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Citing Back Problems, Halladay Retires After 16 Years and 203 Wins
Roy Halladay, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, announced his retirement after 12 seasons with Toronto and four with Philadelphia.
December 10, 2013, Tuesday
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Glum After Injury, Harvey Gets Pep Talk From an Ace Who's Been There
The Phillies' ace, Roy Halladay, spoke from experience when he offered encouragement to the Mets' Matt Harvey, who was despondent over an injury to his pitching elbow.
August 29, 2013, Thursday
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Halladay to Have Shoulder Surgery
The Phillies' right-hander and two-time Cy Young winner, Roy Halladay, is likely to miss a significant part of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a bone spur in his right shoulder.
May 9, 2013, Thursday
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Hudson Joins a Club That Becomes Harder to Make
Atlanta's 38-year-old pitcher on Tuesday joined the only to other active pitchers — Andy Pettitte and Roy Halladay — with 200 career victories.
May 5, 2013, Sunday
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Phillies' Halladay Hitting His Stride
What did Roy Halladay think after he pitched a two-hitter over seven innings? "Today was as close as I've felt to where I want to be," he said.
April 20, 2013, Saturday
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Mets' Harvey Outshines Phillies' Halladay
The Mets' exciting 24-year-old right-hander, Matt Harvey, dominated the Phillies and upstaged Roy Halladay, Philadelphia's accomplished 35-year-old right-hander.
April 9, 2013, Tuesday
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The Phillies and Their Ace Have Lost Their Touch
Roy Halladay's earned run average, after two starts, is 14.73 and his velocity is down, as it was last season and this spring. But Halladay insists all of this is a mental issue that he must work through.
April 9, 2013, Tuesday
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Aging Phillies Look for a Spark
The last six World Series have included a player now with the Phillies, but few players besides the young outfielder Ben Revere seem capable of improving on past success.
February 19, 2013, Tuesday
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Halladay's Injury Is Latest to Test Phillies' Resilience
The Phillies, winners of the last five National League East division titles, sustained another blow when Roy Halladay was placed on the disabled list.
May 30, 2012, Wednesday
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Halladay's Sore Shoulder Punctuates Phillies' Loss
Roy Halladay gave up a grand slam to Yadier Molina in an abbreviated two-inning start before leaving with shoulder soreness as the Cardinals won, 8-3, at St. Louis.
May 28, 2012, Monday
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Abstract: Who Owns the Past? Competing Claims for Antiquities from the Holy Land
As artifacts travel from the ground to the consumer in the marketplace, recent research has shown that there are multiple stakeholders with competing claims in the legal trade in antiquities. In Israel it is legal to buy and sell artifacts from legally sanctioned dealers, if the collections pre-date the 1978 national ownership law. Not all aspects of this trade are legal, however, and not all participants have an equal voice. The market in Israel is comprised of archaeologists, collectors, customs officials, dealers, government employees, looters, middlemen, museum professionals, and tourists, all expressing a degree of entitlement in the acquisition and disposition of artifacts. Adding to the complexity of the situation is the porous nature of the borders between Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority as artifacts in the market come from those areas and go out to Europe, the Far East, and the United States. The journey of a Roman coin from the Palestinian countryside to the Upper West side of New York City allows the examination of the various positions in the debate over who owns the past.
Short bibliography and/or website on lecture topic:
Nina Burleigh (2008) Unholy Business- A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land. New York: HarperCollins.
James Cuno (2008) Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Morag Kersel (2006) From the Ground to the Buyer: A Market Analysis of the Illegal Trade in Antiquities, in N. Brodie, M.M. Kersel, C. Luke, Kathryn Walker Tubb, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and the Antiquities Trade. Gainsville: University Press Florida, pp. 188-205.
Adel Yahya (2008) Managing Cultural Heritage in a War Zone. Archaeologies – Journal of the World Archaeological Congress, 4 (3): 495-505.
Zach Zorich (2008) Biblical Thievery Archaeology Magazine, November-December
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Wilby point guard has all the Wright moves
Asked in the preseason to list the toughest opponents to guard one-on-one, players in Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley League mentioned one name the most: Walter Wright of Wilby.
The senior point guard has done nothing so far to not justify that praise. Through five games, all victories by the Wildcats, Wright leads Greater Waterbury with a 29.6 point-per-game average. Tyshon Rogers of Crosby is second at a 28.2 ppg. clip.
After 12 points in a low-scoring opening win at Kennedy, Wright has poured in 36 points against Watertown, 26 vs. Sacred Heart, 34 vs. Naugatuck and 40 vs. Torrington. Wright drained six 3-pointers in a 90-72 victory at Torrington on Wednesday night.
"He has all the tools," said Wilby coach Alan Piccolo. "He can take a player to the basket. He can hit the pull-up jumper. He can hit the 3-pointer. He has all the weapons, and he's very difficult to defend."
The Wildcats returned only one starter from last year's Class L semifinalist, but that starter was Wright. Wilby has rebuilt around him and a bunch of other talented backcourt stars, including his brother, Taifa, Ryan Spears and Denzel Mitchell.
"With a lot of new players filling roles this year, Walter has really stepped up as a leader of this team," said Piccolo. "He wants the ball in his hands. He communicates well with his teammates. He's just a true leader."
An All-NVL choice and a second-team All-State selection as a junior, Wright is getting interest from colleges, but Piccolo noted that "he's thinking about a year of prep school to get more experience. He's going to end up somewhere. Everybody who comes to see him play is interested."
Bears more offensive: When Thomaston hosted archrival Terryville last year in Gary Franklin's inaugural season as head coach, the Bears got whacked by the Kangaroos while scoring just 31 points.
Franklin doesn't expect to see that repeated tonight when the Bears again host Terryville at 7:30 p.m. as the second half of a girls-boys doubleheader. The girls game starts at 6.
Thomaston comes into the contest at 3-2 after an 82-26 victory over depleted Shepaug on Wednesday night. The Bears aren't having the same troubles putting the ball in the basket that they did when Franklin first faced Terryville.
"Offensively, I'm very happy with the improvement," said Franklin. "In the first four games, we scored 258 points. Last year, it took six games to score exactly 258. We're scoring a bit more and we're more efficient on offense. If you score more, obviously it makes it easier to win."
Thomaston has been getting consistent point production from several players, led by senior Drew Gagne (18.2 ppg.), junior Alex Gagne (10.6), and seniors Andrew Stern (9.0) and Jack Kelley (8.3).
Franklin knows his team faces a challenge in the Kangaroos, who were undefeated before falling to Northwestern, 72-62, on Wednesday night in a clash of Berkshire League contenders.
"This game is pretty important to see where we are in the league," Franklin said. "Based on the preseason projections, you have the four teams everybody talked about (Northwestern, Terryville, Nonnewaug, Gilbert). We're right on the cusp of that level, in my opinion. This is a bit of a measuring stick to see where we are at this point. I look forward to playing (Terryville). They're really talented and are going to be a challenge, but we're up for it."
Shepaug suspensions: Shepaug was without several players, including leading scorers Dylan McAward and Lucas Guliano, as it lost to Thomaston to drop to 2-4.
Coach Matt Perachi said six players have been suspended for a violation of the Shepaug athletic handbook. He declined to comment further and would not name the players.
Under school policy, the players could be suspended for two weeks and miss up to five games, or one-quarter of the season. It's a blow to the Spartans, who had a veteran team that was expected to improve greatly on last year's 4-16 record.
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#13. "Pornogami" by Master Sugoi
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#11. "Scouting for Boys" by Baden Powell
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#9. "How to Avoid Huge Ships" by Captain John W. Trimmer
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Our local display has smiley faced ones, and since it's sponsored by Pepsi, they also have Pepsi logo fireworks -- both get a good bit of excitement from the kids.
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The ones that go boom !
Our state is covered with the branded TNT fireworks. These are not the ones I grew up with. They are crap. My friend and I shot off about one hundred dollars worth tonight and was severely disappointed. The "six-break" mortars came out of the tube with a BANG! but fizzled when I came time for it's breaks to fire. They were horrible. I miss my Blackcat.
"snakes and sparklers" -- Kicking Wing (Joe Dirt)
i love all fireworks! i like that heart one especially. also any that are huge and colorful
All-Time Favorite: Assault Chopper with Thunder. It's an M-80 sized shell w/plastic wing attached about 1/3 from one end, Rises to about 150' rapidly while screaming, then explodes with about the force of an M-80. Can't seem to find these anymore. Also, Saturn missile Batteries and their various equivalents.
I like the ones that go
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Looking to being adding supplements into my diet to help aid in recovery. A week of eating is usually 90% paleo, getting in at least a gram of protein per lb. However even with paleo and foam rolling I am pretty sore inbetween sessions and would love to try to alleviate some of it. I have seen some pretty good post on here about BCAA's. I was also considering adding some l-glutamine. Any other suggestions would be great.
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Have you tried bumping up your protein for a little while, ie. 3 weeks?
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BCAA's and Glutamine on its own can be very insulinogenic from what Martin's noted. Not sure how that would work with a Type 1 Diabetic (or even a Type 2). You are Type 1 right?
How's sleep quality? It may not be a food thing.
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Yes I am type 1. I have taken the BCAA's and glutamine before but can remember how it specifically effected my blood sugar. From what I can remember they didn't have any drastic effects. Sleep is pretty good. Usually at least 8 hours a night.
Chirs I haven't tried upping my protein any more. I have been considering going up to 1.5 per lb as opposed to just 1.
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Greg said in the CA Newsletter:
I get a lot of questions and see a lot of discussions on the interwebz regarding nutritional supplements and the use thereof. Some purists avoid supplements entirely, and other folks have turned supplements into replacements. My humble opinion (technically, the opinion about which I'm humble) is as follows:
There is nothing inherently wrong with supplements or their use. Would I prefer to see everyone fulfill their nutritional needs with real foods? Of course, but I'm a pragmatist and not a moron, and I recognize that the demands of peoples' lives are often such that an entirely whole-food diet is impractical or even impossible. Once of the statements of Robb Wolf's that has always stuck with me is, paraphrasing, nutrition has to be liveable. In other words, it doesn't matter how amazing a nutrition plan you've developed for yourself if it's impossible for you to execute consistently for the long term.
Short-term efforts at manipulating nutrition are called "diets" and tend to fail miserably because they also tend to be extreme and unreasonable and entirely contrary to the habits of the dieter. This doesn't mean that in certain cases, certain temporary protocols shouldn't be put in place to achieve specific goals - this is fine if the intention and the execution makes sense.
So in the long term, individuals need to establish practices that help them achieve their goals, but are actually possible to maintain. If you work 16 hour days 6 days a week, you're probably not going to be eating steak, avocado and mixed vegetables 5 times a day. This is an extreme example, but everyone will have some degree of divergence from ideal with which to contend.
We can consider supplements in two basic contexts: foundational nutrition and performance nutrition. The former would refer to supplementation simply to make up for aforementioned divergence from ideal; the latter would refer to supplementation to attempt to improve specific physical performance abilities such as strength or endurance.
With regard to foundational nutrition, we have things like multi-vitamin and mineral supplements, protein supplements, digestive enzymes, and stress-management supplements.
Fish oil is easily the most important foundational supplement. Unless you're regularly consuming brains and organs or sickening volumes of fish, you're likely not getting anywhere near adequate levels of omega-3 fats. I like Carlson and Nordic Natural brands best. Make sure to actually read the labels and know how much of the total oil you're taking is EPA/DHA. A typical supplement will be about 50% EPA/DHA, i.e. a 1000 mg of oil will deliver 500mg of EPA/DHA combined. Cheaper oils can have ridiculously low levels. Robb Wolf recommends 0.5 - 1 gram of actual EPA/DHA per 10 lbs of bodyweight per day, and I like this. The less healthy you are, the closer to 1 g you should be taking. In all cases, start with a low dose and build up gradually unless you want to mess your britches; adding 1-2 grams of total oil per day every week is usually a safe bet. I've found it best to take it in the middle of meals. Try to spread out your daily total among your meals as evenly as possible, and definitely don't take it without food.
Multis are a good basic supplement for many people who likely are not eating a huge volume and variety of plant material. The actual nutritional content of today's plant material is also often questioned, so some supplementation make still make sense with regular vegetable and fruit consumption. I like Robb Wolf's recommendation of doing a daily multi every other day if your whole food nutrition is dialed in. If not, more frequent and larger dosing might be a good idea. I use James Fitzgerald's VMG supplement daily. It has more good stuff packed into it than any other multi I've found.
Digestive enzymes are great for those with digestive shortcomings, or for those gaining weight and therefore eating huge quantities of food in single settings. NOW foods Superenzymes are good. Falling into this category as well are two other items: ox bile and lactase. For those who have trouble digesting fats (including fish oil supplements), ox bile capsules can help, and are dirt cheap (thanks to Garrett Smith for this recommendation). For those who want to consume dairy but aren't producing adequate lactase, supplemental lactase will allow it. Capsules are easy to find, but aren't always as effective as possible. Typically you can get better performance if you pop open the capsules and drop the power directly into whatever you're eating. Liquid lactase is great for dropping into containers of milk to dose the whole thing, but it appears to only be available outside the US.
Probiotics are another good one that's starting to gain popularity. I haven't found any stand-out brands, but I currently use NSI's Probiotic 15-35. These can unexpectedly clear up all kinds of problems.
Stress management supplements are what I call anything that helps control cortisol levels or improve sleep. The ones on my list are Vitamin C, seriphos or phosphatidylserine, holy basil, ZMA, and GABA. Vitamin C is great inexpensive stress supplement. I like taking some at bedtime, usually 1-2 g or more if I'm particularly stressed or in a really rough training cycle. Phosphatidylserine or seriphos and holy basil help reduce cortisol levels and are good post workout, in the evening or at bedtime to help drop cortisol and help you sleep. ZMA helps some people sleep, although for some does nothing, and for others cause very vivid dreaming, but with frequent waking. In any case, if you're going to try it, use it consistently for at least a couple weeks before you make a decision. Of all the sleep-related supplements, the one I have found most effective (i.e. at all) personally is GABA.
Protein supplementation can fit into either the foundational or performance category. I'm a fan of protein, and it's very common for busy people to not eat enough dead animal matter, so I like supplemental protein. My favorite is MRM Metabolic Whey and Optimum Nutrition egg protein. Those of you who are super sensitive about chemical additives can find stripped down supplements that have pretty much nothing extra, and tend to taste like the inside of a stranger's underpants.
Performance supplementation will obviously vary dependent on the type of sport or activity being undertaken. The most common are protein supplements, post-workout protein/carb combos, creatine, BCAAs and glutamine.
I talked briefly about protein a second ago, but with regard to performance nutrition, I do like immediately post-workout protein dosing. For those of you trying to gain weight, try doing 20-40 g of whey or egg protein shortly before training as well. Post workout, 40+ g of protein is a good bet. Include carbohydrate at doses relative to the type of work you did. For pure strength work, particularly low rep training, minimal or no carbohydrate is fine. For training that includes more conditioning type work, a solid dose of carbs can be helpful, unless you're fat and not interested in staying that way. For strength-oriented training of a higher volume variety or weight gain situations, the protein/carb combo is a good idea. Cytosport makes a product called Cytogainer that fits this bill pretty well.
Creatine is another supplement I like. It's cheap, appears to be harmless, and sometimes works quite well. A large percentage of people will see no noticeable results from taking it. If you're one of those people, obviously you don't need to bother. However, there is some evidence that taking it at bedtime may increase growth hormone release, so you may want to experiment with that. I don't bother with a loading phase, and like to take a break from it periodically. Ideally you can time these breaks with back off weeks or transition weeks between training cycles. 5-10 g per day is a good dose.
Branched-chain amino acids are popular among the weight gain crowd, but I've never been impressed with them and at the doses required to theoretically be effective, they're expensive. Many protein supplements already have increased amounts of leucine, isoleucine and valine (and often glutamine as well), so you probably don't need to bother. Experiment if you want. You can take a dose pre-workout and post workout, and even during your workout.
I do like glutamine, though, particularly post-workout. I feel it helps recovery and is relatively inexpensive. Use big doses of 10-20 g or you're wasting your money.
That's about all I can stand to write about nutrition in one day, so hopefully that was helpful. Now I'm going to go eat a barbecued chicken pizza.
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The French are proud of their cultural heritage – and they have something of a right to be. Paris is the second city in the world in numbers of museums and the range is wide; from art to literature, from science to history…even a hunting museum: nothing is too unusual for Parisians. Join us on a guided tour through a selection of Paris' finest museums.
The Louvre is one of the largest museums in the world and is certainly the most visited, filmed and written about. The Louvre's most famous piece of art is the Mona Lisa, but there are actually over 400,000 other objects and artworks besides this attraction. You'd better make sure to wear some good shoes.
Centre Pompidou
Not to be missed during your stay in Paris is the Centre Pompidou. Even if contemporary art is just not your cup of pastis, the structure and architecture are worth a visit. In the worst case you could always head to the top floor for a drink accompanied by a stunning view over Paris.
Musée d'Orsay
For lovers of French art, the Musée d'Orsay is the hot spot to be. Housed in a former Beaux-Arts railway station, the museum holds a large collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces from big names such as Monet, Gauguin and Van Gogh. The roof top terrace has an amazing view of the Sacre Coeur basilica.
Hôtel des Invalides
Admirers of France's military history will eat their heart out visiting The Invalides. Imagine yourself in war times while wandering around between canons and other dangerous stuff. You could just take it easy and have a look at the structure's amazing golden dome, the courtyard or the tombs and vaults where France's warriors are buried.
Palais de Tokyo
With a 22,000 square metre surface, the Palais de Tokyo is one of the largest contemporary art spaces in France. The concept is based on creativity and, besides a museum, the structure houses a 'laboratory' and experimentation space. Although the name might sound a bit exotic, the story behind it is far from that. The Palais owes its name to its location; the building can be found on the Avenue de New York, which from 1918-1945 was named Avenue de Tokio.
Catacombes de Paris
If you've seen one too many paintings during your museum hunt, why not take a tour around the catacombs of Paris. Deep down beneath the beautiful streets of the city, you can check out the remains of 6 million people. Located at what's called la Porte d'Enfer (the gate of Hell, what's in a name…), this museum surely is different. Bringing younger kids with you is not recommended; bringing a warm sweater is.
Musée de l'Histoire de France
When it comes to history museums, France is well equipped. In Paris, you'll find one at the Chateau de Versailles, but if you prefer to stay in the city centre, the Musée de l'Histoire de France at the Hôtel de Soubise is a rather good option. Although the name might suggest differently, this is not a hotel but a city mansion, which later became state property. The museum consists of 2 buildings, which show selections from the permanent collection as well as temporary exhibitions. As the museum is a part of the National Archives, you will mainly find all kinds of documents, but apart from that the building's rooms are still in their original state and are definitely worth a visit if you feel like reliving the old times.
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
If you're on a hunt for something different, the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature might just be what you're looking for. This private museum focuses on the relationships between humans and the natural environment, mainly through the traditions and practice of hunting. The exhibition space contains 3000 hunting-related objects and has been described as one of the most inventive museums in Paris. Worth a shot!
Institut du Monde Arabe
To house the Institut du Monde Arabe – the institute of Arabic culture around the world – prize winning architect Jean Nouvel designed a building that curves along the Seine. Here you can find almost anything related to the cultures of the different Arabic societies around the world. Stop by to have a closer look at the amazing design of the windows; their concept creates a light effect often used in Islamic culture.
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
Bring out the kid in you and go on a fun exploratory tour to the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie. At the biggest science museum in Europe you will find plenty of cool stuff, such as a planetarium and even a submarine. This museum works closely together with another science museum, the Palais de la Découverte, for even more discovery fun! For the young Einsteins amongst us, there are labs to do research. Let us know what you invented!
Musée Carnavalet
Everything you always wanted to know about Paris and more – you'll find it at the Carnavalet Museum. This is the oldest municipal museum in France and it will give you all the ins and outs about the history of Paris, from its humble beginnings as a little village to the booming and blooming city as we know it today.
Maison de Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo's legacy extends way beyond the capital…all the way to Disneyland Paris, in fact. Even further if you count Broadway, the West End, and a million and one amateur dramatics theatres across the globe. The man who brought us the epic story of Jean Valjean and the tragic tragedy of Quasimodo is honoured in his former residence on Place des Vosges. Victor Hugo lived here from 1832-1848, and you can visit this museum to see where the great master of French literature was inspired to write novels that changed French history forever. Who knows what great ideas it might bring you…
Fondation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain
Who thinks Cartier, thinks watches. Not entirely wrong. The exhibition space was founded by the Cartier family in 1984 and moved into the current building in 1994. The impressive glass and steel structure was designed by Jean Nouvel, who was also responsible for designing the Arab World Institute we navigated earlier. The Fondation Cartier is all about promoting and raising awareness of contemporary art and exhibits works from both established and debuting artists. In a fortuitous twist of coincidence, the current exhibition is about Cartier jewelry.
The best thing about Paris' museums is that there is something for everyone. Although you do have to pay for it, it's more than worth every centime. To make it even better, Easytobook.com offers you the best places to stay, so you're all set and ready to start your exploratory tour through the cultural streets of Paris. Do you have any other recommendations for unmissable Paris museums?
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Norah and I returned to the office last week after our most recent trade show, The National Needlearts Association's winter show, where yarn shop owners got to learn about our new products for spring 2012. The event was held at the convention center in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, and with the high temperatures reaching 70 degrees every day, it was a refreshing escape from the winter world of coats and scarves. At Berroco's booth, we repeated our fun Yarn Bar arrangement (click here for a recap of our first Yarn Bar), giving show-goers the chance to knit with our new spring yarns and enter a raffle to win $500 off their Berroco order (congratulations to our lucky winner: Loose Ends Yarn Shop of Mayville, WI).
In between stints at the Yarn Bar, I snapped a few quick photos of our booth:
Here's the view from the front corner of our booth. The Yarn Bar is at the back, and in the bottom right corner is Giulia from Booklet #318, one of our spring designs featured in the TNNA Fashion Show.
Here's Norah tending the Yarn Bar. Berroco Lacey and Berroco Lago seemed especially popular among the yarn bar patrons. Joan Looi, our Chicago-area sales rep on the far left, is wearing a beautiful red Windley from Booklet #317.
Everyone who visited the Yarn Bar received a plastic cup filled with mini-balls of our new yarns Versa, Lago, Captiva, and Circus for swatching. You can see all the cups lined up on the table in the photo above…
Thanks again to our friends at Lantern Moon for providing knitting needles for the yarns at the Yarn Bar, and thanks to everyone who stopped by Berroco's booth in Phoenix!
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How very odd to be reading a blog post, and find a picture (two pictures!) of me! The Lago WAS totally yummy – and the Yarn Bar was an amazing idea! I had a lot of fun testing the different fibers. Thank you!
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Title says it all. If hydrogen and helium are lighter than air, why won't liquid hydrogen and liquid helium defy gravity?
If hydrogen and helium are lighter than air, why won't liquid hydrogen and liquid helium defy gravity?
Gaseous hydrogen and helium are lighter than air. Hydrogen, helium and air are close approximations to ideal gases, and for an ideal gas the volume of one mole of gas is about 22.4 litres. That means the density of an ideal gas is proportional to its molecular weight, so hydrogen ($M_w = 2$) and helium ($M_w = 4$) are lighter than air (average $M_w = 28.8$).
However you're asking about liquid hydrogen and helium, and liquids are much denser than gases because the molecules are much more tightly packed. For example the density of liquid hydrogen is around $68 \,\mathrm{kg/m}^3$ compared to air at about $1.3 \,\mathrm{kg/m^3}$. That's why liquid hydrogen doesn't float in air.
Incidentally, the density of liquid nitrogen (a close approximation to liquid air) is about $800 \,\mathrm{kg/m^3}$ so liquid hydrogen would float on liquid air.
Because liquid hydrogen and liquid helium are much heaver than air.
First of all, no mass 'defies' gravity. Second, the normal state of these two is air so they cannot be 'lighter than air' which would in effect be lighter than themselves. If you were meaning to ask why the liquid forms of these elements won't float, the answer is simply because liquids don't float. This is one of the properties that defines a gas. The molecules must overcome the IMF's and have a high enough KE but liquids do not. The density of the liquid would have to be lower than that of the gas and no liquid has a lower density than a gas. Although hydrogen has a low gaseous density, it's liquid density is still considerably greater than any gas.


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In this episode of 'Wasting Time with Phill', we take a look at how mounts and riders interact with their saving throws.
How does a mount interact with its rider in regards to Reflex saves?
- If a mount has a better Reflex saving throw, can the rider use its save instead of his own?
- If a mount has evasion and the rider does not, does the rider gain the benefit of it?
- The opposite: If a mount doesn't have evasion and the rider does, does the mount gain the benefit?
- Is the relationship between rider and mount important? E.g., animal companion, special mount, familiar, 'bought the mount with gold', 'raised him from a pup', etc.
Have you thought of something I haven't? Let me know!
Edit: After some insightful words from Jonathan Hobbs, I rephrased my main question and included subpoints as specific examples of the kind of things I am questioning.


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Treating Chronic Diseases with Coconut Oil Pulling
Thousands of years ago, Ayurvedic medicine already used oil pulling as one of multipurpose natural remedies. In the United States, it is a relatively new approach to the solving of certain health problems. Coconut oil pulling is a very simple procedure, which reminds rinsing your mouth out with a mouthwash. Nevertheless, if you do it correctly and regularly, you will improve not only your dental health, but also the entire body condition as stated at http://oilypedia.com/oil-pulling-with-coconut-oil-just-a-health-trend-or-the-effective-remedy/.
The major way, in which oil pulling works, is detoxifying or cleansing the body trough the lymph system, states wikipedia. Coconut oil can remove different types of toxins and bacteria, so that the promoting of disease stops and the body gain strength to treat itself. Therefore, oil pulling with coconut oil can improve various unhealthy general conditions, such as asthma, chronic skin problems, diabetes, migraine headaches, chronic fatigue, PMS.
At first, after starting oil-pulling therapy with coconut oil, you notice the general improving of your oral health – whiter teeth, fresher breath, healthier looking tongue and gums. Then dental problems diminish – gingivitis, tooth decay, cavities, bleeding gums. Finally, when significant amount of toxins are gone, the body starts fighting chronic diseases and our overall health improves.
Coconut oil possesses powerful antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties. When we do oil pulling, coconut oil acts as a cleanser. It picks up bacteria and other debris from our mouth and lymph nodes. Expelling harmful substances from our bodies together with the oil we spit, we render detoxifying effect.
It is surprising how many viruses, microbes, fungi and other parasites are in our mouth. While functioning, they all leave toxic waste products. Our most common residents are Candida and Streptococcus. They are the main cause of gum disease and tooth decay. Besides, they contribute to the development of general unhealthy conditions, such as arthritis and heart disease. We do not get much harm from them until our immune system weakens due to different factors. However, as soon as it becomes overloaded, harmful microorganisms get the chance to spread throughout the body and cause the development of infections and chronic inflammation.
Many naturopathic physicians recommend oil pulling with coconut oil as the effective method of detoxification, healing and prevention of uncontrolled bacteria growth. The therapy works fast. Usually people notice the first improvements within a few days. Obviously, serious chronic problems require longer time – up to several months.


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I'm trying to teach myself category theory from Steve Awodey's Category Theory. Chapter 2 asserts:
It is not hard to see that a filter F is an ultrafilter just if for every element b ∈ B, either b ∈ F or ¬b ∈ F, and not both (exercise!).
I've managed to prove the backwards implication, but the forwards implication is eluding me. I'm guessing the correct approach is to consider a filter F such that there exists a b ∈ B such that neither b ∈ F or ¬b ∈ F, and construct a superset filter F' which contains b, but I can't figure out how to construct F' and prove that it's a filter. Any hints much appreciated!


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- Pape KOUKPAKI (4'25")
- Ngalla SYLLA (12'32" PEN, 12'45")
- Libasse DIAGNE (35'15" PEN)
Referee Tasuku ONODERA (JPN)
Madjer and co labour to semis
Portugal just barely edged Senegal in a penalty shoot-out after their scintillating quarter-final match finished tangled at 4-4 in Ravenna, Italy at the 2011 Beach Soccer World Cup. Portugal, who were heavy favourites going into their first knockout-round contest, had the fright of their lives as the West Africans came within seconds and inches of booking their place in the semi-finals.
Senegal opened the scoring through Pape Koukpaki in the fourth minute of the game, but Portuguese danger-man Madjer brought the Europeans level with an amazing goal direct from the restart. His partner in crime, Belchior, then made it 2-1 and Torres added another before the end of the opening period with an absolute wonder-strike.
The Africans clawed their way back into the match in the second period, Ngalla Sylla making it 3-2 from the penalty spot before he drew level from the run of play a few seconds later. Portugal finished the period in the ascendancy, though, with Jordan scoring to make it 4-3.
The Senegalese drew level in the third period thanks to another spot-kick from Libasse Diagne, and although the Africans had chances to win the game, a penalty shootout was needed. The Portuguese, who finished top of their group and must now be considered odds-on favourites for the title, kept their nerve to win out after Cheick Ba missed his kick for the African side.
While Senegal head for home, Portugal will play the winner of the Brazil-Nigeria quarter-final in the last four.


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Does this even make sense what I translated into english?
PS. I am probably gonna delete this question eventually
Does this even make sense what I translated into english?
PS. I am probably gonna delete this question eventually
I am not sure I understand the question, but if you are talking about linear algebra over the complex numbers, then it is true that normal matrices (those which commute with their hermitian adjoint) are precisely those which can be diagonalised by a unitary transformation. (This is proven in Herstein's Topics in algebra: §10 of the 1964 edition.)
Jose has already given the answer, but here's a quick proof of it. First, note that any diagonal matrix D is normal, since its adjoint is also diagonal and diagonal matrices commute. Now suppose you have some matrix A that is UDU
Here's a more conceptual explanation of what's going on. Normality is a property of a linear transformation on an inner product space. If you pick an orthonormal basis, any transformation that is diagonal with respect to that basis is easily seen to be normal. To say that A is conjugate to a diagonal matrix by a unitary matrix is exactly saying that A is diagonal with respect to some orthonormal basis, since a unitary matrix is just changing from the standard orthonormal basis to some other orthonormal basis.
I think I understand the question in Serbian (my native language is from the same Slav family) and he is really asking about normal matrices and their diagonalization by a unitary transformation.
Other people have already answered the mathematical question. I'll point out a possible source of linguistic confusion: the word "eigen", in eigenvector and eigenbasis, is German for something like "own" or "self". I would guess that the poster may have been translating "eigen" into English rather than leaving it alone.


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Michael McKillop looks back on his medal haul this year.
A system failure and total breakdown in communication led to the decisive score in Galway's All-Ireland SHC quarter
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Manager Colm Collins and his son Podge reflect on a "fantastic day" for Clare football after the county reached the
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If you have followed my blogs about Pentaho, you can easily detect that our momentum is full-speed-ahead. Another notch to add to our success is adding Doug Johnson to the Pentaho management roster as our CFO. Doug has a unique background that combines a passion for business intelligence, experience, bringing three companies through IPO, and extensive experience in open source and subscription-based services. I asked Doug to share with you, "What brought you to Pentaho?" Welcome on board Doug.
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There are a number of things about Pentaho that interested me when I began to talk to Richard about joining the company. The product area – business intelligence, the development approach – open source, the stage of the company – going through rapid growth and market dominance, and the people all struck a chord and raised my level of interest. As I got to know the management team and the board of directors during the evaluation stage, my interest continued to grow.
As a CFO, business intelligence has always been a passion for me. The role of CFO requires a deep understanding of the data in the company and using tools like Pentaho's BI suite allows me to organize the data, combine data from different systems and then analyze that data. It used to take my staff hours and hours to pull the data from its various sources and then combine the data in such a way as to make it understandable and actionable. It is always preferable to be the CFO of a company whose product you can relate to and appreciate.
The open source movement makes sense to me. As a CFO in mid-size companies most of my career, making a decision to acquire business intelligence software was always a difficult one due to the price of the leading products. Frequently, I had to either decide not to go forward with a project or to select a lesser alternative simply based on the price tag of the product I really wanted. The commoditization of software through the use of open source is a movement that I have supported and been in favor of for some time. To see it being used in an area that has simply been out of the reach of mid-size companies in the past is heartening. To be able to afford a leading software product for 10% to 25% of the commercial price is an exciting prospect for a data hound like me.
Pentaho, for several years concentrated on building out its product suite and improving its ease of use. It has reached the point where it is equal or better than anyone else on the block. The company is now growing its sales infrastructure to dominate the market. Growth in the business is strong and the changes going on in the organization are dramatic. The most exciting time in a company's life cycle for a CFO who runs all the administrative areas also is when it is going through its early growth phase and is crossing the chasm from the early adopters to the main market. Pentaho is the fastest growing open source business intelligence company with a full product line. It is an exciting stage for a company and an exciting stage for a CFO.
Last but far from least, the people I met during the evaluation stage and have met since joining recently are some of the smartest, hardest working people I have had the honor of working with. Everyone at Pentaho is here because they genuinely care that it is and continues to be the best in class. I consider it a real honor to be part of this team.
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Which password-based encryption method should I use in Java 6? It should be as strong as possible, but work with the default security policy file (not the export restricted one which you have to download and install separately)?
My recommendation: You should try to avoid using password-based encryption, if you can possibly avoid it. In particular, password-based encryption tends to be insecure, in practice. The problem is that it is rare for users' passwords to have enough entropy to resist dictionary attack. Therefore, if you need encryption, you probably don't want to use password-based encryption, if there's any alternative.
A better solution is to give users a key, and use the key to encrypt or decrypt.
If you don't follow my recommendation: If you absolutely must use password-based encryption, here are some suggestions to reduce the risk somewhat:
If you're getting the sense that password-based encryption is a headache to use securely, your sense is absolutely accurate.
First read @D.W.'s answer, it is full of good advice. Then, if you still want to do password-based encryption, consider the following:
Note that password hashing mechanisms are usually not covered by cryptographic laws and export regulations, since they do not "hide" data. I then recommend that you just include an implementation of bcrypt in your code, e.g. jBCrypt which is written in Java, OpenSource with an easy license, and reasonably compact (one source file). You would need to alter the code a bit, because that implementation wants to use strings, whereas you want raw bits; thus, do the following:
(I usually prefer bcrypt over PBKDF2 for the reasons explained there, but PBKDF2 is not bad either, so if you really want PBKDF2 (or need it for compliance reasons), then go for it.)
Important: doing the encryption properly, and adding a MAC, can be botched in a surprisingly high number of ways. You are warmly encouraged not to do it yourself. However, the following method should be safe:
And, remember: never, never, NEVER reuse the salt value for two encryption instances (whether they use the same password or not). Always use


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Currently I have a few tasks that I want to do, such as reading book X, reading blog Y, listening to podcast Z, watching video W. I do them usually in my free time when I'm done with urgent work and I pick one that is most interesting. I use a time tracking tool to see how much time I spend on each task, so that I don't only read blogs all day, but also have time to read some chapters from a book.
Would I be able to progress faster with my tasks if I scheduled them explicitly in a calendar or in a gantt chart instead of just picking one whenever I have free time? In other words, should I set deadlines for myself or should I just take my time and finish a task whenever I finish it?


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For some reason, my posts content (the content placed outside of the shortcodes I have set up) is only displaying below all the shortcodes, no matter where I place content in the post.
For example, I could set up a post like this:
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And the test content will display below the Features AND the Reviews. Why would it do that? Some of my shortcodes use the php
include. Here's an example of one of my shortcodes:
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Issues related to available parking near the senior center were brought to the Times Leader.
Area senior Clarence Briggs noted that recent work on the courthouse parking lot has meant the elimination of 10 parking spaces and impacted seniors' accessibility to the senior center.
"All the parking is by permit. If you don't have a permit, you can't park there, and if you do park there they can have your car towed away. That's not a good way to treat seniors."
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THE PARKING spaces near the St. Clairsville Senior Center are in high demand. The county has taken measures to make spaces available and ease transportation.
He said that while spaces have been set aside, several were designated handicapped spaces, not solely for the use of seniors.
"When you're doing away with parking spots, you're doing away with spaces seniors can park," he said, adding that the lot is located conveniently across from the senior center.
He said there have been complaints from the seniors and he believes there has been a drop in attendants at the center. Briggs said seniors who park uptown can be transported by van to the center, but this also limits their available time to socialize, since they are dependent on the van driver's schedule.
"Seniors want to socialize. They don't want to just each lunch and go. That's not the purpose of the senior center," Briggs said.
Briggs noted the importance of available parking.
He added that seniors who frequent the center come from as far away as Lafferty, Maynard and Morristown.
"Hardly anyone is within walking distance," he said. In addition, parking spots around the courthouse are often taken by oil and gas interests. While seniors have permission to use the lower parking lot of St. Marys Church, it is also two blocks away.
Commissioner Matt Coffland said the commissioners are making every effort to accommodate the needs of the seniors, considering the requirements and demands for parking.
He pointed out the four handicapped accessible spots as well as four permits for the parking lot, creating eight spaces to make up for the lost 10.
"The seniors are not employees of the county, and the parking is for county employees," he said, adding that demands for parking have been high. "It is what it is. It's a busy time for the county. We've tried to accommodate seniors the best that we can."
He added that 140 permits have been issued for the lot, which holds about 50.
"It's first come, first serve," Coffland said. "A lot of our employees have to look for other spots."
In addition, commissioners must also provide parking spaces for jurors during trials.
Coffland added that he has heard almost no complaints from seniors after the initial reaction to the plan. A complete map of the city's public, private and permit-accessible parking is available in brochure form at the courthouse.
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Thursday, April 12.
At an intellectual property law conference in Lagos this week, I'm meeting with representatives of Nigeria's film and music industries, which have struggled to turn their creative output into profit in the face of rampant piracy and distribution problems. Chief Tony Okoroji, chairman of the influential Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), points to the frustrating paradox of the country's creative industries. "The more music and movies we create, the poorer we become," he tells attendees in the National Film Corporation's conference hall. The chief is speaking from long personal experience. In 1976, at the age of 18, he released his first album, Super Sure. In the '80s he became one of the country's best-known musicians, parlaying his success into a career as an advocate and activist on behalf of Nigerian performing artists. He was elected president of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, which under his stewardship grew into one of the country's most powerful unions; later, his relentless activism – during which he organized demonstrations across the country on behalf of recording artists – forced the military government to review its archaic copyright laws. Okoroji was appointed to head the committee that eventually redrafted the outdated statutes.
It was an important step forward for recording artists, yet the bigger problems persisted. Across Nigeria, songs were being played on rag-tag radio stations, in hair salons, on buses, and in other commercial venues where artists never saw a naira for their work. The system was too diffuse; there were too many professional bodies that spoke for too many interests, without a single voice representing their collective interests with the government. Speaking at an industry conference some years ago, where a banner cheerfully announced, "Let the music play!", Okoroji let loose the spontaneous outburst for which he is still celebrated: "Let the music pay!" It was like a dam had burst. Within months, music-biz stakeholders gathered in search of a way to give their industry coherence, coming together in 2010 to form the umbrella group, COSON.
It was his success with COSON that brought Okoroji to the National Film Corporation this week, as members of the Nollywood film industry seek to replicate the success of the music biz. "There is a new Nigerian spirit that confronts that which appears impossible and…makes it possible," says Okoroji, to sustained applause. But the obstacles confronting the film industry are great. Chinyere Okorocha, an entertainment lawyer, lambasts the short-sightedness of the government, which has failed to address any of the challenges facing filmmakers trying to enforce their copyrights: the ease of illegal reproduction; poor distribution networks for original works; lack of a regulatory structure; insufficient public awareness. "In Nigeria, our government doesn't know what intellectual property is," says Okorocha. "What they know is oil." Murmurs of general assent from the crowd. Suddenly, the power cuts out. While the government knows oil, it still can't manage to keep the lights on. There is perhaps a metaphor in this for Nigeria's creative industries, which are blessed with an abundance of talent – "Nigeria is a brand on its own," says Okorocha – yet struggle to turn that talent into widespread material gain. Few Nigerians see the benefits of the country's prodigious oil output, and few Nigerian filmmakers see the benefits of contributing to the continent's most prolific movie industry. The Nollywood DVDs that proliferate on the streets of Nairobi and Kampala and Joburg, the low-budget shoot-'em-ups I've watched on buses in Botswana and Ghana and Zimbabwe, only profit the pirates who duplicate them and whisk them through the country's porous borders. Nigerians, again, remain poor in spite of their abundance. "We're different in Nigeria, and we are blessed," says Okorocha. "And we need to benefit from our creative genius."
In the newspapers, in the conversations I have on the street, the government is always described as corrupt, inept: in battling Boko Haram in the north, in resolving the country's ongoing power crises. That evening, outside Bogobiri, a man is railing against Nigeria's elected leaders. He points to the snarls of power cables drooping over the street, lifeless for all but a few hours each day. Why is Africa's largest oil producer exporting oil to all its neighbors, yet being forced to import oil because its decrepit refineries can't meet the nation's needs? It is an argument that has gained steam in recent months. Leaks have been reaching the press from a long-anticipated report which will release the findings of an inquiry into the opaque system behind the government's fuel subsidies. The report was prompted by massive, nationwide protests this January in response to President Goodluck Jonathan's decision to lift the measure – one of the few benefits of oil production in Nigeria that actually reach consumers. Overnight, the price of a liter of petrol at the pump more than doubled. "The protests went on for days," wrote the Nigerian-American author Teju Cole, in The Atlantic, "at considerable personal risk to the protesters. Several young people were shot dead, and the movement was eventually doused when union leaders capitulated and the army deployed on the streets. The movement did not "succeed" in conventional terms. But something important had changed in the political consciousness of the Nigerian populace. For me and for a number of people I know, the protests gave us an opportunity to be proud of Nigeria, many of us for the first time in our lives."
If there was pride in the protest, and in the struggle for millions of average Nigerians to find a collective voice, the report's findings were yet another embarrassing stain on the national conscience. In two years, more than $6 billion had been siphoned away from the fuel-subsidy system, which allows the government to keep prices at the gas pump artificially low. Licenses for fuel importation – a lucrative trade in this fuel-starved nation – were targeted by the corrupt patronage networks that have crippled Nigeria for decades. In 2006, just six companies were involved in importing fuel; five years later, that number had risen to 140. Many spent surprisingly little time performing the task for which they were cashing government checks. In 2009, government officials doled out nearly $800 million in a 24-hour span without properly documenting where the money was going, according to the report. A year later, fifteen fuel importers collected more than $300 million without actually importing any fuel. Earlier in the day, Okoroji referred to the "generator import cabal and diesel distribution clique" who were holding Nigerians hostage. It is impossible not to suspect more than a casual relationship between the country's power shortages and the well-connected suppliers who profit from them. A small business in Lagos, says the man at Bogobiri, spends 50,000 naira – more than $300 – a day to power its diesel generators. The ambient noise of their constant thrum, the millions of gallons of diesel being coughed up into the sky each day, provide the backdrop to life in Lagos, the sputtering musical score. "I need to join Boko Haram," he says. "Where is that application form?"
Two hours later, racing across the Third Mainland Bridge, the slums of Lagos Island pass silently outside our windows, black, still, menacing. The darkness is absolute, as if the night had swallowed the western tip of the island, slowly encroaching on the tony precincts of Ikoyi and, in the distance, the well-lit compounds of V.I. It is a fitting symbol, in this city of appalling contradictions, that Lagos' working poor, numbering in the millions, could be rendered invisible by nightfall. Thirty years ago, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti sang:
Plenty, plenty light for Africa
Na so-so energy for Africa
Na the big-big men dey get electric
If them no get electric dem go
If they no get electricity
Get plant O
Ordinary light for man nko O
As with so many of Fela's lyrics, the words to "Original Sufferhead" remain sadly relevant today. Perhaps it's only fitting, as the dark pall of Lagos Island vanishes behind us, that we are off to pay homage to the departed legend at the New Afrika Shrine, an offshoot of the mythic club where Fela used to hold court. The original Shrine was where Fela preached his tireless sermons against Nigeria's military dictatorships, the structural adjustments of the West, the multinational corporations that had already begun to rob his country of its resources, under the noses of its corrupt, complicit rulers. In a cloud of marijuana smoke, surrounded by the lithe, gyrating dancers – 27 of whom would become his wives – for which the club was known, Fela became a poor-man's hero, an icon for millions of Nigeria's dispossessed. He was a man of the people, but an enemy of the state, which saw his populist rancor as a threat to the officially sanctioned kleptocracy that was running the country into the ground. "In the last military regime, I was the only one to speak out against the government and the army," he told a British journalist in 1985. "Anything could happen in Nigeria. If they get to the point that everyone trying to rule the place isn't making any headway, they might drop their guard and ask, 'Fela, do you want to rule us today?'" Fela never had his chance; his free-wheeling ways were ill-suited for governance. Yet harassed, hounded, arrested, beaten, forced into exile, he endured. In the end, it wasn't the state's brutality but his own fast living that caught up with him. Fela Kuti, a proud polygamist who called condoms "un-African," died of AIDS-related illnesses in 1997. After his death, the original Shrine was closed. Three years later, the New Afrika Shrine was inaugurated by his eldest son, Femi.
The club is buried deep in the mainland; to reach it takes something of a pilgrimage. Efere steers us through the streets of Ikeja, an endless series of turns. He is an entertainment lawyer; the bumper sticker on his car reads: I be lawyer. Trouble na be my work. He is telling us about Fela's funeral, when more than a million mourners filled the streets of Lagos – the biggest funeral in the country's history. You could smell the marijuana in the air, he says, burning like incense. When we reach the club he leads us to a table in front of the stage, exchanging a few words with the waiters until the requisite number of chairs materialize. The place is like an airplane hangar, with plastic tables and chairs spaced sporadically around the hall and a few fluorescent-lit pool tables hugging the far wall. Most of the audience are young men in their teens and early 20s, rastas, guys in hip-hop gear smoking joints beneath signs warning that drug use on the premises is strictly prohibited. A few dancers wiggle on shaky wooden platforms surrounded by chicken wire. Femi is onstage, singing, shaking his hips, exhorting the crowd, which is mostly listless. Thursdays' shows are open to the public – rehearsal for the main event, on Sunday – and the place seems drained of energy. Just a handful of rastas are bobbing on the dancefloor and one-loving their fingers in the air; two white girls of northern European provenance are spastically flailing about. Rob, my American lawyer-friend, is next to the stage, getting close-ups of Femi's three genetically gifted back-up dancers. Nearby is a small scrum of young men, holding up smart phones and iPads, recording. Femi indulges them with smiles and fist bumps. He is well-loved by Nigerians, but more temperate than his free-wheeling father. (After the show, when we visit him in the dressing room for the requisite platitudes and photo ops, he poses dutifully before going to play with his kids.) He is prompt, business-like, punctual. Not long after we arrived, he said, as if reproaching us specifically, "If you come at 10:45, you have missed four hours of rehearsal."
Just a few minutes past 11, after a single, brief encore, the dancers jiggle off-stage; the band begins packing up its equipment.
"We said 7pm: sharp. 11pm: sharp," says Femi. "This is the new Africa."


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