The 2013-2014 school year was an exciting time at NDSU.
The Spectrum compiled its 10 most important news stories of the year. The summarized stories represent those with the biggest impact on campus life, students and faculty during the year.
NDSU is considered a football school, but when the Bison men's basketball team won its first ever NCAA March Madness tournament game against the No. 5-seeded Oklahoma in Spokane, Wash. on March 20, the tables were turned.
Football success at NDSU is a given at this point, but when the Bison battled with Oklahoma in an overtime thriller, the excitement and energy felt by fans was arguably more intense than when The Herd stampeded over Towson.
The win had plenty of lasting effects; for one, it put NDSU basketball on the map. Perhaps the biggest effect, however, was the loss of head coach Saul Phillips to the University of Ohio.
NDSU's third national title in as many years meant the Bison football team is one of the most accomplished teams in FCS history.
The third consecutive trip to Frisco excited fans who took over the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. It was also the last game coached by Craig Bohl, who accepted a job at the University of Wyoming.
The national title, 15-0 season, big win over Kansas State and an ESPN College Gameday appearance mean the Bison are not just a middle-of-the-road Midwestern team but a college football powerhouse.
Because of the state's failure to fully fund its share of higher education costs at NDSU, students will make up the $3.5 million shortfall next year when President Dean Bresciani will increase tuition across the board by 4.23 percent.
The State Board of Higher Education approved the future increases when it raised the tuition limit increase in April. Bresciani told the SBHE the increase was necessary to fully fund all of NDSU's programs.
Meanwhile, the state continues its tremendous economic growth and the North Dakota University system will see $180 million in new construction and other projects at its 11 schools.
There are some new faces at the head of three NDSU athletic teams.
The biggest coaching change was perhaps the decision by football head coach Craig Bohl to accept an offer as the head coach of the University of Wyoming football team before the Bison took on the Towson Tigers in their third consecutive national title.
Bohl was one of the most successful coaches in NDSU history, and he created a football dynasty many believe will carry on with new coach Chris Kleiman.
Men's basketball coach Saul Phillips also departed after a successful season. His teamed reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament. He accepted an offer from the University of Ohio.
Assistant coach Dave Richman replaced Phillips. This will be Richman's first head coaching job.
Women's basketball coach Carolyn DeHoff resigned after her lackluster tenure as head coach. She was replaced by Penn State assistant coach Maren Walseth.
NDSU was named one of the least diverse universities in the country by a U.S. News and World Report ethnic diversity report.
Officials at the school said they are working to attract a more diverse population of students, but many challenges exist, including the weather, the low diversity of the state and limited financial resources.
NDSU's white student population currently sits at 80 percent. Many students said the lack of diversity is noticeable, and many don't think the school is doing enough to change the situation.
The North Dakota University System sent notice to students, faculty and staff when suspicious access to one of the system's servers was detected in February.
News of the server attack wasn't released until March.
NDSU student government officials floated an idea to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages during football games to curb binge drinking before the game.
While some said they were open to the idea, including the Fargodome management, others were skeptical of the idea.
President Bresciani and administration balked on advancing the idea. Others with issues included community members and employees of the dome.
An agreement between the City of Fargo and the University Police drew a challenge from a few lawyers who questioned whether or not the campus police should have jurisdiction off campus.
The question of revenue from NDSU's off-campus enforcement came up; some questioned if the state was inadvertently funding the Fargo Police Department.
Fargo Police chief Keith Ternes and NDSU University Police and Safety Office director Raymond Boyer said the agreement does not favor one party over the other.
The agreement, which is about 20-years-old, is currently under review by higher education officials in the state.
After months of lobbying for student government funds to help repair the NDSU Rugby team's field, the club sport was delivered a major blow.
Team members say the field is in very poor condition, and visiting teams don't want to play on it.
Not only did the student government not have enough money to fund renovations, but the team was notified by owners of the field to tell them the land may be developed.
The team is currently looking for alternatives.
In November, a series of break-ins rattled the NDSU community.
The series of robberies had students and police on high alert.
In response, the NDSU police and Fargo Police increased patrols in the area the break-ins occurred.


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Protection from natural disasters (Current page)
Protection from natural disasters
There has been a worldwide surge in natural disasters, as seen when Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti and Cuba on 4th October. Being more prepared for such events would save lives. For Handicap International, which is implementing 15 natural disaster risk reduction projects across the world, it is crucial that local people are trained directly.
Villages in the Batticaloa region of Sri Lanka meet to draw up an emergency evacuation plan. They have drawn a map of the village on the ground. | © Handicap International
Hurricane Matthew's passage through the Caribbean last week demonstrates the importance of preparing people - in particular, those who are isolated - for natural disasters. The aim is to limit the loss of life and the long-term consequences.
How do we help villagers facing floods or droughts? How do we put contingency plans into place and define each person's responsibilities? How do we put together emergency response teams and a monitoring and alert system? How do we ensure the equal inclusion of most vulnerable people, in particular people with disabilities?
Handicap International is implementing 15 programmes worldwide to respond to these challenges. In Sri Lanka, the organisation helps inhabitants of coastal villages to put in place evacuation plans. In Pakistan's Sindh region, which is particularly poverty stricken and vulnerable to disasters, it works on protecting both people and their property (livestock, agriculture, tools used for traditional work, etc.).How do we help villagers facing floods or droughts? How do we put contingency plans into place and define each person's responsibilities? How do we put together emergency response teams and a monitoring and alert system? How do we ensure the equal inclusion of most vulnerable people, in particular people with disabilities?
In Haiti and Cuba, Handicap International helps the authorities to draw up adapted national policies. It also helps many villages and areas to prepare against natural disasters, putting in place early warning systems, further developing evacuation plans and carrying out drills. According to Véronique Walbaum, Handicap International's expert on disaster risk reduction, the evacuation of people in these areas before the storm on 4th October was done rapidly and effectively. Knowing how the alert would be given and what each person had to do, etc. no doubt saved lives.
International Day for Disaster Reduction
Set up by the United Nations, the International Day for Disaster Reduction (13th October) is intended to raise public awareness of the measures necessary to reduce the risk should disaster strike.
© Benoit Almeras / HI
Explosive weapons Prevention
Explosive weapons: risk education to protect local people
After decades of armed conflict, the Lake Chad region remains littered with explosive remnants of war. HI puts up warning signs around hazardous areas and runs risk education sessions to protect local people from explosive remnants.
© Philippa Poussereau / HI
Federation Prevention
Humanity & Inclusion appoints a new Federal Chairperson
On Saturday 16 June, HI's Federal Board of Trustees elected Jean-Noël Dargnies as its new Chairperson. After a career in industry and higher education, he is taking over from Jacques Tassi, whose third term as Chairperson ended on Saturday.
© Kristof Vadino / HI
Prevention Rights
"Women with disabilities are thirty times more likely to have an unwanted pregnancy"
Every day, 1,600 women and more than 10,000 infants around the world die from complications during pregnancy or childbirth. On 28 May, International Day of Action for Women's Health, HI is highlighting the need to inform and warn about health risks and to help all women access appropriate healthcare.

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The Notorious Bettie Page DVD
In an incandescent performance, Gretchen Mol (The Shape of Things) stars as Bettie Page, who grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day. Complemented by an ensemble cast of acclaimed actors, such as David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck) and Lili Taylor (High Fidelity), the film brings to vivid life Bettie's fascinating world.
Release Date - April 2013
Run Time - 90 minutes
Format - NTSC (all regions)


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A: I googled around a bit and https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix seems to deal with that model (even if the name says "rgb").
It has docs on wiring too: https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix/blob/master/wiring.md
(Yes, I'm aware this is basically a link-only answer, but reproducing the wiring diagrams and all from Github wouldn't seem appropriate copyright-wise.)

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Trump's New Thoughts On His Travel Ban Are Making His Lawyers' Lives Miserable
His administration has been arguing it's not a "travel ban," merely a pause – but Trump is proudly calling it a "TRAVEL BAN."
By S.V. Date
WASHINGTON ― Government lawyers trying to defend President Donald Trump's travel ban in court might be excused if they decide they are stuck with the world's worst client.
With the case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, Trump early Monday let loose a string of statements on Twitter, criticizing opponents of his executive order banning travel from six majority-Muslim nations, his own Department of Justice, and the judiciary generally for being "political."
Federal appeals courts have struck down the ban, ruling that statements from Trump and other administration officials showed that the order unconstitutionally targeted Muslims. Trump's latest tirade adds to that body of remarks.
"To the extent that the government has taken a position ... and that position is at odds with what the president has said, it presents a challenge that the Department of Justice will have to deal with," said Alberto Gonzales, who served as President George W. Bush's attorney general a decade ago.
George Washington University law professor Orin Kerr, a former Justice Department prosecutor who has appeared before the Supreme Court, said the tweets make it harder for Trump's lawyers now to argue ― as other White House officials have tried ― that the "travel ban" wasn't really a "travel ban."
"A big question in the case is what the president intends," Kerr said. "It's directly undercutting what his lawyers are trying to say."
Lawyers working to keep the travel ban off the books seemed to agree. The ACLU posted a tweet Monday afternoon: "Yes, we may incorporate @realDonaldTrump's tweets about the ban into our Supreme Court argument."
Mark Wilson via Getty Images
President Donald Trump Monday morning criticized opponents of his executive order banning travel from from six majority Muslim nations, as well as his own Department of Justice and the judiciary.
Trump started sharing his thoughts on the matter at 6:25 a.m.
"People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!" Trump wrote in the first of four tweets over 20 minutes. "The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C. The Justice Dept. should ask for an expedited hearing of the watered down Travel Ban before the Supreme Court - & seek much tougher version! In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the U.S. in order to help keep our country safe. The courts are slow and political!"
Trump continued tweeting Monday night and into Tuesday morning. He sent "That's right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won't help us protect our people!" at 9:20 p.m. And Tuesday morning added: "The FAKE MSM is working so hard trying to get me not to use Social Media. They hate that I can get the honest and unfiltered message out."
Perhaps the most surprising critic of Trump's statements was George Conway, husband of top White House aide Kellyanne Conway and who, until last week, was considering a top-level job with the Department of Justice civil division.
"These tweets may make some ppl feel better, but they certainly won't help OSG get 5 votes in SCOTUS, which is what actually matters. Sad," Conway wrote, referring to acronyms for the Office of Solicitor General and the Supreme Court of the United States.
A while later, as buzz spread from his original tweet – including the obvious copying of the Trumpism "Sad" – Conway posted four more threaded tweets: "Just to be clear, and in response to inquiries, I still VERY, VERY STRONGLY support POTUS, his Admin, policies, the executive order and of course, my wonderful wife. Which is why I said what I said this morning. Every sensible lawyer in WHCO [White House Counsel's Office] and every political appointee at DOJ wd agree with me (as some have already told me). The pt cannot be stressed enough that tweets on legal matters seriously undermine Admin agenda and POTUS―and those who support him, as I do, need to reinforce that pt and not be shy about it."
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders argued during Monday's daily press briefing that Trump's word choice really did not matter.
"The president isn't concerned with what you call it. He's concerned with national security and protecting people in this country," Sanders said. "He isn't concerned with being politically correct. He's concerned with protecting the American people."
The Justice Department last week requested that the Supreme Court take up the case. The justices have not yet announced whether they will do so.
This article has been updated to include Trump tweets from Monday night and Tuesday morning.
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The Beoplay M5: Solid Sound In A Stunning Design
Written by Daniel Hilarion Created: 28 February 2017
The new B&O Play M5 feels at home in almost any space.
I have never really understood the appeal of unboxing devices. Just what was so exciting about peeling the plastic off a cardboard box and having to deal with the squeakiness of Styrofoam? At least not until I received the B&O Play M5.
Peeling the stickers off the box and unsheathing the M5 from its wrappings was accompanied by a certain level of anxious anticipation. We've all come to expect the solid devices from the Danish sound company but, like any new launch, there is a certain amount of faith involved. Will this be a design and acoustic home run or will it be yet another launch to ignore?
We took the B&O Play M5 home for a week to put it through its paces.
Minimalist modern design
As expected, Bang & Olufsen delivers. The mind behind the design is none other than award-winning designer Cecilie Manz. Utilising a fabric cover by Danish fabric company Kvadrat, the M5 is one of those devices that fits in just anywhere. The fabric itself is an acoustically transparent wool blend and comes in four main colours: light grey, dark grey, moss green and dark rose.
True360 sound
Even if it were aesthetically perfect, a speaker is nothing without good sound and the B&O Play M5 doesn't disappoint. Under the aluminium hood is a large acoustic chamber that gives the device almost unrivalled resonance. The drum-like chassis also houses three tweeters, a full-range-capable mid-range driver and a 5in neodymium-powered long stroke woofer.
What we loved about the device is its solid bass comparable to other devices several times its size. Dubbed True360 Sound, music from the M5 is markedly bass-heavy out of the box, which isn't ideal for every type of listening experience. Although this can be quickly remedied with a few minor adjustments from the Beoplay app. Through the use of a special sound dispenser and further tinkering on the Beoplay app, the speaker is capable of dispersing sound uniformly, ensuring a well-balanced sound no matter where you are in the room.
Connecting multiple rooms
As you'd expect from a speaker in this category, the B&O Play M5 comes with built-in Chromecast, which allows you to stream your favourite tunes from your preferred service. With Chromecast, you can also connect each Chromecast-enabled speaker around your home to create a seamless listening experience. Other Chromecast devices in the Bang & Olufsen range include the B&O Play A6 and B&O Play A9.
The B&O Play M5 isn't a theatre sound system though. From what we gather, pairing another B&O Play M5 doesn't mean you can set each of them as left or right speakers. But that really isn't the point of these devices. If you're looking for a home-theatre sound system, the main Bang & Olufsen range of speakers will be better suited for your purpose.
The B&O Play M5 is a solid device that embodies everything that Bang & Olufsen stands for — good design and sound. Connectivity enabling seamless multi-room functions also makes it an ideal device for the home. And, at a price of S$899, we can't imagine any reason why you wouldn't want it.
W165 x H185 x D165 [mm]
Natural, Black
EFFECTIVE FREQUENCY RANGE
1 x 40W/160W peak, Class D for the woofer
1 x 30W/120W peak, Class D for the midrange
1 x 30W/120W peak, Class D for the front tweeter
1 x 30W/60W peak, Class D for rear tweeters
DRIVER UNITS
1 x 5' woofer
1 x 1.5' midrange
3 x ¾' tweeters
Closed cabinet
STREAMING FEATURES/SERVICES
Bluetooth Audio Streaming
QPlay 2.0 (China specific)
On mode: 10 W (Bluetooth at 30% volume)
Standby: 0.4 W
2.37W (Bluetooth mode)
2.84W (Line-in and Bluetooth working always)
2.57W (Wired network mode)
802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz & 5GHz) Bluetooth 4.0 (always open for pairing)
MULTI-ROOM FUNCTIONALITY
Beolink Multiroom
ROOM ADAPTATION
Free, Wall or Corner throughBeoplay App.
1 x Line-in 3.5 mm combi mini-jack analogue/digital (PCM)
1 x Ethernet 10/100Mb
1 x Mains connection
Wi-Fi dual band (WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n, 2.4 and 5 GHz)
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Physicists Achieve Success with Shape-Shifting Water Droplets
Friday, March 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin
College of Arts and Sciencesresearch
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are close to figuring out how to make biologically inspired robots that can change shape according to their environment.
Sheets of liquid droplets can spontaneously and reversibly change their shape.
A team of researchers, led by Mark Bowick, professor of physics and director of the University's Soft Matter Program, has demonstrated how sheets of liquid drops can spontaneously and reversibly change their shape. Their findings are the subject of an article in Physical Review Letters (American Physical Society, 2016) and a Synopsis at http://physics.aps.org.
The article is co-authored by Bowick; Jennifer Schwarz, assistant professor of physics; Tao Zhang G'15, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. alumnus of Syracuse; and Duanduan Wan, a Ph.D. candidate at Syracuse.
"Just as robots are able to pick up things and then put them down [a behavior known as reversibility], we've designed and modeled a three-dimensional network of water droplets to do the same," says Bowick, an expert in condensed matter theory and mathematical physics. "Through biological self-assembly, we've been able to create wild and wonderful shapes, like the petals of a flower or the body of a snake, starting with entirely flat layers. Reversibility is engineered by introducing an osmotic interaction to the network."
The implications for soft robotics—"a first-generation soft robot that can grab its load, squeeze into a tight space and unload, repeatedly," Bowick adds—are significant, possibly surpassing the capabilities of conventional hard robotics.
Underpinning such work is self-assembly, the process by which smaller components organize into ordered structures. Drawing on previous experiments, in which biologists have shown how micron-sized droplets self-assemble into various shapes, Bowick and his colleagues devised a theoretical emulsion by immersing water droplets in oil. The result was something like mayonnaise, but with droplets of water instead of oil.
Conjoined by permeable lipid molecules, the droplets formed a tissue-like structure. Salt was then added to create osmotic pressure, causing the sheets of droplets to fold into various three-dimensional structures.
"By swelling some of the droplets and shrinking others, the droplets morphed in size, and the entire network shifted its shape," Bowick says. "Such shape-shifting is the next important step toward osmotic robotics in this system."
Syracuse researchers focused their attention on a four-petal design that spontaneously folded to produce a hollow sphere. They also demonstrated how to reverse the shape change by placing the sphere within a liquid with a higher solute concentration.
"The droplets in the folding sphere lost water and shrank, causing the hollow sphere to unfold back to its original shape," Bowick adds.
Duanduan Wang, left, and Tao Zhang G'15
The renowned physicist says the experience has been "thoroughly collaborative," and included three years of "intense" weekly meetings. He reserves special praise for Wan and Zhang: "They made it possible by their dedication to this long and ambitious project."
Based in the Department of Physics, members of the Soft Matter Program explore the science of easily deformable matter, including liquids, colloids, polymers, foams, gels, granular materials and various biological materials. The program is co-organizing a multinational conference titled "Active and Smart Matter: A New Frontier for Science and Engineering," running June 20-23.
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There are two gatherings of individuals who are qualified to get Medicare benefits. The primary comprises of Americans and lasting inhabitants who have paid into the program for no less than ten years and are beyond 65 years old. The second gathering is comprised of people who are more youthful than 65, yet have certain inabilities and sicknesses. There has been a considerable measure of exposure about the complexities of agreeing to accept the program lately.
Be that as it may, Medicare enlistment is simple and much of the time individuals are joined naturally. This is for the most part valid for those individuals who are preparing to turn 65 and who are getting Social Security checks. The Medicare ID card will land via the post office roughly three months previously their birthday. Advantages are consequently initiated on the principal day of their introduction to the world month. You can also sign up for one of the Medicare supplement plans for 2019 at Medicaresupplementplans2019.com.
For those not as of now getting Social Security checks, they should contact the Social Security Administration. This is the division that handles the enlistment. To guarantee benefits begin on time, it ought to be done no less than three months previously the 65th birthday celebration. Medicare enlistment for those younger than 65 is conceivable if they have certain ailments or sicknesses, for example, Lou Gehrig's Disease or kidney disappointment.
If an individual experiences Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS), they are typically enlisted consequently when they start accepting their Social Security Disability benefits. There is no holding up period required. For the individuals who are experiencing kidney disappointment, they should have end-organize renal ailment and require a transplant or dialysis. Medicare advantages can be gotten three months after dialysis has begun.
Contact with the Social Security Administration must be made for Medicare enlistment. It isn't done naturally. For different inabilities, Medicare advantages can start two years after Social Security benefits are affirmed. As a rule, Medicare confines the capacity to include or drop scope choices after specific enlistment periods.
It is best for Medicare enlistment to occur amid the underlying enlistment time frame. Amid this time, qualified people can agree to accept any scope they need. When enlistment is finished and plan alternatives have been made, there are specific periods during the time when changes can be made.
In a few projects, for example, Medicare Part B, there are punishments for the individuals who don't join amid the underlying enlistment time frame. This implies a higher month to month charge will be required if they join later.


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Executive Chef Joel Pillar drinks a stout April 7, 2016, on the patio at Corridor Brewery & Provisions on Southport Avenue in Chicago. The weather might not be cooperating now, but many Chicago restaurants are eagerly preparing for the seasonal boom in outdoor dining.
Snow. Hail. Sun. Rain. Repeat.
It's certainly not ideal alfresco dining weather now, but rest easy, Chicagoans: Warmer temps are coming and hundreds of restaurants are setting up tables, chairs and umbrellas, preparing for cooped-up Midwesterners to break out of their winter doldrums and plop down at a patio.
More eateries than ever are expected to serve their salads and sidecars outdoors this year. The number of alfresco options has climbed steadily since sidewalk cafes began here three decades ago. But in recent years, they're also appearing much earlier — the number of permit applications in the first three months of the year jumped by nearly 70 percent from 2011.
Restaurant groups say sidewalk cafes and patios can act like a billboard, attracting customers and increasing sales by 10 to 30 percent or more. Some even say a sizable outside space is a necessity when considering new restaurant sites.
So while sun-starved Chicagoans slog through April showers, restaurants are training scores of employees to prepare for the moment when customers come out of hibernation. Customers tend to eat slower and drink more when the weather gets warm, so waitstaff schedules need to be tweaked and in many cases, restaurant staffs swell to account for the huge influx of customers.
Restaurateurs keep a plethora of data to predict how much staff they'll need, week by week, but Mother Nature really calls the shots. While the outdoor dining season officially lasts nine months — from March 1 to December 1 — restaurant owners say it's really only 75 to 150 days.
It seems as though outdoor dining has been around forever. In fact, Chicago's outdoor-dining scene was born a mere 30 years ago.
"If we can get 75 days outside we're thrilled," said Marc Jacobs, an executive vice president at Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, with eateries that include Beatrix's two locations in River North and Streeterville.
The Streeterville location that opened in October can seat 100 people outside, compared with 200 inside, and was a key selling point for taking the space, Jacobs said. At the River North location, Beatrix's 20 outdoor seats can push sales up by 10 percent.
"It's so important for the energy of the restaurant — it brings all that's going on outside, inside," Jacobs said.
A permit for a sidewalk cafe costs at least $600 and depends on size. The spaces need an entrance at least 36 inches wide and there must be at least 1 foot between the end of the seating area and the curb. Hours of operation vary by neighborhood, but the spaces can't open before 8 a.m. or stay open past midnight.
Here's another reason why there are so many alfresco dining choices — virtually no applications are turned down. Restaurateurs that don't meet requirements get help to make it through the application process, said city Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Department spokeswoman Mika Stambaugh. Permits must be renewed annually.
Diners craving al fresco meals at restaurants in some congested Chicago neighborhoods could find themselves gazing in the windows of nearby cars by the summer under a plan aldermen will consider Wednesday to allow "curbside cafes."
Sidewalk cafes and patios are nothing new — the first ones opened in Chicago in 1985 — but operators say having one increasingly is a competitive advantage.
"Outdoor seating is wildly important. If we don't offer outdoor seating, we'll lose guests to restaurants that do," said Greg Shuff, owner of DryHop Brewers and Corridor Brewery & Provisions, both of which are in the Lakeview neighborhood.
Meanwhile, Gibson's Restaurant Group is set to open a new restaurant at River Point in the Fulton River District in summer 2017 that will seat at least 400 people inside and 200 outside. The company, which also runs Hugo's Frog Bar, Quartino and Luxbar, won't yet say what brand will be there.
"Outdoor space was a key component" in selecting that location, said owner Stephen Lombardo III.
Taking it even a step further, Memphis, Tenn.-based Lyfe Kitchen, which has four Chicago-area locations, doesn't like to consider real estate that doesn't have the option for a patio or sidewalk cafe, said Gail Taggart, partner and president of Lyfe parent L3 Hospitality Group. Lyfe is set to open a new location in the Gold Coast next month, with about 20 percent of its seats outside.
"There is no city where it is as important as it is in Chicago," she said. "Cabin fever, that makes it such a crazy business here. You get a nice day here and there in April and May, and as long as it's not raining, people are out there. Even in September, as it starts to cool off, people try to hang on as long as they can."
As spring weather improves in Chicago, there's a flurry of activity behind the scenes to prepare. New employees need to be hired and trained, and schedules are adjusted. At Ranalli's in Lincoln Park, for instance, staffing can increase by a third, including both new employees and expanded hours for existing staff, said Ryan Indovina, a director at parent Four Corners Tavern Group.
It's well worth the effort, said Lucas Stoioff, a principal and founder at DineAmic Group, whose restaurants include Siena Tavern, Prime & Provisions and Public House.
"People here go through a dreary winter with not much sun, they get to April — the cruelest month — and they can't wait to get out. And what better way to get their fix than get a drink or eat outside," Stoioff said.


Yes, it's true. We have reached double digits folks.
99 days until we are Mr. and Mrs.
Exciting and nerve wracking all at the same time.
As I am sure any one of you that has planned a wedding is aware, time flies, and there just always seems like there is something still to get done!
That being said, one of my favorite tools for assisting in the constant reminder that time is a flyin' is my handy lil' countdown frame. It was so incredibly simple to create, and one of the reasons I love it is that it can be personalized to meet any decor need!
So what do you need to create this little gem?
I made a stop at the ever-so-addicting Hobby Lobby to pick up the frame (they are always 50% off) and frame stand. I would highly recommend the frame stand as it serves as a nice holder for not only the frame, but the wipe on/off marker used to change the number of days each morning as well. Also, I think it gives it a bit more of an elegant touch.
The other item you will need is paper to coordinate with your frame. I printed out the template I created on ivory, cut it out and then backed it with black card stock to give it a more textured feel. You could do this, and/or simply print the template on the color of your choice and cut it to meet and fill the frame size. This specific template was created for a 5 x 7 frame size.
Grab your copy of the template here.
and add a little charm to your table while you're at it!


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"Cowboys and Aliens" is the best thing you'll see next summer
Probably the most exciting thing we saw at Comic-Con today was a surprise chunk of footage from Jon Favreau's scifi western, Cowboys and Aliens. It was gritty and action-packed, plus there was a showdown between Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig.
Favreau, whose previous films were Iron Man and Iron Man 2, said they've only been shooting for a month, but he wanted to prep some great footage for Comic-Con. Holy crap did he deliver. He called the movie a "by the book Western," in the vein of John Ford, which will definitely be in 2D. (Why no 3D? He just doesn't think you can shoot a Western in digital.) And he said his scifi influences include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, and Predator. "We wanted it to look like practical effects, with minimal CGI," he added. And it really worked.
We saw several interlinked scenes that introduce our main characters.
The first clip opens with Zeke Johnson (Daniel Craig) riding his horse into a tiny old west town, accompanied by a scruffy dog. He looks wary, and his face is covered in grime. Seeing nobody around, he slips into a house and begins to clean up. Immediately, we notice that he has a bulky, steampunk-looking wristband on one arm; then he pulls aside his shirt to reveal a deep, bloody bullet wound. As he's cleaning that, the house's owner pokes a shotgun into his ear and he's forced to put his hands up.
The man says to Zeke, "Only two kinds of people get shot: Criminals and victims. Which one are you?"
"I don't know," Zeke replies.
Next time we see him, Zeke is in jail and a scruffy teenager in the next cell is spitting on him, saying, "I want to see you suffer for a long time." Finally, after a few more seconds of torment, Zeke gets up, grabs the kid by the scruff of the neck, and smashes him unconscious against the bars dividing their two cells. So Zeke is a tough character. And when the lawmen arrive, they tell him he's been charged with murder and he's being taken for a trial - chained to the snotty kid he knocked out.
The two of them have been bundled into an armored carriage when a large group of armed men ride out of the night and into town carrying torches. Their leader is Col. Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford), and he's a venomous bad guy who refuses to hear the pleas of his son, who turns out to be the snot-nosed kid who spat on Zeke.
Pointing at Zeke, Woodrow says, "That's the son of a bitch who stole my gold." He wants to snatch Zeke out of the carriage right that minute to find out where his gold is, but he's interrupted when the horizon begins to glimmer with lights. It's a very Close Encounters-esque looking UFO, which zooms toward the town, fragments into several ships which disappear, then reappear directly overhead, shooting blue lasers and blowing up the town house by house. Fires erupt from windows, people run screaming (including Sam Rockwell), and the jail carriage is knocked over. Zeke and the kid scramble out and we see Zeke's wristband has grown to cover his lower arm. It's also glowing blue. He aims it at the ships, and shoots out a beam of light that brings one down in a haze of dust and fire.
A hush falls over the town as everybody stares at the fallen ship, looking a little like a TIE fighter surrounded by mounds of displaced dirt. Woodrow is standing next to Zeke, who is still in a fighting stance, his arm outstretched. His wristband suddenly closes back up, becoming the small band we saw earlier. The two men exchange a significant glance, their faces lit by UFO fire, and the clip ended.
It was an amazing series of establishing scenes, and gave us a real taste of the film's pacing and style. And it was simply amazing - one of the most intriguing things I've seen all week at Con. I like the fact that it's Old West science fiction but not steampunk at all (except for the style of Zeke's wristband). It actually reminded me of what The Adventures of Briscoe County would have been if it were a drama: a perfect blend of cowboy justice and UFO weirdness.
Along with the rest of the crowd, I was left breathless and wondering how this would all play out. Will this be hard science fiction, or more fantastical like the Indiana Jones series? What will the aliens look like? Is Harrison Ford actually playing a bad guy? And Daniel Craig as a cowboy? Sign me the fuck up. Seriously - I predict that this film, based on a comic book by Scott Rosenberg, is going to be mindblowingly awesome when it comes out this time next year.
Szin
This post didn't even need to be this long, Annalee. You had me at "showdown between Harrison Ford & Daniel Craig!"
Either way though, thanks a bunch.


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Sports 10-26-2016
by Journal Staff • October 28, 2016 • 0 Comments
RhS sports Roundup
RHS football team defeats Salem, 28-23; playoff opener Friday
The Revere High football team rolled to its third straight victory and a berth in the Division 1A North state playoffs with a 28-23 victory over Salem before a wet but delighted hometown crowd Friday evening under the lights at sparkling Harry Della Russo Stadium.
Coach Lou Cicatelli's crew is the sixth seed in the D-1A North and will trek to Chelmsford, the third seed, for a contest Friday evening at 7:00.
The win over Salem was not as close as the final five-point margin might indicate, although the visiting Witches did their best to pull some tricks in the final quarter to narrow what had been a seemingly-comfortable 28-7 Revere lead.
The Patriot offense dominated the contest from the outset, piling up more than 350 yards of total offense on the evening. Revere drove deep into Salem territory on its first possession, but a fumble was scooped up by a Salem defender who scooted 70 yards for a touchdown.
However, despite that inauspicious beginning, the Patriots shook off the momentary adversity, taking the ensuing kickoff and marching to paydirt. Senior captain Anthony DeStefano scored the first of his four touchdowns on the night, going in from six yards out. Senior captain Victor Rivera provided most of the big yardage on the drive with a pair of scampers of 30 and 40 yards, as he got untracked early in a contest in which he would run roughshod over the Salem defense for 180 yards.
After the Patriot defense held firm on Salem's next possession, quarterback Eddie Sullivan went back to work and launched an 80 yard foray for a touchdown. DeStefano went over from two yards out and Badr Haou kicked the second of his four extra points to make it 14-7. A key play in the drive was a pass from Sullivan to senior captain John DeSimone.
Revere's last offensive possession of the half was another long drive that culminated with DeStefano going in for a TD from short yardage with 0:02 left in the half. A 30 yard pass connection from Sullivan to Haou was the key play in the Revere drive that left matters standing at 21-7 at the intermission.
"We played extremely well on both sides of the ball in the first half," said Cicatelli. "It was awesome two-way football. Our defense was rock solid, with senior linemen Gianni Hill and Gabe Martinez dominating the line of scrimmage. Victor Rivera came up from his cornerback spot and made some nice tackles that dropped their ball carriers for losses."
The Patriots continued to maintain their dominance after the intermission. Revere extended their lead immediately after the break to a seemingly-commanding 28-7 advantage with a 70-yard march that absorbed almost the entire third period. DeStefano, who ended up with 105 yards on the night from his fullback slot, got the call once again, this time going in from eight yards out.
However, the Salem offense finally got its act together and found the end zone to slice the Revere lead to 28-13 at the start of the fourth quarter. A Patriot fumble that was recovered by the Witches at the Revere 30 then made things interesting. The Witches took advantage of the turnover to turn the game into a suddenly-uncomfortable 28-21 affair with about two minutes to go.
The Patriots then did themselves no favors by drawing a pair of yellow flags on successive plays on their ensuing possession, pushing themselves back to inside their own 10 yard line. Cicatelli at that point opted to take a safety to give his kicker a clean shot at a free kick. The strategy paid off well, with Salem unable to mount a meaningful offensive threat in the final minute.
"Salem made a game of it and we got a little bit sloppy at the end, but all in all the team did a great job," said Cicatelli. "We have been improving every week and have been working hard in practice, and it's paid off. I'm so proud of the way the team has played these past few weeks. The boys could have thrown in the towel when we started out at 0-4, but they never gave up and now we're in the playoffs."
If the Patriots prevail at Chelmsford, they will face the winner of the #2 Reading vs. #7 Malden Catholic matchup. Lincoln-Sudbury is the top seed in the D-1A North, with Westford Academy at No. 4, Peabody at No. 5, and Cambridge at No. 8.
RHS girls cross country team defeats Salem
The Revere High girls cross country team ran to its second straight victory with a 21-34 win over Salem last Tuesday.
Almost all of coach Katie Sinnott's Lady Patriots pushed themselves to earn personal record (PR) times on their home course at Belle Isle, as well as PR race paces, en route to the triumph.
"Despite having an injury to a scoring runner, the team pulled together and won," said Sinnott.
Among the Lady Patriots who posted PR times were: Monica Posada (senior), Hawa Barry (junior), Hannah Fitzpatrick (junior), Somaya Laroussi (sophomore), Olivia Novoselsky (sophomore), Manal Dembri (freshman), Salome Gezehagn (freshman), and Gabrielle O'Brien (freshman).
"Though she is not a scoring runner, Manal Dembri had a break-out race, running strong throughout the course and taking almost three minutes off her overall time from last week," noted Sinnott. "Junior Hannah Fitzpatrick is a true talent who is seconds away from the Revere course record. Monica Posada continues her streak of personal improvement over the season."
Sinnott and her crew will compete in the Northeastern Conference Meet this Saturday at Bradley Palmer State Park in Topsfield.
Hannah Fitzpatrick – 1st overall, 19:29
Monica Posada – 2nd overall, 20:46
Leila Cesic – 3rd overall, 21:22
Olivia Novoselsky – 7th overall, 24:52
Lani Stevens – 8th overall, 25:02
Gabrielle O'Brien – 12th overall, 26:42
Somaya Laroussi – 15th overall, 29:09
Salome Gezehagn – 16th overall, 29:09
Hawa Barry – 17th overall, 34:41
Manal Dembri – 18th overall, 37:55
Fine showing by RHS boys cross country
Although the Revere High boys cross country team dropped its final dual meet of the season to Salem, 19-38, last week, 11 of the 13 Patriots who competed achieved personal records (PR) on their 2.85 mile course at Belle Isle.
The first Revere runner across the line with a fourth place finish was Zack Gentile, who set a PR of 17:30. Sebastian Mejia took fifth place with a PR of 17:31, followed by Arthur LaCerda in eighth position with a PR of 18:06, Jonathan Nushi in 11th with a PR of 19:22, and Kevin Nguyen in 12th in 19:23.
Other Patriots who competed were Bryan Gutierrez with a PR, by more than a minute, of 19:22; Brandon Nguyen, with a PR, by more than eight minutes, of 21:37; Ryan Sarmanian, with a PR by more than two minutes, in 21:52; Fabio Tran with a PR, by 1:14, of 21:58; James Carpanelli with a PR, by 1:52, of 22:00; David Phan in 23:00; Ahmed Nahtar with a PR, by more than one minute, of 23:58; Brendan Christopher in 24:30; and Wellan Sok in 26:55.
Although the Patriots will not be competing in this week's NEC All-League Meet because members of the team have commitments with the Junior ROTC, coach Mike Flynn and his crew will compete in the state meets in the weeks thereafter.
Volleyball team wins to reach state tourney
The Revere High volleyball team punched its ticket for a Journey to the Tourney with a 3-0 shutout victory over Northeast Regional Vocational School Monday.
Last Tuesday, the Lady Patriots defeated Malden in three sets, 25-22, 25-20, and 25-14. Seniors Hailey Poole and Samantha Myrtil turned in impressive serving performances in the triumph.
Coach Brenna Suslak and her crew, who now stand at 10-6 on the season, were set to host Lynn Classical yesterday (Tuesday); entertain Lynn English tomorrow; (Thursday), and then wrap up their regular season at home against Peabody Monday.
RHS sports Through the Years
The RHS boys cross country team defeated Winthrop, 18-48, to claim the championship of the South Division of the Northeastern Conference. Mario Herrera was the first Patriot across the line in a time of 14:37, followed by teammate John Cacaviello in 14:40. Steven Armstrong, Maurizio Turco, and Bryan Coniglio completed the scoring for the Patriots.
Asley Barrios scored three goals to lead the RHS boys soccer team to a 4-3 win over Saugus.
The RHS football team dropped a 24-8 decision to Beverly Friday evening at a rain-soaked Harry Della Russo Stadium. RHS quarterback Steve Ennamorati scored the lone Patriot TD on a 27 yard run. Matt Gasparini rushed for 79 yards on 19 carries.
Freshman Colby Hough was the top Lady Patriot runner, taking first place in this past week's meet with Winthrop for the RHS girls cross country team.
Coach Jen Wells's RHS field hockey team earned ties with Swampscott and Beverly this past week. Jenna Matera and Stephanie Bruno scored the goals in the 2-2 deadlock with Swampscott. Bruno scored the RHS tally in a 1-1 duel with Beverly.
A tri-meet for the RHS cross country team with Somerville and perennial GBL power Cambridge featured a battle between the league's two top runners, the Patriots' Sam Ros and Cambridge's Rhett Taylor. Revere defeated Somerville, but fell to Cambridge, with Taylor narrowly edging Ros.
The RHS golf teram prepared for the upcoming state tourney with a 39.5-32.5 win over Everett. Patriot Kevin Gilberti shot the best round of the day, a 35, to defeat his Everett opponent 5-4.
The RHS football team remained winless with a 24-7 loss to Everett. RHS quarterback Joe Galvin scored the lone Patriot TD on a nine yard run.
The RHS field hockey team set a school record for wins for the program with a 3-1 triumph over Arlington, the Lady Patriots' third victory of the season. Sophomore Jennifer Wells scored her sixth and seventh goals of the season to set a new school record. Kristen Stiles accounted for her 222nd steal of the season, almost doubling her previous RHS record of 116 steals from last year. Diane DiGiovanni scored Revere's third goal in the victory.
The RHS boys soccer team shut out Everett, 3-0, to improve to 6-10. Patriot keeper Gary Fusco recorded his first varsity shutout. Joe Santinello scored two goals and Jaron Frieden added another for the Patriots.
Kim Kelley scored one goal and assisted on two others to lead the RHS girls soccer team to a 4-1 win over Melrose. The contest marked the first home contest for the girls' program, which is playing as a club sport this year in its inaugural season as a program. More than 200 RHS fans were on hand for the contest. Other goal-scorers for Revere were Toni Marotta, Raela Ripaldi, and Dottie Page.
The RHS football team fell out of contention for a possible Super Bowl bid with a 20-7 loss to Malden Saturday afternoon. Revere held a 7-0 lead midway through the third period with a TD pass from Mike Lentz to David MacDonald accounting for the Patriot score.
Ron Ferullo tossed a 26 yard pass to Mike Mucci for a touchdown to give the RHS football team a 6-6 tie with Malden.
The Immaculate Conception High football team defeated St. Patrick's of Watertown, 7-0, Sunday. Kevin Hegarty scored the lone TD of the game on a three yard run.
Revere and Saugus battled to a 6-6 tie in a game played at the Manning Bowl in Lynn Monday evening with an estimated 10,000 fans in attendance.
The Immaculate Conception High football team dropped its first game of the season, 7-0, to St. Clement's of Somerville Sunday.
at Dilboy Field.
A large crowd is expected for Sunday's battle at Paul Revere Stadium between the Revere High and Immaculate Conception High football teams. This will be the fourth annual clash between the intra-city rivals. Revere High has won the previous three contests.
Have A Safe and Happy Halloween →


Fire yesterday gutted a mechanic village, a mosque and a bungalow in Surulere, Lagos. It was caused by a gas explosion.
The explosion, which occurred at Babs Animashaun Street, near Censors Market, Surulere, started around 12pm.
Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed.
Residents and passers-by scampered for safety.
Some residents' efforts to put out the fire were unsuccessful.
They were relieved by the arrival of the Federal Fire Service officials from Sari-Iganmu and Ilupeju fire stations.
The Nation learnt that firefighters responded to the emergency calls around 1pm.
No fewer than four vehicles and three motorcycles were among the burnt items by the time the fire was put out.
An eyewitness said the fire started from a local gas refuelling shop near Mechanic Village in the area.
Lagos State Fire Service Acting Director Rasaki Musibau advised the residents to be safety conscious and empowered themselves with basic firefighting devices.
The Nation learnt that a two-storey building at 15, Adebiyi Street, Magodo Phase I was razed.
Fire fighters from Alausa station responded around 12:29pm and were later supported by their colleagues from Ikeja fire station.


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Consumer Guide (16)
The humblest form creates its own imperatives, even the lowly Consumer Guide. It began as sensible conservation of energy. Unlike most of my colleagues, I felt impelled to listen to every review copy I got anyway, and because I hate to waste data some sort of abstract seemed in order. But the task of preparing that abstract has changed my listening habits and perhaps my taste itself. Reviewers share the occupational hazard of ennui, and for that reason tend to flatter work that is idiosyncratic or formally elegant. In an effort to combat this prejudice--not that I could ever hope (or want) to conquer it--I listen to certain records more and more. These are mostly efforts that seem competent but undistinguished on the surface but that for one reason or another (usually some sort of hype, to be honest, although a word from one of my far-flung advisers or some quirkish detail will also suffice) offer some hope of quality. After all, I say to myself, the guy who pays cash for an album isn't going to give up after one or two tries, so why should I? Often I find myself getting into stuff I dismissed at first, which is all right except that it tends to flatten my response simply because I spread it so thin. Even the pattern of my pleasure listening changes. I often find myself playing records I kind of like, even for visitors, and eventually I kind of like them more. All of which balls up my trusty rating system, and spoils my fun. Who wants to say nice things about 15 out of 20 records? Not nasty old me.
As I keep insisting, I do believe there is an objective correlative, as we used to say. That is, music is getting better all the time, and only a few labels release a consistent stream of crud. There is still quite a bit of crud, of course, some of it well received by all the fools who don't agree with me, most of it ignored by everyone. What's getting harder and harder is distinguishing between good, better, and best. A chancy endeavor, to say the least, and I'm no longer sure that the Consumer Guide helps much. Well, what's the diff? You just read it for yocks anyway, right? So here's another.
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND: Idlewild South (Atco) A lot of people think that Duane Allman is already a ranking titan of the electric guitar, and he unquestionably contributed a lot to the sound of Layla. Anyone who dug that will appreciate this funky metal-rock. "Revival," a single which should have made it, is extraordinary. B PLUS [Later]
BREWER & SHIPLEY: Tarkio (Kama Sutra) The best of three good albums from an energetic, professional new-folk duo, all characterized by witty composition, solid backing, and lots of slick harmonies. Exceptional: "One Toke Over The Line," a single that may make it yet. B [Later: B-]
BULL: This Is Bull (Paramount) Speak for yourself, Ferdinand. D
ERIC BURDON AND WAR: The Black-Man's Burdon (MGM) On the front cover of this album is a black man in silhouette. On the back cover Eric, looking paunchy, rests his head in the crotch of a black woman straddled above him. He also holds her ankles. Inside the jacket seven men, presumably the band, occupy the background of a full-length photo of a grassy field. Six of the men are black; five are bare-chested. In the foreground recline two naked blondes who obviously belong in a centerfold. The left hand of one is thrown back to reveal a clean-shaven and possibly airbrushed underarm, so that her right does not quite conceal her pubic hair. Her companion hides her sex with both hands. The only man who is standing appears to be walking toward the women. He has removed the belt from his pants. D PLUS
DREAMS (Columbia) See "Bull." C MINUS
THE J. GEILS BAND (Atlantic) This remarkably funky Jewish r&b band from Boston is the current fave rave of a lot of critics (Landau, Marcus, etc.). I find it fun but somewhat derivative, which is also the way I once felt about Creedence. Great originals and tasty finds from Albert Collins, Otis Rush, Smokey Robinson, Willie Dixon, and someone named Juke Joint Jimmy, who penned the immortal line: "I ain't no mathematician, baby, but I sure would like to count on you." B PLUS [Later]
JIMI HENDRIX: The Cry of Love (Reprise) I was never a Hendrix freak, so perhaps my suspicion that this is his best LP, short of Electric Ladyland, is irrelevant. As usual, the individual compositions are nothing special, but the tone of the whole is superb. All the pretensions have been loosened just a little but not (as on Band of Gypsies) abandoned altogether. An excellent testament. A MINUS [Later: A]
JANIS JOPLIN: Pearl (Columbia) I'm sorry to say that at moments this lags a little, especially because the potential of Janis and Full Tilt Boogie was, by this evidence, enormous. A MINUS [Later]
JOY OF COOKING (Capitol) Don't take the name the wrong way--this band, led by two female songwriter/vocalist/musicians, has been cooking together in Berkeley for three or four years now. Toni Brown's piano dominates, so the music rolls rather than rocks. Especially noteworthy: "Only Time Will Tell Me," the first women's liberation song ever recorded. A [Later]
LOVE: False Start (Blue Thumb) A startling comeback after that execrable double album. This time Arthur Lee works off the new-funk tradition and makes it work, especially on side one, which doesn't contain a mediocre cut. B PLUS [Later: A-]
MASHMAKHAN (Epic) Gene Lees says: "I like Mashmakhan first of all because it swings. There is an enormous difference between swinging and pounding. Most rock music does the latter: it just jumps up and down in one place, with no sense of rhythmic propulsion. Sadly, people who dig it are incapable of hearing real swing when it occurs." And on and on, every word bought by Epic, concluding: "This is a hell of a good group." I dare you to spend money to decide which of us is right. D
VAN MORRISON: His Band and the Street Choir (Warner Bros.) A few humdrum cuts and an occasional minor lapse of taste make this a less compelling album than Moondance, which only means it wasn't one of the very best of 1970. The good cuts, especially "Domino" and "Blue Money," are superb examples of Morrison's loose, allusive white r&b. A MINUS [Later: A]
MOTHER EARTH: Satisfied (Mercury) Tracy Nelson doesn't touch everyone, but once she does, she carries you away. She can be sexual and spiritual not successively but on the same note and breath; she seems to suffer and to transcend suffering simultaneously. Vocally, Mother Earth is now Tracy Nelson, and although in theory I miss the male voices--especially Robert St. John's--I'm not really complaining. Yet this record is a slight disappointment. I love it, but I know that my prejudices are strong and that only once--on her own composition, "Andy's Song"--does Tracy burst calmly into free space as she does so often on the two previous Mother Earth LPs and on Tracy Nelson Country. Recommended unequivocally to her cadre and equivocally to the benighted. A MINUS [Later]
ANNE MURRAY: Snowbird (Capitol) An honest pop country album from the Canadian singer who had a well-deserved hit with the title song last summer. A corny and superfluous "Get Together" is more than made up for by a draft-dodging song called "Running" and (believe it or not) the best cover version of "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" I know. B [Later: B-]
MIKE NESMITH AND THE FIRST NATIONAL BAND: Loose Salute (RCA Victor) Nesmith has turned into a kind of middlebrow Gram Parsons, somewhere between a countrified Monkee and the Jimmy Rodgers of Sunset Strip. This is a wonderful amalgam of gimmicks and mannerisms and good songs, long vowel articles and near-yodels and electronic excursions and whatever else might happen. His first album with this group, Magnetic South, is equally sublime schlock. B PLUS [Later]
THE OSMONDS (MGM) The most heart-warming thing to happen to the wonderful world of pop music since Georgia Gibbs recorded "Dance with Me, Henry." Mike Curb strikes again. D PLUS
EMITT RHODES (Dunhill) Like Paul McCartney, from whom he is occasionally indistinguishable, Rhodes has done a true solo album by multi-tracking his own accompaniment and engineering the result himself. Only Rhodes does it better. Why, then, did I give McCartney a B plus? Because I was taken, that's why. B MINUS [Later]
LEON THOMAS: The Leon Thomas Album (Flying Dutchman) I've got to admit it: if Great Artists--a concept I by no means entirely approve--have arisen in popular music since he first great days of rock, Leon Thomas is one. He has literally expanded the musical possibilities of the human voice. He is as powerful a jazz/blues singer as Joe Williams or Joe Turner, both of whom he occasionally resembles, as inventive a scatter as Ella Fitzgerald. But that's just the beginning, for despite the generation lag, Thomas beats Turner and Williams in their own mode even while singing his own, and he turns scatting from a virtuoso trick into an atavistic call from the unconscious. So even though I think Oliver Nelson's arrangements here don't suit the material; even though I'm slightly embarrassed by the inflation of a Thomas composition like "I Am"; even though I'm not sure all of Thomas's explorations in black consciousness are apropos; despite all this, I have to suspend my disbelief and recommend this record unreservedly to anyone with the slightest fondness for jazz. If you're dubious, try Blues Time's Super Black Blues, Volume II, which features Thomas solely as a blue singer, together with Turner, Cleanhead Vinson, and T-Bone Walker. A
THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN: Hollywood Dream (Track) Drums: Speedy Keen, a Cockney who writes and sings lead. Guitar: Jimmy McCulloch, who is 16 and looks 13. Piano and miscellaneous: Andy Newman, who is in his late 20s and looks in his early 40s, and who didn't want to join because it meant giving up his pension at the post office. Producer and miscellaneous: Pete Townshend. It all seems like a gargantuan joke until you listen closely, at which point it becomes a very good gargantuan joke. Is this your idea of fun, Peter? Is this your idea of art? And what ever happened to Arthur Brown, anyway? B PLUS [Later: B-]
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: Loaded (Cotillion) I presume anyone who saw the guys at Max's this summer has already bought this, which is to Manhattan what Time Peace is to New York. That is, this is really "Rock & Roll" (a title), but it's also really intellectual and ironic. Lou Reed's singing embodies the paradox. A [Later]
THE VOICES OF EAST HARLEM: Right On Be Free (Elektra) This group of about 20 black adolescents--too big, unfortunately, for convenient transport--is renowned as the most exciting live act in New York, but one believed they could be recorded. Considering, producer (and manager) Jerry Brandt has done a job. Except for an unnecessary "Proud Mary" and an embarrassing "Let It Be Me"--what's the sense of a chorus singing that song?--this shouts and almost jumps, with church and commercial usages grafted onto a left-liberal folk sensibility. B [Later: B-]
Additional Consumer News
Better late than never, Consumer Guide presents (in order and immutable order, of course) the Top 20 Rock Albums of 1970. Ahem.
John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band (Apple)
Randy Newman: 12 Songs (Reprise)
The Grateful Dead: Workingman's Dead (Warner Bros.)
Neil Young: After the Gold Rush (Reprise)
The Insect Trust: Hoboken Saturday Night (Atco)
Van Morrison: Moondance (Reprise)
Bob Dylan: New Morning (Columbia)
Derek and the Dominoes: Layla (Atco)
Canned Heat: Future Blues (Liberty)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory (Factory)
The Beach Boys: Sunflower (Capitol)
Stevie Wonder: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered (Motown)
Jesse Winchester: Jesse Winchester (Ampex)
Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs and Englishmen (A&M)
The Velvet Underground: Loaded (Cotillion)
The Grateful Dead: American Beauty (Warner Bros.)
Mother Earth: Satisfied (Mercury)
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends Featuring Eric Clapton: On Tour (Atco)
Ike and Tina Turner: Come Together (Liberty)
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Lick My Decals Off, Baby (Straight)
Honorable mentions for out-of-rock performance: Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (Columbia); the Tony Williams Lifetime: Turn It Over (Polydor); Leon Thomas: The Leon Thomas Album (Flying Dutchman); the Firesign Theatre: Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers (Columbia).
Special award for transcending time and space: Terry Riley: A Rainbow in Curved Air (Columbia).
Consumers will be interested to note that Capitol Records is raising the list price on its records $1, which is proportionally equivalent to Chevrolet raising its prices $600. Get them while you can--or don't get them at all.
Bob Thiele, one of the more reliable good guys in the record industry (he was head of Impulse, ABC's excellent jazz division, before starting his own Flying Dutchman group) has started something called the Robert Thiele Center for American Popular Music at his old prep school in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, by donating his own collection of records and books. Anyone who's into that sort of thing should understand that gifts are tax-deductible. Write checks to the Lawrenceville School with a notation about where you want the money to go.
Village Voice, Mar. 11, 1971
Jan. 7, 1971 Apr. 22, 1971


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Q: Gedit or an other non-commandline editor with the ability to spell-check two languages at the same time I'm searching for an editor with the ability to spell-check two languages at the same time (German and English). Gedit can't do it out of the box.
But I want to use Gedit. It should be possible by merging the English and German dictionaries and select the created file under Tools->Set Language...
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I got it almost (some warnings in step 6 and e.g. zzgl. (words with a dot at the end) are not spell-checked) :) Thanks to your post Kevin Atkinson :)
(I may add that for English I used aspell6-en-7.1-0.tar.bz2 (is already new version/updated) but for German I used http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/dict-de_DE_frami because it's more updated.
Extract this .oxt using unzip. In de_DE_frami are the two needed affix and dictionary files called de_DE_frami.aff and de_DE_frami.dic.
Rename the de_DE_frami.aff to qed_affix.dat and the de_DE_frami.dic to de.txt.
Note: For German there is also an extension: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/de/project/DFEW which I'm going to merge later too)
In step 6 I had to use
    $ cat de_en | aspell --encoding=utf-8 create master -l ./qed ./qed.rws
because all üäöß.. were skipped and were not in the created dictionary, but now they are there:
    $ aspell -d ./qed.rws -a
    (Testing: typing e.g. "Käse" or "zweiunddreißig" prints an *, so it finds these words now)
Filesizes: $ du -b qed*
18725   qed_affix.dat
103 qed.dat
12  qed.multi
6763456 qed.rws

Lines: $ wc -l qed* de_en
       6 qed.dat
       1 qed.multi
   54403 qed.rws
     717 qed_affix.dat
  334974 de_en
Download of this package in case someone needs it.
The most warnings I can see now at step 6 look like this - last 5 lines:
$ cat de_en | aspell --encoding=utf-8 create master -l ./qed ./qed.rws
...(many warnings appear)
Warning: Removing invalid affix 'o' from word zytostatika.
Warning: Removing invalid affix 'z' from word zytostatika.
Warning: Removing invalid affix 'o' from word zytostatikum.
Warning: Removing invalid affix 'z' from word zytostatikum.
Warning: The word "zzgl." is invalid. The character '.' (U+2E) may not appear at the end of a word. Skipping word.
$
Now I removed aspell-en and aspell-de ($sudo apt-get remove aspell-en aspell-de) and put all the four files qed.dat, qed.multi, qed.rws and qed_affix.dat into /usr/lib/aspell. My /var/lib/aspell is empty BTW.
The new package can be selected now: gedit->Tools->Set Language...->Unknown (qed).
Regarding to the warnings in step 6 zzlg. words with a dot at the end are not spell-checked. I tried playing with qed.dat special ' -*- line by adding a . because the de.dat uses a . in there too, but it unfortunately didn't work.
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Solved the spell-checking of words with a dot at the end by grepping these only and adding them to the spell-checking white-list.
$ cat de_en | sed -n '/\./{s/[./]\+[^./]*$//;p}' >> /home/<username>/.config/enchant/qed.dic

A: Vim allows to set more than one language for the spellcheck, e.g.
:set spelllang=de,en

for German and English.

A: Aspell Author Here.
As I said in an earlier answer, you can't just combine dictionaries from different languages and expect it to work.  You need to create a new language that combines the features of the two original languages.
Fortunately for English and German this is fairly easy; however, the suggestion quality will suffer for English words since we will disable the use of soundslike lookup.

*

*Install the aspell-en and the aspell-de dictionary package

*Go to a empty directory to keep everything clean.  Also to avoid any charset issues change the locale to "C" by setting LC_ALL=C.

*Dump the English and German dictionaries into plan wordlists
aspell dump master en > en.txt
aspell dump master de > de.txt

*Combine en.dat and de.dat, which you can generally find in usr/lib/aspell.
The English dictionary uses soundslike lookup but that won't with the German dictionary (due to the fact that it is English specific, and more importable it is incompatible with Affix compression) so we will disable it.
The English dictionary doesn't use affix compression but the German dictionary does so we will just use the affix file for the German dictionary.  (This will avoid having to expand the German dictionary and thus increasing it size).
We will call the language qed, 'q' since very few languages start with q, 'e' for English, and 'g' for German.  (The language name should generally be 2 to 3 letters, but aspell doesn't really care, so en-de or some other name might work, but a 2 or 3 letter name is guaranteed to work)
The file will be named qed.dat and contain the following:
name qed
charset iso8859-1
special ' -*-
soundslike      none
affix           qed
affix-compress  true

*Copy de_affix.dat into the current directory and rename it qed_affix.dat.

*Create the combined dictionary:
cat en.txt de.txt | aspell create master -l ./qed ./qed.rws

*Create the file qed.multi:
add qed.rws

*Test the dictionary by using -d ./qed.  the ./ is needed to force aspell to search the current directory.

*Install qed.dat qed.rws qed.multi and qed_affix.dat somewhere where aspell will find it.  Please see the manual for info on how aspell searches for dictionary and language data files.

*Done.  Everything should work now.  A more sophisticated solution will enable some form of soundslike lookup for better suggestion quality.  But that requires special care when used with affix compression (see the Aspell manual for details).  As an alternative the German dictionary can be expanded and the English soundlike lookup can be used, but that might not work so well on German words.
The case of combing English and German was easy because they both use the same charset (iso-8859-1) and because only one language used Affix compression.  Combining other languages will take more work but it is possible once you know what you are doing.  I spelled out the steps here in detail to give readers some idea of how Aspell works so a similar thing can be used for other language combinations.
If both languages use affix compression,  either the affix files will need to be combined so there are no conflicting flags, or one of the dictionaries will need to be expanded.
If the two languages use a different 8-bit charset than a compatible charset that can support both languages we need to be used.  If a standard one doesn't exist, than a new one can be created.  To avoid confusion the wordlists should be converted to utf-8 and Aspell should be instructed to expect all input and output in utf-8 instead of the charset that is used internally, which for historical reasons is the default.

A: Aspell Author Here.
You can not just combine two dictionaries from two different languages and expect it to work.  Each dictionary also has a data file associated with it that describes language specific features.
Your best bet is to create a new language which can handle both English and German correctly.  Doing so is a doable, but non-trivial task.  I might be able to help you with this task latter this week if you can't find any other solution.
General multi-language spell checking is not currently supported by Aspell (or most other spell checkers that I know of, including Hunspell).


There is a house in Folgate St that is famous for the quality of its silence. As you enter the door, you receive a stern instruction to restrain from speech, which is a strangely liberating experience. Let me admit, much as I love a good chat, I have many times wished that I never had to speak again. So when you seek consolation from the fierce jabbering inconsequentiality of talking, when a gnawing hunger for silence comes upon you, as is not unlikely during the imminent Christmas season, 18 Folgate St is the place to go. I can vouch that the silence there is of a rare and ancient vintage.
Just as a good meal requires salt and pepper, silence thrives off peripheral sound. In the absence of talking, your ear becomes attuned so that as you descend the wooden staircase in the candlelit gloom of this fine eighteenth century house, the subtle music of the creaky old boards attends your progress. You find yourself in the kitchen and stand for a moment, listening to the crackle of the fire and the ticking of the clock, in the distance the bells of Christ Church, Spitalfields are pealing.
As a writer, I can testify that when you do not speak, your thoughts take flight, and so it is here, as you ascend the winding stairs up and up into the velvety darkness. Without sound, your sense of smell grows keener too, as the fragrances of sweet perfume, tobacco and oranges mingle in the stairwell – compounded by the immense visual detail, it is an intense experience for all your senses.
This is Dennis Severs' house, he created this fantastical environment as his lifetime's work, his passion and his legacy. For many years, he collected old things from the local markets when no-one else was interested and recreated the furnishings of the house from different periods of its habitation. But this is not a museum, it is an extravagant fantasy. All the paraphenalia here are properties from the drama of the lives of successive generations of the Jervis family, a Spitalfields Huguenot dynasty of silk-weavers spun out of Dennis Severs' imagination. In each room, you will find evidence that they just left, eggs in a mixing bowl on the kitchen table, an overturned chair in the drawing room, a cup of tea on the dressing table, a glass of wine on the dining table, a rumpled bed in the attic, and so it goes on.
The writers referenced here are Beatrix Potter in the kitchen dresser straight out of "The Tailor Of Gloucester" and Charles Dickens in the attic writing desk and heavily curtained bed from "A Christmas Carol," but the sensibility is closer to Lawrence Sterne and Lewis Carroll in this house of games and paradoxes. As you walk from the eighteenth century dining room into the nineteenth century parlour your relative sense of time dissolves, so that it is no surprise at all to discover a New York Yankees cap sitting on a chair. Within the all encompassing silence of this house, everything is present tense.
Another winning post. I've been there in the day but it must be very magical at night.


Why do muslims pay zakat during Ramadan? I know that its the third pillar of Islam but is there another reason? thankyou for your help.
-- Full Name (Morgan Woods (lilcutieuk@hotmail.com)), September 11, 2003.
There are two types of zakat. 1. Zakat/tax imposed on wealth such as money owned, gold, silver, cows, goats, camels etc. with several conditions applied 2. Zakat Fitr which is imposed on every muslim individuals and is only payable during the month of Ramadhan ( Fasting Month) along with several conditions applied. It is the third pillar of Islam, the reason it is imposed on muslims b'cos 1.Allah says in the Quran, with every wealth one acquired, there is a part of it that belongs to the needy and poor, so muslims are bound to pay zakat in order to help those people. 2. Furthermore, muslims need not to worry, cos Allah promises that every cent paid for zakat will increase one's wealth eventually.
-- filzah mohd nor (filzah_mohdnor@yahoo.com), February 11, 2005.