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Elisa Lam. On February 19, 2013, the body of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam (born as Lam Ho-yi; Chinese: 藍可兒) was recovered from a large cistern atop the Stay on Main hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, where she had been a guest. She was last seen alive on January 31 and was reported missing by her parents on February 8.
Rainwater harvesting. Basic configuration of domestic rainwater harvesting system in Uganda. [1] Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the collection and storage of rain, rather than allowing it to run off. Rainwater is collected from a roof-like surface and redirected to a tank, cistern, deep pit (well, shaft, or borehole), aquifer, or a reservoir ...
Before the availability of sheet products for flashing, builders used creative methods to minimize water penetration. These methods included angling roof shingles away from the joint, placing chimneys at the ridge, building steps into the sides of chimneys to throw off water, and covering the seams between roofing materials with mortar flaunching.
Roof shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes laid in courses from the bottom edge of the roof up, with each successive course overlapping the joints below. Shingles are held by the roof rafters and are made of various materials such as wood, slate ...
Chesil Beach (also known as Chesil Bank) in Dorset, England is one of three major shingle beach structures in Britain. [2] Its name is derived from the word chessil (Old English ceosel or cisel), meaning "gravel" or "shingle". It runs for a length of 29 kilometres (18 mi) from West Bay to the Isle of Portland and in places is up to 15 metres ...
Roof tiles. Clay tile roofs in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Roof tiles are overlapping tiles designed mainly to keep out precipitation such as rain or snow, and are traditionally made from locally available materials such as clay or slate. Later tiles have been made from materials such as concrete, and plastic.
Two by two, the twelve apostles accomplish Jesus' commission to heal, cast out demons, and proclaim the kingdom of God. Dealing with the broken cistern, Yussif is pressured by Rome to handle the sewage complication under Gaius's supervision. Jairus admits to reading Yussif's sealed account of Jesus and professes his belief.
A chultún (or chultun, plural: chultunob' or chultúns) is a bottle-shaped underground storage chamber built by the pre-Columbian Maya in southern Mesoamerica. Their entrances were surrounded by plastered aprons which guided rainwater into them during the rainy seasons. Most of these archaeological features likely functioned as cisterns for ...