Sian

Sian may refer to:

Places

  • Xi'an, China, formerly romanized as Sian
  • Sian, Iran (disambiguation), various places in Iran
  • People

  • Siân, a Welsh girl's name; list of people with this name
  • Sian or Seyan, an Indian and Pakistani surname
  • Sian (Kurdish tribe), a tribe or clan in Iraq
  • Other

  • Sian, the original and common name for the Canadian band SIANspheric
  • Stop the Islamisation of Norway, a Norwegian anti-Islam group which was established in 2008
  • Sian (Kurdish tribe)

    Sian, Syan or Siyan (سيان in Kurdish) are a Kurdish tribe that live in southern Erbil, as well as Mekhmur, Deshti-Qeraj, and Girdesor villages in Iraq.

    The branches of the Syan are the Shemzini, Esdikerri, Dimsori, Salmemi, Kaci, and Piresni.


    BattleTech

    BattleTech is a wargaming and military science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps. The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech (originally named BattleDroids) by Jordan Weisman and L. Ross Babcock III and has since grown to include numerous expansions to the original game, several computer and video games, a collectible card game, a series of more than 100 novels, an animated television series and more.

    Overview

    Chicago-based FASA Corporation's original 1984 game focused on enormous robotic, semi-humanoid battle machines called BattleDroids. The name of the game was changed to BattleTech in the second edition because George Lucas and Lucasfilm claimed the rights to the term "droid"; the machines themselves were renamed BattleMechs from the second edition onwards.

    Sink

    A sink (also sinker, washbowl, hand basin and wash basin) is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture used for washing hands, dishwashing, and other purposes. Sinks have taps (faucets) that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing. They also include a drain to remove used water; this drain may itself include a strainer and/or shut-off device and an overflow-prevention device. Sinks may also have an integrated soap dispenser.

    When a sink becomes stopped-up or clogged, a person will often resort to use a chemical drain cleaner or a plunger, though most professional plumbers will remove the clog with a drain auger (often called a "plumber's snake").

    History

    United States

    The washstand was a bathroom sink made in the United States in the late 18th century. The washstands were small tables on which were placed a pitcher and a deep bowl, following the English tradition. Sometimes the table had a hole where the large bowl rested, which led to the making of dry sinks. From about 1820 to 1900 the dry sink evolved by the addition of a wooden cabinet with a trough built on the top, lined with zinc or lead. This is where the bowls or buckets for water were kept. Splashboards were sometimes added to the back wall, as well as shelves and drawers, the more elaborate designs usually placed in the kitchen.

    Sink (Foetus album)

    Sink is a Foetus Inc compilation album that was first released in 1989 on Self Immolation/Some Bizzare. It compiles rare and unreleased songs from various Foetus projects from 1981–1989. Many of the rare tracks on the album have been edited shorter than their original length.

    Sink is Foetus' final Some Bizarre record and it saw released in 1995 thanks to Some Bizzare Label Thirsty Ear's effort to reissue the Foetus catalogue. All versions' liner notes contain an up-to-date Foetus discography.

    Sink is Self Immolation #WOMB INC 6.

    Track listing

    All songs by J. G. Thirlwell.

  • "Bedrock" – 7:07
    as on Bedrock
  • "Ramrod" – 5:49
    edited from Ramrod
  • "Boxhead" – 3:40
    as on Ramrod
  • "Lilith" – 4:17 by Foetus Eruptus
    previously unreleased
  • "Shut" – 0:54
    as on Bedrock
  • "Diabolus In Musica" – 7:06
    edited from Bedrock
  • "Smut" – 3:44
    edited from Ramrod
  • "Sick Minutes" – 2:20
    edited from Finely Honed Machine
  • "Rattlesnake Insurance" – 1:49
    as on Bedrock
  • "Himmelfahrtstransport / Primordial Industry" – 2:08 by Foetus In Your Bed
    "Himmelfahrtstransport" previously unreleased
    "Primordial Industry" edited from An Afflicted Man's Musica Box compilation
  • Sink (geography)

    Mediterranean Sink during the Messinian Event
    Red Sea when blocked by the Perim volcano
    Africa: Afar Depression
    USA: Carson Sink
    USA: Humboldt Sink
    USA: Quinn River Sink
    USA: Salton Sink

    A geographic sink is a depression within an endorheic basin where water collects with no visible outlet. Instead of discharging, the collected water is lost due to evaporation and/or penetration (water sinking underground, e.g., to become groundwater in an aquifer). If the sink has karstic terrain, water will sink at a higher rate than the surface evaporation, and conversely if the lakebed or sink bed has a layer of soil that is largely impervious to water (hardpan), evaporation will predominate. Since dry lakes in sinks with hardpan have little penetration, they require more severe aridity/heat to eliminate collected water at a comparable rate as for a similar sink with appreciable penetration.

    Depending on losses, precipitation, and inflow (e.g., a spring, a tributary, or flooding); the temporal result of a lake in a sink may be a persistent lake, an intermittent lake, a playa lake (temporarily covered with water), or an ephemeral lake.

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