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Electric motor assisted bicycles have been banned in the State of New York and are not permitted for on-road use.[50][51] It appears the only known allowance of an electric bicycle is if it is an electric powered moped, at this time. There is a proposed bill to allow ebikes. As of May 2009, Bill A2393("Defines the term electric assisted bicycle") has been passed in the NY State Assembly[52] and its corresponding Bill S4014, sponsored by Senator Thomas Morahan, is before the NY State Senate.[53]
The Netherlands has a fleet of 18 million bicycles.[77] E-bikes have reached a market share of 10% by 2009, as e-bikes sales quadrupled from 40,000 units to 153,000 between 2006 and 2009,[78] and the electric-powered models represented 25% of the total bicycle sales revenue in that year.[77] By early 2010 one in every eight bicycles sold in the country is electric-powered despite the fact that on average an e-bike is three times more expensive than a regular bicycle.[73][78]
Electric mountain bikes have garnered a lot of attention for their ability to help riders go higher, further, and faster on the trail. As a result, there have been some impressive new eMTB models to hit the market in recent years, making it easier than ever to head off-road. Our favorite is the Haibike SDURO HardNine, which comes equipped with a 350-watt Bosch Performance CX drive and a 500 watt-hour battery. This gives it a range of up to 70 miles, along with a top speed of 20 mph, which is plenty fast on singletrack.
Many newer or smaller companies only design and market their products; the actual production is done by Asian companies. For example, some 60% of the world's bicycles are now being made in China. Despite this shift in production, as nations such as China and India become more wealthy, their own use of bicycles has declined due to the increasing affordability of cars and motorcycles.[102] One of the major reasons for the proliferation of Chinese-made bicycles in foreign markets is the lower cost of labor in China.[103]
In addition the specific wording of the law may or may not prohibit the use of a "mid-drive" or "crank-drive" motor set-up where the motor drives the rear wheel of the bicycle through the existing chain drive of a bicycle that has multiple gears depending on several points of interpretation of the law. Specifically the interpretation of the wording, "does not require clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged". A "mid-drive" or "crank-drive" motor set-up on an electric bicycle does indeed allow the operator to change gears in the power drive system between the motor and the rear wheel of the bicycle. Whether or not such a mechanism which allows the operator to change gears satisfies the wording that requires the operator to change gears is a matter of legal interpretation by the courts. Just as "shall issue" and "may issue" (as in laws governing the issuing licenses) in application of the law have two different meanings (in the first case if you meet the requirements they have to give you the license and in the second they don't have to if they decide not to even if you meet the requirements for the license) whether or not "does not require shifting" outlaws electric bicycles where shifting is possible but is not necessarily required is a matter of interpretation. Thus the legality of electric bicycles equipped with a "mid-drive" or "crank-drive" motor set-up in the U.S. state of Montana is not clearly defined.
The drivetrain begins with pedals which rotate the cranks, which are held in axis by the bottom bracket. Most bicycles use a chain to transmit power to the rear wheel. A very small number of bicycles use a shaft drive to transmit power, or special belts. Hydraulic bicycle transmissions have been built, but they are currently inefficient and complex.
E-bikes can be a useful part of cardiac rehabilitation programmes, since health professionals will often recommend a stationary bike be used in the early stages of these. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programmes can reduce deaths in people with coronary heart disease by around 27%;[55] and a patient may feel safer progressing from stationary bikes to e-bikes.[56] They require less cardiac exertion for those who have experienced heart problems.[57]
Being member of European Economic Area (EEA), Norway implemented the European Union directive 2002/24/EC. This directive defined legal ebikes for all EU and EEA countries to "Cycles with pedal assistance which are equipped with an auxiliary electric motor having a maximum continuous rated power of 0.25 kW, of which the output is progressively reduced and finally cut off as the vehicle reaches a speed of 25 km/h or if the cyclist stops pedaling." The definition became part of Norwegian vehicle legislation[17] in 2003. A more detailed specification will become effective when the new European ebike product safety standard EN 15194 is published in 2009.
We've also released our first native 72V battery pack in a conventional downtube battery casing, assembled using the high power Samsung 27100 40T cells so that even with the small 8Ah capacity it is able to deliver 40-50A continuous currents. This is an ideal battery for fast and sporty offroad ebike builds, allowing powerful performance without the weight or complexity of most 72V setups (either two 36V packs in series or a large triangle frame battery).
I was hesitant to buy this battery at first due to the minimal amount of review feedback and poor English Grammer in the description. You never know. But, I ended up being very happy with it. Out of all the ebike components I ordered, this battery took the longest by far to get to me, about 11 days to reach me in North Central Florida. However, I believe that's because they ship from China which would also explain the poor grammar in the description. When you think about it, 11 days all the way from China is not bad. Considering the great price and inclusion of the rear rack, it really was worth the wait. I put it on a fat tire mongoose dolomite equipped with a 48v 1000w front hub motor. It was a very heavy bike to begin with, and my thinking was that having the motor in
"Moped" means a device upon which a person may ride which has two or three wheels in contact with the ground, a motor having a maximum power output capability measured at the motor output shaft, in accordance with the Society of Automotive Engineers standards, of two horsepower (one thousand four hundred ninety -two watts) or less and, if it is a combustion engine, a maximum piston or rotor displacement of 3.05 cubic inches (fifty cubic centimeters) and which will propel the moped, unassisted, on a level surface at a maximum speed no greater than thirty miles per hour; and a direct or automatic power drive system which requires no clutch or gear shift operation by the moped driver after the drive system is engaged with the power unit.
The Bosch Performance CX is still one of the most popular motors on the market. It's synonymous with reliability, but it's getting on in years. The newly presented Active Line looks like a glimpse into Bosch's future: it is more compact, lighter, has less internal resistance, and uses a large chainring. It can only be a matter of time before Bosch releases a new performance motor.
Bicycle brakes may be rim brakes, in which friction pads are compressed against the wheel rims; hub brakes, where the mechanism is contained within the wheel hub, or disc brakes, where pads act on a rotor attached to the hub. Most road bicycles use rim brakes, but some use disk brakes.[49] Disc brakes are more common for mountain bikes, tandems and recumbent bicycles than on other types of bicycles, due to their increased power, coupled with an increased weight and complexity.[50]
While the first functional battery was developed in the year 1800 by Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, a practical battery would not be seen for several decades yet. By the end of the 19th century, practical and portable batteries were more widely available, this finally freeing the electric motor to be used in a wide new array of applications. It might come as a surprise, but the electric motor, battery, and a bicycle were first paired as far back as the 1890s. It would be approximately 100 years later that electric bicycle development finally entered the mainstream, but the technology and concept behind the electric bike were all in place generations ago.
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For a more stylish ride, cast your eyes over the Coboc Rome. It's a full-size bike, with gorgeous stylings, and large wheels that let you pick up plenty of speed on the road. It has a fuss-free approach too, with its automatic motor assistance -- all you need to do is get on and ride. It's very much like any fixed gear bike you'll see on the streets, but with the additional motor, it's less effort to get about.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act states that electric bicycles and tricycles meeting the definition of low-speed electric bicycles will be considered consumer products. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has regulatory authority to assure, through guidelines and standards, that the public will be protected from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of electric bicycles.[61][62]
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Today I'm looking at the Rattan Challenger 350W ebike. It can be found for under $680 at Amazon (after Electrek coupon code 5AIDO2GB) shipped and includes free assembly at a local bike shop. I assembled mine at home however in about 15 minutes with the graciously supplied in box hex tool and wrenches. It is pretty straight forward – the hardest part was bolting the front light on.
Found a good mix of premium and budget-friendly models to include. Ensured that every e-bike included on the list features a reliable motor and charging system. Removed the Swagtron Swagcycle Pro because it didn't have any pedals so was unable to be used as a traditional bike if the rider desired. Also removed the Cyclamatic CX4 Pro due to the many user complaints of unreliable performance.
The bicycle was recognized by 19th-century feminists and suffragists as a "freedom machine" for women. American Susan B. Anthony said in a New York World interview on February 2, 1896: "I think it has done more to emancipate woman than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat; and away she goes, the picture of untrammelled womanhood."[74]:859 In 1895 Frances Willard, the tightly laced president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, wrote A Wheel Within a Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle, with Some Reflections by the Way, a 75-page illustrated memoir praising "Gladys", her bicycle, for its "gladdening effect" on her health and political optimism.[72] Willard used a cycling metaphor to urge other suffragists to action.[72]
To help the rider find the perfect fit, the stem is adjustable. The bike also boasts dynamo powered lights alongside hydraulic disc brakes. The bike will suit riders from 4 ft 10 to 6 ft 5, and also integrates with a child seat. The total weight is 22.5kg, making it admittedly a fairly hefty folder – but that's fairly uniform across electric versions.
Hub motors are sold as either geared or direct drive: Geared hubs are preferred for hill climbing ability and zero drag when coasting, while DD hubs are more durable and suitable for high speed. Extreme hill climbing and high torque applications (fatbikes, hauling cargo, popping wheelies) usually requires a mid drive, which is covered in the motor section below. Ebike battery packs from the listed suppliers are generally compatible with kits from any supplier, at worst you may need a different connector, which can be easily replaced. You probably want a battery pack that is 36, 48, or 52 volts, depending on whether you prefer lower price and longer range or a higher topspeed. DIY lipo battery packs can be built cheaply but doing so can be a fire hazard so actual packs are recommended. All hub motors above 24 V should be installed with torque arms for safety.
The bicycle is extraordinarily efficient in both biological and mechanical terms. The bicycle is the most efficient human-powered means of transportation in terms of energy a person must expend to travel a given distance.[38] From a mechanical viewpoint, up to 99% of the energy delivered by the rider into the pedals is transmitted to the wheels, although the use of gearing mechanisms may reduce this by 10–15%.[39][40] In terms of the ratio of cargo weight a bicycle can carry to total weight, it is also an efficient means of cargo transportation.
The batteries are the most important parts of the bike, because (if you don't do any pedaling) they contain all the power that will drive you along. Typical electric bike batteries make about 350–500 W of power (that's about 35–50 volts and 10 amps), which is about a quarter as much as you need to drive an electric toaster. In theory, you could use any kind of battery on a bicycle. In practice, however, you want to use something that stores lots of power without being too heavy—or you'll be using half your power just moving the battery along! That tends to rule out heavy lead-acid batteries like the ones that start cars, though some electric bikes do use them. Lightweight lithium-ion batteries, similar to those used in laptop computers, mobile (cellular) phones, and MP3 players, are now the most popular choice, though they're more expensive than older rechargeable battery technologies such as nickel-cadmium ("nicad"). Typical batteries will give your bicycle a range of 10–40 miles between charges (depending on the terrain) and a top speed of 10–20 mph (which is about the maximum most countries allow for these vehicles by law). You can extend the range by pedaling or free-wheeling some of the time.
In general, more expensive bikes are better. However, this is just a trend. E.g. the "Kassensturz" Consumer program from our state TV found in a 2012 study confined to an engineering school, that "Supermarket" bikes, e.g. the 1400 CHF (1200 Euro) "Leopard" bike from COOP did very well. Evaluation is "good" (almost the same as the three times more expensive 25km/h Stromer). They also pointed out a very bad model from a discounter. In other words, you can find good cheap models, but read the tests first.
Metro is a brand that has been around since 2010, and it is one of the top sellers. That is mostly because their products are solid, good value, with good power and good features. Metro Hybrid is a part of urban electric bikes family, and it is really well set up for the urban and light trail riding. Metro has a diamond frame and 700c (28-inch) wheels with sporty 38mm Schwalbe Marathon tires, so you get real quality tires. A big capacity battery of 624Wh will carry you 20–40 miles, with the top speed of 28 mph with assist, or 20mph using throttle only. The comfort is decent with adjustable handle bar, as well as suspension seat post and a suspension fork. Overall, this bike offers good value for the price, with outstanding range and power for its class.
Electric bikes are considered motorcycles in Hong Kong, and therefore need type approval from the Transport Department, just as automobiles. All electric bikes available in Hong Kong fail to meet the type approval requirement, and the Transport Department has never granted any type approval for an electric bike, making all electric bikes effectively illegal in Hong Kong. Even if they got type approval, the driver would need a motorcycle driving license to ride.[35] As a side note, Hong Kong doesn't have a moped vehicle class (and therefore no moped driving license), and mopeds are considered motorcycles too.
How do the State Laws relate to the 2001 Federal Law? This is a difficult question to answer and know how they apply to you individually. From the Federal Law, one would hope that your purchased ebike is simply classified as a bicycle, with all the rights and privileges allotted to a normal cyclist. However, State Laws are confusing because they may be more restrictive in parts and add other requirements. About 30 U.S. states still have confusing regulations around them. Either the bikes are technically classified as mopeds or motor vehicles, or they have equipment, licensing or registration requirements that cause problems for riders. Thanks to the People-For-Bikes/Bicycle Product Suppliers Association (BPSA) partnership with local advocacy groups, they have been able to make the case for streamlining state regulations so that e-bikes are essentially treated like regular bicycles.4
As of 2008 a standard class C license, proof of insurance, and registration (annual fee: $9.00) are required for operation of any motorized pedalcycle in Pennsylvania. Additionally, there are strict equipment standards that must be met for operation, including: handlebars, brakes, tires/wheels, electrical systems/lighting, mirrors, speedometer, and horns/warning devices.[127]


Henrik Lindberg has blogged about the new features of the Helios release of Buckminster.
This release introduces support for git, Headless JUnit and EclEmma. It also features a new graphical dependency visualiser, and some new, EMF-based editors for MSPEC and RMAP. Buckminster also features LDAP style filters on RMAP providers, CQUERY advisors, and MSPEC nodes. Please see the blog post for more information.


Dharma Rain To Study The Self Sallie Jiko Tisdale – from April 1997 Keep your eye on the fierce lion up on the altar. Today I'm going to talk about what it means to study the self. I'll begin with two quotes to bear in mind. [Regents Prep Global History] World Belief Systems: Introduction Humans have always expressed a need to understand natural phenomenon and to answer questions regarding their way of life and what happens once they die. These needs resulted in the development of a variety of religions and philosophies that can be found throughout the world today. This site is designed to aid students in reviewing nine of the world's major belief systems in preparation for the New York State Regents Exam in Global History and Geography. In addition, students may test their knowledge of the material presented here by accessing multiple-choice questions from past Regents Exams.
World Religions There is special information and activities contained within for teachers. Teachers please visit our Activities section. What is religion? What is a spiritual tradition? Ramraksha English Translation - shloka Sri Rama Raksha Stotra Let us meditate on the lotus-eyed, dark-complexioned Rama who is well-adornedwith a crown of hair and has Sita and Lakshmana by his side. Let us meditate on Rama who has a sword in a receptacle and bow and arrows, whodestroyed the demons, who is not born but is incarnated to protect the world with hisactions.May the learned read the Rama Raksha Stotram , which destroys all sins and grantsall desires.(Begin listing details of the body to be protected)May Rama who is Raghu's descendant protect my head.
Zen Mountain Monastery: Zen Meditation Instructions To receive beginning instruction in zazen at the Monastery, come to the Sunday Morning Program or Wednesday Evening Zazen. All of our weekend retreats, including the Introduction to Zen Training Weekend, also include beginning instruction for newcomers. Zazen is the form of meditation at the very heart of Zen practice. In fact, Zen is known as the "meditation school" of Buddhism. Basically, zazen is the study of the self.
Religion There were a great many different religions followed in the ancient and medieval time periods. Some of them are still practiced today; others are not. It is hard even to know what religion is, but we see religion as any tendency to change your own behavior in accordance with supernatural forces. Most people in the ancient and medieval world believed that there were many unseen spirits affecting how things happened. The earlier faiths all thought that there were many gods, each responsible for different things: a god of the sky, a god of water, a god of love, and so forth. Egyptian, Sumerian, Chinese, Indian, African, Greek, Roman, and German religions all had their gods organized this way, even though they had different gods. Matthew 5:1-12 MSG - You're Blessed - When Jesus saw his You're Blessed 5 1-2 When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is what he said: 3 "You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope.
Title Page Book of Mormon Where, it is an short account of the record of the men of Nephi, and of the Lamanites — Written to the Lamanites, who are a last bit of the house of Israel ; and in addition to Jew and Gentile —Written by way of law, and also by the spirit of saying of the future and of newly let out knowledge — Written and kept, and kept secret by the Lord, that they might not be given destruction — To come forward as given by the power of God to make clear thereof — Kept by the hand of Moroni, and made secret by the Lord, to come forward in good time by way of the Gentile — The clear sense thereof given by God. TRANSLATED BY JOSEPH SMITH, Jun. First English edition published in 1830 The Statements of Three Witnesses Oliver Cowdery , David Whitmer , Martin Harris.
Daily Prayers 3 Prathnas Ganesh vakratunda mahaakaayasuuryakoti samaprabhanirvighnam kuru me devasarvakaaryeshhu sarvadaa Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian Zarathushtra Zarathustra Zoroaster Zoroastrians "On three noble ideals be ever intent:The good thought well thought,The good word well spoken,The good deed well done." Way of Life Amesha Spentas Eternal Enlightenment - Ageless Wisdom • The way of life suggested by Zoroastrianism is based on achieving six ideals: ‥ a good mind: a positive attitude and gaining wisdom ‥ principled living: honesty, honest work, helpfulness, moderation and balance ‥ independence: self-reliance and leadership ‥ serenity and happiness ‥ wholeness: healthy and holistic living ‥ an undying spirit.• Included in the ideal of independence is autonomy: not being beholden to anyone, not being a slave to any dogma, and having the sovereignty to make free and independent decisions - all within the self-elected bounds of ethical values, goodness, and not causing harm to others.


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The popularity of Broekhuizen's work is going from strength to strength. Broekhuizen's works s are a combination of mixed media works that involve oil, acrylic, inks and collage elements. The creative process is about connection to the beauty of the world, but also to Broekhuizen's South African roots and his soul and spirit.
The intimacy of the skilfully crafted drawings and paintings by David Masters Townsend are a narrative on our cultural and geographic position, the correlation between vanity, delusion, desire and objectification.
Walter Van Beirendonck, one of the Antwerp Six, among the creme de la creme of iconic 20th and 21st Century European designers.
Beirendocks work is famously bold, extravagant, dynamic and individual and for his 2017 menswear collection shown in Paris, Beirendonck commission one of our artists here on PiECE BJ Broekhuizen, to design a range of scarves and neckties that were an integral and meaningful part of the collection.
The works include Ceramic Sculpture, Digital Art, Drawing and Painting, and enable you to fully appreciate how these pieces have enhanced their respective interiors.
We are delighted to welcome South African born artist, BJ Broekenhuizen who is now part of the PiECE collection.
Broekenhuizen's work includes paintings depicting flamboyant warrior like portraits that evoke the beauty and colour associated with many African tribes. And although they would fit aptly in the rich environment of their origin, they also reflect an element of graffiti in their bold unapologetic presence.
PiECE are proud to be showcasing contemporary works by seven of our current Artists amongst the selected range of national and international galleries on display at London's Affordable Art Fair in Battersea, 20th -23rd October 2016.


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Microsoft buys AI startup Genee
Genee specializes in using machine smarts to handle the time-sucking task of scheduling meetings.PTI | August 23, 2016, 14:30 IST
HOUSTON: Software giant Microsoft has bought a smart scheduling app Genee, as part of its effort to embed artificial intelligence (AI) to compete with the likes of Google Now and Apple.
The startup, which was founded in 2014, will shut down its service on September 1. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by Genee founders Ben Cheung and Charles Lee, who will join Microsoft. Genee specializes in using machine smarts to handle the time-sucking task of scheduling meetings.
It is unclear whether the duct will be integrated with any of Microsoft's existing applications, but comments from the company suggest Genee's expertise could be used across Microsoft's Office 365 suite of products. "As we continue to build new Office 365 productivity capabilities and services our customers value, I'm confident the Genee team will help us further our ambition to bring intelligence into every digital experience," Rajesh Jha, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Outlook and Office 365, said in a blog post announcing the deal.
Scheduling meetings can often involve a lot of back and forth over emails, something Genee solved with its solution. A user sends an email to the person they wanted to set up a meeting with and copy in Genee, like a personal assistant. Genee claims to understand the details of the meeting, including the date and location of the meeting. The app then emails the recipient directly with options that fit the user's calendar and preferences.
Genee can do this because it uses natural language processing, according to the company. Computers traditionally found it hard to understand normal language, but improvements in AI have now made it possible. So Genee can understand if you want a coffee or lunch and can also make sense of the time of day you'd like it.
Major tech firms are focusing on bolstering the capabilities of their digital personal assistants. Genee's expertise could be used to improve capabilities of Microsoft's Cortana as it competes with the likes of Google Now and Apple's Siri.
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Many years ago I was told that studying Islamic art would mean a lifetime of looking at Persian pots. Although this fails to convey the enormous range of places and media that Muslim artists have represented over 1,400 years of creativity, it is a destiny foretold for this exhibition.
Qajar Ceramics - Bridging Tradition and Modernity is all about Persia. There are a lot more than just pots on display though; if anything, this was the age of the tile. Never has there been such an abundance apart from Portugal, possibly, which is now going through the nightmare of having its outdoor tiles removed by nocturnal thieves.
The Qajar era (1789-1925) is not as well-known as the Safavids (150-1736). For most observers, this was the Golden Age of Persia, followed by Mongol dynasties such as the Ilkhanids. The Qajars tend to have been pigeonholed as progenitors of men with unreasonable beards and women with mono-brows.
Their artists loved painting people who don't really meet the modern standard of physical perfection. Look more closely, however, and you'll notice that those beards have a hipster-plus dimension that makes them almost current. There is also a gender-fluid quality to those males who don't have facial hair that reaches to their waist. It's a curious meeting of macho and androgynous that somehow matches the spirit of the time.
As the exhibition title suggests, 19th century Persia – as it was then called – was balanced between tradition and modernity. In some ways, this was repeated in the time of the last Shah of Iran, who fled the country in 1979 after modernising too rapidly for the traditionalists in his country. Ever since then, it has been run by clerics who didn't tolerate the approach of the last Shah, and wouldn't think much of his 19th century predecessors.
The Qajars were great experimenters. Like their counterpart in Siam at the time, King Chulalongkorn, they had much regard for science. Photography, education and constitutional reform were much to their taste. They enjoyed foreign travel and Western clothing. Their art was a sometimes bizarre amalgamation of millennia of precedent and the latest Western trends in interior design. New techniques, new subject matter and new markets meant a vigour that has rarely been matched anywhere at any time.
This exhibition also breaks new ground. Other museums have had a chance, but fortunately it is Malaysia that can claim to be at the cutting edge in understanding an art form that has consistently been ignored.
Countries that have had Qajar exhibitions recently include the Louvre in France, which seems to have overlooked the special presence of Qajar ceramics. Perhaps the output might be considered kitsch by the purists of Paris – or to be precise, the northern city of Lens, where the Louvre has created a satellite museum. The publicity material declared "…this comprehensive overview of Qajar art brings together paintings, drawings, jewellery, enamels, rugs, clothing, photographs and ceremonial weapons." But what happened to the ceramics? At least the Louvre had Christian Lacroix to design the exhibition, which is a factor the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is lacking although it has produced a very creditable display nonetheless.
The lack of interest from other museums has put Malaysia on the Qajar cultural map. I hope the cultural authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran have taken note. In addition to a stunning display, there's more scholarship in this exhibition than I have seen in many top Western institutions – and it is highly original.
If you can't see the show, seek out the catalogue: the dazzling colours produced by Qajar ceramicists come through as well as on the printed page as when seen through a showcase. For ceramics lovers who really want to learn more, there is a list of every known artist in the field at the time. We don't necessarily know much about them, but at least their existence is being acknowledged, rather than being swept under the good-taste carpet.
Carpets, by the way, are not part of this story. Although there were weaving innovations at this time, the focus at this exhibition is all on ceramics. From the point of view of colour and dynamic design, it's quite a revelation.
It illustrates a time when Persia was not a hermetic kingdom, withdrawing from the world. It embraced world fairs, along with international trade, art and tourism. Persia was seen by the West as much more than a carpet manufactory. The Qajars looked back to their Safavid predecessors as well as to the distant pre-Islamic past. There are images of stiff-looking rulers, seemingly perfect Victorian, as well as mythical beasts and heroes.
The Qajars were romantics with plenty of leisure time. Their ceramics exude luxury without too much pomposity or religious posturing. Above all, they brim with charm and joie de vivre. They learnt a bit from the French but more from their own past glories and current inventiveness.
The last word should go to a Frenchman with an appalling record in Europe. Arthur de Gobineau was more than the definitive racist; he was the founder of the pseudo-science that was later to influence Hitler. At the same time he made a long visit to Persia and was full of praise for the people there. What shocked him most was that the Persians appeared, in his eyes, to treat people of all colours alike. You can't get more contemporary – in aspiration at least – than that.
Qajar Ceramics – Bridging Tradition and Modernity is part of the year-long celebration of IAMM's 20th anniversary. Until Dec 31, 2019.


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Norra stordistriktet (fi. Pohjoinen suurpiiri) är en administrativ enhet i Helsingfors stad. Stordistrikten grundades år 1982 för att underlätta olika myndigheters arbete som tidigare alla använt olika indelningar. Därmed blev det också lättare för stadsborna att följa med de administrativa enheterna. Norra stordistriktet består av följande distrikt: Månsas distrikt, Västra Baggböle distrikt, Domarby distrikt, Åggelby distrikt och Östra Baggböle distrikt

Externa länkar
Statistisk information

Helsingfors stordistrikt

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Before you laugh this off as crazy, I would like you to just bare with me whilst I explain the therapeutic effects of this massively counter-intuitive approach.
So yes, this may seem backward, even nuts. But if we learn to embrace our suffering, even enjoy it, we can actually balance ourselves out and come to a place of peace. It's the resistance to suffering that actually breeds more suffering. It took me ages to realize that any attempt to suppress or try to escape the suffering leads to more suffering. You can't put out a fire by pouring more petrol over the flames, that's not going to extinguish it. We have to starve the suffering of the fuel it needs to keep alive, and that fuel is resistance.
Why do we resist how we feel? Because it's totally natural for us to not want to experience suffering, it makes complete sense doesn't it? After all who in their right mind wants to consciously experience feelings of inner turmoil?
However natural not wanting to experience any suffering may be, it actually doesn't make the suffering go away, it keeps it in place. This is completely counter-intuitive to what we usually hear. We normally get encouraged to fight off how we feel if it isn't a desirable feeling state. To suppress it with all our might until it passes. We get told that fighting off any unwanted feeling states will make us feel better. The desire to feel a certain way whilst we're currently feeling emotionally imbalanced creates more suffering.
The more effort we put into trying to block out the unwanted thought or feeling, the less successful we will be. I liken it to holding down a float underwater.
It's only a matter of time before we get tired and the combination of the water pressure and our inability to keep the float under water sends it shooting up to the surface like a human gulping for air. I also liken it to trying to not think of a certain object when someone tells us to not think of that certain object. However hard we try not to think of it, we of course do. It's just the nature of the mind. So instead of going against the nature of how the mind works, we can work with it and transcend the inner disturbance we feel.
The best thing to do is to embrace the unwanted thoughts and emotions instead of trying to run away from them. Approaching our mind activity from a position of denial or suppression will only insinuate that we're afraid of what we're experiencing and will send a signal to our subconscious mind that we fear this and is very important to us as it has the ability to disturb us.
This is why not minding how we feel is the best approach when it comes to actually moving past inner turmoil. When we give our thoughts and feelings the freedom to be as they are, they have no reason to disturb us. It is our approach and perception of our thoughts and feelings which determine how we emotionally react to them.
An empowering perspective to adopt even whilst in the midst of "unwanted" thoughts and feelings is to view them as neutral and insignificant. Once we stop viewing them as bad or stop trying to escape from our thinking and feeling states, we can then allow ourselves to fall back into balance – calm neutrality.
We can actually play a trick on our minds self defensive mechanism – which automatically creates more resistance to any thoughts or feelings we perceive to be "negative." And that trick is to start enjoying the negativity we feel. Instead of desperately trying to escape from the negative energy we feel inside, we can take away the uncomfortable experience by not wishing it away. But by wanting to experience it.
As I've said, it's a trick we have to play on our intellect. We have to double-bluff with our mind by convincing it that we actually don't want to feel any different from the way we do and by practicing this, we will cut off the inner resistance we feel. Honestly it really works. When we try and escape from our inner suffering, we fuel it.
In other words, we make it much worse than it actually is. Because every time we try and break free, we send our brain into resistance mode. It is then common for us to feel annoyed and angry by the defensive mechanism. this creates more defensiveness and thus more resistance. And because we act irrationally from this state, we try lot's of different ways to deal with the suffering, we jump from one therapy to the next and expect a cure to this intense suffering.
What has to be done is to stop trying to change our current state though internal conflict. Anything we do to try and fight off the emotional pain will send a message to the subconscious that what we're currently experiencing is obviously a problem or a threat. This will not bring peace.
When we approach the inner hurricane of thoughts and feelings from a place of allowance, we cut off the power of resistance.
The way to break this cycle is to no longer argue, reason or fight what we're experiencing. It is to actually welcome it. When we keep the door open to emotional disturbances, we transcend the disturbances. When we close the door and lean our weight onto it, the emotional disturbance comes in again through the back door.
I've said it before and I'll keep mentioning it because it is so powerful to apply. We have to give up the fight with trying to feel better by trying to change our inner state. Okay, it might work for a little while but it doesn't work in the long run, it requires far too much effort to maintain and as a result, it will just burn us out. This isn't the correct way to go about feeling better. However logical it may seem to try and think our way out of our unwanted state, it will actually create more disturbances and will thus perpetuate suffering.
An effective way to actually feeling better is to completely leave our inner state alone focus our senses on the external world away from our internal world of thoughts and feelings. When we focus on the environment, whether that's focusing our senses on our surroundings or immersing ourselves in our favourite hobbies, we pull our focus away from our minds and thus allow it to reconnect with our natural state of emotional balance. We become fully present.
Any attempt to intervene with our mind during periods of emotional imbalance will block the psyches ability to find it's own way back to balance. Like our body sending new skin cells to close the gap of a cut, our psyche has this same intelligence. It will close the gap of our emotional imbalance if we just stop trying to feel different from the way we currently do.
All we have to do is focus our senses on something else whilst we allow our mind to do it's thing.
We've made it a habit to try and fix the way we feel by using our minds. But this, as I've constantly stated is like a cat chasing it's own tail. The mind cannot be fixed by using more thought, we have to pull our attention away from the habit of trying to fix our inner state. This can only be done by using our senses productively. Like soaking up our external environment, being immersed in stimulating and enjoyable activities.
From my own experience and from the people I've spoken to about this topic, we all have one thing in common. And that is fighting our inner environment of thoughts and feelings breeds more resistance and thus more suffering.
When we stopped fighting the thoughts and feelings, we freed up a lot of negative energy inside of us, thus putting us back in touch with our natural state of emotional balance. It makes complete sense to want the disturbing thoughts and feelings to be gone, or for our current experience to be different from the way it is, but it actually makes things far worse.
If we can allow our inner state to be as it is, in other words if we leave our thoughts and feelings alone long enough, then we will naturally gravitate back to balance because our psychology and physiology work to maintain equilibrium. In other words, our internal system is always trying to bring us back into balance because that's how we are designed.
It's a function of our psychology and physiology. Again, It works in the same way as when our body sends new skin cells to close the gap of a surface wound. Our bodily systems have an intelligence of their own which we have no conscious control over. It's the same intelligence that keeps the blood flowing, food digesting, lungs working etc etc. It's the power of the subconscious mind.
In works the same way for our psychology too. We don't actually have to do anything to feel better. To be more precise, we don't have to consciously control how we feel, because we are not designed that way. We don't have to worry about changing our thinking or feelings, doing this just creates more resistance and keeps the unwanted thoughts and feelings in place. I'll talk more about the minds self-correcting system.
Everything goes on in the subconscious. We don't have as much conscious control as we think. If we ask ourselves what are next thought will be, we'll have absolutely no idea. If we could control what we thought about, then we would only choose the thoughts that make us feel more alive and empowered. But this is impossible because everyone experiences negative thoughts and always will.
So trying to control our mind by thinking positively is a waste of time and energy. Trying to think positively when experiencing negative feelings and thoughts insinuates that we're trying to run away from our current experience, this will not actually bring about transcendence. A strategy that will honestly bring about transcendence would be to accept our inner state exactly as it is and being okay with it.
I know that we don't consciously want to feel emotionally imbalanced but when we trick our mind into thinking we're fine with whatever emotional state we're in, we cut off the internal resistance and find our way back to calm neutrality.
Giving our thoughts and feelings the freedom to be as they are will mean we will experience freedom because we are not giving our thoughts and feelings any reason to trouble us. When we resist the resistance which is created from our defensive minds, we just go round and round in circles. Feeling more overwhelmed and unhappy. The trick is to just do the opposite.


Bisbee, Eugene Shade. THE TREASURE OF THE ICE. A ROMANCE. London, New York: F. Tennyson Neely, Publisher, . Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-280 [281-288: ads], original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red and silver. First edition. Lost race romance wherein a colony of Greeks are found in the south polar region. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 208. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 077. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Teitler (2013) 130. Bleiler (1978), p. 23. Reginald 01335. Signature of an early owner on front free endpaper, book label of a later private owner affixed to front paste-down. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, soiling and mild spotting to cloth, a tight, very good copy. Very scarce. (#151094).


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Q: How to put an if statement in a php mailer I am attempting to put an if/else statement in the body of a php mailer email. The reason I am doing this is so that I don't have to create multiple $mail->Body togs based on the variable $rsvp_answer.
Does anyone see what I am doing wrong and how I can get this to work correctly?
$mail->isHTML(true);                                  // Set email format to HTML

        $mail->Subject = $subject;
        $mail->Body    = '

\
            '
            if ($rsvp_answer == 'Yes') { '

' . $rsvp_name . '

' . $rsvp_email . '

Will the guest be attending: ' . $rsvp_answer . '

Will they bring a guest: ' . $rsvp_guest_answer . '

Guest 1: ' . $guest1 . '

Guest 2: ' . $guest2 . '

Guest 3: ' . $guest3 . '

            ' else {
                '
Sorry you cant attend.

            }

        ';
        $mail->AltBody = 'Proposal Request Sent';
        if(!$mail->send()) {
            echo 'Message1 could not be sent.';
            echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
        } else {
            echo 'Message has been sent';
        }

A: If you want to create a mail body with condition then first create the entire string and then assign it to  $mail->Body .
example
$str='Some String';
if(conditionTrue){
$str.='Concatinate onr part';
}else{
$str.='Concatinate another part';
}
//continue this way
$mail->Body=$str;

A: you need to concatenate the body sting based on the if\else like so:
$mail->isHTML(true);                                  // Set email format to HTML

        $mail->Subject = $subject;
        $mail->Body    = '

';

            if ($rsvp_answer == 'Yes') { $mail->Body.='

' . $rsvp_name . '

' . $rsvp_email . '

Will the guest be attending: ' . $rsvp_answer . '

Will they bring a guest: ' . $rsvp_guest_answer . '

Guest 1: ' . $guest1 . '

Guest 2: ' . $guest2 . '

Guest 3: ' . $guest3 . '
';
             }else {
                $mail->Body.='
Sorry you cant attend.
';
            }
                $mail->Body.='

        ';
        $mail->AltBody = 'Proposal Request Sent';
        if(!$mail->send()) {
            echo 'Message1 could not be sent.';
            echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
        } else {
            echo 'Message has been sent';
        }

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Stephen Walter Stanton (born August 22, 1961) is an American voice actor and visual effects artist. His roles include Sasha Nein in Psychonauts and Psychonauts 2, Grand Moff Tarkin in the Star Wars franchise, Admiral Raddus in Rogue One and Griff Halloran on Star Wars Resistance.

Early life
Stanton was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, West Germany on August 22, 1961.

Career
Stanton is well-known as a voice double for Tim Allen, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Peter Cushing, Robert Downey Jr., Roger Ebert, Jeff Goldblum, Alec Guinness, Clive Owen, Vincent Schiavelli and Bruce Willis, among others. He also provides original voices for Disney television series and theme park attractions.

He voiced Admiral Tarkin and Mas Amedda in Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theme parks
 Disney California Adventure Jessie's Critter Carousel – Stinky Pete
 Disney California Adventure Toy Story Midway Mania! – Stinky Pete
 Disney D23 Expo Carousel of Projects – Narrator
 Disneyland Club 33 – Alfred the Vulture
 Disneyland Paris – Woody & Jessie's Wild West Adventure (Lucky Nugget Saloon) – Stinky Pete
 Disneyland Rivers of America – Mark Twain Riverboat Captain
 Disneyland Snow White's Enchanted Wish – Safety Spiel (as Happy)
 Disneyland The Haunted Mansion Phantom Radio app – Phineas
 Hong Kong Disneyland Mystic Manor – Lord Henry Mystic
 Shanghai Disneyland Celebration of Dreams Show (2016) – Happy
 Walt Disney World D23 Destination D: Attraction Rewind – Father
 Walt Disney World Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – Happy
 Walt Disney World Tomorrowland Transit Authority – TTA Announcer

Visual effects work

Tippett Studio
 Starship Troopers (1997) – Digital Scanner Operator
 Armageddon (1998) – Digital Scanner Operator (Uncredited)
 Virus (1999) – Digital Scanner Operator
 Komodo (1999) – Digital Scanner Operator (Uncredited)
 My Favorite Martian (1999) – Digital Scanner Operator
 Hollow Man (2000) – Digital Scanner Operator
 Mission to Mars (2000) – Digital Scanner Operator (Uncredited)
 Cats & Dogs (2001) – Digital Scanner Operator (Uncredited)
 Evolution (2001) – Digital Scanner Operator

Boss Film Studios
 Solar Crisis (1990) – Production Assistant
 The Last of the Mohicans (1992) – Computer Graphics Coordinator
 Alien 3 (1992) – Digital Camera Operator
 Batman Returns (1992) – Digital Camera Operator
 Journey To Technopia (1993) - Digital Film I/O
 Cliffhanger (1993) – Computer Graphics Coordinator
 Last Action Hero (1993) – Computer Graphics Coordinator (Uncredited)

References

External links
 Official website

1961 births
Living people
20th-century American comedians
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American male actors
Actors from Augsburg
American impressionists (entertainers)
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
Visual effects artists


The limited edition fine art print "White black white" by Rob Bonnemaijers bears the artist's signature, a handwritten edition number and an embossed Certified Art Giclée™ quality mark.
The fine art print "White black white" by Rob Bonnemaijers is made using archival pigment ink on 308 grams Hahnemühle Photorag paper showing rasterless fineness. Photorag paper consists of 100% cotton and is acid-free. It has an extremely smooth texture and is treated with a high-quality matte coating that meets the highest standards set by museums and art collectors.
With his designs he explores the the boundaries between art, design and graphics. It's also his personal quest to find silence, simplicity and beauty.


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Daniel Alberto Fernández (born 23 February 1978) is an Argentine former footballer who played for clubs in Argentina, Albania and Chile.

References

1978 births
Living people
Argentine footballers
Argentine expatriate footballers
Chacarita Juniors footballers
Club Atlético Los Andes footballers
FK Dinamo Tirana players
Santiago Wanderers footballers
Puerto Montt footballers
Coquimbo Unido footballers
Cobreloa footballers
Expatriate footballers in Chile
Expatriate footballers in Albania
Association football forwards
Sportspeople from Mendoza Province


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UPDATE: 16 Earthquakes Shake Area
KSAL StaffDecember 8, 2021
Did you feel it? Over a dozen small earthquakes shook Central Kansas throughout the day Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the largest earthquake was centered in Southern Saline County. According to the agency a magnitude 4.3 earthquake was centered about 3.1 miles south /southwest of Gypsum. The earthquake happened Wednesday morning at 7:45.
The Kansas Geological Survey recorded at least 16 earthquakes registering 2.0 or greater throughout the day, generally in the same area.
There were no immediate reports of major damage.
Earthquakes of this magnitude, ranging between 2.5 and 5.4, are often felt but only cause minor damage.
ORIGINAL: Did you feel it? A small earthquake shook Central Kansas early Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a small earthquake was centered in Southern Saline County. According to the agency a magnitude 4.3 earthquake was centered about 3.1 miles south /southwest of Gypsum. The earthquake happened Wednesday morning at 7:45.
The earthquake was felt throughout Central Kansas and South into Oklahoma.
There were no immediate reports of damage.


For those times when you just have to wake someone up from sleep with an emoticon. Add in a whole bunch of explanation marks (!!!) to add to the urgency and intensity!! Honestly though, my favourite is the one where an emoticon is being awoken from sleep by a kiss. That is just the sweetest way to wake up.
These kaomojis are in the process of falling asleep or waking up. Some of them could go either way. The point is, sleep either just happened or is about to happen, and these emotes are tired. They can hardly keep their eyes open and others have big bags under their eyes.


Building a stone wall is a great and artistic way to enhance your outside living space; it is also a cost effective way to create a more modern backyard all while maintaining the natural beauty of your backyard.
These walls offer a more inviting vibe for houseguests. It not only brings the whole yard together, but it also leaves more space for guests to sit and to enjoy the nice weather; it is perfect for BBQ's and other outside events.
Not only are stone walls more inviting, but it can also bring the natural beauty of your yard back to eye level. We can use these walls to elevate flowers, shrubs and other plants to bring them back to eye level; you can show off your beautiful plants and flowers to guests!
Stone walls are a great addition to your backyard; they really bring out the design of your garden, and they add more dimension to your landscape as a whole.
For more information about our stone wall construction services, please give Lola's Landscape a call at 774-248-4584. Our craftsmen will help bring out the natural beauty of your landscape and garden.


Job ads posted on www.mobileareajobs.com will be displayed on our Home Page in the "Career Seekers" section as a "Featured Job".
All ads posted on www.mobileareajobs.com are subject to verification and may at our discretion be omitted, edited or removed.
In the "Career Seekers" section on the Home Page of www.mobileareajobs.com there will be a button displayed that will either have "View Help Wanted Ads" or "View More Mobile Jobs" written on it. Clicking on either of these buttons will display additional job ads for the Mobile, AL area provided by Indeed.
Employers clicking on one of these job links provided by Indeed will be taken to Indeed's website where a "Post Job" link will be displayed. Job ads posted on Indeed's website will be processed by Indeed, owned by Indeed and will be displayed on their website and not as a "Featured Job" on www.mobileareajobs.com.


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Q: Form is not displayed on panel admin Magento 2 I want to add a form to my admin panel.

app/code/Maxime/Jobs/Block/Adminhtml/Department/Edit.php

<?php
namespace Maxime\Jobs\Block\Adminhtml\Department;

use Magento\Backend\Block\Widget\Form\Container;

class Edit extends Container
{
    /**
     * Core registry
     *
     * @var \Magento\Framework\Registry
     */
    protected $_coreRegistry = null;

    /**
     * @param \Magento\Backend\Block\Widget\Context $context
     * @param \Magento\Framework\Registry $registry
     * @param array $data
     */
    public function __construct(
        \Magento\Backend\Block\Widget\Context $context,
        \Magento\Framework\Registry $registry,
        array $data = []
    ) {
        $this->_coreRegistry = $registry;
        parent::__construct($context, $data);
    }

    /**
     * Department edit block
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function _construct()
    {
        $this->_objectId = 'entity_id';
        $this->_blockGroup = 'Maxime_Jobs';
        $this->_controller = 'adminhtml_department';

        parent::_construct();

        if ($this->_isAllowedAction('Maxime_Jobs::department_save')) {
            $this->buttonList->update('save', 'label', __('Save Department'));
            $this->buttonList->add(
                'saveandcontinue',
                [
                    'label' => __('Save and Continue Edit'),
                    'class' => 'save',
                    'data_attribute' => [
                        'mage-init' => [
                            'button' => ['event' => 'saveAndContinueEdit', 'target' => '#edit_form'],
                        ],
                    ]
                ],
                -100
            );
        } else {
            $this->buttonList->remove('save');
        }

    }

    /**
     * Get header with Department name
     *
     * @return \Magento\Framework\Phrase
     */
    public function getHeaderText()
    {
        if ($this->_coreRegistry->registry('jobs_department')->getId()) {
            return __("Edit Department '%1'", $this->escapeHtml($this->_coreRegistry->registry('jobs_department')->getName()));
        } else {
            return __('New Department');
        }
    }

    /**
     * Check permission for passed action
     *
     * @param string $resourceId
     * @return bool
     */
    protected function _isAllowedAction($resourceId)
    {
        return $this->_authorization->isAllowed($resourceId);
    }

    /**
     * Getter of url for "Save and Continue" button
     * tab_id will be replaced by desired by JS later
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function _getSaveAndContinueUrl()
    {
        return $this->getUrl('jobs/*/save', ['_current' => true, 'back' => 'edit', 'active_tab' => '']);
    }
}

app/code/Maxime/Jobs/Block/Adminhtml/Department/Edit/Form.php

<?php
namespace Maxime\Jobs\Block\Adminhtml\Department\Edit;

use \Magento\Backend\Block\Widget\Form\Generic;

class Form extends Generic
{

    /**
     * @var \Magento\Store\Model\System\Store
     */
    protected $_systemStore;

    /**
     * @param \Magento\Backend\Block\Template\Context $context
     * @param \Magento\Framework\Registry $registry
     * @param \Magento\Framework\Data\FormFactory $formFactory
     * @param \Magento\Store\Model\System\Store $systemStore
     * @param array $data
     */
    public function __construct(
        \Magento\Backend\Block\Template\Context $context,
        \Magento\Framework\Registry $registry,
        \Magento\Framework\Data\FormFactory $formFactory,
        \Magento\Store\Model\System\Store $systemStore,
        array $data = []
    ) {
        $this->_systemStore = $systemStore;
        parent::__construct($context, $registry, $formFactory, $data);
    }

    /**
     * Init form
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function _construct()
    {
        parent::_construct();
        $this->setId('department_form');
        $this->setTitle(__('Department Information'));
    }

    /**
     * Prepare form
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    protected function _prepareForm()
    {
        /** @var \Maxime\Jobs\Model\Department $model */
        $model = $this->_coreRegistry->registry('jobs_department');

        /** @var \Magento\Framework\Data\Form $form */
        $form = $this->_formFactory->create(
            ['data' => ['id' => 'edit_form', 'action' => $this->getData('action'), 'method' => 'post']]
        );

        $form->setHtmlIdPrefix('department_');

        $fieldset = $form->addFieldset(
            'base_fieldset',
            ['legend' => __('General Information'), 'class' => 'fieldset-wide']
        );

        if ($model->getId()) {
            $fieldset->addField('entity_id', 'hidden', ['name' => 'entity_id']);
        }

        $fieldset->addField(
            'name',
            'text',
            ['name' => 'name', 'label' => __('Department Name'), 'title' => __('Department Name'), 'required' => true]
        );

        $fieldset->addField(
            'description',
            'textarea',
            ['name' => 'description', 'label' => __('Department Description'), 'title' => __('Department Description'), 'required' => true]
        );

        $form->setValues($model->getData());
        $form->setUseContainer(true);
        $this->setForm($form);

        return parent::_prepareForm();
    }
}

Reference: https://www.maximehuran.fr/en/layouts-and-forms-on-magento-2-admin/
Now My form does not display
And in my system.log file I have this error

main.CRITICAL: Block jobs_department_edit throws exception and cannot be rendered. [] []

How can I display my form?
Thanks!

A: Please change mode in to developer and check again, will find exact error on your custom module.
To check current mode :
magento deploy:mode:show

To change the current mode in to developer mode:
magento deploy:mode:set developer


Business Savings | CommunityBank of Texas, N.A.
1 Subaccount Organization. We have organized your account in a nontraditional way. Your account consists of two subaccounts. One of these accounts is a transaction subaccount (e.g., a checking subaccount). You will transact business on this subaccount. The other is a nontransaction subaccount (e.g., a savings account). You cannot directly access the nontransaction subaccount, but you agree that we may automatically, and without a specific request from you, initiate individual transfers of funds between subaccounts from time to time at no cost to you. This account organization will not change the amount of federal deposit insurance available to you, your available balance, the information on your periodic statements, or the interest calculation, if this is an interest-bearing account. You will not see any difference between the way your account operates and the way a traditionally organized account operates, but this organization makes us more efficient and helps to keep costs down. 2 This is a variable rate product. Please call the bank for details. 3 You will be charged our OD Paid Item Fee of $35 for each overdrawn item created by check, a teller withdrawal, an automatic payment (ACH) transaction or recurring VISA® check card payment. All negative balances must be brought positive within 30 days. Bank reserves the right not to pay item(s) if an account is not kept in good standing. Alternatives to cover overdrafts include a link to your savings account or a line of credit. If you have any questions, please call the bank at 1-866-552-6668 for details. Also, if you request us to do so, we may authorize and cover ATM transfers or withdrawals and everyday VISA® check card purchases. See Bounce Protection Overdraft Policy for complete details. 4 We may require not less than 7 days notice in writing before each withdrawal from an interest-bearing account, other than a time deposit or from any other savings account as defined by Regulation D. Withdrawals from a time account prior to maturity or prior to any notice period may be restricted and may be subject to penalty. See your notice of penalty for early withdrawal.


Contact info@clubdebauchery.com to be put in contact with the organizer.
Privately hosted event by the Illuminaughty - Club Debauchery membership not required.
Club members will receive a discount for tickets purchased at the door when they present their membership card.
Two Saturdays per month, Club Debauchery opens our doors between the hours of 6:00 – 8:00 pm for our Orientation Night. Drop in during this time for a tour and attend our orientation. We will go over the rules of the Club. If we all agree you are a fit for our club, we will sign you up with a membership. Should you buy your annual membership, you will be given entry into this Members ONLY Play Party FREE ! Register by emailing info@clubdebauchery.com **there is no cost to attend Orientation. Refreshments and a light snack will be offered in our Boudoir Room. Space is limited. We encourage you to register online. Basic Annual Membership is $40.00 +tax.
* Bring ID as you will be asked to prove you are who you say you are. Discretion is paramount as well as having a safe space place for our members. Once you register we will provide the address to you.
TITC Events are Hosted Two Times Monthly by Ottawa's Large Swingers Community. Limited to 50 Couples we fill up quite fast. We encourage you to register ahead of time to be placed on the Guest List. *We will also put 20 added couples on the waiting list. If anyone cancels, we will notify you that a space has opened up. Note, that this event is ONLY OPEN to both TITC Members and Members of Club Debauchery. TITC Members who are NOT Club Debauchery Members will pay extra $20.00 per couple for their Club Debauchery Membership. TITC Members will be provided access to all Club Debauchery Events as per regular annual membership. The first visit will have the added $20.00 cost for your membership, Couples Entry is $50.00 including taxes. Single Females are $25.00 including taxes. Single Males can be vetted by the Organizers in some rare instances. Kindly contact info@clubdebauchery.com for further details.
Privately hosted event by the Illuminaughty – Club Debauchery membership not required. Club members will receive a discount for tickets purchased at the door when they present their membership card.
Celebrate spring and Join Sarah Stewart April 27 & 28 for a Boudoir Minis photo shoot sessions in our theme rooms!
Sarah is well known for creating multiple sets and wardrobe changes. Makeup and Hair included in the price.
$275.00 for single and $425.00 for couples. Included is one Digital File with print release.
The session fee includes a pre-shoot consultation, hair and make-up services, use of studio wardrobe, up to one hour of studio time, multiple backdrop and wardrobe changes, low res digital proof sheet, and a fully processed digital file with print release of your favourite image. There are also an array of packages for purchasing additional files, prints, albums, folio boxes, canvases.
Privately hosted event by the one of Club Debauchery's sexiest members. This event is geared toward lifestyle friendly couples and singles and those who might be curious about exploring their sexuality or just enjoying the ambiance.
A chocolate fondue will be available along with other chocolate treats. There will be some special "chocolate treats" available for those ladies who wish to partake.
Club Debauchery membership is required but for those who wish to buy a membership, attendance at this event will be complimentary.
This is a lifestyle event were couples and single females can explore their sexuality with their partners and have the opportunity to meet other like-minded persons.
For more information Contact info@clubdebauchery.com to be put in contact with the organizer.
Registration required in advance. Buy your tickets online or with cash at the door.
Get your membership at any Club Debauchery event and you'll get into that event for free! That's right, if you buy a membership you enter that night's party for free. This is a one time offer for people interested in becoming members. This applies to every event ran by Club Debauchery. You must physically come to the event and sign the membership waiver form along with showing a piece of photo ID.


Leading international projects with budgets up to 2 million euros.
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Mechanical engineer with 9 years experience in Project Management across multiple industries and countries. Enthusiast and self-taught web developer creating personal projects since 2002. Motor fan, tech freak and amateur cooker.
Responsible for the coordination and execution of flares projects in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrein and Peru with international clients. Confection of technical material requisitions for selecting suppliers. Drafting of purchase orders and follow up contract executions, budget and schedule.
Lead meetings with clients, suppliers and project teams composed by interdisciplinary (Engineering, Quality, Design, Production, Procurement and Logistics) and culturally diverse members.
In charge of bidding process for procuring main equipment for incinerator projects in UAE. Keeping contact with client and vendors to solve technical issues related to equipment and engineering documentation.
Project management for "Gas analysis" and "Instrumentation" departments. Client reporting, factory monitoring, inspections and coordination of our technical team for the project start up. I left the company at my own request to start a new job in Germany.
Development of contract engineering, preparation of material requisitions, creation of drawings and documents, supervision of workshops and assistance for assembly at client plant. Hamworthy-Combustion office in Madrid was basically closed on February 2010.
Surveillance and control for a 4km train line construction (making drawings, daily reports and inspections) until the end of the works.
Making thermal insulation of a restored building at CENERGIA and designing a new vacuum cleaner at NILFISK-ADVANCE.
Originally designed over Codeigniter and now ported to Laravel, Mofler classifies automatically hundreds of news, videos and tweets per day in more than 700 car pages, while its 14.000 users interact with photos and comments through both desktop and mobile versions.
Web-app created from scratch for John Zink to manage automatically documentation control, data analysis, sending transmittals to client and cover creation; reducing the workload of the Project Assistants by 30%.


"I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity"
This quote is written / told by Boris Trajkovski between June 25, 1956 and February 26, 2004. He/she was a famous Statesman from Macedonia. The author also have 5 other quotes.


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Home world Iraqi forces swift progress in west Mosul
Iraqi forces swift progress in west Mosul
Vastavam web: Iraqi forces are making swift progress in west Mosul, officers said today, retaking several neighbourhoods on their way to a final showdown with jihadists in the Old City.With Iraq's biggest military operation in years set to enter its eighth month in a week, the Islamic State group was only holding on to a handful of neighbourhoods in west Mosul.Forces from the elite Counter-Terrorism Service "liberated the Northern Industrial Area on the western side," said the Joint Operations Command coordinating the war against IS in Iraq.Yesterday, Iraqi forces retook full control of Al- Haramat, a large neighbourhood on the edge of the city, according to several senior military officers.
The gains are part of a new push which Iraqi forces launched last week in northwestern Mosul and has already wrested back several neighbourhoods from the jihadists.The latest operations make it harder than ever to flee for the few hundred IS fighters estimated to remain in Mosul.IS only controls a handful of neighbourhoods around the Old City, where at least 2,50,000 civilians are still trapped and living in dire conditions, according to aid officials and rights groups.The narrow streets of the Old City, one of the heritage jewels of Iraq, will make it difficult for federal forces to take on the jihadists, who have had three years to set up their defences.
Elite forces might have to undertake dismounted raids, which could take a heavy human toll on units that have been fighting IS for more than two years uninterrupted.Iraqi forces launched a major offensive on October 17 to retake Mosul, which IS seized in June 2014. They secured the eastern side of the city, which is divided by the Tigris river, in January.The United Nations says 4,34,000 people fled their homes in west Mosul, since a fresh push was launched there on February 19.The influx of displaced people is compounding one of the world's biggest humanitarian crises, for which the aid community has warned a funding effort was required.
"We still fear more large outflows of people from the west of the city, which is why UNHCR and partners continue to prepare new camps ready to receive those fleeing Mosul, who are desperately in need of assistance," he said in a statement.Baghdadi, who made his only public appearance at a mosque in the old city of Mosul in July 2014, has urged his men to fight to the death to defend what was the de facto Iraqi capital of his now crumbling "caliphate".IS still holds the towns of Tal Afar and Hawijah, as well as pockets of territory elsewhere in Iraq, including in remote desert areas near the borders with Jordan and Syria.
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The episode starts with Raghu giving his chit to Karan. Karan reads the chit and tells his dance partner's name as Shivani. Shivani gets shocked. Raghu goes and takes Shivani's friend Amrita's name. Amrita says no. Shivani feels bad. The couple hands are tied and asks them to feed icecream to their partner in 15 mins. Raghu looks at Shivani and pours icecream on Amrita's face annoying her. Shivani and Karan are declared winner in the first round. They are then asked to fold the cloth with one hand. Karan and Shivani are declared winner in the second round too. Raghu smiles.
with his drivers' friend. He tells Shivani that he is their friends. Raghu introduces her as his owner. Shivani tells them that she is his wife and not owner. Shivani's friend come out. Her driver says, Shivani ji is my bhabhi. Raghu is my school friend. Her friend says, it is so weird. Shivani asks Raghu to come inside.
Rupesh comes to Lata's house and says he forgot to bring vegetable so came to take it from there. He asks her to give palak and gajar. Lata keeps the veggies in the bag. Rupesh drops Nishi's prescription paper. Lata asks, what have happened. Rupesh tells her that Nishi is not well and tells his misery. He thinks he did good acting. Lata is shocked.
Shivani tells Raghu that everyone are dancing. Raghu leaves silently. Shivani wonders where is he? Raghu comes wearing the turban and asks them to stop the dance. He asks the DJ to play Rajastani song. He starts dancing on the Rajastani song. Shivani gets embarassed. Everyone look on. He irritates Shivani's friends. Shivani comes infront of him and starts dancing. Raghu gets surprised. She takes him away and asks what you were doing. Raghu says, I was just dancing.
Shivani says I will be back and asks him to stay at the same place. Karan comes and asks what are you doing? Raghu says, I told you that I will do whatever I can to unite you both. Don't think that I am making myself fool infront of them. I don't know them. I don't want to become a joke for babyji.
Shivani hears her friends speaking ill about Raghu. They say that he don't deserve to be here. Shivani gets angry on her friend Divya and says you can't understand Raghu. I love him, and not his money etc. I am very happy with my husband and my life. She warns them not to say a word against her husband else she will give them a good reply. Announcement is made that Shivani and Karan get an award for their superb performance. Shivani congrats Karan. Everyone applaud for them.
They ask them to dance together. Shivani refuses. Karan says, lets do it once for old time sake. Shivani agrees. Karan and Shivani dance on the song Subhanallah……………………….Raghu looks on and thinks you will realize soon that Karan deserves to be your husband and not me. He hopes for their togetherness.
Raghu says, he forgot to take Shivani home. Karan scolds Raghu. Shivani says it is okay. Raghu says, you are saying as if I don't have any work other than babyji. I wasted my time in the party. Shivani looks on hurt.


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IT Leadership // CIO Insights & Innovation
Laurianne McLaughlin
The New CIO: C Stands For Change
What does the CIO role look like now, and what will it look like in the future? Experts at Interop New York share the key skills and traits that will soon separate the winners from the losers.
IT execs love to recount an old-school joke: CIO stands for "career is over." That joke dates back to a different time, when CIOs mostly dreaded making a bad vendor choice or botching an ERP project. Today's business climate depends on speed and agility more than statesmanship -- and CIOs dread falling behind the current pace and being deemed irrelevant.
"The C in CIO stands more for change than chief," said Jonathan Feldman, CIO of Asheville, N.C., at the InformationWeek IT Leadership Summit at Interop New York on Tuesday.
That's a useful way to start examining the future of the CIO role. The CIO must manage tremendous change coming in cloud and mobile technologies, data analysis, and BYOD -- and even bigger, more fundamental changes as companies' core business models change to a focus on digital interactions with customers and partners.
[Branding is for IT departments, too. Read 5 Steps To Build A Strong IT Brand.]
Ross Perot might call it a giant ripping sound, as companies all over the US rip up their old sales strategies and business processes and rewrite them for agile development teams and customer support teams that move at lightning speed.
What must the CIO navigating all that change bring along for the journey? For starters, the CIO must be a "master translator," says David Wright, CIO of McGraw-Hill Education, another speaker at the summit Tuesday. The CIO is the one who can fully speak the languages of the business and the technology experts, not only to get things done, but also to speak up when a real business concern looms, he says.
CIOs used to give a lot of orders. Get over it, Wright says: "It's not all about you."
PricewaterhouseCoopers chief technologist Chris Curran puts it another way: IT is becoming "consultative." PricewaterhouseCoopers data shows that between 35% and 50% of technology spend is happening outside of IT at top-performing companies, Curran says. Consult with these other business teams, or be deemed a laggard. Do technology demos often with these teams, he recommends, to build credibility, build awareness of what the IT team can do -- and build your team's business language skills.
Wright goes as far as to teach his team not to say "IT and the business" but "IT and other parts of the business." His IT team works on every product launch as McGraw-Hill Education moves from a world built on paper textbooks to one based on software and online services for classrooms. The term "collaborative" doesn't do full justice to that kind of IT model; it's more like immersive.
Communication skills can trump pure tech skills for the future CIO. As Josh Oakhurst, chief strategy officer at Skookum Digital Works put it to the
Laurianne McLaughlin currently serves as InformationWeek.com's Editor-in-Chief, overseeing daily online editorial operations. Prior to joining InformationWeek in May, 2011, she was managing editor at CIO.com. Her writing and editing work has won multiple ASBPE (American ... View Full Bio
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DDURBIN1,
10/2/2014 | 10:27:49 AM
Bottom up change is difficult
With the majority of lead IT positions still reporting to the CFO and not the CEO, it's not easy to be a change agent while being kept out of senior management decision making particularly when the CFO's goals are cost containment. On average more than 70% of the information a business uses to run has no impact on the general ledger making even less sense for IT to report to the CFO as business technology has more cross functional impact on the business than does finance.
Put a bean counter in charge of other business functions such as Sales or Engineering and watch them struggle to be effective as many IT departments do in most organizations where IT reports to Finance although the Finance departments seem to function very well for some strange reason.
Re: Bottom up change is difficult
Do you think it's common now for CIOs to report to the CFO?
10/2/2014 | 12:05:26 PM
Do you think CIO's are common? Only in the Fortune 50 and not even all of them have one.
Shane M. O'Neill,
10/2/2014 | 1:41:02 PM
Good points by @ddurbin1. I've heard more and more about CIOs reporting to CFOs, which doesn't make a lot of sense if you really want the CIO to be immersed across business units as an agent of change. Reporting to a CFO would stifle a CIO, no?
I understand this article is about the CIO role but the overwhelming majority of IT lead positions are not CIOs. For those organizations having a CIO as part of the executive core reporting to the CEO, this article is a mute subject as they really already understand the change aspect of business technologies thus they have a CIO to mentor same. For the rest of us its an up hill battle just to be let in the business door.
I see what you're saying -- a person may be doing a CIO's job, but without that title, they have little clout with other business units. That sounds like a situation with no easy or one-size answer.
Laurianne,
It is old-school thinking to have the CIO report to the CFO. IT leaders fought this battle in the 90's. If your CIO reports to the CFO that could be a hint that you are not in a company with a digital business mindset doing innovative work. Of course this may vary by vertical industry.
As far as not having a CIO slot at all, it is true some smaller or even midsize companies will have an IT director or a VP-level title person running IT. I hope those people would also find useful advice in this article about how to stand out as an IT leader.
SaneIT,
You're right that the reporting structure is a bit dated if the CIO or the top level of your IT staff is reporting to the CFO but I think that can be remedied by getting your CFO moving in a more technical direction as well. I'm at a company that isn't quite big enough for that CIO role and yes I report to the CFO, but it is not the brick wall that I hear other people in similar positions are running in to. The "consultative" shift is a good way to describe how you can get that relationship moving in the right direction. The image of the tight fisted CFO who can't see company direction unless it's in ledger form is as outdated as any of the CIO role assumptions that many of us make. Our CFO understands why I come in with proposed changes and very rarely do I hit a wall. When I do it's usually a "wait" signal rather than a full stop. Part of my position is being an agent of change, we are a growing company and we can't do business the same way we did last year or the year before. If we want to keep up with the growth we have to change and if there is anyone in the company who should understand how quickly things can change and how those changes can affect business processes it should be the CIO or the person filling a similar role. This means knowing what other people do and why. I joke that I've shifted from a technical role to a process modeling role over the past year but really it is adjusting processes to mesh with technology changes that are letting us do bigger things.
"Part of my position is being an agent of change": Thanks for sharing your insight, @SaneIT. Good way to put it.
I think for CIO, there will be more opporunities in the future. Now more and more industries start to adopt advanced technologies such as big-data, cloud, IoT, etc. to boost the productivity and revenue. So CIO has the chance to become a crucial stakeholder in the business instead of just the head of supporting department - the traditional IT. But it depends on how fast CIO can learn and adapt to this fast changing world.
Re: More opportunities
I find IT people very adaptable; they have to be the way business technology changes. The people that need to learn and adapt are executive management, boards of directors, and ownership NOT the CIO/IT Lead as business leadership have been the key obstructionists to effective business technology application to the business processes.
zerox203,
10/15/2014 | 7:30:51 AM
Re: The New CIO
The funny thing is, depending on who you ask, all of this was true five, ten, or even more years ago. Maybe a lot of that has to do with what industry you're in. The idea that IT was tied to directly to business growth (rather than just keeping the lights on) was true for many companies back then - it's just that it's now true for more or less everyone. 'Digital' just means 'how you do business' - period. It's indistinquishable from other parts the business.
All of this can be said for the CIO themselves as well, of course. All it really means is that the CIO now fits into the same size compartment as the CMO or the CFO, so it's really not all that strange. It would be awful weird for someone to say 'we don't really need to bring marketing in on this company-wide project, do we?', wouldn't it? It's more strange that that ever was the case for IT, but you're right that old habits die hard. CIOs already in the hot seat have some unlearning to do, and those coming up should keep a close eye on them to learn from their missteps.
10/15/2014 | 2:37:45 PM
@zerox203 is right, some CIOs learned long ago to befriend the CMO. But if you're still playing a game of "Survivor" with the CMO, it's time to think again.