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Spitting Image star fined
Posted byNeil Wilby January 21, 2023 January 21, 2023 Posted inLancashire ConstabularyTags:Dishy Rishi, Lancashire Constabulary, Neil Wilby, Neil Wilby Journalist, Neil Wilby Media, Spitting Image, The Chatty Rat
Lancashire Constabulary has confirmed that a 42-year-old male from London has been fined for an offence that can carry up to a £500 penalty
A star of the satirical puppet show, Spitting Image, has been punished after he published a film clip of himself whilst not wearing a seatbelt in a moving vehicle.
Dishy Rishi (or Chatty Rat to give him his Downing Street nickname) has been issued with a fixed penalty notice believed to be at the lower end of the scale, taking into account the 'levelling-up' process that the Rat was promoting. Which involves robbing local and county councils of very large sums of money and then those same authorities taking part in a lottery to try and win back a small fraction of what they have lost.
A spokesperson for Lancashire Constabulary said: "You will be aware that a video has been circulating on social media showing an individual failing to wear a seat belt while a passenger in a moving car in Lancashire. After looking into this matter, we have today (Friday, January 20th) issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of fixed penalty."
Downing Street had previously said in a statement that the Chatty Rat, also aged 42, had made a "brief error of judgment" by removing the safety device as he promoted his levelling up funding in an Instagram video when he visited cash-strapped outposts in Lancashire on Thursday.
"The Rat believes everyone should wear a seatbelt," the spokesman said. "It was an error of judgment, he removed it for a short period of time to film a clip, which you've seen, but he accepts that was a mistake."
Dishy was given the nickname, The Chatty Rat, by another Spitting Image star, Bonking Bozza, who suspected the rodent of consistently leaking information to the press.
A spokesperson for Spitting Image did not say: "We do not expect high standards, or in fact any standards at all, from our political performers. No lessons have been learned and, next time, Dishy Rishi expects to get away with moving vehicle offences by flying everywhere in private jets'.
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Q: Assume the function has a maximum. Find it. $f(x,y,z)=3-x^2-2y^2-3z^2-2xy-2xz$ Putting the first derivatives equal to 0 I get a critical point at C(0,0,0), and then using the second derivatives I get a Determinant of the Hessian matrix=-24. Is C the maximum?
I have a doubt about the determinant. Should I put it in absolute values and look at f11,f22,f33 (which in this case are respectively -2,-4 and -6, so <0) or because it is Det=-24 the point is a saddle point? I am confused because our teacher told us to consider always the determinant in absolute values but in some books I found that when det<0 then the critical point is a saddle point.
Thank you

A: The Hessian of $f$ is
$$H(x,y,z)=-2\begin{bmatrix}
    1 &  1 & 1\\
    1 & 2 & 0 \\
    1 & 0 & 3
    \end{bmatrix}
.$$
Since ALL the principal minor matrices have positive determinants (they are $1,1,1$), by the Sylvester's criterion and the negative factor $-2$, $H(0,0,0)$ is negative-definite and we may conclude that $(0,0,0)$ is a local maximum point.
The point $(0,0,0)$ is indeed a global maximum because:
$$
\begin{align}f(x,y,z)&=3-\underbrace{\Big(\frac{x}{\sqrt{2}}+\sqrt{2}y\Big)^2}_{\geq 0}-\underbrace{\Big(\frac{x}{\sqrt{2}}+\sqrt{2}z\Big)^2}_{\geq 0}-\underbrace{\Big(z\Big)^2}_{\geq 0}\\
&\leq 3=f(0,0,0).
\end{align}$$

A: The Hessian is$$\begin{bmatrix}-2 & -2 & -2 \\ -2 & -4 & 0 \\ -2 & 0 & -6\end{bmatrix},$$whose determinant is $-8$. More generally, its characteristic polynomial is$$P(\lambda)=-\lambda ^3-12 \lambda ^2-36 \lambda -8.$$Clearly, if $\lambda\geqslant0$, $P(\lambda)<0$. Therefore, all three roots of $P(\lambda)$ are all negative. It follows that indeed $f$ has a maximum at $(0,0,0)$.

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The second option spoke about defragmentation of the hard disk. This is was considered important because it helps in removing the unwanted space, at the same time bringing in all the files related data together so it helps the user to delete the unwanted files. Just by having unwanted files and space, chances of speed being affected are high. the option for disk defragmenter can be found in the system tools. This is one such activity that needs to be conducted every 2 months, this way you can keep a track of all the files of in the system.
I wanted to Make My Computer Faster; hence I looked up for all possible options that could help. One thing that can actually affect the speed is the existence of corrupt files. The files that we download from the internet might get stored in some location, and if left unchecked then it won't just eat up the disk space but cause problems in the future as well. Therefore it is always better to remove the temporary files from the computer. The files that are unwanted should be washed away.
Apart from all this, make sure you have a good antivirus. When someone asks me as to How to Speed Up My Computer, with even importance being given to the above mentioned points, I would suggest you to get a good antivirus, pay enough attention to maintenance of the computer, sometimes the existence of dust in the computer might get the computer to get overheated. So much so the dust in the keyboards also makes it difficult to work on the computer. And at the same time make sure there is a backup of files. At some point if you happen to lose the information, you will still have one option to go back and retrieve all what you had on the system.


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MAN SE (прежнее название: машиностроительная фабрика Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg; SE) — автомобильный концерн, европейское акционерное общество открытого типа. Штаб-квартира расположена в Мюнхене. Основной акционер компании — концерн Volkswagen AG, владеющий 75,73 % акций. На предприятиях MAN по всему миру работает 53 824 человека (из них 31 444 сотрудника - в Германии).

Ежегодный оборот составляет 14,2 млрд евро (2017 год), из них 76 % приходятся на производство за пределами Германии.

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У истоков концерна MAN стоят производства, расположенные в Рурском регионе и на юге Германии. Старейшим предприятием-предшественником считается металлургический завод Святого Антония (нем.: Eisenhütte St. Antony), основанный в 1758 году в Оберхаузене (нем.: Oberhausen) и положивший начало развитию горнодобывающей промышленности в Рурском регионе. В 1808 году совместно с двумя соседними металлургическими заводами входит в состав горнодобывающего общества Jacobi, Haniel & Huyssen, которое в 1873 г. получает название горнодобывающая компания  в районе Штеркраде.

В то же время, в 1840 году,  (1790—1877) и Жан Гаспар Долльфус (1812—1889) основали в Аугсбурге (Бавария, Южная Германия) машиностроительную фабрику Людвига Зандера (нем.: Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik), стоящую у истоков компании MAN. Позже она получила имя , одного из основателя печатной машины, а затем была переименована в машиностроительную фабрику Maschinenfabrik Augsburg. В 1898 году в результате слияния со . (нем.: Eisengießerei und Maschinenfabrik Klett & Comp; 1841 г.,Нюрнберг) была образована машиностроительная фабрика Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, которая в 1908 году стала называться сокращённо — M. A. N.

В то время как предприятия Рурского региона занимались добычей руды и производством железа, фабрики в Аугсбурге и Нюрнберге специализировались на машиностроении. В 1859 году на  началось производство мостов и стальных конструкций. , владелец и директор машиностроительной фабрики в Аугсбурге до 1913 года, превратил скромное предприятие с 400 сотрудниками в крупнейший завод, насчитывающий 12 000 работников. Инженер  сконструировал Вуппертальскую подвесную железную дорогу (нем.: Wuppertaler Schwebebahn), в строительстве которой принимали участие рабочие завода M.A.N. в Густавсбурге. Большой вклад инженеры и сотрудники завода в Густавсбурге внесли также в проектирование и строительство Мюнгстенского моста (нем.: Müngstener Eisenbahnbrücke) — самого высокого железнодорожного моста в Германии и первого моста, возведённого по технологии . Работы над ним велись с 1893 по 1897 год Первый стальной мост, (нем.: Großhesseloher Brücke), возведённый в 1857 году в Мюнхене, был одним из последних мостов, конструкцию которого инженеры завода в Нюрнберге создавали под руководством . Изобретение ротационной печатной машины позволило использовать печатную бумагу на рулонах вместо того, чтобы класть каждый лист отдельно. Это ускорило развитие средне- и крупнотиражного печатания книг и газет. С 1893 по 1897 год в заводской лаборатории в Аугсбурге Рудольф Дизель совместно с инженерами M.A.N создавал свой первый работающий дизельный двигатель.

В 1915 году Антону фон Риппелю после долгих переговоров удалось основать совместное предприятие со швейцарским промышленником .  (нем.: Automobilwerke Adolph Saurer) и машиностроительная фабрика Augsburg-Nürnberg AG образовали компанию по производству грузовых автомобилей Lastwagenwerke M.A.N.-Saurer, которая была внесена в торговый реестр Нюрнберга 21 июня 1915 года. Производство грузовых автомобилей, которое вначале базировалось в Линдау на Боденском озере, в 1916 году было перенесено в Нюрнберг.

В 1921 году MAN и концерн  объединили свои интересы в нефтяной отрасли, основав нефтяную компанию  с равными долями участия. В 1920-е годы часть акций была продана нефтяной компании Atlantic Refining. Во время мирового экономического кризиса оставшийся пакет акций в полном объёме получили германо-американская нефтяная корпорация  и нефтегазовая компания .

В 1921 году председатель правления компании Gutehoffnungshütte  приобрёл контрольный пакет акций компании MAN, находившейся тогда в неблагополучном финансовом положении. До 1986 г. компания MAN входила в состав концерна GHH. Целенаправленное заключение договоров о долевом участии и покупка акций перерабатывающих предприятий, таких как судостроительная компания  (1918),  (нем.: Ferrostaal) (1921), завод по производству приводных механизмов и коробок передач  (1923) и судостроительная компания  (1924) — привело к тому, что концерн стал одним из самых влиятельных и крупных предприятий в Германии.

Экономический кризис и Вторая мировая война
Тем временем финансовое положение концерна GHH стремительно ухудшалось. Причинами тому послужили репарации, которые Веймарская республика должна была выплачивать после Первой мировой войны, Рурский конфликт и Мировой экономический кризис. За два года число рабочих MAN сократилось с 14 000 (1929/1930 гг.) до 7 400 (1931/1932 гг.). В то время как производство изделий гражданского назначения сокращалось, военная промышленность набирала обороты: в нацистской Германии началось глобальное  армии. Концерн GHH/MAN производил дизельные двигатели для подводных лодок, артиллерийские гильзы, танки и различные виды орудий.

Во время Второй мировой войны завод MAN в Аугсбурге, на котором производились  для подводных лодок, стал объектом .  также подвергся завод в Нюрнберге, где выпускался танк «Пантера». Председатель правления концерна Отто Мейер старался всеми силами сохранить производство гражданских грузовых автомобилей. В 1941/1942 годах было построено 1085 гражданских грузовиков, в 1942/1943 1719 единиц, в июне 1944 ещё 63 единицы. В октябре 1944 г. завод в Нюрнберге был в очередной раз атакован с воздуха: помещения и станки для производства грузовиков были полностью разрушены.

Послевоенное время

После окончания Второй мировой войны союзники начали политику декартелизации крупных концернов, в том числе и GHH. Горнодобывающие предприятия и компании по производству железа и стали не могли входить в один концерн. Поэтому компания Gutehoffnungshütte и заводы MAN на юге Германии продолжили производство оборудования и станков, грузовых автомобилей и печатных машин, тогда как разработку горных месторождений пришлось остановить. Более узкая отраслевая направленность нашла отражение в сделках, проведённых концерном в послевоенное время: 1953 г. — образование совместного предприятия с китайской компанией по производству грузовых автомобилей и автобусов

1966/67 годы — продажа доли акций судостроительной компании

1971 — приобретение части акции производителя грузовых автомобилей и автобусов Büssing

1979 — поглощение компании по производству печатных машинок Faber & Schleicher и образование

В 1982/1983 годах концерн GHH столкнулся с тяжёлой кризисной ситуацией. Сказывались последствия второго нефтяного кризиса и плохая экономическая конъюнктура в целом: объёмы продаж грузовых автомобилей постоянно снижались. Причиной нестабильности концерна наряду с внешними факторами была и устаревшая организационная структура с перекрёстным субсидированием подразделений. , который в то время был директором GHH, предложил концепцию по финансовому оздоровлению, предполагающую полное слияние дочерних компаний с концерном. Однако она была отклонена основными акционерами — страховой компанией Allianz AG и банковским концерном Commerzbank. В прессе говорилось о «баварском заговоре» против директоров концерна GHH. В 1986 году председатель правления  провёл реструктуризацию, в результате которой GHH стал концерном на основе договорных обязательств с экономически независимыми подразделениями на разных производственных площадках.

В 1985/1986 годах была проведена масштабная реструктуризация концерна M.A.N. Машиностроительная фабрика Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG и Акционерное объединение Gutehoffnungshütte AG образовали акционерное общество MAN (нем.: MAN Aktiengesellschaft). Штаб-квартира переехала из Оберхаузена в Мюнхен. Изменения произошли и на уровне дочерних предприятий: подразделение Коммерческие автомобили (ранее UBN) было обособлено и переведено в разряд юридически независимых. 6 декабря 1985 г. грузовое подразделение получило название MAN Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH), переняв также деятельность Büssing Automobilwerke GmbH. 15 марта 1989 г. в торговом реестре компания была зарегистрирована в качестве акционерного общества. Аналогичным образом в самостоятельные предпринимательские компании с ограниченной ответственностью были реорганизованы и другие подразделения концерна MAN, такие как MAN Neue Technologie, производитель дизельных двигателей B&W Diesel и Gutehoffnungshütte.

20 июня 2001 года компания MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG приобрела марку NEOPLAN у компании Gottlob Auwärter GmbH & Co. KG. Продукция NEOPLAN и автобусы MAN выпускались компанией NEOMAN GmbH в Зальцгиттере. 1 февраля 2008 г. NEOMAN интегрировали в международное отделение MAN Bus в рамках группы MAN-Nutzfahrzeuge. В 2003 году MAN начал внедрять стратегию фокусирования и концентрации на определённых отраслях. 50 % акций компании были проданы холдингу . В целях развития турбомашиностроения была приобретена фирма Sulzer Turbo.

Дело Scania
В сентябре 2006 года компания MAN сделала предложение о покупке своего конкурента, шведского производителя грузовых автомобилей Scania. 19 декабря Еврокомиссия признала предложение правомерным. Однако 23 января 2007 года компания MAN добровольно отозвала своё предложение после того, как оно было отклонено главным акционером Scania концерном Volkswagen AG и влиятельным семейством Валленбергов. 24 декабря 2008 года MAN заявил о получении опциона на покупку базового актива Scania, и, как следствие, о владении более 20 % акций.

В то же время концерн Volkswagen AG увеличивает свою долю участия в компании MAN с 15 % (октябрь 2006 года) почти до 30 %. В начале декабря 2008 года компания MAN приобретает предприятие по производству грузовых автомобилей и автобусов VW Truck and Bus Brasilien и переименовывает его в MAN Latin America. За счёт этой сделки MAN занял 30 % автомобильного рынка Бразилии. Весной 2009 года MAN продал 70 % акций дочерней фирмы  нефтяной инвестиционной компании IPIC со штаб-квартирой в Абу-Даби.

С мая 2009 года MAN является европейским акционерным обществом открытого типа (SE). В июле 2009 года MAN сообщил об объединении дочерних компаний , MAN Diesel и  в подразделение Power Engineering. Также компания MAN начала стратегическое партнёрство с китайским производителем грузовых автомобилей Sinotruk.

Коррупционный скандал
В 2009 году мюнхенская прокуратура обвинила компанию MAN в даче взяток в размере до 80 млн евро правительствам 20 стран и деловым партнёрам в период с 2001 по 2007 год. Целью взяток было получение крупных заказов на поставку автобусов и грузовиков. Глава компании  и некоторые другие члены правления были вынуждены уйти в отставку. Штрафы и налоговые выплаты составили 220 млн евро. На должность главы компании наблюдательный совет предложил австрийца , который 17 декабря 2009 года был объявлен председателем совета директоров и директором компании. 1 мая 2010 года компания MAN образовала совместное предприятие с немецким концерном Rheinmetall — предприятие по производству военной автотехники .

В июне 2010 года судебная коллегия по уголовным делам № 6  I приговорила бывшего председателя правления MAN Turbo к двум годам условно и к выплате размером 100 000 евро в пользу благотворительных организаций. Ушедший на пенсию менеджер компании MAN признал, что в 2004 году дал взятку в размере 9 млн евро в целях получения производственного заказа из Казахстана. Председательствующий судья Ханс-Йоахим Эккерт выразил своё уважение обвиняемому за то, что тот сразу признал свою вину и не пытался снять c себя ответственность за совершённое преступление.

В сентябре 2012 года земельный суд Мюнхена I обвинил бывшего главу подразделения грузовых автомобилей Антона Вайнманна в пособничестве в даче взятки. Менеджер был приговорён к 10 месяцам лишения свободы, которое затем было заменено на условное заключение, и к денежной компенсации в размере 100 000 евро. Вайнманн долгое время пытался доказать свою невиновность. Председательствующий судья судебной коллегии по уголовным делам № 6, , уточнил, что Вайнманн напрямую не обвиняется ни в даче взятки, ни в корыстных мотивах. Вайнманн многое сделал для развития системы комплаенса в том «бардаке», который царил тогда в компании MAN. Вынесенный 19 сентября 2012 года приговор основывался на внесудебном соглашении всех участников процесса, в котором Вайнманну были выдвинуты обвинения в некоторых аспектах. Адвокат Хольгер Матт заявил, что Вайнманн признаёт своё косвенное участие в сомнительных сделках. Председательствующий судья Эккерт выразил своё уважение Вайнманну. В мотивировке приговора Эккерт уточнил, что Вайнманн обвиняется исключительно в бездействии. «Ни прокуратура, ни судебная коллегия по уголовным делам не обвиняет вас в умышленном преступлении».

В августе 2013 года бывший председатель правления Самуэльссон заключил внесудебное соглашение с мюнхенской прокуратурой. В рамках соглашения коррупционное расследование в отношении Самуэлльсона было приостановлено. Самуэлльсон в свою очередь выплатил 500 000 евро некоммерческим организациям. К тому времени он уже возглавлял компанию Volvo. Самуэлльсон объяснил готовность к заключению соглашения той ответственностью, которую налагает на него пост председателя правления, но никак не признанием собственной вины. В то же время Самуэлльсон обязался выплатить компании MAN денежную компенсацию в размере 1,25 млн евро.

Слияние с концерном Volkswagen
31 мая 2011 года концерн Volkswagen AG выдвинул акционерам компании MAN SE предложение об обязательном выкупе акций на основании  с целью покупки и слияния с дочерней фирмой Scania.

Концерн Volkswagen AG предложил всем акционерам до 29 июня 2011 года получить денежные выплаты в размере 95,00 евро за обыкновенную акцию MAN и 59,90 евро за привилегированную акцию.

9 ноября 2011 года концерн Volkswagen увеличил долю участия в компании MAN SE до 55,90 % голосующих акций и 53,71 % основного капитала. Покупка компании MAN SE имела целью объединение дочерних предприятий MAN, Scania и Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles и укрепление позиций всех трёх марок на мировом рынке.

В тот момент MAN и Scania зафиксировали отставание от китайских и индийских производителей грузовых автомобилей и потерю доли рынка. В связи с этим возникла необходимость стимулировать продажи конкурентоспособной продукции. Продуманная централизованная  трёх дочерних марок — MAN, Scania и Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles — позволила сократить расходы и модернизировать технические разработки, что привело к повышению конкурентоспособности коммерческих автомобилей, производимых концерном Volkswagen AG.

На общем собрании акционеров компании MAN 6 июня 2013 года были подтверждены заключённые между Volkswagen AG и MAN  и , что формально означало прекращение деятельности MAN как самостоятельного предприятия. С этого момента компания MAN полностью подчиняется руководству Volkswagen AG. Концерн Volkswagen AG контролирует прибыль, убытки, риски и обладает правом издавать директивы и нормативные указания. Продолжительное общее собрание акционеров завершилось подтверждением договора о передаче управления. Руководство концерна Volkswagen AG было заинтересовано в создании прочного союза, объединяющего марки MAN, Scania и Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Холдинг Volkswagen Truck & Bus
5 мая 2015 года концерн Volkswagen AG, владеющий контрольным пакетом акций, объявил о создании нового холдинга.  , включающего марки MAN, Scania, Volkswagen Trucks & Bus и Volkswagen Коммерческие автомобили. Цель холдинга состоит в объединении, центральной координации деятельности и взаимодействии трёх предприятий MAN Truck & Bus AG, MAN Latin America и Scania AB. Руководитель холдинга Андреас Реншлер подчеркнул, что MAN и Scania останутся самостоятельными марками внутри холдинга.

Подразделения и доли участия

Концерн MAN включает в себя два подразделения:
 Commercial Vehicles с субконцернами MAN Truck & Bus и , а также долевым участием в производствах MAN Force Trucks (Индия) и Sinotruk (Китай)
 Power Engineering с субконцерном  и контрольным пакетом акций компании , производящей компоненты привода

MAN в России
Коммерческое подразделение MAN в России называется «MAN Truck & Bus Rus».

С 2012 года работает небольшой сборочный завод «MAN Truck & Bus Production Rus» в Санкт-Петербурге. В 2015 году на эту же сборочную линию перевели производство грузовиков Scania «Скания-Питер». С 2016 года обе компании эксплуатируют общую сборочную линию мощностью до 6500 грузовиков в год. Однако реальные суммарные объёмы производства обеих марок около 1000 машин в год.

MAN в Узбекистане
Совместное узбекско-германское предприятие «JV MAN Auto-Uzbekistan» было создано 9 августа 2009 года, согласно постановлению Кабинета Министров № 224 от 07.08.2009 года. C узбекской стороны учредителем предприятия является акционерная компания «Узавтосаноат», с немецкой стороны партнёром выступает MAN Truck & Bus AG.

После подписания 16 февраля 2011 года Президентом Республики Узбекистан Исламом Каримовым постановления «О мерах по дальнейшему развитию производства большегрузных автотранспортных средств» был дан старт строительству комплекса по производству и обслуживанию грузовых автомобилей MAN в Узбекистане. 30 июля 2012 года состоялась церемония открытия нового сборочного завода по производству большегрузных автомобилей MAN.

Акции

Акции компании MAN SE участвуют в торгах на Франкфуртской фондовой бирже. Летом 2009 года 42 % акций находились в свободном обращении (Free-Float) у иностранных инвесторов, 29 % акций принадлежало концерну Volkswagen, 19 % акционерам, не обязанным раскрывать финансовую информацию, и 10 % национальным институциональным инвесторам. 13 апреля 2012 года концерн Volkswagen AG заявил, что является владельцем 73 % акций. 5 июня 2012 года за счёт прироста капитала доля акций концерна Volkswagen AG увеличилась до 75,03 %, что ликвидировало  прочих акционеров.

6 июня 2013 года на общем собрании акционеров большинством голосов были заключены  и  между компанией MAN SE и дочерней компанией Volkswagen AG — грузовым холдингом Truck & Bus GmbH (75,28 % акций).

Акции MAN SE продолжают участвовать в торгах на Франкфуртской фондовой бирже, однако все доходы полностью учитываются в годовой отчётности концерна Volkswagen AG. В договоре не предусмотрена регулярная выплата дивидендов. Поэтому все выбывшие акционеры, оставшиеся без выплат, имеют возможность получать годовое денежное возмещение в размере 3,07 евро или единоразовую компенсацию в размере 80,89 евро за каждую обычную или привилегированную акцию.

Ключевые сделки

Бывшие подразделения

MAN Schienenverkehrstechnik

Сталелитейный завод Klett & Comp был одной из двух фирм, стоящих у истоков компании MAN. С 1851 года на заводе в Нюрнберге производились в том числе рельсовые транспортные средства. В 1898 году чугунолитейный завод Klett & Comp и машиностроительная фабрика Maschinenfabrik Augsburg объединились в машиностроительное общество Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbauges. Nürnberg AG. C 1908 по 1986 годы предприятие являлось одним из подразделений концерна MAN и выпускало моторвагонный подвижной состав как для железных дорог (напр. рельсовый автобус MAN), так и для внутригородского и пригородного пассажирского сообщения (трамваи, метро и городские скоростные электрички).

В 1986 году подразделение Schienenverkehrstechnik было структурно перенесено из Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nürnberg AG в MAN Gutehoffnungshütte Schienenverkehrstechnik AG, которое было продано в 1990 году компании по производству электрического рельсового транспорта AEG. С 1 июля 1993 года предприятие носит название AEG Schienenfahrzeuge Nahverkehr & Wagen GmbH, Nürnberg. 1 января 1996 года оно вошло в концерн ABB Daimler Benz Transportation (Adtranz), который в свою очередь стал частью компании по производству рельсового транспорта Bombardier Transportation.

Выпуск рельсовых транспортных средств в Нюрнберге был прекращён в 2001 году. В конце 2000 года последней произведённой моделью стал  403 537-4.

Производство транспорта для железных дорог

 1899—1906 годы: электрический моторный вагон для компании по строительству пригородных железных дорог , Мюнхен
 1927—1937 годы: электрические моторные вагоны разных типов для Германской имперской железной дороги Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft, в частности  и
 1954 год:  для Германской федеральной железной дороги

Производство транспорта для внутригородского и пригородного пассажирского сообщения
 1908/1928 годы:  (1 экземпляр Tw 2 1911 года сохранился в )
 1909 год: (компоненты электрооборудования Siemens) для Dresdner Straßenbahn AG (Моторвагоны 1913, 1920, 1925 годов представлены в музее трамваев в Дрездене)
 1928 год: (компоненты электрики Siemens) 5 моторных и 6 прицепных вагонов для Кирничтальбан (нем.:Kirnitzschtalbahn)
 1961 год прицепной вагон типа GB4a для
 1970—1984 годы: (компоненты электрики Siemens) метрополитен (Нюрнберг)
 1972—1974 годы моторный вагон для Вуппертальской подвесной железной дороги

MAN Ackerdiesel
С 1921 г. по 1962 г. (с перерывами) компания MAN производила агротехнику. Тракторы выпускались под маркой . В 1962 г. MAN приобрёл компанию Porsche Diesel Motorenbau GmbH. До 1963 года она выпускала тракторы, а затем была продана компании Renault.

MAN Heiztechnik

В 1953 г. компания MAN приобрела фирму WAHODAG, специализирующуюся на производстве корабельных турбин и форсунок для жидкого топлива. С 1969 г.  начинает производить мазутные горелки для бытового использования. В 2005 г. фирма была продана новому владельцу и в настоящее время действует под именем MHG Heiztechnik GmbH.

MAN Technologie
Компания MAN совместно с дочерней фирмой MAN Technologie принимала участие в разработке серии космических ракет-носителей «Ариан». В частности компания MAN поставляла ускорители, топливные баки, резервуары высокого давления и турбонасосы. В настоящее время владельцем MAN Technologie является авиационно-космическая компания .

MAN Logistics
Предприятие основано Эрвином Мене в 1922 году в г. Хайльбронн. Вначале специализировалось на изготовлении статичных металлических и сварочных конструкций для мостов и производственных помещений. Постепенно компания стала ведущим поставщиком компонентов, систем и готовых решений для логистической отрасли. В 1968 году компания Mehne GmbH изготовила первый автоматический  для фирмы PAGEDA, оптовой компании по продаже бумаги.

В 1989 году компания Mehne GmbH была приобретена MAN AG и объединена с основанной в 1974 году дочерней фирмой MAN Lager- und Systemtechnik, штаб-квартира которой располагалась в Мюнхене. Штаб-квартира MAN Logistics GmbH и производственные помещения остались в Хайльбронне. С 1 апреля 2005 года компания была выкуплена инвесторами у Штефана Зайдля, занимавшего пост директора с 1997 года, и преобразована из MAN Logistics GmbH в MLOG Logistics GmbH. В 2009 году штаб-квартира и производство переехали в Нойенштадт-ам-Кохер.

В апреле 2010 стало известно, что MLOG Logistics GmbH переходит в состав группы компаний . По заявлению MLOG Logistics GmbH: Группа компаний Kardex приобрела MLOG Logistics GmbH за 30 млн евро. Предприятие будет осуществлять свою деятельность на прежнем месте, в г. Нойенштадт ам Кохер, под руководством директоров MLOG. Подразделение Kardex MLOG (автоматизированные складские и поточные системы) будет входить в группу компаний Kardex наряду с Kardex Remstar и Kardex Stow.

MAN Aufzugbau
Компания MAN производила стандартные лифты, эскалаторы, больничные лифты, а также скоростные лифты, например для (нем.: Henninger Turm),  (нем.: AfE-Turm) во Франкфурте и  в Бонне. Производство велось на заводе MAN в Густавсбурге, недалеко от Майнца. В 1980 г. производство лифтов было передано компании Thyssen и до 1984 г. осуществлялось под маркой Thyssen-M.A.N.

Создание электромобилей
В Австрии проходит испытания один из первых образцов электромобилей на базе MAN TGS с колёсной формулой 2 × 6, но пока что главной проблемой остаётся его слишком маленькая автономность по пробегу, составляющая чуть более 200 км, по утверждениям создателей она будет увеличена в несколько раз.

Современный модельный ряд
Сегодня компания производит мирные крупнотоннажные грузовики европейского типа (Модели TGX, TGM и TGS), среднетоннажные машины (Модели TGL и TGM), военные грузовики разных классов, а также автобусы разных типов.

Логотип
Логотип автомобилей MAN — Брауншвейгский лев, изображённый на гербе компании .

См. Также
• МАЗ-MAN

Примечания

Ссылки
 MAN SE — официальный корпоративный сайт (англ.)
 ООО «МАН Трак энд Бас РУС» — официальный сайт (рус.)
 https://man-komdorauto.ru/ - официальный сайт Ведущего дилера в России (рус.)

Компании Германии
Компании Мюнхена
Автомобилестроительные компании Германии
MAN
Производители дизельных двигателей
MAN
Производители троллейбусов по алфавиту
Производители грузовых автомобилей Германии

Производители вооружений
Появились в 1758 году в Германии

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Q: Can't get regexp with OR expression work in dart I need to extract with regex one value and if not found extract another.
<notificationNumber>0373100023320000078</notificationNumber>
    <lotNumber>1</lotNumber>
    <placing>12011</placing>
    <purchaseCode>201770801462077300100101610014520244</purchaseCode>
    <contractProjectNumber>03731000233200000780001</contractProjectNumber>
    <tenderPlan2020Info>
        <ns3:plan2020Number>202003731000233001</ns3:plan2020Number>

I wrote next regexp:
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It works fine in online regexp editors. And work fine in dart:
  final regex = RegExp(r'purchaseCode>(.*?)<|plan2020Number>(.*?)<');
  final match = regex.firstMatch(fileContent);

Only with first expression. But if I changing code to:
final regex = RegExp(r'purchaseCode123>(.*?)<|plan2020Number>(.*?)<');

If do not process second part: plan2020Number>(.*?)<
Full code:
void main() {

String str = """<notificationNumber>0373100023320000078</notificationNumber>
    <lotNumber>1</lotNumber>
    <placing>12011</placing>
    <purchaseCode>201770801462077300100101610014520244</purchaseCode>
    <contractProjectNumber>03731000233200000780001</contractProjectNumber>
    <tenderPlan2020Info>
        <ns3:plan2020Number>202003731000233001</ns3:plan2020Number>""";

  final regex = RegExp(r'purchaseCode123>(.*?)<|plan2020Number>(.*?)<');
  final match = regex.firstMatch(str);
  print(match?.group(1)); // second match do not works

}


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Episode #3 of the course "Incredible female leaders through history"
Susan B. Anthony was born to a liberal Quaker family in the 19th century in the United States. She became a leading figure of women's rights and the suffrage movement, with her efforts ultimately resulting in the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, giving women the right to vote. Anthony died in 1906 without seeing the amendment enacted.
Born in 1820 in New York, Anthony was a highly-educated woman who became a school teacher and an activist for abolition and temperance, in addition to women's suffrage. Anthony first became known for her equal rights activism at age 17 when she gathered petitions to support the 14th Constitutional Amendment. After partnering with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, another prominent women's rights activist in 1851, the two became an unstoppable team. Anthony spent most of her life speaking publically about women's rights, joining the lecture circuit in 1870. She gathered signatures, published a women's rights newspaper, and managed a number of associations dedicated to equal rights. She never married or had children.
In 1872, Anthony was arrested for voting. She was very publicly tried and convicted; she was ordered to pay a fine, which she died without paying. Instead, Anthony lobbied Congress for a women's suffrage bill based on the rights given to all citizens by the 14th Amendment. Travelling to give speeches, gaining political clout, and gaining momentum as some states passed women's suffrage, Anthony also exhausted herself collaborating on the monumental History of Women's Suffrage.
She remained tireless in her efforts until her death in 1906, giving as many as 100 speeches per year. The "Anthony bill," which became the 19th US Constitutional Amendment, giving women rights equal to those of men (including the right to vote), was passed in 1920.
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and commercialization for highly efficient and environmentally
friendly fertilizers under the brands NovaTec® and Basfoliar®
- COMPO EXPERT gains significantly extended access to fast growing
- Efficient local production with improved ecological footprint
Thomas H. Ahrens, the CEO of COMPO EXPERT: "This strategic partnership represents another milestone on our determined path to become the leading manufacturer of specialty fertilizer for commercial use worldwide. India is a viable market with strong growth potential for high quality and environmentally friendly fertilizers, and thus ideally fits into our global expansion strategy. I am convinced that the cooperation with Transworld Furtichem will create significant value for both companies and yield tangible benefits for the Indian agriculture industry."
Transworld Furtichem has a strong position in the Indian fertilizer market and an extensive distribution network that will effectively expand COMPO EXPERT's local reach. The joint product portfolio of cash crops and high value crops will meet the rising demands of Indian farmers in terms of crop yields and sustainability. Against this background, Transworld Furtichem will ensure local manufacturing by establishing a new production facility in Kandla, India.
Yusuf Dhanani, the President of Transworld Furtichem: "The demand for modern fertilizers among Indian farmers is growing. Our new partnership with COMPO EXPERT gives us the opportunity to utilize their innovative technology and strong production expertise. At the same time, COMPO EXPERT will benefit from our long-standing experience and presence in the Indian market. I am thus looking forward to a fruitful and longstanding partnership."
COMPO EXPERT, Europe's leading manufacturer of special fertilizers, offers a broad portfolio of high-quality innovative fertilizers for commercial use. Over the past years, the company has significantly expanded its global footprint through targeted expansion and strategic partnerships in Latin and South America as well as in Asia. The new cooperation with Indian Transworld Furtichem encompasses two of the highly efficient and environmentally friendly quality fertilizer products: NovaTec®, a stabilized water-soluble fertilizers brand, and Basfoliar®, a foliar applied biostimulants.
Carsten Geyer, Partner and Head of Europe for XIO Group, the London-headquartered owner of COMPO EXPERT: "The partnership with Transworld Furtichem is an excellent strategic fit for COMPO EXPERT. After entering a strategic cooperation in China last year, this new one in India represents another important lever for accelerated growth and value generation in the Asian region. We are glad that we could support this important next step in the company's stringent internationalization."
Joseph Pacini, CEO and Partner of XIO Group added: "COMPO EXPERT has realized a tremendous development over the past years and has become a truly international specialized fertilizer company with leading market positions in Europe, Latin and South America and a growing presence in Asia. It is a blueprint for XIO Group's strength in investing and successfully growing market-leading and high-performing businesses worldwide."
About COMPO EXPERT
COMPO EXPERT GmbH, with headquarters in Münster in the German region of Westphalia, is an international company with locations in Europe, North and South America, Asia and South Africa. The Company produces and sells special fertilizers and biostimulants for all areas of plant cultivation. COMPO EXPERT offers a broad range of high quality, innovative special fertilizers for commercial use. Its product range includes innovative slow-release fertilizers, special mineral fertilizers, coated fertilizers, nutrient salts, liquid fertilizers, trace nutrients and soil treatments, and crop protection products. With those products, COMPO EXPERT is a market leader in Europe. COMPO EXPERT was acquired in 2015 by XIO Group, a global alternative investments company, and now has more than 600 employees. For more information, visit: http://www.compo-expert.com .
About XIO Group
XIO Group is a global multi-billion dollar alternative investments firm headquartered in London that employs an international team of more than 50 investment professionals. Representing more than a dozen nationalities among its employees and its network of advisors, the firm has operations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong, the United States and mainland China. With a seasoned international investment team that includes professionals with experience working at many of the world's leading private equity firms, XIO Group seeks to deploy its capital for global transactions. XIO Group's strategy is to identify and invest in market-leading businesses located across North America and Europe and help these companies to capitalize on untapped opportunities in fast growing markets, particularly in Asia. XIO Group is led by its four founders: Athene Li, Joseph Pacini, Murphy Qiao and Carsten Geyer. For more information, visit: http://www.xiogroup.com .
About Transworld Furtichem
Transworld Furtichem represent the fertilizer division of Dubai based "Blue Deebaj Group" with 1,500 employees. It has production facilities in Dubai, India and Malaysia that among others manufacture NPK compounds, Water-soluble NPK, Granulated Single Super Phosphate, Magnesium Sulphate, Sulphate of potash. Transworld Furtichem covers all fertilizer business segments as well as retail, distribution, manufacturing, supply chain management and R&D. The company's extensive operations are spread over six countries namely: Malaysia, India, UAE, Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi.
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Take an alkalinity reading using your test kit or test strips. You will need to raise the total alkalinity if the reading is below 80mg/l (ppm).
The dose rate is 30g Fi-Clor Spa Alkalinity Increaser per 1,000 litres (220 galls) of spa water. Each dose will raise the alkalinity by approx 10 - 20mg/l (ppm).
With the circulation running, dose directly in several areas around the spa, avoiding the skimmer. Only dose when bathing has ceased.
Re-test after 24 hours. If the total alkalinity is still low, repeat the dose.
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Schumer Fears Younger Americans 'Don't Share Same Devotion to Israel'
By Bridget Johnson Mar 05, 2018 5:04 PM ET
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee this evening that he fears younger people "don't share the same devotion to Israel" as older generations, potentially affecting America's long-term commitment to the alliance with the Jewish State.
Schumer emphasized that he wasn't referring to more than 3,500 youth activists in attendance among the approximately 18,000 attendees at the annual pro-Israel lobbying mega-conference.
"Too many younger Americans don't know the history and say, 'Well, both sides are to blame,'" he said of the Mideast conflict. "…They don't realize that if Israel was weak her enemies would immediately seek her destruction."
Schumer stressed that the "unfairness" toward Israel "springs from a deep well of bias that has always existed," and if this history was appropriately taught to younger generations "I believe it would affect them powerfully."
On the lack of a functioning Middle East peace process, the senator said "it's sure not the settlements that are the blockage to peace" and "it's certainly not because we moved the embassy to where it belongs," but it's because "too many Palestinians and too many Arabs do not want any Jewish State in the Middle East."
He said Congress should "pass and highlight" the Taylor Force Act to end aid to the Palestinian Authority while it glorifies and makes payments to the families of terrorists.
"This is not just about funds to the Palestinian Authority," he continued. "Too many believe that this Palestinian Authority is moderate and really wants peace." Stopping aid while terrorists' families get paychecks would "force the world to confront the dark truth that the Palestinian Authority every day actively aids and abets terrorism."
Schumer also pressed for fighting back against "profoundly biased BDS," the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement intended to punish Israel.
"Why does BDS single out Israel alone for condemnation? There's only one word for that – anti-Semitism," he said."Let us call out the BDS movement for what it is. Let us delegitimize the delegitimizers."
Schumer said the "danger Israel faces from a newly resurgent Iran" also needs to be in the spotlight, including Iran and its proxies gaining a foothold in Syria near Israel's border.
"We can never be complacent about any threat near Israel's borders, and Iran is a threat right now," he said.
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Hoyer said the Jewish State has a "bright future if we stand strong against those who would destroy Israel and all it means to the world."
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The New State Report Card proposal.
In the waiver request filed with the federal government to excuse the state from the provisions of No Child Left Behind legislation, the state provided the roadmap for its current thinking with regard to the state report card. What the state of Ohio has decided to do, at least in the short term, is to maintain most of the existing metrics but simply grade downward in an effort to give less "Excellent" ratings on the report card. Whether their motivation was to combat grade inflation or to make their waiver request more appealing to the federal government, a new report card is coming to Ohio.
The overall grade is determined by averaging the grades on the 4 metrics.
At least through 2015, the proficiency tests will remain largely as-is, cut scores and all, so, for example, a district will continue to receive credit for passing the 6th grade reading proficiency if 75% of the students get a 35% on the test. If you pass 90% of the available proficiencies, your district receive an "A" on that particular metric with 80% required to get a "B".
The performance index metric attempts to give the district credit for those students scoring in the "advanced" and "accelerated" range on the tests, but as we see from the charts in the previous posts, the cut off scores for advanced and accelerated remain at the same low levels that they were before, therefore, the performance index metric should be similarly unchanged. The difference is in the score required to receive an "A". If you receive a performance index of 90% of the maximum, or 108 out of a possible 120 points, you get your "A". Only one school in Worthington, Evening Street Elementary, received a performance index in excess of 108. It's score was 108.8, however, we must remember that the performance index is only concerned with how many students clear the proficient, accelerated and advanced bar and not necessarily by how much those students passed the bar. Let's take an example from a school that would narrowly miss getting that magic 108 to receive the "A" on the performance index component.
The example demonstrates that even with 95% of the scores being proficient and fully 2/3 being accelerated or advanced, it still isn't enough to earn that "A", apparently because the state realizes that with the cut scores being as low as they are, "Accelerated" or "Advanced" simply isn't good enough any more.
measures the effects of schools on their students' growth. It is calculated only for schools with students in any Grades 4-8. Ohio, using the SAS® at EVAAS® model computes a Value-Added measure for each school and district in English language arts and mathematics and reports whether the expected growth has been met (a year's growth in a year's time), exceeded (more than a year's growth in a year's time) or not met (less than a year's growth in a year's time).
Interested readers can learn more about value-add here.
Thus, under the old system, it was possible to be "excellent" with a performance index of 90 or if you met 20 of the 26 standards as long as your value-add scores indicated "above expected" growth for two years running. Under the new system, that will no longer be possible.
The latest edition to the eduspeak vocabulary is "Annual Measurable Objectives" or AMO's.
The AMO metric is designed to replace the previous level of proficiency that was required by No Child Left Behind. NCLB required, by 2014, that 100% of kids achieve proficiency. Scholars can argue whether that was ever a realistic goal, but states eagerly took the money offered by the federal government back in 2001 and then back loaded the proficiency requirements. Fast forward 10 years, and as the mandatory levels of proficiency started to increase as we got closer to 2014, panic set it. It is fair to say that the entire purpose of the waiver request is to relieve Ohio of the burden of a 100% proficiency requirement and the associated penalties when they are not met. The new goals, the "AMO's" are derived by taking the percentage of Ohio's kids that are currently deemed as not proficient in reading (18.1%), establishing a somewhat arbitrary goal of getting half of them to proficient within 6 years (e.g. 9% additional proficiency in 6 years) and using equal increments, so the bar is moved by 1.5% each year. This would then apply to all subgroups. A similar methodology is employed for the graduation percentage component of the annual measurable objectives. A somewhat complex calculation than goes into arriving at a final letter grade for the achievement gap component of the state report card.
The big difference between AYP and AMO's is this. In order for AYP to negatively impact a final rating on the existing report card, you would have to miss AYP in the SAME subgroup for three (3) consecutive years. Of course, given the requirement to be 100% proficient, absent the waiver, that would happen to every district sooner or later, but not for several years. With the new methodology, AMO's are a full partner in the calculation and the failure to meet the annual objectives could impact your rating in the current year.
This new system will be in place, assuming the legislature goes along, for the current year (2011-2012), so it is important to understand the differences between the old methodology and the new methodology, but it is also important to understand that the State Report Card will be changing fairly dramatically a few years from now to meet the demands of the assessment component of the common core.
The new methodology may therefore have a life span of a few years until the Common Core assessments kick in. Where this leaves Worthington is a bit unknown but as with most things, knowledge is power so understanding the methodology behind the new report card should give us a leg up on figuring out whether Worthington will be "A" rated or, if not, why not.
Grade inflation in the state of Ohio.
This post is about grade inflation in the state and the broader question of whether the rankings that districts receive on the state report card is truly reflective of the "quality" of the school district. In this context, grade inflation refers to the elevation, over time, of Ohio's School District Rankings and the number of districts receiving top marks from the state. The first thing we need to determine is whether grade inflation is real. Over the last year or so, an increasing number of articles, bloggers and reports seem to think so. Let's start with some statistics.
Where 18% of school districts were rated excellent and a combination of 67% were rated as excellent of effective.
Where 58% of school districts are now rated excellent or higher and an astounding 93% of school districts are considered effective.
Did Ohio really make all these academic gains or did the state manipulate the report card such that it now provides a distorted view of reality?
Let's look at a few other data points. The first comes to us from the Ohio Board of Regents where they track the success of Ohio graduates who go on to Ohio colleges and see how many of them require remediation - essentially, to retake high school courses when they get to college. If 93% of Ohio's School Districts were effective, you would anticipate this to be a relatively low number.
Unfortunately, it is not. NPR is reporting that 41% of freshman from Ohio High Schools have to take at least one remediation class once they get to college. The report goes on to say that an analysis of Ohio Board of Regents data shows that in nearly 80 high schools rated A or A+, at least half of students who enroll in Ohio public colleges must take remedial math and/or English.
That is an astounding statistic! Your local high school is rated "Excellent" or even "Excellent with Distinction" and yet, half of its graduates have to essentially retake high school classes in order to be successful in college, yet, this applies to 20% of those districts with that excellent rating.
compares the number of children scoring "advanced" on the Ohio Achievement Test vs. the number of children scoring advanced on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP).
Obviously, Ohio is reporting a much higher percentage of children as "Advanced" then what you find on the national test. Of course, while Ohio isn't any better or worse than many other states, the state is using terminology that would seem to imply that it is.
So, for example, to receive a passing grade for 6th grade reading, a student must answer 17 out of 49 questions correctly for a total of 35%. If 75% of the students accomplish that goal, the school or the district will be designated at having met that state standard. To receive a designation of "Advanced" in 5th grade math, a student must receive a score of 73%. The categories, proficient, accelerated and advanced all go into the calculation for the districts performance index.
The OAGC report and the Dispatch reporting has numerous other examples of why the State Report Card is not a meaningful indicator of school district quality, so much so that the state has decided to take action. The next blog post will cover the new state report card and whether what was done will adequately address the problem.


The chocolate fair, opens its 5th edition at the Cité Internationale. 3 days dedicated to chocolate gourmets!
From Friday 8 to Sunday 10 November 2019 between 10 am and 7 pm.
The world's largest event dedicated to chocolate, with its 20th annual edition in France and abroad, returns to the capital of gastronomy to celebrate chocolate. The Chocolate Show makes you discover a lot of fun and delicious chocolate animations: culinary demonstrations, tastings, cooking workshops, space dedicated to children, the famous parade of chocolate dresses, and many other surprises. "
Adult: from 18 €, Child (3-12 years): from 10 €.


If you suspect you may have sleep apnea, contact your doctor. You may need a referral from your doctor to visit a sleep center. If your physician refers you to a sleep center, the latest technology will be used to monitor you while you sleep. A sleep specialist will observe your sleep patterns, brain waves, heart rate, rapid eye movements and more using monitoring devices attached to your body. While sleeping with a bunch of wires attached to you might seem difficult, most patients find they fall asleep very easily.
The sleep specialist will analyze the results from your sleep study and design a treatment program if necessary. A sleep center can also provide you with equipment to monitor your activities (awake and asleep) at home.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine provides a sleep center locator with information on finding a sleep center near you.