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In a perfect world, school districts across the nation would operate with a singular goal in mind: to educate our nation's children in the most efficient manner possible while helping to prepare them for the real world.
Unfortunately, that's not happening. The education system is infested with agendas aimed at brainwashing pupils into seeing only one side of the argument while expressing outrage against those that may see things differently.
Outside influences do all that they can to ensure the status quo remains in place, and there's little that concerned parents can do about it. Unless they fight back, that is.
In today's story, parents worked alongside the court to stop a pro-Sharia group from infiltrating the school system. What the court just did to this radical Muslim group is nothing short of astounding and worthy of applause.
From The Daily Caller:
Pressure is mounting against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for its controversial partnership with the San Diego Unified School District in developing an anti-Islamophobia bullying initiative that was enacted last April.
Investigative subpoenas were issued Wednesday afternoon to CAIR's chapter in California that seek all communications and documents concerning its involvement in creating the allegedly unconstitutional initiative.
CAIR-California will need to produce the documents within 10 days, or it risks facing legal penalties for being held in contempt of court, according to the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF), a religious liberty group that issued the subpoenas.
To be clear, there's no place for bullying anywhere in life, let alone in the school system.
That said, a peek behind the curtain reveals that CAIR has other motivations at play here, and a group of parents in the district isn't having it.
The FCDF is representing a group of concerned parents who expressed outrage that the San Diego public school system had allowed CAIR, an openly religious group that seeks to promote the Islamic faith, to influence public school curriculum in the form of an anti-bullying initiative.
The multi-year plan, developed with assistance from CAIR, called for adding Muslim holidays to staff calendars, introducing new library materials on Muslim culture, encouraging Muslim-centered high school clubs, creating "safe spaces" for Muslim students and providing staff training about Muslim culture.
Hats off to the parents for stepping up to the plate and crying foul here, and sincere kudos to the court for removing political nonsense from the equation.
It's a lot harder to do that than it should be these days, as those with incredibly loud voices will do all that they can to stifle opposition while outrageously claiming how inclusive they are.
A tentative hearing is scheduled for next month, and this one bears watching. It represents a sign that parents across the nation are fed up with the attempted indoctrination of their children, and we'll keep our fingers crossed that this group of concerned folks will continue to push the issue as far as they possibly can.
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A completely new model, the Burlingham Seagull represents a golden age in coach travel and what better company livery to launch this 1950s coach in 1:148 scale than Wallace Arnold.
Coachbuilder H V Burlingham's roots go back to Blackpool in the 1920s when founder Herbert Victor Burlingham realised the potential in transporting day visitors to Britain's seaside resorts and it was not long before their reputation caught the attention of coach firms beyond Blackpool. For the 1950 Commercial Motor Show, Burlingham introduced two new coach designs based on the Leyland Royal Tiger and AEC Regal IV chassis. Both had a 37 seat capacity and centrally opening doors. The differences between the two saw the AEC with teardrop shape wheel arches and a straight waist rail with vertical window pillars, while the Royal Tiger had a curved waist rail, angled window pillars and an ellipsoid moulding sweeping from the front to the rear of the coach. The Royal Tiger had been liveried in the colour scheme of one of Burlngham's key customers Woods of Blackpool for the show, who traded under the name Seagull Coaches. As a result the Seagull name became an integral part of the coach, which was subsequently known as the Burlingham Seagull. It became the definitive coach of the age, purchased by most of the large coach operators of the day, including Wallace Arnold.
Our model is painted in the pale cream Wallace Arnold colour scheme with bright red wheels and deep red interior seating. Registered OUA 814, the destination blind tells us the bus is ON TOUR. The Wallace Arnold name and their key tour destinations are printed in red and gold across the rear. Note that the sweeping silver masking along the sides of the coach identifies it as having the Leyland Royal Tiger chassis option.
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Standing Strong!
Features Issue 173 Apr, 2016
Text by Astha Joshi / Photo: Alok Siddhi Tuladhar
The restoration of a world heritage monument is no small matter; it is also a journey of new discoveries.
The one-year anniversary of the tragic incident in Nepal's history, the great earthquake of April 25, 2015, is only a few weeks away. The insecurity, the helplessness, the chaos still lurks beneath the manifold layers of emotions that have yet to heal. The streets of Kathmandu Valley still bear the scars evident in the cracks and fissures of houses, bulges of loose bricks on walls, and remnants of fallen temples. Our heritage, the rubble of the temples, silently await their turn to be restored so that they can emerge once again from the dirt to their magnificent splendor.
All's not lost! Conservation efforts are being carried out slowly, one temple at a time. The restoration work of Panchamukhi Hanuman Temple is one such example.
A year after the earthquake, people still walk around Basantapur Durbar Square lost in their private thoughts, thinking about daily errands, the nitty-gritty of their daily lives, and occasionally sparing a glance towards the shattered facade of Hanuman Dhoka Durbar, and to the damaged temples surrounding it. While life moves on at its normal pace outside the square, an army of engineers, craftsmen, woodcarvers, carpenters, art historians, and government officials tirelessly work inside the durbar, restoring Panchamukhi Hanuman Temple, one of the first to be completed, perhaps in the next few months.
Incidentally, the restoration work of Panchamukhi Hanuman Temple had been planned before the devastating earthquake of April 25. According to Saraswati Singh, head of Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Museum Development Committee, a damage assessment was sanctioned by the committee after the earthquake of 2011. The report showed an urgent need to restore Panchamukhi Hanuman Temple, Gaddi Baithak, and the Nine-Storied Palace. The committee applied to the Prince Claus Fund of the Netherlands, and also to the Ambassador Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) of the US Embassy. The grant request was sanctioned by the AFCP fund in July 2014, and the project was entitled, "Conservation of Panchamukhi Hanuman Temple and Malla Palace". The AFCP fund contributes to one-third of the restoration project, while the rest is provided by the committee.
According to Singh, the restoration project has three main objectives. The first is to carry out conservation work using traditional skills and knowledge, thus serving as an example for future restoration projects. The second is to document and publish data accumulated during the conservation work, and the third is to pass on the technical learnings to engineers, craftsmen, and others for future conservation efforts.
It could be called a model project for restoration work. However, archaeologist Bishnu Raj Karki, former director general of Department of Archaeology, who is directing the conservation project, stated, "Some might disagree about it being a model project, but they cannot deny that it is a first-of-its-kind project where we have conducted deflection study, strengthening analysis, and load analysis, which included timber test, mortar test, and plaster test." He further explained, "We also have archaeologists, historians, and traditional artisans working collaboratively, as well as a documentation process from the beginning, which makes this particular restoration project so unique."
A few courtyards away from the office, in one of the many damaged compounds supported by beams, sat traditional woodcarvers Rajendra Tuladhar and Ganesh Maharjan, chipping away a new block of wood to recreate a window panel for the temple. Their supervisor, Dharma Bahadur Maharjan, was overseeing their work. Dharma, along with Maila Maharjan, lead a team of 20 carpenters and woodcarvers hailing from Bungamati, Khokana, and Kirtipur.
The window panel that Rajendra was working on had floral patterns and a deity whose face was badly damaged. "The window panel is very old. I have to recreate a new one by copying it. For the face, I'll have to use my judgment. The faces of the gods are like us, so we usually make a face thinking that it's a person we know, or meet on the street. It'll take me three-five days to finish this," he said. "But this is one of the easier ones," he said, pointing to an intricately carved four-feet tall finely detailed tundal with a deity identified by the headgear, "This particular piece is probably going to take me around a month."
Till date, the team has repaired, and carved, many tundals, windows, and wooden pieces. They haven't kept an account, but the restoration process has been a very valuable lesson, as some of the wooden structures for the temple construction was something they had never come across before.
Alok Siddhi Tuladhar, who heads the documentation process, disclosed about the discovery of a tikijhya that had previously been covered by a wall, which upon inspection, was found to be intact. He pointed out one of the wooden structures that they had excavated during the restoration project—a pillar post comprising of eight wooden poles, square-shaped at the end, and plugged on a square-based joist with a circular joist at the top. "The base is similar to the base joist used for old houses, but the structure itself is very unique," he said. "With every new day, we are learning more about traditional architectural methods." Documentation of these historical methods becomes important, considering the severely damaged and collapsed neoclassical structures vis-a-vis the centuries old Malla structures that, despite incurring damages, still stand upright.
The Panchamukhi Hanuman is one of the two temples in Kathmandu that boasts of an umbrella shaped roof, which requires an octagonal support structure. The other temple with a similar roof is located at Pashupati Nath; both the temples were built by King Pratap Malla. A crucial part of the project, according to Saraswati Singh, is to ensure how they can strengthen the structures by incorporating traditional methods with modern techniques. "Before the restoration process, the old temple had four walls that bore its load, but did not provide sufficient support up to the sanctum. In order to strengthen the building, we provided retrofitting with 16 posts from the ground level to the upper sanctum to ensure that the building is stronger," explained Singh.
Restoration work is a very complex process, and according to archaeologist Bishnu Raj Karki, made even more difficult by unforeseen challenges. "Unlike building new structures, where you can predict the technical challenges and cost structures, restoration leads to discovery of new technical problems, thus increasing the financial costs," he explained. One of the main objectives of the project is also to rectify past restoration and building mistakes found during the restoration process.
Adding to this, Singh stated, "Some of the renovation during the Rana period, presumably under Prime Minister Juddha Shumsher, had added false windows, additional doors, and a rounded staircase, which made the structure very weak. We have tried to rectify the mistakes." The study and documentation of the restoration project would serve as an important resource for future restoration projects.
The need for extensive documentation and transferring the technical skills needed for restoration work would be more than important in the coming years, as I understood by overhearing a conversation between woodcarver Rajendra and archaeologist Karki. "I can easily remodel the face, but I'm not sure about its timber strength," the former said, holding a badly damaged window screen from an unidentified temple from the early Malla period. To which, the latter answered, "It's beautiful, but we won't have time to work on it. This will have to go in the storage unit. We'll leave it for artisans of the next generation."
For now, it will have to join countless of other wooden structures that await patiently for the day when skilled hands will carve them to their former glory.
A number of wooden structures from demolished temples have been kept at the Hanuman Dhoka Palace. The first goal of the conservation process was to collect them; the second phase is to assemble them. This is somewhat like a jigsaw puzzle. A team of archaeologists, along with carpenters, assemble windows and tundals, and identify the temples they came from. The next step is to categorize them as 'directly usable', which comprises nearly 10% of the wooden structures, the rest 70-80% have to be maintained and repaired; the missing bits and parts are created by the carpenters and woodcarvers, while the remaining 10% that are beyond repair are replaced and stored, and which can be later displayed in museums.
Reference People
Prof. Dr. Sudarshan Raj Tiwari.
Mr. Bishnu Raj Karki, archaeologist, Former Director General of Director of Archaeology.
Saraswati Singh, Executive Director of the Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Museum Development Committee
Alok Siddhi Tuladhar, heading the documentation
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A Simple Mission
What if one of the biggest costs to the workplace could find a cure in the workplace?
Chances are, many if not most of your employees are impacted by mental illness. If not directly (1 in 5 Americans suffers from some kind of mental illness), then indirectly, as a spouse, family member, or close friend. And while victims and their families bear the biggest emotional burden, the workplace usually carries the biggest financial burden.
Yet we believe that the workplace could be the best place to address this epidemic, and without involving expensive healthcare plans.
Mental illness is the #1 reported workplace disability and costs US businesses an estimated $220 billion annually.
Employees struggling with untreated depression use up to 4 times the healthcare resources of their co-workers.
An estimated 12 billion working days are lost due to mental illness every year.
Lost productivity due to mental illness in the United States now costs more than $5,000 per employee, the highest in the world. That compares to costs in South Korea of just $180 per person.
And yet even minimal intervention, treatment, and support can produce significant benefits for the employee and the workplace. Not to mention their families.
The Statistics Are Grim
Across the US, 1 in 5 people suffers from some kind of mental illness, and many with more than one.
People with depression have a 40% higher risk of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
19% of U.S. adults with mental illness also experienced a substance use disorder in 2018 (9.2 million individuals).
People with depression are 7 times more likely to be unemployed.
High school students with significant symptoms of depression are more than twice as likely to drop out.
Nearly 30% of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. have a serious mental health condition.
Nearly 2 million people with mental illness – including many veterans with PTSD or other mental health conditions – are booked into jails each year.
70% of youth in the juvenile justice system have a diagnosed mental illness.
41% of Veteran's Health Administration patients have a diagnosed mental illness or substance use disorder.
Mental illness triggers 12 million hospital visits every year.
Around the world, approximately two-thirds of people with a mental disorder go untreated.
When in jail, people with mental illness stay almost twice as long as other individuals facing similar charges.
1 in 4 people who die in officer-involved shootings are in a mental health crisis.
More than 8 million adults provide unpaid care to family members who suffer from a mental illness, spending an average of 32 hours a week providing care.
Sources: The National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Lancet Commission, the National Institutes of Health, the Criminal Mental Health Project, the American Psychological Association.
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Welcome to the April 2019 Calumet City Rent Report. Calumet City rents increased over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Calumet City rental market, including comparisons to cities throughout the metro, state, and nation.
Calumet City rents have increased 0.3% over the past month, but have remained steady at 0.3% in comparison to the same time last year. Currently, median rents in Calumet City stand at $870 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,020 for a two-bedroom. This is the second straight month that the city has seen rent increases after a decline in January. Calumet City's year-over-year rent growth lags the state average of 0.5%, as well as the national average of 1.3%.
While rents have remained steady in the city of Calumet City throughout the past year, cities across the metro have seen a different trend. Rents have risen in all of of the largest 10 cities in the Chicago metro for which we have data. Here's a look at how rents compare across some of the largest cities in the metro.
Naperville has the most expensive rents of the largest cities in the Chicago metro, with a two-bedroom median of $1,730; rents went down 0.6% over the past month but rose 0.7% over the past year.
Rent growth in Calumet City has been relatively stable over the past year - some other large cities have seen more substantial increases; in contrast, rents in a few cities have actually declined. Calumet City is still more affordable than most large cities across the country.
Calumet City's median two-bedroom rent of $1,020 is below the national average of $1,170. Nationwide, rents have grown by 1.3% over the past year compared to the stagnant growth in Calumet City.
While rents in Calumet City remained moderately stable this year, similar cities saw increases, including DC (+1.6%), New York (+1.5%), and San Francisco (+1.5%); note that median 2BR rents in these cities go for $1,550, $2,500, and $3,110 respectively.
Renters will find more reasonable prices in Calumet City than most large cities. For example, San Francisco has a median 2BR rent of $3,110, which is more than three times the price in Calumet City.


K'Road Presents' celebrates the iconic heritage of Karangahape Road as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival 2017.
The massive expansion of motorways through the nearby inner city area, and subsequent flight of residents and retail into the suburbs from the 1960s onwards, turned Karangahape Road from one of Auckland's premier shopping streets into a marginal area with the reputation of a red light district. Touring the taboos takes people on a journey through the history of K' Road's red light district hosted and led by Caluzzi Bar and Cabaret.


Just as a reduction in resistance training can make us weaker and fewer miles on the treadmill can reduce our cardiovascular fitness levels, maintaining good balance as you age requires a continued effort, says physical therapist Nancy Causton, PT, of Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro.
Such statistics, Causton points out, reinforce the need for regular exercise and balance assessments as you age.
Weight Shifts: While in a standing position with your legs should-width apart, simply shift your weight to one leg, lifting the opposite foot from the floor, and hold for 30 seconds. Then, shift your weight to the other side and lift the other leg for 10 seconds. Increase time to 30 seconds as your balance improves.
Single-Leg Balance: Still in your standing position, legs shoulder-width apart and hands on your hips, lift one leg from the floor and bend back at the knee, holding your toe about a foot off the ground. Hold for 10 seconds, then repeat with the other leg. Increase to 30 seconds as your balance improves.
According to Causton, these exercises (and others like them) should be performed near a wall or something sturdy in case you become unsteady. And of course, before beginning any at-home exercises, consult movement experts like those on the Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro team to schedule a balance assessment to ensure these types of exercises are right for you and your specific condition.
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French ambassador shears in celebration
A new career-path could be beckoning for French Ambassador to New Zealand Florence Jeanblanc-Risler who wants to compete for her country when it hosts the World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in two years' time.
She put in her first-ever blows with the hot steel of a shearing handpiece at the Golden Shears in Masterton today ahead of her country hosting the next World Championships in Le Dorat, Central France, on July 1-6, 2019.
She managed a few blows down the last side and across the tail, under the watchful eye of shearing instructor Russell Knight, of Apiti.
The big difference was that her first touch of the handpiece came on the most vaunted stage in shearing competition, at the show which set the global shearing sports alight when it was first held in Masterton's War Memorial Stadium in 1961.
Mrs Jeanblanc-Risler, a self-appraised "city-girl" who ends her post to Wellington in mid-2018, envisages she will have time to learn to shear, heading out to the countryside where she did develop some affinity with les moutons as she played with lambs as a child around the family's "summer house" at Annecy in the French Alps.
Such interest leapt forward as she linked with the French team preparing for last month's World Championships in Invercargill, and their successful bid to stage the next championships.
She found it was all about the passion of a small town in the countryside, playing a significant role in the economy of a country with 7 million sheep.
She conceded making the team would be "hard work," but expects to be still at the championships, 370km south of Paris.
"It was very interesting to go to Invercargill and defend the bid," she said. "They had an amazing team of people, so I will be there (in 2019) in some kind of way, as a VIP or something."
Mrs Jeanblanc-Risler joins a growing list of politicians and diplomats grappling with a shearing handpiece in front of a crowd. Prime Minister Bill English did it at Invercargill, in a brief cameo with retired Te Kuiti shearing great Sir David Fagan, and US Ambassador Mark Gilbert, now detailed back to the states, did so at the 2015 Golden Shears.
Today, stadium commentator Gerald Spain assured her as she clasped the handpiece for the first time that she was "where it all started" for all shearers, being shown by Mr Knight how to peel the last few blows of the last side with the hope of one day learning how to shear a whole sheep and eventually getting a stand as a full-time shearer.
"Thank you so much for helping me," she said as she stretched the back a minute or two later. "I'm a bit disappointed though. I would have liked to do at least half the sheep."


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Patrycja Wiśniewska (born 12 August 1987) is a Polish football forward.

Honours
Unia Racibórz
Winner
 Ekstraliga Kobiet (4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13

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1987 births
Living people
Polish women's footballers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Women's association football forwards
Poland women's international footballers
RTP Unia Racibórz players

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Lögow ist ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Wusterhausen/Dosse im Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin in Brandenburg.

Der Ort liegt nordöstlich des Kernortes Wusterhausen/Dosse an der Kreisstraße 6806. Südlich verläuft die B 167 und östlich die A 24. Nordwestlich erstreckt sich das rund 217 ha große Naturschutzgebiet Feuchtgebiet Schönberg-Blankenberg.

Geschichte

Ersterwähnung und Namensgeschichte
Im Jahre 1423 finden wir Lögow erstmals aktenkundig in der Geschichte. Der Ort wird als Wohnplatz sicher wesentlich älter sein. Die Namensführung beginnt mit Lugow (lugow), 1524 zu Luchow, 1540 Loyow und 1639 auch weiterführend zu Lügow. Ab 1799 erscheint nun durchweg Lögow.

Gutsdorf
Lögow war seit früherer Zeit ein Gutsdorf, aufgesplittet in mehrere Güter und Bauernhöfe. Ob schon zu Beginn mit einem ritterlichen Wohnsitz ausgestattet bleibt zunächst offen. Der Besitz wechselte häufig. Um 1491 erscheint die Familie von Sandow aus der Altmark stammend, bis 1666. Abraham und sein Sohn Wilhelm von Sandow zu Lögow, er gilt als letzter seines Geschlechts, seine Mutter war eine geborene Frau von Fratz-Kränzlin. Selbst die berühmte mecklenburgische Familie von Schwerin verfügte kurz über Anteile in Lögow, von 1824 bis 1852. Neben der wohl eher unbekannten Adelsfamilie von Dannenberg besaßen die von Zieten sehr lange Besitzungen in Lögow. Ihre Ahnenreihe vor Ort beginnt scheinbar mit Caspar Friedrich anfangs des 17. Jahrhunderts, dann weiter über Friedrich und Johann (1640–1690). Bekanntester Zieten auf Lögow ist Oberstleutnant Hans (1754–1833), Ritter und Träger des Ordens pour le mérite, der höchsten militärischen Auszeichnung in Preußen. Durch Einheiratung kommt die 1761 in Wien in den Adelsstand erhobene Familie Krüger von Krügsheim als von Kriegsheim nach Lögow, welche bereits in Mecklenburg mehrere Lehnsgüter innehatte.

Für die Phase vor der großen Wirtschaftskrise 1929 liegen die Daten durch das letztmals veröffentlichte amtliche Landwirtschaftliche Adressbuch der Provinz Brandenburg vor. Lögow I mit 190 ha ist im Eigentum des Hans Joachim von Zieten-Wildberg (1909–1943), das Gut führte dann bis zur Bodenreform seine Witwe Renate, geborene Freiin von Fritsch (1912–2000). Lögow II und III mit Emilienhof mit 333 ha ist im Eigentum der Editha von Kriegsheim. Weitere Hofbesitzer mit dem Nennwert über 20 ha waren die Familien Brädikow, Gädeke, Gendkow, Hilgenfeldt, Krieg, Rabe, Schubert, Tack, Voigt und Wittkopf. Letzter Eigentümer auf Lögow II und III war Fritz Adolf von Kriegsheim (1901–1991), zugleich noch Pächter von Tramnitz. Kriegsheim war Landschaftsrat bei der Märkischen Landschaft, einer Nachfolgeeinrichtung der bis 1934 bestehenden Ritterschaftsbank. Aus beiden Lögower Gutsbesitzerfamilien gingen die Söhne auf das Internat der Ritterakademie, gelegen auf der Brandenburger Dominsel. Deren häufige Mitgliedschaft im besonders vom Landadel geprägten Johanniterorden über mehrere Generationen hinweg ist ebenso obligat. Fritz Adolf von Kriegsheim war mit seiner Frau Hildegard, geborene von Alvensleben-Schollene, und den vier Kindern in der Standesvertretung der Deutschen Adelsgenossenschaft. Dort wird, wie auch in der Mitgliederliste 1935 des Johanniterordens zuvor als Hauptwohnsitz das Vorwerk Emilienhof angegeben. Die Nachfahren der Kriegsheim blieben zum Teil in der Landwirtschaft oder wurden erfolgreiche Unternehmer in der Industrie.

Eingemeindungen
Am 31. Dezember 1997 erfolgte die Eingemeindung von Lögow in die Gemeinde Wusterhausen/Dosse.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 In der Liste der Baudenkmale in Wusterhausen/Dosse sind für Lögow fünf Baudenkmale aufgeführt, darunter die Dorfkirche.
 In der Liste der Naturdenkmale im Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin ist für Lögow ein Naturdenkmal aufgeführt. Es handelt sich um eine ca. 200 Jahre alte ortsbildprägende Eiche mit schöner Wuchsform.

Persönlichkeiten
 Johann Anton von Zieten (1640–1690), preußischer Offizier, zuletzt Generalmajor, geboren in Lögow

Literatur
  Lögow, in: Georg Dehio, Gerhard Vincken, Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Brandenburg, Berlin, München, Auflage 2000, Deutscher Kunstverlag, S. 603, ISBN 978-3-422-03054-1
 Birgit Drescher: Lögow im Wandel der Zeit, Selbstverlag, Falkensee, 2017, 112 Seiten, Festeinband, http://kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu/
  Birgit Drescher: Die Gutsheren von Zieten in Lögow, Falkensee, 2013, http://kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu/
  Birgit Drescher, Pfarrer Braem in Lögow; Ein Mann mit einer außergewöhnlichen Familiengeschichte, Falkensee, 2012, http://kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu/

Weblinks

 Lögow auf der Website der Gemeinde Wusterhausen/Dosse

Einzelnachweise

Ortsteil von Wusterhausen/Dosse
Ort im Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Ehemalige Gemeinde (Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin)
Gemeindeauflösung 1997


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Spotify and Facebook in music partnership
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday presented a partnership with Swedish firm Spotify, to make its popular music streaming service an integral part of the social media website's platform.
Spotify is growing fast and reported this week that it now numbers in excess of two million paying users for its unlimited music service in nine countries worldwide.
US firm Facebook has launched a slew of changes to the presentation and function of its platform this week and on Thursday Zuckerberg presented the firm's plans, with Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek the first to join him on stage.
"This is a big day for Facebook and big day for Spotify, music-lovers and artists," Ek said.
Spotify is among 33 European launch partners to roll out "social apps" on Facebook as the social networking site seeks to move toward entertainment, including video, films, music, books and television.
Spotify's app will allow Facebook users to listen to music with their friends and share their favourites and music listening habits via their profile. Facebook's 800 million users will gain access to music for free, while ensuring that artists are compensated for their work.
"Let's light up the world with music," Ek said.
The Spotify app in practice will mean that the newly designed Facebook "timeline" feature will update with music the user is listening to, as well as favourite albums, artists and playlists.
Spotify was founded in 2006 by Swedes Daniel Ek, then in his twenties, and Martin Lorentzon.
The service first launched in 2008 in Sweden and says it has since become the world's largest streaming service with over 10 million users worldwide.
It has some 300 employees and is viewed as an opportunity for the music industry to regain the market share lost through illegal downloading.
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Sandnes è un comune e una città della contea di Rogaland, in Norvegia. Ha ricevuto lo status di città nel 1860.

Nel 2020 è stato incorporato a Sandnes l'ex comune di Forsand.

Geografia fisica
La città è situata 15 km a sud di Stavanger e grazie alla forte espansione edilizia, le città formano ormai un unico centro urbano. Sandnes è bagnata dal Gandsfjorden che termina a nordovest nel Mare di Norvegia.

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse
 Preikestolen, pulpito di roccia, una falesia di granito alta 604 metri e che termina a strapiombo sul Lysefjord, di fronte al Kjeragbolten.

Storia
Nella zona di Sandnes sono state trovate tracce umane vecchie di ben  anni ma è solo nel 1664 che si trovano tracce concrete del fatto che la zona fosse popolata. Nel 1860 Sandnes si costituisce comune e riceve lo status di città. Crebbe poi rapitamente con l'industria di laterizi. In un periodo più recente Sandnes diventa la sede di molte industrie tessili, tra cui la catena norvegese di abbigliamento "Cubus". Ultimamente la città ha acquistato importanza nell'industria informatica del petrolio oltre che ad essere diventata un centro per gli affari.

Sport

Calcio
La squadra principale della città è il Sandnes Ulf.

Football americano
Sandnes ha avuto diverse squadre di football americano:
 i Sandnes Oilers
 i Ganddal Giants, tre volte campioni della Sørlandets football liga
 i Lura Bulls, vintcitori di un titolo nazionale.

Atletica
I tre fratelli Ingebrigtsen (Henrik, Filip e Jakob), tutti professionisti nel mezzofondo e vincitori di medaglie ai mondiali ed agli europei di atletica, sono originari della città.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni


In healthy individuals, carbohydrates are the body's main energy source. When the body is unable to use carb sources like glucose, it breaks down fat for energy—this commonly occurs when there is not enough insulin to use glucose for energy.
When there is too little insulin, ketones will likely show up in the blood or urine. Ketones are the chemical byproduct produced when the body burns fat for fuel.
Ketonuria is the medical condition when ketones in urine are present. High ketone levels, in combination with high blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia), can lead to a dangerously toxic body and the condition known as diabetic ketoacidosis.
What Is Ketoacidosis and Ketonuria?
Ketoacidosis or ketonuria can occur when a type 1 diabetic doesn't take their insulin. It also occurs when insulin-dependent diabetics fail to meet the higher insulin demands from stress, injuries, or an illness. Ketoacidosis and ketonuria may also occur in type 2 diabetics who are sick and insulin-deficient.
Ketoacidosis can be the first sign of diabetes, especially when there hasn't been a formal diagnosis. Uncontrolled diabetes may have ketones in the urine or blood without ketoacidosis, when the diet is very low in calories, nutrients, or carbohydrates.
Ketones in urine can be produced from weight loss, hyperthyroidism, prolonged vomiting, or excessive aspirin use.
Diabetics may also opt for the ketogenic diet, which is low in carbohydrates and calories. In this case, the body may compensate for the lack of carbs and calories by breaking down fat to use ketones for energy.
When there is enough insulin, ketoacidosis should not be a problem with the ketogenic diet.
Why Should You Test for Ketones in Urine?
Ketoacidosis is a medical emergency, and it is potentially life-threatening. Progressive ketoacidosis can lead to metabolic problems; however, it can even lead to a coma or death.
Ketoacidosis is associated with alcoholism, fasting, starvation, ingestion of the toxic chemical isopropanol, and high-protein diets.
Diabetics who take insulin and have blood sugar levels higher than 14 millimoles per liter (mmol/L) should definitely test for ketones on a regular basis. A home ketone test will be able to check for ketones in urine or blood.
It is considered a convenient method to monitor diabetics, especially when they are sick.
It is also useful for people on a high-fat or low-carbohydrate diet to monitor ketone levels.
Ketone testing is also used for someone that cannot eat due to fasting or eating disorders like anorexia. The person may also experience symptoms of diarrhea or frequent vomiting.
Pregnant women with diabetes or gestational diabetes should also be monitored with a ketone test. Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that sometimes develops during pregnancy, and it often disappears when the baby is born.
When Do You Test for Ketones?
It is best to consult your doctor or nurse to help you understand when you should check for ketones in your urine. Your health history and symptoms are the best indications of whether ketone urine testing is necessary.
When is it a good time for a ketone urine test? Pregnant women may be advised to monitor ketone levels any time the blood glucose reading jumps above 200 mg/dl, or before breakfast.
Your blood sugar number reads over 300 mg/dl.
You experience hyperventilation or trouble breathing.
You experience dry mouth and excessive thirst.
You lack energy and feel mentally confused.
You experience abdominal pain, nausea, or vomiting.
You have flushed or dry skin, or your skin lacks color.
When any of these symptoms persist, it is likely that ketone levels are high or above average.
Ketone urine kits are often available at the drug store. The kit will contain chemical-coated dipsticks that react with the ketones.
Simply place the dipstick in the urine sample. If the dipstick changes color, then there are ketones in the urine. The results are then compared with a color chart that is supplied in the kit.
Your doctor may also give you a clean-catch kit that will help you obtain more accurate results. The kit contains sterile wipes and a cleansing solution.
Your doctor may tell you to avoid medications or supplements that may falsify the test, such as glucocorticoids, levodopa, phenazopyridine, valproic acid, inositol, metformin, methionine, captopril, and ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
You should feel no discomfort with the urine ketone test, and it only involves urination.
A normal ketone result is under 0.6 mmol/L. Normal may at times indicate a negative test result.
A result of 0.6 to 1.5 mmol/L is an indication that there are trace amounts of ketones. This may also read as less than 20 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl). Basically, there are more ketones than normal. It may be a sign that ketones are starting to build up. The test should be taken again in a few hours to see if the number changes.
A result of 1.6 to 3.0 mmol/L is an indicator of high ketone levels, and ketoacidosis or ketonuria may be risk factors. It may also read as a moderate score of 30 to 40 mg/dl.
Above 3.0 mmol/L is considered a dangerous ketone level, and immediate attention is required. A high score is more than 80 mg/dl.
Also, make a note that exercise is never recommended when ketones in urine reveal to be moderate or high; overall, moderate to high ketones in urine are a dangerous sign that diabetes is uncontrolled, and your doctor should be informed immediately.
It is also good practice to keep track of your ketone urine test results to help your doctor in the process.
Keep in mind that abnormal urine ketone test result may also be a result of burns, fever, acute or severe illness, anorexia, fasting, high protein or low carb diets, long-term vomiting, starvation, hyperthyroidism, lactation, or pregnancy.
The best way to avoid high levels of ketones in urine is by controlling blood sugar levels. A healthy diet is the best approach for blood sugar control. A good first step is the consumption of low-glycemic index (GI) foods. These foods have a GI of 55 or below.
Glycemic load (GL) foods will also be the amount of carbs per serving in the particular food. Low GL foods will be 10 or less. It is important to note that foods that are low GI may not necessarily be low GL.
Low GI grains include quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, oats, spelt, and wild rice. They are also considered medium GL, and it is best to pair them with low glycemic vegetables to help balance blood sugar levels.
Type 1 diabetics should remember to inject insulin at appropriate times to avoid the buildup of ketones.


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I made a stand with the pin that goes through the back hub .
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I can only assume the 950 model is different to that of the other new multistrada models in suspension height? As we do not have this issue with the other Multistradas.
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Q: Refreshing jTable doesn't work In my code I delete all rows when closing with the following code:
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Siasat.com/News/Sports/Have 'no opinion' on Gambhir's 'conditional ban' against Pakistan: Ganguly
Have 'no opinion' on Gambhir's 'conditional ban' against Pakistan: Ganguly
Neha| Updated: 19th March 2019 8:54 pm IST
New Delhi: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said he has "no opinion" on Gautam Gambhir's comment on "conditional bans" against Pakistan.
Gambhir recently opined that the BCCI should either snap all cricketing ties with Pakistan or engage at every level after the Pulwama attack, which killed over 40 CRPF personnel. Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) claimed responsibility for the attack.
"It's his [Gambhir's] opinion and to be honest I don't have an opinion on this [boycott of Pakistan at World Cup]," said Ganguly.
The former captain added, "I don't know how they [BCCI] will avoid."
India will start their World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5 at Hampshire Bowl in Southampton, England.
On being asked whether India will be his favourite team in the upcoming tournament, the former captain said that he does not believe in such tags.
However, he pointed out that "this team is extremely talented".
"Although I don't believe in favourites tag, a team which comprises [Shikhar] Dhawan, Rohit [Sharma], [Virat] Kohli, MS [Dhoni], [Jasprit] Bumrah, Kuldeep [Yadav], Bhuvi [Bhuvneshwar Kumar] like players, it'll be one of the favourites in any tournament."
"It'll be a good and competitive World Cup because the format is really good. Every team and player has to play against everyone. Best four will qualify for semi-finals. I believe it's a strong format for World Cup," he said.
Ganguly further said captain Kohli is a "huge cricketer" who "can play at any position but I believe number three is the best-suited place for him" and the game produces such players in every generation.
"Kohli is an absolute champion. Every generation has produced champions. In our time, we'd Sachin [Tendulkar], in Ricky's [Ponting] generation it was Ricky himself and West Indies had Brian Lara."
Ganguly also acknowledged that the team can win even when Kohli does not perform.
"Honestly, I believe if Virat doesn't perform then also the team can win. Look at Rohit, Dhawan, MS Dhoni… I find Kedar [Jadhav] very competent at number six as he knows his role. And then bowling attack — Bumrah, Bhuvi who did exceptionally well in whatever little bit opportunity he got in the Australia series. India is a very good side; it doesn't have too many weaknesses. It's just that they have to be at top of the game," Ganguly said.
With less than three months left for the World Cup, India players are set to compete in the 12th edition of the IPL. Delhi Capitals, which roped in Ganguly as its advisor, would be hoping to get a good start when the team will take on Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on March 24.
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The kids love questioning why things occur I have found that letting them experiment with their question is a great way for them to have fun and answer their questions. This week's science experiment we will be growing a gummy bear. It is a simple and fun way to learn about the process of osmosis. Let's get started.
We got a new background. Did you notice it was kind of messed up at the beginning of the video? Oh well! Use cold water not hot or warm. Don't leave the gummy bear in the water too long, overnight is fine but do it in the evening then not bright and early in the morning and then let it wait 24 hours, 8-16 hours is fine. They will dissolve if left too long, or if it gets to wet where you touch them, they will break apart. Although they do grow pretty big the longer they are left to absorb the water. Here are the details so you can do it yourself!
First, in your journal draw an outline of your gummy bear.
Next measure your gummy bear with a ruler the length from top to bottom and the width from side to side.
Then label this information BEFORE. Write down any observations and your predictions or hypothesis what you think will happen when you leave a gummy bear in water overnight.
Next, you will put the gummy bear in the cup or bowl and cover it just enough with water.
Let the gummy near soak in the water overnight.
Check the gummy bear in the morning.
Draw an outline of your gummy bear now and measure it again.
Record your measurements in your journal and write down any observations.
Check if your prediction was correct.
The gummy bear grows bigger because it soaks up the water. This process is called osmosis. Water naturally moves from areas that have a high water content to areas nearby that have less water. Osmosis tries to balance "wetter" area with "drier" ones so that there isn't as much of a difference in the water content between the two areas. A gummy bear contains very little water. When you put it into a bowl of water, the "dry" gummy bear attracts water and grows at it holds more and more water. Try this experiment with different liquids and compare the results, try salt water, sugar water, vinegar, milk, and baking soda water.


The more you work the more productive you are. It seems logical. If it takes X minutes to produce Y number of products then one should be able to produce twice as many products, if the time of work is doubled. Mathematically it is correct and theoretically, it should work, but in real life, it does not. Ewa Jarczewska-Gerc, Ph.D., psychologist, from SWPS University explains why these simple mathematical calculations do not translate into actual productivity results.
In the 1970s in the United States, employers and human resources specialists began to notice that employee productivity, creativity and effectiveness had been decreasing significantly. Interestingly, the decline was occurring despite the prolonged work time. Employers were faced with a paradox - the longer people worked, the less effective they were, so the employers were not happy. Moreover, after a prolonged time, the decrease in productivity and creativity was coupled with other negative phenomena. Employees began having emotional problems and they started to fall ill, mostly due to cardiovascular disease. All this led to the rise of absenteeism in the workplace. The employee turnover rate also increased. People began to quit, because the job demands had caused employee burnout and had led to a significant decrease in job satisfaction.
Today, we know that employee turnover and burnout occur when the work-life balance is not maintained.
This was the beginning of the work-life balance theory, which is based on the assumption that productivity, creativity and effectiveness in the workplace are possible, if there is a balance between job requirements and personal life. Harmony and balance between these areas of life are necessary to maintain emotional health, which in turn allows people to function effectively not only at work, but also at home.
It may be easy to say, but more difficult to do. It requires many changes that include not only employee lifestyle changes, but also systemic changes. Companies that make changes conducive to work-life balance win. However, if businesses ignore the issue, employees and company results suffer the consequences.
Nowadays, employers have several formal tools, which provide more flexibility for employees and help them to manage work-life balance. Firstly, the employer may offer non-standard forms of employment. Many employers approve the 'work from home' option, for example for women who come back to work after maternity leave. Thanks to this mode of working, women do not have to leave their child for over eight hours and do not have to wonder what is happening at home. They can continue to breast feed their child and most of all they feel in control of the situation, which has a positive influence on their emotional state, especially vulnerable at this time. Another tool is flexible work time. Many people prefer to start work earlier than the usual office hours, so that they can leave earlier in the day and spend more time with their family or relax and participate in their hobby-related activities.
To encourage employees to develop and maintain work-life balance, employers may also help with child, spouse or elderly parents care. For example, some companies provide child care services on their premises, organize summer camps or educational trips for children or provide family benefits, such as illness or accident insurance that covers costs of physiotherapy or medical care of an ill family member.
The responsibility for work-life balance lies not only with the employers. It is very important to be proactive in maintaining the right balance between professional and personal life. How do you know that you have a problem in this sphere of life?
The symptoms are very clear and, if ignored, they lead to occupational burnout and potentially even depression. Most symptoms are of emotional nature, for example constant stress, irritability, anger and frustration. Other signs might include prolonged fatigue, problems with concentration, lack of joy in doing things that have always been a source of satisfaction and motivation, aversion to work and co-workers, as well as alienation from friends and family. These emotional symptoms are accompanied by physical symptoms, such as headaches, muscle tension, back and neck pain, eating disorders (lack of appetite or overeating), and sleep disorders.
If the symptoms listed above last for a long time, your immune system suffers. You start getting ill more often and your infections last a long time. A common cold or flu seems to drag for weeks and you are not able to shake them off. Through these signals your body is letting you know that you must make changes in your lifestyle to re-establish homeostasis and harmony. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. It is hard to stop the vicious circle, but it is much better to make the effort than to wait for a calamity such as a serious illness or a divorce. Where to begin?
It is up to you to establish your work-life balance and to ensure that it is a balance, not a burden.
Take a few days off, but rather than taking on different responsibilities, such as organizing a family trip, spend this time on your own.
Use this vacation to think and find out what causes your overload. What are the pivotal points of this situation? What can be done to change the current state? Perhaps it is a lack of assertiveness that causes you to work overtime and to help everyone around you? Or maybe you do not know how to delegate effectively? You do not have to do everything yourself, especially if there are other people employed to perform certain tasks. Maybe you want to prove to everyone that you are a wonder woman or a superman, who can do it all: be successful at work, happily do grocery shopping after work, cook dinner, help the kids with the homework and on top of that be a perfect spouse.
Think about it. Have you had any dreams that you were forced to abandon due to your responsibilities? Now is the moment for change. The reason to make changes is not to abandon your duties. Quite the contrary, the change is needed to provide you with emotional and physical reserves that will allow you to fulfill your various responsibilities.
Make a plan. Once you diagnose the source of the problem, make a plan to fix it. Having a good plan accounts for 70% of success, therefore it is a good idea to spend some time on planning. You can use mental simulations for the planning process. People talk a lot about visualization as a tool that is helpful in achieving goals and building the quality of life. However, there are also a lot of myths and untrue or even harmful assumptions associated with this technique. Research conducted by Shelley Taylor, an American health psychologist, and research conducted by the author of this article have shown that visualization is effective only, when it reflects the process of change, i.e. the subsequent steps required to achieve the goal. A mere visualization of the final outcome, the result of the positive change, often has an opposite effect - it is demotivating.
For example, students who had visualized getting A's on the exam, achieved lower grades than the control group, which included people who studied as usual (without visualization). On the other hand, students who visualized the arduous process of studying for the exam, including going to the library, reading books and articles, taking notes, memorizing information or declining an invite to a party in favor of studying, achieved much better grades than the other two groups (the one merely visualizing good grades and the control group). So plan your change. You can even draw a map and hang it on the wall opposite your bed. Every morning, when you wake up, it will remind you where you are going.
There is no Time Like the Present: Just Do It!
The longest road begins with the first step. Don't say "I will go running", "I will leave work earlier", "I will refuse additional work". Just go running today. Leave work earlier and take your kids out for ice cream, today. Tell your colleague at work that you are sorry, but you cannot help him or her with the presentation, because you are swamped. Do it today!
Often, people do not know how to say "no", because they want to be liked by everyone. Firstly, you will never be liked by everyone. This is simply impossible. Secondly, people respect individuals who know how to assert their boundaries. Set your boundaries, without aggression, frustration or putting down the person, who is asking for your help. And assign a date to your plans – do it today, although some changes are more of a process and require more time to accomplish. It is important to stick to your plan and to stop putting things off until tomorrow, until next week or next year, because you only have a limited number of "tomorrows".
Maintain your momentum. Prevent relapses. The nature of change is tricky. The moment you begin to feel in control, it may give you a false idea that you have won. Often, this is the moment, when you put down your guard.
Just one more project... one more hour at work is not a big deal, after all I am in control now. This is how a smoker thinks about a cigarette when he or she has managed to refrain from smoking for a few hours. Unfortunately, it is a trap. Do not step into the vicious circle again. And if you do, step out as quickly as possible, forgive yourself and go back to your plan.
Implement "positive priorities" and ensure a positive emotional balance. Psychological research shows that high degree of happiness or good quality of life usually are the result of activities directed towards fulfilling one's own aspirations and dreams. Just as you plan your professional goals or your daily tasks, you should consciously plan and consequently engage in activities that provide you with good energy and positive emotions.
You want to see your friend, but you cannot seem to find the time. Plan it for today, write it down in your diary and make sure not to cancel ("because you need to finish a project" or "because you need to cook supper"). You like to swim, but somehow you can never make it to the swimming pool. Set a couple of days for swimming in your diary and adjust the family calendar to fit your swimming activities.
Do something that makes you happy and will rejuvenate your enthusiasm for life and paradoxically, for work. Exhaling and having a distance to oneself will not detract you from your responsibilities. On the contrary, it will provide you with a sense of choice and will help you to feel positive, while fulfilling your duties.
Research shows that overenthusiastic people, i.e. those that "love their jobs" and cannot live without work, experience burnout much sooner and more often. People who like what they do professionally, but who also appreciate having free time to do other things, have more distance to their work and although the flame of engagement in their job is smaller, it burns for a longer time.
The article was first published in the Polish edition of "Newsweek Psychologia Extra 2/17".
dr Ewa Jarczewska-Gerc – psychologist, SWPS University. Specializes in psychology of individual differences. Her work focuses on psychology of motivation, effectiveness, perseverance and mental simulations. Her research interests include the relation between various forms of thinking, effectiveness and perseverance.


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Q: How to play music files in raw folder continuously Creating music player related application,In raw folder having 5 mp3 files.want to play continuously and individually ,
else if (theText == song3) {

        mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.hiii);
    } else if (theText == song4) {

        mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.hiiii);
    }

This is how i am playing individual songs but how to play 5 songs continuously.Help me.

A: 1.make an array of id if songs in raw folder.
  int arr[]={R.id.hiii,R.id.Hiiii,...........}

2.use this array in your code
  mediaPlayer=MediaPlayer.create(this, arr[i]);

3.implement setOnCompletionListener(Context); to start another song after one is over and loop it


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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Assemblyman TIM EUSTACE
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman L. GRACE SPENCER
District 29 (Essex)
Establishes microgrid pilot program.
An Act concerning microgrids and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.
1. a. As used in this section:
"Board" and "on-site generation facility" shall have the same meaning as prescribed for those terms in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51).
"Microgrid" means a small-scale electric grid directly connected to the electric grid with definable and contiguous geographic boundaries which can operate independent of, or in conjunction with, the electric grid, utilizing an on-site generation facility.
b. (1) The board shall establish a microgrid pilot program for municipalities. The purpose of the microgrid pilot program shall be to equip public and private facilities deemed critical by the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police during a State or federally-declared disaster or state of emergency with microgrids in order to allow these facilities to continue to operate during a disaster or emergency.
(2) The board shall establish an application and approval process for municipalities to participate in the microgrid pilot program. A municipality may apply to construct, own, and operate a microgrid within its borders. The board shall approve no more than three microgrid pilot program applications.
c. The board shall use any available funds, including unused funds from the societal benefits charge imposed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60), to establish a grant program to fund the microgrid pilot program. Electric power shall be delivered within an approved microgrid at a rate to be determined by the board.
d. Within two years of the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the board shall issue a report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), containing an evaluation of the microgrid pilot program. The report shall also provide the board's opinion as to whether the microgrid pilot program should be continued and, if so, recommendations for further improvement and implementation. The microgrid pilot program shall end after the third calendar year following the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
2. This act shall take effect on the 180th day following the date of enactment.
This bill provides that the Board of Public Utilities (board) is to establish a microgrid pilot program for municipalities. The purpose of the microgrid pilot program is to equip public and private facilities deemed critical by the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police during a State or federally-declared disaster or state of emergency with microgrids in order to allow these facilities to continue to operate during a disaster or emergency.
The board is to establish an application and approval process for the microgrid pilot program. The bill allows any municipality to apply to establish a microgrid within its borders. The board is to approve no more than three microgrid pilot program applications. The board is to use any available funds, including unused funds from the societal benefits charge, to establish a grant program to fund the microgrid pilot program. Electric power is to be delivered within an approved microgrid at a rate to be determined by the board.
Under the bill, "microgrid" means a small-scale electric grid directly connected to the electric grid with definable and contiguous geographic boundaries which can operate independent of, or in conjunction with, the electric grid, utilizing an on-site generation facility.
The bill requires the board, within two years of the bill's effective date, to issue a report to the Governor and the Legislature containing an evaluation of the microgrid pilot program. The microgrid pilot program is to end after the third calendar year following the bill's effective date.


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Арка́дий Илларио́нович Жуко́вский (12 января 1922, Черновцы — 2 октября 2014) — украинский историк, общественный и политический деятель. Действительный член Научного общества имени Шевченко (1972). Иностранный член Национальной академии наук Украины (избран 20 марта 1992 года). Почетный доктор Черновицкого университета (1995). Почетный гражданин г. Черновцы. Многолетний ведущий украинист во Франции.

Биография
Родился в семье православного священника Иллария Жуковского. В 1940 г. окончил Черновицкий лицей имени Пумнула и поступил на философский факультет Черновицкого университета. В то же время стал членом Организации украинских националистов. В 1941 году, во время Второй мировой войны, вместе с семьей эмигрировал в Австрию. В 1942 во время обучения в Политехнике в Бреслау был назначен руководителем местного провода ОУН. В 1949 году окончил высшее образование в городе Грац по специальности «инженер-строитель», возглавлял местный провод ОУН, с 1947 — председатель Союза украинских студенческих обществ Австрии. В 1955-1958 председатель Украинского студенческого общества национального солидаризма «Зарево». Сотрудничал с американской разведкой, подбирая им шпионские кадры из числа актива ОУН.

Позже перебрался во Францию, в 1959 стал генеральным секретарем Украинского академического общества в Париже.

В 1969 году защитил докторскую диссертацию в Украинском свободном университете в Мюнхене. В 1976 году защитил докторскую диссертацию в Сорбонне (Париж).

С 1960 года был ассистентом, с 1977 доцент Института восточных языков и цивилизаций Парижского университета (до 1988). С 1969 года — профессор Украинского свободного университета, продекан философского факультета. В 1968 году избран научным секретарем. Был активным деятелем организации Украинская Национальное Единство во Франции. С 1987 года — председатель НОШ в Европе (Сарсель, Франция), в 2009 году — почетным председателем.

В 1989-1995 годах — президент Библиотеки имени Симона Петлюры в Париже. Член Митрополичьего совета УАПЦ в Европе.

Принимал активное участие в деятельности Центрального союза украинского студенчества и Объединения студенческой молодежи «Зарево». Впоследствии — многолетний член провода Организации украинских националистов.

Многолетний соредактор многотомной Энциклопедии украиноведения, с 1985 года — главный редактор. Член редколлегии и редактор отдела религии и истории англоязычной Энциклопедии украиноведения. Сопредседатель Главной редакционной коллегии Энциклопедии современной Украины.

Награжден Орденом «За заслуги» 3-го (1997) и 2-го (2002) степ. Награжден французским Ordre des Palmes académiques (1982).

Почетный гражданин г. Черновцы (1998). Почетный доктор Черновицкого государственного университета имени Юрия Федьковича (1995), доктор богословия Киевской Духовной Академии УПЦ УП (1996).

Умер 2 октября 2014 года в Париже. Согласно завещанию похоронен в семейном склепе на Русском кладбище в г. Черновцы.

Документальное наследие
Документальное наследие Аркадия Илларионовича Жуковского, а в частности научные материалы, переписку, документы биографического характера хранятся в фондах Библиотеки им. А. Ольжича в Киеве, Центрального государственного архива зарубежной украинистики — ЦГАЗУ.

Работы
Основные труды по истории Украины, истории украинской церкви:
 «Очерк истории Украины» (1991, 1992, 1993) — в соавторстве;
 Histoire de l'Ukraine» (1993, 1994);
 «История Буковины», части 1-2 (1991-1993);
 «Петр Могила и вопрос единства церквей» (1997);
 подготовка репринтного переиздания «"Требник" Петра Могилы», второе издание (1988).

Ряд работ посвящен творчеству русских и украинских поэтов:
 «Шевченкияна в библиотеках Парижа» (1961),
 «Пушкин и Франция» (1964),
 «Сквер Тараса Шевченко в Париже» (1969).

Награды
 1997 — Орден «За заслуги» третьей степени (Украина).
 2002 — Орден «За заслуги» второй степени (Украина).

Примечания

Литература
 "Аблицов В." Галактика «Украина». Украинская диаспора: выдающиеся личности. — К. : КИТ, 2007. — 436 с.
 "Гусар Ю." Жуковский Аркадий Илларионович / Ефим Гусар //Буковинский календарь. Юбилеи. — Черновцы: Истинный прогресс, 2008. — С. 116.
 "Гусар Ю." Историк, энциклопедист, почетный черновчанин: [12 января — 90 лет со дня рождения ученого и общественно-политического деятеля Аркадия Илларионовича Жуковского] / Ефим Гусар // Буковинское вече. — 2012. — №2 (13 янв.). — С. 4.
 "Кот С. И." Жуковский Аркадий Илларионович // Энциклопедия истории Украины : в 10 т. / редкол.: В. А. Смолий (председатель) и др. ; Институт истории Украины НАН Украины. — К. : Наук. мысль, 2005. — Т. 3 : Е — Й. — С. 173. — ISBN 966-00-0610-1.
 "Кучерук А." Аркадий Жуковский: Библиография (К 75-летию со дня рождения). — К., 1997.

Ссылки
 Институт энциклопедических исследований историки
 Черниговская общеобразовательная школа №1 имени Н. Эминеску
 Члены НАН Украины
 Шевченковеды

Историки Украины
Авторы энциклопедий и словарей
Преподаватели Украинского свободного университета
Преподаватели Национального института восточных языков и культур


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Q: regex words matching for Chinese and Japanese character I know the pattern to detect if it's a string is chinese character but that's not what I need. I need to check if the characters is found in a string.
const words_found = (words, values) =>
 words.some(word =>
   values.match(new RegExp(word + '\\b', 'i'))
)

words_found(['james'], 'my name is james') // true

but failed for chinese character
words_found(['一个'], '你说到这是一个测试') // false

A: Read the documentation for word boundaries.

A word boundary matches the position between a word character followed by a non-word character, or between a non-word character followed by a word character.

where "word character" is something that matches \w (basically single-byte alphanumerics and the underscore), and "non-word character" is something that matches \W.
Note that all Chinese characters, in the sense that we usually think of them, are considered "non-word characters" as relates to the definition of word boundaries in JavaScript regular expressions. In other words, there is no word boundary between 一 and 个, because both are non-word characters; similarly, there is no word boundary between 一个 and 测试, because both 个 and 测 are non-word characters.
With regard to Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, which do not generally use spaces, there is not even a single clear definition of what the concept of "word" means, and therefore no concept of "word character" or "word boundary". There are libraries which people have worked on for years, involving machine learning, to try to break text into meaningful word-like segments, and they all do it in a slightly different way. The relevant question here is why you think you want to break the Chinese into what you are thinking of as "words" (or find strings which occur right before "word boundaries". What is the point of your \\b that is forcing the match to occur right before a word boundary? What case are you trying to exclude?
Using Unicode regexp properties
However, you may be able to use the new Unicode regexp character class escapes in ECMAScript 2018 (http://2ality.com/2017/07/regexp-unicode-property-escapes.html). For instance, to match Chinese strings occurring before something that doesn't look like a Chinese character (or any letter), you could use
new RegExp(`${word}(?=$|\P{Letter})`, "u")

Roughly speaking, this translates into "find the word, but only it is followed by (using look-ahead, the (?= part) either end-of-string ($) or a a character which does have the Unicode property "Letter". The "u" flag enables Unicode processing.
Of course, this will not help you find 一个 as a "word" inside 你说到这是一个测试, because the following character 测 falls into the Unicode class "Letter", and so will not match \p{Letter}.
By the way, to match any "non-word" symbol in Unicode, you can use:
[^\p{Alphabetic}\p{Mark}\p{Decimal_Number}\p{Connector_Punctuation}\p{Join_Control}]

A: \b only works on boundary between words and non-words. In case of Chinese, the entire '你说到这是一个测试' is considered a word, so '一个' won't match '你说到这是一个测试' with your regex pattern with \b since '一个' is not at the word boundary of '你说到这是一个测试'. '测试' on the other hand, will match. For Chinese words, a simple substring match is usually enough.


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Home/American Shipper/AgTC sends letter to POLB supporting proposed on-dock rail expansion
AgTC sends letter to POLB supporting proposed on-dock rail expansion
American Shipper Staff Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition, told the port's five-member harbor commission in the letter that the proposed Pier B Rail yard project is vital to keeping the Port of Long Beach competitive.
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition's (AgTC) executive director has sent a letter to the Port of Long Beach's Board of Harbor Commissioners in support of a proposed rail facility expansion project that would help facilitate more on-dock rail access.
In the letter, dated Jan. 5, AgTC Executive Director Peter Friedmann told the port's five-member harbor commission that the proposed Pier B Rail yard project was vital to keeping the Port of Long Beach competitive.
Following completion and release of a final Environmental Impact Report in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the port's five-member harbor commission is expected to consider whether to approve the project during a public hearing early this year.
"The Pier B facility will ease congested truck gates at terminals and help the Port to meet a near-term goal of moving 35 percent of containers via on-dock rail," Friedmann wrote. "It is the best option to accommodate future cargo growth and boost economic activity."
The existing Pier B rail facility serves as a storage and staging area for trains and is a critical juncture in the Port's rail network. The facility is primarily used by Pacific Harbor Line, which provides rail dispatching and switching services.
What the port is proposing is to reconfigure, expand and enhance the existing facility in a number of ways, including improving roadway traffic flow to enhance motorist and rail safety by eliminating an existing railroad crossing, and reconfiguring existing tracks and add additional tracks to allow trains up to 10,000 feet long to directly connect to the on-dock rail facilities and the Alameda Corridor railway.
The port would also potentially acquire additional land to the north of the Pier B rail facility to provide for additional rail car storage and staging.
"It would provide more track space to connect smaller train segments coming from container cargo terminals, allowing the port to enhance the use of on-dock rail," Friedmann explained. "Moving more cargo by on-dock rail reduces the number of trucks on the road, easing traffic and curtailing emissions.
"The project would improve the efficiency and speed of cargo operations at terminals, helping to keep cargo moving smoothly through the port," he said. "On behalf of U.S. agriculture and forest products exporters, I urge you to vote in favor of it."


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