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Swine Flu In Qatar
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Health 6/16/2009 3:06:00 PM | ||
A two-year-old Austrian child arrived from Dubai on the Emirates Airways Saturday's flight showing swine flu symptoms like fever and coughing, Al-Qahtani said in a statement to the press. Another two and a half year old child from Bangladesh with an American passport who arrived from New York Sunday accompanied by four family members was diagnosed with the virus, he said. He said that results came positive, and the cases are subjected to treatment, and urged passengers of Qatar Airways Sunday's flight 084 arriving from New York and Emirate Airways' flight 843 arriving from Dubai to undergo affiliated tests. He said that Qatar is well-prepared, and has taken all measures to prevent the outbreak of the virus. (end) ma.aia KUNA 161506 Jun 09NNNN |
Friday, June 5, 2009
The largest pyramid Represents the greatest up-to-industry and the building of the pyramids, where a smaller pyramid, the largest of the stones used in the construction of virtually Snfro pyramid as far as the mother has decided that some of the biggest pyramid Albagesion a Ahjarp 2.3 million block of stone weighing about 2.5 tons each block and up the weight of each The 15 tons, some scientists said the weight of the mass burial chamber of the upper ceiling of about 100 tons, many scientists tried to lead comparisons between the size of the pyramid and the volume of some other buildings on the way, it is a pyramid of nine cathedrals Florence, Milan and St. Peter and St. Paul has been interested in studying the dimensions of the pyramid and the area of a large number scientists since the French campaign and the first comprehensive study of the largest pyramid of the "Flinders petri dishes," which spent a year "in 1882 and 1880" in the work and then followed by "call", and said that the original proportions of the four aspects at the base are: the North 755.4 feet and 756.8 feet South and the East 755.8 and 755.7 west and notes that despite the difference in height, but very few did not exceed 7.9-inch between the longest and the shortest rib It should be noted that every aspect of the pyramid is completely controlled and the lines north, east and west and also notes the real accuracy in the four corners and angles and can see that the angle of inclination of each the other side about 51 degrees about an area of the pyramid and its base of about 13.1 acres But probably the top of the granite, it was about 12 stone but has tended, as well as all of its aspects still Kiswa limestone taken from the Torah and the opinion of the original entrance on the north side a big hole in the building without a care in the construction and recall it from the Islamic period in the era of the Caliph al-Ma'mun ibn Caliph Harun al-Rashid It should be noted that until the age pyramid, the largest was a sound and complete, but after that to take place and the stones, and looted and should be noted that the dimensions of the pyramid, as reported by the original since the changes were initially in the corridors and burial chambers inside the pyramid is Mdecha pyramid on the north side at a height of 55 feet from the surface of the ground and descend from the entrance corridor display 3.5 feet and at a distance of 345 feet into the corridor and the levels continue horizontally to a distance of 29 feet before the end to the room and noticed that a flat-floored, however, and the walls had been carved and perhaps this was one of the for the burial of the king at the beginning when the construction is completed and the king dies and then increased when the construction of the pyramid had to be room to bury the work of another detail that room and that the former through the corridor up to the highest in the heart of the country along with a descending passage to the vicinity of the corridor that the rising higher. It should be noted that this second room calling the Queen's room and noted that the ceiling of this room and the spike and the floor was very rough in this room a number of holes similar to what is in the upper chamber of the king, but did not understand the purpose of the corridor then built large upward continuation of the corridor with a length of 152 feet and 28 feet tall It is in this corridor is a corridor to the room the King. As for the room, King of granite, they are all the dimensions of 34.4 feet from the east and 17.2 feet from the north and the height of 19 feet. The ceiling of this room is not unprecedented as there is on the flat roof, which consists of nine blocks weighing 40 tons in total there are 5 rooms and a separate ceiling of the first four and the fifth tapered surface and purpose of easing the pressure on the room and its roof, which despite its vulnerability to Zlazl has not fallen so far, and five of these rooms was not supposed to see this one and the stone walls remained without a settlement, it was noted the presence of red color signs, which come from the quarry, and notes in the corridor as well as rising to a higher close after the burial process was very difficult, but the large stone bridge corridor bridging the downward Sdeddat stones were placed outside the Pyramid of the time needed to pass the rising Binec stored inside the pyramid stones, close to when needed. It should be noted that the pyramid was a large wall in the east and west of this wall and found Jbanat many cemeteries arranged in the position of the owners of the graves and their proximity to the King as | ||
الهرم الأكبر
يمثل اعظم ما وصل الية بناء الاهرام صناعة وحجما حيث يمثل الهرم الاكبر من ناحية الاحجار التى استخدمت فى البناء بة تقريبا قدر هرمى سنفرو والدة ولقد قرر بعض الباحثيون ان الهرم الاكبر يبلغ عدد احجارة 2.3 مليون كتلة حجرية تزن حوالى 2.5 طن كل كتلة منها ويصل وزن بعضها 15 طن ويذكر بعض العلماء ان وزن كتلة حجرة الدفن العلوية للسقف حوالى 100 طن وحاول كثير من العلماء ان يقودوا مقارنات بين حجم الهرم وحجم بعض المبانى الاخرى فذكروا عن مساحة الهرم انها تسع كاتدرائيات فلورانسا وميلان والقديس بطرس والقديس بولس ولقد اهتم بدراسة ابعاد الهرم ومساحتة عدد كبير من العلماء منذ الحملة الفرنسية واول دراسة شاملة للهرم الاكبر قام بها "فلندرز بترى" الذى قضى عام "1880و1882م" فى ذلك العمل ثم جاء بعد ذلك "كول" وذكر ان الابعاد الاصلية للجوانب الاربعة عند القاعدة هى : الشمالى 755.4 قدم والجنوبى 756.8 قدم والشرقى 755.8 والغربى 755.7 ويلاحظ انة رغم الاختلاف فى الطول الا انة قليل جدا لا يتعدى 7.9 بوصة بين اطول الاضلاع واقصرها ومما يجدر ملاحظتة ان كل جانب من جوانب الهرم مضبوط تماما على خطوط الشمال والجوانب والشرق والغرب الحقيقية ويلاحظ ايضا الدقة فى الزوايا والاركان الاربعة ويلاحظ ان زاوية الميل لكل ضلع نحو الاخر 51 درجة تقريبا وتبلغ مساحة الهرم من قاعدتة حوالى 13.1 فدان
واما قمة الهرم فيحتمل انها من الجرانيت وكانت حوالى 12 مدماك ولكنها نزعت كلها و كذلك زالت من جوانبة الكسوة الجيرية التى جلبت من طرة ويرى تحت المدخل الاصلى فى الجهة الشمالية فتحة كبيرة فى البناء بدون عناية فى البناء ويذكر انها من العصر الاسلامى فى عهد الخليفة المامون بن الخليفة هارون الرشيد ومما يجدر ذكرة حتى ذلك العصر ان الهرم الاكبر كان سليما وكاملا لكن بعد ذلك اصبح مكان لاخذ ونهب الحجارة منة ووما يجدر ذكرة ان ابعاد الهرم كما اوردتها من قبل كانت اصلية منذ البداية اما التغيرات فكانت فى الممرات وحجرات الدفن فى داخل الهرم ويعد مدخا الهرم فى الجهة الشمالية على ارتفاع 55 قدم من سطح الارض وينحدر من المدخل ممر عرض 3.5 قدم تقريبا وعلى مسافة 345 قدم يصبح الممر مستويا ويستمر افقيا لمسافة 29 قدم قبل ان ينتهى الى حجرة ويلاحظ ان ارضيتها غير مستوية وجدرانها لم يتم نحتها وربما ان هذة كانت من اجل دفن الملك فى البداية حينما لا يكتمل البناء ويموت الملك وبعد ذلك حينما ارتفع البناء للهرم كان لا بد من عمل حجرة دفن اخرى وتفصيل تلك الحجرة بالاولى وذلك عن طريق ممر صاعدا الى اعلى في قلب البلاد الي جانب ذلك وجد ممر نازل الي جوار ذلك الممر الصاعد إلي أعلي .
ويلاحظ أن هذه الحجرة الثانية تسمي حجرة الملكة ويلاحظ أن سقف هذه الحجرة مدبب وأرضيتها خشنة جدا ولوحظ بهذه الحجرة عدد من الثقوب تشبه ما هو في الحجرة العلوية للملك لكن لم يفهم الهدف منها بعد ذلك بني الدهليز الكبير إستمرار للممر الصاعد ويبلغ طوله 152 قدم وإرتفاعه 28 قدم ومن هذا الدهليز نجد ممر إلي حجرة الملك . أما عن حجرة الملك فكلها من الجرانيت وأبعادها 34.4 قدم من ناحية الشرق و17.2 قدم من الشمال وإرتفاعها 19 قدم . وسقف هذه الحجرة لا مثيل له إذ يوجد فوق سقفها المسطح والذي يتكون من تسع كتل تزن في مجموعها 40 طن وتوجد 5 حجرات منفصلة سقف الأربعة الأولي منها مسطح والخامسة مدبب والغرض منها تخفيف الضغط علي الحجرة وسقفها الذي رغم تعرضها للذلاذل لم يسقط إلي الأن وهذه الحجرات الخمس كانت من المفروض لا يراها أحد ولهذا بقيت أحجار جدرانها دون تسوية ولوحظ بوجود العلامات الحمراء اللون من المحجر الذي قطعت منه ويلاحظ كذلك في الممر الصاعد إلي أعلي إن عملية سده بعد الدفن كانت صعبة جداً ولكن سد بأحجار كبيرة أما الممر الهابط سد بأحجار سددات كانت توضع خارج الهرم لوقت الحاجة إليه أما الممر الصاعد فخزنت أحجار سده داخل الهرم لحين الحاجة اليها . ومما يجدر ذكره أن الهرم أحيط بسور كبير وفي شرق وغرب هذا السور وجدت جبانات كثيرة رتبت مقابرها في صفوف ووضع أصحاب القبور كلَ علي حسب قربه من الملك.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
In Qatar, the rumor caused the machine to raise the price of 50 thousand riyals, and sold the machine in the normal price of not more than 80 riyals.
The market witnessed a "Forest" People in Doha over the past few days came a large number of Gulf citizens and women خليجيات to search for machines, "Singer," leading to higher prices, even 50 thousand riyals for the same machine, regardless of the validity of the action.
The sellers said that visitors flock to the new market for forestry research on this machine, which was put on the market price of no more than 80 rials to the machine per the price jumped to 50 thousand riyals.
The spread in the market to promote the popular impostors, and that the country Mcaoven sent people to buy these machines, which contains the Red, which uses mercury in magic and witchcraft.
Not only did the researchers from market Forest machine and sped away from the purchase of the tailors in the surrounding areas.
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Easter Meaning




The meaning of Easter is Jesus Christ's victory over death. His resurrection symbolizes the eternal life that is granted to all who believe in Him. The meaning of Easter also symbolizes the complete verification of all that Jesus preached and taught during His three-year ministry. If He had not risen from the dead, if He had merely died and not been resurrected, He would have been considered just another teacher or Rabbi. However, His resurrection changed all that and gave final and irrefutable proof that He was really the Son of God and that He had conquered death once and for all.
However, Easter did not always symbolize Christ's resurrection from the dead and the meaning of Easter was quite different than what Christians celebrate today. The feast day of Easter was originally a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth. Celebrated in the early spring, it honored the pagan Saxon goddess Easter. When the early missionaries converted the Saxons to Christianity, the holiday, since it fell around the same time as the traditional memorial of Christ's resurrection from the dead, was merged with the pagan celebration, and became know as Easter. The meaning of Easter was also changed to reflect its new Christian orientation.
Today, the meaning of Easter, for million of Christians, is that of honoring and recognizing Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead, and His glorious promises of eternal life for all who believe in Him.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Qatar increses salaries 18 %

Despite the lack of disclosure on the estimates so far allocated for salaries in the budget under the new country; sources told "the market. Net," it will increase by not less than 18% than in the previous budget, explaining that these increases were to cover the staff for all the new financial country staff in all ministries and state bodies and institutions, in accordance with the law of human resources, which was issued recently.
The sources confirmed that the country staff will receive an increase in their salaries from the month of April with a minimum of the current five thousand riyals per month, because of the introduction of the new law allowances and incentives were not included in the salary structure before.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Happy Easter 12 April 2009

For those who mark the Easter anniversary, there is nothing more significant than spending time with those you love. Be it family, friends or even fellow church members, when you ask yourself what is Easter, most people honour it by having enormous meals or get-togethers. This means of course that there is going to be a lot of shopping that will be required to ensure that it is a happy Easter for all the people at your table.
GCC,Umm Bab, Qatar Cement Plant site on 06 April 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Cement Industry


Introduction
The cement industry is literally the building block of the nation's construction industry. Very little new construction activity can be undertaken without the use of cement and concrete. Annual cement industry shipments are estimated at $11.9 billion for 2007. U.S. cement production is widely dispersed with the operation of 116 cement plants in 36 states. The largest company produces 12.6.% of the industry total, and the top five companies collectively produce 51.2%. Foreign companies now own 80.5% of U.S. cement capacity.
Cement Consumption
In 2007, the United States consumed 110.3 million metric tons of portland cement, reflecting a 9.5% decrease over 2006 levels. Most of this weakness was a result of weakness in residential construction. Residential construction spending was $829 billion in 2007, a 5.7% decrease from 2006 levels.
Approximately 74% of all cement shipments are sent to ready-mix concrete operators. Plants shipped 13.8% of the cement they manufactured to concrete product manufacturers, 6% to contractors, and 3% to building material dealers.
Cement consumption is seasonal. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. cement consumption occurs in the six months between May and October. The seasonal nature of the industry can result in large swings in cement and clinker (unfinished raw material) inventories at cement plants over the course of a year. Cement producers will typically build up inventories during the winter and ship them during the summer.
The cement industry is also regional in nature. Because the cost of shipping cement quickly overtakes its value, customers traditionally purchase cement from local sources. Nearly 98% of U.S. cement is shipped to its cutsomers by truck. Barge and rail modes account for the remaining distribution modes.
Imports Fill Production Gap
According to PCA estimates, U.S. cement plants achieved an average capacity utilization rate of 93.4% in 2007. Even at these high operating rates, domestic production cannot satisfy total United States cement consumption. The gap between domestic production and consumption was filled in 2007 by 22.7 million metric tons of imported cement and cement clinker. About 83% of cement and clinker imported in 2007 came from five major countries: China, Canada, Columbia, Mexico, and the Republic of Korea . Imports from China in 2007 declined to 7.5 million metric tons down 41.0% from 2006 levels . Exports of cement exceeded 1% of total U.S. production. Nearly all exports service the neighboring Canadian Market. In 2007, the United States exported 1.6 million metric tons of cement to Canada.
Heavy reliance on imports to satisfy consupmtion subjects the United States' market to sometimes volatile global economic conditions regarding the availability of foreign cement and ships used for importing cement (dry bulk carriers). As a result, the cement industry is currently engaged in aggressive capacity expansion. By 2012 more than 25 million metric tons of new capacity is expected to come on line, representing more than $6 billion in investment.
Efficiency Gains
Employment in the U.S. cement industry has declined dramatically during the past 20 years. In 2005, the cement industry employed 16,877 workers--a 23% reduction compared to 1985 levels. This drop in employment is the result of industry efforts to increase efficiency by automating production and closing small kilns. The average kiln in use today produces nearly 74% more cement than an average kiln produced 20 years ago: 532,000 metric tons in 2006 compared with 305,000 metric tons in 1986.
The cement industry has boosted efficiency by concentrating new capital investment in plants that use the dry process of cement manufacture, and by phasing out operations that rely on the more energy-intensive wet process. Since 1974, the number of wet process kilns has dropped from 234 to 47 -- a decline of 80% -- while the number of dry process kilns has only been reduced from 198 to 131. Nearly 73% of existing U.S. clinker production capacity has been built since 1975 -- all utilizing the dry manufacturing process. Currently, about 85% of the cement produced in the United States is manufactured using dry process technology.
For More Information
Information and statistics used in this summary are presented in reports compiled by PCA from various government and private sources. For additional information of the U.S. and Canadian cement industry, refer to the Economic and Market Research pages of our Web site.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Concrete Cracks

Concrete frequently cracks no matter how well the contractor has done his job. Despite concrete unmatched surface durability, it is susceptible to the damage associated with annual freeze/thaw cycles. Some concrete cracks are no problem, but other cracks can be a problem and allow moisture to come up through the concrete slab and damage the flooring and perhaps some furnishings. Identifying the potential risks of concrete cracking is most often an issue when you're trying to sell or buy a home. Cracks in the concrete of your foundation or other slabs can unnecessarily reduce the value of your home. On the other hand, if you're a buyer, the last thing you want to do is buy a home without realizing there's several thousand extra dollars of work coming down the line in just a few years or even months.
Home Inspectors
For your own peace of mind, you'll want to ensure the home is of sound structural integrity before you buy it. This situation is tailor-made for a home inspector. Contact a reputable home inspector and pay for a report about the severity of the cracks in the concrete. If he says the cracks are acceptable, then you can relax. But, take some pictures and keep the report just in case they get worse since a builder must warranty a house for latent defects for 10 years. And, if the inspector recommends they should be fixed, show the report to your builder. If he refuses to do anything, tell him you will be filing a complaint with the State License Board with the report.
Cracks in Concrete Flooring
Sometimes cracks occur in your concrete subflooring unrelated to your foundation or the general structure of your home. Often, these cracks are noticed when the floor above the concrete slab becomes damaged by the uneven concrete. Usually the damage of both floors is caused by the presence of water. You'll first need to locate the source of this water or moisture problem and fix it first. Then, you'll most likely need to remove the old flooring, seal the concrete, and install new flooring.
Sometimes, concrete cracking can occur separately from the presence of moisture, although water almost always finds these cracks eventually. Homes with above average drainage in their yard will divert water away from the home and can delay any damage to cracks in their concrete subflooring, almost indefinitely.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
New Cement Plant in Qatar
Umm Bab,
Civil works are progressing 70 %.
Concrete art and design or concretism is an abstractionist movement that evolved in the 1930s out of the work of De Stijl, the futurists and Kandinsky around the Swiss painter Max Bill. The term "concrete art" was first introduced by Theo van Doesburg in his "Manifesto of Concrete Art" (1930). In his understanding, this form of abstractionism must be free of any symbolical association with reality, arguing that lines and colors are concrete by themselves.
Max Bill further promoted this idea, organizing the first international exhibition in 1944. The movement came to fruition in Northern Italy and France in the 1940s and 1950's through the work of the groups Movimento d'arte concreta (MAC) and Espace.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Scofield is Voted as the Number One Brand by Contractors -- Again!
Since 2006, Scofield has been voted the #1 Ranked Brand in several categories by the readers of CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION magazine. CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, published by Hanley-Wood, based its new 2008 rankings on a survey of contractors selected from over 50,000 subscribers. Scofield products are ranked #1 in Brands Used in the Past 2 Years and #1 in Brand Familiarity in the following categories: Integral Concrete Color, Concrete Stains & Dyes, Dry Shake Concrete Color Hardener, Concrete Stamping Tools and Deck Coatings. Read more