Archive for November, 2007



Heimlich Menudo

Heimlich Menudo is a fictional anthropomorphic leopard villain in the animated television series Tale Spin. He appears in the episode Vowel Play. His name is a pun on the Heimlich Maneuver, a name he also chose for his master plan to steal all the diamonds in Cape Suzette (see below). He was voiced by Kenneth […]

Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast

Krasnogorsk () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, adjacent to the north-western boundary of Moscow, on the Moskva River. Population: 92,545 (2002 Census). An urban-type settlement was established here in 1932, town status granted in 1940.

It is known for the Moscow Country Club Resort at Nakhabino, and Krasnogorsk film cameras which were produced there […]

The Leap

The Leap is a fantasy novel by Jonathan Stroud first published in 2001. It centers around a girl whose best friend drowns in a mill pool.

Plot introduction
In her dreams, she follows her friend through death on a mystical journey. But can she catch up with him? And what would it mean if she […]

Smuggling in literature

This page lists works of fiction whose primary subject matter is smuggling:

Eric Ambler: The Light of Day (filmed as Topkapi)

Eric Ambler: Passage of Arms

S.R. Crockett: The Raiders

Rudyard Kipling: A Smuggler’s Song (poem)

Daphne du Maurier: Jamaica Inn (although this is also concerned with wrecking)

J. Meade Falkner: Moonfleet

Ian Fleming: Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond)

Martha Grimes: The Lamorna […]

Jack Douglas

Jack Douglas may refer to:

Jack Douglas (actor), British actor associated with the Carry On films,

Jack Douglas (record producer), American record producer

Jack Douglas (writer), American comedy writer (The Jack Paar Show, Laugh-In, Shut Up and Eat Your Snowshoes).

Jack Douglas (stage actor)

Jon Douglas (b. 1936), American tennis player and college football player

References

Jack of […]

Invite Them Up (album)

Invite Them Up is a four disc (3 CD and 1 DVD) collection of highlights from the weekly comedy showcase Invite Them Up currated by Eugene Mirman, Bobby Tisdale, and Holly Schlesinger released on December 6, 2005 on Comedy Central Records.

Contents

1 Track listing

1.1 CD 1
1.2 CD 2
1.3 CD 3
1.4 DVD

2 External links

Track listing

CD 1

Intro

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The Leap

The Leap is a fantasy novel by Jonathan Stroud first published in 2001. It centers around a girl whose best friend drowns in a mill pool.

Plot introduction
In her dreams, she follows her friend through death on a mystical journey. But can she catch up with him? And what would it mean if she […]

King’s Way

King’s Way is a 45 mile long-distance footpath in Hampshire, England from Winchester Cathedral to Portchester Castle.

This footpath was created by Allan King of the Hampshire Area Rambler’s Association.

The footpath is waymarked by metal and plastic disks found attached to wooden and metal posts, trees and street furniture. These are a red arrow and words […]

James Gregory (mineralogist)

For other people with the same name, see James Gregory.

James Gregory was a noted 19th century British mineralogist.

When he was sent in 1868 by diamond merchant Harry Emmanuel of London’s Hatton Garden to Hopetown, South Africa to determine if claims of diamonds being found there were true, he investigated and reported back, that “The whole […]

All Will Be Revealed

All Will Be Revealed is a 2005 album by the British heavy metal band Diamond Head. This was Diamond Head’s first album with new singer Nick Tart. The album was recorded in 2004 and first released as a Limited 2005 Tour Edition for the band’s European tour supporting Megadeth with the cover artwork depicting a […]

Diamonds (film)

For alternate meanings, see Diamond (disambiguation). For the other film, see Diamonds (1999 film).

Diamonds is a 1975 Israeli-American heist film. Robert Shaw stars in a dual role as twin brothers. Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey and Shelley Winters are co-stars. The film was also entitled Diamond Shaft, though it has no relation to the Shaft films […]

Steinmetz Pink Diamond

The Steinmetz Pink is a diamond weighing 59.60 carats (11.92 g), rated in color as Fancy Vivid Pink by the Gemological Institute of America. The Steinmetz Pink is the largest known diamond having been rated Vivid Pink. As a result of this exceptional rarity, the Steinmetz Group took a cautious 20 months to cut the […]

Saber Interactive

Saber Interactive is a video game developer based in Cranford, New Jersey. They primarily develop first-person shooter games. The studio released the game Will Rock in 2003, and is currently developing another game called TimeShift for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Their trademark is fast and furious shooting gameplay. They also have […]

Jack of Diamonds

Jack of Diamonds may refer to:

The playing card.

Jack of Diamonds, a group of artists founded in 1909 in Moscow.

Jack of Diamonds, a 1967 film directed by Don Taylor.

Jack of Diamonds, a 2001 film directed by Jon Kirby and Mitchell Morgan.

Jack of Diamonds (song)

References

Stardrive — Title Page Jack Sarfatti may be […]

Bruce Glover

Bruce Herbert Glover (born May 2, 1932) is an American actor perhaps best known for his role of assassin Mr. Wint in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. He is also the father of actor Crispin Glover.

Information
Talented character actor who has notched up over 45 years in Hollywood, and is generally most entertaining […]

Final Run

Final Run can refer to:

Final Run (film) (1999), a Canadian film directed by Armand Mastroianni and starring Robert Urich.

Final Run (television series) (1988), a UK series directed by Tim King.

Mu zhong wu ren (1989), a Chinese film directed by Phillip Ko, which is also known as Final Run, Kickboxer or Jackie Chan’s Second Strike.

References

3 Days. […]

Jon Benjamin

Jon Benjamin can refer to:

H. Jon Benjamin, an American comedian and actor.

Jon Benjamin, the current chief executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Cream (song)

“Cream” is a rock and roll song by Prince and the New Power Generation from the 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls. The song is Prince’s fifth (and currently last) U.S. number one hit single. Prince has claimed that he had written the song while standing in front of a mirror.

The single’s B-side was […]

Jack Barry

Jack Barry can refer to:

Jack Barry (baseball) (1887-1961)

Jack Barry (television) (1918-1984), game show host

Jack Barry (singer) (1909-1982), 1930s radio singer

References

Jack of Diamonds International Inc. Jack of Diamonds, International, established in 1963 & conveniently located in the heart of New York City Diamond District has earned an excellent
Waylon Jennings, Jack Of Diamonds […]

Directed attention fatigue

Directed attention fatigue (DAF) is a neurological symptom which occurs when the inhibitory attention system, that part of the brain which allows us to concentrate in the face of distractions, becomes fatigued.

Signs of directed attention fatigue include temporarily feeling unusually distractible, impatient, forgetful, or cranky when there is no associated illness. In more severe forms, […]

Jack Cohen

Jack Cohen may refer to:

Jack Cohen (Tesco) (1898–1979), British businessman

Jack Cohen (politician) (1886–1965), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament for Liverpool Fairfield 1918–1931

Jack Cohen (scientist), (1933 - )British biologist and special effects consultant

References

SDNHM The Nature of Diamonds: Facts About Diamonds Most diamonds are over three billion years old, two-thirds the age of the Earth. […]

Four Little Diamonds

“Four Little Diamonds” is a song by the rock music group Electric Light Orchestra from their 1983 album Secret Messages. It also featured on their compilation albums Afterglow and Flashback.
The song refers to the search made by the singer for his cheating lover who emotionally conned him out of a ring which had ‘Four Little […]

Excelsior Diamond

The Excelsior Diamond was found on June 30, 1893 at the Jagersfontein Mine by a worker while loading a truck. The man was able to hide the diamond from the supervisors but delivered it to the manager of the mine himself. Until 1905, when the larger Cullinan diamond was found, the Excelsior was the largest […]

Moussaieff Red Diamond

The Moussaieff Red Diamond is a diamond measuring 5.11 carats (1.022 g) with a triangular brilliant cut (sometimes called a trillion or a trilliant cut), rated in color as Fancy Red by the Gemological Institute of America. While this may seem relatively small when compared to other famous diamonds, the Moussaieff Red is, in […]

Holdup (bridge)

Holdup is a play in contract bridge, whereby the declarer ducks one or more trick to opponents, usually in notrump contracts, in order to cut their communications. The primary purpose of holdup is to give as many tricks to opponents as needed to exhaust all the cards in the suit from one of their hands. […]

NNFA

The NNFA, or the National Nutritional Foods Association, is an organization founded in 1936 to represent the interest of manufacturers and retailers of the natural products industry, which includes organic and health foods, dietary supplements, natural ingredient cosmetics, and sports nutrition products. The organization renamed itself to the Natural Products Association in June 2006. […]

The Three Aces

The Three Aces is a card trick where the magician places the Ace of Diamonds in the middle of the deck, and the two black Aces (Spades and Clubs) on the top and bottom of the deck. The deck is cut, and all three aces are found together in the middle of the deck.

Method
The […]

Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring

Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring was a Joan Baez album, recorded live in the bullring of Bilbao, Spain. The album featured twelve songs, six of which were performed in English, five in Spanish, and one - “Txoria Txori” - in Basque. Most of the songs had been performed and recorded by Baez […]

Shargaas

In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Shargaas is the orc deity of darkness and thieves.

In many campaign settings, the orcish pantheon of gods consists of the leader Gruumsh, as well as Bahgtru, Ilneval, Luthic, Shargaas, and Yurtrus.

Shargaas lives in a realm called The Night Below on the plane of Gehenna.

Shargaas’ […]

Collector’s Item (EP)

Collector’s Item is the name of an EP by the heavy metal band King Diamond. It is a Collector’s item shaped in a form of a head.

Track listing

“Moonlight” – 4:30

“LOA House” – 5:35

“Black Hill Sanitarium” – 4:28

“From the Other Side” – 3:49

“Voodoo” – 4:34

Credits

King Diamond - Vocals, Keyboards

Andy LaRocque - Guitars, Keyboards

Herb Simonsen - Guitar

Chris […]

Ocean Dream Diamond

The Ocean Dream is a diamond measuring 5.51 carats (1.102 g), rated in color as Fancy Deep Blue-Green by the Gemological Institute of America. The Ocean Dream is the only natural diamond known to the GIA to possess a blue-green hue, making it one of the rarest diamonds in the world. (A blue-green […]

Waterblommetjiebredie

Waterblommetjiebredie is a stew. The name comes from the Afrikaans “water”-”blommetjie” (small flower)-”bredie” (stew). It is made of meat stewed together with a flower (known as Cape Pondweed or Water Hawthorn) found in the dams and marshes of the Western Cape. The buds (waterblommetjies) are usually ready to be picked in the months […]

Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring

Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring was a Joan Baez album, recorded live in the bullring of Bilbao, Spain. The album featured twelve songs, six of which were performed in English, five in Spanish, and one - “Txoria Txori” - in Basque. Most of the songs had been performed and recorded by Baez […]

Moussaieff Red Diamond

The Moussaieff Red Diamond is a diamond measuring 5.11 carats (1.022 g) with a triangular brilliant cut (sometimes called a trillion or a trilliant cut), rated in color as Fancy Red by the Gemological Institute of America. While this may seem relatively small when compared to other famous diamonds, the Moussaieff Red is, in […]

Heyday Films

Heyday Films is a British film production company, founded by producer David Heyman in London in 1997.

Its first feature film production was Ravenous (1999), directed by Antonia Bird. However, it is most notable for producing the Harry Potter film series, based on the novels of J.K. Rowling, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone […]

Boy Meets Girl (EP)

Boy Meets Girl is a 2003 EP by Danish pop duo Junior Senior.

Track listing

“Boy Meets Girl”

“Rhythm Bandits”

“Shake Me Baby”

“Cocodub”

“Move Your Feet”

The CD version of the EP includes video multimedia tracks for:

“Boy Meets Girl”

“Move Your Feet”

“Dynamite”

“Chicks and Dicks”

“Good Girl, Bad Boy”

“The Delta Lab Diary”

External links

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Putter Smith

Putter Smith (Born Patrick Smith on 19th January 1941, California, U.S.) is an American jazz bassist and actor, who played Mr. Kidd in the James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever.

References

External link

Putter has worked with Massive Attack, Bruce Glover, Pussycat Dolls, Depeche Mode, Dirk Benedict, Frank Sinatra, Roger Moore & many other famous names.

References

Diamonds : Wholesale […]

James Gregory (mineralogist)

For other people with the same name, see James Gregory.

James Gregory was a noted 19th century British mineralogist.

When he was sent in 1868 by diamond merchant Harry Emmanuel of London’s Hatton Garden to Hopetown, South Africa to determine if claims of diamonds being found there were true, he investigated and reported back, that “The whole […]

James Lochhead Jack

Brigadier General James Lochhead Jack (1879–1962) was a British officer who fought during the First World War. He became a war hero after coming back from the trenches, but his character was never the same again. In 1964, his diaries were published (edited by John Terraine, and became a bestseller.

He was married to […]

Jack Holt

Jack Holt may refer to:

Jack Holt (actor) (1888–1951)

Jack Holt (dinghy designer) (1912–1995)

Jack Holt (footballer) (born 1865), Everton, Reading and England footballer

References

Jack of Diamonds@Everything2.com Usually that question snapped Jack out of his usual morning stupor. He would then go off on an annoyed diatribe about the nature of his business.
Jack o Diamonds: Longview/Tyler area Honda […]

Merlin diamond mine

The Merlin diamond mine is one of only three diamond mines in Australia. The mine is located in the Northern Territory of Australia, about 80 kilometres south of Borroloola. The mine operated for a period of about four years from 2000 to mid-2003, during which time it produced about 500,000 carats (100 kg) of […]

Mountain Home

Mountain Home may be:

Mountain Home, Arkansas

Mountain Home, Idaho

Mountain Home Air Force Base

Mountain Home, North Carolina

Mountain Home, Tennessee, home of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Center and National Cemetery

References

Conflict Diamonds - How to Avoid Buying a Conflict Diamond - Blood Conflict diamonds, often called blood diamonds, are gems that are […]

NAD

NAD can refer to:

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme used in glycolysis

National Appeals Division, an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture

National Association of the Deaf, a non-profit advocacy organization

NAD Electronics, a Canadian audio equipment manufacturer

Namibian dollar, the currency of the African nation of Namibia

North American Datum, a series […]

Pocahontas (film)

There are a number of movies with the title Pocahontas:

Pocahontas and John Smith - a 1924 film directed by Bryan Foy

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas - a 1953 American production directed by Lew Landers

Pocahontas - a 1995 animated feature from Walt Disney Pictures

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World - the […]

Markuelia

Markuelia denotes a genus of fossil worms of disputed connections among modern phyla, which are found in the Middle Cambrian period that encompasses two known species, Markuelia hunanensis and Markuelia secunda, which are presumably the closest known relatives to three modern taxa of bilaterian animals: the Loricifera, Kinorhyncha and Priapulida.

Found in Hunan province in […]

Until Forever Finds Me

Until Forever Finds Me is the only released recording by Christian hardcore band, This Runs Through.

Members

Spencer Chamberlain - Vocals

Tyson Shipman - Guitar

Kevin - Guitar

Josh - Bass

Phil Chamberlain - Drums

Spencer is now the lead vocalist of Underøath. Tyson and Phil are now members of the band Sullivan.

Track listing

“Kiss the Envelope” – 4:44

“A Prayer Upon […]

Blue Diamonds

The Blue Diamonds were a Dutch 1960s doo-wop duo best known for their chart topping single Ramona. Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) brothers Rudy de Wolff and Riem de Wolff founded the group shortly after immigrating to the Netherlands in 1949.

External links

Fan site

References

Amazon.com: Diamonds: Books: Vicky Paterson Amazon.com: Diamonds: Books: Vicky Paterson by Vicky Paterson.
Diamond Buying Guide : […]

Chibuzor Chilaka

Chibuzor Chilaka (born October 21 1986 in Nigeria) is a professional football player. He currently plays for Notts County.

Chibuzor was bought to club by the youth team coach after the two had been together at Rushden & Diamonds. He used to play in the heart of the defence, but the staff at Notts moved […]

Ju languages

The Ju (also spelled Juu, Zhu or Dzu) or ǃKung languages are a language family consisting of a single dialect continuum spoken in Botswana, Namibia, and Angola. They form one branch of a suspected Khoisan language family, and are called Northern Khoisan in that scenario.

The better known Ju dialects are ǃʼOǃKung, Juǀʼhoan, and ǂKxʼauǁʼein. They […]

Abu Nur

Abu Nur is the name of a district (neighborhood) in Damascus. Originally named after an officer under the command of Saladin, it is also the birthplace of renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmed Kuftaro, who was buried there in 2004.

visit the website of abunour islamic foundation

References

Trane Commercial & Residential Air Solutions - Air Conditioning […]