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 […]

Kilesa

In Buddhism, the Pali word Kilesa (Sanskrit: kleśha or klesa) is used to mean “defilements”, “corruptions” or “poisons”. These are mental states which temporarily cloud the mind’s nature and manifest in various forms as unskillful actions of body, speech, and mind.

Three main kinds of kilesa are:

lobha: greed, lust (rāga), attachment.

dosa: hatred, aversion.

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Gemesis

The Gemesis Corporation is a privately-held company founded by Carter Clarke in Sarasota, Florida, United States. The corporation creates cultured diamonds using proprietary Soviet technology.

During the Cold War, Soviet scientists developed the diamond synthesis technology because diamond is the best substrate for strategic semi-conductor electronics that are less susceptible to the electromagnetic pulse of nuclear […]

Rhinegraves

Rhinegraves are a form of breeches which were popular from the early 1660s until the mid 1670s in Western Europe. They are very full breeches gathered below the knee. Usually an overskirt was worn over them which was decorated with ribbon loops around the waist and around the knee. Where the knee was gathered, a […]

Eva Almos

Eva Almos is a Canadian voice actress, who voiced Friend Bear and Swift Heart Rabbit in Nelvana’s Care Bears films and TV series, and also appeared in AlfTales.

Almos was also a writer of USA Network’s animated sitcom, Duckman, and as of 2006 has continued this job with An American in Canada and several animated series. […]

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 […]

Ghost of a Rose

Ghost of a Rose is an album released in 2003 by Blackmore’s Night.

Track listing

“Way to Mandalay” – 6:27

“Three Black Crows” – 3:43

“Diamonds and Rust” – 4:54 (Cover of Joan Baez song “Diamonds & Rust”)

“Cartouche” – 3:48

“Queen for a Day” (Part 1) – 3:05

“Queen for a Day” (Part 2) – 1:36

“Ivory Tower” – 4:24

“Nur eine Minute” […]

Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School is a small, independent middle and high school, located in Harvey West, Santa Cruz, California, USA and named after pioneer Georgiana Bruce Kirby. It has over 230 students in the 2006-2007 academic year and is headed by Josh Karter. It is also known as GBK or Kirby. They […]

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 […]

Funky Diamonds

Funky Diamonds is the self-titled debut of german girl group Funky Diamonds.

The Beginning (Intro) 1:14

I Know That You Want Me 3:16

Funky Diamond Groove 3:20

It’s My Game 3:59

Get It On 3:33

Emotions (Intro) 1:01

A Friend 4:06

Summer Vibes 4:11

Break Down The Rules 3:54

Gotcha! (Intro) 1:28

Bad Girls 3:50

Too Late To Say I’m Sorry 4:30

Take My Love 3:33

Home […]

Pumpkin Diamond

The Pumpkin Diamond is a diamond measuring 5.54 carats (1.108 g) rated in color as Fancy Vivid Orange by the Gemological Institute of America. While this may seem relatively small when compared to other famous diamonds, the Pumpkin Diamond is, in fact, one of the largest Fancy Vivid Oranges the GIA reports having rated […]

Card Spring

The card spring is a move or stylistic trick in card magic or manipulation. It is a type of flourish in which the cards are “sprung” from one hand to another very quickly.

Technique
To spring the cards, first square up a deck of regular playing cards. Hold it in your right hand, thumb on the bottom […]

Sweet and Innocent

Sweet and Innocent is an album by heavy metal music group Diamond Head and was released in 1988.

It largely contains tracks off the band’s 1980 debut album Lightning to the Nations, with the non-LP single “Waited Too Long”, and its B-side “Play It Loud”, and “Streets of Gold”, which was the B-side to Diamond Head’s […]

Funky Four Plus One

Funky Four Plus One and Funky 4 + 1 was the ‘first’ Hip-Hop/Rap group from The Bronx, New York, United States to receive a recording deal. They were notable for having a female MC, and were the first Hip-Hop/Rap group to perform “live” on a national television broadcast.

Contents

1 Beginnings
2 Career
3 Released tracks
4 References
5 Notes

Beginnings
Formed in […]

DJ Cam

DJ Cam (born Laurent Daumail in 1973) is a French DJ. His tunes are almost entirely a hybrid of both hip-hop and jazz music, and is presented in an abstract manner. His first LP was Underground Vibes in 1994, and was revolutionary for its time, featuring familiar jazz samples and many vibe samples and heavy […]

Allnatt Diamond

The Allnatt Diamond is a diamond measuring 101.29 carats (20.258 g) with a cushion cut, rated in color as Fancy Vivid Yellow by the Gemological Institute of America. This diamond is named after one of its holders, Major Alfred Ernest Allnatt, a soldier, sportsman, art patron and benefactor. While it is not known […]

Charlie Paton

Charlie Paton, former Royal Marine and personal trainer, is the first Scotsman to walk unsupported to the Geographic North Pole from Canada. After a grueling 70 days on the ice, Charlie led by Alan Chambers MBE, raised the Union Jack on top of the world at 23:16 hours on 16th May 2000.

Only one in one […]

Friend of Mannequin

Friend of Mannequin is an EP by Joy Electric. It was released in conjunction with the full-length Hello, Mannequin.

Track listing
(all songs written by Ronnie Martin, except where noted)

“Friend of Mannequin” – 2:21

“How Friends are Made, Then Lost” – 3:02

“You’re Material” – 3:28

“Hello, Mannequin Part Two” – 1:52

“The Works of Unknowns (Horton’s Summer of ‘80 Mix)” […]

Ryde or Die Vol. 3

Ryde or Die Vol. 3 is a 2001 album by the New York based Rap group Ruff Ryders. The album was released on December 18th of that year.

Track listing

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Title

Songwriters

Producer(s)

Performer (s)

1

“Intro”

Swizz Beatz

Swizz Beatz

2

“Dirrty”

Brain Kidd

Intro & chorus: Petey Pablo

Verse 1: Drag-On

Verse 2: Petey Pablo

Verse 3: Petey Pablo

Verse 4: Drag-On

3

“They Ain’t Ready”

Timbaland

Intro & chorus: Timbaland

Verse 1: Jadakiss

Verse 2: […]

Three War Films

Three War Films is the title of Andrzej Wajda’s trilogy of anti-war films: A Generation, Kanal, and Ashes and Diamonds. The films deal with Polish reaction to the German occupation of their country during World War II.

External Links

[1]Trilogy at the Criterion Collection

References

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One Night in Bangkok is a live-mix CD by DJ Shadow of indeterminate origins. It claims to be a live mix from Thailand, yet most likely it’s a bootleg. Most of the mix is derived from a live show from Solid Steel Radio. However, this mix omits the Nu Shooz sample (though the beginning and […]

West Kirby Grammar School

West Kirby Grammar School is a grammar school for girls, in the town of West Kirby on the Wirral.
It has a selective intake, with approximately 1250 pupils. It is designated a “Specialist School in Science and Mathematics”.

The school shares a diverse and broad link with its neighbouring grammar school for boys, Calday Grange Grammar. Everything […]

Irthlingborough Diamonds F.C.

Irthlingborough Diamonds were a football club from Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England, founded in 1946. In 1992, they merged with Rushden Town to create Rushden and Diamonds.

The Diamonds played their home games at the old Nene Park, which sits on the site of the current stadium.

References

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Herkimer diamond

Herkimer diamond is the misnomerous name for double-terminated quartz first discovered in exposed outcrops of dolostone at Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York and the Mohawk River Valley. They became largely recognized after workmen discovered them in large quantities while cutting into the Mohawk River Valley dolostone in the late 1700s. Geologists discovered exposed […]

Morgan Pym

Morgan Pym is a fictional character on the television series The Collector, played by Chris Kramer.

Synopsis
Morgan Pym was a monk in 1348 who sold his soul to the Devil to save the woman he loved. Her name was Katrina and she was dying from the plague. Ten years later the deal came to an end […]

Gemesis

The Gemesis Corporation is a privately-held company founded by Carter Clarke in Sarasota, Florida, United States. The corporation creates cultured diamonds using proprietary Soviet technology.

During the Cold War, Soviet scientists developed the diamond synthesis technology because diamond is the best substrate for strategic semi-conductor electronics that are less susceptible to the electromagnetic pulse of nuclear […]

Morton’s fork coup

A Morton’s Fork Coup is a coup in contract bridge involving the forcing of an opponent to choose between establishing one or more extra tricks in the suit led and losing the opportunity to win a trick in the suit led. It takes its name from the expression Morton’s Fork.

Example
South receives the lead of the […]

Heaven (film)

There are three films titled Heaven:

Heaven (1987), a documentary directed by Diane Keaton

Heaven (1998), directed by Scott Reynolds

Heaven (2002), directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Cate Blanchett

References

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Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost

Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost is a fictional character that appeared in titles published by Harvey Comics. Spooky first appeared in Casper the Friendly Ghost #10 (June 1953).

Spooky is written with a Brooklyn accent, for example calling his girlfriend and fellow ghost Pearl, “Poil.” His iconic derby hat is, therefore, a “doiby.”

After several appearances […]

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. […]

Jack (connector)

In electronics, a jack is generally a socket (female) connector, but in some cases the term Jack is arbitrarily applied to the plug (see plug) or socket of a pair of mating connectors. To avoid confusion, the specific terms ‘plug’ or ’socket’ are sometimes used. The term jack occurs in several related terms:

In […]

Rize (band)

See also Rize (disambiguation).

RIZE is a Japanese rock band. They use a blend of metal, reggae, and rap. On 7 July 2007 RIZE performed at the Japanese leg of Live Earth in Tokyo.

Contents

1 Members

1.1 Former Members

2 Discography

2.1 Albums
2.2 Singles
2.3 Internet Releases
2.4 Compilations
2.5 DVDs

3 External links

Members

JESSE (MC & Guitar)

Kaneko Nobuaki (Drums)

Nakao Yoshihiro (Guitar)

KenKen […]

End of Fashion (album)

End of Fashion is Australian band End of Fashion’s debut album. It was released in Australia on August 152005, reached #3 in the Australian ARIA Album Charts and was certified gold. It features the single O Yeah, which reached #21 on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts.

It also features re-recorded versions of previously […]

Lisa Moore

Lisa Moore has been the name of several notable figures:

Lisa Moore, Australian classical musician,

Lisa Moore, Canadian writer.

Lisa Moore, American pairs figure skater

Lisa Moore, a character in the American comic strip “Funky Winkerbean.”

References

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Carbonado

Carbonado, commonly known as the ‘Black Diamond,’ is a natural polycrystalline diamond found in alluvial deposits in the Central African Republic and Brazil. Its natural color is black or dark gray, and it is more porous than other diamonds.

Contents

1 Unusual properties
2 Early theories on origin
3 Extraterrestrial origin
4 External links
5 See also
6 References

Unusual properties
Unlike other natural […]

Rapport congruency

Rapport congruency is the Human tendency to form rapport with someone who seems to be portraying a common role, such as a friend. When someone acts like a friend or an enemy, the Human mind is more likely to associate them with filling that role, even on meeting the person for the first time.

Déjà […]

Love @ 1st Sight

“Love @ 1st Sight” is the first single from Mary J. Blige’s sixth studio album Love & Life, performed with rapper Method Man. Released in 2003, the P. Diddy and Mario Winans produced single reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, #18 in the UK […]

Gymnasium Gaussschule

Gymnasium Gaussschule is a Gymnasium (high school) in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was founded in 1909. From 1933 to 1944 the number of students dropped from 415 to 244, under pressure from the Nazi regime.

External links

school website (in German)

See also

List of schools in Germany

References

Society of Professional Journalists: About […]

Alexander V. Kuprin

Alexander Vasilievich Kuprin () was a Russian painter, a member of the Jack of Diamonds group. Kuprin was born in Borisoglebsk (in Voronezh Oblast, Russia) in 1880 and died in Moscow in 1960. His most famous works are various landscape and still life.

References

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Earth terminal

An Earth terminal, in a satellite link, is one of the non-orbiting communications stations that receives, processes, and transmits signals between itself and a satellite. Earth terminals may be at mobile, fixed, airborne, or waterborne complexes.

See also

Earth station (communications)

References

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Pingjhen City

Pingjhen City (平鎮市) is a city in the central part of Taoyuan County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China.

Geography

Area: 47.75 km²

Population: 201,632 people (2007)

Transportation

National Highway No. 1

Provincial Highway No. 1

Provincial Highway No. 66

External links

Government Official Website

Government English Website

References

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Chase the Ace

There is another card game called Chase the Ace that has very little to do with the version described here. This version is more commonly known as Cuckoo, Screw Your Neighbour or Ranter-Go-Round

For the instrumental rock song by AC/DC, see Chase the Ace.

Chase the Ace is a card game for two or more players […]

Love @ 1st Sight

“Love @ 1st Sight” is the first single from Mary J. Blige’s sixth studio album Love & Life, performed with rapper Method Man. Released in 2003, the P. Diddy and Mario Winans produced single reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, #18 in the UK […]

Antisect

Antisect were an anarcho-punk (and eventually crust punk) band formed in 1982 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK. Their debut album, In Darkness… There Is No Choice was released in 1983 on Flux Of Pink Indians’ Spiderleg Records label and reached number 4 in the indie album charts. This was followed in 1985 by the release of […]

Voskresensk

Voskresensk was also the name of the town of Istra before 1930.

Voskresensk () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. At 88 km to South-East from Moscow, on the shores of Moscow river. Town status since 1938. Population: 77,871 (2002 Census); 79,900 (2000 est;); 81,400 (1991 est.).

Notable athletes

Birthplace of hockey legend Igor Larionov and […]

Chuck Fipke

Charles E. (Chuck) Fipke is a former prospector who discovered the existence of diamonds around Lac de Gras in Canada’s Northwest Territories. He is now a multimillionaire diamond magnate, described as “near-sighted, goateed, short and tough as an oak stump, his speech jolted by a stutter and a hair-trigger laugh”<ref>Krajick, K.: “Barren Lands: An Epic […]

King of Skiffle

The King of Skiffle is a musical album by Lonnie Donegan (one of the most famous skiffle musicians). A CD version of the album was released in the UK February 18, 1998 by Castle Music.

The first single from the album that was released was a version of Leadbelly’s “Rock Island Line”. It was the first […]

Heart of Eternity Diamond

The Heart of Eternity is a diamond measuring 27.64 carats (5.528 g), rated in color as “Fancy Vivid Blue” by the Gemological Institute of America. The Heart of Eternity was cut by the Steinmetz group, who owned the diamond before selling it to the De Beers Group.

The Heart of Eternity is a member of […]

Faith of Our Feathers

Faith Of Our Feathers is the third album by Dustin, released in 1997.

Track listing

Good Looking Woman

Funky Ford Cortina

I’m 2 Sexy

Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

Fairytale of New York

Where Do You Go To, You’re Ugly?

We Are Family

Viva Costa Del Sol

Mary

Well, Did You Ever?

Born Greasy

U2 Medley

References

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Henri Lemoine

Henri Lemoine (fl. 1905–1908) was a French fraudster who claimed to be able to produce synthetic diamonds.

In 1905 Lemoine contacted Sir Julius Wernher, British banker and one of the governors of De Beers Diamond Mines. He said he had discovered a process to produce gem-sized diamonds from coal and agreed to sell his invention if […]