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The harvest normally takes place between late September and late October. The dates vary according to the ripening of the grapes. The joyful exuberance of the grape pickers, the rich colors of the vineyards and forests in the warm autumnal sunlight, give an added, fascinating charm to this season when nature surrenders its most noble fruits. At harvest time, it's best to organize a visit well in advance, especially when visitors want to participate to the harvest!
Thanks to its famous typical Alsatian villages, the richness of its natural and cultural heritage and its renowned vineyards, Terre & Vins au Pays de Colmar provides many tourist attractions in the centre of Alsace.
For more than 850 years the distinctive silhouette of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle has marked the Alsatian countryside.
Midway between Strasbourg and Colmar, the "Cœur d'Alsace" destination offers a mosaic of landscapes combining vineyards and forests, between Mont Sainte-Odile and the Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg.
The Cité du Train invites you aboard a unique journey in Europe, this is one of the largest and richest collections of historic trains dating from the age of steam to the present day.
Located in the heart of Alsace and a few minutes away from Germany and Switzerland, be amazed by the dynamism of Mulhouse, its heritage and its exceptional museums.
The magnificent wine-making villages of Alsace are laid out at the foot of the Vosges, crowned with mysterious castles.
Discover the fascinating history of the motor car in a visit to the fabulous Schlumpf Collection, which features more than 400 stunning cars - including the world-famous Bugatti Royale.
Le Ballon d'Alsace is a family-friendly ski resort, where you can enjoy a wide variety of winter activities.
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Mercedes-Benz set a new benchmark by launching the new S 600 Guard. This is the armoured version of the standard S600. The flagship model is certified for the highest ballistics protection class VR9, which can withstand rifle fire and protection from grenades and explosive charges. It has bullet proof windows, AIRMATIC suspension, powerful V12 engine, intelligent driver assistance systems and unrestricted day-to-day suitability. The glasses are coated with polycarbonate on the inside for splinter protection.
Mercedes-Benz has the world's widest range of special protection vehicles available today. The Mercedes-Benz Guard range currently has models from the S, E, M and G-Class, globally.
Eberhard Kern, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India stated, "We are glad to introduce this 'fortress on wheels' for our exclusive set of high profile Indian customers, who require the highest levels of protection when on the move, and rely only on Mercedes-Benz special protection vehicles. With the launch of the new S 600 Guard, Mercedes-Benz India now provides a formidable range of special protection vehicles comprising the E-Guard and M-Guard, for the Indian market".
Like the flagship S-Class model, the S 600 Guard excels with exemplary headroom and elbow room in the rear. The new S 600 Guard is available both as a 4-seater and as a fully-fledged 5-seater, and offers unrestricted day-to-day suitability by virtue of a 350-litre boot capacity and high payload.
The S 600 Guard delivers superior performance because of its V12 petrol engine, which now generates 530 hp and 830 Nm of torque. Standard equipment on the S 600 Guard includes Michelin PAX run-flat tyres with an additional tyre pressure monitoring system which allows to run a distance up to 30 km even with damaged tyres.
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Estonian flag raised at UN Security Council in New York
TALLINN - An official ceremony was held in New York on Thursday to raise the Estonian flag among other elected members in front of the UN Security Council hall. Estonia is the elected member of the UN Security Council in 2020 and 2021. Estonia's Permanent Representative to the UN Sven Jurgenson spoke at the ceremony. Jurgenson said that there is much the UN Security Council can do to alleviate human suffering in the world and preserve the order based on international law. "Estonia will contribute to ensuring&nb...


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Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX goes over 600 miles on a single charge
Last Updated: May 11, 2022, Published On: May 11, 2022
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When it debuted back in January, the Mercedes-Benz EQXX vaunted its efficiency and ability to drive far. With a range of over 1,000 km or 621 miles per charge, this battery-electric vehicle has the capability to go the distance efficiently. Its battery capacity is less than 100 kWh yet its density manages to be on par with the unit on the EQS sedan while being 30% lighter, making it viable for compact car applications. The car also has a lot of efficiency-improving tricks like a heat pump and a 117-cell solar panel that reduces the drain on the main battery.
To put its money where its mouth is Mercedes-Benz took its prototype on a long road trip from its headquarters in Sindelfingen, Germany all the way to Cassis in the Côte d'Azur (French Riviera) on the Mediterranean coast of France and Monaco. The journey took the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX through the Swiss Alps and Northern Italy, meaning it had to deal with different weather conditions and altitude changes. Before entering Italy, the car was driven at high speeds through the German Autobahn where it cruised at 140 km/h or 87 mph for prolonged periods.
By the end, the Vision EQXX had traveled 1,008 km or 626 miles in 12 hours and 2 minutes. Its average energy consumption was 8.7 kWh per 100 km, which translates to an impressive 7.1 miles per kWh. At the end of the trip, the battery still had a 15% state of charge, meaning the car can travel another 140 km or 87 miles before it completely tapped out.
Mercedes achieved this thanks to the focus on optimizing efficiency. The Vision EQXX has a 0.17 drag coefficient, enabling it to easily slip through the air even at high speeds. This is achieved thanks to the car's small frontal area, an active rear diffuser, the rear wheels rolling in the slipstream of the front, and the use of low-rolling-resistance tires. At 3,869 pounds, the Vision EQXX is lighter than most battery-electric vehicles on sale today, meaning it used less energy during uphill sections like the Gotthard Tunnel on the leg going into Italy. Once on the other side, the car simply regenerates energy going downhill, preserving the mechanical brakes while replenishing its energy reserves.
The solar roof contributes to the Vision EQXX's efficiency by powering things like the infotainment system. As a result, the car's main drive battery can focus more on turning the wheels. Mercedes says this boosted the range by 2%, which is an additional 25 km or 15.5 miles on a journey of over 1,000 km or 621 miles. Throughout the trip, the 241-hp electric motor didn't need to work that hard thanks to the car's low aerodynamic and rolling resistance. Like the battery, the entire drive unit is highly efficient thanks to its compact design. Mercedes says that its average efficiency is 95%, meaning all of that energy from the battery ends up motivating the vehicle. Versus other electric drive units, the example in the Vision EQXX has 44% lower drivetrain losses, improving range by another 2%.
Little heat is generated by the electric drivetrain because of its high levels of efficiency. That means the Vision EQXX only needed passive cooling throughout the trip. The underbody cooling plate uses airflow to maintain even cooling. It also increases the range by 20 km or 12 miles and ensures the car's drag coefficient remains low. Further helping improve efficiency are guides that actively help you drive more efficiently. The efficiency assistant provides data on energy flow, battery status, topography, and the direction of the sun and wind, all of which are geared to help the driver.
By the end of the trip, the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX has proven it can travel great distances in the real world. The automaker notes this is just the beginning as it continues to find ways to improve efficiency and range for its upcoming lineup of fully electric vehicles.
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Puerto Rico celebrates El Yunque National Forest Quarter.
Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios joined Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock at the El Portal Rain Forest Visitor Center in Puerto Rico to celebrate the release of the El Yunque National Forest quarter. The coin's reverse (tails side) depicts a Coqui tree frog sitting on a leaf and a Puerto Rican parrot behind an epiphyte plant with tropical flora in the background. The coin is the first to be released in 2012 and the 11th overall in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
"El Yunque National Forest is a perfect selection for the America the Beautiful Quarters Program," said Treasurer Rios. "As Americans use this new quarter, they will connect to the stories of the endangered Puerto Rican parrot, the magnificent effort you are making to rescue this beautiful bird from extinction, and the biodiverse national treasure that is its home — El Yunque National Forest."
Additional participants in the event included El Yunque National Forest supervisor Pablo Cruz and Channel 6 TV producer Maria Falcon, who served as master of ceremonies. The event culminated in a coin exchange where members of the crowd traded their currency for rolls of the El Yunque National Forest quarter.
El Yunque National Forest was first established as a national site on January 17, 1903. It is the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System. Despite the forest's relatively small 28,000-acre size, it is significant for its immense biodiversity and is popular with visitors for its year-round tropical climate. More than one million visitors from all over the world visit the forest each year to sample its eco-tourism pleasures while developing a greater understanding of its ecological importance by walking along the many beautiful trails.


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Amazon Web Services Direct Connect Now Available in the EdgeConneX® Portland Edge Data Center®
New AWS Direct Connect Location Extends Cloud Access to the Edge
Herndon, VA – May 2, 2016 – EdgeConneX®, specializing in global data center solutions at the edge of the network, today announces the availability of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect in its Portland Edge Data Center®. With AWS Direct Connect, companies in the Pacific Northwest can connect their IT infrastructure directly to Amazon Web Services, establishing a private connection to the cloud that can reduce costs, increase performance and provide a more consistent network experience. The announcement marks the first metro offering for AWS Direct Connect in Portland and the first AWS deployment for EdgeConneX.
The idea of bringing content, the cloud and applications closer to end-users is one that has been predicted by many industry experts. Specifically, in a report titled "The Edge Manifesto: Digital Business, Rich Media, Latency Sensitivity and the Use of Distributed Data Centers" (July 2015), Gartner analyst Bob Gill states, "We've begun the move to digital business, including rich content via mobile devices, where people, their devices and even unattended "things" become actors in transactions." Gill further predicts, "To optimize the experience, Gartner believes the topology of networked data centers will push over the next five years from a centralized, mega data center approach, to one augmented by multiple, smaller, distributed sources and sinks of content and information, whether located in distributed, enterprise-owned data centers, hosting providers, colocation or the cloud."
"The Internet of Everywhere requires a highly diverse and distributed content and cloud architecture, with the network edge extended beyond traditional major peering hubs to ensure the service quality and experience expected by today's enterprises and consumers," remarks Clint Heiden, chief commercial officer, EdgeConneX. "AWS Direct Connect provides the Portland/Hillsboro regional enterprise and consumer end-users an easy, high-performance and private on-ramp to the cloud at the edge, enabling access to Amazon's powerful web services and effective deployment of hybrid solutions supported by EdgeConneX's world-class EDC infrastructure."
The EdgeConneX Portland EDC is purpose-built to offer security, speed and performance improvements. These innovations enable customers to deliver digital content, cloud and applications to end-users as fast as possible. Edge Data Centers are proximity-based, strategically located nearest to the end-user's point of access to reduce network latency and optimize performance. Local proximity access also brings the cloud closer to the enterprise, enabling a more secure, real-time access to cloud applications and services while offering reduced backbone transport costs.
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The Mirage Hotel & Casino
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Kid-friendly amenities, including a dolphin habitat
Confusing layout
Built in 1989, The Mirage Hotel & Casino was a big gamble for notorious hotelier Steve Wynn, with its cascading waterfalls, rainforest roughage, luscious lagoons and giant "active" volcano spread out across an unprecedented 102 acres. And although the hotel gets credit for the sheer breadth of commitment to the theme, traversing through the rainforest to get around can become tiresome after a while. The Mirage does have some of the nicest swimming holes in Las Vegas, though, from the oasis-like pool out back to the more private, adults-only Bare pool (Las Vegas code for topless) nestled around the corner. The popular Beatles-inspired LOVE Cirque du Soleil show finds its home here, as does one of the best casinos on the Strip. When you're ready to brave the crowds, you'll find The Mirage Hotel & Casino sandwiched between Treasure Island and the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace.
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Resort hotel and casino, 3044 rooms
Opulent, Modern
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With an on-site dolphin habitat, an incredible pool, the corny but spectacular volcano show, and multigenerational clientele, fun at the Mirage comes as close to wholesome and all-ages as it gets on the Las Vegas Strip.
The pool is open and heated all year, and considered one of the best on the Strip thanks to a lagoon-like setting, waterfalls, and waterslides.
With an emphasis on the exotic that pervades everything from the architecture to the tasteful tropical decor, the Mirage is one of the premier hotels on the Vegas Strip.
A hotel's guest rating is calculated using data provided under license by TripAdvisor. A total of 22441 have reviewed the The Mirage Hotel & Casino, giving it a rating of 4, on a scale of 1-5.
TripAdvisor Travel Rating: 4.0 (based on 22441 reviews)
Guest rooms at The Mirage are decorated in a modern style and earth tones. All rooms have Sealy Posturepedic pillow-top mattresses, flat-screen TVs and iHome docks, plus a work area with USB and Ethernet ports. Bathrooms are small, but marble-accented.
Daily $35 resort fee covers Wi-Fi access, use of the fitness center, daily newspaper and local calls
Upgraded suites and villas offer more square footage and luxury amenities
Located on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip, The Mirage Hotel & Casino sits between Treasure Island and the Forum Shops, across the street from The Venetian and Harrah's. It was one of the first big Vegas megaresorts and is one of the most family-friendly properties on the Strip. The Mirage offers access to pedestrian walkways and bridges that allow visitors to walk from one resort to another without crossing the busy Vegas streets on ground level.
Resort tram transports guests between the Mirage and Treasure Island
About 4 miles north of McCarran International Airport
There is a $35 per night resort fee
24-hour valet parking ($18)
24-hour self-parking ($10)
Car service (with fee)
The Mirage offers several fine dining establishments, including celebrity chef Tom Colicchio's Heritage Steak which focuses on meats prepared over an open flame, as well as the Italian costal cuisine found at chef Michael LaPlaca's Portofino Ristorante. Both the new OTORO and Fin serve gourmet Asian cuisine. The resort also houses a variety of casual options, such as the Carnegie Delicatessen, the Cravings Buffet, STACK, The Still, LVB Burgers and Bar, California Pizza Kitchen, the 24-hour Pantry featuring breakfast and American classics and the poolside Paradise Café. Additionally, visitors will find several snack options, including Blizz Frozen Yogurt, Starbucks and The Roasted Bean.
24-hour room service available
The Mirage has a total of 12 bars and nightclubs including Revolution, Rhumbar and 1 Oak
Number of restaurants: 14
Cuisine Types: Buffet, Asian, Italian, American
The resort offers three pool areas. The sprawling Mirage Pool is open to all resort guests and is divided into five sections – including one section with three lane markers for swimming laps. The Dolphin Bar and Paradise Café provide poolside refreshments and drink service is available to guests in lounge chairs. For guests 21 and older, there's the Private Oasis – a small pool area with VIP service. Plus, there's the adults-only BARE Pool Lounge which offers two small party pools with Euro-style sunbathing (topless for women) and a full-service bar.
The Mirage Pool is heated and open year-round; although the cabanas and some areas are closed in the winter
The Private Oasis and Bare Pool Lounge require additional admission charges and are closed in the winter
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The Mirage has a full-service salon and spa that offers typical treatments, and a two-station barbershop for men's services. The spa has therapeutic massages and skin treatments, along with separate men's and women's steam rooms, whirlpools and saunas.
Meditation rooms available
For access to spa facilities, guest can pay $30 per day
Guests must be 18 or older
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The Mirage offers multiple family-friendly attractions, like Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat along with nightly volcano eruptions and a 20,000-gallon saltwater aquarium behind the check-in desk. The hotel also offers a range of dining options suitable for children, plus kids menus are available at California Pizza Kitchen and children get a discounted price at the Cravings Buffet.
Volcano erupts nightly from 8 p.m. to midnight
Part of the pool area is kid-friendly
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The Mirage fitness center offers treadmills, elliptical machines and exercise bikes as well as free weights and Pilates balls. All of the cardio machines have personal flat-screen TVs.
Complimentary fruit, newspapers and bottled water
Fitness center open 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily
Special yoga classes with dolphins offered Friday to Sunday (reservations limited) and cost $50 for a one-hour class
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The Mirage has a full-service business facility and event center, plus catering and event planners are available to assist in hosting trade shows, meetings and private events. The Mirage Event Center offers 90,000 square feet of space, and can be divided into smaller sections. The 40,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom offers a pillarless event space with a recessed stage. The resort's business center has private offices and 24-hour internet kiosks, plus an extensive list of business services.
Outdoor event space is available
In-house audiovisual staff
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The Mirage does not have an on-site golf course but as part of the MGM Resorts group, guests have access to the private Shadow Creek Golf Course. The 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed course is about 16 miles north of the resort.
The Mirage offers personal limo service from The Strip and caddie service
Shadow Creek Golf Course is available to MGM Resort guests only
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The hotel does not have an on-site wedding chapel, but ceremonies can be arranged at sister properties, Bellagio and MGM Grand, or in different on-site venues. The Mirage Volcano, the pool and any of the hotel's ballrooms can be transformed into a venue for a wedding or reception.
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Présentées dans une scénographie évoquant les historiques « chambres des merveilles », les œuvres de l'exposition ont cette année pour fil rouge la sentence japonaise d'Ichi-go ichi-e (一期一会), issue de la pensée bouddhiste zen. Traduite littéralement par « Une chance, une rencontre », cette maxime incite à apprécier la saveur de l'instant, car aucune expérience commune ne se produira jamais plus de la même manière. L'invitation fut donc lancée aux artistes, d'entendre à leur façon ce sujet et rendre tangible l'instant parfois déterminant de la rencontre en tant que point de départ de tous les possibles.
The Galerie Da-End is pleased to introduce this spring its seventh contemporary cabinet of curiosities, a major rendez-vous of the gallery's annual program and result of a dialogue between the work of thirty international artists and tribal objects.
Presented in a scenography reminiscent of the historical « rooms of wonders », the artworks featured in the exhibition follow this year the underlying theme of Ichi-go ichi-e (一期一会), a Japanese maxim that stems from zen buddhism. Literally translated by « One chance, one meeting », this saying encourages each one to fully appreciate the instant, for no common experience will ever occur the same way. The invitation was therefore launched to the artists, to construe this subject in their own way and make visible the sometimes decisive moment of the encounter, as a starting point for all things possible.


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Q: SLR of transformed data in R For Y = % of population with income below poverty level and X = per capita income of population, I have constructed a box-cox plot and found that the lambda = 0.02020:
bc <- boxcox(lm(Percent_below_poverty_level ~ Per_capita_income, data=tidy.CDI), plotit=T)
bc$x[which.max(bc$y)] # gives lambda

Now I want to fit a simple linear regression using the transformed data, so I've entered this code
transform <- lm((Percent_below_poverty_level**0.02020) ~ (Per_capita_income**0.02020))
transform

But all I get is the error message
'Error in terms.formula(formula, data = data) : invalid power in formula'. What is my mistake?

A: You could use bcPower() from the car package.
## make sure you do install.packages("car") if you haven't already
library(car)
data(Prestige)
p <- powerTransform(prestige ~ income + education + type ,
                    data=Prestige,
                    family="bcPower")

summary(p)
# bcPower Transformation to Normality
# Est Power Rounded Pwr Wald Lwr Bnd Wald Upr Bnd
# Y1    1.3052           1       0.9408       1.6696
#
# Likelihood ratio test that transformation parameter is equal to 0
# (log transformation)
# LRT df       pval
# LR test, lambda = (0) 41.67724  1 1.0765e-10
#
# Likelihood ratio test that no transformation is needed
# LRT df    pval
# LR test, lambda = (1) 2.623915  1 0.10526

mod <- lm(bcPower(prestige, 1.3052) ~ income + education + type, data=Prestige)
summary(mod)
#
# Call:
#   lm(formula = bcPower(prestige, 1.3052) ~ income + education +
#        type, data = Prestige)
#
# Residuals:
#   Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max
# -44.843 -13.102   0.287  15.073  62.889
#
# Coefficients:
#   Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
# (Intercept) -3.736e+01  1.639e+01  -2.279   0.0250 *
#   income       3.363e-03  6.928e-04   4.854 4.87e-06 ***
#   education    1.205e+01  2.009e+00   5.999 3.78e-08 ***
#   typeprof     2.027e+01  1.213e+01   1.672   0.0979 .
# typewc      -1.078e+01  7.884e+00  -1.368   0.1746
# ---
#   Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
#
# Residual standard error: 22.25 on 93 degrees of freedom
# (4 observations deleted due to missingness)
# Multiple R-squared:  0.8492,  Adjusted R-squared:  0.8427
# F-statistic:   131 on 4 and 93 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

A: Powers (more often represented by ^ than ** in R, FWIW) have a special meaning inside formulas [they represent interactions among variables rather than mathematical operations]. So if you did want to power-transform both sides of your equation you would use the I() or "as-is" operator:
I(Percent_below_poverty_level^0.02020) ~ I(Per_capita_income^0.02020)

However, I think you should do what @DaveArmstrong suggested anyway:

*

*it's only the predictor variable that gets transformed

*the Box-Cox transformation is actually (y^lambda-1)/lambda (although the shift and scale might not matter for your results)

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Disability Studies: A Student's Guide
This textbook brings together a wide range of expert voices from the field of disability studies and the disabled people's movement to tackle the essential topics relevant to this area of study. From the outset disability is discussed from a social model perspective, demonstrating how future practice and discourse could break down barriers and lead to more equal relationships for disabled people in everyday life.
An interdisciplinary and broad-ranging text, the book includes 50 chapters on topics relevant across health and social care. Reflective questions and suggestions for further reading throughout will help readers gain a critical appreciation of the subject and expand their knowledge.
This will be valuable reading for students and professionals across disability studies, health, nursing, social work, social care, social policy and sociology.
Psycho-Emotional Disablism
By: Donna Reeve
In:Disability Studies: A Student's Guide
Subject:Disability & Rehabilitation (general), Sociology of Health & Illness
Keywords:disabled people
DonnaReeve
While the social model of disability has been very effective at campaigning for the full inclusion of disabled people as active citizens, some feminists within Disability Studies have argued that the focus on the public barriers 'out there' has neglected the impact of [Page 123]disabling barriers that operate at a more personal inner level. Drawing on the UPIAS statement which underpins the social model of disability, Thomas (2007) has produced an extended social relational definition of disablism which includes reference to both the public and private forms of social oppression: 'Disablism is a form of social oppression involving the social imposition of restrictions of activity on people with impairments and the socially engendered undermining of their psycho-emotional well-being' (Thomas 2007: 73, my emphasis).
Using ...
Reeve, D. (Ed.) (2014). Psycho-emotional disablism. SAGE Publications Ltd, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473957701
Reeve, Donna, ed. Disability Studies: A Student's Guide. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473957701.
Reeve, D. ed., 2014. Disability Studies: A Student's Guide. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473957701> [Accessed 31 Jan 2023].
Reeve, Donna, editor. Disability Studies: A Student's Guide. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014. SAGE Knowledge, 31 Jan 2023, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473957701.
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Found this function from bin-co. Haven't tested the function but I think it might be useful for me in the future.
//Get the result of the query as a CSV stream.
This entry was posted in programming and tagged csv, php on July 15, 2010 by invtr.


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Q: Why is text displayed behind absolute positioned image with CSS? Using this HTML, I can't figure why the text displays behind the image:

This is some text, drawn on the page after the image, why is it drawn behind the image?

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Tested in Chrome on Mac & PC and IE on PC.

A: Refer this https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/position
Try this or set as per your requirement

This is some text, drawn on the page after the image, why is it drawn behind the image?

A: It's because you set the image's position to absolute.

A: Might be a bit toooo late to answer, but could be useful for somebody:
The solution is to set z-index: -1; to the image. Probably should wrap text in
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A: This article can answer your question: z-index explained
TL;DR: Positioned elements are stacked over non-positioned elements, so just add  position: relative to the text you want stacked on top.

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We believe that meeting the needs of our More Able students is an important part of our inclusive school ethos. Through our More Able programme we aim to support these students in every possible way.
During lessons, teachers stretch and challenge the students' learning. Outside of lesson time these students benefit from a wide range of extra-curricular activities such as residential visits, master classes, workshops and visits to top universities.
Information about how our school further supports more able students can be found here.


They're a vital lifeline. They're a potential death trap. They're a bonanza for profiteers. They symbolize Palestinians' will to survive. It shows their determination to do so against all odds.
Decades of Israeli viciousness haven't deterred them. They're not about to quit now.
Besieged Gazans struggle to survive. Tunnel supplied goods are essential. After Egypt's military ousted Mohamed Morsi, conditions went from bad to worse.
His supporters threatened reprisals. Gazans have no involvement. Hamas was wrongfully blamed for clashes between unidentified militants and Egyptian forces.
"The Egyptian military activity in the Sinai is coordinated with Israeli security elements and authorized at the most senior levels in Israel, in order to contend with security threats in the Sinai that pose a threat to both Israel and Egypt."
At issue is inflicting more punishment on besieged Gazans. Rafah crossing is closed much of the time. Palestinians needing urgent medical care unavailable in Gaza can't get it.
Anti-Gazan sentiment peaked after Morsi's election. Egypt's military, opposition political elements and supportive media exploited his perceived alliance with Hamas.
They held him responsible for Sinai violence. They wrongfully blamed Palestinians. They called them Muslim Brotherhood militants.
Israel, its media, and PA officials hyped the Big Lie. They did it for self-serving reasons. Egypt cracked down hard on Gaza. Goods permitted to enter dropped sharply.
Restricted amounts of food, fuel, medical supplies, and other essentials entered through Rafah crossing. Gaza's tunnel economy slowed dramatically.
Operators fearer detection. For months, Egypt destroyed hundreds of tunnels. Major General Ahmed Ibrahim heads Egypt's Border Guards Force.
Since January 2011, he estimates 1,055 tunnels destroyed. Armed forces and military intelligence work cooperatively. They monitor over 13 kilometers around Rafah's border with Egypt.
As long as they worked in tunnels, Samir and his brother Yussef suspected death might follow. "When Yussef did die," he succumbed much as they imagined.
It was "under a crushing hail of earth." Both brothers were on a night shift. They were doing maintenance.
Samer was near the tunnel's entrance. Yussef and two co-workers were well inside.
"They were trying to wedge a piece of plywood into the wall to shore it up when it began collapsing."
It did so a second time. Yussef disappeared. Samir heard crashing sounds. He entered the tunnel crawling.
He and others began digging. The tunnel began collapsing again. "We didn't know what to do," said Samir. "We felt helpless."
He spoke about beginning tunnel work years earlier. "I didn't want to, but I had no choice," he said.
"You can die at any moment. " Some tunnels are properly built, maintained and ventilated. Others aren't.
Tunnel collapses, explosions, air strikes, Egyptian bulldozings, and fires happen often. Gazans call it "a way to paradise or death."
Most tunnel workers have injuries or health problems. Yussef developed chronic respiratory illness.
Samir said tunnel work feels "like a bad omen present all the time. We always expect something bad to happen." Often it does.
"The sons of the mukhtar share condolences with the family in the martyrdom of the hero Yussef."
Tunnels sustain life. Most are nearly a third of a mile long. They're around six stories below ground. They cost $50,000 or more to build.
Months of intense labor are required to do so. Israel wants them destroyed. It bombs them. It kills innocent civilians struggling to survive.
It prioritizes Palestinian suffering. It does so ruthlessly. It's lawless siege bears full responsibility. Egypt's complicity shares it.
Gaza's underground economy isn't new. It began in 1982. Following the 1979 Egyptian/Israeli peace treaty, Rafah was split.
Part was in Gaza, the rest in Egypt. Israel began demolishing tunnels. Early ones were built beneath homes.
New tunnels followed. Operations continued. Israel established a buffer zone along Rafah border areas.
From 2000 - 2004, around 1,700 homes were destroyed. After Hamas won January 2006 elections, embargo conditions began.
In mid-2007, siege was imposed. Egypt cooperated. It still does. Gaza's tunnel economy substitutes. It's a vital subsistence lifeline.
Thousands of Palestinians work building them. Thousands more provide engineering, transportation and other services.
"We did not choose to use the tunnels. But it was too hard for us to stand still during the siege and expect war and poverty."
Gaza reflects the heart of Palestinian resistance. Risking death below ground reflects it.
Tunnels supply most materials used for public works projects. Overall operations supply essentials vital to survive.
They include food, livestock, flour, milk, cheese, cooking oil, small generators, kerosene heaters, and virtually everything else most people take for granted.
Rafah crossing is the only above ground point of entry or egress. It's ill-equipped. It's often closed.
It's way inadequate to service 1.7 million Gazans. It can't provide all their needs. Tunnel economy operations supply most of them. It's a lifeline too vital to lose.
Construction is hazardous. Five to 12 men work 12 hour shifts six days a week. Operations continue round the clock.
Workers earn about $50 a shift. They do so six stories below ground. Conditions are chaotic. They're hazardous.
Dim lightbulbs flicker. Radio traffic blares. Dust-covered workers haul sacks out on sleds.
Tunnel entrances are large enough to accommodate several stooping men. They narrow considerably inside.
Death threaten workers from every direction. Egyptians at times pump in raw sewage or poison gas. Fires, cave-ins, explosions, air attacks, and other hazards endanger lives.
Besieged Gazans persist as best they can. Survival depends on goods tunnels provide. Destroying them creates enormous hardships.
On September 11, 2013, Bloomberg headlined "Gaza Goat Feed Prices Jump as Sealed Tunnels Hit Economy."
Muhamed Musa once saved over $2,000 monthly. He did so buying tunnel supplied goat feed.
He did it "until an Egyptian offensive shut the crawlways and forced him to import from Israel at a higher cost."
"Sales at his farm-supply shop have dropped by half. If the crisis in Egypt continues and the tunnels stay closed," we're in real trouble," he said.
Before Morsi's July 3 ouster, Hamas economy minister Ala al-Rafati said about 600 tunnels operated.
"Due to the ongoing Egyptian security campaign, 95 percent of (them) are inoperative," he explained.
"This has caused severe losses to the Gaza Strip economy," he added. He estimates around $460 million.
Perhaps it's much more than that. In late October, deputy economy minister Hatem Oweida estimated about $230 million lost monthly.
Tunnel closures "caused heavy losses to industry, commerce, agriculture and construction sectors" he said. Public revenues declined proportionately. Employment was severely impacted. It's well over 40%.
"The political upheaval in Egypt has battered the Gaza Strip economy and crippled manufacturing and agriculture."
Political scientist Mukhemer Abu Sada said Hamas is "under extreme political pressure."
"Their allies are being weakened, and they are seeing themselves increasingly isolated."
Egypt's cracking down harder than ever. Ordinary Palestinians suffer most. Tunnel operations are a shadow of earlier times.
"I miss the good old days when we were working round the clock. I don't believe Egypt's going to let us operate again."
Gazans yearn to be free. They don't intend letting Israeli ruthlessness deter them.


Shanti Home Psychiatry Rehabilitation Unit (Greater Noida) is a 50 bedded unit with short stay and long stay residential facility. The unit provides psychosocial rehabilitation services by multidisciplinary clinical mental health expert team for patients with chronic neuropsychiatric disorders with the functional disability of varying degree. The approach is structured psychosocial rehabilitation program tailored as per the individual patient's needs. It includes the initial comprehensive assessment of psychopathology and severity of the illness, associated positive symptoms and negative or deficit states, global assessment of functioning and disability if any using structured assessment tools, detailed assessment of family dynamics and social support, the available resource which may be utilized during the rehabilitation process. After the initial stabilization stage and initiation of activity scheduling a comprehensive intervention plan is initiated targeting the deficit areas, skills development, cognitive retraining if necessary followed by vocational training component. The process includes individual and group sessions as well as family intervention sessions. Cognitive Behavioural strategies are used for intervention. Towards the later stages insight facilitation and independent responsibility for compliance to medications is also attempted.
The unit also provides Day care facility.
OPD facility for Psychiatric Consultation, Counselling and treatment with Prior appointment.
Inpatient facilities include twin Sharing and General Ward facility.
Outings and recreational programmes including picnics, eating out activities, visits to local markets, malls, movie outings as part of Rehabilitation programme.


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Q: jQuery.post and joomla pass upload field I'm currently developing one component for joomla and on the front end i need tu upload photo.... The php code for upload is ready... The problem is that i want to make the pic upload onchange of file field named logo but it says that there's no such entry(javascript does not pass the fieldvalue or something)
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The part which is commented out has the same problem. So the question is how to make it work?
Thank you!

A: After a long time i managed to figure this out. As one of the forums told that there is no way to post file field i managed to create a jQuery check which checks for the file size,type..... Beacose i needed to check for file type and size that was the fasstest and easyest way to do it.


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Reality TV provides an education for self-help citizenship, author says
May 13, 2008 9:00 am by Craig Chamberlain | Social Sciences Editor | 217-333-2894EducationSocial Sciences
In "Better Living Through Reality TV," James Hay, a professor in the Institute of Communications Research at Illinois, explores the intersection of the reinvention of television with the reinvention of government that has taken place, in different forms, over the past two presidential administrations.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Many things have been said about reality TV, but "educational" has rarely been among them.
Yet whether we realize it or not, shows from "Survivor" to "The Apprentice" to the more-recent "Oprah's Big Give" are imparting lessons for an age of scaled-down and reinvented government, says University of Illinois professor and author James Hay.
"Increasingly, we are expected to shoulder the responsibility for our own welfare," according to Hay, and reality TV plays a role in emphasizing resources for self-help and self-empowerment. The reinvention of television has intersected with the reinvention of government that has taken place, in different forms, over the past two presidential administrations, he said.
Exploring that intersection and its implications is the task of "Better Living Through Reality TV," a recent book co-written by Hay, a professor in Illinois' Institute of Communications Research, and Laurie Ouellette, a professor of communication studies at the University of Minnesota.
"At a time when privatization, personal responsibility, and consumer choice are promoted as the best way to govern liberal capitalist democracies, reality TV shows us how to conduct and 'empower' ourselves as enterprising citizens," the authors write in the introduction. It has become "the quintessential technology of advanced or 'neo' liberal citizenship."
They note that there are reality TV programs directed at self-help or
self-empowerment in almost every aspect of life, whether it's success at work, in finding a mate, in transforming our bodies, in managing our homes, in self-government, in seeking charity or other assistance.
"It is a sign of the times that, in the absence of public welfare programs, hundreds of thousands of people now apply directly to reality TV programs for housing, affordable healthcare, and other forms of assistance," the authors write.
Yet even while shows such as "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" are helping a few families out of thousands who apply, the shows also are instructing viewers about resources or means for helping themselves, the authors write. Where those resources come with a brand name, as they often do, it also provides part of the show's revenue, as part of a new financial model for television programming.
The authors write that the charity shows in the reality TV genre rarely address larger societal or economic issues that may have played a part in a family's circumstances. The shows also often imply that government programs are uncaring or ineffective, and often emphasize the speed and efficiency of the private sector in transforming a family's life.
"You now have television as one of the ways in which something called welfare, or the public good or public service in this country, is being privatized," Hay said. These shows essentially become an extension of government, providing not just entertainment, but a resource for caring for and protecting ourselves as citizens, but with commercial interests in mind, he said.


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Batman, Turkey
"Batman City" redirects here. For the 2011 video game, see Batman: Arkham City. For other uses, see Batman (disambiguation).
Batman (Kurdish: Êlih[3]) is a Kurdish-majority city[4] in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey and the capital of Batman Province. It lies on a plateau, 540 meters (1,772 feet) above sea level, near the confluence of the Batman River and the Tigris. The Batı Raman oil field, which is the largest oil field in Turkey, is located just outside the city. Batman has a local airport and a military airbase, which was used for transit of aircraft and helicopters in some search and rescue operations during the Gulf War.
Location of Batman, Turkey
Coordinates: 37°52′50″N 41°07′39″E / 37.88056°N 41.12750°E / 37.88056; 41.12750Coordinates: 37°52′50″N 41°07′39″E / 37.88056°N 41.12750°E / 37.88056; 41.12750
Southeastern Anatolia
• Elected Mayor
Mehmet Demir (democratically elected, imprisoned) (HDP)
• Acting Mayor (Governor of Batman Province)
Hulusi Şahin
Osman Bilici
• District
563.59 km2 (217.60 sq mi)
• Urban
• District density
UTC+3 (TRT)
72x xx
http://www.batman.bel.tr
Until the 1950s, Batman was a village, with a population of about 3,000. However, oil fields were discovered around it in the 1940s that resulted in a rapid development of the area and in the inflow of workforce from other parts of Turkey. In 1957, the village was renamed Batman, after the river namesake, received a city status and became a district center. Over the next 50 years, a significant amount of Batman's one-story buildings were rebuilt as multi-story buildings. As a result, its population grew to many times its previous size. A 511 km (318 mi) km long oil pipeline was built in 1967 from Batman to the port city of Dörtyol near the easternmost point of the Mediterranean coast in order to transport the crude oil from the Batman refinery. In 1990, the city became the capital of Batman Province.
Apart from oil, which is by far the dominant commodity of the region, Batman produces beverages, processed food, chemicals, furniture, footwear, machinery and transport equipment. A university was established in 2007, Batman University, and is part of the Erasmus foreign student exchange program.
1.2 Modern history
2 Politics
3 Demographics
4.1 Oil fields
4.2 Pipelines
5 Education and sports
5.1 Education
5.1.1 Batman University
5.2 Sports
9 Notable people
Hasankeyf was an ancient town and district located along the Tigris River in the Batman Province
Mausoleum of Zeynel Bey, son of Sultan Uzun Hasan (Hasan the Tall) of the Aq Qoyunlu dynasty, or White Sheep Turkomans (1378–1508)
View of Batman
A Kurdish village in Batman
The Batman Province contains the strategic Tigris River with fertile lands by its sides, as well as rocky hills with numerous caves providing a natural shelter. As a result, it was inhabited from prehistoric times, likely from the Neolithic (Paleolithic) period, according to archeological evidence. First documented evidence of settlements in the province dates back to the 7th century BC. An artificial "island" was created in this marshy area, which was named elekhan and stood independent for 194 years from 546 BC until the invasion of Alexander the Great in 352 BC. The Batman Province was a religious center in the 4th–6th centuries AD and was part of the Byzantine Empire for seven centuries. In the 11th–12th centuries became under the control of the Great Seljuq Empire and Artuqids and became a prominent outpost of the Silk Road. This area was populated by Syriac Christians and had a significant presence of Pontic Greeks, Assyrians, Baghdadi Jews and Armenians; these peoples lived in the region from 500 BC to the late 19th century. Significant changes in its management and language were brought in 1515 by Mahmoud Pasha Elekhani. It is believed that a variant of his name, Elah, was transformed into Iluh and gave the old name to the Batman city.[5][6]
The locality was made the capital of a district in the Siirt Province in 1957[5] and as the Batman province was founded in May 1990, also its capital.[7] The city was connected with Istanbul in 1944 by a railway line. This was the major transportation route until the 1950s when highways gradually became more important. Until the 1950s, Batman was a village of some 3,000 people;[8] it was called Iluh and belonged to the Siirt Province. It was first located in the Elmedin district of Siirt. The entire district disappeared in the early 1926 due to the flood of the Batman River. After that, Iluh became part of Beşiri sub-province.[9] On 2 September 1957, the village became a district center and renamed Batman after the river flowing nearby, which was known under its modern name since at least the 19th century.[10] On 16 May 1990 it was designated the capital of the Batman Province.[6]
This administrative evolution reflected the rapid growth of the city owing to its oil extraction and refinement industries. Oil was found in the region in the 1930s and the oldest in Turkey refinery was built in 1955 to process crude oil of the Raman and Garzan areas. The refinery is operated by Tüpraş, it has a processing capacity of 1.1 million tonnes per year and storage capacity of 253 billion m3.[5][11][12]
Development of the oil fields outside the city resulted in a rapid growth of Batman beginning in the 1950s. As a result, the city was declared a "Priority Region for Development". A high school was established in the city in 1975 and most one-story houses were rebuilt into multi-story buildings. However, the large inflow of labor for the oil industry resulted in construction of hundreds of unauthorized small buildings on the outskirts of the city. Because of the wind direction, most industrial complexes were located in the southern and south-eastern areas.[13] The oil-related development of Batman also resulted in relocation of Turkish people into a mostly Kurd-populated Batman Province. This has brought ethnic conflicts that escalated in the 1990s. More than 180 civilians were killed in the Batman city area by unidentified gunmen between 1992 and 1993.[14] In June 2000, the then-Mayor Abdullah Akın attempted to rename up to 200 streets, and give them names of events of the Kurdish history or of people who supported the Kurdish culture. A Turkish court did not allow some names, but other names passed.[15]
In the local elections in December 1977, a candidate who openly supported Kurdish rights,[16] Edip Sönmez, won the elections.[17] He was murdered in 1979.[18] The Kurdish Mayors Abdullah Akın (1999-2002),[19] Hüseyin Kalkan (2002-2009)[20] and Necdet Atalay[21] have all faced prosecutions and were in prison. The former mayor of Batman Nejdet Atalay, was a member of the Kurdish Democratic Society Party until the Constitutional Court of Turkey banned that party on 11 December 2009 for alleged ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party. This decision banned him and 35 other members of the now-disbanded political party from joining any political party for five years.[22] In 2014 Sabri Özdemir won the elections.[23] But he was suspended as mayor in October 2015 for "Self governance" remarks[24] and later dismissed.[25]
In the local elections of March 2019, Mehmet Demir was elected Mayor of Batman.[26] But on 23 February 2020, he was dismissed and a trustee was appointed.[27] Kaymakam is Osman Bilici.[28]
According to the national census data collected between 1990 and 2000, the population of Batman is growing at a rate of 5% per year.[29] By 2008, it reached a population of 298,342, with a male to female ratio of 1.015.[30] According to the 2000 census, about 50% of population is married[31] and has about 5 children per family. About 5 people are living together in one house as family.[32] The unemployment rate is about 20% for males and 10% for females.[33] Kurdish is the main first-language in the city. [4]
Batman Airport
Batman's primary commodity is oil, as there are multiple oil fields in the nearby area. These oil fields have spurred the creation of multiple pipelines to transmit oil to and from several important cities. Apart from oil, which is by far the dominant commodity of the region, Batman produces beverages, processed food, chemicals, furniture, footwear, machinery and transport equipment.[34]
Oil fields
Search for oil in the Batman Province started in 1935. On 20 April 1940, oil was found at a depth of 1,048 metres (3,438 feet) at the Raman oil field, located south-east of Batman. The first experimental well began producing 10 tonnes (about 62 barrels (9.9 m3)) of oil per day on 6 June 1940. The field was set to be expanded for commercial production by 1945, but the production was delayed to 1947 due to the lack of storage. To solve this, a small refinery was built at the site with a capacity of 9 tonnes/day in 1947, and in November 1948 a bigger refinery capable of processing up to 200 tonnes/day was completed in Batman. An even bigger refinery (330 tonnes/d) was completed in Batman in 1955.[35] Several other oil fields were discovered later around Batman, the largest being Batı Raman oil field, which produces about 7,000 barrels (1,100 m3) of oil daily.[36]
A 511 km (318 mi) km long oil pipeline was built in 1967 from Batman to Dörtyol, a port city located near the easternmost point of the Mediterranean coast, to transport the crude oil from the Batman region. The pipeline has an annual capacity of 3.5 million tonnes and was transporting about 20 million barrels (3,200,000 m3) (about 2.7 million tonnes) in the 1990s and about twice less between 2003 and 2007. Another, short pipeline 41 kilometres (25 miles) long connected Batman with Şelmo, which is the location of the second largest oil field in Turkey.[37] It transferred between 1.5 and 0.5 million barrels (79,000 m3) of oil per year between the years of 1990 and 2007. Both pipelines are operated by BOTAŞ.[38][39]
Education and sports
According to the census of 2000, 15% males and 43% females of Batman were categorized as illiterate. Within the literate part, about 33% males and 29% females have not finished secondary school, 3.3% males and 0.9% females had university education, and about 13% males and 3.8% females had completed a high-school or an equivalent program.[40] There are 71 elementary and 12 high schools in Batman.
Batman University
The city also has a university, Batman University, which was founded on 27 May 2007. It employs about 140 staff members and has the faculties of Science and Letters, Technical Education, and Engineering, which mostly cover topics about engineering, business, and administration. About 2,500 students, who come from different parts of Turkey, study at the university. The university is part of the Erasmus foreign student exchange program.[41]
Association football is the most popular sport in Batman. The city has a professional football club, Batman Petrolspor, which was formed in 1960 and plays in the third division TFF Third League. The club was named after the petroleum industry of the city. Another local football team, 72 Batmanspor, participates in the Amateur League. There is a football stadium in Batman, which has a seating capacity of 4,900 spectators.[42]
Another popular sport is wrestling. Freestyle wrestlers from Batman have won national competitions, and Ali Riza Alan won gold in 1970 and silver in 1974 in world championships in the weight category under 52 kg (115 lb).[43] The major sport venue of Batman, Atatürk Sports Hall, can accommodate 1,000 spectators and supports many athletics, such as badminton, basketball, gymnastics, wrestling, folk dance, handball, martial arts (such as kurash, judo, aikido, wushu, karate and taekwondo), table tennis, volleyball and swimming.[44]
Batman is connected by highways and railway with the nearby cities of Diyarbakır and Kurtalan and with the capital Ankara. The distance (using highways) to Istanbul is 1,465 km (910 mi), to Ankara 1,012 km (629 mi), and to İzmir 1,520 km (944 mi). There is also a regional airport outside of Batman at 37°55′46″N 41°07′05″E / 37.929481°N 41.118021°E / 37.929481; 41.118021, which provides direct flights to İzmir, Ankara and Istanbul.[34][45] The airport is combined with the military Batman Air Base. The base was renovated after the US-Turkey agreement in 1982 to make the base available for US tactical aircraft acting within NATO forces. This allowed them to patrol the region of Caucasus, Turkey and Iran without refueling.[46] The base was then used for aid delivery and rescue missions in Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War.[47][48]
Batman is built on a flat plateau elevated at 540 m (1,772 ft) above the sea level, though there is a declining slope of up to 0.6° in the northeastern and southern areas.[49] There are almost no forests in and around the city. The Iluh River, a tributary of the Batman River, flows through the city. The soil mostly consists of soft and porous clay; it is unstable and is easily eroded with rain and floods of the Batman and Iluh rivers. The floods usually occur between March and May, although they sometimes occur between October and November. Major floods occurred in 1969 (April, 60 buildings damaged), 1972 (April and May, 210 buildings damaged), 1991 (November, 500 buildings flooded), 1995 (March, nearly 1000 buildings submerged and 450 damaged) and 2006 (October, 11 people died and 20 injured).[50][51]
Batman has a hot summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa, Trewartha: Cs). Summers in the city are, on average, one of the hottest in the nation, averaging 30.9 °C (87.6 °F) in July. Rainfall is almost non-existent during the summer months, with many summer months passing by without measurable precipitation. Winters are cool and wet with frosty nights. Snowfall is sporadic between the months of December and March, snowing for a week or two, with a record snow depth of 32.0 cm (12.6 in).
Climate data for Batman (1991–2020, extremes 1959–2020)
Record high °C (°F)
Daily mean °C (°F)
Record low °C (°F)
−24.0
(−11.2) −22.2
(−8.0) −17.0
(1.4) −9.0
(18.3) −23.0
(−11.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
(2.30) 67.9
(1.78) 9.1
(2.67) 493.6
Average precipitation days
11.07 10.33 11.77 11.67 8.93 2.30 0.57 0.30 1.37 6.37 7.13 10.27 82.1
Average relative humidity (%)
Mean monthly sunshine hours
99.2 130.0 170.5 219.0 279.0 348.0 368.9 347.2 294.0 217.0 159.0 90.0 2,721.8
Mean daily sunshine hours
3.2 4.6 5.5 7.3 9.0 11.6 11.9 11.2 9.8 7.0 5.3 3.0 7.4
Source 1: Turkish State Meteorological Service[52]
Source 2: Weatherbase[53]
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The highly effective and executives in general know cash flow turnarounds (new money) leverage on finding and doing first things first right the first time (FTFRTFT). The concept applies to most every process most all the time.
Go here for three stories that expand on FTFRTFT.
USA VALUES, LLC encourages and empowers communities to remove the education gap and subsequent economics disparities. It creates an Early Reading Skills Delivery (ERSD) focus on all age 0-6 children that especially includes all at risk children and their moms.
USA VALUES, LLC is designing to create a million Facebook friends; in +300 accounts; several million on an email list with permission; and business page links of at least 10,000,000.
This is most important to our combined positive expectations; critical to the continuous education and economic improvements that are individually first things first within our minority cultures. It will take at large social numbers to encourage our nation's local urban school districts to reach into the community. Districts will cause the delivery of 100% of the at risk children to kindergarten ready to read, count and understand positive expectations; within their present budgets and positive expectations for transformation, innovation and savings.
This can be started now. There is no choice but to start climbing out of the status quo with early reading skills delivered first things first.
A positive expectation would be no gap at kindergarten and no gap at grade 4 and many costs to be avoided in the government and schools.
The local entrepreneur has the opportunity to create social value and economic value in the local space.


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Q: Data tables load first time you look at a tab but not the second time I'm using Data tables on a number of my Dynamic Jquery Tabs. Each table loads fine the first time you look at a tab. But if I go back to a tab I've already viewed the data table doesn't load again.
I've noticed if Tab A has a data table, but Tab B doesn't.. if I view A then B then A the data table on A loads fine both times.
Here's the Jquery I'm using on each tab to load the table:
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Here's the code I'm using  to bring the tabs in:
$("#MainTabs").tab();
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    var contentURL = $(e.target).attr("href");
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Sentenced Zine
I got emailed about this a while ago and it looks kind of neat.
From: http://sentencedzine.wordpress.com/
"The next edition, to be launched April 2013, will feature artists from across Australia, each artist illustrating one of the sentences from the game. While Darwin is the home of the zine, with an exhibition set to be at Darwin Visual Arts Association for 2013, it will also travel to either Sydney or Melbourne for a second exhibition. With each yearly release of the zine, it will travel to different locations in Australia, broadening audiences as well as networking between contemporary art spaces across Australia. The zine is also a platform to represent emerging artists, providing an opportunity to be part of a yearly group show.
To become involved in Sentenced as an artist, art space or interested party, contact Coco and David at sentencedzine@gmail.com."
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'A Tremendous Responsibility'
Magnesia Specialties Division Protects Natural Resources on Land & Water
If you're standing anywhere within Michigan's borders, you're never more than 6 miles from an inland lake or 85 miles from a Great Lake. It's no wonder Michigan - home to more than 11,000 lakes - has earned the moniker, the "Great Lake State."
Ohio, Michigan's neighbor to the south, is another state with a nickname (the "Buckeye State") derived from one of its prominent environmental features, its buckeye trees.
With so much culture and history wound up in their respective landscapes, it's not surprising that Michiganians/Michiganders and Ohioans/Buckeyes value and take pride in their natural resources. Martin Marietta does, too.
It's within these two states that the Magnesia Specialties Division's manufacturing facilities make their home. At each location – one in Manistee, Michigan, the other in Woodville, Ohio – teams are constantly seeking innovative ways to make the best use of resources. Doing so is both cost-effective and environmentally necessary in the long term.
"Running our operations at peak efficiency limits our environmental impact and makes us more profitable," said Magnesia Specialties Division President John Harman. "We have a shared responsibility to protect our natural resources for the enjoyment of the local communities. It's a tremendous responsibility that we take quite seriously."
To that end, the division has undertaken a pair of recent efforts to make its operations increasingly sustainable.
In Manistee, staff at the Magnesia Chemicals facility are in the middle of a $1 million, multi-year effort to decrease water consumption from the Great Lakes system by 1 million gallons per day. Once completed, the new process will also substantially reduce the site's electricity usage.
At Woodville Lime and Stone, the team recently completed the design and construction of a $1.8 million briquetter that allows site operators to annually turn 40,000 tons of waste material into a valuable product that meets the needs of the customer base. The project, a continuation of a $53 million project completed in 2012, is reducing waste and electricity usage at the site and making better use of its precious reserves.
The Waters of Manistee
"There are three elements to sustainability: a social element, an economic element and an environmental element," said Bob Gutowski, director of engineering services at Magnesia Chemicals. "When all three elements converge, that's when you know you're working on something that is truly sustainable."
Gutowski (at right) said the Manistee plant has consistently worked to decrease its water usage over the years to ensure its processes were working efficiently.
For the past five years, he said, the site has been drawing about 3 million gallons of water each day from Manistee Lake, which directly connects to Lake Michigan.
Two-thirds of the flow is used as contact water to purify the operation's magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide products. The remaining 1 million gallons are used to cool high-temperature equipment. That water, which remains unchanged from the time it was first pulled from the lake, is then returned to nature, Gutowski said.
When the site's new water reclamation project is complete, the site will draw about 2 million gallons of water from Manistee Lake daily. One million gallons will still be used for cooling purposes, but instead of being discharged, it will instead be recycled as contact water to purify the products, Gutowski said.
While internally driven for the sake of efficiency and sustainability, the project also came about, in part, because of new environmental regulations soon to be implemented by the federal government that require operations using more than 2 million gallons of water per day and 25 percent or more of that water for once-through cooling processes to conduct additional environmental studies.
"The regulations are two-fold – if you use 2 million gallons and 25 percent. The government is requiring that we address either of those. We intend to address both," Gutowski said. "We're going to bring our usage down to 2 million gallons or less and we're going reuse virtually all of our once-through cooling water as contact water."
The project's benefits are many. Because less water will be used, energy costs associated with pumping it from the lake will decrease. Additionally, the new process will allow for more efficient washing of the products and, as a result, reduce the chemicals needed to treat the water afterward, Gutowski said, adding that product quality should also improve. The project will also place the operation out in front of governmental regulation.
Completion of the water reclamation project is expected later this year.
The Land of Woodville
Woodville is a small village of about 2,200 people living some 20 miles south of Toledo. To put the village's 1.3 square-miles (832 acres) in perspective: Martin Marietta's operation rests on 1,400 acres, or land that is nearly 60 percent larger than the village proper. To say that the Company's responsibility for the area's natural resources is great would be an understatement.
Tim Tawney, director of engineering services at Woodville Lime and Stone, said one of his goals is to maximize that site's 30 years of reserves as best he can. This is where the new briquetter comes into play.
The need for the machine – which was recently added to the site's east lime load-out – was identified in 2013 as staff at the operation was evaluating the impact of a $53 million capital project that added the #7 kiln to the grounds in the fall of the previous year.
Tawney said it wasn't long before the team found they were wasting time, resources and manpower disposing of lime fines.
It all comes down to size, he said. Most customers purchasing dolomitic lime from the Ohio operation prefer material greater a quarter-inch in size. What's left is an abundance of material smaller than a quarter-inch, a product that has no substantial market.
"We had to haul those fines back into our pit to dispose of them and that was putting us out of balance," Tawney said. "This project allows us to recover a majority of those fines so that we can put them into a good product we can ship to customers."
Placed beneath a silo, the briquetter produces dolomitic lime briquettes similar in shape to the charcoal briquettes used in a grill. Like the charcoal briquettes, the lime briquettes have a market and can be sold at a profit.
Greg Sparks, a project manager in engineering services, said the briquetter is not only a worthwhile addition to the site, but also one that was constructed after much thought.
"It's a really well-designed project," he said. "During the planning and installation, we included some of our maintenance and dust systems workforce and they did an excellent job contributing. They're the ones who will be working on this and performing the ongoing maintenance that will be required, so their feedback was vital."
Tawney (at right) said the briquetter, the second on the grounds, allows the team greater control over the pit and decreases the pressure on its reserves. Additionally, it has made the operation more efficient, opened up time no longer required to transport what was an unusable byproduct and cut down on the operation's overall energy costs.
Shareholders, Customers, Community
Harman, the division's president, praised employees in Manistee and Woodville for their successful efforts at making the operations more efficient and said the benefits will be realized by Company shareholders and customers, as well as the local communities.
Jim Reithel, the division's vice president of operations, said the projects exemplify the truly mutual benefits of sustainability.
"They demonstrate that efforts to reduce waste, minimize emissions and make prudent use of our natural resources can still go hand-in-hand with objectives to increase process efficiencies, meet the product quality expectations of our customers and effectively manage costs," he said.


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VANCOUVER — A&W Canada's string of firsts in the fast-food industry that focused on higher quality ingredients helped push its strong growth in its most recent quarter, said the burger chain's CEO.
"Innovation has certainly been the biggest driver of our business," said Susan Senecal during a conference call with analysts Wednesday after the company and A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund reported fourth-quarter results.
The burger chain's quarterly profit grew 19.5 per cent to $9.8 million, for the period ended Dec. 31, 2018, up from $8.2 million a year earlier. The improvement came as sales by restaurants in the royalty pool totalled $440 million, up 18 per cent from $372.7 million a year earlier.
Same-store sales grew 12.3 per cent, and Senecal said that the company achieved growth in all provinces and restaurant concepts.
She attributed that to all the elements of the chain's strategy coming together.
There are more restaurants open, especially in Ontario and Quebec, as the company is pursuing an aggressive growth plan, she said. It announced in 2016 plans to add 300 locations to its then 858 Canadian spots over the next five to seven years. In the most recent quarter, the number of restaurants climbed to 896 from 861 a year ago.
The burger joint's menu and ingredient changes have also enticed customers to either try out A&W or visit it more frequently, she said.
About two years ago, the chain launched all-day breakfast. More recently, it introduced the Beyond Meat plant-based burger that attempts to mimic beef's properties, including juiciness and chew. Consumers flocked to stores and the burgers were temporarily out of stock shortly after the launch.
In October, the chain announced it was swapping processed cheese for real cheese made using Canadian milk.
"It's the accumulation of the changes that we've made," said Senecal when asked about the strong same-store sales performance.
The fund raised its payment to unitholders to a monthly distribution of 14.7 cents per unit, up from 14.3 cents.
Royalty income for the quarter amounted to $13.2 million, up from $11.2 million.
The chain's full year profit was $31.6 million compared to $28.2 million the previous year. Sales from restaurants in the pool totalled $1.4 million compared to $1.2 million the previous year.
A&W units closed up $1.60 or 4.3 per cent to $38.60 in Wednesday trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.