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The Bestwood Welfare Black Diamonds Brass Band, colloquially the Bestwood Black Diamonds (or even the Bestwood Band), is an old and well-known brass band based in the village of Bestwood in the north of Nottingham.

The band was formed in 1947 and was originally known as the Bestwood Black Diamonds Colliery Band; the name ‘Black Diamonds’ […]

Winkle squeeze

A winkle is a rare squeeze/endplay in contract bridge in which a trick is offered to the defenders but whichever wins the trick is then endplayed. Often one defender would be forced to offer a finesse or ruff and discard while the other could overtake and thereby promote a trick in that suit for declarer.

An […]

Armed Love

Armed Love may refer to:

Armed Love (band), an experimental band from Kiruna, Sweden

Armed Love (album), an album by the Swedish band The (International) Noise Conspiracy

References

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Tokyu

Tokyu may refer to:

Tokyu Group, a group of companies centered around Tokyu Corporation

Tokyu Corporation, a Japanese railway company, the largest member of the group

Tokyu Car Corporation, a Japanese railway vehicle manufacturer

Tokyu Hands Creative Life Store, a member of the Tokyu Group (see Tokyu Group for more subsidiaries)

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Winkle squeeze

A winkle is a rare squeeze/endplay in contract bridge in which a trick is offered to the defenders but whichever wins the trick is then endplayed. Often one defender would be forced to offer a finesse or ruff and discard while the other could overtake and thereby promote a trick in that suit for declarer.

An […]

Oppenheimer Diamond

The Oppenheimer Diamond, a nearly perfectly-formed 253.7 carat (50.74 g) yellow diamond crystal, is one of the largest uncut diamonds in the world. It measures approximately 20 × 20 millimeters. It was discovered in the Dutoitspan Mine, Kimberly, South Africa in 1964. Harry Winston acquired the stone and presented it to the Smithsonian […]

Spookyfish

“Spookyfish” is the 28th episode of Comedy Central’s animated series South Park. It was originally broadcast on October 28, 1998. It was the season’s Halloween special, with a “spooky” theme by having pictures of Barbra Streisand in the screen corners, accompanied with the words “spooky vision”.

According to the official website and the DVD set, the […]

Aplite

Aplite (IPA: ) in petrology, the name given to intrusive rock in which quartz and feldspar are the dominant minerals. Aplites are usually very fine-grained, white, grey or pinkish, and their constituents are visible only with the help of a magnifying lens. Dykes and threads of aplite are very frequently to be observed traversing granitic […]

Donkey’s Tail

for the plant named Donkey’s tail see Sedum morganianum

Donkey’s Tail () was a Russian artistic group created from the most radical members of the Jack of Diamonds group. The group included such painters as: Mikhail Larionov (inventor of the name), Natalia Gontcharova, Kazimir Malevich, Marc Chagall, and Alexander Shevchenko. The group was influenced by the […]

Uncontrolled intersection

An uncontrolled intersection is a road intersection where no traffic lights or signs are used to indicate the right-of-way. Mostly, uncontrolled intersections are unmarked. However, in some locations, motorists may be warned by road signage or a warning light. They are found in either residential neighborhoods or in rural areas.

Uncontrolled T-Intersection
At an […]

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 […]

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 […]

Slapstick film

Slapstick films are a type of comedy film that employ slapstick comedy with five main conventions:

Pain with no real consequence

Editing to turn a situation more unrealistic

Impossible situations

Zooms to confuse the audience

Off screen use of sounds for impossible stunts and tension for audience

Films:

Home Alone

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Home Alone 3

Mousehunt

Home Alone 4

Andaz Apna Apna

Guest […]

Gaalin

Gaalin is a Muslim ethnic group of Sudan. This is an Arabic speaking group. The number of persons in this group exceeds 2 millions.

Reference
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Common Eldarin

In J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional universe of Middle-earth, Common Eldarin is the primordial tongue of the Eldar, those Elves who left for Valinor.

Common Eldarin split off from Primitive Quendian, the original language of all Quendi, or Elves, when the Eldar left Cuiviénen.

Common Eldarin led to the later languages Quenya, Telerin, Sindarin, and various Nandorin […]

Forever Your Girl

Forever Your Girl is the debut album from singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 and took 62 weeks from its release to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting #1. The album became multi-platinum in the spring and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Baby Fight Club

Baby Fight Club is an episode of the U.S. television sitcom Yes, Dear.

Plot
Sammy is hitting other kids so Jimmy talks Greg into letting him set up a fight between him and another kid. When Kim & Christine come home early from a baby shower and catches them Kim get angry even though it […]

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 […]

Jack Taylor

Jack Taylor (19th century baseball player) (1873-1900)

Jack Taylor (20th century baseball player) (1874-1938)

Jack Taylor (20th century English rugby union Captain)

Jack Taylor (footballer) (1914-1978), footballer and football manager

Jack Taylor (referee) (born 1930), refereed 1974 World Cup Final

Jack C. Taylor (born 1923), businessman

Jack Taylor (actor) (born 1936)

Jack Taylor (Money Manager)

Jack Taylor (heavyweight man), (c. 1946–2006), heaviest man […]

1 E+11 m³

To help compare different orders of magnitudes this page lists volumes between 100 and 1,000 cubic kilometres (<math>10^{11}</math> to <math>10^{12}</math> cubic metres). See also volumes or capacities of other orders of magnitude.

[[1 E+10 m³|Volumes smaller]] than 100 billion (a hundred thousand million) cubic metres

[[1 E+11 m³]] or 1011 m³ equals:

100 billion m³ (100 […]

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

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Rachel Stevens discography

This is the discography of pop singer Rachel Stevens. Stevens has released two studio albums and seven singles on Polydor Records.

Stevens gained fame as a member of the pop group S Club 7 (see S Club discography). The group had its last release in 2003, and Stevens released her debut solo album Funky Dory that […]

Olivenite

Olivenite is a copper arsenate mineral, formula Cu2AsO4OH. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, and is sometimes found in small brilliant crystals of simple prismatic habit terminated by domal faces. More commonly, it occurs as globular aggregates of acicular crystals, these fibrous forms often having a velvety lustre; sometimes it is lamellar in structure, or […]

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 […]

I Feel Sick

I Feel Sick is a “doubleshot”, full-color comic book written and drawn by the popular comic artist Jhonen Vasquez and colored by Rosearik Rikki Simons (who would later go on to do the voice of GIR in Invader Zim). It revolves around Devi d. from Johnny The Homicidal Maniac (JTHM), and her dealings with […]

Four Diamonds Fund

The Four Diamonds Fund is a charitable organization based out of Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Its ultimate objective is to “conquer childhood cancer”. They take a three-pronged approach to this: medical care, financial and emotional support, and pediatric cancer research. Any child being treated for pediatric cancer at Penn State Hershey is eligible for […]

Boring (mechanical)

In machining, boring is the process of enlarging a hole that has already been drilled (or cast), by means of a single-point cutting tool (or of a boring head containing several such tools), for example as in boring a cannon barrel. Boring is used to achieve greater accuracy of the diameter of a hole, and […]

One-eyed jack

For other uses, see One-eyed jack (disambiguation).

A one-eyed jack is, in a standard deck of cards, the Jack of Spades or the Jack of Hearts, both of which are seen in profile (and thus only one eye is seen). The King of Diamonds is also usually one-eyed. The popularity of cards and the somewhat macabre […]

From Every Stage

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 […]

Slušaj Mater

Slušaj Mater was Edo Maajka’s debut album and it was very big hit especially in Bosnia. It was the first rap album to be nominated for best album of the year in that region.

Contents

1 The Album
2 Production
3 Tracklist
4 Singles

The Album
In Edo’s debut album, he talks about all kinds of things from bloody revenge in the […]

Taste the Pain

“Taste the Pain” is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album Mother’s Milk, as well as the soundtrack for the film Say Anything. The song was recorded prior to Chad Smith’s joining the band; drums are played by Fishbone’s Philip “Fish” Fisher. When the song is played backwards, the voice […]

Artists’ Collective, Inc.

The Artists Collective, Inc. is an interdisciplinary cultural institution in Hartford, Connecticut which promotes the art and culture of the African Diaspora. It was founded in 1970 by alto saxophonist, composer, educator and community activist Jackie McLean, his wife Dollie McLean,and co-founders bassist Paul Brown, dancer Cheryl Smith, and visual artist Ionis Martin. The […]

Four Diamonds Fund

The Four Diamonds Fund is a charitable organization based out of Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Its ultimate objective is to “conquer childhood cancer”. They take a three-pronged approach to this: medical care, financial and emotional support, and pediatric cancer research. Any child being treated for pediatric cancer at Penn State Hershey is eligible for […]

Jack o’ the Green

Jack O’ The Green (also Jack o’ the Green, Jack o’ the green, Jack i’ the Green, Jack i’ th’ green etc) is a Jack in the green, a May Day processional figure from England, North America and Tasmania

“Jack O The Green” is the title of a 2003 album by Jools […]

A Roman Scandal

A Roman Scandal was a synth pop band from Austin, Texas active from 1999 through 2001. Members included Tyler Jacobsen (from Denim and Diamonds and OMD 20/20), Sean O’Neal (from the Arm and This Microwave World), Chris Bultman (from the Daniel Johnston Band, Jad Fair, This Microwave World, and Denim and Diamonds), Alex Killough […]

Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens

Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens are fictional counterspies created by the British mystery and thriller writer Michael Gilbert. They have appeared in two collections of stories, Game without Rules and Mr. Calder & Mr. Behrens. When Game without Rules first appeared in 1967, the New York Times critic Anthony Boucher called it the […]

Some Girls (band)

For other uses, see Some Girls (disambiguation).

Some Girls (formed in 2001) is an American indie rock trio composed of Juliana Hatfield (guitar and vocals), Heidi Gluck (electric bass guitar, keyboard, harmonica, lap steel guitar, and vocals) and Freda Love (drums and vocals). The group’s songs are generally melodic, upbeat, and lighthearted.

The group released first […]

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 […]

This article concerns the Liverpool Blues Australian rules football club. For other uses, see Liverpool Blues (Disambiguation)

Australian rules football team in Liverpool, England.

History
The Blues formed in 1993 to play in the British Australian Rules Football League. The club played only one full season, folding shortly after the 1994 home and away series began. […]

Blue Diamond

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, […]

Outro

An outro (sometimes “outtro”) or extro means the conclusion to a piece of music, literature or television program. It is the opposite of an intro.

“Outro” is a blend or portmanteau as it combines the words “out” and “intro” to create a new word.

Music
The term is usually used in popular music; the equivalent in classical […]

True love

True love can refer to:

Romantic love

In literature:

True Love (short story), a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov

True Love (play), a play by Charles L. Mee

True Love (film), several films

In music:

“True Love” (song), a 1956 song by Cole Porter from the musical High Society

“True Love” (Fumiya Fujii song), a 1993 song by Fumiya Fujii

True Love […]

Classic stamp

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 […]

Rantology

Rantology is a compilation album from industrial metal band Ministry. The album is made up of remixes of the band’s singles and most well known songs.

Track listing
1. No W (Redux) 4:14

2. The Great Satan 3:13

3. Wrong (Update Mix) 5:21

4. N.W.O. (Update Mix) 5:06

5. Stigmata (Update Mix) 5:09

6. Waiting (Christ In The USA Mix) 5:02

7. […]

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 […]

Fort Mitchell

Fort Mitchell may refer to:

Fort Mitchell, Kentucky

Fort Mitchell, Alabama

References

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Venezuela competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.

Reference

Official Olympic Reports

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Satanic Rites

Satanic Rites is a demo album by Hellhammer.

Track listing

“Intro” – 0:59

“Messiah” – 4:22

“The Third of the Storms” – 3:04

“Buried and Forgotten” – 6:03

“Maniac” – 3:48

“Eurynomos” – 3:11

“Triumph of Death” – 7:01

“Revelations of Doom” – 3:05

“Reaper” – 2:30

“Satanic Rites” – 7:19

“Crucifixion” – 2:47

“Outro” – 2:02

Credits

Tom Gabriel Fischer - Vocals, Guitars, Bass

Martin Eric Ain - Backing Vocals

Bruce […]