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Ramboll Group Projects House of Music: Harmonic interaction in architectural playground
House of Music: Harmonic interaction in architectural playground
Musikkens Hus i Aalborg
Aalborg, Denmark
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Lars Bo Brøns Jensen
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Façade engineering Ground engineering Project management Site solutions Civil & structural engineering
The U-shaped concrete building with an ameba-shaped facade is placed on angled, thin columns which reach as high as the third floor. The building is divided in a rectangular shape but along its sides it turns into a triangular shape and ultimately opens towards the Limfjord in numerous geometrical shapes with the restaurant as a central meeting point. Inside, the building contains a concert hall with 1300 seats and world-class acoustics, which constitutes the center of the compact building.
The House of Music has outstanding architectural details. When comparing the outer details with the inner functions, one sees the broader connection. For instance, the round windows, which on the outside seem randomly placed, have specific impacts on the inner part of the building where all offices and rehearsal rooms each have a chip of the circled windows, creating varied inflows of light and setting different moods.
The internationally renowned architectural company Coop Himmelb(l)au has created the House of Music, which has been named "Building of the Year 2014" for its contribution to the cultural development in Northern Jutland. The design for the new cultural centre of Aalborg is drawn as a three-winged farm, with inspiration from a French convent. The floating shapes are inspired by the water in the Limfjord, which the House of Music borders on.
Ramboll has provided services in connection to the geometrically complex steel and concrete constructions, along with environmental and soil engineering in cooperation with B+G Ingenieure Bollinger & Grohmann GmbH (D).
3D modelling creates new opportunities for construction
With its massive concrete main building, the House of Music sets high demands for its construction which consist of thin columns that are both diagonally and vertically bend. The House of Music is built on the same grounds as the original power stations which were placed on the harbour side in Aalborg. The new constructions are therefore completely or partially placed on top of the existing concrete constructions.
Ramboll's engineers continuously made several GPS registrations of the existing underground constructions. The GPS registrations were implemented in Ramboll's 3D model in order for the foundation of the pillars to be designed in regards to the placement of the existing constructions in the ground.
Ramboll's 3D project design has been significant in meeting the acoustic demands and has contributed in making the architect's complex geometry ready for the entrepreneurs.
The architecture sets acoustic standards
The large main building and the concert hall inside it are designed as separate 'box in box' buildings, meaning that the buildings have no physical connection. To meet the high acoustic demands of the large concert hall a 5-centimeter air gap all the way around the construction of the concert hall, including the foundation of the building, has been made.
- The complex wishes and demands for the architecture and the acoustic conditions highlights the 3D technique as an essential tool for avoiding collisions and securing control of the constructions, says Lars Bo Brøns Jensen, Project Manager at Ramboll.
The 3D project design makes it possible to convert the shapes from the architect's Rhino models, which has been used as a design tool for the project. 3D project design creates several opportunities for precision of the single elements and is therefore ideal for usage in a task which requires as precise placements as the columns which support the House of Music.
Praised as Building of the Year
The notable architecture of the House of Music as well as its status as a much awaited cultural gathering point contributed to the House of Music being named Building of the Year 2014 by the magazine 'Byggeri', which each year highlights the most prominent constructions in Denmark. The House of Music is expected to attract both Danish and foreign guests and will contribute to the growth in the region of Northern Jutland.
The House of Music makes up 20,000 square metres of a larger master plan for the habour area in Aalborg, which also consists of the cultural venues Nordkraft and Utzon Center. The area also holds opportunities for a hotel, offices, shops, gastronomy, housing and performance.


Discussions Magazine Music Blog: ZANE WILLIAMS/Overnight Success: Available August 13th, 2013!
ZANE WILLIAMS/Overnight Success: Available August 13th, 2013!
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The clever and light-hearted title track, "Overnight Success," highlights the mythical ten steps than any aspiring musician must take to achieve their dream of instant stardom. "Sure Felt Like Goodbye" is a radio-ready rocker that ran up the Texas radio charts in the spring of 2013, and "On a Good Day" is a devastatingly beautiful expression of healing in the face of great loss. Each song that follows takes you on its own journey, from anthemic love in "When You've Got a Woman," to blue-collar bravado in "Hands of a Workin' Man." The music is country; no doubts, no apologies, but Zane makes the traditional sounds his own and manages to stay relevant while paying homage to the past.
Zane's own journey to becoming an overnight success began with writing songs as a hobby while at Abilene Christian University. After graduation in 1999, that hobby quickly grew into a career as a college coffeehouse performer, taking him to over five hundred colleges nationwide in a seven-year period. Following a two-year stint as a staff songwriter in Nashville and a top-20 Billboard hit with "Hurry Home" (recorded by Jason Michael Carroll), Zane moved back to Texas in 2008 and refocused his career on building a grassroots local following. Now, thanks to a busy touring schedule, a rapidly growing fan base, and a critically acclaimed new album, Zane's fifteen-year overnight success story is beginning its most interesting chapter yet.


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Q: Writing R random forest results to a file I am writing a R script to run Random Forest classification multiple times for my dataset. I wish to use average of at least 10 runs to get more robust results. So I have this function with for loop that is running Random Forest classifier as many times I wish (n = iterations).
iterateRandomForest <- function (samples,iterations,output_text,outname,pVSURF,b) {
   for (i in (1: iterations)) {

     cat("\n Loop starts", "\n", file=output_text,append=TRUE)
     time <- toString(Sys.time())
     cat(time,"\n", file=output_text,append=TRUE)
     cat("Iteration number ",i," for variable set: ", outname, "\n", sep="",file=output_text,append=TRUE)

     load(pVSURF)
     sel.vars <- x$varselect.pred + 1
     colnames(samples[,sel.vars])

     ptm <- proc.time()                                                                # Start timer to calculate processing length
     (rf.final_ntree501 = randomForest(samples[,"species_na"], x=samples[,sel.vars],
                       ntree=b, importance=TRUE, norm.votes=TRUE, proximity=TRUE) ) # Run randomForest

     ### PROBLEM HERE
     cat(rf.final_ntree501,file=output_text,append=TRUE)
     ### PROBLEM ENDS

     cat("Processing time: ",proc.time() - ptm, "\n", file=output_text,append=TRUE)      # Stop timer
     cat("Loop ends\n",  file=output_text,append=TRUE)
  }
}

Usually you can just write the name of the created Random Forest object (rf.final_ntree501) to print the results as following:
Call:
  randomForest(x = samples[, sel.vars], y = samples[, "species_na"],      ntree = b, importance = TRUE, proximity = TRUE, norm.votes = TRUE)
           Type of random forest: classification
                 Number of trees: 501
No. of variables tried at each split: 4

    OOB estimate of  error rate: 45.43%
Confusion matrix:
                 Acacia mearnsii Cupressus lusitanica Eucalyptus sp. Euphorbia sp. Ficus sp. Grevillea robusta Maesa lanceolata other Persea americana class.error
Acacia mearnsii                   34                    1              3             0         0                 7                0    28                0   0.5342466
Cupressus lusitanica               4                    3              8             0         0                13                0    16                0   0.9318182
Eucalyptus sp.                     5                    0             35             0         0                15                0     8                0   0.4444444
Euphorbia sp.                      0                    0              1            16         0                 2                0    15                0   0.5294118
Ficus sp.                          0                    0              0             1         1                 5                0    17                0   0.9583333
Grevillea robusta                  5                    2              3             0         1                91                0    29                1   0.3106061
Maesa lanceolata                   4                    0              0             0         0                 2                0    14                0   1.0000000
other                             16                    0              3             4         1                27                1   189                1   0.2190083
Persea americana                   5                    1              0             0         0                 6                0    33                1   0.9782609

So I wish write this information to a file inside the loop (see. PROBLEM HERE part). I know that I cannot write RF object directly as it is a list. If I try to save the confusion matrix separately with rf.final_ntree501$confusion with cat. It will save the information but it will mess up the formulation of the matrix and put all information on one line excluding the class names.
Does anyone have good ideas how to handle this properly?
Cheers,
Rami

A: Use capture.output() instead of cat() to write the result into a file the way it is displayed in the console.
# generate random data
samples <- matrix(runif(675), ncol = 9)
resp <- as.factor(sample(LETTERS[1:9], 75, replace = TRUE))

# random forest
rf <- randomForest(x = samples, y = resp, ntree = 501,
    importance = TRUE, norm.votes = TRUE, proximity = TRUE)

# save desired information into a file
capture.output(rf, file = output_text, append = TRUE)

Saving the confusion matrix separately, you can use write.table(). The result will be formatted to a machine readable way with a chosen separator (tab in the example).
write.table(rf$confusion, file = "filename.txt", sep = "\t")

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No Man's Sky has received a new patch on PC and PS4 that will make space battles vary in size and allow players to see bigger battles.
The United Kingdom's Advertising Standards Authority has deemed that No Man's Sky was not misleading in its marketing material.
No Man's Sky's new update is bringing thousands of players back to the game.
Hello Games just released a massive update for No Man's Sky, adding several long-awaited features to the game.
The year isn't even over but there are already plenty of things to be disappointed about.
This is the game No Man's Sky should've been.
No Man's Sky developer Hello Games could be in serious legal trouble.
This mod is better than No Man's Sky in nearly every way.
This one picture shows how Sean Murray has abandoned No Man's Sky since its release.
Hello Games has addressed a large amount of problems with its latest patch for No Man's Sky.


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We had breakfast of Smoked Salmon and scrambled eggs, did a few chores then it was lunchtime, home baked Ham, we then decided to take Kara down to the beach for a Christmas day stroll.
The wind was bitterly cold, the sun was shining.
We then headed home fed the animals there afternoon feed, popped round to wish our lovely neighbours a happy Christmas, a jolly little family gathering.
We then settled in front of the fire with Mussels and Lobster a few nibbles and there we stayed for the evening, a delightful day no stress no pressure.
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December 21, 2015 by Combined Maritime Forces
Pakistan assumes command of CTF 151 from Turkey
On 21 December 2015 command of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151) passed from the Turkish Navy under the command of Rear Admiral Ayhan Bay to Commodore Zahid Ilyas SI(M) S Bt of the Pakistan Navy.
Commodore Zahid Ilyas, incoming Commander CTF 151
Rear Admiral Bay, who has led CTF 151 since 27 August 2015, thanked his staff and the Combined Maritime Force for their support, and said: "As you know Turkey supported this multinational task force from the very beginning and will continue to contribute to international operations in the concept of `peace at home, peace in the world` principle declared by the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,"
Rear Admiral Ayhan Bay, outgoing Commander CTF 151
"In this regard, we should all be mindful of the fact that this is still an international and multi- dimensional problem and requires a multinational, multifaceted solution. Besides the security aspect, piracy has social, economic and political aspects and cannot be solved permanently by only adapting military counter measures."
Rear Admiral Bay will return to Turkey and his new role as Commander of the Northern Task Group.
Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, Commander Combined Maritime Forces, presided over the handover ceremony and noting the achievements of CTF 151, said: "Rear Admiral Bay, your accomplishments are numerous and impressive. The hard work of the ships and sailors under your Command has made it possible to keep the waters of the Gulf of Aden safer than they have been in decades. There have been no attacks in your tenure, maintaining a proud record of forward-leaning prevention that benefits everyone in the region."
Rear Admiral Bay, Vice Admiral Donegan, and Commodore Ilyas
Vice Admiral Donegan then went on to highlight Commodore Ilyas' career and welcomed him to the Combined Maritime Forces family. During his naval career the Commodore has commanded two Pakistan Navy destroyers, PNS Babur and PNS Zulfiquar. His most recent appointment was as the Commanding Officer of the Pakistan Navy's Destroyer Squadron 18.
This is the seventh time that Pakistan has led CTF 151. Commodore Ilyas said on taking Command: "As Commander of CTF 151, I intend engaging with regional leaders and the mercantile community to promote CMF resolve with respect to participation in counter piracy operations and information sharing to suppress piracy in the region. We are passing through uncertain and unpredictable times, where diverse threats are posed to the seagoing community on the high seas. Of these, piracy, although low at the moment, continues to present an intricate and extraordinary threat and still impacts on security, freedom of navigation and global security and stability,"
Commodore Ilyas giving his speech at the Change of Command ceremony
"But no one nation alone can resolve this menace. Piracy is a shared challenge which can only be addressed through collaborative and comprehensive international efforts. During my command, I shall continue to deter and disrupt piracy while maintaining a flexible approach in coordination with CMF."
CTF 151's mission is to disrupt piracy and armed robbery at sea and to engage with regional and other partners to build capacity and improve relevant capabilities in order to protect global maritime commerce and secure freedom of navigation.
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People with learning difficulties treated miles from home
David Spereall
Published: 16:41 Monday 02 July 2018 Updated: 15:35 Thursday 05 July 2018
People with severe learning disabilities from Wakefield are receiving specialist treatment miles away from the city and their families.
An interim report has revealed that at the start of the year, seven males and two females with complex needs from the district were living in units elsewhere in the UK because of a lack of local facilities.
However, plans are in place to return four of the patients, who are living with either autism, learning difficulties or both, to Wakefield.
Teenagers are among those being cared for away from the district, with the eldest patient in their early forties.
At a health scrutiny meeting on Thursday, Councillor Betty Rhodes welcomed the announcement that some would be returning home.
She said: "It's certainly a problem nationally as well.
"It's important that children are looked after nearer to home where their families can actually visit them.
"Having to send children far away from home and friends when they need help can't be beneficial.
"To be able to give them support closer to home is a vital part of the healing process as well."
The patients are being treated under an NHS programme which specifically caters for those with conditions like autism.
The report does not specify where the patients are located, but said that some of them had been in prison before they were taken elsewhere for treatment.
On the process of moving four of the patients back to Wakefield, it said: "Plans are underway with a local specialist provider to enable them to return to the Wakefield District with an appropriate, substantial, packages of support by April 2018.
"Further information is still being obtained on the additional five individuals in order to better understand their needs and what is required to support discharge, as they were not previously known to the CCG (Wakefield Clinical Commissioning Group) or Social Services.
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With no cars to park, whither the parking fees? That question is one of many that the city of Austin will have to answer as it prepares for a possible future where personal car ownership is replaced by shared fleets of fully automated electric vehicles.
According to numbers recently compiled by Governing Magazine, the city collects more than $36.6 million in receipts from parking fees, fines, traffic citations and other vehicle-related assessments.
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If Casar sees some market forces as immoral, however, he doesn't argue that city government's duty is to fight them so much as to step in and provide what the market isn't offering: housing for Austin's poor and working class.
Austin Independent School District Trustee Jayme Mathias (District 2) struggled to find common ground with parents, teacher assistants and other community members at the Save East Austin Schools rally Wednesday night. The event was organized by Bertha Delgado and Monica Sanchez, who asked attendees to sign up for a political action committee that would lobby Austinites to vote "no" this November for a school bond that they feel neglects the needs of their community's schools.
Organizers informed the crowd gathered in front of the Metz Recreation Center on Canterbury Street that Sanchez, Brooke, Metz and Norman elementary schools as well as the Sadler Means Young Women's Academy were all up for closure if the $1.05 billion bond proposition passed at the end of the year.
Several more Fortune 500 companies have added their names to a growing list of businesses opposed the so-called Texas "bathroom bill." CEOs from 10 corporations — including Uber, Lyft, Dallas-based Neiman Marcus, JPMorgan Chase, PayPal, Plano-based Frito-Lay, PepsiCo and Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes — sent Gov. Greg Abbott a letter Thursday urging him to drop his support for the legislation.
A dozen years ago, Texas health care administrators hired a company to help determine when taxpayers should cover the cost of dental care for the state's poorer residents, particularly children.
The company, later acquired by the giant corporation Xerox, deployed a team of medical specialists to review the tens of thousands of requests for dental and orthodontic care that flowed in every year. After evaluating each record, including X-rays and molds of the patient's mouth, the experts rendered a professional opinion as to whether a procedure was medically necessary, the standard to earn Medicaid coverage. The system ensured that public money was responsibly spent.
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The manufacturer of the digital voting machines used across the state filed suit in Travis County district court this week, seeking to block the Texas secretary of state from certifying rival machine makers whose devices produce a paper receipt of votes cast.
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Drive…wasn't this movie out a few months ago? didn't this movie get on a ton of people's top 10 list for 2011? An incredible fast-paced ride directed by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn blew my mind once again. With a leading man Like Ryan Gosling a few of the other more notable characters get lost in the movie, like Bryan Cranston who plays the role of Shannon Gosling's character's mentor, and this is by far one of Albert Brooks' best roles as mobster Bernie Rose. The unnamed driver had Steve McQueen written all over him, so I was hooked.
Carey Mulligan, who played Irene, looked stunned throughout the whole movie and offered up a few smiles now and again, also a small roll by Christina Hendricks had her moments. I have no idea why they added Ron Perlman, he really adds nothing to the movie except annoyance.
Enough about the movie itself, now welcome another special event at the Alamo Drafthouse to make everyone a bit jealous. I am really sorry but Austin sometimes has really great showings/poster drops and stars showing up unannounced. Yeah, that shit really happens here on a regular basis.
So tonight was no different, January 31st was not just another night for MONDO and Alamo Drafthouse. They had a radical idea to do a Blu-ray release showing of the Ryan Gosling movie Drive, and lo and behold a screen print that has been long overdue.
The Driver and his Mentor
There was a lot of speculation as to why a Drive print got canceled before the movie came out in the theater, but after reading the interview with MONDO at the AIGA Q & A with Justin Ishmael and Rob Jones, we knew why.
As with all of MONDO/Alamo Drafthouse release showings, it's a big deal, but we only had a few days to get prepared for this and we had no idea who the artist for the print release was. Rumors swirled around the poster and print community like bad folk legend; it could be a simple giclee with a no-name artist or a super popular screen print artist that MONDO has been using for the last few years. No one really knew.
What we did know during the last week was that MONDO was going to release a screen print for this Blu-ray drop but that was it, except maybe the first 19 people in line would be eligible for the free Blu-ray of Drive. That was enough for me to show up a bit early to try and nab one. I normally don't enter these contests but I sure would enjoy watching this movie on a large screen TV in crisp, clean Blu-ray technology.
Early Lineup for Drive
So the evening started out simply enough with a large group of folks showing up early for the 7:30pm showing. I'm talking folks started to line up at 3pm. Yes, you read that correct, three in the afternoon for a 7:30pm showing. This is how much people in Austin love, I mean LOVE, free shit. It really means a lot to Austenites to get free swag.
Back to the evening at hand. As we all began to show up and hang out like clockwork, we would hear the usual folks calling your name as you arrived and got in line, we began to recognize the usual suspects that show up to all the Alamo/MONDO events. The buzz begins about who is the artist and is Ryan Gosling really showing up to the screening. Yes, that was one rumor. The evening started out just as perfect as can be as we made our way to the comfy seats we know so well at the Alamo. We got to watch funny previews of Ryan Gosling doing an interview for Crazy Stupid Love, reading internet memes about "Hey Girl" (which was entertaining for about five minutes).
Then it was time, and Justin Ishmael, Creative Director at MONDO Tees (the art boutique of the Alamo Drafthouse) rolled up on stage in his traditional tank top, Jordan high-tops and positive upbeat attitude, announced "We are all here to see Drive in glorious 35 MM, right?" The crowd erupted.
Fan Jacket
I will have to say watching this in a big theater reminded me of why we spend the extra money to see a movie like Drive in a big theater. The chase scenes are of a grand scale and are super-fast paced so much that if we even saw this on a 70-inch screen on pay-per-view at home we would miss something. The soundtrack bumped and vibrated my seat as I drank my beer. There was a feeling of acceptance at one point that I'm in a theater with a bunch of like-minded movie goers who enjoy food and beer as much as I do, and we are all going to be introduced to an exclusive silk screen print of this head-stomping, razor-blade-slashing, nonstop action movie.
As the movie started winding down and I could feel myself skooch back in my seat after moving ever so slightly towards the edge as the action got heavier, I started to miss the soundtrack I had been playing in my truck all week. It's what keeps you paced to the action of the movie, the soundtrack by Cliff Martinez (the former drummer most known for his work with Red Hot Chili Peppers), has an amazing score that just keeps you going through the whole movie.
Redeemable for a badass Drive screen print
As the credits rolled, Justin Ishmael came back up on stage and explained to us that we all received a really cool Scorpion ticket at the beginning of the show and that is to be redeemed for a limited edition screen print of Drive by none other than Australia's own Ken Taylor.
Melbourne-based illustrator & designer Ken Taylor works primarily within the music industry and is predominantly well-known for his striking rock posters. The guy knocks them out of the park each and every time when it comes to movie prints. I have only see a few other Drive posters on the net, mostly stuff I wouldn't even come close to framing, but this was the only one I could say would make it to my wall.
And here is the end result of Ken's hard work:
MONDO will have a limited number of these up for sale on their website at a random time on Thursday, February 2nd. If you would like to see more of Ken Taylor's work, go check out his website and/or subscribe to MONDO's newsletter for MONDO drops, or sign up for MONDO's twitter.
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Who was the first European to visit Nigeria?
Who was the first European to visit Nigeria in 1485?
What is the early European contact with Nigeria?
Who made first contact with Nigeria?
Who was the first Portuguese in Nigeria?
Who led the first European to Gold Coast?
When did the first Europeans arrive in West Africa?
How did French come into Nigeria?
Who gave Nigeria name?
What was Nigeria called before?
When did Europe colonize Nigeria?
Is Edo a Yoruba?
Who brought Christianity to Nigeria?
Does the Igbo tribe still exist?
Europeans began exploration, trade, and missionary endeavors along the West Coast of Africa in the 15th century. The Portuguese were the first to do so, establishing trade with the Benin Kingdom, Lagos, and other regions along the coast.
The first European travelers to reach Benin were Portuguese explorers under João Afonso de Aveiro in about 1485. A strong mercantile relationship developed, with the Edo trading slaves and tropical products such as ivory, pepper and palm oil for European goods such as manillas and guns.
The first European travelers to reach Benin were Portuguese explorers in about 1485.
In the fifteenth century A.D. the Europeans made their first recorded visit to West Africa including Nigeria with immediate and important results. As far as one man was responsible for this event, the credit must eventually go to Prince Henry of Portugal, who later became known as Henry the Navigator.
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In 1472, during one of the Portuguese voyages along the coast of west Africa, the Portuguese explorer, Ruy de Sequeira arrived on the coast of the Niger delta in present-day Nigeria.
The first European explorers to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial deposits of gold in the soil. In 1483, the Portuguese came to the continent for increased trade.
The arrival of European sea traders at the Guinea coastlands in the 15th century clearly marks a new epoch in their history and in the history of all of western Africa.
French and German Languages were among the earliest subjects introduced into Nigerian Secondary schools as from 1859 when the first secondary school was founded in Lagos colony (Omolewa, 1971: 379). In fact Nigeria happened to be the first Anglophone country in Africa to teach French in Schools.
Like so many modern African states, Nigeria is the creation of European imperialism. Its very name – after the great Niger River, the country's dominating physical feature – was suggested in the 1890s by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later became the wife of colonial governor Frederick Lugard.
What was its name before Nigeria? The former name for Nigeria was the Royal Niger Company Territories. It does not sound like a country name at all! The name Nigeria was replaced and preserved up until today.
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The British colonized Nigeria in 1884. It was established as a colony in 1884 at the Berlin conference where Africa was divided by European powers. Britain gained power by the use of its military.
Benin Kingdom in Edo is Yoruba territory — Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Tuesday said Benin Kingdom in Edo State remained part of the expansive Yoruba race, a pronouncement that may spark fresh rivalry and altercation between people of the two ancient kingdoms.
Christianity came to Nigeria in the 15th century through Augustinian and Capuchin monks from Portugal. The first mission of the Church of England was, though, only established in 1842 in Badagry by Henry Townsend.
In Nigeria, Igbos inhabit an area referred to as Igboland, which is divided into two sections along the lower River Niger. … Since the late 20th century, many Nigeria immigrants have gone to the United States, and many of them are Igbos. It is estimated that more than 2000,000 Igbos live in the United States.


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Bunny Burson
Hidden in Plain Sight series
Chad series
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In 2015 I completed a body of artwork which culminated in a limited-edition artist book, Hidden in Plain Sight. I was inspired by letters found in 2009 in the attic of my childhood home. They were from my mother's parents in Leipzig, Germany, who were subsequently lost in the Holocaust and about whom I knew very little. The letters had been sent to my mother in Memphis, Tennessee, between 1939 and 1941. From one survivor, my mother, there are now 25 of us.
In my effort to express the connectivity of my maternal grandparents to these unlikely future generations, I began to explore my heritage through popular sites. But it was an evocative depiction of the genome of the zika mosquito in The New York Times that caught my attention. I decided that the link between our generations could be expressed using my genome as an art form, and had my own sequenced.
With my karyotype and four nucleic acid bases in hand, I decided to investigate both my analog and digital genetic history and to articulate it through my newly found language of shapes and letters. With access to a printmaking studio and a digital fabrication lab, I was able to combine classic printmaking processes with contemporary technology.
Through the manipulation of my chromosomal images and sequenced genome I seek to connect past and future generations through science and art.
Newfound Letters
Four laser-cut woodblock monoprints mounted on panel with 3-D printed sculptural elements in resin


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Drugs for treating people with sleepiness during shift work and sleep problems after shift work
People who work shifts often report sleepiness at work and problems with sleep between work shifts. This is called shift work sleep disorder when the difficulties with sleep after the night shift and sleepiness during the night shift are persistent. We evaluated the effect of drugs, such as melatonin, to improve shift workers' sleep quality after night shift work. We also examined the effect of drugs, such as caffeine, to help shift workers stay awake. We also wanted to evaluate cost-effectiveness but there were no studies.
Studies found
We performed a literature search up to 20 September 2013. We included 15 trials with 718 participants. Trials evaluated the effect of melatonin and hypnotics on sleep after the shift and the effect of modafinil, armodafinil and caffeine plus naps on sleepiness during the shift.
Effect on sleep length and quality
People who take melatonin may sleep for 24 minutes longer during the daytime after the night shift but there may be no effect on other sleep outcomes, such as time needed to fall asleep (low quality evidence). Side effects of melatonin use were rare.
For hypnotics (zopiclone), there is insufficient evidence to know whether or not they affect sleep length (very low quality evidence). We did not find reports on their side effects in shift workers.
Effect on alertness or sleepiness during the shift
People that take modafinil and armodafinil probably have a small reduction in sleepiness and an increase in alertness during the night shift, based on evidence at three months' follow-up in people with shift work sleep disorder (moderate quality evidence). Headache and nausea were the most common side effects both in the short and long term follow-up. However, serious skin disorders have been reported since these drugs have come on the market. We found no trials in shift workers without a diagnosis of shift work sleep disorder.
We found one trial which showed that people that took caffeine before the night shift in combination with a nap before the shift had increased alertness during the night shift.
What do we still need to find out?
The evidence was of low quality and mostly from small trials. Both sleep and alertness promoting agents have potentially serious adverse effects. Therefore, we need more trials to determine the beneficial and harmful effects of these drugs.
There is low quality evidence that melatonin improves sleep length after a night shift but not other sleep quality parameters. Both modafinil and armodafinil increase alertness and reduce sleepiness to some extent in employees who suffer from shift work sleep disorder but they are associated with adverse events. Caffeine plus naps reduces sleepiness during the night shift, but the quality of evidence is low. Based on one low quality trial, hypnotics did not improve sleep length and quality after a night shift.
We need more and better quality trials on the beneficial and adverse effects and costs of all pharmacological agents that induce sleep or promote alertness in shift workers both with and without a diagnosis of shift work sleep disorder. We also need systematic reviews of their adverse effects.
Shift work results in sleep-wake disturbances, which cause sleepiness during night shifts and reduce sleep length and quality in daytime sleep after the night shift. In its serious form it is also called shift work sleep disorder. Various pharmacological products are used to ameliorate symptoms of sleepiness or poor sleep length and quality.
To evaluate the effects of pharmacological interventions to reduce sleepiness or to improve alertness at work and decrease sleep disturbances whilst off work, or both, in workers undertaking shift work in their present job and to assess their cost-effectiveness.
We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed and PsycINFO up to 20 September 2013 and ClinicalTrials.gov up to July 2013. We also screened reference lists of included trials and relevant reviews.
We included all eligible randomised controlled trials (RCTs), including cross-over RCTs, of pharmacological products among workers who were engaged in shift work (including night shifts) in their present jobs and who may or may not have had sleep problems. Primary outcomes were sleep length and sleep quality while off work, alertness and sleepiness, or fatigue at work.
Two authors independently selected studies, extracted data and assessed risk of bias in included trials. We performed meta-analyses where appropriate.
We included 15 randomised placebo-controlled trials with 718 participants. Nine trials evaluated the effect of melatonin and two the effect of hypnotics for improving sleep problems. One trial assessed the effect of modafinil, two of armodafinil and one examined caffeine plus naps to decrease sleepiness or to increase alertness.
Melatonin (1 to 10 mg) after the night shift may increase sleep length during daytime sleep (mean difference (MD) 24 minutes, 95% confidence interval (CI) 9.8 to 38.9; seven trials, 263 participants, low quality evidence) and night-time sleep (MD 17 minutes, 95% CI 3.71 to 30.22; three trials, 234 participants, low quality evidence) compared to placebo. We did not find a dose-response effect. Melatonin may lead to similar sleep latency times as placebo (MD 0.37minutes, 95% CI - 1.55 to 2.29; five trials, 74 participants, low quality evidence).
Hypnotic medication, zopiclone, did not result in significantly longer daytime sleep length compared to placebo in one low quality trial and we could not use the data from the study on lormetazepam.
Armodafinil taken before the night shift probably reduces sleepiness by one point on the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS) (MD -0.99, 95% CI -1.32 to -0.67; range 1 to 10; two trials, 572 participants, moderate quality evidence) and increases alertness by 50 ms in a simple reaction time test (MD -50.0, 95% CI -85.5 to -15.5) at three months' follow-up in shift work sleep disorder patients. Modafinil probably has similar effects on sleepiness (KSS) (MD -0.90, 95% CI -1.45 to -0.35; one trial, 183 participants, moderate quality evidence) and alertness in the psychomotor vigilance test in the same patient group. Post-marketing, severe skin reactions have been reported. Adverse effects reported by trial participants were headache, nausea and a rise in blood pressure. There were no trials in non-patient shift workers.
Based on one trial, caffeine plus pre-shift naps taken before the night shift decreased sleepiness (KSS) (MD -0.63, 95% CI -1.09 to -0.17).
We judged most trials to have a low risk of bias even though the randomisation method and allocation concealment were often not described.
Adaptation of shift work schedules for preventing and treating sleepiness and sleep disturbances caused by shift work
Non-drug interventions for sleepiness and sleep problems for shift workers who work nights
Effects of exposure to night shift work on cancer risk in workers
Caffeine for preventing injuries and errors in shift workers
Work changes to prevent and decrease stress in teachers
Health & safety at work > Managing occupational disease > Mental health
Liira J, Verbeek JH, Costa G, Driscoll TR, Sallinen M, Isotalo LK, Ruotsalainen JH
of this Review
Best of the Cochrane Library: 2014 in review
Evidently Cochrane
Caffeine and health: evidence from Cochrane
Liira J, Verbeek JH, Costa G, Driscoll TR, Sallinen M, Isotalo LK, Ruotsalainen JH. Pharmacological interventions for sleepiness and sleep disturbances caused by shift work. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD009776. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009776.pub2


The villa (accommodation for 18 people) is on the rises of Montalbano, in a very calm and quiet area, in an olive grove. The villa is surrounded by a garden with table, chairs, beach umbrella, barbecue and gazebo. In the garden there is the private swimming pool. From the villa there is a fantastic panoramic view of the valley and of the Larciano Castle. For guests: Sat TV, laundry, bowling green, an equipped area for picnics. At about 4 km from the villa there is the village of San Rocco di Larciano with shops and services, a lake for sporting fishing and the natural observatory of the 'Padule di Fucecchio' park. At 6 km there is the club 'Montecatini Golf'. From the villa it is possible to easily reach all the most important art cities of Tuscany (Florence, Pisa, Siena, Lucca) and the Versilia coast.
The villa (8 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms) is composed by 3 apartments, in total there are 6 double bedrooms, one bedroom with single bed and a bedroom with 3 beds, 5 bathrooms with shower, 4 sitting rooms, a veranda with a table and a balcony with solarium and panoramic view. In a sitting room there is a double sofa-bed.


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ABOUT Boris Tellegen
Boris Tellegen (NL, 1968) began his artistic career using his pseudonym on the streets in the 1980s. Tellegen always treated the two dimensional frame of the letter and the word as sculpture, bursting out or morphing into the wall, piercing its boundaries by adding a dimension. By combining the reliefs of his practice with his education in industrial design, he soon started to create three-dimensional work on the intersection of architecture, painting, sculpture and installation.
In his body of work made over a thirty-year span, Tellegen explores how to transcend the boundaries of walls by annexing, deconstructing and recomposing them, to ultimately disregard them in recent installations. Through the ever-fluctuating shape of his work, Tellegen continues to disrupt our perception of surface and space.
Boris Tellegen received his education in Industrial Design Engineering at the Technical University of Delft (NL, 1988-94). Tellegen has exhibited widely in European, North American and Australian museums, institutions and galleries. Recent exhibitions include MIMA, Brussels (BE, 2017), Les Abattoirs, Toulouse (FR, 2016), Amsterdam Museum (NL, 2015) and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR, 2014). Tellegen regularly creates commissioned sculptures in the public spaces. A recent example is a series of sculptures between Amersfoort and Utrecht in the framework of De Stijl's centenary celebration (NL, 2017).
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