Archive for November, 2007



Diamonds & Rust

Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. Baez is often regarded as an interpreter of other people’s work, and on this album she covered songs by Stevie Wonder, The Allman Brothers, and Jackson Browne. But Diamonds & Rust also contained a number of her own compositions, including the title track, a […]

LRS (band)

LRS is one of three acts that was featured on D Mob’s A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That album, along with Gary Haisman and Cathy Dennis. “It’s Time to Get Funky” was their only appearance on the set and their only number-one U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart-topper with D Mob […]

Jack of Diamonds (artists)

Jack of Diamonds (), also called Knave Of Diamonds, was a group of artists founded in 1909 in Moscow. The group included Robert Falk, Aristarkh Lentulov, Ilya Mashkov, Alexander V. Kuprin, and Pyotr Konchalovsky. The group’s members considered Paul Cézanne to be the only worthy painter to imitate, the others being too trivial and bourgeois […]

Crown of Louis XV

The Crown of Louis XV is the sole surviving crown from the French ancien regime among the French Crown Jewels.

Until the beginning of the 18th century French kings wore plain crowns unembellished with precious stones. This was changed by King Louis XV in 1722, when he had a new crown created, which he had embellished […]

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 […]

Maximum (album)

Maximum is an unofficial biographical album narrating the time around the release of the album Toxicity of the alternative metal band System of a Down.

Track listing

“Intro: The Perfect Antidote” – 9:22

“Laying Foundations” – 4:05

“L. A. Roots” – 3:30

“Resolute Rubin” – 3:02

“Redefining the Landscape” – 9:14

“Reaching Out from Here” – […]

Pizza Inn

Pizza Inn () is a restaurant chain and international food franchise, specializing in American-style pizza. The company is based in the Dallas suburb of The Colony, Texas.
It also has established a good market in the Middle East, with restaurants in Riyadh, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Ali Al Salem, and Dammam, and in early 2007 opened […]

Colour (flag)

A colour is a name for certain kinds of flags.

On land, it usually refers to regimental colours, but the term is also used outside military situations - for example, Scout and Girl Guide flags are known as colours.

At sea, the term “flying the colours” refers to a warship sailing on the high seas and flying […]

Butterfly (Hollies album)

Butterfly is the second of two 1967 albums by The Hollies. It was also the last new Hollies album to feature Graham Nash until 1983’s What Goes Around.

This, like its predecessors For Certain Because and Evolution, featured all the songs written by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks.

As with Evolution, none of the songs […]

The Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science or GHAMAS is a regional high school located at The Learning Corridor in Hartford, Connecticut. It is run by the Capital Region Education Council (CREC), one of 6 Regional Educational Service Centers (RESC) in Connecticut.

GHAMAS is a state-of-the-art educational facility. It provides a well-designed environment conducive to […]

Home language

Home language is a term widely used for a language spoken in the home that is different from the main language spoken in the society. The term is mainly used in educational environments.

Home language speakers are usually bilingual, and the home language is usually the person’s first language. However, in situations where the home language […]

Field emission microscope

Field emission microscopy (FEM) is an analytical technique used in materials science to investigate molecular surface structures and their electronic properties.<ref></ref> Invented by Erwin Müller in 1936, the FEM was one of the first surface analysis instruments that approached near-atomic resolution.

FEM consists of a sharp needle emitter and a detector, such as a fluorescent […]

Rubinstein Trap

The Rubinstein Trap is a chess opening trap in the Queen’s Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense.
Black loses a pawn after the characteristic move Nxd5 due to the threat of having his queen trapped on the back rank.
The queen is attacked by a white bishop while being hemmed in by its own pieces.

The trap takes its name […]

Pusoy Dos

Pusoy Dos, is a variation of Big Two that is popular in the Philippines.
In Pusoy Dos, the order of the suits is strictly diamonds > hearts > spades > clubs, with the two of diamonds being the highest card in the game and the three of clubs the lowest. On the other hand, Big Two […]

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

Crater of […]

Conjugacy class sum

Let G be a finite group with conjugacy class C. Then the class sum

<math>\overline{C} = \sum_{c \in C} c</math>

is an element of the center of the group algebra <math>Z(\mathbb{C} G)</math>.

References

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Martin Hengel

Martin Hengel is a German scholar of religion, focusing on the “Second-Temple Period” or “Hellenistic Period” of early Judaism, which encompasses 200 BCE to 200 CE. He is Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at the University of Tübingen. Martin specializes in the early period of Rabbinical Judaism including early Christianity and the […]

Time out

The word time out, time-out, timeout may refer to:

Sport time-out, a break in a sport play that may be called by a side

Television timeout, a break in sporting action so that a commercial break may be taken.

Child time-out, an education technique for disciplining a child

Timeout (telecommunication), an engineering concept

The title Time […]

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. […]

Four-color deck

A four-color deck is identical to the standard Anglo-American playing cards except for the color of the suits. In a typical four-color deck, hearts are red and spades are black as usual, but clubs are green and diamonds are blue. However, other color combinations have been used over the centuries.

Four color decks are not […]

Eric Donaldson

For Eric Donaldson the contemorary American sculptor see Eric Donaldson (sculptor).

Eric Donaldson (born 11 June 1947, St. Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter.

Donaldson has won the Jamaican Festival Song Competition five times, in 1971, 1977, 1978, 1984 and 1993. His winning 1971 entry, “Cherry Oh Baby”, launched him into the limelight, although he had […]

David R. Morgan

David R. Morgan is a retired professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma where he received his Ph.D..

Morgan served two years as the city manager of Yukon, Oklahoma.

Writings by David R. Morgan

Managing Urban America with Robert E. England (1999)

Oklahoma Politics and Policies with Robert E. England, George Humphreys (1992)

References

Diamond Jewelry, Gemstone Jewelry, Engagement […]

Instinctual

Instinctual is the second album by American acid house disc jockey Romanthony. It also features DJ Predator. It was released by Glasgow Underground Records on March 1, 1999.

Track listing

“Mind O’ A Predator”

“It’s Startin’”

“Remember A Song”

“Clap Ya Handz”

“Handz N D’ Air”

“Do You Wanna Dance”

“Music Mind”

“Funky Flava”

“Let’s Work (Beatdown)”

“Comin’ 4 U”

External links

allmusic Overview

References

Funky Jane […]

Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds is the second scenario in the Wizardry series of computer role-playing games. It was published in 1982 by Sir-tech Software, Inc..

Gameplay
The game begins with the city of Llylgamyn under siege. Llylgamyn’s rulers have been killed, and the city’s only hope is for the recovery of the armor from the […]

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. […]

Belhus, Western Australia

Belhus is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is in the City of Swan local government area.

References

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Loose Diamonds from Diamonds-USA.com […]

Nighthawks at the Diner

Nighthawks at the Diner is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1975 on Asylum Records. The name is inspired by a 1942 painting by American Edward Hopper that is titled Nighthawks but commonly called Nighthawks at the Diner.

The album was recorded “live” in the studio, in front of a small invited audience. This gives […]

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 […]

Four-color deck

A four-color deck is identical to the standard Anglo-American playing cards except for the color of the suits. In a typical four-color deck, hearts are red and spades are black as usual, but clubs are green and diamonds are blue. However, other color combinations have been used over the centuries.

Four color decks are not […]

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 […]

Pepper jack cheese

Pepper jack cheese is a derivative of Monterey Jack that combines spicy hot peppers for a zesty flavor. Spicy, delicate and buttery, pepper jack cheese is semi-soft and open textured with a slightly tart flavor.

Pepper jack cheese can complement most meat, especially beef. Pepper jack is often used as an alternative cheese in dishes such […]

Frank Howard Kirby

Wing Commander Frank Howard Kirby VC CBE DCM (12 November 1871 - 8 July 1956) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Contents

1 Details
2 Further information
3 References
4 External links

Details
He was 28 years […]

The Loading Program

The Loading Program is the fourth release by collaborative group Tuatara. The release mainly consists of remixes of songs from their first three albums.

Track listing

Morocco (Remixed by DJ Spooky) (Peter Buck and Barrett Martin) - 5:13

25th & 6th (Remixed by Mr. Reliable) (Buck, Justin Harwood, and Martin) - 4:35

The Hangover (Remixed by Mr. Reliable) […]

Blue ground

In reconnaissance for diamond mining, blue ground refers to a layer of nonoxidized kimberlite. Kimberlites are a class of mineral most commonly associated with diamond mining. Before the advent of modern geophysical probes, the ideal way to find a kimberlite pipe, a prime location for finding diamonds, was to search for “yellow ground”, a layer […]

Tryin’ to Get the Feeling

Tryin’ to Get the Feeling was the third studio album released by Barry Manilow in 1975. It sported the self-titled track “Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again”, with other hits including “New York City Rhythm”, “Bandstand Boogie” (the theme from the long-running ABC series American Bandstand), and “I Write the Songs.” The album scored triple […]

Sightholder

A sightholder is a company on the Diamond Trading Company’s (DTC) list of authorized bulk purchasers of rough diamonds. DTC is controlled by the De Beers Group, the single largest producer and purveyor of rough diamonds in the world. In May 2006, DTC released a list of the 93 sightholders on its website. […]

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 […]

Baby Food Festival

The National Baby Food Festival takes place around mid-July in Fremont, Michigan (home of Gerber Baby Food).

Rachel Robinson was crowned National Baby Food Festival Queen in the summer of 2006.

External links

Fremont Chamber of Commerce

National Baby Food Festival

References

Haggadah Songs - Passover with Aish Vi'osoh chalboh, vinoshach lishunroh, Di'ochloh ligadyoh, Dizabin aboh beesrei One baby goat, […]

Break Out

Break Out is an album by Soulive that was released on September 13, 2005. It is produced by Jeff Krasno.

Contrary to previous albums, nearly all of the tracks are collaborations. Guest musicians include Chaka Khan (featured on “Back Again”), Ivan Neville (featured on “Got Soul” and “Take It Easy”), Corey Glover (featured on “Freedom”), Robert […]

Diamond Point, Washington

Diamond Point is an unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, located on the Miller Peninsula. Located mostly along the waterfront, Diamond Point is entirely residential. It is serviced by the small Diamond Point Airport, notable for taxiways that run across town streets, connecting to hangars that are adjacent to driveways. Diamond Point is […]

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 […]

In Concert 1987: Abigail

In Concert 1987: Abigail is a live album by King Diamond which was recorded in 1987 but released in 1990.

Track listing
Lyrics by King Diamond. Music credits indicated as such.

“Funeral” (Diamond) – 1:55

“Arrival” (Diamond) – 5:47

“Come to the Sabbath” (Diamond) – 5:43

“The […]

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 […]

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 […]

Nanga (instrument)

A nanga is a harp, used from early times in Africa. Particularly, this was the most primitive form of harps in ancient Egypt and consisted of 3 or 4 strings. It has a vaulted body of wood, and the back is divided by a sound bar, on which the strings are wound. […]

Queen: The eYe

Queen: The eYe is a 3D action/adventure electronic video entertainment game that was released in 1998 by Electronic Arts, a game company and featured music by the rock group Queen. The game is set in the future where the world is ruled by an all-seeing machine called “The eYe” which has eradicated everything that promotes […]

Great Chrysanthemum Diamond

The Great Chrysanthemum Diamond is a diamond measuring 104.15 carats (20.830 g) with a Pear-Shaped Modified Brilliant Cut, rated in colour as Fancy Orange-Brown and I1 clarity by the Gemological Institute of America. The diamond’s origins are in South Africa, where it was bought by the jeweler Julius Cohen as a 198.28 carat (39.656 g) […]

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life is an album released by Monty Python in 1983, in conjunction with the film Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. The album mainly consists of sketches from the film, with a few links performed by Michael Palin. A CD version was later released.

A few pieces of dialogue are on […]

Diamond willow

Diamond willow is willow distinctively shaped as the result of attack by fungus (Valsa sordida, and possibly others), which has resulted in a diamonding effect occurring in the wood of the shrub or tree as the tree forms cankers, or diamonds (elongated ovals with pointed ends), in response to the infection, according to Lutz (see […]

Gotcha

A gotcha is a detrimental condition (usually of a contract or agreement) that is designed to sneak past the other party. For example, many “free” Credit Report sites have “gotchas” that automatically sign you up for a monthly credit report service unless you explicitly cancel. “Gotcha” is also a frequently used programming term.

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1 Programming gotchas
2 […]