Archive for December, 2007
Kimberly is a ghost town south of Murfreesboro, Arkansas. The town grew up near John Huddleston’s diamond mine. Kimberly had a population of over 2,000 people. Wooden frame houses were built, some were made into stores, and other businesses. A bank, hotel, and other stores were also built here.
Kimberly was founded after John Huddleston found […]
The Funky Phantom was a Saturday morning cartoon, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1971 for ABC. Similar to Hanna-Barbera’s successful Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The Funky Phantom featured three teenagers — Skip, April, and Augie — and their dog Elmo. These four living beings solved spooky mysteries with the help of two ghostly companions, a […]
Hasta la Vista, Baby! was the final album from UK Hard Rock band Skin. A double-live CD recorded at LA2 in London on April 26, 1998 as part of the bands farewell tour, and released later that same year.
Track listing
Disc 1
1) Krusher Intro
2) Experience Electric
3) The Only One
4) Blow My Mind
5) No […]
Cuno Hoffmeister (February 2 1892 - January 2 1968) was a German astronomer.
Cuno Hoffmeister founded the Sonneberg Observatory and discovered approximately 10.000 variable stars and several asteroids. He also co-discovered comet C/1959 O1. Hoffmeister crater on the Moon is named after him, as are the asteroids 1726 Hoffmeister and 4183 Cuno.
His students included Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs.
References
NASA's […]
Black Earth may refer to
Chernozem, the Russian term for a type of soil.
Black Earth, Wisconsin, a village in the U.S. state of Wisconsin
Black Earth (town), Wisconsin, a town in the U.S. state of Wisconsin
Black Earth, a hard rock band
Black Earth, an album by Turkish pianist Fazil Say
Black Earth, an album by Arch Enemy
Black Earth, an […]
The Venetia Diamond Mine is South Africa’s largest producer of diamonds. It is situated close to the South African town of Alldays in the Limpopo province and is located within the 360 km² Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve.
The open-pit mine is one of De Beers’ six remaining diamond mines in South Africa and the only major […]
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
Engagement Rings, Diamond […]
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 […]
The Late Music Volume One is an album by The Olivia Tremor Control side project Black Swan Network. Released on Camera Obscura, it was a collection of tracks inspired by Olivia Tremor Control fans who wrote the band with descriptions of dreams they had.
Track listing
“One”
“Two”
“Three”
“Four”
“Five”
“Six”
“Seven”
References
Barnes & Noble.com […]
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 […]
The term connate fluids in the context of geology, and of sedimentology in particular, refers to the liquids that were trapped in the pores of sedimentary rocks as they were deposited. These liquids are largely composed of water, but also contain many mineral components as ions in solution.
As rocks are buried, they undergo lithification […]
Sima is the name for the lower layer of the Earth’s crust. This layer is made of rocks rich in silicates and magnesium minerals. Typically the sima when it comes to the surface is basalt, so sometimes this layer is called the ‘basalt layer’ of the crust. The sima layer is also called the […]
The phrase one-eyed royals is poker jargon referring to the Jack of Spades, Jack of Hearts and King of Diamonds. The terminology results from the depiction of the royal on the card being in profile, resulting in only one eye being visible.
Frequently used in home games of draw poker as wilds because these three cards […]
From Every Stage was a live album Joan Baez made on her 1975-76 tour. The album included live versions of songs from her then current album, Diamonds & Rust, as well as previous and original work. Baez’ recording of “Blowin’ in the Wind” from this album was later included in the Forrest […]
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 […]
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
PBS - […]
Ayumi Hamasaki’s DOME TOUR LIVE DVD was released on December 12, 2001.
Performed Songs Track listing
evolution
Fly high
Duty
NEVER EVER
M
A Song for XX
SURREAL
vogue
AUDIENCE
SEASONS
Endless sorrow
UNITE!
Trauma
Boys & Girls
Who…
References
2001 Readers' Choice Awards Sorting through the results of the 2001 Readers' Choice Awards, ballots gathered […]
Blue Diamond may refer to:
A blue diamond, the most famous example being the Hope Diamond
The Blue Diamond, the name assigned in 1954 to the air demonstration unit of the Philippine Air Force. In 1960, this was changed to The Blue Diamonds.
Blue Diamond, Nevada, a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, […]
The Third Moscow Conference between the major Allies of World War II took place from October 18 to November 11 1943.
A meeting of the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Anthony Eden; the United States, Cordell Hull; and the Soviet Union, Vyacheslav Molotov; resulted in the Moscow Declaration and the creation of the European […]
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Jack, named in honor of the jack, (any of various fishes—young pike, green pike or pickerel, or large California rockfish).
The first Jack, (SS-259), was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1967.
The second Jack, (SSN-605), was a Permit-class submarine, […]
Nene Park is the home ground of Rushden & Diamonds football club. Situated in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England, along the bank of the River Nene, the stadium holds 6,441 with 4,641 seated and 1,800 standing.
History
The stadium was built in 1969 as the home of Irthlingborough Diamonds, after the land was bought from the water board. In […]
Kuehneosaurus was a late Triassic reptile — of the order Squamata, not a dinosaur — which was about two feet long, and had ribs which jutted out from its body as much as one foot (30 cm), which were connected by a membrane which allowed it to fly like the present dayflying dragon.
References
Slashdot | Google's […]
Czechification is a term used to describe a cultural change in which something ethnically non-Czech is made to become Czech.
The term is commonly used in relation to Slovaks, Rusyns and Germans.
External links
President Tiso - A much maligned priest
References
Discover the best intro and intro sites List of the best intro, intro , and intro […]
The Trinity Universe (also called the Æon Continuum or the Æonverse) is the shared science fiction setting created by White Wolf. Its component game lines include:
Adventure!, a pulp-action game set in 1924.
Aberrant, a superpowers game set in the near-future (from 2008 to 2015).
Trinity, a science fiction game where players take on the […]
Vs. Time is the second album by Span and features 11 tracks.
The band decided to produce the album themselves, unlike their first album Mass Distraction, which was produced by Gil Norton (who also produced albums by The Pixies).
The track Cut Like Diamonds was released as a single and reached number two in the Norwegian chart. […]
Vs. Time is the second album by Span and features 11 tracks.
The band decided to produce the album themselves, unlike their first album Mass Distraction, which was produced by Gil Norton (who also produced albums by The Pixies).
The track Cut Like Diamonds was released as a single and reached number two in the Norwegian chart. […]
A Spanish term meaning a warehouse; especially for the storing of wine usually located on the premises of a winery. Bodegas can also store other alcoholic beverages and spirits.
A bodeguita, a general store in Latin America
A term used in the United States, especially in the New York dialect, to refer to a convenience store.
A term […]
Live at the Fillmore (Los Lonely Boys album)
344 Comments Published December 27th, 2007 in UncategorizedLive at the Fillmore is an album released by Los Lonely Boys in 2005. It was recorded live on October 23, 2004, at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California.
Track listing
“Crazy Dream” (6:40)
“Hollywood” (6:05)
“Man To Beat” (4:58)
“More Than Love” (3:07)
“Nobody Else” (4:58)
“Dime Mi Amor” (11:26)
“Onda” (13:08)
“Velvet […]
Comoros competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Contents
1 Results by event
1.1 Athletics
1.2 Weightlifting
2 Officials
Results by event
Athletics
Men’s 100 metres
Hadhari Djaffar - Round 1: 10.62 s
Women’s 400 metres Hurdles
Salhate Djamalidine - Round 1: 59.72 s
Weightlifting
Men’s 85kg:
Chaehoi Fatihou - DNF
Officials
President: Ibrahim Ben Ali
Secretary General: Mohamed Farahane
References
The Unofficial Camp Favorite Website - Camp Memories, […]
Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov () (1881-1944) was a Russian artist, one of the most significant and at the same time most characteristic painters of the circle of “Jack of Diamonds” (Russian: Бубновый Валет).
He was born in the cossack village Mikhailovskaya-on-Don (near Volgograd) in a peasant family. After arriving at Moscow in 1900 he attended […]
The Hunted may refer to:
The Hunted (1995 film), directed by J. F. Lawton and starring Christopher Lambert, Joan Chen and John Lone.
The Hunted (2003 film), directed by William Friedkin and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro.
“The Hunted” (TNG episode), a third season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
See also
[…]
The term Edinburgh School describes two schools of cultural thought:
The Edinburgh School, a group of artists
The Edinburgh School, a group of sociologists
References
The Irvington Group of Artists Paraphrased from The Irvington Group, 1928-1937, ed. by Frank and Patte Owings, 1984. The name “Irvington Group” and "Irvington Group of Artists” are
RMG, Rendleman Management […]
Last Days may refer to:
The End times, a time of tribulation that will precede the Second Coming of Jesus
Last Days (film), a 2005 film directed by Gus Van Sant
“Last Days” (Sliders), a 1995 episode of the American television program Sliders
The Last Days, a 1998 documentary film directed by James Moll
The Last Days (film), a 2005 […]
Rufus Wainwright is the self-titled debut album of Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was released in 1998 on DreamWorks Records.
Track listing
“Foolish Love” – 5:46
Rufus Wainwright – vocals, piano, chamberlin, tack piano
Glen Hollman – upright
Jim Keltner – drums
Jon Brion – vibes, marimba, chamberlin, accordion
Van Dyke Parks – string arrangement, conductor
“Danny Boy” (not the traditional Irish […]
This is about films called Never Say Die, for other uses, see Never Say Die.
There have been several films named Never Say Die, including:
Never Say Die (1924 film) directed by George Crone.
Never Say Die (1939 film) directed by Elliott Nugent.
Never Say Die (1988 film) directed by Geoff Murphy.
Never Say Die (1995 […]
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 […]
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 FAQ Information […]
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 […]
A classic stamp is a postage stamp of a type considered distinctive by philatelists. As L. N. Williams puts it, “the term has never been satisfactorily defined”. Definitions have include stamps issued before 1900, although all stamps issued before 1900 are considered “classic”, while some stamps issued in the first few years after 1900 […]
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 […]
The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) is an economic journal published by the American Economic Association. The journal is very broad in its scope. According to its editors its purpose is:
to synthesize and integrate lessons learned from active lines of economic research;
to provide economic analysis of public policy issues; to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among […]
Klin () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 85 km to the northwest of Moscow. The M10 highway connecting Moscow to St. Petersburg and the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway run through the town. It was home to Klin air base during the Cold War.
History
Klin has been known since 1317. In 1482, it was incorporated into […]
The Dresden Green diamond is a 41 carat (8.2 g) natural green diamond that has a historical record dating to 1722, when a London news-sheet carried an article about it in its 25 October-27th edition.
It is named after the capital of Saxony, Germany where it has been on display for most of the last two […]
Tape is a 2001 drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Stephen Belber based on his play of the same name. It stars Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Uma Thurman. The entire film takes place in real-time, in a single motel room, and has a cast of only three characters who […]
Imagem is a data and technology company which manufactures diamond grading equipment which aims to aid in automating laboratory grading of gem quality diamonds. Up to now, the grading of diamonds has been always performed by trained gemologists.
An ImaGem owned and operated demonstration lab is in business in Surat, India.
Commercial installation have been […]
For the banking tycoon of the same name, see J. P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan (b. 1957) is an American cartoonist.
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Career
3 Influences
4 Personal life
Early life and education
Morgan started drawing in second grade, impressing his teachers with elaborate drawings of Frankenstein monsters. In high school, he became a fan of Warner Bros. […]
Deep River Rock is the brand name given to water produced by Coca Cola Bottlers Ulster Ltd. The range includes various pack sizes 200 ml & 1 l Glass, 330 ml, 500 ml, 750 ml & 2 l PET & 19 l Water Cooler tank. Available in still, sparkling and ‘funky’ flavoured varieties it is […]
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 […]
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 […]
In mathematics, a metabelian group is a group whose commutator subgroup is abelian. Equivalently, a group G is metabelian if and only if there is an abelian normal subgroup A such that the quotient group G/A is abelian.
Subgroups of metabelian groups are metabelian, as are images of metabelian groups over group homomorphisms. Metabelian […]
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