According to the latest news from Committee for the Families of Kurdish Political Prisoners Ehsan Fatahiyan has been transferred to the solitary ward of the Sanandaj Prison, where prisoners are taken immediately before execution. The execution team which is scheduled to carry out Ehsan's execution has also entered the Sanandaj Prison premises.
As a result the political prisoners have started a riot and there are reports of physical altercations between prisoners and prison guards. Also all communication between prison and the outside has been halted, and prisoners are not allowed to have any visitations or make any phone calls.
Many other political prisoners from various prisons have joined the hunger strike in support of Ehsan Fatahiyan. Prisoners from Evin and Rajaishahr prison including Mr. Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heydariyan and Farhad Vakili have joined the hunger strike. Other prisoners in Mahabad, Orumiye and Ghore prisons have also joined the strike. The mother of Habibollah Latifi, another Kurdish activist sentenced to death and currently in Rajaishahr prison has also joined the hunger strike in support of Ehsan Fatahiyan.
On a more positive note both Amnesty International and Defend International have issued Urgent Action alerts in support of Mr. Fatahiyan, which I hope will put some serious pressure on the Islamic Regime. We no longer need to write to these two entities as they have already issued the statements. But we can still write to other human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch.
The face book campaign to save Mr. Fatahiyan from execution is going very well and has expanded dramatically. I want to send a big thanks to everyone involved especially the organizer Mr. Reza Hiwa which I've had the pleasure of working with for the past few days. We've also managed to collect more than 5000 signatures on our petition in less than two days. Many people have also changed their facebook profile picture to Ehsan's picture to show support and solidarity. I urge everyone to do the same, we must show the Regime that Ehsan is not alone.
Lastly I had previously written about a church in Toronto that organized a prayer session for Mr. Fatahiyan in support and solidarity. I urge all other religious entities both online and offline to do the same. We are all doing everything we practically and possibly can to try to save Ehsan from execution, but some prayer and hope can also go a long way.
Please feel free to use my material but with proper sourcing.
Pleasure has been mine dear Sayeh to work with you. I still can't believe the level of support we are getting. The campaign is going on and I better turn the page!


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The em dash is an incredibly versatile punctuation mark that can be used instead of parentheses, commas, colons, or quotation marks in a sentence.
The em dash has a fan club of sorts, as writers love to debate its many uses (and possible overuses). Noting that people have proclaimed their love of this punctuation mark with em dash tattoos, the New York Times called it "the bad boy, or cool girl, of punctuation. A freewheeling scofflaw. A rebel without a clause."
That's because it has many ways—and is even favored by famous rule-breakers.
What is an em dash?
The em dash (—) sets off a word or clause and adds emphasis. Or, it can signal an interruption (see our article on interrupting sentences for more on that!) or amplification ("expanding") of an idea. It's also the longest of the dashes (e.g., hyphen, en dash).
Why is it called em dash?
The name comes from typography—the work of setting, arranging, and printing types. An em dash is a dash that is the width of an M.
How to type an em dash
The hyphen, double hyphen, and minus sign have been encroaching on the territory of the em dash with increasing frequency in recent years. In the massive digitization project, Google Books treats hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes as the same character, translating them all into "–." Neither the en nor the em appear on standard keyboards, making them even harder to use.
So, how do you type an em dash? On a mac, use "option + shift + -". On a PC, use "Alt + Ctrl + -".
Most newspapers (which follow The Associated Press Stylebook) add a space on either side of it. Many other style guides opt not to add the spaces. If you're not using a style guide, the most important thing is to be consistent throughout your work.
When to use an em dash
1. In place of a comma
A lot of writers have adapted the em dash to suit their own purposes. James Joyce—rebel that he was—used the em dash (rather than quotation marks) throughout Ulysses. Emily Dickinson used em dashes (rather than commas) in most of her poetry. These uses are mainly personal style choices.
A set of em dashes can enclose information that would otherwise be set off by commas. They can subtly change the sentence's meaning.
For example: And yet when the hikers discovered Bigfoot's lair—after eight months of searching—they were surprisingly unprepared for the worldwide media attention their finding received.
More examples, with and without the em dash:
You are the cousin, the only cousin, who came to my wedding.
You are the cousin—the only cousin—who came to my wedding.
Can you call me back … oh, nevermind
Can you call me back—oh, nevermind.
The em dash can join two independent clauses in place of a semicolon. People use it instead of a semicolon more often these days because it can provide a more casual tone and look. Here's an older example from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: "Well, nobody could think of anything to do—everybody was stumped, and set still."
It can also replace a colon when introducing phrases, clauses, or examples. This can either soften the sentence or add color, as in this example from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson: "Each person is born to one possession which out-values all his others—his last breath."
2. In place of parentheses
Em dashes are also used as interruptors in sentences, mostly in blogs and digital content. This adds a casual and conversational tone that readers enjoy, especially when reading online. You can use em dashes to insert commentary on what is written, to add a small joke or witty comment, or to add an example to make what is written more relatable.
I'd never been to a farm before—well, unless you count my cousin's backyard chicken coop, which I certainly don't—and I was excited to learn more about the care of the animals.
Jasmine left the store without buying anything—she'd be back one day, after she was a famous songwriter, and would buy the most expensive guitar they had—and took the subway home.
3. In place of a colon
A colon is used to introduce information at the end of a sentence, which is a job that an em dash can often do as well. Now, a colon should be used to introduce a list. For example: The translator speaks five languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese.
However, an em dash can substitute for a colon used to separate extra information at the end of a sentence. A colon or em dash can be used to give emphasis to the final part of the section, or is sometimes required to separate an independent clause at the end.
Like so:
Hector knows exactly where he wants to go for lunch: the new Greek restaurant!
Hector knows exactly where he wants to go for lunch—the new Greek restaurant!
I've been waiting my whole life for this moment: I'm graduating from medical school.
I've been waiting my whole life for this moment—I'm graduating from medical school.
The em dash is considered less formal than the colon in these instances so it is particularly well-suited for informal, colloquial writing.
4. In place of a semicolon
Here again, an em dash can substitute for a punctuation mark used to separate the parts of a sentence. Like a colon, the semicolon can be used to keep two main clauses (each containing a noun and verb) apart.
A semicolon can do this:
It's too early to go to the laundromat; they open at 8 am.
The boys want to visit the zoo; Amelia wants to go bowling.
In these types of sentences, an em dash can substitute for a semicolon.
Luke wrote her a letter; she has yet to write back.
Luke wrote her a letter—she has yet to write back.
How does an em dash differ from a hyphen and en dash
Em dash vs. en dash
Beyond its looks, an en dash (–) is nothing like an em dash. It can denote a range (for example, a range of numbers), connect two items that go together (January 4–February 1) or can be used to replace the words to, and, or versus. An en dash is longer than a hyphen (–) and shorter than an em dash (—).
For example, you would use an en dash in this instance: there were 50–75 people at the event. You could not substitute an em dash. They have different functions.
Em dash vs. hyphen
A hyphen (–) connects two elements that are joined together to function as one, such as when two words make a compound word: merry-go-round, long-term, or seventy-two. The shortest of the dashes, hyphens link words and parts of words. They can connect prefixes or break up a word at the end of a line of text. They can also combine two or more words that describe a noun.
An em dash cannot substitute for a hyphen.
Now that you're done with this article, dash over to read our primer on hyphens!


A shared theme across all discussions to mark the day was the call for greater protections of women's rights both online and offline. Many of the disadvantages faced by women offline have been transferred online, leaving many excluded from the information society, while those with access are sometimes targets of online hostility, such as gender based reputation and privacy attacks. In Africa, a key offline disproportionality is the education level and in turn ICT literacy variance between men and women.
Pan-African efforts such as the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms call for the creation and promotion of online content that "reflects women's voices and needs, that promotes and supports women's rights – in order to address existing gender inequalities and encourage active participation and empowerment of women via online spaces." The Declaration recognises the need for mechanisms that enable the full, active and equal participation of women and girls in decision-making about how the Internet is shaped and governed.
On March 7, the Unwanted Witness and the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) held a twitterthon using the hashtag #WomenOnlineEA to highlight and create awareness on the important role women have played in the development of Uganda through ICT.
Using the hashtag #ICT4Women and reflections from a report titled Cyber Infrastructure: A Women's Issue Too!, the discussions focused on the impact digital communications have had on women globally and in Uganda. According to the report, as ICT access and use increases in Uganda, a balanced ICT policy that includes women as key stakeholders should be pursued.
The sentiments of the twitterthon were echoed during a post-International Women's Day twitter chat held amongst OpenNet Africa partners including Jamii Forums (Tanzania), East & Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) and experts from Ethiopia and Burundi on March 9. This chat used the hashtag #WomenOnlineEA and also touched on issues discussed during Safer Internet Day which explored Promoting Online Safety in Africa on February 10.
Participants in this chat concluded that efforts to increase internet access for women should be complemented with the fundamental rights to privacy, access to information and data protection as some of the key requirements of internet freedom. Increased mobile phone access in particular was pointed out as a key driver for inclusivity and participation online for women.
According to the 2014 State of Internet Freedom in East Africa report, increased mobile penetration has contributed towards more internet users. Conversely, women on average are 14% less likely to own a mobile phone than men, according to a recent GSMA report which also indicates that despite women seeing value in mobile phones as life enhancing tools, there are 200 million fewer women than men owning mobile phones globally.
According to the ITU, there are fewer women in developing countries online than there are men. In 2013, this figure stood at 16% fewer women than men accessing the internet in developing countries. Indeed, some twitter chat participants pointed out that internet access was not a key priority for women in developing countries. Rather, focus should be given to access to clean water, electricity and sanitation needs, among others. This was, however, countered with the argument that access to the internet is no less a priority for women than access to other basic needs.
Throughout the discussions, participants shared reports and insights on internet freedom from their respective countries in what is an increasingly transforming area in the region. See A brief look into Internet Freedom and women in East Africa for a summary of the twitterthon.
Next: Is Kenya Putting the Chill on Internet Freedoms?


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Modifying our diet is one of the keys to losing weight.
But the statistics on diet successes aren't good and only a very small percentage of dieters achieve permanent weight loss. To help you become one of those that do achieve permanent weight loss from dieting, here are Ten Golden Rules to Dieting that you can trust to help you lose those unwanted inches and pounds.
The old saying that 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day' is certainly on the money when it comes to dieting.
Nothing gets our metabolism going faster than breakfast after a good night's sleep.
Sleeping causes our metabolism to slow right down and breakfast kick-starts it again for us.
But always remember that just as important as having breakfast itself, it's also important to choose healthy breakfast options like wholegrain cereals and breads, low-fat dairy products like milk and yogurt, and fruit or fruit juice.
Drinking plenty of water and getting enough sleep are critically important when we are dieting.
As well as helping to keep us healthy, drinking sufficient amounts of water can help us when dieting because it helps keep us feeling full and stops us from feeling hungry, and when we drink plenty of water we usually drink less soda, coffee and alcohol, all of which can add significant amounts of calories to our daily intake.
New links to the importance of sleep to weight loss are being uncovered all the time.
One case in point was a series of studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association which showed that sleep loss can make weight loss far more difficult than it needs to be.
So to make sure your weight loss doesn't encounter any hidden barriers to success, drink lots of water and get plenty of sleep.
Do you know how many calories you need to maintain your current weight and do you know how many calories you therefore need to consume in order to lose weight?
Once you know these things, you also need to keep track of how many calories you consume each day so that you can compare them to your target and make any necessary adjustments.
Writing down your calorie consumption after each meal will help you realize how much of an effect the little piece of candy here and the occasional cookie there has on your weight.
Writing down your calorie consumption needn't be hard, most of us eat the same things week in week out so chances are you'll only need to get to know the energy values of a relatively small number of foods and drinks in order to keep track.
Gaining significant weight usually takes years and so should losing a significant amount of weight.
Our bodies don't like sudden and significant change; in fact it is built to resist it.
This resistance has a scientific name called homeostasis.
When our body heats up to a temperature above its preferred level what happens?
We sweat, which is an automatic response designed to cool us down to the preferred level again. That's homeostasis at work.
When we lose weight too quickly, what happens?
Our body automatically slows down its metabolism, that is, the rate at which we burn energy to survive and function. That's homeostasis at work again.
In addition to keeping our body from fighting against us on the weight loss front, losing weight too quickly doesn't work because early rapid weight loss usually results from losing body fluid and muscle tissue which is not healthy nor helpful in our battle to lose weight.
Rapid and significant weight loss from dieting alone is usually indicative of a very calorie restrictive diet which is also counterproductive because for most of us it is unsustainable.
Weight gain isn't a sign that we have been eating the wrong food; it is a sign that we have been eating too much food.
The great news about this is that we don't need to all start eating lettuce to lose weight; we just may need to cut down a little on the foods we enjoy each day.
Dieting alone is not the best route to weight loss and to staying in an ideal weight range.
To lose weight safely and keep it off for as long as possible, always combine dieting and exercise.
Most diets fail because they require us to eat plenty of foods we don't actually like.
If we don't like what we're eating we're not going to stick with our diet for more than a week or two.
The key to successful dieting is to reduce the amount we eat and introduce healthier and lower calorie options of the foods we like gradually into our diet over time.
Almost everything we drink, except water, has calories in it.
Drinks highest in calories are typically sodas, colas and alcoholic drinks.
If we typically drink a lot of any of these high calorie drinks, it may be them and not what we're eating that is causing us to get fat.
This being the case, for many of us simply reducing these drinks or eliminating them altogether from our diet may be all that is necessary for us to lose a significant amount of fat and weight.
Balance is not only the key to a happy, healthy life; it is also the key to a healthy diet and dieting.
Be very weary of any diets that completely cut out some foods or food groups or severely limit some foods or food groups, for example very low or no-carb diets.
Diets that are extreme in one way or another are likely to be very unhealthy at best and very dangerous to our health at worst.
If you're ever considering such a diet, which will probably promise very rapid and significant results, remember what we said about rapid weight loss and how our body is designed to maintain the status quo.
If you have a lot of weight to lose, you've got a better chance of success if you get help.
If your weight is affecting your health to such an extent that it is or is becoming life-threatening or is leading to you suffering from weight related diseases like type-2 diabetes, seek medical help from a doctor or professional help from a dietician or another suitably qualified health care professional to lose weight immediately.
Even if your weight isn't directly affecting your health now, it is a great idea to get help in your battle against the bulge from professionals like dieticians, personal trainers, gyms, psychologists (overeating is often caused by emotional factors) or weight loss program providers and other weight loss specialists.
In addition to getting professional help, non-professional help, support and encouragement is also vital in improving your chances of dieting success.
For this type of help turn to friends, family and the support of other people with similar weight related goals, such as those that can be found on weight loss forums.
Good luck with your weight loss and remember that if you keep in mind the ten golden rules of dieting you are sure to be a dieting success story in the making.


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namespace Flugg\Responder\Tests\Feature;

use Flugg\Responder\Contracts\Transformable;
use Flugg\Responder\Contracts\Transformers\TransformerResolver;
use Flugg\Responder\Serializers\SuccessSerializer;
use Flugg\Responder\Tests\Product;
use Flugg\Responder\Tests\TestCase;
use Flugg\Responder\Transformers\Transformer;
use Illuminate\Testing\Constraints\ArraySubset;

/**
 * Feature tests asserting that you can transform response data of success responses.
 *
 * @package flugger/laravel-responder
 * @author  Alexander Tømmerås <flugged@gmail.com>
 * @license The MIT License
 */
class TransformResponseDataTest extends TestCase
{
    /**
     * Assert that you can transform the response data using a basic closure transformer.
     */
    public function testTransformDataUsingClosure()
    {
        $response = responder()->success($product = Product::create(['name' => 'foo']), function ($product) {
            return [
                'name' => strtoupper($product->name),
            ];
        })->respond();

        $this->assertEquals($this->responseData(['name' => 'FOO']), $response->getData(true));
    }

    /**
     * Assert that you can transform the response data using a dedicated transformer class.
     */
    public function testTransformDataUsingTransformerClass()
    {
        $response = responder()->success(Product::create(['name' => 'foo']), new ProductNameTransformer)->respond();

        $this->assertEquals($this->responseData(['name' => 'FOO']), $response->getData(true));
    }

    /**
     * Assert that you can transform the response data using a transformer resolved from
     * class name.
     */
    public function testTransformDataUsingTransformerClassName()
    {
        $response = responder()->success(Product::create(['name' => 'foo']), ProductNameTransformer::class)->respond();

        $this->assertEquals($this->responseData(['name' => 'FOO']), $response->getData(true));
    }

    /**
     * Assert that you can transform the response data using a transformer binding using
     * a closure transformer.
     */
    public function testTransformDataUsingTransformerBindingUsingClosure()
    {
        $response = responder()->success(ProductWithClosureTransformer::create(['name' => 'foo']))->respond();

        $this->assertEquals($this->responseData(['name' => 'FOO']), $response->getData(true));
    }

    /**
     * Assert that you can transform the response data using a transformer binding with a
     * dedicated transformer class.
     */
    public function testTransformDataUsingTransformerBindingUsingTransformerClass()
    {
        $response = responder()->success((ProductWithTransformerClass::create(['name' => 'foo'])))->respond();

        $this->assertEquals($this->responseData(['name' => 'FOO']), $response->getData(true));
    }

    /**
     * Assert that you can transform the response data using a transformer binding with a
     * dedicated transformer class resolved from the container using the class name.
     */
    public function testTransformDataUsingTransformerBindingUsingTransformerClassName()
    {
        $response = responder()->success((ProductWithTransformerClassName::create(['name' => 'foo'])))->respond();

        $this->assertEquals($this->responseData(['name' => 'FOO']), $response->getData(true));
    }

    /**
     * Assert that you can transform the response data using a transformer binding set
     * using the transformer resolver service directly.
     */
    public function testTransformDataUsingTransformerBindingUsingTransformerResolver()
    {
        $this->app->make(TransformerResolver::class)->bind([
            Product::class => ProductNameTransformer::class,
        ]);

        $response = responder()->success(Product::create(['name' => 'foo']))->respond();

        $this->assertEquals($this->responseData(['name' => 'FOO']), $response->getData(true));
    }

    /**
     * Assert that it resolves a resource key from the table name. The resource key is only
     * accessible from the serializer, so we use a dummy serializer to assert for it.
     */
    public function testItResolvesResourceKeyFromTableName()
    {
        $response = responder()->success($this->product)->serializer(ResourceKeySerializer::class)->respond();

        $this->assertTrue((
            new ArraySubset(['products' => $this->product->toArray()]))->evaluate($response->getData(true), '', true)
        );
    }

    /**
     * Assert that you can set the resource key for the transformation.
     */
    public function testSetResourceKeyOnResponse()
    {
        $response = responder()
            ->success($this->product, null, 'foo')
            ->serializer(ResourceKeySerializer::class)
            ->respond();

        $this->assertTrue(
            (new ArraySubset(['foo' => $this->product->toArray()]))->evaluate($response->getData(true), '', true)
        );
    }

    /**
     * Assert that you can set the resource key on the actual model.
     */
    public function testSetResourceKeyOnModel()
    {
        $response = responder()
            ->success($product = ProductWithResourceKey::create())
            ->serializer(ResourceKeySerializer::class)
            ->respond();

        $this->assertTrue(
            (new ArraySubset(['foo' => $product->toArray()]))->evaluate($response->getData(true), '', true)
        );
    }
}

class ProductNameTransformer extends Transformer
{
    public function transform(Product $product)
    {
        return [
            'name' => strtoupper($product->name),
        ];
    }
}

class ResourceKeySerializer extends SuccessSerializer
{
    public function item($resourceKey, array $data)
    {
        return [$resourceKey => $data];
    }
}

class ProductWithClosureTransformer extends Product implements Transformable
{
    public function transformer()
    {
        return function ($product) {
            return [
                'name' => strtoupper($product->name),
            ];
        };
    }
}

class ProductWithTransformerClass extends Product implements Transformable
{
    public function transformer()
    {
        return new ProductNameTransformer;
    }
}

class ProductWithTransformerClassName extends Product implements Transformable
{
    public function transformer()
    {
        return ProductNameTransformer::class;
    }
}

class ProductWithResourceKey extends Product
{
    public function getResourceKey()
    {
        return 'foo';
    }
}

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21 January to 18 April 2022
With «New Normals», the Haus am Waldsee invites you to the first institutional Berlin solo exhibition of the multi-award-winning industrial designer Konstantin Grcic in Zehlendorf.
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From everyday objects and objects from his own work, Grcic develops so-called «New Normals», which on the one hand reflect our present and on the other explore the diverse possibilities of the future - utopian as well as dystopian.
Born in Munich in 1965, Grcic has always dedicated his design practice as a designer to these future-oriented designs of our present and anticipated possible new contemporary states in his furniture and objects. In doing so, he actively dislocates the conceivable and transfers it into a designable sphere. His futuristic-looking chairs, armchairs, tables, lamps, shelves and other objects impressively demonstrate: the future cannot be known - but it can be designed. Thus, his designs not only take on a new shape, but also point to other, possible, new worlds in which these objects could unfold their potential. Konstantin Grcic's designs thus shift our perspective from the existing to the coming.
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Sojourner launches #UntilSheCan Campaign
MILWAUKEE -- The Sojourner Family Peace Center, Wisconsin's largest provider of domestic violence prevention and intervention services, launched its #UntilSheCan campaign on Wednesday, May 20 to garner support for survivors and spark critical conversations about family violence.
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is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in both population and area. It has been populated since prehistoric times.  the city had an estimated population of 690,881 in 106,087 households, and a population density of .

Overview
The city's name is made up of two kanji, 静 shizu, meaning "still" or "calm"; and 岡 oka, meaning "hill(s)". In 1869, Shizuoka Domain was first created out of the older Sunpu Domain, and that name was retained when the city was incorporated in 1885. In 2003, Shizuoka absorbed neighboring Shimizu City (now Shimizu Ward) to create the new and expanded city of Shizuoka, briefly becoming the largest city by land area in Japan. In 2005, it became one of Japan's "designated cities".

Cityscapes

Geography
Shizuoka City lies in central Shizuoka Prefecture, about halfway between Tokyo and Nagoya along the Tōkaidō Corridor, between Suruga Bay to the south and the Minami Alps in the north. Shizuoka had the largest area of any municipality in Japan after merging with Shimizu City in April 2003, until February 2005, when Takayama in Gifu Prefecture superseded it by merging with nine surrounding municipalities.

The total area of the city is . Shizuoka is the 5th largest city in Japan in terms of geographic area after Takayama, Hamamatsu, Nikkō, and Kitami. It is also the 2nd largest city in Shizuoka Prefecture in terms of both geographic area and population after Hamamatsu, but ranks higher as an Urban Employment Area, and leads as a metropolitan area and business region.

The fan-like shape of the Shizuoka Plain and Miho Peninsula were formed over the ages by the fast-flowing Abe River, carrying along collapsed sand and earth. These areas form the foundations of the city today. The isolated Mount Kunō separates the Suruga coastline from the Shimizu coastline.

Basic data
 Area of densely populated region

 Urban planning area

 Area zoned for urbanization

Nature

Mountains

Rivers
 (upstream)

Lakes
 (Ikawa Dam)
 (Hatanagi-I Dam)

Climate
On the south-central Pacific coast Shizuoka has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), which is hot and humid in the summer, and rarely snows in the winter. It is close to the warm Kuroshio Current and is wet even by Japanese standards with only slightly less precipitation than Kanazawa on the opposite side of Honshū, but it is paradoxically the sunniest of Japan's major cities owing to the absence of summer fog and its sheltered location from the northwesterly winds off the Sea of Japan. Further north, the mountainous Ikawa area is part of the Japanese snow country, where there are ski areas.

Area

Wards

Administrative center, made up of the former Shizuoka north of the Tōkaidō Main Line excluding Osada district

Former Shizuoka south of the Tōkaidō Main Line and Osada district

Former city of Shimizu and towns of Kanbara and Yui.

Administrative district "image colours"
On 22 December 2006, colours and logos were established for each of the wards.

Demographics
 the city had an estimated population of 704,989 in 286,013 households and a population density of .

Historic population
Per Japanese census data, the population of Shizuoka has been declining slowly since 1990.

Bordering municipalities

Shizuoka Prefecture
Fuji
Fujieda
Yaizu
Shimada
Fujinomiya
Kawanehon(Haibara District)

Yamanashi Prefecture
Minami-Alps
Hayakawa (Minamikoma District)
Minobu (Minamikoma District)
Nanbu (Minamikoma District)

Nagano Prefecture
Iida
Ina
Ōshika (Shimoina District)

History

Ancient history
The area that is now the city of Shizuoka has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Numerous kofun have been found within the city limits, and the Toro archaeological site indicates that a major Yayoi period (circa 400 BC–300 AD) settlement existed in what is now part of the central city area.

Suruga was established as a province of Japan in the early Nara period. At some point between the year 701 and 710, the provincial capital was relocated from what is now Numazu, to a more central location on the banks of the Abe River at a location named  (a contraction of ) or alternatively .

Pre-modern Shizuoka
During the Muromachi period, Sunpu was the capital of the Imagawa clan. The Imagawa were defeated at the Battle of Okehazama, and Sunpu was subsequently ruled by Takeda Shingen, followed by Tokugawa Ieyasu. However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi relocated Ieyasu, and installed Nakamura Kazutada to rule Sunpu. After the Toyotomi were defeated in the Battle of Sekigahara, Ieyasu recovered Sunpu, reassigning it to his own retainer, Naitō Nobunari in 1601. This marked the start of Sunpu Domain.

In April 1606, Ieyasu officially retired from the post of shōgun, and retired to Sunpu, where he established a secondary court, from which he could influence Shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada from behind the scenes. Subsequently, aside for brief periods, Sunpu was tenryō (territory under direct administration by the Shogunate), ruled by the , an appointed official based in Sunpu.

From the Meiji period to World War II
In 1869, after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the former shogunal line, headed by Tokugawa Iesato was sent to Sunpu and assigned the short-lived Sunpu Domain. The same year, Sunpu was renamed "Shizuoka". Shizuoka Domain became Shizuoka Prefecture with the abolition of the han system in 1871, which was expanded in 1876 through merger with the former Hamamatsu Prefecture and western portions of Ashigaru Prefecture in 1876. Shizuoka Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line was opened on 1 February 1889. The same day, a fire burned down most of downtown Shizuoka.

The modern city was founded on 1 April 1889. At the time, the population was 37,681, and Shizuoka was one of the first 31 cities established in Japan.

An electric tram service began in 1911. In 1914, due to heavy rains caused by a typhoon, the Abe River flooded, inundating the downtown area. In the national census of 1920, the population of Shizuoka was 74,093. The area of the city continued to expand through the 1920s and 1930s through merger with outlying towns and villages. In 1935, the city was struck by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, resulting in much damage. Although soon rebuilt, a large fire in 1940 again destroyed much of the center of the city.

During World War II, Shizuoka lacked targets of major military significance, and was initially only lightly bombed during several American air raids. However, in a major firebombing raid of 19 June 1945, the city suffered an extreme amount of damage with high civilian casualties.

Post-war Shizuoka
The area of the city continued to expand through the 1950s and 1960s through merger with outlying towns and villages. On 1 October 1964, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen began services to Shizuoka, and on 25 April 1969 the city was connected to the Tōmei Expressway. On 7 July 1974, the Abe River flooded, and landslides occurred during heavy rains, killing 23 people.
On 16 August 1980, a major gas leak in an underground shopping center near Shizuoka Station resulted in an explosion, killing 15 people and seriously injuring 233 others. The Shizuoka City Hall moved to new premises in 1986. On 1 April 1992, Shizuoka was designated a core city by the central government, giving it increased autonomy.

The 1 April 2003 merger with Shimizu City (current Shimizu Ward) greatly expanded the area and population of Shizuoka, which then became a designated city on 1 April 2005, and was divided into three wards.

Despite being somewhat geographically isolated from the rest of the city, the town of Kanbara (from Ihara District) was merged into Shizuoka on 31 March 2006, becoming part of Shimizu-ku. On 1 November 2008, the town of Yui (also from Ihara District) was also merged into Shimizu-ku, resulting in the dissolution of Ihara District.

Government

Shizuoka has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 48 members. The city contributes 13 members to the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between Shizuoka 1st District and Shizuoka 4th District in the lower house of the Japanese Diet.

Mayors

Former Shizuoka city from 1889 to 2003

Former Shimizu city from 1924 to 2003

Since 2003 merger

Administration

Ward offices
Shizuoka City Office/Aoi Ward Office:5-1 Ōtemachi, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi 420-8602
Aoi Ward Ikawa Branch Office:656-2 Ikawa, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi 428-0504
Suruga Ward Office:10-40 Minamiyahata-chō, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-shi 422-8550
Suruga Ward Osada Branch Office:13-1 Kami-Kawahara Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-shi 421-0132
Shimizu City Office/Shimizu Ward Office:6-9 Asahi-chō, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi 424-8701
Shimizu Ward Kanbara Branch Office:1-21-1 Kanbara Shinden, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi 421-3211

External relations

Twin towns – Sister cities
Shizuoka has twin and friendship relationships with several cities.

International
Sister cities

Friendship cities

National
Sister cities

Friendship cities

Economy

Shizuoka has 35,579 businesses as of 2012.

Employment by industry: Agriculture 0.1%, Manufacturing: 26.9%, Service 73.0%

Greater Shizuoka, Shizuoka Metropolitan Employment Area, has a GDP of US$45.8 billion as of 2010.

Shizuoka's GDP per capita (PPP) 2014 was US$41,472.

Fuji Dream Airlines is headquartered in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka.

Agriculture
Green tea Varieties such as Motoyama and Yabukita are grown in all corners of the city, and the varieties grown especially in the Warashina area in Aoi Ward and the Ryōgōchi area of Shimizu Ward are known for their high quality
Strawberries  are strawberries that grow in holes on inclined stone walls, grown especially along an  stretch of Kunō Kaidō (route 150), also known as "Strawberry Road", along the coast of Suruga Bay.
Wasabi especially in areas such as Utōgi in Aoi Ward
Mandarin orange and other citrus fruitsespecially Satsuma, a seedless and easy-peeling citrus mutant, known as  or formally
Lotus roots especially in the Asahata area of Aoi Ward
Roses especially in the Ihara and Okitsu areas in Shimizu Ward
Peachesespecially in the Osada area:::
Potatoes
Especially the Sebago potato. Originally exported to Crookwell

Fishery
Shimizu Port boasts the largest haul of tuna in all Japan. Kanbara Harbour enjoys a prosperous haul of sakura ebi, and Mochimune Harbour enjoys a prosperous haul of shirasu sardines.

Products
Abekawa Mochi is a type of rice cake (or mochi) made with kinako soy flour that is a specialty of Shizuoka.

Shizuoka has a long history of being involved in the craft industries going back over 400 years ago, using trees, including  cypress. The model industry goes back to the late 1920s when wood was used to produce model toys, using sashimono woodworking joinery techniques, purely for educational purposes. Craftsmen later moved on to lighter woods including balsa, but following the war, with the importation of US built scale models, many companies either turned to plastic models to compete or went under.

The town has since become internationally notable for its plastic scale model kits and is resident to long-established companies such as Aoshima, Fujimi, Hasegawa, and Tamiya. Another model brand, Bandai, produces its Gundam models exclusively at its Bandai Hobby Center plant in the city. The city hosts the long-running Shizuoka Hobby Show annually in May at Twin Messe Shizuoka.

Media

Print media
The Shizuoka Shimbun is the area's primary newspaper.

The book trilogy "Paper Gods" by Amanda Sun takes place in this city.

Broadcast media

Television
 NHK Shizuoka (Analogue Channel 9; Digital Channel 1)
 NHK Shizuoka Educational Channel (Analogue Channel 2; Digital Channel 2)
 Shizuoka Broadcasting System (SBS) (Analogue Channel 11; Digital Channel 6)
 TV Shizuoka (Analogue Channel 35; Digital Channel 8)
 Shizuoka Daiichi Television (Analogue Channel 31; Digital Channel 4)
 Shizuoka Asahi Television (Analogue Channel 33; Digital Channel 5)

Cable television
Shizuoka Cable Television (Dream Wave Shizuoka)

Radio
 NHK1 882 kHz
 NHK2 639 kHz
 NHK-FM 88.8 MHz
 SBS 1404 kHz / 93.9 MHz
 K-MIX 79.2 MHz
 FM-Hi!76.9 MHz
 Marine Pal (FM Shimizu) 76.3 MHz
 Guzen Media Japan—A podcast and vidcast based in Shizuoka, Japan

Education

Colleges and universities
Shizuoka University
National university, founded 1949. Main campus in Suruga Ward. Abbreviated to 静大 (Shizudai).
University of Shizuoka(Shizuoka Prefectural University)
Public university whose main campus is in Suruga Ward, close to Kusanagi Station.
Tokai University
Shimizu campus of the Tokyo-based private university
Tokoha Gakuen University
Private university founded in 1946
Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University
Co-educational private university in Suruga Ward, founded by missionaries from the Methodist Church of Canada with the support of the Shizuoka prefectural government. First institution in Shizuoka Prefecture to offer secondary education for girls, it became a four-year coeducational university in 2002.
University of Shizuoka Junior College
Junior college in Suruga Ward, affiliated with University of Shizuoka.
Tokai University Junior College
Junior college in Aoi Ward, affiliated with Tokai University.
Tokoha Gakuen Junior College
Junior college in Aoi Ward, affiliated with Tokoha Gakuen University.

Primary and secondary education
Shizuoka has 91 elementary schools, 57 middle schools and 27 high schools. In addition there are 29 vocations schools and 12 public libraries.

Transportation

Airways

Airports
The nearest airport is Shizuoka Airport, situated between Makinohara and Shimada.

Railways
Shizuoka lies on the Tōkaidō Main Line, the JR Central main railway line from Tokyo to Osaka, and is well-served by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, limited express and regional trains. The central station of Shizuoka is in the city centre. Shizuoka also has an LRT line, the Shizuoka Railway, administered by the Shizuoka Railway Co., Ltd. at Shizuoka Station. The under construction Chūō Shinkansen will pass through the mountainous area in the northern tip of the city. However, the line is not planned to have a station in Shizuoka.

High-Speed Rail
Central Japan Railway Company(JR Tōkai)
Tōkaidō Shinkansen:-  -

Conventional lines
Central Japan Railway Company(JR Tōkai)
Tōkaidō Main Line:-  -
Shizuoka Railway(Shizutetsu)
Shizuoka Railway Shizuoka-Shimizu Line: –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –
Ōigawa Railway(Daitetsu)
Ōigawa Railway Ikawa Line:-  –  -

Buses

Buse terminal
Shin-Shizuoka Cenova

Roads

Expressway
 Tōmei Expressway
 Shin-Tōmei Expressway
 Chūbu-Ōdan Expressway

Japan National Route

Seaways

Sea port
The Port of Shimizu-ku, in Shimizu City (now Shimizu Ward), is a long established mid-size sea port, catering to container ships, dry bulk ships and cruise ships.

It is well located, being in between the two major port areas of Japan, i.e. the Tokyo Bay ports of Tokyo, Kawasaki and Yokohama (Keihin ports) and the Osaka Bay ports of Osaka and Kobe (Hanshin ports). The Port of Shimizu has a water depth of about ; its attractiveness has been enhanced over the past years by the construction of new road and rail links which contribute to expanding its commercial hinterland.

In tonnage, imports (about ) are close to twice export volumes, but in trade value exports are twice as valuable as imports.

The Port of Shimizu container traffic is about balanced, with over 250,000 TEU in each direction, with auto parts and chemicals amongst the main cargo types. Major international container lines provide weekly services on major trade routes, including North America, Europe and Asia, with about 110 calls per months on 28 trade routes.

The port of Shimizu also includes a terminal to receive LNG tankers and store imported Liquefied natural gas; it is operated by Shimizu LNG, a subsidiary of Shizuoka Gas (Japan is the world's largest importer of LNG).

The Port of Shimizu is also connected to other Japan ports. In particular, it is served by a Roll-on/roll-off service serving the port of Ōita, on the north-east coast of the southern island of Kyushu. This service, which sails three times a week and has a transit time of 20 hours, has enabled a modal shift of freight trucks from road to sea, thereby contributing to decreasing congestion and pollution on roads.

Tourism

Local attractions

Museums
 Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
 Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
 Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka

Major attractions
 Nihondaira
 Miho no Matsubara

Historic spots

In Aoi Ward
Shizuoka Sengen Shrine
A collection of Shinto shrines that was patronised by powerful warrior clans since ancient times, most notably the Tokugawa clan.
Sunpu Park/Sunpu Castle ruins
The castle of the Imagawa and Tokugawa clans, originally built in 1599, was destroyed in 1869.  Today, only the moats remain.  The rest was turned into a park, and is now a popular place for hanami.

In Suruga Ward
Toro
Late Yayoi archaeological site notable as the first archaeological site excavated in Japan in which remains of a 1st-century AD Yayoi-era wet-rice Paddy fields were found.
Kunōzan Tōshō-gū
Shinto shrine that was the original burial place of Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the oldest of the Tōshō-gū shrines in Japan. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on 17 April, although its spring festival from 17–18 February is a larger event.
Mariko-juku
Twentieth of the fifty-three stations of the old Tōkaidō road, an old travel route during the Edo period.

In Shimizu Ward
Miho Peninsula
Famous for the scenic , renowned as a seashore with beautiful green pine trees and white sands spanning over seven kilometers, designated as one of .  Also known as the scene of the legend of Hagoromo, which is based on the traditional swan maiden motif.

Culture

Festivals
 The Daidogei World Cup is an annual international street performers' festival, held over various locations around the city in November over four days. It was first held in 1992.

 The festival, which begun in 1957 but whose origins date back to traditions hundreds of years old, takes place in April, during the high point of the year for cherry blossoms.  A flower-viewing procession echoes the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu's custom of taking daimyōs (feudal lords) to Sengen Shrine to view the cherry blossoms in the 17th century.

 A gigantic fireworks display held upstream on Shizuoka's Abekawa River in late July. It was first held 1953, to remember those who died during World War II and to pray for a national revival. Today, around 15,000 fireworks are .

Cuisine
Oden
a Japanese dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku, and processed fish cakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured dashi broth. Oden in Shizuoka uses a dark coloured broth flavoured with beef stock and dark soy sauce.  All ingredients are skewered.  Dried, ground fish (sardine, mackerel, or katsuobushi) and aonori powder (edible seaweed) are sprinkled on top before eating.

Gyoza

Soba noodles

Seafood

Zōni soup
rice cakes in a broth cooked with vegetables, popular at New Year
Tororo
A grated yam soup. Chojiya, a tororo restaurant founded in 1598 in Mariko-juku area of Shizuoka, west of the Abe River, was made famous by Hiroshige when he depicted it in his series of ukiyo-e prints of the 53 stops along the Tōkaidō.

Shizuoka Performing Arts Center

The Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) was founded in 1995 by the Shizuoka Prefecture. The building was designed by architect Arata Isozaki and was opened in 1999 for the second Theatre Olympics.

The arts center is the first publicly funded cultural organization in Japan to have its own troupe of actors and other staff to manage its own venues and facilities for artistic purposes. Suzuki Tadashi was the first Artistic Director, appointed in 1997 and staying in the position until March 2007, after which Miyagi Satoshi took up the appointment. SPAC has organised the World Theatre Festival Shizuoka each year since 2011, as well as creating its own theatre productions (some of which tour abroad), having students to learn at the center, and other theatrical activities.

The World Theatre Festival Shizuoka was formerly called the Shizuoka Spring Festival (2000-2010), being changed to "World Theater Festival Shizuoka under Mt. Fuji" in 2012 by the artistic director of the centre, Miyagi Satoshi. His intention was "to connect Shizuoka to the world through theater", to have performances from every corner of the world, for "people to see that the world isn't a set and finished quantity and there is still plenty of room for change. I wanted to communicate that theater is a window to the world". The festival includes stage plays, puppetry, film, dance and other performance arts.

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on 3 April that the festival, scheduled to begin from 25 April to 6 May, would be cancelled. Instead, Miyagi staged an online version of the festival.

Sport
With the Shimizu merger, Shimizu S-Pulse became the major football club in the city. Recently, however, a new rival club, Fujieda MYFC (from nearby Fujieda), has been rising in the regional league ranks as a contender for a place in the Japan Football League.
The city hosted the official Asian Basketball Championship for Women in 1995 and 1999.

Notable people

Princess Akishino – princess in the Japanese Imperial Family
Yoshitaka Amano – illustrator and animator, designed the characters for the early Final Fantasy video game series
Kazuyoshi Hoshino – racecar driver
Daisuke Ichikawa – professional football player
Shohei Ikeda – professional football player
Toru Irie – professional football player
Teruyoshi Ito – professional football player
Yahiro Kazama – professional football player
Naoya Kikuchi – professional football player
Hiroki Kobayashi – professional football player
Tomoaki Kuno – professional football player
Hidetaka Miyazaki – video game director, creator of the Dark Souls series
Fumitake Miura – professional football player
Kazuyoshi Miura – professional football player
Yasutoshi Miura – professional football player
Koki Mizuno – professional football player
Hisashi Mizutori – Olympic gold medal gymnast
Kazuyori Mochizuki – professional football player
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki – professional football player
Riyo Mori – Miss Universe Japan 2007, Miss Universe 2007
Yusuke Mori – professional football player
Ushiomaru Motoyasu – sumo wrestler
Jun Muramatsu – professional football player
Go Oiwa – professional football player
Katsumi Oenoki – professional football player
Takeshi Oki – professional football player
Keisuke Ota – professional football player
Toshihide Saito – professional football player
Momoko Sakura – cartoonist, creator of Chibi Maruko-chan
Yuya Sano – professional football player
Masanori Sekiya – racecar driver
Hideaki Sena – novelist and pharmacologist
Keisuke Serizawa – textile designer
Masatoshi Shima – inventor of the microprocessor
Kotobuki Shiriagari – Manga artist
Tadashi Suzuki – Stage director
Yūichi Suzumoto – novelist
Toranosuke Takagi – racecar driver
Nobuhiro Tanabe – politician
Yoshito Usui – creator of Crayon Shin-chan comics
Takahiro Yamazaki – professional baseball player
Kaito Yamamoto – professional football player
Takahiro Yamanishi – professional football player
Kotaro Yamazaki – professional football player
Takuya Yokoyama – professional football player
Kiyoe Yoshioka – singer, vocalist of Ikimono-gakari

City song

 Written: 13 April 2005
 Lyrics: Citizen competition entry
 Music, additions: Kei Ogura
 Arranged: Shin Kawabe
 Eri Itō sang on the CD release

References

External links

 Daidogei World Cup in Shizuoka
 Know Shizuoka – The independent Guide (archived website)

Port settlements in Japan
Populated coastal places in Japan
Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan

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Allegro Bárbaro is a modular exhibition made up of large format graphic works, visual animations, and an immersive 180º video. Non-conformist and desire in assembled excerpts of urban inspiration. An apparent disorder of contrasts built as personal graffiti. The animations show transitions between layers revealing the compositions' constructive process and the deconstruction of street ready-mades that complete this contemporary display.
IMMERSIVE 180º VIDEO
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It's necessary an enabled room or a U-shaped structure for immersion in this sensory experience. Rhythm, colors and sound stimulate the senses recreating a 3D effect
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Hello! I try to communicate my perception of things based on such things as life experience, intuition, the subconscious.
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The heart of the exhibition is the 180º video. The aim is to create an experience that wraps the viewer in a suggestive atmosphere, generating a subtle psychedelic effect that tends to connect with a deeper self, access to meditation, a kind of inner peace.
The formula, slow transitions to the beat of breathing and immersive music. Three projectors cover the largest possible surface. Minimal 3500 lumens per unity.
Next, a calibration is performed to map the projection space, design the final version, and loop program the content. Loudspeakers are essential to creating the desired trance in the visitors of the room.
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Q: Поиск значения в строке dataGridView Такая проблема, не получается сделать поиск по строке в dataGridView. Я планировал делать так: я ищу строку в ячейке которой встречается "LUG" и начинаю работать с этой ячейкой.
Вид Excel файла:

Так его открывает dataGridView:

Ошибку выдает в строке:
if (cell.Value.ToString().Contains("LUG")), ссылка на объект не указывает на экземпляр объекта.
Обработка dataGridView:
 private void createHandover_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            string[] fromBs = new string[dataGridView1.Rows.Count];
            string[] fromFreq = new string[dataGridView1.Rows.Count];

            string[] toBs = new string[dataGridView1.Rows.Count];
            string[] toFreq = new string[dataGridView1.Rows.Count];

            //Убрать путь из имени файла
            openedFileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(openedFileName);
            string fileName = $"handover{openedFileName}.txt";

            //Создание файла на рабочем столе
            StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter($"C:\\Users\\{Environment.UserName}\\Desktop\\" + fileName);

            foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dataGridView1.Rows)
            {
                foreach (DataGridViewCell cell in row.Cells)
                {
                    //Поиск строки в ряду
                    if (cell.Value.ToString().Contains("LUG"))
                    {
                        if (cell.ColumnIndex == 0) //Set your Column Index
                        {
                            fromBs[cell.RowIndex] += cell.Value;
                        }
                        if (cell.ColumnIndex == 1) //Set your Column Index
                        {
                            fromFreq[cell.RowIndex] += cell.Value;
                        }
                        if (cell.ColumnIndex == 2) //Set your Column Index
                        {
                            toBs[cell.RowIndex] += cell.Value;
                        }
                        if (cell.ColumnIndex == 3) //Set your Column Index
                        {
                            toFreq[cell.RowIndex] += cell.Value;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            //Удаление пустых значений из массива
            fromBs = fromBs.Where(x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x)).ToArray();
            fromFreq = fromFreq.Where(x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x)).ToArray();
            toBs = toBs.Where(x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x)).ToArray();
            toFreq = toFreq.Where(x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x)).ToArray();

            //Замена первого столбца
            for (int i = 0; i < fromBs.Length; i++)
            {
                if (fromBs[i].Contains("_1"))
                    fromBs[i] = fromBs[i].Replace("_1", "A");
                if (fromBs[i].Contains("_2"))
                    fromBs[i] = fromBs[i].Replace("_2", "B");
                if (fromBs[i].Contains("_3"))
                    fromBs[i] = fromBs[i].Replace("_3", "C");
            }

            //Замена второго столбца
            for (int i = 0; i < toBs.Length; i++)
            {
                if (toBs[i].Contains("_1"))
                    toBs[i] = toBs[i].Replace("_1", "A");
                if (toBs[i].Contains("_2"))
                    toBs[i] = toBs[i].Replace("_2", "B");
                if (toBs[i].Contains("_3"))
                    toBs[i] = toBs[i].Replace("_3", "C");
            }

            //Запись в файл
            for (int i = 0; i < fromBs.Length; i++)
            {
                sw.Write("RLNRI:CELL=" + fromBs[i] + ", CELLR=" + toBs[i] + ";" + Environment.NewLine);
                if (i + 1 == fromBs.Length)
                {
                    sw.Write(Environment.NewLine);
                }
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < fromBs.Length; i++)
            {
                //Обрезка строки и сравнение
                if (fromBs[i].Trim(new char[] { 'A', 'B', 'C' }) == toBs[i].Trim(new char[] { 'A', 'B', 'C' }))
                {
                    sw.Write("RLNRC:CELL=" + fromBs[i] + ", CELLR=" + toBs[i] + ",CAND=BOTH,CS=YES,KHYST=6,KOFFSETP=0," +
                    "LHYST=8,LOFFSETP=0,TRHYST=4,TROFFSETP=0,AWOFFSET=10,BQOFFSET=10;" + Environment.NewLine);
                }
                else
                {
                    sw.Write("RLNRC:CELL=" + fromBs[i] + ", CELLR=" + toBs[i] + ",CAND=BOTH,CS=NO,KHYST=6,KOFFSETP=0," +
                        "LHYST=8,LOFFSETP=0,TRHYST=4,TROFFSETP=0,AWOFFSET=10,BQOFFSET=10;" + Environment.NewLine);
                }
                if (i + 1 == fromBs.Length)
                {
                    sw.Write(Environment.NewLine);
                }
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < fromBs.Length; i++)
            {
                sw.Write("RLMFC:CELL=" + fromBs[i] + ", MBCCHNO=" + toFreq[i] + ",MRNIC;" + Environment.NewLine);
                if (i + 1 == fromBs.Length)
                {
                    sw.Write(Environment.NewLine);
                }
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < fromBs.Length; i++)
            {
                sw.Write("RLMFC:CELL=" + toBs[i] + ", MBCCHNO=" + fromFreq[i] + ",MRNIC;" + Environment.NewLine);
            }

            //dataGridView1.Rows[rowindex].Cells[columnindex].Value.ToString();

            sw.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
            return;
        }
        finally
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Created.");
        }
    }

A: Все решилось добавлением проверки на наличие значения в ячейке, как советовал Bulson
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dataGridView1.Rows)
            {
                //Проверка 1-го столбца на пустоту
                if (row.Cells[0].Value != null)
                {
                    //Если в 1м и 3ем столбец есть не пустой и в нем есть LUG или LU
                    if ((row.Cells[0].Value.ToString().Contains("LUG") || row.Cells[0].Value.ToString().Contains("LU"))
                        && (row.Cells[2].Value.ToString().Contains("LUG") || row.Cells[2].Value.ToString().Contains("LU")))
                    {
                        foreach (DataGridViewCell cell in row.Cells)
                        {
                            if (cell.ColumnIndex == 0) //Set your Column Index
                            {
                                fromBs[cell.RowIndex] += cell.Value;
                            }
                            if (cell.ColumnIndex == 1) //Set your Column Index
                            {
                                fromFreq[cell.RowIndex] += cell.Value;
                            }
                            if (cell.ColumnIndex == 2) //Set your Column Index
                            {
                                toBs[cell.RowIndex] += cell.Value;
                            }
                            if (cell.ColumnIndex == 3) //Set your Column Index
                            {
                                toFreq[cell.RowIndex] += cell.Value;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

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