Ōmura Bay
Ōmura Bay (大村湾 Ōmura-wan) is a bay of the East China Sea in the centre of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Geography
The bay measures about 26 km (16 mi) north-to-south and 11 km (6.8 mi) east-to-west. The length of the shoreline is about 360 km (220 mi) and the surface area is about 320 km2 (120 sq mi). This corresponds with about 8% of the total area of the prefecture. Compared to its size, the bay is relatively shallow with an average depth of 14.8 m (49 ft) and maximum 54 m (177 ft) depth.
The bay is surrounded by land in all directions, thus it appears as an inland sea on maps. The only two connections to the East China Sea are in the north-west: the Hario Strait (針尾瀬戸 Hario-seto) with a minimum width of 200 m (660 ft) and – more eastward – the Haiki Strait (早岐瀬戸 Haiki-seto) with a width of 10 to 200 m (33 to 656 ft). However, these two straits do not directly lead to the open sea, but to the Sasebo Bay (佐世保湾 Sasebo-wan). In between the Hario and Haiki Straits lies Hario Island (針尾島 Hario-jima). West of the Ōmura Bay lies the Nishisonogi Peninsula (西彼杵半島 Nishisonogi-hantō), and to the south is the foot of Mount Kotonoo (琴ノ尾岳 Kotonoo-dake). On the eastern shore of the bay is the Ōmura Plain (大村平野 Ōmura-heiya), on which the city of Ōmura is located. Opposite Ōmura city lies the largest island of the bay: Mishima (箕島), where Nagasaki Airport is located. For this purpose, the island first had to be flattened and reshaped.
Mura (surname)
Mura is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mura (Japanese term)
Mura (斑) is a Japanese word meaning "unevenness; irregularity; lack of uniformity; nonuniformity; inequality", and is a key concept in the Toyota Production System (TPS) as one of the three types of waste (muda, mura, muri).Waste reduction is an effective way to increase profitability. Toyota adopted these three Japanese words as part of their product improvement program, due to their familiarity in common usage.
Mura, in terms of business/process improvement, is avoided through Just-In-Time systems which are based on keeping little or no inventory. These systems supply the production process with the right part, at the right time, in the right amount, using first-in, first-out (FIFO) component flow. Just-In-Time systems create a “pull system” in which each sub-process withdraws its needs from the preceding sub-processes, and ultimately from an outside supplier. When a preceding process does not receive a request or withdrawal it does not make more parts. This type of system is designed to maximize productivity by minimizing storage overhead.
Omura
Omura (小村) or Ōmura (大村) are Japanese surnames, but may also refer to:
People
Bayé
Bayé is a town in the Solenzo Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso. As of 2005 it had a population of 5,478.
References
Coordinates: 12°04′N 4°05′W / 12.067°N 4.083°W
Bay (shelving)
A bay is a basic unit of library shelving. Bays are book cases about 3 feet (0.9 m) wide. Bays are stuck together in rows. Items are shelved from the top shelf to the bottom shelf in each bay.
Rows consist of a number of bays, either single-sided or double-sided, connected to each other. The standard length of a row is five to six bays, but it is not uncommon to find rows seven bays wide or even wider. In some countries a row is referred to as a 'stack' or a 'range'.
References
Bay (chancellor)
Bay, also called Ramesse Khamenteru, (died 1192 BC) was an important Asiatic official in ancient Egypt, who rose to prominence and high office under Seti II Userkheperure Setepenre and later became an influential powerbroker in the closing stages of the 19th Dynasty. He was generally identified with Irsu (alt. Arsu, Iarsu, Yarsu) mentioned in the Great Harris Papyrus, although no contemporary source connects Bay with Irsu.
Bay's importance is emphasized by the fact that he was given permission, possibly by Seti but more probably by Siptah, to construct his own tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings (KV13). His tomb was clearly constructed as part of a triad of tombs, including that of the Pharaoh Siptah and Queen Twosret. This was an unprecedented privilege, the likes of which were rarely accorded to a commoner, let alone a foreigner (though previous exceptions, such as that of Yuya, have occurred). It is possible that Bay was accorded this tomb because he was a relation of Siptah's mother, a Canaanite concubine of Seti II, or perhaps even of Amenmesse. His tomb was later usurped under the Twentieth Dynasty by prince Mentuherkhepshef, a son of Ramesses IX.
