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Weyer

Weyer may refer to:

Places
 Weyer, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Alsace, France
 Weyer, Austria, a town in Upper Austria
 Weyer, Germany, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate
 Weyer, New York, a hamlet
 Burgruine Weyer,  a ruined castle in Austria

People with the surname
 Francis Weyer, better known as Francis Goya (born 1946), Belgian composer and guitarist
 Jerry Weyer (born 1986), Luxembourgian politician
 Johann Weyer (1515–1588), Dutch physician, occultist, and demonologist
 Hannah Weyer, American filmmaker
 Hans Hermann Weyer, German socialite
 Jacob Weyer (1620s–1670), German painter
 Johann Peter Weyer (1794–1864), German architect
 Lee Weyer (1936–1988), American baseball umpire
 Martin Vander Weyer, British journalist and editor
 Sebastian Weyer, German Rubik's cube speedsolver
 Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802–1874), 8th Prime Minister of Belgium

See also
 
 Weijers, a surname; also Weyers
 Weyher
 Weyers
 Van de Weyer
Gilgit River

The Gilgit River () is a tributary of the Indus River, flowing through various districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, including Gupis-Yasin, Ghizer and Gilgit districts. The Gilgit River originates from Shandur Lake and proceeds to join the Indus River in proximity to the towns of Juglot and Bunji. This confluence is believed to mark the meeting point of three prominent mountain ranges: the Hindu Kush, the Himalaya, and the Karakoram ranges.. 

The upper sections of the Gilgit River are referred to as the Gupis River and Ghizer River.

See also
Shandur Pass

References

Tributaries of the Indus River
Rivers of Gilgit-Baltistan
Karakoram
Rivers of Pakistan
Hogging and sagging

In solid mechanics, structural engineering, and shipbuilding, hogging and sagging describe the shape that a beam or similar long object will deform into when loading is applied. Hogging describes a beam that curves upwards in the middle, and sagging describes a beam that curves downwards.

Ships

Dynamic stress
Hogging is the stress a ship's hull or keel experiences that causes the center or the keel to bend upward. Sagging is the stress a ship's hull or keel is placed under when a wave is the same length as the ship and the ship is in the trough of two waves. This causes the middle of the ship to bend down slightly, and depending on the level of bend, may cause the hull to snap or crack. 

Sagging or dynamic hogging may have been what sank the Prestige off Spain on 19 November 2002.

The 2013 loss of container ship MOL Comfort off the coast of Yemen was attributed to hogging. Subsequent lawsuits blamed the shipbuilder for design flaws.

Time-induced stress
Hogging, or "hog", also refers to the semi-permanent bend in the keel, especially in wooden-hulled ships, caused over time by the ship's center's being more buoyant than the bow or stern.  At the beginning of her 1992 refit,  had over 13 inches (33 cm) of hog. The keel blocks in the drydock were set up especially to support this curve.  During her three years in drydock, the center keel blocks were gradually shortened, allowing the hog to settle out.  Additionally, the diagonal riders specified in her original design to resist hogging, which had been removed in an earlier refit, were restored.  The similar-sized  had 36 inches (91 cm) of hog before refitting in the mid-1990s.

Cargo loading 

During loading and discharging cargo, ships bend (hog or sag) due to the distribution of the weights in the various holds and tanks on board.

The maximum amount of cargo that a vessel can load often depends on whether her Plimsoll mark is submerged or not. Therefore, sagging can reduce her effective cargo capacity – especially if her loadline has already been reached prematurely due to the sag.  This is taken into account when calculating cargo, by applying what is called a "3/4 mean draft". This method is also called the "two-thirds mean correction", directly derived from Simpson's first rule.

Structural beams

In building construction, the sagging of beams is called "deflection". The amount of deflection varies in accordance with the beam's stiffness, the span between supports, and the load it carries. Sagging is a common problem in older houses.

See also
 Glossary of nautical terms
 Strength of ships
 Hog chains

References

External links 

Constellation's 1994 restoration article has several photos showing the hogging.
Diagram showing hogging stress and the diagonal risers.

Structural analysis
Nautical terminology
Lac (region)

Lac () is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is Bol. It is chiefly composed of the former Lac Prefecture. The region includes Chad's portion of the shore of Lake Chad.

Geography
The region borders Kanem Region to the north and east, Hadjer-Lamis Region and Cameroon to the south, Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the northwest.

The region is dominated geographically by Lake Chad, a seasonally fluctuating lake of major importance in this part of Africa. The region receives an annual rainfall of  and has various vegetation zones.

Settlements
The regional capital is Bol; other major settlements include Bagassola, Daboua, Doum Doum, Kangalam, Kouloudia, Liwa, Ngouboua and Ngouri.

Demographics
Per the census of 2009, the population in the region was 451,369, 49.6% female. The average size of household was 4.60: 4.60 in rural households and 4.90 in urban areas. The number of households was 97,140: 94,857 in rural areas and 2,283 in urban areas. The number of nomads in the region was 16,025, 4.1% of the population. There were 450,424 people residing in private households. There were 194,211 over 18 years of age: 93,587 male and 100,624 female. The sex ratio was 101.00 females for every hundred males. There were 435,344 sedentary staff, 4.00 of the population.

The main ethnolinguistic groups are the Buduma (more than 18%), Fula and Kanembu (more than 66%).

Economy
The region is the principal agricultural segment in the whole country, producing cotton and groundnut, the two main cashcrops of the country. There are a variety of local crops like rice also grown in the region.

Administration 
The region of Lac is divided into two departments, namely, Mamdi (capital Bol) and Wayi (capital Ngouri). As a part of decentralisation in February 2003, the country is administratively split into regions, departments, municipalities and rural communities. The prefectures which were originally 14 in number were re-designated in 17 regions. The regions are administered by Governors appointed by the President. The Prefects, who originally held the responsibility of the 14 prefects, still retained the titles and were responsible for the administration of smaller departments in each region. The members of local assemblies are elected every six years, while the executive organs are elected every three years.

References

External links

 
Regions of Chad
Sakha (disambiguation)

Sakha Republic is a federal subject of Russia.

Sakha may also refer to:
 Sakha language, or Yakut, a Turkic language
 Sakha people, also Yakuts, a Turkic people
 Sakha scripts, writing systems for the Sakha language
 Xois, a town in Egypt also known as Sakha
 Sakha, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran
 Sakha Consulting Wings, a taxi service provided by women for women in Delhi, India

See also 
 Saha (disambiguation)
 Saka (disambiguation)
 Sakhi (disambiguation)
David Slater

David Slater (born November 22, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter.

Career
Slater was the male vocalist champion on TV's Star Search in 1987. Slater then signed a recording contract with Capitol Records and launched a country music career. He released two albums on Capitol in the late 1980s, Exchange of Hearts and Be with Me. Both albums were produced by Randy Scruggs. Several of Slater's radio singles including "I'm Still Your Fool" and "The Other Guy" reached the top 40 on Billboard and other charts. Notable backup singers on Slater's Capitol albums include Vince Gill and members of Australian rock band, Little River Band.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References
 

American male singer-songwriters
American country singer-songwriters
Living people
1962 births
JW Marriott Marquis Dubai

The JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Hotel is the world's second tallest hotel, a 72-storey,  twin-tower skyscraper complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  The AED1.8 billion complex features a 1,608-room hotel run by Marriott International.

History
This project, owned by the Emirates Group, was originally conceived as a single, , 77-storey tower intended to be completed in 2008 and built alongside the Sheikh Zayed Road. However, its design and location had to be changed because of the construction of a creek extension belonging to the Business Bay megaproject. The new twin-tower design was launched at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai in 2006 with  towers. However, the shape of the towers was modified and the height decreased to  in a later redesign. The concrete structural frames of both towers topped out in April 2010. By April 2011, the spires on both towers had been added and the outer structure of both towers almost completed. The buildings were completed in 2012, surpassing the Rose Rayhaan by Rotana as the world's tallest hotel.

With the first tower open, the hotel comprises 14 food and beverage outlets, rooftop bars, a business center, conference halls and meeting rooms, an extensive banquet hall, a  spa and health club, as well as retail outlets, a swimming pool, and a gymnasium.

The 2B+G+82 storey twin towers were completed in November 2012.

The hotel has 1364 standard guest rooms, 240 suites, 4 "presidential suites", a banquet hall, an auditorium, 18 Shops, 19 restaurants and a spa.

The form is inspired by the date palm. The towers are symmetrically placed on the 7-storey high podium to get views of the Burj Khalifa, Business Bay and the sea. The podium houses all the public areas, restaurants, banquet hall and back of house areas. The entrance lobby is 4 floors high and overlooks the Business Bay. The 1,000 capacity banquet hall has an independent access. The podium terrace has one of the largest spas in Dubai and is landscaped with gardens and swimming pool.

Architect Ashok Korgaonkar, founder and principal architect of Archgroup International Consultants designed the J W Marriott Marquis.

Gallery

See also
List of tallest buildings in Dubai
List of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates
List of tallest twin buildings and structures in the world
List of tallest hotels in the world

References

https://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/jw-marriott-marquis-hotel/

External links

JW Marriott Hotels
Skyscraper hotels in Dubai
Hotel buildings completed in 2012
The Emirates Group
Twin towers
High-tech architecture
Neomodern architecture
Hotel buildings completed in 2013
Hotels established in 2012
Retail buildings in the United Arab Emirates
2012 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Armamar

Armamar () is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,297, in an area of 117.24 km2.

Geography
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 15 civil parishes (freguesias):
 Aldeias
 Aricera e Goujoim
 Armamar
 Cimbres
 Folgosa
 Fontelo
 Queimada
 Queimadela
 Santa Cruz 
 São Cosmado
 São Martinho das Chãs
 São Romão e Santiago
 Vacalar
 Vila Seca e Santo Adrião
 Coura

References

External links

Towns in Portugal
Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
Heritage Christian School (Indianapolis)

Heritage Christian School is a private Christian day school located in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States on the SE corner of Binford Boulevard and 75th Street. There are currently 1,200 students in preschool through 12th grade.

School System 
Elementary School: Preschool - 4th Grade

Intermediate School: 5th - 6th Grade

Middle School: 7th - 8th Grade

High School: 9th - 12th Grade

Accreditation 
Heritage Christian School is an independent Christian school and is fully accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).

Athletics

Heritage Christian School has been a member of the Indiana High School Athletic Association since 2001 and offers 18 varsity sanctioned sports as well as girls and boys lacrosse. HCS participates as a Class 2A school and have competed in and achieved success at multiple levels across a variety of sports. They are Members of the Circle City Conference.

Notable Alumni 

 Todd Abernethy - Assistant Basketball Coach at Ole Miss
 Kent Brantly - American doctor and the 2014 Time Magazine Person of the Year
 Conor Daly - IndyCar Driver
 Kelly Faris - American Professional Basketball Player
 Robb Greene - Indiana House of Representative
 Tyasha Harris - American Professional Basketball Player
 Dayo Okeniyi - Nigerian-American actor
 Jake Short - American actor

References

Christian schools in Indiana
Schools in Indianapolis
Private high schools in Indiana
Private middle schools in Indiana
Nondenominational Christian schools in the United States
IHSAA Conference-Independent Schools
Circle City Conference schools
1965 establishments in Indiana
Educational institutions established in 1965
Atitlán grebe

The Atitlán grebe (Podilymbus gigas), also known as giant grebe, giant pied-billed grebe, or poc, is an extinct water bird, a relative of the pied-billed grebe. It was endemic at the Lago de Atitlán in Guatemala at an altitude of 1700 m asl. It was described in 1929 by Ludlow Griscom based on a specimen collected in 1926 and had been overlooked in the past. American ecologist Anne LaBastille observed the decline of this species over a period of 25 years. It was declared extinct by 1990.

Description 
The Atitlán grebe reached a length of about 46–50 cm. The call and appearance were similar to the much smaller pied-billed grebe. The bill was large and pied but the color varied from white in the spring to brown in other seasons. The plumage was mainly dark brown with white-flecked flanks and grey on the ears. The underparts were dark grey flecked with white. The head was almost black and the neck was glossy flecked with dark brown in the spring and white in the winter. The legs were slaty grey. The bill had a bold black vertical band in the middle. The irises were brown. It had small wings and was flightless.

Reproduction 
They laid a clutch of 4 to 5 white eggs. Both parents shared the rearing of the hatchlings.

Extinction
The decline of the Atitlán grebe began in 1958 and again in 1960 after smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) were introduced into Lake Atitlán. These invasive species reduced the crabs and fish which the grebes depended on for food and killed grebe chicks. The population of the Atitlán grebe declined from 200 individuals in 1960 to 80 in 1965. Thanks to the conservation efforts of Anne LaBastille, in 1966 a refuge was established where this species was able to rebound. The population recovered to 210 in 1973. Unfortunately after the 1976 Guatemala earthquake, the lake bed fractured. An underwater drain led to a fall of the water level and to a further severe decrease of the number of grebes. In 1983 only 32 individuals were left, of which the largest part were hybrids with the pied-billed grebe. The last two birds were seen in 1989, and after they disappeared the Atitlán grebe was declared officially extinct.

See also
 Alaotra grebe, probably extinct since the late 1980s for analogous reasons.
 Colombian grebe

References

Flannery, Tim & Schouten, Peter (2001). A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals, Atlantic Monthly Press, New York. .
Errol Fuller (2000). Extinct Birds, 
Anne LaBastille (1990). Mama Poc: An Ecologist's Account of the Extinction of a Species, W. W. Norton & Company,

External links
Status of the Endemic Atitlan Grebe of Guatemala: Is it extinct?

Extinct flightless birds
Podilymbus
Birds of Guatemala
Endemic fauna of Guatemala
Natural history of Guatemala
Bird extinctions since 1500
Birds described in 1929
Extinct birds of North America
Fedot Shubin

Fedot Ivanovich Shubin (May 28, 1740 – May 24, 1805) is widely regarded as the greatest sculptor of 18th-century Russia.

Biography
A peasant's son, Fedot Shubnoy was born in a Pomor village near Kholmogory and, inspired by the example of his neighbour Mikhail Lomonosov, he walked all the way to St Petersburg at the age of 18. Lomonosov took notice of his talent in walrus ivory carving (a folkcraft traditionally practised in Kholmogory) and helped him join the newly established Imperial Academy of Arts, where his instructor, Nicolas-François Gillet, was so impressed with his abilities that he had Shubin awarded with a gold medal, which opened to him the prospect of furthering his education abroad.

Through the help of Falconet, in 1767 he joined the Paris atelier of the great Pigalle, before moving to Rome three years later. Upon his return to Russia in 1772, Shubin became the most fashionable and sought-after sculptor in the country. In the 1770s and 1780s, he executed numerous pieces for the Marble Palace and the Alexandro-Nevsky Lavra, designed 58 medallions representing all the Russian sovereigns from Rurik onward, and was admitted into the Academy of Arts as an academician. The intrigues of his rivals undermined his career, however. He remained destitute until 1794, when the academy eventually bestowed a professorship on him.

A plaster copy of an early Shubin bust of Tsar Alexander I is housed at Thomas Jefferson's house Monticello in Albemarle County, Virginia. The original Shubin work was a gift from the American consul general at St. Petersburg, Levett Harris, in 1804. Shubin's original work given by Harris to Jefferson was lost. Shubin's portrait of Tsar Alexander is in the collection of the Voronezh Museum of Plastic Arts in Voronezh, Russia. The plaster copy, executed in 1955, is housed in the parlor at Monticello.

Works

References

External links 

 The Grove Dictionary of Art
 Biography
 Biography

Russian male sculptors
Neoclassical sculptors
Pomors
1740 births
1805 deaths
People from Kholmogorsky District
Burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)
18th-century sculptors from the Russian Empire
Beer7

Beer7 () is a Ska punk band from Be'er Sheva, Israel. The name is a shortened version of the city's name – Sheva is Hebrew for seven. The band was formed in 2001, and recorded its first album in 2003. The album Skandal was distributed by an indie label named "Ra records". It was sold out and later uploaded online.

Beer7 performs all over Israel, in punk festivals, clubs and pubs. They performed with Israeli bands Useless ID, Sartan HaShad, Kuku Bloff veHayetushim, Beat 69, and the Australian band Yidcore.

Beer7's music video for the Operation Ivy tribute The Radio's Not a Friend reached 1st place on the Israeli music video channel, Music 24.

The band's currently recording their second album, "Birat Ha'Negev".

Line-up 
 Dafna Arad – vocals
 Dudu Rosen – guitar
 Alon Ziv  – bass
 Guy Drory – drums
 Oded Ben Itzhak – saxophone

Former members
 Raz Lahav – bass
 Michael Lupu – bass

Beer7 in the Israeli punk scene 
There were few women on stage in Israeli punk rock shows before Beer7's Dafna Arad. This started a whole girl scene that includes bands like Va'adat Kishut, Phoney Pony, and CUBAN B, all girl-fronted.

Discography

Skandal (2003)

No Space (2010)

References

External links 
Beer7 on MySpace Music

Israeli punk rock groups
Musical groups established in 2002
2002 establishments in Israel
Music in Beersheba
Ska groups
Maria Piątkowska

Maria Piątkowska (; previously Chojnacka, née Ilwicka; 24 February 193119 December 2020) was a Polish sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper. She won the 4 × 100 m relay event at the 1962 European Athletics Championships, and came third in two other European Athletics Championships events. She was Polish national champion in long jump, pentathlon, and the 80 metres running event.

Career
Piątkowska was a member of Legia Warsaw athletics club, and the University Sports Association of Poland. In 1951 and 1958, she won the Polish National Championships long jump event. In 1954, she won the Polish National Championships pentathlon event, and in 1959 and 1963, she won the Polish National Championships 80 metres event.

Piątkowska competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 1952, 1960, and 1964. At the 1964 Games, she finished sixth in the 80 metres hurdles event, in a time of 10.7 seconds. Piątkowska competed at three European Athletics Championships, in 1954, 1958, and 1962. In 1958, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay. At the 1962 European Athletics Championships, Piątkowska, Teresa Ciepły, Barbara Sobotta, and Elżbieta Szyroka won the 4 × 100 metres relay race. She also won a bronze medal in the 80 metres hurdles race. Piątkowska finished on the same time as winner Teresa Ciepły.

In 1961, Piątkowska set the Polish national 80 metres record of 10.7 seconds. In 1962, she ran 10.6 seconds, which equalled the national record set by Teresa Ciepły. In 1964, Piątkowska, Irena Szewińska, Halina Górecka, and Ewa Kłobukowska set the 4 × 100 metres relay world record in Łódź, Poland.

Personal life
Piątkowska was born Maria Ilwicka in Goleni, Kingdom of Romania, and after the Second World War her family moved to Masuria, Poland. She was a graduate of the University of Physical Education in Warsaw. She was first married to Polish discus thrower Henryk Chojnacki. She was later married to Polish discus thrower and national record holder Edmund Piątkowski. The couple had two sons. Edmund Piątkowski died in 2016.

In 2020, Piątkowska contracted COVID-19 whilst in hospital for hip surgery. She died on 19 December 2020, aged 89.

See also
 Poles in Moldova

References

External links
Sports Reference
European Championships

1931 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
Polish female hurdlers
Polish female sprinters
Polish female long jumpers
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Olympic athletes for Poland
Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
People from Edineț District
European Athletics Championships medalists
Legia Warsaw athletes
Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw alumni
Burials at Bródno Cemetery
Miass

Miass (, ) is a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located  west of Chelyabinsk, on the eastern slope of the Southern Ural Mountains, on the bank of the river Miass. Population:

Name
The name Miass is taken from the Bashkirs (), the indigenous inhabitants of these places, with the root of the word meaning "water" or "friend".

History

It was founded in 1773 as a copper mining factory. During the 19th century, the development was driven by the discovery of the richest gold deposits in the Urals. Average annual extraction of gold from the Miass region was about . In the mid-19th century, the volume of gold mining went down, and the development of Miass also slowed. Town status was granted to Miass in 1923. In 1941, an automobile factory (which still operates as UralAZ) was built.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-eight rural localities, incorporated as the City of Miass—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the City of Miass is incorporated as Miassky Urban Okrug.

Economy and education
Currently Miass is a major machinery center. The truck manufacturer UralAZ is one of its most important factories.

UralAZ
UralAZ produces multi-axle, full-drive trucks of high cross-country passability and exports 8% of the trucks. "UralAZ" was included in the rating of 200 biggest Russian companies in 2000 in volume of sales, and employs 105,000 people. It was established in 1942, when the ZiS factory was evacuated from Moscow during World War II.

The State Rocket Center 
The Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau creates submarine-launched ballistic missiles. In 1955, it was moved from Zlatoust, where it was established in 1947, to Miass.

Population
Ethnic composition (2010):
 Russians – 89.4%
 Bashkirs – 3.6%
 Tatars – 3.4%
 Ukrainians  1.1%
 others – 2.5%

Tourism
The old part of the city comprises 19th-century wooden houses with original balconies, jambs, and lintels.  The house of the gold mine's administrator, Simonov, has also been preserved.

Lake Turgoyak is located near Miass and is a popular tourist location, with crystal clear water.

Miass has a rich mineralogical museum, as it is close to the Ilmensky Mineral conservation area.

To the East of Miass is the Ilmenskyy Zapovednik, a large protected forest. Not far into the forest, trails lead to fresh-water springs.

Gallery

References

Notes

Sources

External links

Official website of Miass 
Unofficial website of Miass 

Cities and towns in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Naukograds
Paul Way

Paul Graham Albert Way (born 12 March 1963) is an English professional golfer.

Early life and amateur career 
Way was born in Kingsbury, Middlesex. He went to the Hugh Christie School in Tonbridge, Kent. He won the Brabazon Trophy in 1981.

Professional career 
In 1982, Way turned professional and quickly found success on the European Tour, winning that year's KLM Dutch Open.

For a few years, Way was one of Europe's most promising young golfers, and he represented Europe in the Ryder Cup in 1983, when he became the second youngest Ryder Cup player up to that time after Nick Faldo, and again in 1985, when Europe captured the trophy which had been in American hands for twenty-eight years. He had an outstanding Ryder Cup record of six wins, two losses and one halved match.

Way did not sustain his early success. His last top 100 finish on the Order of Merit was in 1993 and after 1997 he played little tournament golf. He began playing on the European Senior Tour after turning 50 in March 2013.

Amateur wins
1981 Brabazon Trophy

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (3)

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

Southern Africa Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

Note: Way never played in the Masters Tournament nor the U.S. Open.

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1983 and 1985 Open Championships)
"T" = tied

Team appearances
Amateur
Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1980 (winners)
European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 1981 (winners)
Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1981

Professional
Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1983, 1985
Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1985
World Cup (representing England): 1985

External links

English male golfers
European Tour golfers
European Senior Tour golfers
Ryder Cup competitors for Europe
People from Kingsbury, London
Sportspeople from the London Borough of Brent
People from Tonbridge
1963 births
Living people
Sand diver

Sand diver may refer to:

Fish:
 Trichonotidae, a family of fishes of the suborder Trachinoidei
 long-finned sand diver, Limnichthys polyactis
 New Zealand sand diver, Tewara cranwellae
 Synodus intermedius (sand diver), a fish of the genus Synodus

Other uses:
, formerly Empire Farrier, an Empire F type coaster
1999 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 6 May 1999.  One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 23.6%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Ward results

Abercromby

Aigburth

Allerton

Anfield

Arundel

Breckfield

Broadgreen

Childwall

Church

Clubmoor

County

Croxteth

Dingle

Dovecot

Everton

Fazakerley

Gillmoss

Granby

Grassendale

Kensington

Melrose

Netherley

Old Swan

Picton

Pirrie

St. Mary's

Smithdown

Speke

Tuebrook

Valley

Vauxhall

Warbreck

Woolton

References

1999
1999 English local elections
1990s in Liverpool
Ibn-i-Asdaq

Mírzá ʻAlí-Muḥammad-i-K͟hurásání (; died 1928), known as Ibn-i-Aṣdaq, was an eminent follower of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh.

Ibn-i-Asdaq was addressed by Baháʼu'lláh as Shahíd Ibn-i-Shahíd (Martyr, son of the Martyr). He was the son of a distinguished martyr of the Bábí movement, and himself requested several times to give his life up for the Baháʼí Cause. The response by Baháʼu'lláh was, "Today, the greatest of all deeds is service to the Cause... This martyrdom is not confined to the destruction of life and the shedding of blood. A person enjoying the bounty of life may yet be recorded a martyr..." (Eminent Baháʼís, p. 172).

In 1920, Ibn-i-Asdaq and Ahmad Yazdani, brought the Tablet to The Hague from ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to the Central Organisation for Durable Peace in The Hague.

Ironically, Ibn-i-Asdaq lived a long life of service, dying in 1928. He was one of the few Apostles to live into the time of Shoghi Effendi as the Guardian.

Background

Family 
As his name implies, Ibn-i-Asdaq was the son of Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq of Khurásán, also known as Mullá Sádiq-i-Muqaddas. Mullá Sádiq together with Quddús and Mullá Alí Akbar-i-Ardistání were the first three Bábís known to suffer persecution for their faith on Persian soil. He was also a survivor of the Fort Tabarsi engagement in Mazandaran Province (1848).

Ibn-i-Asdaq's daughter, Ruha Asdaq, later wrote a book about her pilgrimage experiences called One Life One Memory.

Notes

References

Further reading
 Brookshaw, Dominic Parvis (2004). Letters to Bahá'í princesses: Tablets revealed in honour of the women of Ibn-i Asdaq's household. Lights of Irfan, Volume 5, pages 17-40.

Hands of the Cause
Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh
Iranian Bahá'ís
1928 deaths
Year of birth unknown
19th-century Bahá'ís
20th-century Bahá'ís
Sagging

Sagging may refer to:
 Sagging (fashion), a fashion trend for wearing pants below the waist to expose one's underwear
 Sagging (naval), the stress a ship is put under when it passes over the trough of a wave
 Ptosis (breasts), the relaxing of breast's structures due to aging
Hospital of St Thomas of Acre

The Hospital of St Thomas of Acre was the medieval London headquarters of the Knights of Saint Thomas.  It was founded as a church in 1227 in the parish of St Mary Colechurch, birthplace of the order's patron saint, Saint Thomas Becket. In the 14th century and after it was the main headquarters of the military order.

In 1512, the Worshipful Company of Mercers bought from the order a site by the church on which to build their hall, and in 1514 they formally became the patron to the order.

In 1538, during the Protestant Reformation, the order was dissolved and the properties were forfeit to the crown, but were subsequently acquired by the Mercers in exchange for various payments, rents, and undertakings.

Burials
John Alleyn
Joan Butler, Countess of Ormond, in the Mercers' Chapel
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, in the Mercers' Chapel

Notes

The church of St. Thomas Acre at British History Online

Religious buildings and structures completed in 1227
13th-century church buildings in England
Churches in the City of London
1227 establishments in England
16th-century disestablishments in England
Almas Tower

Almas Tower ( Diamond Tower) is a 68-storey, , supertall skyscraper in the Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction of the office building began in early 2005 and was completed in 2008 with the installation of some remaining cladding panels at the top of the tower. The building was topped out in 2008, and became the tallest building in Dubai until 2009 when it was surpassed by Burj Khalifa.

Construction
Almas Tower is located on its own artificial island in the centre of the Jumeirah Lake Towers Free Zone scheme, the tallest of all the buildings on the development. It was designed by Atkins Middle East, who designed most of the JLT Free Zone complex. The tower was constructed by the Taisei Corporation of Japan in a joint venture with Arabian Construction Co. (ACC) who were awarded the contract by Nakheel Properties on 16 July 2005.

Building Usage

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), the developer of the tower, was the first to move in. The DMCC moved its corporate offices along with the Dubai Diamond Exchange, to the unfinished tower on 15 November 2008. Almas Tower now houses facilities that provide a wide range of services for the region’s diamond, coloured gemstones and pearl industries. Along with the Dubai Diamond Exchange, these include the Dubai Gems Club, the Dubai Pearl Exchange, the Kimberley Process Certification offices and access to secure transportation agencies such as Brinks and Transguard, in addition to networking and meeting rooms. Diamond cutting and exchange take place at the tower. Due to the type of transactions taking place at the tower, high security is installed. Almas Tower ranked 8th in the 2009 Emporis Skyscraper Awards.

Incidents 
On 22 April 2018, a fire broke out in Almas Tower and all residents were evacuated, no reported injuries according to the reports of Dubai Civil Defence.

See also
 List of tallest buildings in Dubai
 List of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates

References

External links 
 DMCC entry
 Faithful+Gould Middle East & India
 Almas Tower
Emirates

Office buildings completed in 2009
Architecture in Dubai
Futurist architecture
High-tech architecture
Postmodern architecture
Skyscraper office buildings in Dubai
2009 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
The Story of Ab

The Story of Ab, or The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man, is a novel written by Stanley Waterloo in 1897.

Plot summary
Ab is a Stone Age boy who grows to young manhood amid the many dangers of his times. With his friend, Oak, he digs a pit and catches a baby rhinoceros, participates in a mammoth hunt with the tribe to prove himself a man, and courts the young women from a neighboring tribe. One girl in particular, Lightfoot, holds the attention of both men, and Ab is forced to kill his friend in a savage fight. He wins Lightfoot for his mate, but is haunted by guilt for his murdered companion. As Ab grows older, he helps the tribe kill a marauding sabre-tooth tiger, leads his people in a great battle against an invading tribe, and eventually becomes the leader of the cave men, and the patriarch of a large personal family. Ab is used by the author to support his contention that there was no sharp division between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, that man learned to make fine, polished tools and weapons gradually and naturally, as Ab does. During his life Ab invents and perfects the bow and arrow, and is the first of the primitives to domesticate wolves as pets.

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1897 American novels
Historical novels
Novels set in prehistory
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Roy Yorke Calne

Sir Roy Yorke Calne, FRCP, FRCS, FRS (born 30 December 1930) is a British surgeon and pioneer in organ transplantation.

Career
His most notable achievements are the world's first liver, heart, and lung transplant together with John Wallwork in 1987; the first successful combined stomach, intestine, pancreas, liver, and kidney cluster transplant in 1994, the first liver transplantation operation in Europe in 1968, and the first intestinal transplant in the UK in 1992.

Calne is a fellow of the Royal Society and was Professor of Surgery at Cambridge University between 1965 and 1998 where he initiated the kidney transplant program. He was Harkness Fellow at Harvard Medical School from 1960 to 1961. Much of his subsequent work has been concerned with the improvement of immunosuppression techniques aimed at prolonging the life of liver transplant recipients. He is currently the Yoah Ghim Professor of Surgery at the National University of Singapore.

Awards and honours
He was elected to the Royal Society in 1974, and was awarded the 1988 Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh. He was awarded the 1984 Lister Medal for his contributions to surgical science. The corresponding Lister Oration, given at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, was delivered on 21 May 1985, and was titled Organ transplantation: from laboratory to clinic. 

He was knighted in 1986. In 1990, he received the Ellison-Cliffe Medal from the Royal Society of Medicine. His portrait, commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, was painted by John Bellany in 1991. He was awarded Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence - Organ & Tissue Transplantation by Hamdan Medical Award in 2008. In 2012, Calne shared the prestigious Lasker Award (Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award) with Dr. Thomas Starzl 'for the development of liver transplantation, which has restored normal life to thousands of patients with end-stage liver disease.'

Calne is a Distinguished Supporter of Humanists UK and he is an Honorary Vice-President of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club.

Art
Calne is an artist, and is a member of the art group Group 90 in Singapore.  The Amerasinghe Ganendra Collection (Shalini Ganendra)  has a significant number of his art works  (paper, canvas, bronze) and a comprehensive collection of his art related publications.

Gallery

Bibliography
 Ellis, Harold, 1926–, Calne, Roy Y. (Roy Yorke), Sir, 1930–  and Christopher Watson (2011) Lecture notes on general surgery (Twelfth edition). Oxford : Wiley Blackwell. .
 Calne, Roy Y. (Roy Yorke), Sir, 1930– (1970) A Gift of Life: Observations on Organ Transplantation. New York : Basic Books. , 
 Calne, Roy Y. (Roy Yorke), Sir, 1930– (1996) Art, Surgery and Transplantation. London : Williams & Wilkins Europe. ,

References

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Living people
People educated at Lancing College
Harvard Medical School alumni
Academics of the University of Cambridge
Fellows of the Royal Society
British Jews
Harkness Fellows
Jewish scientists
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Recipients of the Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Darbazi

Darbazi (; from , "gate") is a term used in Georgia to describe a chamber with a distinctive "swallow dome"-type roof structure found in the traditional domestic architecture of Asia Minor and the South Caucasus. The central feature is a pyramidal vault (gvirgvini), supported on pillars and constructed of a stepped series of hewn logs and beams, with a central opening at the top which serves as a window and smoke flue. The Roman authority Vitruvius (1st century BC) includes in his De architectura a description of a Colchian dwelling, the ancient prototype of a darbazi. Such lantern roofs are called harazashen or glkhatun in Armenia, kirlangiç kubbe or kirlangiç ortu in Turkey, and karadam in Azerbaijan.

The darbazi house, with local variations, continued to be constructed into the 20th century in Georgia. It occurs extensively in the provinces of Kartli, Kakheti, and Samtskhe-Javakheti. These houses are often supported at its underground base by finely carved beams and pillars, in particular, the solid wooden upright known as the deda-bodzi ("mother-pillar") that takes the weight of the corbelled roofing. The darbazi form might have influenced the early Christian architecture of Georgia, for the ancient rotund and octagonal Christian structures—widespread in Italy, Syria, and elsewhere—never attained popularity in Georgia.

Illustrations 

Darbazi in eastern Georgia (cross-section). The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
Gvirgvini. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
Deda-Bodzi. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.

References 

Rooms
Vernacular architecture
Architecture in Georgia (country)
Sharkham Point

Sharkham Point is a headland located close to the Devon fishing town of Brixham. It overlooks St. Mary's Bay and is a short walk away from Berry Head Country Park. This stretch was originally the Coastguard Walk along which the coastguards regularly patrolled. At St. Mary's Bay the path begins to rise and fall over the soft, middle Devonian shales which have eroded to form what was once called "Mudstone Bay". On the beach below you can find many fossils.

Sharkham Point was once the site of extensive iron workings and  old adits can still be found, dating from the period 1790 to 1930.  However many remains were covered when Sharkham Point was used as the Brixham town tip.  The site is now managed as a nature conservation area, and there are fine views from it of the Heritage coastline.

External links

Heritage Coasts
South Devon — Area of Outstanding Beauty

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Devon
Headlands of Devon
Geology of Devon
Brixham
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt

Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (24 February 1644, Erfurt – 1 May 1694, Eisenach) was the mother of Johann Sebastian Bach.

She was a daughter of Valentin Lämmerhirt (or Lemmerhirt, 1605–1665), a furrier and coachman in Erfurt. On 8 April 1668, she married her friend since childhood, Johann Ambrosius Bach. The couple left Erfurt in 1671 and settled in Eisenach, where in 1685 their eighth son, Johann Sebastian Bach, was born.

Her half-sister Martha Dorothea was the mother of composer and lexicographer Johann Gottfried Walther, who became a friend of Johann Sebastian.

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1694 deaths
People from Erfurt
Bach family
Bettel v Yim

Bettel v Yim (1978), 20 O.R. (2d) 617 is a Canadian tort case from Ontario. The Court established that an individual is liable for all harm that flows from his or her conduct even where the harm was not intended.

See also
 List of notable Canadian lower court cases

Canadian tort case law
1978 in Canadian case law
1978 in Ontario
Ontario case law
Personal injury
Carregal do Sal

Carregal do Sal () is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,835, in an area of 116.89 km2.

The present mayor is Atílio dos Santos Nunes, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is the second Monday after the third Sunday of July.

Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):
 Beijós
 Cabanas de Viriato
 Currelos, Papízios e Sobral
 Oliveira do Conde
 Parada

History

The municipality was created in 1836, by merging the now extinct Currelos and Oliveira do Conde municipalities. There was a place in Currelos called Carregal. Later it became known as “do Sal” (English: of salt) after the big salt evaporation ponds constructed there by order of Francisco Lucas de Melo Pais do Amaral (7 May 1752 – 6 April 1819), of Casa de Santar (Melo Pais do Amaral, and after Count of Santar).

Taking advantage of the location by the road, by then the major land connection between Viseu and Coimbra districts, Francisco Lucas de Melo Pais do Amaral therefore ordered the building of huge salt evaporation ponds in some lands he had inherited, which could supply the entire region. This business was kept in the hands of its descendants (Soares de Albergaria Pais e Melo) over almost 200 years, and consisted of collecting the salt from Figueira da Foz, transporting it by boat through Mondego and Dão rivers, up to Carregal, then laid in big warehouses, in the place named "Salinas" (English: salt evaporation ponds) in the town border, where Francisco Lucas de Melo Pais do Amaral ordered, moreover, the build of the house named after it, today the Museu Municipal Manuel Soares de Albergaria.

Notable people 
 Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885 in Cabanas de Viriato – 1954) a Portuguese consul-general in Bordeaux, he defied the orders of António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo regime, was punished, but posthumously redeemed and commemorated
 Ondina Maria Farias Veloso (1956–2019) a singer, known as Dina, sang in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

References

External links
Town Hall official website
Photos from Carregal do Sal

Towns in Portugal
Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
People from Carregal do Sal
Jericho Union Free School District

Jericho Union Free School District is an American School district in Jericho, New York. It began in 1959 with the completion of Jericho High School. The district contains three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. The current Superintendent of Schools is Henry L. Grishman.

Overview
Jericho UFSD serves the community of Jericho, as well as parts of Westbury, Old Westbury, Brookville and Muttontown.

In 2017, the district was ranked the best school district in New York State and the twelfth best in the country by Niche.

Budget
For 2012-2013, Jericho Public School district spent a total of US$114,468,464 for a projected number of 3004 students. US$38,105 will be spent per student, which is US$457,264 for a student studying for 12 years from Grade 1 to 12, or US$914,528 for a household with 2 students.

In 2011-2012, Jericho Public School district spent a total of US$111,962,251 for 3026 students of K-12. US$37,000 was spent per student, which is US$444,000 for a student studying for 12 years from Grade 1 to 12, or US$888,000 for a household with 2 students.

Schools

Secondary schools 
Jericho High School (Grades 9–12)
Jericho Middle School (Grades 6–8)

Elementary schools 
Cantiague Elementary School (Grades K–5)
Robert Seaman Elementary School (Grades K–5)
George A. Jackson Elementary School (Grades K-5)

References

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School districts in Nassau County, New York
School districts established in 1959
1959 establishments in New York (state)
Spar (mineralogy)

Spar is an old mining or mineralogy term used to refer to crystals that have readily discernible faces. A spar will easily break or cleave into rhomboidal, cubical, or laminated fragments with smooth shiny surfaces. 

The various spar minerals were a historical term among miners and alchemists for any nonmetallic mineral akin to gypsum, known in Old English as spærstān, spear stone, referring to its crystalline projections. Thus, the word spar in mineralogy has the same root as "spear,".

Amongst miners the term "spar" today is frequently used alone to express any bright crystalline substance.  Most frequently, spar describes easily cleaved, lightly colored  nonmetallic minerals such as feldspar, calcite or baryte. Baryte (BaSO4), the main source of barium, is also called "heavy spar" (Greek "barys" means "heavy"). 
Calcite often forms the dogtooth spar crystals found in vugs and caves.

Formation underwater
Generally, a spar will form underwater, either in a phreatic zone, or below the water table, the essential place where most caves form, or in standing pools, as pool spar. If a cave floods and a pool forms, that submerges stalactites, a formation known as bottlebrushes may form.   Mineral component ions dissolved in water are mostly deposited as minerals such as calcite and gypsum, and sometimes even halite, quartz, and fluorite, through the course of thousands of years, building up on each other.

Formation in the air

Sometimes, spar will form in the air due to solutions seeping out of the cave's walls or through porous sediments. When grown in the air, it is often made of gypsum or selenite. Sometimes it will form as small needles found in sediments. Others spar can be found on the tips of gypsum chandeliers.

See also 
Iceland spar

References

External links 
Virtual cave tour

Crystals
Mineralogy
Cave geology