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I was told by a few mates that went on Wednesday there was some of our fans singing the piss related song towards Mr Lee just after he'd been appointed with Sam Allardyce, which, if true, is a bit wrong.He was supposed to be appearing at the Shankly Hotel the night before the Derby next week but he's cancelled.
He couldn't do it could he though? Especially when word got out that I was buying 20 tickets to take some lads to start the chant of "Sammy lees an Evertonian" at a kopite event
Pity Koeman and his blasted brother didn't shout at the players.
The video of him falling down the dugout steps celebrating Sigurdssons goal is fucking superb
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I truly think I'm losing my mind. Yesterday, I stumbled across the Ray Conniff Singers. Of course, I have a few Ray Conniff albums. Who doesn't? But I never knew about the singers. First, the album covers are a symphony of blurry women. Each cover employees the lovely gauze filter that was popular for high school senior portraits when I was eighteen. I think it's time this style returns to fashion. I don't know why everyone is blurry. I understand watching Dynasty and the screen goes extremely soft when Joan Collins appears. The blurry effect is a good way to hide old age. Nobody would guess she isn't twenty-two. The Ray Conniff album women are young, so that doesn't apply. Perhaps they were embarrassed and requested a soft focus for recognition issues.
Second, the music. I thought I knew sweet and saccharine. I consider myself rather an aficionado of square and unhip, but this music transcends even my expertise. Their rendition of Up, Up, and Away is alarmingly nice and happy. It's truly sickening and could drive sane people to torture. It is, however, a wonderful tool with teenagers. If you have one, or two, play this in the car when driving them around. Insist on singing along if friends are there also. This is a sure fire way to help any teen step away from the dark side and become pleasant.


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In Which I Am Californified
My Very Own Lisa Cholodenko Movie
by Meredith Hight
I moved to Los Angeles a month ago. This means I know where to find the closest In-N-Out, a state treasure, but I have not yet mastered taking multiple freeways in one outing.
Why they are called freeways here, and not highways or the interstate, I am not sure. But then why do we call turkey breasts, turkey breasts - when they do not, in fact have nipples? I do not know. I do know you must say "the 10" or "the 5." You must not say "I-10" or "I-5." If you do this, you might as well be wearing bright white sneakers and take a tour of Universal Studios. I have noticed a few other things about Los Angeles, since I moved here from my hometown of Austin, Texas. I would like to share them with you.
Some of the stereotypes are, of course, true. Palm trees and sleek, black BMWs proliferate. Much older women wear True Religion cutoffs and flip-flops. Stopping into a "natural foods" spot means you may encounter such delicacies as spirulina pie and untold varieties of seaweed, straight from the Pacific Ocean. Sitting outside a cafe with friends last week, playing Scrabble in the late afternoon, we were occasionally serenaded by a tall, slender, older gentleman singing Frank Sinatra, wearing jersey shorts and a fedora and dribbling a basketball. At the table next to us, a woman was wearing Birkenstocks, knitting an orange scarf and reading Yoga Journal. Fortysomethings skateboarded by.
Though Austin's slogan is "Keep Austin Weird," I will tell you in no uncertain terms that after spending one afternoon in Venice, it is all too clear that Austin has nothing on weird, compared to California. I am sorry, Austin.
The first thing to know about Los Angeles is that though it is sprawling, the city can essentially be narrowed down to the Westside and the Eastside. I have only been to the Eastside a couple of times, but this includes Silverlake and Echo Park and I can confirm that it is for hipsters. You must be very cool to live there, thus, I live on the Westside. I know about hipsters only because several years ago, I read the Hipster Handbook. And all the youngsters I met on the Eastside looked exactly like the drawings.
As the perpetual outsider, often introduced as "Meredith, the Girl Who Just Moved Here" I continuously feel, at random parties hosted, for example, by an academic with a former life as a Wyoming cattle rancher and lyricist for the Grateful Dead, or at fancy hotel bars like the Viceroy, that I am starring in my very own Lisa Cholodenko movie.
Cholodenko's movies always involve two protagonists: the young, wide-eyed ingenue and The Scene, wherein artists, photographers and musicians drink and/or do drugs. Ingenue feels both out of place and inexorably drawn towards Scene:
These encounters lead to lesbian love affairs and/or entanglements. I am not a lesbian, but I am obsessed with "The L Word" on Showtime. All my knowledge of both lesbianism and Los Angeles is informed by this show.
That is how I ended up at Runyon Canyon a few weeks ago, having seen the episode where Alice and Dana go hiking there. And that is why I can't wait to go to the Free City store in Malibu to buy a $100 t-shirt.
Being single, I have been forewarned about the boys in LA. "It's all about sex. Everyone just wants to get laid. That is what it is all about out there," my friends insisted. Is there a place, where nobody wants to get laid, and that isn't what it is all about? I do not know of it. However, I have been told that women here slide up to men at bars and say, "If you buy me a whiskey, I'll fuck you."
If this is how it works here, I may have to become a lesbian.
Los Angeles is not unlike Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon, except it is the women who are all above average and the men who are good-looking. I do not know about the children; I do not see them here. It helps to own a pair of Ray-Bans. Add a beachcruiser to the package and you are all set. You'll want to ride that bicycle, my friend, because parking, like throwing your trash away, is a complex proposition.
To park in Los Angeles is akin to answering the most vexing and nefarious of multiple-choice SAT questions. A parking sign might read as follows: "Two hour parking between 8 am and 6 pm. No parking on Monday from 1 to 3. No parking between 3 am and 5 am. Except Sunday. Sometimes Saturday. Never Tuesday. Or Friday, between noon and two. Maybe you should just go pay $20 for valet."
You will find that quarters regain their status in your life as a precious commodity, not unlike when you were a freshman in college, doing laundry in the dorms for the first time.
Throwing your trash away is a challenge unto itself. I went to the Farmer's Market last Sunday and spent approximately twenty minutes deciphering the prominently displayed and framed instructions above the various trash cans and coordinating said instructions with each trash can, separating out my plastic fork from my paper plate from my napkin made from corn and potato. I couldn't figure out which can my cup was supposed to go into, so I just held on to it.
Despite the clear environmental consciousness, some paradoxes exist. For example, smoking Parliaments and driving a Prius are a likely combination. This makes sense, because global warming is to be prevented and the environment to be protected; your very own set of lungs, which help you to breathe, however – not so much.
The Getty Center is a wonder and should be visited. Degas, Cezanne, Van Gogh, sculptures, Bernini, photographs. Perhaps most valuable is the Central Garden. If you spend enough time walking around here, you may temporarily forget that you are unemployed, the economy is a mess and it is three o' clock in the afternoon on Tuesday.
Pinkberry and Red Mango are inexplicable fads to be avoided, unless you enjoy your fro-yo sour and tart, something akin to buttermilk that has been left on the counter for days and then frozen. Mulholland Drive is as windy and wondrous as it is rumored to be, and the sunsets in California are truly spectacular. The vast sky slowly turns from bright blue to butter to muted orange to a soft flaming red. (Pay no attention to the smog.)
If you are able to carefully read parking signs, are willing to learn to recycle, and know you will eventually master taking multiple freeways, Los Angeles is a good place to be. Because there is just nothing like jumping in the car, driving a mere 10 minutes, turning a corner and catching sight of the Pacific Ocean.
And, swinging by In-N-Out on the way home.
Meredith Hight is a contributor to This Recording. She lives in Los Angeles.
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So I decided on a whim that getting an iPad for my dad would make him a very happy father.
While there is no question about the validity of my presumption, my purchase of the iPad has come under attack, scrutiny, mockery, and other forms of insult. The most unexpected of these exchanges, and possibly one of the more intellectually engaging ones, took place with strangers on the Facebook wall of a mutual friend:
(Context: a high school pupil of mine updated his status to say that "iPhones are about to get alot better" – probably referring to the OS4 coming out. This stirred some dismissal of Apple's OS in general for the iPhone. Someone then commented that "iPads are about to continue to be useless," which then ignited a series of attack on the iPad: can't multitask, expensive, useless, cash-cow for Apple, bigger iPhone, what's Steve Jobs thinking, etc. etc. etc. As a proud new owner of the iPad, I stepped in to express my opinions because, well, it's a free country last time I checked. The names of the people are taken out for confidentiality purposes.)
The "speed" you mention comes from a 1GHz processor (pretty paltry), which is specifically designed to perform and do exactly what Apple wants and specifies. This is why Apple is terrible – complete lack of open-sourceness in order to make things "just work". What do customers do to combat that? Jailbreak. Now that JB and Apple's so called "multi-task" is being released for the iPad, I can only see that the iPad will struggle with it's 1GHz A4 lamesauce processor.
And by the way, I do experience the "universal+connectivity" of Apple products every day – when I sync my iPod on my PC. It's great, but why does iTunes have to struggle on a 3.8GHz i7 processor? Why does Apple such terrible developers? WHYY?!http://ragecomic.appspot.com/packs/rage2/images/Horror.png
TL;DR: Apple is fucking evil. We all know it.
yea i agree with albert, the ipod touch and iphone are way better compared to ipads. plus it fits into your pocket! 😀
i'm a regular commuter and i rather have something portable and mobility-friendly for the same functions as iphone or touch. and since i already have a laptop that i always carry to school, i guess i dont need it lol
but ipod touch or iphone i'll take it 😀
As a comment from the VentureBeat-Mobile Beat article puts best:
"The iPad is not a phone replacement, it is not a laptop replacement, it is not a portable gaming device replacement, it is not a portable DVD replacement, it is not a Kindle replacement (Kindle has a 10 day not 10 hour batter life, for example. It is also much lighter), etc. It is an entirely new personal device that has a place. I can't tell you exactly what it is, but I can feel it. This is not enough to be an effective relayer of word-of-mouth. I bought my iPad as a personal indulgence and a desire to feel the future in my hands. That's not mass market motivation."
I would rather not pay $500 dollars for a convenience I did not need until this monstrosity was conceived. You're only strengthening the argument that Apple is milking its fans by creating new niches that shouldn't have been created in the first place. Bottom line – a Netbook is more functional, a cellphone is more portable and *almost* as functional (though, if you look at the HTC HD2 for example, it out-specs the iPad, LOL, so one can assume that *gasp* user created content */gasp* will allow cellphones to match the iPad in functionality), and it doesn't support flash.
I'll end with a quote from that link:
"But you have to think of this device as something like a MacBook Air. That, too, is missing a lot of functional things that other laptops have, but it is so thin and cool that people who buy it, and pay more money for it than a regular laptop, don't seem to care."
Lol MacBook Air.
I concede that it seems really cool, and is probably really awesome to use at first, but it has just absolutely terrible value for the amount of money you are putting in, and the novelty will wear off shortly.
And say I was to invent the iTurd, an amazing new device that fills the niche between a laptop and a desktop (requires an AC power source at all times, too big to fit in a convenient case, but small enough to carry around the house to a new location easily), so that its almost portable, but not really. It comes with the processing power of a laptop (the lowest common denominator in this situation), a price tag of a souped up desktop (the highest common denominator), and is very aesthetically pleasing with some very cool, unique user friendly functions that grab your attention but are intrinsically flawed in that a desktop would do them better. Would you get it?
P.S. Expect this in two years if Apple keeps with their current business strategy (invent niche, fill niche).
If you are happy with it, that's great David. Canadian's haven't had the opportunity to play with it yet – I'm looking forward to visiting the Apple store soon.
"PC fanboys" (I use this term VERY loosely) have rejected the iPad for one single reason: it doesn't do anything exceedingly well, although the price point says it should, especially for what you physically get. However, you're right. No one needs an iPad, but no one should judge what a person can or can't buy.
The way I see it, the iPad is a toy. If you need to do serious work, what are you going to choose – a mouse and keyboard or a touchscreen keyboard with no tactile feedback? If you're outside and want to watch a video or play music, what are you going to use – an iPhone or an iPad? IF you want to play some games or use some over-the-top (aka useless) apps, I guess I'd use an iPad.
This new tablet niche won't die. It's a great concept, and it shows the amazing steps we have taken in technology over the years. The point I'm trying to make, however, is that Apple stepped forward with a product that lacks the software and hardware to take full advantage of this tablet niche, while charging an exorbitant amount. Let's wait for the Google tablet (actually coming), shall we?
Apple will always be Apple – if that's a synonym for being assholes.
My last comment:
Bob – very much appreciate your comment. I completely agree that the iPad is a toy – but it creates the possibility beyond what traditional gaming consoles can do.
With the iPad, I can imagine classes being remotely taught, house lights/sound/windows/curtains/TVs being remotely controlled, meetings being held (with an external camera), presentations being made, and more that I have not thought of.
If someone wants to tell me that you can do all of the above with some sort of software on a PC netbook – forget it. Niche softwares on PCs are glitchy enough that no one will devote the energy and time into making amazing softwares that will make the users happy with it. It will also probably cost a million bucks for something like that. I owned a netbook once – I hated it because the screen was too small, the keyboard was too small, the trackpad was too small, and it was also heavy for its size.
The possibility of coming home from school, taking out a device, turn on various parts of the room, turn on the clock app when going to bed, and set alarm for the next day; wake up, take device to school, read the news on the bus, take notes in class, draw pictures, record class lectures, and come home with homework assignments entered automatically from school's server – this is the kind of combo beyond that of a netbook or a mobile phone.
I do not disagree the Google might be able to come up with something better – in fact I am very much looking forward to it as well. Competition is a positive trait of free market economy, and filling niches as a strategy is nothing wrong as well.
Albert – You mentioned that "Apple is milking its fans by creating new niches that shouldn't have been created in the first place." So what do you say about Microsoft? Sony? Nintendo? Or online farming games? I do not understand the concept of a niche that should *not* have been created. Innovation drives the world forward, unless you're developing weapons.
So I just wanted to hear what are your opinions here. I might just be a blind consumer who's trying to justify my impromptu decision. Let's not focus on the tech spec too much here – ultimately, none of us are computer engineers or product managers with the knowledge base to debate the merit of the iPad's intrinsic (endogenous) value. Rather, I think we should focus on the American consumer culture – who are going to buy the iPads, who will like it, how has Apple successfully marketed itself?
Ultimately though, I am of course not going to regret my decision because after all, I am bringing the iPad to China. Consumer culture is completely different over there. Products derive value not based on their usefulness, but almost solely on their desirability. Desirability is in turn determined by numerous exogenous factors such as word-of-mouth, foreignness, or lack of supply (the Chinese golden rule of "物以稀為貴").
As someone on Venture Beat comments:
"The iPad is not a phone replacement, it is not a laptop replacement, it is not a portable gaming device replacement, it is not a portable DVD replacement, it is not a Kindle replacement (Kindle has a 10 day not 10 hour batter life, for example. It is also much lighter), etc. It is an entirely new personal device that has a place. I can't tell you exactly what it is, but I can feel it. This is not enough to be an effective relayer of word-of-mouth. I bought my iPad as a personal indulgence and a desire to feel the future in my hands. That's not mass market motivation.
For most people, the iPad is simply unjustifiable. Kids may nag their parents for it (or not), but the parents will push back.
It's too damn expensive and it isn't a clear upgrade for anything. Who (besides developers and fools like me) can justify it?
Still, it's one of the most satisfying consumer purchases I've ever made and I drink in the envy everywhere I go. I am so cool I don't even need a refrigerator for my beer."
Meet the iPad – a new gadget for developers, fools, and the Chinese.


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I'm idly wondering if the Monastic Training and Talsahtora Adept feats from Ebberon are allowed. Monastic Trainign allows a second class to be taken as if it were part of the monk's training, allowing for multiclassing for that one class without monk penalties. Talashtora adept allows a psionic class that the character has monastic training in to continue Flurry of Blows, Wisdom bonus to AC, and Unarmed strike damage to progress as if the monastic training class were equivalent levels of monk (but no other benefits accrue). A monk 1/Ardent 7 with Talashtora trainign would have the Unarmed Damage, Ac Bonus from Wisadom (while unarmed) and Flurry of Blows of an 8th level monk. I was considering an Elan servant fo a lawful gem dragon of one sort or another....either a Sapphire or an Emerald gem dragon....
How do you feel about homebrew? Specifically, this race.
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No issues with my drow .Anycase I noticed I cannot qualify for ascetic stalker until I have 4th level as monk (as it asks ki strike [magic] as regs), but I do plan get the feat and final monk level needed later. But reason why it should stack with monk PrC is because the feat allows ninja/monk levels stack for unarmed strike dmg and ki strike feature from the monk, and ninja side just increase ki pool. So I thinked as Dragon Descendant improves pretty much all monk aspects (and is 'mystical power' PrC) I find it not unreasonable it would increase ki pool (but not improve ki strike feature as it does not affect that side of the monk). As full build what I had in mind for my drow in 20 level progress would be Ninja 4/Monk 4/Dragon Descendant 10.
I wish I had dragooned internet access sooner. A few more days and I'll be back home.Anyway, before I forget, I have thematic opposition to drow. The world as devised has no Underdark and the closest analody are the caves held by the Sapphire Dragons, who do not abide the vast majority of Underdark dwellers. This was an intentional choice.Second observation: psionic types should tend from the Gem lands and seas. They are rare among both Metallic and Chromatic.Third observation: Demonic or Chromatic descendents will need to demonstrate some kind of redemption from their evil heritage before they get within a mile of my ship unless they want to be shown the color of their blood.Fourth observation: On the early question of power scale, bad question. If the character is going to be fun to RP with, I seriously doubt anyone will care if there needs to be some creative reacessments to make the gameplay more even. Likewise if the character is an overpowered kill-a-lot with no personality, always looking for the next fight, that character may not be welcome. For my part, I know my character to be solidly on the low end of the power scale, but I deliberatly chose a support role I believe to make an interesting character....I think I had other observations but I've forgotten them now. Oh yes! I am more than willing to adjust my cohort to fill whatever gap we have...within reason. Being three levels behind (my own level adjustment minus two more for Cohort) kills his effectiveness in certain roles, regardless of his build.
The typical interpretation of "level" in that fashion is character level or HD as appropriate, not ECL. Although in this context ECL is much less likely to devalue the cohort. Besides, I used the LA buyback out of UA. I'm only 2000XP shy of level 8 and my ECL is 7.1. I have only tangental references to Drizzt. However, I present the following. First, I loathe FR as one of the most horrible settings to ever be concieved from the depths of frothing hell. The sourcebooks should be burned and the authors flogged until they learn not to pull that shit again. Second, renegade Dark Elves are trite. I made a few before I really got into the larger communities and suddenly saw that my neophyte RPing with shallow characters that shame me are among the best that archtype has to offer. Third, the Underdark, while interesting, really has no place in a world where the dragons hold sway. No more than Drow coiuld be found in Khyber beneath Eberron, they should not be in the Sapphire Depths beneath Gem, nor exist beneath the protective Metallics nor the dominating Chomatics.2. You forget just how fanatical the dragons are, and how territorial. This isn't a civilization built upon human concepts, but one that emulates the draconic. Intermingling between breeds is rare with few exceptions. Intermingling metallic/gem/chromatic? Such a union would have crusades against it by the followers of Bahamut and Tiamat alike. Perhaps devotees of Io could protect the offspring, but such a figure makes a better set piece than a PC -- a living axis of political turmoil.3. If we form a party of some kind, such abilities will inevitably come out. This was more a warning to the idea of "evil, but lawful so she's not that bad" was going to be keelhauled. Repeatedly, if necessary. I have no plans on being an uncompromising no-tolerance lawful-stupi paladin type, but a character who plans to be blatantly evil does cross the line.
Anyway, before I forget, I have thematic opposition to drow. The world as devised has no Underdark and the closest analody are the caves held by the Sapphire Dragons, who do not abide the vast majority of Underdark dwellers. This was an intentional choice.
They could be Eberron-style drow.
I don't know how much material he will use, but after Idej mentioned this concept I more-or-less invented about half the world subconciously and was rewarded for sharing my efforts (this is how I was able to afford an ocean faring ship). I won't detail that too much since I don't know what he's keeping or modifying, although I do hope the Bronze Reef remains intact. It was fun to develop that. I have a thing for Age of Sail civilizations.On FR, yes it was harsh. I wanted to convey the depths of my despising of the campaign setting. But more than that, the bleed-through into other settings of FR concepts.On dragons and humans, this is a political system where draconic ancestry translates into aristocracy. Had I the opportunity to delve into the repercussions of this I would, starting with a redesign of classes involving dragons to better reflect urban, cultured, or civilized characters as appropriate, rather than tribal, outcast, or minority groups as the classes currently represent. Arcane magic should aspire to the sorcerous rather than wizardly ideal, and PrCs such as the Dragon Disciple which apply templates or draconic heritage should be viewed as exaltations of draconic blood by some and usurpations of power by others. I would then continue with the social mores that led me to invent a class of item that enhances claw natural weapons as both a statement in war and peace. The various exchanges within dragonkind and the international relationships would be explored in great detail. This and more I would do gladly, as such a project of designing society appeals to me, but I have not been given leave to do so and it is the DM's purview. So instead, all I do is extrapolate from what I know. The True Dragons are universally described as territorial with varying degrees of ferocity; communication between them largely consisting of meetings between dragons with neighboring territories. Their varying environmental niches make the breeds largely seperate, with most overlapping environs being disinclined to cohabitation, such as the Blue and Brass dragons both seeking deserts. Thus it is improbable by environment to have amiable crossbreeding. The political act of alliance by marriage would not naturally arise from this mold.The virtues of Bronze are very aligned with Paladin. Protection, duty, fighting the just war, these are all things that the culture embraces. This is modified by age of sail captaincy. Tylya is Master Under God and all that of her ship. Her crew trust her with their lives because she protects them, keeps them safe, fed, and well off. This does lead to a natural hyperawareness, particularly with individuals whose personal power rivals her own. My choice of stating her ship was carefully chosen in that she does not seek out to destroy all the evil in the world, but should it present itself on her ship, it must and will be struck down.On drow specifically, there was some musing on the drow race being largely enslaved by chromatic masters as menial servants and foodstuffs. I don't think it got anywhere as that was basically a somewhat heavyhanded version of all the "we hate drow" that was being thrown around during worldbuilding and didn't add anything other than making it very clear that we hate drow, and would lead the good drow types to create characters out to rescue their misunderstood and enslaved brethren...which is exactly the kind of thing that makes us hate drow in the first place. I wonder if I missed an opportunity to mention hating drow in this paragraph.
Ok, after some pondering I decided go with this concept; LN male human Ninja 2/Monk 3/Discipline of the Eye 2/Dragon Descendant 1. Dragontouched feat so he has dragon blood in him but he looks mostly human.Anycase idea is that my char either works for chromatic dragons, or that he is from secret ninja village which has both chromatic and metallic dragon patrons who manipulate scenery of the world to keep both contigents 'in balance' power wise (if some major guy rises in power in chromatics; he is nuked, if some major dude rises in metallic, try talk sense and if not working then nuke him). Naturally my char travels around the world under a disguise and perhaps mysterious martial artist fellow.So far I have made concept so that he gets Decisive Strike from the monk (PHB II variant) but also gets flurry of blows from Discipline of the Eye (Races of the Dragon PrC). But if my background is not okay I would like suggestions where my char would fit in as 'martial art skilled ninja'.
It doesn't sound too bad to me, and it will most likely work out with the way things are socially in the world. :)
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After buying a home 1 1/2 years ago, Scott Tallyn let his personality take command.
After buying a home 1 1/2 years ago, Scott Tallyn let his personality take command.
The 48-year-old owns Tallyn's Professional Photographic and Data Recovery Services, and he spends workdays around the most modern technology. He wanted the 4,600-square-foot house, situated in the northwestern area of Peoria along WeaverRidge's golf course, to reflect his high-tech interests.
Envisioning possibilities for the ranch-style home, Tallyn went to Demanes Interiors Inc. in search of a consultant. He hired project and design coordinator Michael Demanes to modernize the home's look.
"When I came to him, I showed him some pictures of the house," Tallyn said.
"I said, 'This isn't me. I need to express myself through decor, through decorations, color schemes that really fit my lifestyle.' I explained what I do, that I'm very much into digital technology, computers, data recovery work.
"I'm very technology-oriented. I wanted my home to express that techie type of image, because that's me."
Technology is more than just a look, though.
While simultaneously mapping out the home's look with Demanes, Tallyn had Control4, a universal remote system, and other technology added to the house. Control4 allows Tallyn to operate everything remotely with his laptop— including the security system, music, lighting, and garage door — whether he's home or halfway across the world.
The high-tech function and look came together particularly well in the corner of Tallyn's master bedroom known as the "control center."
Sitting behind the customized marble counter, Tallyn can access a row of laptop computers, view images from security cameras throughout his property or touch a wall-mounted control panel for the Control4 system.
Tallyn can work and play without the visual clutter of wires or cords thanks to small holes cut in the counters and most of the computer equipment being concealed inside the drawers of metallic-looking cabinets.
The rest of the room also conforms to the metallic, glassy look. It includesa 52-inch flat-screen television, a floating dresser — attached to the wall in a way that makes it appear to be suspended in air — and 3-D art above the bed incorporating bedspread fabric and wood painted to look like glass and chrome.
"I really wanted my desk to be designed around my work style," Tallyn said. "When you open up those cabinets, you see I have everything from cloning equipment, recovery equipment, all my electronics. I don't like to see wires, cables and cords. I want all of that stuff hidden. It's really designed around me. You don't find furniture like this at a store. I like things to work with me and not against me.
"With those switches on the wall, I can control everything in the house. It's about making things as convenient as possible. I look at this long-term. I don't plan on moving anytime soon. This is my retirement home."
For nearly two decades, Tallyn lived in a 900-square-foot Peoria home.
His 12-year-old daughter, Hannah Anderson, accompanied him to many open houses. Finally, Tallyn drove into a trailer park, pointed to an open lot and told Anderson he was ordering a mobile home.
Tallyn then spun a convoluted tale about visiting a family friend for dinner. As they entered the WeaverRidge home, Tallyn videotaped his daughter's reaction as she entered her new bedroom.
"We walked down to the first bedroom, and I saw this big stuffed dog that I had," Anderson said. "I saw it laying on the bed, and there was a card. I knew he had probably bought the house before I even opened it. I opened it and I was right."
The card congratulated Anderson on her new room.
These days, Anderson and friends use Tallyn's golf cart — which shares the gray-and-silver paint scheme as his Dodge Viper sports car — to visit the subdivision's tennis courts and swimming pool.
While his daughter enjoys a new room and neighborhood, Tallyn relishes his new creative license.
"Because I lived in a small, two-bedroom house for 18 years, I never had the luxury of being able to express myself through decor," Tallyn said. "This has been exciting for me because it's really allowed my creativeness to come out. With the consulting of Michael and everyone else, it's actually fun. I enjoy it. Once I get it done, I can sit back and enjoy it."
With Demanes' help, Tallyn mapped out what most rooms in the home would look like. Demanes' contractors began doing work room by room, but only after the entire layout had a uniform look. Most of the house has been transformed in a little over a year, but a third bedroom and other auxiliary rooms await modernization.
"By planning it all first, you don't get that hodgepodge look," Demanes said.
Although much of the house features blacks, reds, grays and silvers, Demanes encouraged Tallyn to leave the wood floor in the center of the open layout, and to use soft colors such as whites and tans in the sunroom.
"By keeping the wood, it keeps some of the warmth," Demanes said. "With granites and marbles, it can start to get a cold look. Wood floors keep that warm feeling."
Atop that wood floor sits a futuristic-looking pool table that is the first furnishing seen by guests.
Tallyn's old pool table was given red and grayish-silver felt, silver and black automotive paint to create a metallic look and a stainless-steel base. Neon lighting underneath the table creates a bright red reflection off the stainless steel. Cue sticks were dyed black and silver, and Tallyn ordered "lunar" billiard balls that include a black cue ball.
"This is kind of a central point when you walk in the house," Tallyn said. "I wanted something that when people walked in, they would say, 'Whoa, I've never seen anything like that before.' That's the first impression they're going to have."
Another key touch was to coordinate the kitchen and adjacent entertainment room.
The entertainment room has many fun touches: electric reclining seats, PlayStation 3 gaming system and Playseat, and a single button that turns on the 52-inch flat-screen TV and drops the shades.
One wall of that room also includes one of the first pieces of art Tallyn purchased, a large abstract work that takes up most of one wall.
The kitchen is sleek, with black granite counters and stainless-steel appliances. Even the power outlets are hidden under the cabinets. To blend the kitchen with the nearby art, Demanes contracted an artist who added 3-D pieces on walls between the counters and cabinets. The pieces, of various shapes and sizes, combine the kitchen's stainless steel and the artworks' red, orange and khaki colors.
"They did a complete custom backsplash, with the colors coming from that picture," Tallyn said. "I really wanted to tie this room into that one.
"All I could say when they got it all done was, 'Wow!'"
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Sonar Glove
Interactive clothing
Glove, Wires, Microcontroller, Flash
Collaboration: Michael Ries, Hayley Silverman, Jennifer Beser
The human experience is dictated by the physical construction of our bodies. Most of us are highly dependent on the sense of sight to take in information and navigate world. Our culture has become highly dependent on this sense to the exclusion of our other senses. We spend more and more time in front of computers and televisions, it may be possible that we are becoming numb to the information (perception) from our other senses, and even forgetting how to use them. For people who people who have been able to see their whole lives, this dependency causes us to neglect our other senses such as sound, taste, smell, and touch.
Sonar Glove explores the way we experience our environment, specifically by supplanting the participant's sense of sight, and offering the opportunity to replace it with a different sense based sound. It presents the information in a novel way that our culture doesn't actively explore. The artwork will allow participants to discover new ways of perceiving the world around them.


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AMSTUD 63N: The Feminist Critique: The History and Politics of Gender Equality (CSRE 63N, FEMGEN 63N, HISTORY 63N)
This course explores the long history of ideas about gender and equality. Each week we read, dissect, compare, and critique a set of primary historical documents (political and literary) from around the world, moving from the 15th century to the present. We tease out changing arguments about education, the body, sexuality, violence, labor, politics, and the very meaning of gender, and we place feminist critics within national and global political contexts.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Freedman, E. (PI)
2019-2020 Winter
3-4 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 70-72A1 with Freedman, E. (PI)
Instructors: Freedman, E. (PI)
Notes: Introductory Seminar. Preference to first-year students; sophomores admitted if space available. Advance sign-up process and deadlines at http://introsems.stanford.edu.
AMSTUD 91: Exploring American Religious History (CSRE 91, HISTORY 260K, RELIGST 91)
This course will trace how contemporary beliefs and practices connect to historical trends in the American religious landscape.
Last offered: Spring 2018 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
AMSTUD 100: Intro to Asian American Studies (ASNAMST 100)
What is meant by the term Asian American? How have representations of Asian Americans influenced concepts of US citizenship and belonging? What are the social and political origins of the Asian American community? This course provides a critical introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Asian American studies. Drawing on historical, creative, and scholarly texts, the course examines the history and possibilities of Asian American community. To do this, we place the Asian American experience within a transnational context, paying particular attention to the ways that Asian American lives have been shaped by the legacies of US wars in Asia and by the history of US racism. In the process, we examine the role that representations of Asian Americans have played in shaping the boundaries of US citizenship and belonging. Throughout the course, we utilize our discussions of Asian American racialization and community formation to think critically about the social and political ramifications that the designation Asian American entails.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Gow, W. (PI)
2019-2020 Autumn
4-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
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09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue, Thu 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 320-109 with Gow, W. (PI)
Instructors: Gow, W. (PI)
AMSTUD 107: Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (CSRE 108, FEMGEN 101, TAPS 108)
Introduction to interdisciplinary approaches to gender, sexuality, queer, trans and feminist studies. Topics include the emergence of sexuality studies in the academy, social justice and new subjects, science and technology, art and activism, history, film and memory, the documentation and performance of difference, and relevant socio-economic and political formations such as work and the family. Students learn to think critically about race, gender, and sexuality from local and global perspectives.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Crandall, M. (PI) ; Daub, A. (PI) ; Hanlon, P. (PI) ... more instructors for AMSTUD 107 »
Instructors: Crandall, M. (PI) ; Daub, A. (PI) ; Hanlon, P. (PI) ; Vazquez Munoz, C. (TA) ; Wurl, R. (TA)
2019-2020 Autumn
4-5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-SI |
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Section 01 |
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09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue, Thu 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 200-030 with Crandall, M. (PI); Daub, A. (PI); Hanlon, P. (PI); Vazquez Munoz, C. (TA); Wurl, R. (TA)
Exam Date/Time: 2019-12-10 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Crandall, M. (PI); Daub, A. (PI); Hanlon, P. (PI); Vazquez Munoz, C. (TA); Wurl, R. (TA)
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AMSTUD 110D: War and Peace in American Foreign Policy (INTNLREL 110D, POLISCI 110D, POLISCI 110Y)
The causes of war in American foreign policy. Issues: international and domestic sources of war and peace; war and the American political system; war, intervention, and peace making in the post-Cold War period. Political Science majors taking this course to fulfill the WIM requirement should enroll in POLISCI 110D for 5 units. International Relations majors taking this course should enroll in INTNLREL 110D for 5 units. SCPD students should enroll for 3 units.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors: Grinberg, M. (PI) ; Alrababa'h, A. (TA) ; Bernhardt, J. (TA) ; Lee, J. (TA)
2019-2020 Spring
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
03/30/2020 - 06/03/2020 Mon, Wed, Fri 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM with Grinberg, M. (PI); Alrababa'h, A. (TA); Bernhardt, J. (TA); Lee, J. (TA)
Instructors: Grinberg, M. (PI); Alrababa'h, A. (TA); Bernhardt, J. (TA); Lee, J. (TA)
Notes: Please enroll in this course through Axess and use Canvas to enroll in the discussion sections.
AMSTUD 111: Reproductive Politics in the United States and Abroad (FEMGEN 111)
Course description: This course examines the issues and debates surrounding women's reproduction in the United States and beyond. It pays special attention to how knowledge and technology travel across national/cultural borders and how women's reproductive functions are deeply connected to international politics and events abroad. Topics include: birth control, population control, abortion, sex education, sex trafficking, genetic counseling, assisted reproductive technologies, midwifery, breastfeeding, menstruation, and reproductive hazards.
Last offered: Autumn 2016 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
AMSTUD 114Q: Visions of the 1960s
Preference to sophomores. Introduction to the ideas, sensibility, and, to a lesser degree, the politics of the American 60s. Topics: the early 60s vision of a beloved community; varieties of racial, generational, and feminist dissent; the meaning of the counterculture; and current interpretive perspectives on the 60s. Film, music, and articles and books.
Last offered: Autumn 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
AMSTUD 116: American Economic History (HISTORY 156)
The American economy from colonial times to the present, illustrating the role of history in economic life. Topics: U.S. economic development in global and comparative context; slavery as an economic system; emergence of American technology and business organization; economics of the Great Depression and the New Deal; post-World War II economic performance and social change; globalization, information technology, and inequality. Prerequisite: 1 or 1V.
Last offered: Spring 2017 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-SI
AMSTUD 117N: The Fourth "R": Religion and American Schools (EDUC 117N, RELIGST 13N)
In this seminar, we will engage with historical, legal, and sociological texts, in order to trace the complicated relationship between church and state as it has played out in and around questions of education. Deciding what belongs in schools, what does not, whose interests are served in the process, and what the Constitution will allow are just some of the questions that will guide us. Through close readings of text and critical writing, we will develop alternative narratives about church-state issues that can make sense of everything from prayer in schools to civic education. This course must be taken for a minimum of 3 units and a letter grade to be eligible for Ways credit.
Last offered: Summer 2019 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
AMSTUD 120: The Rise of Digital Culture (COMM 120W, COMM 220)
From Snapchat to artificial intelligence, digital systems are reshaping our jobs, our democracies, our love lives, and even what it means to be human. But where did these media come from? And what kind of culture are they creating? To answer these questions, this course explores the entwined development of digital technologies and post-industrial ways of living and working from the Cold War to the present. Topics will include the historical origins of digital media, cultural contexts of their deployment and use, and the influence of digital media on conceptions of self, community, and state. Priority to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
2019-2020 Spring
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REVIEW: Brad Pitt proves a lethal professional amid sordid criminals in "Killing Them Softly"
It will help to have a high tolerance for scum and their sordid chatter to enjoy (as opposed to appreciate) "Killing Them Softly." Director Andrew Dominik's terrifically crafted film about the amorality of business dressed in the black leather of a gangster movie stars Brad Pitt as a hit man called by the mob to handle a business nuisance.
Forget honor among thieves. In the world killer Jackie Cogan (Pitt) travels, there is very little honor, period. Not only are wannabes breaking mob codes, but it's obvious from broadcasts emanating from TVs hanging in bars and back rooms, America's been led to the precipice by its unethical financial institutions.
Although based on the 1 974 novel "Cogan's Trade" by the late crime novelist George V. Higgins, the action is willfully set in 2008 in New Orleans.
Dry cleaner Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) has the clever idea to hire a couple of ne'er-do-wells to rob a mob-protected card game run by Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta).
Seems like a sure way to the grave, but since the game's been hit before, Johnny's got misdirection on his side. After all, Markie pulled the same trick before. This time, reasons Johnny, Markie will be the obvious suspect.
Johnny hires badly, naturally. Scoot McNairy plays the wiry, recently paroled Frankie. Ben Mendelsohn is Russell, a heroin addict and dog snatcher. You can nearly smell Russell from the screen, he's that rank.
The Aussie actor was amazing in David Michod's impressive gangster drama "Animal Kingdom." Unlike that grim piece of work, this movie has no one to root for, except perhaps game runner Markie. Liotta brings a kind of curdled charm to the role.
Director Dominik adapted Higgins' writing, known for its vivid dialogue. And Jackie Cogan is without a doubt a craftsman. (Sam Shepard makes a brief, bruising appearance as the enforcer he subs for.)
In fact, Jackie's the most professional guy onscreen. Though, looking like a bean counter (which to some degree he is) the mob go-between portrayed by Richard Jenkins comes in a close second.
One of the funnier points of "Killing Them Softly" is that no one here can keep his mouth shut. They're either tooting their own horns about misdeeds or, as in the case of New York hit man Mickey (James Gandolfini), going all melancholy about the lovely prostitute that got away. A final cynical riff proves that Jackie, too, is willing to give himself away.
Dominik knows how to make a stunner. In 2007, he delivered one of the best, and possibly most overlooked films of the year: "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," which starred Pitt as the Missouri outlaw and Casey Affleck as the bitter sycophant Ford.
Shot by Greig Fraser, "Killing Them Softly" is nearly as striking. Composer Marc Streitenfeld weaves a rich, at times discordant tapestry out of piano, ambient music and Depression-era songs like "It's Only a Paper Moon."
With Gandolfini and Liotta in pivotal roles, the casting works like a pop-culture madeleine, recalling mobsters past. Though ultimately, as crafted as "Killing Them Softly" is, it's less satisfying than either "The Sopranos" or "Goodfellas." Still, Dominik and his cast cruise some very mean streets indeed.


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Ari Emanuel says range of distribution options opens up more money for content creators. He says Silicon Valley is now taking steps to work more closely with Hollywood, and Madison Avenue also needs to come into the mix.
The boom in digital platforms and the continuing strength of traditional media makes this "the greatest time of all" for artists involved in content creation, said Ari Emanuel, co-CEO of WME, at the opening of the third Abu Dhabi Media Summit. "It's a very dynamic environment we live in now in terms of form and content."
That, in business terms, means more buyers of content. "I think it's the greatest time for clients that it's ever been, because of the proliferation of distribution points. It's only going to become greater and greater," he said, noting that WME's current challenge was to "to stay ahead of it."
In a conversation with Conor Dignam, Screen International's Group Editor, Emanuel told the top-level audience that "old media works perfectly well" currently, especially at the high-end level of tentpole studio films and big broadcasters. But he knows the shift in power to include more new media will happen in coming years. "I'm changing every day" he said of adapting to new business models. As an agency executive, he noted: "my job is to understand as much as I can about different opportunities."
The expanding global reach of content is also good news for his clients. "We have theatrical movies from the US that open first outside of the US, whether that's in Brazil or Russia. That is a fantastic opportunity," he noted.
In may ways, 'old media' is still king, he noted. "For large scale productions you can't beat the traditional system right now. You can't crowdfund a $200m movie, that dog don't hunt," he said. "But we can try with a $4m movie for a certain client."
He added: "As we move down this path we will figure out other models. There is a place for movies that are niche," he said, pointing to the recent successful theatrical and online simultaneous launch of Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate's drama Arbitrage in the US. "That was platformed properly, the models are happening."
Backtracking on more inflammatory comments he has made in the past, he said: "Silicon Valley and Hollywood are working together pretty well on certain aspects….There is a great deal of conversation going on." Of Internet companies, he added: "I love them, I just don't like them when they don't restrict people who are stealing our content. But they are getting there."
Even WME itself is more tech-friendly with its new stakeholder Silver Lake, a tech-centric equity fund that earlier this year acquired a 30% stake in the agency. "They see the merger of content and technology," Emanuel said. He added that WME would pursue further acquisitions, but probably not of an advertising agency at this stage. The agency also has no plans currently to move into production itself.
WME has worked with YouTube on 11 different channels and has sold content directly to web platforms. He pointed to other encouraging developments such as Netflix working on 20 original TV shows, kicked off by House of Cards and Arrested Development.
He posited that 10% of films at Cannes and Sundance this year would have some crowdfunding (a high figure disputed by some in the audience). Of crowd sourcing, he said: "I definitely think it's going to be part of the conversation. You need to work out the equity splits. But it's going to be a viable alternative depending on the budget," not just for film but for TV and film but also for web series, music and books.
Emanuel wouldn't be drawn into the piracy debate. "That's a conversation for the majors — whether that's the publishing houses, the studios, the TV networks — with the government…The content creators have had their conversations [already]."
In addition to the marriage with Silicon Valley, he said that Hollywood also needed to "make a marriage with Madison Avenue," and that new models with advertisers would start to be seen soon on Internet platforms before moving into TV, film and publishing.
Speaking to aspiring content creators here in the MIddle East, he did note that the US agencies don't have outposts here yet, but said that ambition anywhere can be rewarded. "The infrastructure we have created in the US doesn't exist here, or in China. [But] It's never the case where talent that can be monetised across international markets will not get noticed. If you're talented I don't care where you live." To drive home the point, Emanuel made a point to note that he is now visiting the Gulf states more frequently.


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Bob Gates was right about the White House. Why didn't he speak out when it counted?
If the United States were a vast psychiatric clinic—and who knows, maybe it is—former defense secretary Robert Gates's new memoir, Duty, could be marketed as a 600-page Rorschach test.
The Washington Post's Bob Woodward describes it as full of "harsh judgments" of Obama, while a Huffington Post analysis suggests that Gates's comments "could … put Obama's defense record in a good light." The Post's Chris Cillizza thinks revelations in Gates's memoir could "haunt Hillary in 2016," while an NPR story suggests the book "could prove helpful to Hillary Clinton." On Fox News, Howard Kurtz asserts that Gates has "betrayed the president who appointed him" by relating the details of private conversations. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-N.C.) thinks the book proves that it's President Obama who did the betraying, by "not listening to [military] commanders, rejecting sound advice" and letting military judgments be "overruled by political people in the White House." All this, and the book isn't even officially out and available (presumably including to many of those now commenting on it) until January 14.
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There's no question that during his five years as secretary of defense, Gates himself was something of a cipher, at least to those outside the Pentagon. President Obama's staff initially dubbed him "Yoda," after the wise but inscrutable Star Wars character. He was a Republican, but generally perceived as a moderate more in synch with the pragmatic Obama than with the neoconservative ideologues who shaped George W. Bush's decisions to invade Afghanistan and then Iraq after the attacks of Sept 11, 2001. Gates's courteous, quiet, above-the-fray demeanor made him an influential voice in an administration not famous for its deference to dissenting views.
But just as the later Stars Wars "prequel" movies reveal the seemingly Zen-like Yoda to have been a fierce and uncompromising fighter, Gates's memoir shows a similar willingness to take no prisoners. Congress? "Uncivil, incompetent… parochial, hypocritical, egotistical [and] thin-skinned." Vice President Joe Biden? "Wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades." Obama's national security staff? Inexperienced campaign hacks clueless about the military chain of command and prone to "micromanagement and operational meddling."
President Obama isn't spared either. Gates paints a picture of the president as an emotionally detached, politically calculating leader. When it came to the war in Afghanistan, Gates recalls leaving a meeting in the Situation Room convinced that "the president doesn't trust his commander [General David Petraeus] … doesn't believe in his own strategy, and doesn't consider the war to be his. For him, it's all about getting out."
All this is gratifying grist for the Washington gossip mill, but is Gates really telling us anything we don't already know about the tense White House-Pentagon relationship? Will Gates's memoir lead to a more nuanced understanding of the causes of mutual mistrust between the Pentagon and the White House—a mutual mistrust that can lead to lethal mistakes—or will the larger issues be obscured by partisan efforts to use Gates's words to further political ends? In other words: When the dizzying spin cycle generated by Gates's memoir comes to a halt, will anything in Washington be different?
There's a venerable history of tensions—even very significant ones—between the White House and the military, from President Harry Truman's firing of Gen. Douglas MacArthur to John F. Kennedy's difficult wrangling with military leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis. To paraphrase Tolstoy, every unhappy White House-military relationship may be unhappy in its own way. Writing in these pages in November, I described the ongoing White House-Pentagon tensions over Libya, Syria and U.S. drone strikes: "There's an appearance of consultation, but you know you won't be listened to," one recently retired senior general complained of the White House. Another retired senior commander described a White House that viewed the use of military force through a political lens rather than a strategic lens, and was willing, in Syria, to "bomb somebody just to bomb somebody."
But Gates has added new substance to this critique—and given a much wider platform to the idea that there's something deeply dysfunctional going on between the Obama White House and the Pentagon. Insofar as Gates's memoirs reinforce an image of "crass politicization of the wars by the Obama administration," says Kori Schake, a Hoover Institution scholar of the military who served on President Bush's national security staff, they are "likely to make the military even more wary…. Gates is revered by the American military … his criticism will cut deeply."
Charges of "crass politicization" of national security can surely be leveled at Bush's administration as well, but even many of Obama's early supporters agree that he has never shown much interest in understanding the military. "This White House … has been devoid of people serious about defense since day one," laments another former Pentagon staffer who served under Obama. "Who has gone from the Pentagon to the White House? Only low-level staffers. Who had serious Pentagon experience before serving in key posts at the White House? No one. How has the Obama team cultivated a defense bench for the next administration? Not really at all. It's a bunch of Hill-trained political opportunists running U.S. defense policy and not the real strategic thinkers and professionals like Gates." I served at the Pentagon myself from 2009 to mid-2011, and generally had a similar reaction: Though there were notable exceptions, many of those on President Obama's national security staff showed little knowledge of how the Pentagon and the military worked, and less interest.


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BERLIN (Reuters) - Engineering conglomerate Siemens AG aims to save 6 billion euros ($7.7 billion) over the next two years as it fights to stay competitive in a weak global economy.
Siemens, Germany's most valuable company which makes products ranging from fast trains and gas turbines to hearing aids, has come under pressure to cut costs and focus on its most profitable businesses to close a gap with rivals such as ABB or General Electric.
"We know what we have to do, and we're doing it," Chief Executive Peter Loescher said in a statement on Thursday as the industrial bellwether reported declining quarterly profit that was still slightly above analysts' forecasts.
The savings target was much higher than the 2-4 billion euros analysts had expected, sending Siemens' shares up 4 percent - one of the biggest gainers in Europe.
"We see the cost program (at Siemens) as meaningful and credible. This is much better than many had expected," Morgan Stanley analyst Ben Uglow said.
Analysts at Citi said Siemens' 2014 earnings per share could be at least 13 percent higher than was expected before the savings - a mixture of cost cuts and efficiency gains - were announced.
Loescher said some of the company's 410,000 jobs would go, but declined to say how many.
He aims to increase annual sales by about one third to 100 billion euros in a few years, but a faltering economy has pushed prices down and eroded margins with little prospect of a pick-up any time soon.
"We certainly see a slowing global economy and more headwinds," Loescher told Reuters Insider TV in an interview, citing recession in Europe and a mixed picture in emerging economies such as China.
Siemens expects order intake to grow moderately in the financial year ended September 2013, following a 10 percent drop last year, while revenues will be lower.
Munich-based Siemens aims to improve its margin on operating profit from its four core businesses to at least 12 percent from 9.5 percent last year, closing a growing profitability gap with Switzerland's ABB, Netherlands-based Philips and U.S.-based General Electric.
Siemens trades at 12.2 times 12-month forward earnings, a discount to those companies, which have multiples of 12.4, 13.1 and 13.0 respectively, according to Thomson Reuters StarMine.
Its shares have gained 6.6 percent so far this year, well below a 23 percent jump by Germany's blue-chip DAX index, despite support from a 2.9 billion euro share buyback.
Siemens' energy business in particular has fallen behind peers, with the annual margin dropping to 7.8 percent from 17.2 percent due to delays in the connection of German offshore wind farms to power grids and trade sanctions on Iran that hit its oil and gas business in the fourth quarter.
Siemens said it expects net profit from continuing operations to decline to between 4.5 billion euros and 5.0 billion this financial year, from 5.18 billion last year, due to about 1 billion of costs from the savings programme and the impact of a change in accounting standards.
Overall, the saving drive will cost as much as 1.5 billion euros. Along with streamlining internal processes and cutting procurement costs, Siemens plans to boost profitability through acquisitions and disposals.
It has already announced plans to sell its solar units and on Thursday said it was selling water businesses with annual sales of about 1 billion euros and buying Belgian industry software maker LMS International for about 680 million euros.
LMS will become part of Siemens' bread-and-butter Industry business, where profit fell 6 percent in the fourth quarter, weighed down by a slump in income from wind power drives.
Overall, fourth-quarter net profit from continuing operations fell by 2 percent to 1.48 billion euros, weighed down by a 327 million euro hit at the oil and gas business in Iran due to new trade sanctions imposed on the country.
But that was still more than the 1.34 billion euros analysts had on average expected, partly thanks to higher healthcare profits in Asia and the Americas.
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Is anybody here into Battiato's early stuff? He's really far away from Italian Prog, but in the seventies he made a good bunch of electronic progressive records, that even predate Brian Eno's ambient works for a couple of years... Here are my picks:
- "Fetus" (1st. Lp, really zappaesque at times, and with Neil Armstrong's "sampled" voice in a song)
- "Sulle corde di Aries" (one of my favorite records: "Aria di Rivoluzione" always puts me on the verge of crying)
- "Clic!" (electronic prog with lots of sequences and found sounds, but also a string quartet...)
Some of his later (and poppier) stuff like "L' arca di Noè" or "L' era del Cingialle Bianco" are also really enjoyable, bot doesn't sound prog at all...
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I'm a great Battiato fan. In fact, the first record I ever bought was his.
First, I'd like to aks why has this post been moved to non-prog discussions. Evidently his first 3/4 albums ARE prog. That's more albums than many other italian groups. (And, by the way, I must say that I really dislike the new form of the forums from some months ago: everything is too separated. I used to visit almost every section, but now there are just too many, and some of them somehow nonsensical (prog non-music? what for?). But back to Battiato:
My favourite from the first years is 'Pollution', an album with managed to be experimental as well as featuring some memorable melodies. From 'Aries' I like 'Aria di Rivoluzione', but I found the record a bit boring.
His next period is almost unlisteneable. Some people like 'Clic', but I find it just too experimental. And his minimalistic output is... I don't know who to talk about a record consisting of two songs with just one chord each!
I recommend you listen to his latest record, 'Dieci Stratagemmi'. It's a mixture of his very good pop moments (I specially like 'L'imboscata') with some songs that can remind us the Fetus-Pollution style, like the single (!!!) 'Ermenutica'.
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Buy Pollution, totally freak-out... If you understand lyrics MORE than freak-out and he made it without knowing the music (a sort of Italian keyboard wizard Jimi Hendrix...)
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Absolutely agreed. The matter that Battiato's records doesn't sound like PFM or Banco doesn't mean at all they aren't progressive. Please, include them at the Archives!
"Areknames", from Pollution, is one of my favorite songs of all time, but the record sounds to me a little "unfinished" as a whole opus. "Fetus" is a nice patchwork of sounds, but "P." tries to take that concept to a larger scale (better studio, better equipment et al.) and fails a little. (I's just an opinion !) And "Clic!" is a nice electronic nightmare.
It seems amazing to me that such peaceful music like some italian prog (Area, Battiato, Picchio) was created in the midst of the turmoil of the "lead years" of mid - seventies, too.
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It appears that rehabbing Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing will get his wish.
During a week of meetings in Naples, Fla., the NFL's competition committee overwhelmingly agreed to support a rule change that would ban the type of peel-back block inside the tackle box that ended Cushing's 2012 season with a torn ACL, USA TODAY Sports has learned.
According to two people with knowledge of the nine-member committee's discussions, who would not speak publicly because proposed changes have not been announced, the committee will also seek to eliminate cut-blocks more than three yards outside the tackle box.
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Defensive players around the NFL -- who have long grumbled that the NFL doesn't protect them by rule as vigorously as it does offensive players -- may want to rejoice.
The rules changes are expected to be presented to owners during the annual NFL meetings in Phoenix that begin on March 18. At least 24 votes from owners are required to pass a rules change, yet typically owners adopt measures that have strong support from the powerful competition committee.
Clearly, the committee is intent on pursuing the agenda that it has carried to improve safety and better protect defenseless players. So the types of proposed changes that will be presented to owners are not surprising.
In addition to the extensive review, research and discussion during its annual conclave in Naples, which wrapped up Saturday, the competition committee elicited input recently from veteran players.
"Most of the blocks (targeted to be banned), you don't see much," a person with knowledge of the committee's work told USA TODAY Sports. "They fall under the code of ethics."
Cushing was injured in October on a block by New York Jets guard Matt Slauson that didn't draw a penalty, but resulted in a $10,000 fine. Slauson initially passed Cushing, then turned back towards the line of scrimmage to deliver a low blow on the unsuspecting linebacker.
Last week, Cushing told USA TODAY Sports that he would be proud to be the face of a new rule.
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