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SAR or Sar may refer to:
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Organizations [link]
- SAR Records, an American record label
- Scholars at Risk, a network of academic institutions organized to support academic freedom
- School for Advanced Research, an anthropological/archaeological research center in Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Sigma Alpha Rho, a high school fraternity, in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sons of the American Revolution, a genealogically-based community service organization
- SAR Academy, a modern Orthodox yeshiva in Riverdale, New York
- SAR High School, the high school of SAR Academy
- SAR Products, technical access & rescue equipment
Railways [link]
- South African Railways, a former state-controlled rail transport company in South Africa
- South Australian Railways, a former railways operator in South Australia
- Saudi Railway Company, a railway company in Saudi Arabia
- Savage Alberta Railway, a former short line railway in Alberta, Canada
Science and technology [link]
- Sodium Adsorption Ratio, a measure of the suitability of water for agricultural irrigation
- Sulfuric Acid Recovery (or Regeneration), a common hydrocarbon processing application
- Synthetic Aperture Radar, an active microwave remote sensing technology
- Successive Approximation Register
- SAR-21 (Singapore Assault Rifle - 21st century), used by the Singapore army
- SAR-87, the Sterling Assault Rifle - 1987
- Semi-automatic rifle, a type of rifle
- Submarine Advanced Reactor, naval nuclear reactor, developed for radar picket submarine Triton
- IPCC Second Assessment Report
- Sar (astronomy), a period of 9 years 5 days, used to predict eclipses
Medicine, psychology, and biology [link]
- SAR supergroup (taxonomy), a proposed supergroup containing the Chromalveolata and the Rhizaria, standing for the three largest groups within these: Stramenopiles, Alveolata, Rhizaria
- SAR11 (microbiology), a naming convention for uncultured bacteria first found in the Sargasso Sea
- S/MAR, a scaffold attachment region
- Seasonal allergic rhinitis
- Sexual Attitude Reassessment
- Specific absorption rate, a measure of the rate at which RF-energy is absorbed by the human body
- Structure-activity relationship, in pharmacology, medicinal and computational chemistry
- Systemic acquired resistance, a "whole-plant" resistance response that occurs following an earlier localized exposure to a pathogen
- Species at Risk, any plant or animal species in danger of becoming extinct or disappearing from a certain area
Computers [link]
- Search and Replace, a feature of text editors
- Segmentation and Reassembly of data packets in a computer network
- Service Archive (.sar), a file format for the JBoss Java application server computer program
- sar (Unix), a Unix/Linux command to display various system loads
- Storage Aspect Ratio of a digital image
Law enforcement [link]
- Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative
- Suspicious activity report (banking), filed with the U.S. government by financial institutions
- Suspicious Activity Report (justice and homeland security), filed with local and federal law enforcement agencies to prevent crime and terrorism
Business [link]
- Saudi riyal, the ISO 4217 currency code
- South African rand, officially ZAR but often written as SAR
- Parabolic SAR Stop and Reverse indicator, used in technical analysis stock analysis
- Stock Appreciation Right, a method of rewarding employees
Places [link]
- Sar (river) in Galicia, Spain
- Šar Mountains, a mountain range in southeastern Europe
- Sar, Tibet, a village
- Sar, Bahrain, a residential district
- Edwin van der Sar, a Dutch international association football goalkeeper
- South African Republic (Transvaal Republic)
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Special Administrative Region
Other uses [link]
- Student Aid Report, sent to applicants of US federal financial aid for college
- Sample of Anonymised Records, based on the UK Population Census
- Search and rescue, sometimes "Sea Air Rescue", search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger
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Saros (astronomy)
The saros (
i/ˈsɛərɒs/) is a period of approximately 223 synodic months (approximately 6585.3211 days, or 18 years, 11 days, 8 hours), that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros period after an eclipse, the Sun, Earth, and Moon return to approximately the same relative geometry, a near straight line, and a nearly identical eclipse will occur, in what is referred to as an eclipse cycle. A sar is one half of a saros.
A series of eclipses that are separated by one saros is called a saros series.
History
The earliest discovered historical record of what we call the saros is by the Chaldeans (ancient Babylonian astronomers) in the last several centuries BC. It was later known to Hipparchus, Pliny and Ptolemy.
The name "saros" (Greek: σάρος) was applied to the eclipse cycle by Edmond Halley in 1691, who took it from the Suda, a Byzantine lexicon of the 11th century. The Suda says, "[The saros is] a measure and a number among Chaldeans. For 120 saroi make 2222 years according to the Chaldeans' reckoning, if indeed the saros makes 222 lunar months, which are 18 years and 6 months." The information in the Suda in turn was derived directly or otherwise from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea, which quoted Berossus. (Guillaume Le Gentil claimed that Halley's usage was incorrect in 1756, but the name continues to be used.) The Greek word apparently comes from the Babylonian word "sāru" meaning the number 3600.
42nd Battalion, Singapore Armoured Regiment
The 42nd Battalion, Singapore Armoured Regiment is one of the 4 armoured infantry battalions of the Singapore Army.
History
The Battalion was raised on 1 October 1971 at Selarang Barracks with a transfer of one Armoured Infantry company from 41 SAR to form the Battalion's first company. In June 1972, 42 SAR took in another company from 41 SAR. 42 SAR was originally known as 42nd Singapore Armoured Battalion (42 SAB).
In 1973, the unit became operational. The unit was temporarily decommissioned in 1982 as part of the restructuring of SAF Armour Corp, but was raised again in 1990 at the newly built Sungei Gedong Camp.
42 SAR received her Regimental Colours from then President Benjamin Sheares on 6 Nov 1977 at Selarang Barracks. Her colours can be identified with the number 42 on the top left corner with green frills around her regimental colours representing her being the 3rd armour battalion within the armour formation.
42 SAR has won the SAF Best Combat Unit Award in 1979 & 1982.
CHOU (AM)
CHOU (Arabic: إذاعة الشرق الأوسط Idhā‘at ash-Sharq al-’Awsaṭ ; French: Radio Moyen-Orient ; English: Middle East Radio) is a multilingual Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec. Its studios are located on de Meulles Avenue in the Cartierville section of Montreal.
Ownership and History
CHOU broadcasts on 1450 kHz with a power of 2,000 watts as a class C station, using an omnidirectional antenna. It was originally authorized to use only 1,000 watts; the power increase was implemented after being authorized in 2008.
The station is owned and operated by 9015-2018 Québec inc., an independent company doing business under the name "Radio Moyen Orient du Canada". The broadcaster received approval to broadcast by the CRTC on March 15, 2006, and began broadcasting on January 18, 2007. The AM signal replaces a previous SCMO (Subsidiary Communications Multiplex Operations) service located under the main carrier of CISM-FM. The SCMO service went on the air in 1996. The founder / owner and general manager of the station is Antoine (Tony) Karam.
Elissa
Elissa may refer to:
Elissa (Lebanese singer)
Elissar Zakaria Khoury, commonly known as Elissa (Arabic: إليسا [ʔeˈliːsa, ʔeˈlis.sa]), is a Lebanese recording artist.
Elissa has sold over 30 million albums and was the highest-selling female Middle Eastern artist for 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010. In 2005, 2006, and 2010 she received the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist.
Since 2013, Elissa has also been a judge on the television show MBC The X Factor.
Personal life
Elissa was born to a Lebanese father (Zakaria Khoury) and a Syrian mother (Youmna Suud), in Deir el Ahmar.
Career
1992–99: Studio El Fan, and debut album Baddi Doub
Elissa's musical career began in 1992, when she won the silver medal in Studio El Fan, a Lebanese music competition. Her first album, Baddi Doub, was released by EMI Records in 1998.
2000–03: W Akhertha Menak and Ayshalak
Elissa released her second album, We Akhertha Maak, which included the duet, "Betghib Betrouh", sung with Lebanese Ragheb Alama. She was the only Arabic artist to perform in front of former United States President Bill Clinton at the Stars Charity show in Dubai. That year she won the Murex d'Or award for Best Female Artist. Her third studio album, Ayshalak, was released in 2002. In 2002 Elissa was inaugurated Kuwait's Virgin Megastore with Sir Richard Branson. Her clip, "Ajmal Ihsas" won an Arabic Music Award for Best Video Clip in Dubai and in 2003 she signed a deal with Pepsi. Subsequently, she shot two advertisements with American pop star Christina Aguilera for Pepsi for the World Football Cup and Downloaded. Both advertisements were shot in Los Angeles. She collaborated with Irish singer Chris De Burgh in the duet, "Lebanese Nights."
