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Welcome back to the weekly TVF Gossip Girl Round Table, where our panel breaks down the previous night's episode (see our review from earlier this morning).
Below, TV Fanatic Managing Editor Mister Meester is joined by our esteemed President Gossip Guy for an in-depth discussion of "The Kids Stay in the Picture."
Our colleague DANdy is off partying with Jack Bass on a multi-nation tour of Southeast Asia and currently unavailable, so it's a two-man show this week ...
1. What was your favorite Gossip Girl quote from last night?
Gossip Guy: Absolutely goes to Dorota for correcting Blair and identifying Dan as more of a Labrador than a toad.
Mister Meester: Blair defending Dan and putting Chuck in his place. She may have been too quick to dismiss what she has with Dan, but at least she recognizes him for the standup guy he is, and tore Chuck a new one for involving Dan in his "plot."
2. Focus on Lily's relatives and husbands: Fun change of pace or boring filler?
Gossip Guy: Oh those were here relatives? Seriously, I was wondering who that old lady was. What happened to the fun sister we met in the flashback!? B O R I N G. Hopefully, Charlie will prove to be fun and not just a weird incestual love interest of Dan. Wasn't her cousin / your step-sister enough for you? I saw that look you were giving her...
Mister Meester: I'm not writing this off yet because there are still four episodes left, and there MUST be more to Carol and Charlie than meets the eye, but this was not an exciting episode largely for this reason. The writers have been obsessed with Lily's back story ever since the spinoff that wasn't. I just hope they came up with something good this time and that it ties in with the larger narrative. Also, Dan had better not hit that.3. More random, out of place confidant: Eric (for Dan) or Epperley (for Chuck)?
Gossip Guy: Please, Eric is so awesome I'd buy him as anyone's confidant. Plus, he's at least been paired up with Dan in previous episodes. Bringing back Epperley, and just explaining her complete change of character in one line? Pff.
Mister Meester: Epperley. Eric felt a tad forced but he's family, which is never too big a stretch. Besides, it's Eric. That kid rocks. Chuck and Epperley plotting - unnecessarily, no less - and sending clandestine texts just felt silly to me.
MEN OF LILY: The Rufus-Will drama felt a little ... unimportant.
4. Do you like Nate and Raina as a couple?
Gossip Guy: Yes, the scenes between them in Nate's bed were absolutely riveting. Much like my sarcasm.
Mister Meester: Hey, the guy needs someone something to do. No, really, I like seeing him as the supportive boyfriend and hope the producers give this relationship a chance to really work (even though I have a hunch it won't happen).
5: Rate last night's episode on the Vanessa Uselessness Scale (1-10).
Gossip Guy: This is why I logged in to my inbox to answer this round table. Holy crap. We've always joked about Vanessa being useless before. And unfortunately, I feel like the boy who cried "Vanessa is Useless" because I wasted all my ridiculous numbers. No number can really express just how useless she's become. She literally hides in shadows and comes in too late with advice via voicemails... MULTIPLE TIMES THIS SEASON. Just kill off her character already. Fine, you forced me to give a number: 7,248.
Mister Meester: 9.9 / LMAO at Gossip Guy.
6: Team Dair, Team Chair or Team Prince Louis?
Gossip Guy: Team Dair. They were too nice to each other this week with all that prince/princess crap. Bring back that witty Dair banter from the real Queen and her toad Labrador that I crave. Leave Chair for end game.
Mister Meester: Dan and Chuck sure left the door open for a third suitor, didn't they? Neither stepped up and Louis is going to make them pay the price. The question is whether either Chuck or Dan will fight to win her back - next week's promos sure look like the donut is back in the picture, but things aren't always what they seem. In fact, they usually aren't in Gossip Girl promos. To actually answer the question, I really miss Dair - at least the chemistry and the wit, the connection and them spending so much time together - but ultimately, romantically, I'm hoping for a Chair engagement at season's end.
What do you think? Sound off in the comments!
Steve Marsi is the Managing Editor of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Google+ or email him here.Tags: Gossip Girl, Round Tables
How do some of you just not get it? Chair is good tv. They are passionate and exciting! I dont get how many people treat Blair like shes this goody sweet princess, when she's a manipulating bitch, and she always was. Her and Chuck truly deserve one another. Nobody will ever love COMPLETE them, except one another. No two people have been created for each other so much than Chair. Dair is cute and witty, but ultimately dry. Awkward shoulder touch and half of second peck proved it.
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Gossip Guy, we agree so so so very much. I'm interested in Dair. I want them to play around with it. But it all has to come back to Chair! It just HAS to!!
Serena: (Talking about Blair over the phone) She hasn't left her bed in a week.
Chuck: She's pulling a Camille, but why? ("Camille� tells the story of Marguerite Gautier a famous 19th Century courtesan in Paris who lives by her beauty and the support of those men who can pay for it. The tragedy of her situation is that when life means very little to her and she finds herself slowly dying ofconsumption.) Blair: (lying down on her bed) I think I have consumption.
Dorota: Consumption not since 19th century. They have vaccine. Do I need to say more?
Heddy, i may remind you that Blair was hurt and Chuck came out of no where with a girl named eva, Blair then feels jealousy. The thing chuck did at the start was a minus anyway. And then, when Raina leaves chuck, he goes back to blair and then tries to get her back so he wouldnt be alone. Eww, I HATE CHUCK. I seriously hate him. Theres not one single thing thats good about him anymore. Blair deserves better but not a PRINCE! GG is having a guest star explosion. There were so many guest stars in this episode that we barely saw the MAIN characters!
no reality index this week? :(
Anybody else notice that what Chuck did to Dan is no worse than how Blair treated Eva? They both acted in jealousy because they felt the other person was beneath them.
I am so inlove with serena or should i say blake lively im obsessed with serena and dan im amazed
I was sooo disappointed with this episode. I was hoping for more Dair! I keep rewatching the episode and maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I'm convinced that Blair isn't as unmoved by the kiss with Dan. I mean if she realized she wanted to be with Chuck why would that make her stay in bed for a week... I think she was scared of some feelings for Dan and she was working it out. I think she convinced herself that it would be so hard especially because of their previous history of mutual loathing ... I think she chose Chuck because it's the safer route and he has the status that Blair wants. But now that she found out about his scheming she dropped him so quickly. She must have feelings for Dan because she was not cruel to him at all and she hasn't been for a while now so I hope she has feelings for him but is afraid to reveal them to him. I hope Dair is endgame, they are so cute together.
I want Dair for a little while, (perhaps to make Serena and Chuck jealous intiially, then grow into something more). But eventually I want them to break up because I think they work best as squabbling friends. Chair as endgame definetly. But I really wish they'd let Chuck redeem himself, and I thought it was pretty unfair on Blair that after everything Chuck did (ie. moving on with Raina like a week after they broke up, what is up with all these chicks he's dating when he reckons Blair is the one and only? JUST STOP CHUCK!!! It was so much better when Blair had been his first and only girlfriend, it made his love more epic and redeeming, like he only ever tried his best to make it work with her.) Anyway after everything Chuck has done to her she's all like oh yeah i want to be your girlfriend again. She always has to forgive hiim, well how abotu evening up the playing field, let her do something really bad and make him have to forgive her for once. Otherwise Chuck just comes off beeing a jerk, and Blair a desperate girl giving up her dreams for a guy. At least Louis may make Chuck and Dan fight for Blair, that would be interesting, and for once Chuck can chase her around. Anyway I hope they don't make Dan go out with the cousin, icky and weird. He's better off with Serena, the cousin bores me I hope she's not a regular, she's just another judging character. Get rid of Vanessa, seriously she's like a creepy stalker watching people from behind corners and then snitching on them! I really hope they never forgive her and she moves away forever = P. What's up with gossip girl reporting about adult (ie. Lilly's) problems? What teenager cares about people their parents age?? It would have been better and more believable if she'd posted about the Dair kiss. It is called gossip girl after all, have her life altering OMG blasts again!!!! And did anyone else find it incredibly sad Chuck had to take a picture all by himself = (. I know Lilly was trying to keep his company away from her scandals, but they could have at least invited him to dinner or something after (or the family photo for their private collection). I mean come on the guy can't enjoy his hotel room because his ex and his BFF are using it as their love nest. Blair doesn't want him. And his biological family (except for his jerk uncle) are dead. Give the guy a break! It's funny how Rufus is like oh now Dan is here the whole family is together, and no one corrected him = (. With an adopted family like that he might as well have no family lol.

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I'll have a full report in Sunday's D&C, focusing a lot on the Wings' relationship with the Batavia Muckdogs, but here are some general thoughts:
- I really like Tom Nieto, the new Wings manager. He seems like a gentleman. It was almost too easy working with Stan Cliburn, because Stan would say whatever was on his mind (and that often got him into trouble with the parent Minnesota Twins). I feel I'll have to earn Tom's trust, and that's fine.
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- I told Tom he had "a lot of nerve" bringing his dark tan to Rochester. We must have all looked like ghosts to him.
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- Something to whet your appetite about: new items on the menu this year include a Friday clambake, hard ice cream and the ever-intriguing hot dog wrapped in a pretzel.
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- Superfan Ed Blasko was wearing shorts. In seven degree weather. I have no words.
- My personal opinion is that the Wings were good souls to try to save baseball in Batavia, but it's not going to work. The Muckdogs are on a respirator, and the Wings have the plug in their hands. They shouldn't feel guilty about pulling that plug, because it makes financial sense to do so. They gave the city of Batavia two seasons it might not otherwise have had. A friend who works in Batavia told me the people there are basically resigned to the club leaving. But you know what? Why not try supporting your local team en masse, and seeing what happens? You could save baseball in Batavia by going to some games.
- I was surprised by how few questions there were, and some of the offbeat topics: Fix the lightbulbs in the right-center scoreboard? Trim the pine trees so that fans can see the trains? (Can you trim the tops of pine trees? Besides, the trees are owned by the railroad company). One fan spoke forever about the Wings supporting Little League.
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Rated 3 out of 5 by Chris1605 Acceptable Hotel I usually stay in this hotel when in Houston and quite enjoy both its location and its room size. However, on this occasion the hotel was starting to look a little tired. When I arrived in the room, there was still some trash in the trash can and some general signs of wear & tear in the furniture (the wardrobe doors did not slide properly and the bureau looked like it had been poorly repaired. I would advise Sheraton to invest in some refurbishment. November 5, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by JDK23 Great location, however hotel has been under construction for years Hotel is in the galleria district close to shopping however definitely still need a car. That being said, parking is extra and charged at $14/night- too much in a city where everyone drives everywhere (not like NYC, CHI, etc). SPG status is nearly never recognized and upgrades don't really exist here. Despite this, the rooms are large and spacious. Have stayed here several times and each time some other aspect of the hotel has been under consrtuction December 23, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by cmeresource425 Restaurant Overwhelmed We had a large group (>200) and early morning starts and short time frames for lunch. The restaurant could not get ready early enough for breakfast and could not keep food on the lunch buffet line for all in line. Also, the breakfast was included in the room rate but the accountability changed from day to day. Day one your name tag allowed you in for breakfast, Day two you needed a coupon, day three it was state your name and room number at the door. November 9, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Isaiah6 Limited Stayed at this location and the customer service on the night shift needs improvement. You really should look into extending your internet to guess for free. The environment wasn't people friendly, we stayed there 3 days and the only person that greeted us was the the staff in restaurant during breakfast. No hospitality was extended at all. Very disappointed. July 7, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Eakaodell Houston getaway I enjoyed the hotel stay, staff was very friendly and helpful. The room was nice although I received a double-suite request was for king-suite. The second night of our stay, I slept in the other bed for comfort purposes. We also didnt find a microwave at the facility, but I guess it was a bit too upscale for those amenities. Location was nice, but hotel lot was hard to reach and hard to exit from due to traffic. Never got 2nd room card to work. August 8, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Bob77 This This hotel is very nice and comfortable, I like getting my newspapers daily; However it seems that it's not deliver constantly when I'm staying there. I have a quick question about the green choice, why when I opt to go with the green choice I don't receive shampoo or soap? It would be nice that the hotel staff check the rooms to see if there is shampoo and soap for guests when they ran out, Other than that I really enjoy staying at this hotel September 8, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Larry526 Reporting event. I was attending a business event, and while I was staying in the room, they had double-booked my room, while I was relaxing in my room. A man with a valid key got into my room. Even though later on they fixed the problem, I don't feel secured that night any more. They promised to give me a 4000 points in reward points. I did not receive. And I like to talk to their customer support manager for a complaint, but I was not getting a response. May 27, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by melindab 1984 Furnishings Parking was an issue on Sat night as they had an event at the hotel. There were cars everywhere, and we had to drive around the block to get back into valet parking. The sink faucet made this loud whistling sound that only shut off at a certain spot. The interior has not been upgraded since the 1980s. The location was awesome, and you can't beat the price for the location that you are in. They should reduce the pts needed to redeem a room. April 14, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by cruisequeen VERY COMFORTABLE BED GREAT COMFORTABLE BED, GREAT LOCATION IN THE GALLERIA AREA. I USUALLY STAY AT ANOTHER STARWOOD PROPERTY IN THIS AREA, BUT I WILL BE RETURNING HERE.... August 8, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by TravelerL2H Hotel is great, but smelled stale smoke in the bathroom I have stayed at this hotel many times. Overall, the room is great. However, on my most recent visit, I smelled stale smoke in the bathroom of my non-smoking room. If I had not checked in so late, I would have requested a room change which I am sure they would have accommodated. July 25, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 Needs Work Turned on the water in the bathroom everything shook. The pipes to the shower, the knob turning on the water - not connected to the wall. you could touch the faucet and everything up to the shower would move. The toilet flooded the bathroom - took them 1.5 hr to come up and that was only after we went down and told them again. Bathtub was rusted from constant dripping of water. Trash left in the room on the floor from previous stay. April 23, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Em55 Best of everything hotel I travel a whole lot for work and pleasure. The only time that I/we don't stay in a Starwood hotel or resort is because there is not one in the city that I'm visiting. I always fine all the staff really friendly and helpful and just really make us feel welcome and that our needs are important to them. I definitely recommend this hotel for any purpose. June 30, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by DeeK Bad experience Check in was great. The room wasn't as clean as it should have been. Carpet was stained. From the 2nd floor to the 9th the ice machines where broken. On my second day there the hotel held a event that some group booked one of the ball rooms. That night I went to dinner and when I returned there wasn't any parking for several of the guest staying at the hotel. I spoke tomthe gentleman at the desk and his response to us was the group at the event paid good money for the room and there was nothing he could do for us. We had to leave the cars out front and come down and see if spaces where available. I do believe I paid for the hotel and parking and drove several hours the day before and parking my car near the hotel and paying for it should have been just as important as the group function. Of course we couldn't get in touch with the manager. I wouldn't stay there again April 15, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by MsSLK I Never Knew... I never knew that the Sheraton was such an amazing hotel. I knew of it...had seen it...passed it. I assumed it was a decent hotel. However, I had always elected to stay at more familiar and better publicized hotel chains. This was a big mistake. The service I received at the Sheraton far surpasses any service I have received at any other hotel chain in the U.S. Also, I was made to feel like a guest, not a credit card holder. There were no hidden fees or charges. Everything in the business center was complimentary, unlike another hotel in the area that is a part of the Starwood line. The staff was genuinely accommodating and always went the extra mild. On my return flight home, I was already giving the Sheraton rave reviews and recommending it to a couple I encountered at the airport that had missed a connecting flight and was trying to decide on a hotel for the night May 13, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by smoothnjazzy Started out rough but ended okay. Somehow my reservation was cancelled without my approval on a prepaid room. I had to wait until mid-morning to get the problem remedied. Customer service should be priority #1. I didn't think telling a customer you have to wait for the manager to wake up before calling them was appropriate when you're in the customer service business. Supervisors normally are always on call or available, especially the manager. June 11, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Den12 optional accommodation First stay at this hotel in Houston, Galleria.Was extremely disappointed and shocked at the lack of service and failure to address concerns...whether it was the room not being cleaned for duration of my stay or food arriving late and without cutlery(and still charged for the meal!).Website description is misleading. The shuttle service and cab staff was the only positive experience during this business trip. October 29, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by Scott9128 Dirty Rooms Checked into the hotel and found the room we were given had several red stains on the carpet. We asked to be moved and were moved promptly. The next room we were given had crayon stains all over the carpet. The rooms were loud from hallway noise. Service was fine, we didn't eat on the property. Garage parking is available and easy. This was one of the lowest quality Starwood hotels I have ever stayed in. December 9, 2011
Rated 2 out of 5 by Karen101 Not spectacular for price! I stayed at this Sheraton for one night on a business trip. Receptionist was friendly and rooms were clean, but this was not a spectacular hotel for the price I paid! There was no cold water in the bathroom sink and shower! When I turned the knob to Cold, the water was hot and when it was on the Hot side, it was scalding! Room service was a bit on the slow side (it was after 8pm). Room needs a facelift. April 18, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Tarkheena Great Hotel, but Restaurant wasn't up to par The hotel was very nice. The room was clean, the staff was excellent, and the valet was quick to get me directions to my destination. The restaurant left something to be desired. The food was heavy and oily and the steak (considering it was an Omaha Steak) was a bit mealy. Overall, I would rate the hotel very highly. I would not, however, eat in the hotel restaurant again next time I stay there. April 2, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by MJ04 Congested Location Room was newly remodeled and comfortable. However, feeder road to hotel was extremely busy, so it was hard to get into and out of the hotel. If you are looking for a quite location to spend time at the pool, this is not the place! Half of the parking garage is outside parking which can be really hot for your vehicle. June 23, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Twolovebirds Impressive I enjoyed my stay at the Sharaton Suites Galleria. The suites are cozy. Conceirge staff was helpful and offered suggestions of attractions and things to do nearby. The room was very clean and had almost every amenity needed to have a great stay. The only thing missing in the room was a microwave, being that there was a mini fridge. Overall I would recommend this hotel to anyone visiting Houston. July 25, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Gazy2 As comfortable as home! Coming to Houston is always a treat for me and the Sheraton Suites is always my welcoming point. The location is central to all the friends I want to visit and it could not be more perfect for shopping and dining. The rooms are so comfortable the living room area is especially nice when someone stops by. The staff is always warm and friendly and the business center is spacious and well designed. January 15, 2013


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Well, after two games in the series it's about damn time. Black cape and cowl. No conspicuous man panties. Shorter ears. I'm really digging the practical look of this new batsuit.
I'm so glad to finally say sayonara to this FUGLY absurd outfit.
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I have been having a lot of conversation, doing a lot of reading, about modern politics and economics. Anarchists and Marxists are among my friends nowadays, and the root causes for a lot of modern oppression is a fun thing to debate about. I like debate! But so much of the conversation is ahistorical. As a student of the early medieval period, I am perhaps more aware than some that class structures are not the same thing as 'capitalism', however that is defined. 'Pre-capitalist' societies were also predicated on some folk coming under other folk- for all that there is no wealthy middle class in Anglo-Saxon England, or that the pursuit of profit was all-consuming, one still has kings and clerics, abbotts and peasants.
So today, when I came across David Korten's article "The End of Empire" at Yes! Magazine, I had only one response: Citation Needed.
As the institutions of Empire took root, humans turned from a reverence for the generative power of life to a reverence for hierarchy and the power of the sword. The wisdom of the elder and the priestess gave way to the arbitrary rule of often ruthless kings. Social pathology became the norm and society's creative energy focused on perfecting the instruments of war and domination. Priority in the use of available resources went to military, prisons, palaces, temples, and patronage.
Citation needed.
Seriously. 'Turned from a reverence for the generative power of life'? What? I don't even know what that means. Is he trying to say that pre-monarchical societies revered life? The human sacrifice of captured enemies practiced by pre-Christian Germanic peoples puts paid to that particular lie. What makes the so-called 'wisdom' of a priestess or an 'elder' any less arbitrary or ruthless than that of a king or emperor? For that matter, the Roman Republic is one of the clearest examples of the kind of dominating 'Empire' that Korten is blithering about, and that wasn't ruled by anything resembling a King! It was expressely founded to avoid kingship, and yet had no problems at all with dominating neighbouring cultures and civilisations.
I, too, have many issues with the modern world and its emphasis on greed and destruction of the Other to further itself. I readily agree that many of our modern concepts of fair play and 'freedom' (.i. freedom for those on top, and fair play for those who rule) were forged in the corrupting and sadistic smithies of ancient empires. Any student of any period of history can see these things play out.
Yet human history covers a period some five thousand years long, and our species has experiemented with many types of governance and systems of rulership- some fairer than others. If one wishes to discuss the historicity of modern imperialism, then get the fucking history right.
Take a university course! Read some books! Understand what the hell you are talking of before you seek to condemn it. Because every time I see a fellow member of the so-called 'Left' blithering about history in such ignorance, I cover my face in my hands and start to gently weep.
I am willing to be your ally. I want to stand alongside you against government corruption, against hierarchical hatred, be for the people. While you continue to be wrong, I will not. I cannot, in good academic conscience, be willing to nod my head alongside people who are wrong. When people in the atheist movement get a matter of religion wrong, I call them on it. When feminist activists get scientific matters wrong, Jen McCreight calls them on it. If one can get basic facts simply wrong, or one overextends a generalisation, it calls the entire movement into disrepute.
So. Citation fucking needed. Bring me your evidence, and then I will call you my ally again. But until you know, shut up.


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I'm rather ambivalent toward Claudio Ranieri, even though he's still considered a worthwhile coaching choice despite the shaky premises of his football. I enjoyed his work in Spain and England, but I would never call it a masterpiece. As for his protracted time in Italy, its robustness could easily fool viewers into astonishment, yet it was more interesting in theory than in delivery. In times of free-ranging tactical sophistication, Ranieri alternated an unmistakable defensive approach of his own with delirious flights of pugilistic soccer. Only in the field of percussive midfield he could be said to have assimilated some of the exquisite melodic inversions of the European game. Headily reclusive, Ranieri's style is best characterized as one of fluid contradictions. Except for an all-star reunion with Totti at Roma, his playing grew increasingly conventional; by the time he cemented a reputation as the ultimate 'fixer' of football he began to appear retrograde—like, say, a great be-bop saxophonist of the past who had lost the attention of young listeners.
Ranieri's moral rectitude and ethical composure always presented an illusory volatility (as in the case of his tenure at Juventus, where he was the co-author of very dubious marketing decisions and where he finally acted as though he could cause his former bosses some toothache by revealing newly found scraps of studiospeak and locker-room secrets, which, in truth, could only satisfy the anally oriented); his career, however, retained a great dignity. So I am inspired to take a few risks here and issue a marathon repackaging of Ranieri's stages as a coach, by illustrating them as an underground progression in sci-fi artwork. And the selection starts here:—
First Serie A Spells: Down to Earth.
As much as the completist delights in searching through back catalogs of dusty football performances, the entire plot of Ranieri's career revolves around a vengeful/vindictive/insane man inflicting tortures on an unsuspecting audience. This period is of the PG-13 sort, and it also establishes the pattern of Ranieri as the über-realist. His moves are a lesson in entropy, dry as a martini.
Summary (limited spoilers): launched Gianfranco Zola to replace Diego Maradona at Napoli, and won a Coppa Italia with Fiorentina in 1996. Final Evaluation: 3/5 (low adrenaline pumping).
At Valencia: Eight Keys to Eden.
This tract is actually divided in two halves: one readable and relatively thought-provoking, the other overshadowed by failure. Ranieri's style is, at this juncture, an intellectual climb into higher grounds of football lore, with a few eureka moments, such as the Copa del Rey in 1999, some slumping starts, and the forced strain of unfunny humor creeping in at the wrong moment.
Summary (no spoilers): credited with establishing Valencia's future successes, with helping out Gaizka Mendieta, and with an abundance of Italian signings, including Marco Di Vaio, Stefano Fiore and Bernardo Corradi. Final Evaluation: 4/5 (good early plotting), 1/5 (abysmal last season ending with him being sacked).
In Madrid: Waters of Death.
In a desperate attempt to recreate the shimmers of his nostalgic Valencia beginning, Ranieri moves to Madrid; never as in this phase, his football is a masquerade of decaying limbs and putrid puddles. Brought in to facilitate the harvesting process, he ends up witnessing the dissolution of the club management and with no oxygen or gas left in the tank.
Summary (short-lived): resigned nearing the brink of relegation to avoid the wrath of a notoriously unmerciful president. Final Evaluation: 1/5 (a terrible situation).
The Chelsea Canon: Conversations.
With minimal digressions, this is the period that establishes Ranieri's international reputation: a relentless affair, distilling soccer wisdom from a morally upright figure into something occasionally poignant, yet ultimately unremarkable. While the famous accusation of over-rotating the Chelsea squad earns him the predictable jingoism and distrust of otherwise sympathetic pundits (who conclude, in David Platt's words, that "building a team that can win the title and actually steering this team to the title are two different matters entirely"), this period should be seen as the one in which Ranieri, a staunch pragmatist, actually decides to risk everything in a series of bizarre substitutions.
Summary (all is well-known): formed the first Frank Lampard-midfield in history, spent £120 million prior to a record-breaking season, and penned a memoir with the laughable title of Proud Man Walking. Final Evaluation: 4/5 (the vintage Tinkerman years).
Fighting Shape: Magellan.
In February 2007 Ranieri is appointed at Parma to begin what would remain a brief and successful run offering enormous allegorical implications for his future as a coach. With the relegation battle in full-swing, he manages 17 points out of 10 matches. Impressive goals-scoring is intermittent, but the Ranieri philosophy looks intact: tranquilizing football government; hunger and fear of death defeated.
Summary (surprising developments): avoided relegation and linked with several managing jobs. Final Evaluation: 4/5 (the first of his last-minute sequences).
Scary Monsters: The Man in the Maze.
As a Juventus coach, during the aftermath of the match-fixing scandal, Ranieri is again in contact with interstellar beings and recalled like Philoctetes is lured back into action to help the Achaeans. He emphasizes managing trends that have surfaced in the past: support of holding midfielders (like the young Claudio Marchisio) and bad marketing calls (like the unforgivable opposition to the transfer of Xabi Alonso to Italy). This period is a dark and brooding backdrop for the human drama of old age that unfolds: Ranieri's impotence only underlines Mourinho's power-hold and, as a final touch, is being sacked by youth chief Ciro Ferrara.
Summary (predictable spoilers): fought with vigor and intensity against a better enemy, brought the concept of 'emergency board meeting' to a whole new level. Final Evaluation: 3/5 (band-leader exercises).
Back to Rome: The Bright Phoenix.
Early in 2009 a time-worn but proven Ranieri comes back to a Roma side in paltry, woeful devolution from Spalletti's mechanisms of the "perfect" state; the coach, once again, shows the qualities of a character coming to grips with the deficiencies of the system and is not scared to return to a primitive but somehow "truer" pseudo-heroic soccer civilization. The fulcrum of Ranieri's transformation lacks any seductive nuance, except for the sinking into a forgettable melodrama of childhood, but his stern discipline is neatly summarized by a double substitution of the twin local champions, De Rossi and Totti, ending up in a derby-victory.
Summary (counter-intuitively): hailed by the Italian press, this sequence of Ranieri's career is actually sad and softened by surrender. Final Evaluation: 2/5 (a narrative of martyrdom).
At the Court of Moratti: The Dakota Project.
After Gasperini is sacked for poor performances, Ranieri signs a prestigious two-year contract as a coach of Internazionale. He shuttles between moments of intriguing characterization and oppressive gloom, until finally resorts to frustratingly obvious references to a "second coming" (of sorts). Beaten by Marseille in Champions League, his use of unusual footballing textures approaches the weird cytoplasmic orange covers of 1970s pulp fiction. His incapacity to handle Antonio Conte's tactical master-strokes ends the speculations about his inevitable replacement.
Summary (no spoilers): reconciled with Mourinho for both pragmatic and sentimental reasons, failed at a sunset-like, rough and belated dream of greatness. Final Evaluation: 2/5 (uneven). ♦


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We are pleased to announce that the Computing Services Department is changing its name to Information Technology Services (ITS), effective immediately.
While the name Computing Services has served us well over the years, the range of services that we provide now goes well beyond supporting traditional computers. The increased focus on web services, academic technology, application development and other new technologies has broadened the department's services, and we have decided that now is the time to rebrand and refocus the department name to reflect those additional services.
After exploring a number of new name options, we feel that Information Technology Services is the name that most accurately describes what we do.
We look forward to serving you in the future.
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Well, it was comedy all the way at the start of day two. I arrived in the main hall for the keynote speeches to be greeted by a 12 foot image of our glorious MD and serial blogger, Dorf and his glamorous assistant David Portas in a video presentation of the work Conchango has done with McLaren F1 using the filestream component of SQL Server 2008.
Following that we had a speech from Ben Stein; you probably know him as the boring teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off..."Bueller.....Bueller...". He's actually a respected economist and he gave a great speech about the state of the world's economies at the moment, throwing in a few jokes and discussing some of the major social and economic problems facing the US today. Not what you expect from a keynote but compelling stuff.
Having sat through three keynotes, I'm now concerned that I haven't heard any mention of two areas that are important to the work I've been doing for the last 3 or 4 years and in one of those cases which I thought would be fundamental to Microsoft's strategy for BI going forward.
The glaring omission is Master Data Management. In 2007 Microsoft purchased Stratature, one of the leading MDM tools on the SQL Server platform which looked at the time incredibly sensible since it filled a big gap in Microsoft's portfolio for BI and data integration.
I'm left wondering where Microsoft see Stratature (now "Micorosft MDM") fitting into their vision for BI; clearly it's not near the top of the priority list. There have been several posts on these blog pages about what MDM is and where it fits into data integration architecture, and one of its key roles is in the enablement of data services as part of an SOA. This is the second omission from any of the keynotes so far and I'll come back to it.
Microsoft seems to be playing safe with the data warehouse as the future of BI. With Project Madison on the horizon finally bringing the ability to scale, that's not surprising. It's a steady strategy that is proven and popular and the components that make up an MDM solution have historically been buried in traditional data warehouse projects. You can't do BI or build a data warehouse without using components of MDM - data mapping, cross reference, hierarchy management, data quality - but taking these concepts and building them out into a separate application promotes the ability to build more agile applications and integration technologies that can reuse the services that are captured in that separate MDM application.
I went to the MDM Customer round-table and got the first two questions in. OK they were probably a bit out of context for a customer session but worth throwing in there. The first was basically "where is MDM in Microsoft's strategy?" - The only response was from Stratature founder and compere for the session, John McAllister who acknowledged that "...we didn't get top billing". My second question asked where the panel thought MDM lived in the world of Gemini where users were being encouraged to do their data integration on the desktop. They looked at me like a taxi driver might look at someone running towards them at five-thirty on a Sunday morning in the rain wearing only a pair of underpants. The panel went mute but John moved us along by answering that if there was a need to map between different reference data, then Microsoft MDM would be a good solution for that. The problem there of course is that that doesn't quite fit the vision of "self service BI". Anyway I was left with the distinct impression that we have two teams driving forward but not speaking to each other a great deal.
Many of Microsoft's competitors are branching out into areas like EII. Forrester paint a good picture of how EII works via the provision of an "information fabric" - a virtual layer that sits above a set of integrated data services exposing data through a SQL (for bulk loading or performance requirements) or web service interface. Behind the fabric sits more traditional looking data integration where data is extracted from systems of record, integrated though reference to an MDM system and finally published to the interface. There may be a database behind the scenes holding data (the cache or warehouse) but equally there may be data services that issue pass through queries to systems of record. The point is that the data that is presented to consuming applications is consistent, clean, integrated and the single version of the truth, and the consumers don't need to know the actual pattern that is used to get their data. The added benefit of the realization of more real time access to data is also important.
This seems so far away from the DW-centric strategy coming from Microsoft that I'm wondering if it's even on their radar.
I've heard people mention Project Velocity and Project Astoria as potential ways to enable data services. I'm not going to comment on them here but neither was mentioned in any of the keynotes or sessions that I attended so I think if you're looking for them on the BI Strategy priority list, I'd start at the bottom and work upward.
Things took an unexpected turn when I went to Steve Walker's session on Building a BI Competency Centre. Steve is a data architect in the Database Consulting group at Chevron so our paths cross frequently. At the end of the slides, the audience woke up and it turned into an impromptu question and answer session and eventually Steve started fending questions in my direction. This started when someone in the audience asked about the work done in Aberdeen on Project Seer to enable BI through Service Orientation. "This is your lucky day, we have the author of that paper in the room....." and so it started. It ended with Steve changing the deck on the fly to put my email address up in lights. I'm claiming that as a speaking slot and will expect my Microsoft BI branded denim shirt in the post.
I was also approached in the Chevron session by someone who'd spotted my badge. I was expecting another question on Data Services but all I got was "...do you work with Jamie....I'm a fan of his..?"
OK. Timeout. For those of you out there missing Jamie's blog, I can ease the pain slightly by referring you to an interview with the great man. In summary, he "likes nothing more than getting the laptop out and hammering away", which I think we've all done in our time, however given his recent marriage his hammering is clearly taking priority over his blogging. Don't worry, he'll be back as soon as his two week honeymoon in a caravan outside the main gate of the Redmond campus is over.
The conference party was at the Qwest stadium, home of the Seattle Seahawks. It was good to get to walk around the pitch and have a few beers with some fellow-Brits from Contemporary, but events that encourage 3000 overweight men to queue up to play rock band karaoke aren't usually on my to-do list and all the free beer in the world sometimes isn't enough to banish the crushing sense of despair I feel working in this industry.
Back to the conference. Amir Netz gave us more details about Gemini, in a presentation focused around "That Guy". Expect this to be coming to a conference near you, repeatedly over the next two years. The spin was slightly different to the first day's keynote in that it focused on the overwhelming odds against the BI practitioner when facing "Those guys" that propagate Excel Hell throughout the organisation. The premise of Genesis is that it's much better to bring them into the BI effort in a controlled manner than to try and stop them, which given their numbers is impossible.
So some more technical details for you.
In this demo, Amir pulled 100 million rows into Excel. Data is stored in memory in a SSAS instance tied to the spreadsheet. In memory will be a new SSAS storage mode. There will be a lightweight set of ETL-like tools available within Genesis to transform the data on the way into Excel. ETL on the desktop folks. Any defined transformations will be re-applied when the data is reloaded. Relationships between data will be determined by a heuristic engine in the background that will look for column name matches or similarities and might even look at the data to see if relationships can be inferred from the values of the data elements themselves. Where the system isn't sure, the user will be prompted.
When published, the "sandbox" is posted back to the SharePoint server and the cube from then on is hosted in memory on the server, along with any other sandboxes that have been posted back. The server will automatically configure multiple SSAS instances behind SharePoint and connectivity between the UI and its cube will be enabled through SSAS web services. You'll be able to see who is using your stuff through some "socialisation features", such as the names of people using each spreadsheet, its popularity etc.
Amir also demonstrated a nice looking admin UI - the operations dashboard - which showed a summary of all the sandboxes by popularity, size, queries etc and enabled the ability to drill into specific areas to show how trends for each sandbox had changed over time. There is also the capability to monitor the performance of the server in terms of both memory and CPU to diagnose potential problems before they happen.
Security will be in the file through SharePoint, not the data - so if you do pull those salary figures out of the HR database, do remember to lock it down in SharePoint.
Finally there will be an option to take popular sandboxes and hit an "upgrade to performance point" button and move them across to a regular SSAS instance.
The session was packed out and it seems to be universally popular among the attendees and I can't deny that we have seen some very slick demos.
So that's the end of the conference for me and the last of my briefs. The headline act was undoubtedly Gemini which stole the show.
There is going to be a lot of hype around Gemini and don't forget this is two years away so maybe I'm expecting too much of a complete vision at this stage. I have concerns around governance – without which we're just automating bad practice; the push for integration and transformation on the desktop is a worry and if I'm sat in the audience next year I'd want to see Gemini plugged into something much more realistic to see how the UI works with several large dimensions as filters. The stuff we've seen so far looks like EIS for the 21st century.
I'd like to see some some slightly deeper BI questions thrown at the tool that makes the SSAS engine on the desktop have to think beyond SUM(Sales) reports. We also need to see the realities of server requirements to cope with the creation of dozens of user generated sandboxes.
The lack of clarity of where MDM fits in to Microsoft's strategy has been a disappointing omission this week so I would like to see that given higher priority next year and hopefully by then we'll know more about how Zoomix will be integrated into the stack.
I'll end on the most interesting piece of news from a Conchango/EMC perspective – the DATAllegro acquisition is bearing fruit and with EMC hardware part of the reference architecture, Conchango's history in implementing large enterprise data warehouses and our as gold partner status with Microsoft in BI we're in a pretty unique position to help people take advantage of the advances in the technology.
Finally using all my powers of investigative journalism, I found out the correct name of the cover band on stage on Tuesday morning. Wait for it.....The Dudley Manlove Quartet. I couldn't make this stuff up. It's not a great name from a merchandising perspective is it? I'm still looking round for a tour Shirt though - "Manlove!" on the front and "Sleepless in Seattle 2008" on the back.
Preferably in denim.
Maybe sleeveless.
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Your blogs from the conference have had me laughing out loud. Mick.
Re Gemini and MDM - watch this space. We still have some things to reveal. It's early days in our discussions with the MDM team, but we do have some good things in the pipeline, although we're not talking about them for now.
Now I could do with a good drink to get the whole underpants image out of my head.
Thanks Donald. Crikey...if I thought about who actually reads this stuff, I probably wouldn't write it.
I look forward to you dispelling all my grumblings over the coming months!
Agree with Donald - your blogs were the most entertaining ones, although I don't think I got all the jokes - must be the elusive British humor - like why did you rename Gemini to Genesis - is this some kind of subtle Monty Python reference ?
Lol! Oops. That one was a mistake! For some reason I was doing that all the way through writing them and thought I changed them back. Put it down to a combination of jetlag, rushing to get them finished and a deep rooted pshychological obsession with Phill Collins for which I will be seeking immediate medical attention!


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