Volleyball's success on the Olympic grand stage in Beijing has never been achieved by any other nation since volleyball was added to the Olympics in 1964. The U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team, which was named the United States Olympic Committee Team of the Month for August 2008, captured the gold medal at the Olympic Games without losing a single match. Women's Beach Volleyball (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) and Men's Beach Volleyball (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers) both came back from Beijing with Olympic Games gold medals. The U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team captured the silver medal in Beijing, as did the U.S. Women's Sitting Team during the Paralympic Games. No other country has ever participated in the gold-medal match of all four Olympic Games volleyball disciplines during the same year. Team USA added a fifth gold-medal appearance at the Paralympic Games.
2009 PAN AMERICAN CUP COMING TO MIAMI: USA Volleyball will host the Eighth Annual Women's Pan American Cup June 26-July 4 in conjunction with the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championship in the Miami area. The nine-day Pan American Cup, which will tentatively have three of the four 2008 Olympic Games semifinalists (Brazil, USA and Cuba), will be played on the campuses of the University of Miami and Florida International University. "USA Volleyball is extremely excited about the opportunity to host one of the largest international volleyball events in Miami and to pair it with the 2009 USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships," USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal said. "It will provide a unique opportunity for our developing young volleyball players to be exposed to elite international volleyball teams from North America, South America and the Caribbean. The two events will also generate terrific excitement in the community and lead to greater popularity for the sport." USA Volleyball is hosting its first-ever Women's Pan American Cup, which serves as a qualifying event into the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. The event is the largest international volleyball event hosted by USA Volleyball in terms of country participation. Team USA has not hosted a women's senior-level international tournament since the 1998 FIVB World Championship Qualifier tournament in 1998. Due to international scheduling and professional league commitments, matches on domestic soil have become a rarity with only seven contests against foreign teams in the most recent Olympic quadrennial (2005-2008).


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U.S. District Judge James Moody on Monday granted prosecutors' request to lift a stay in the case. Moody granted their request to delay proceedings earlier this month because of the partial government shutdown.
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The US retailer called off its six-year, 50:50 partnership with Bharti Enterprises in October and decided to operate wholesale stores independently in India.
Walmart acquired Bharti's 50 per cent stake in the wholesale joint venture. Bharti bought $100 million of compulsory convertible debentures held by Walmart in Cedar Support Services, a company owned and controlled by the Indian firm. Bharti Retail continues to run 'Easyday' stores.
Iyer reiterated that at present, Walmart's focus in India would be solely on the cash-and-carry business.
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Underlining the potential of the cash-and-carry business in India, he said: "At present, the wholesale business is estimated to be USD 300 billion and it is expected to become USD 600-700 billion by 2020."
In April, Walmart announced plans to open 50 wholesale stores in the next four to five years to expand its footprint in the country. Walmart operates wholesale stores under the brand 'Best Price' in India.
Asked if the company would acquire existing cash-and-carry stores in India, Iyer said: "We continue to look at all the opportunities, we don't rule out anything but we certainly plan a more aggressive greenfield expansion."
He refused to comment on reports suggesting Walmart will look at acquiring a part of French retailer Carrefour's business in India.


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by Steve Weisz, ARDA
ChairmanJanuary 13, 2016
What a year it has
been—with events and circumstances happening around the globe that truly left
us speechless at times. We've witnessed
the unimaginable peaks and valleys that often happened in just the blink of an
eye. People showed us their character and some just showed us they're
characters. A memorable year with continuous hopes for promise as we start
As I look back, I think
how recent announcements of acquisitions will have a profound effect on the
growth and opportunities in hospitality for the next generation. Consolidation
and strategic alliances certainly led the way with the industry showing a
strong resurgence of performance and activity we haven't seen in years.
These are a promising
indictor of things to come. We're in a financially healthy business
environment, with great leaders and entrepreneurs that continue to show the
spirit of what got us where we are today.
I encourage all of you
to show your own spirit of enterprise and innovation and create a legacy that
will be remembered by tomorrow's leaders and redefine our industry for the
For more on what's
happening in 2016, please see the January Developments!
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On May 4, 2012 Punch Television Network (designed to quench African American's thirst for innovative programming) held its first annual Upfront at House of Blues in Hollywood, California. Celebrities and special guests were greeted by well dressed valet and members of the press who eagerly anticipated their arrivals.
The star studded affair included major names like; Blair Underwood, Robert Townsend, Vivica A. Fox, Miguel Nunez Jr., Obba Babatunde, Fran Drescher, Omar Gooding, Dawn Lewis, Richard Roundtree, Dihann Carroll, Fonzworth Bentley, Billy Dee Williams, Leon, Jay Anthony Brown, Marla Gibbs, Damon Whitaker, Kiki Shepard, James Pickens Jr, Damion Hall, Lady of Rage and Carl Weathers.
As interviews commenced a heightened sense of energy and excitement loomed in the air for the evening ahead. Despite the impressive guest list, the man of the hour was network President and CEO Joseph Collins. After an internship in his youth with WVTV in Milwaukee, Collins flourished his talents and passionately pursued the dream of owning his own network. Punch TV is an urban programming experience which brings together a unique collection of programming reflecting the tastes, preferences, hues, and nationalities of the new urban American – a population that includes Caucasians, African Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans and citizenry of mixed ethnicities.
Launched on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, shortly after Columbus Day, Punch Television Network is comprised of 80% original programming. The official Upfront for Punch TV provided celebrities, advertisers and guests an exclusive opportunity to preview 17 shows from a roster of 36 new dramas, comedies, variety shows, talk shows, children's shows, and inspirational entertainment. Before commencing the show, Joseph Collins delivered a heartfelt speech to a packed house before directing the crowd in an enthusiastic Punch TV chant. Guests sat captivated by the various clips while indulging in chilled cocktails, delicious hors d'oeuvres and Pitbull energy drinks (The official sponsor of Punch TV.)
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Hainan Island in China is a sort of paradise. It's the classical tropical place, with palms, coconut trees, beaches and sun. I could say that Hainan is the Hawaii of China. Obviously not just only beaches, there are wonderful mountains and forest. This place is to the feet of Qi Xian Ling mountain inside Narada Resort. If you want to take a break this is for sure a quite relaxing place! The Nature talks...
Hainan (English name: Hai Nan). Capital: Haikou, referred to as: Joan. Hainan Province on April 13 -1988, the Seventh National People's Congress adopted the first meeting of "the decision on the establishment of Hainan Province" and "On the Establishment of the Hainan Special Economic Zone of the resolution "; April 26, 1988, the CPC Hainan Province Committee of Hainan Provincial People's Government formally. Since then, Hainan became a province of the youngest and largest special economic zone, Hainan's development has entered a new historical period. South China Sea on Hainan Island is a bright pearl, is second only to the country's second largest island of Taiwan. Hainan is the smallest land area of China, the largest province of the marine area.


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Bureaucracy hindered search for slain brother
RENO -- Las Vegas cab driver Keith Goldberg's siblings say they knew almost immediately that something terrible had happened to their brother when he went missing in January 2012.
Goldberg's brother Jeffrey was flying into Las Vegas to watch the Super Bowl with Keith. When Keith stopped returning his brother's calls, and his ex-girlfriend called him in sick to work, Jeffrey Goldberg went to the police. Eleven weeks later, police arrested Keith Goldberg's former girlfriend, Georgene Ross, and her estranged husband, Christopher Ross, on charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
The two have pleaded not guilty to both charges. Their trial is scheduled for January 2015. Police said they believe the couple killed Goldberg during a fight in his Henderson, Nev., apartment on Jan. 31, 2012.
Police had enough evidence to make an arrest, but they didn't have Keith Goldberg's body. Keith's family wanted the closure of finding his remains, and so the 54-year-old cab driver's family began what became a year-long odyssey to find them.
Because Goldberg's assailants had left him within the boundaries of a national park property — Lake Mead National Recreation Area — getting permission to search became an issue. That was just the start of the bureaucratic tangle.
"The police, once they've made the arrest, they're not in the business of recovery," said Keith Goldberg's sister Jodi Goldberg, a vice president of a national accounting association in Alexandria, Va. "They had made their case. They did their job. So it's not like the movies or TV. Once an arrest is made, they're not going to spend time on a recovery."
Unable to convince the police department to continue the search of the vast Southern Nevada desert, the Goldbergs reached out to the newly formed Red Rock Search and Rescue Group. The all-volunteer force was trained, maintained strong ties with local law enforcement agencies, and became dedicated to finding Keith Goldberg's body.
"Early on, we wanted to search Lake Mead," said Vice Commander Dana Richardson, noting that police had some cell tower evidence that the suspects were in the vicinity at the time of Goldberg's disappearance.
But the group couldn't just walk into the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and begin a search. A special use permit was needed. The group applied for the permit on May 16, 2012. Six days later, the park service told them they would need a $1 million liability insurance policy — the cost of which the fledgling volunteer organization couldn't afford.
It took 10 months and a fundraiser organized by the Goldberg family for the group to obtain the insurance. The permit was granted April 12, 2013. Within three hours of beginning the search on April 14, volunteers found Goldberg's partial remains.
"I never would've guessed in a million years that searching for remains on public land would be an issue," Jodi Goldberg said. "The thought never would've occurred to me. Having gone through it, it's just horrible. I don't want anyone else to go through it."
About the same time, another volunteer operation was trying to obtain access to Lake Mead to search for the body of a drowned Air Force sergeant. Antonio Tucker had drowned in the lake on June 23, 2012. An intensive but fruitless search organized by the park service was called off. Steve Schaffer of Las Vegas-based Earth Resource Group wanted to help, offering to search the lake with a high-tech side-scan sonar and team of diving experts. It took him six months to obtain a permit and another four months to organize the search. They found Tucker's body within two days of launching the search on April 16. "It was just a real red tape issue to get out there and help," Schaffer said.
Christie Vanover, public affairs officer at Lake Mead, said it was never the park service's intent to delay the searches. "Liability insurance is required to protect the individuals involved in case there is an incident, as well as to protect the (natural) resources," Vanover said. "With a large amount of people combing through the desert, there could be damage."
The two incidents prompted U.S. Rep. Joe Heck to author the Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act, which would allow qualified and trained search and rescue groups expedited access to park service land if they sign a liability waiver. The bill passed the House in January and is now pending in the U.S. Senate.
The delay in access doesn't seem to be a widespread problem within the park service. Neither Heck's office, nor search and rescue volunteers with national experience said they've encountered permitting requirements or bureaucratic impediments at other parks.
"When I was first contacted by the congressman's office, it was the very first time I had ever heard of anything like that," said Howard Paul, public affairs manager for the National Association for Search and Rescue.
Heck's spokesman Greg Lemon said his office had a difficult time ascertaining why the liability insurance was required in the first place. Lemon said Lake Mead's personnel was saying it was a national policy, but the national office was saying it was local discretion.
"We were getting conflicting stories from all the parties involved, so at that point we decided, let's go ahead and do this bill and get this straight for everybody," Lemon said.
Mike Litterst, a Washington D.C.-based spokesman for the park service, said there is no national policy that "spells out specifically how parks are to undertake search and recovery."
Outside groups who use the parks as a location for an event — a picnic, a fireworks show, a commemoration event or a search — generally need to get liability insurance to protect the government from liability, Litterst added The trigger for the insurance is the need for a special use permit.
Individual park visitors injured during a visit due to park negligence can file administrative tort claims, which is essentially the way around the federal government's sovereign immunity, according to Litterst. The claim is ruled on by the U.S. Solicitor's Office and can be appealed in federal court.
In the Goldberg case, searchers had to access steep and rocky terrain, Lake Mead's Vanover said, necessitating the $1 million in insurance.
The park service isn't supportive of Heck's bill, although park officials have expressed willingness to work with Heck to resolve his concerns, associate director Cam Sholly said in testimony before a House committee.
"My hopes are that my brother's legacy will help other people in this type of situation," Jeffrey Goldberg said.
The Goldbergs were finally able to take custody of their brother's remains in February. The court case against the suspects in his death is still pending. The family is planning a memorial in the spring.
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There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about in-depth in any given week. So The Wild Hunt must unleash the hounds in order to round them all up.
- Some folks really don't want Godsmack to play the Jackson County Fair, apparently part of the opposition comes from lead singer Sully Erna's Wiccan beliefs. Quote: "Sully Erna, the lead singer of Godsmack, has acknowledged he is a practicing Wiccan. Critics have called him a devil worshipper, to which he has said: 'We also don't worship Satan; he is a Christian creation and they can keep him. Wicca doesn't work with fear. It's about your own consciousness and doing what's right.'" Luckily for Godsmack fans, strong ticket sales beat out Christian moral hand-wringing. So enjoy! Here's your obligatory link to the "Voodoo" video featuring cameos by Laurie Cabot and other Salem Witches.
- Philosophy professor Gary Gutting argues for the existence of Zeus at the New York Times. Quote: "I'm inclined to say that an atheistic denial of Zeus is ungrounded. There is no current evidence of his present existence, but to deny that he existed in his Grecian heyday we need to assume that there was no good evidence for his existence available to the ancient Greeks. We have no reason to make this assumption. Further, supposing that Zeus did exist in ancient times, do we really have evidence that he has ceased to exist?"
- Chika Oduah at The Grio asks: Are blacks abandoning Christianity for African faiths? Quote: "While syncretism has occurred throughout history, what is relatively new is the heightened interest of West African-derived religions in the United States. 'Since the '50s and '60s there has been an increase with more African-Americans embracing these religions,' said Sylvester Johnson, associate professor at Indiana University's religious studies department […] while increasing numbers of African-Americans are denouncing religion for atheism, others are adopting African religions, especially those from West Africa. A growing dissatisfaction with Christianity among African-Americans seems to reflect disenchantment with the tradition of the black church."This is a very interesting article, one that modern Pagans should pay close attention to.
- A study notes that Christian missionaries are disproportionately sent to countries where Christianity is already established, as opposed to places where non-Christian faiths are dominant. Quote: "Most missionaries continue to go to mostly Christian nations. 'The 'top nine' receiving countries were home to only 3.5% of the world's non-Christians but received more than 34% of all international missionaries,' notes the CSGC. 'All nine have Christian majorities, and they were home to over 34% of the world's Christians in 2010.'" Guess which country gets the most missionaries? If you guessed the United States, you'd be right! Quote: "The country that received the most missionaries in 2010? The United States, with 32,400 sent from other nations." Do you perhaps think that America's Christian population is only propped up by constant and well-funded missionary work?
- As I mentioned earlier this year, a television adaptation of the popular "Witches of East End" book(s) is coming to cable television this October (naturally), and Entertainment Weekly has posted an exclusive photo of Julia Ormond as witch-clan matriarch Joanna Beauchamp.
- Witches & Wicked Bodies, an exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, has just opened. Quote: "Witches and Wicked Bodies will be an investigation of extremes, exploring the highly exaggerated ways in which witches have been represented, from hideous hags to beautiful seductresses." Highlights of the show can be found, here. Wish I could go!
- A warrant for the arrest of Satanist who did a graveside ritual to turn Fred Phelp's mother gay in the afterlife has been issued. Quote: "Greaves said nine satanic church members from New York and other states descended on Mississippi for the ceremony. He insists that no physical damage was done. 'Desecration, by all the legal definitions I've read, usually involves digging up the grave,' he said. 'But we left it as we found it.' The charges have sparked a huge amount of interest in the Satanic Temple. 'The news of the gravesite ceremony was very slow to get out at first,' he said. 'But now it's really gaining momentum. They're threatening to arrest me. What it has done is rally support behind us. It keeps snowballing.'"
- There should be Humanist chaplains because Wiccans! Quote: "Fleming's rationale was that 'there is no way that an atheist chaplain or atheist whatever can minister to the spiritual needs of a Christian or a Muslim, or a Jew, for that matter.' I'd like to ask Fleming whether an atheist chaplain would be less preferable than a Wiccan (i.e. pagan) chaplain, inasmuch as Wicca is recognized as a religion by the military. In fact, Wicca has to be so recognized, under the Free Exercise Clause of the of the Constitution. It's because Americans are guaranteed the right to practice their faith — and serving in the military makes that more difficult — that the hiring of military chaplains does not represent a violation of the Establishment Clause." It's always weird when your faith is used as prop in someone else's argument, don't you think?
- Stop trying to curse the IRS, I'm sure they've got whole teams of magicians working around the clock to counter-act the constant spiritual bombardment aimed at them. Plus, you no doubt risk getting audited. Quote: "Internal Revenue Service agents found an unwelcome surprise — and a possible witchcraft curse — on Friday when unknown individuals left a trio of charred, headless chickens outside the agency's McAllen offices."
- A Catholic rants against flameless candles, and no doubt echoes the sympathies of many Pagans. Quote: "But in the holy place, the flameless candle preaches a gospel of irrelevance. The simple flipping of the switch extinguishes the profound semiotic value of the votive candle. The flameless candle says that there is nothing significant in a flame's dance of ascent, or in wax itself produced by the labor of bees and utterly exhausted by the peaceful but consuming flame."
That's it for now! Feel free to discuss any of these links in the comments, some of these I may expand into longer posts as needed.