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Emar (through a subsidiary), along with a group of investors Samarah Rift is a one of the four components of the JD354m (Dhs1.84bn, $500m) Samarah Dead Sea Resort owned by The Dead Sea Touristic and Real Estate Company, a venture of Emaar Properties PJSC and a group of regional and Jordanian investors.

History and legal basis
The roots of the FDLP go back to 1813, when Congress passed a joint resolution directing that copies of the House and Senate journals, and other publications, be printed and distributed to certain libraries and institutions outside of the federal government. Congress took this action to ensure that the American public has access to its Government’s information.

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Architecture
In July 2003, the Water Cube design was chosen from 10 proposals in an international architectural competition for the aquatic center project. The Water Cube was designed and built by a consortium made up of PTW Architects (an Australian architecture firm), Arup international engineering group, CSCEC (China State Construction Engineering Corporation), and CCDI (China Construction Design International) of Shanghai. The Water Cube's design was initiated by Mr. Zhao Xiao Jun of CCDI, who sought to reflect an abstract relationship between man and water. As the design leader of the project Mr. Zhao organized teams from PTW and ARUP in a successful collaboration of talents from East and West. The Water Cube is one of the first Chinese designs to rival contemporary star-architecture firms such as OMA, KPF, and SOM, who have been building in China in recent years.

Comprising a steel space frame, it is the largest ETFE clad structure in the world with over 100,000 m² of ETFE pillows that are only 0.2 mm (1/125 of an inch) in total thickness. The ETFE cladding allows more light and heat penetration than traditional glass, resulting in a 30% decrease in energy costs.

The outer wall is based on the Weaire-Phelan structure, a structure devised from the natural formation of bubbles in soap foam. The complex Weaire-Phelan pattern was developed by slicing through bubbles in soap foam, resulting in more irregular, organic patterns than foam bubble structures proposed earlier by the scientist Kelvin. Using the Weaire-Phelan geometry, the Water Cube's exterior cladding is made of 4,000 ETFE bubbles, some as large as 9.14 meters (30 feet) across, with seven different sizes for the roof and 15 for the walls.

The structure will have a capacity of 17,000 during the games that will be reduced to 6,000 afterwards. It also has a total land surface of 65,000 square meters and will cover a total of 32000 m2. Although called the Water Cube, the aquatic center is really a rectangular box (cuboid)- 178 meters (584 feet) square and 31 meters (102 feet) high.