Archive for January, 2008



SICAF

The Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF) is an annual showcase festival of animation, cartoon and related art genres held in Seoul, South Korea since 1995.

Among the most notable SICAF events was a 2003 performance by Ferenc Cakó, a Hungarian sand animation artist, which has been widely distributed online. Cakó uses fluid, economical movements […]

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 […]

Roma (film)

Roma has been the name of various films:

Roma (2004 film), Spanish film directed by Adolfo Aristarain

Roma (2001 film), German film directed by Daniel Leuthold

Roma (1972 film), Italian film directed by Federico Fellini

References

Film Apart from still photography, film is also used to store moving pictures. In the years from 1990 to 1995, […]

Talkback (Spoons album)

Talkback was the third album by the Burlington, Ontario-based band Spoons. The tracks that got airplay in Canada were “Old Emotions”, “The Rhythm” and “Talk Back”. A video was also produced for “Old Emotions”, directed by Rob Quartly. This is the first Spoons album produced by Nile Rodgers.

Due to the time period […]

LifeGem

LifeGem is a company offering to synthesize diamonds from the carbonized remains of people or pets. According to Dean VandenBiesen, speaking on the Stan and Terry show May 7, 2007, the company recently became able to create a diamond from a lock of hair. The company was founded in 2001 by Greg Herro, Mike Herro, […]

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 […]

The Chillout Project: House Sessions is the fourth volume of Anton Ramos’ The Chillout Project series.

Track listing

Solu Music Feat. Kimblee - Fade (Earth Mix)

Avalanches - A Different Feeling

DJ Drunken Monkey - Gratification (Hawke Blue Resurrection Mix)

David Guetta - You Are The Music

Rise Ashen - Second Wind

Sublevel - […]

The Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary is an award given by the Florida Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievementes in filmmaking.

Winners

1990s

1997: Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

directed by Errol Morris

1999: Buena Vista Social Club

directed by Wim Wenders

2000s

2000: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

directed […]

Red Earth Creek Airport

Red Earth Creek Airport, , is located near to Red Earth Creek, Alberta, Canada.

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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 […]

Supremacy

Supremacy can refer to:

A racial or political philosophy of Supremacism

A 1940 military-themed variant of Monopoly

Supremacy: The Game of the Superpowers, a 1984 strategic board game

(called Overlord in USA), a computer game by Probe for the Amiga and C64 computer

Air supremacy, aerial control of a battlefield by one side’s air […]

Grace Thaxton

Grace Thaxton (June 18, 1891 – July 6, 2005) was a supercentenarian, the oldest person in Kentucky, the fourth-oldest person in the U.S. and the sixth-oldest documented person in the world at the time of her death at age 114. Grace was the oldest documented person ever born in the state of New York, in […]

Barry Hunter

Barry Hunter (born 18 November 1968, Coleraine, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer,He made his name with Wrexham FC before tranfering to Reading for £400,000,On ending his playing career at Portadown FC, he had a short spell as the caretaker-assistant manager at Swindon Town under Adrian Williams.Williams and Hunter were replaced by […]

Jack Martin

Jack Martin can refer to any of the following people:

Jack Martin, a former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League

Jack Martin (cricketer), English Test cricketer

Jack Martin (infielder), Major League Baseball player in the 1900s and 1910s

Jack Martin Smith, a director

Jack Martin (author), an author who is most famous for […]

Bad Mitterndorf

Bad Mitterndorf is a town in Salzkammergut, Styria in Austria. It is a popular winter resort situated in the Salzkammergut between Salzburg and Graz. Bad Mitterndorf is the site of an internationally-renowned health spa with thermal baths, an outdoor swimming pool and other health amenities, cafés and leisure areas. The town hosts a children’s club […]

Gary Mulligan

Gary Mulligan (born 23 April 1985 in Dublin) is an Irish U21 international footballer currently playing for Gillingham. He plays predominantly as a striker.

Mulligan started his career at Wolves for whom he made only one appearance as an 82nd minute substitute in the 1-1 draw with Burnley at Turf Moor. Whilst at Wolves, Mulligan […]

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

Diamond Registry, Loose Diamonds for Wholesale and Retail Diamond Registry offers FREE WHOLESALE QUOTES, Free information, […]

A Taste of Power

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story (Pantheon Books, 1992) is a memoir written by Elaine Brown. The book follows her life from childhood up through her activism with the Black Panther Party. In the early chapters of the book, Brown recalls growing up on York Street in a rough neighborhood of North Philadelphia. […]

Heureka-Klett

Heureka-Klett is a German software engineering company which has made several personal computer games of the sort called “edutainment”. They are is point-and-click puzzle-adventure games for either the PC or the Mac. These were distributed by Tivola International to be localized for many markets.

Physikus, localized to Physicus for the English-speaking market, attempts to teach […]

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 […]

Chiss (Oz)

The Chiss is a four-legged fictional creature from the pages of L. Frank Baum’s 1913 Oz book The Patchwork Girl of Oz.

The Chiss resembles a porcupine the size of a ten-bushel basket and has the ability to shoot its quills from its body. It apparently does not have the ability to grow new quills, […]

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 […]

Ramaya

“Ramaya” is an African song, sung by Afric Simone in 1975.

This song is used as the intro of the Greek radio program,”Fight Club” at Supersport FM.[1]

References

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Deividas Šemberas

Deividas Šemberas (born September 8 1978) is a Lithuanian professional footballer currently plays right back for Russian Premier League club PFC CSKA Moscow. He plays for his country’s national team and has made over 40 caps.

Šemberas, who is a Lithuanian international, has previously played for Dynamo Moscow and FK Žalgiris Vilnius.
References

Moscow Patriarchate News releases from […]

HBO Short Take

Starting in 1983, HBO aired short films under the banner HBO Short Take in between movies. Animated and live action films from film schools and independent productions.

Eventually, this was replaced by “Making of…” programs focusing on major studio productions.

See also

HBO

HBO Family

External links

Early version clip of intro of HBO Short Take

Later […]

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 […]

Jack Butler

Jack Butler can refer to:

Jack Butler, last native speaker of the Australian Aboriginal language Jiwarli.

Jack Butler, American author.

Jack Butler, English football player and manager.

Jack Butler, American football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Jack Butler, an upcoming band from Scotland.

References

Resource Investor - Sections - Diamonds Reporting and analysis of the lucrative precious […]

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 […]

House of Love

House of Love may refer to:

House of Love (album), a 1994 Amy Grant album

House of Love (Dottie West album), a 1974 album Dottie West album

House of Love (song), the title track from Amy Grant’s 1994 House of Love album.

House of Love (East 17 song), a 1992 East 17 song

House of […]

Remix 2000

Remix 2000 was the re-release of the Multimedia Remix album by Mushroomhead from 1997, featuring a few new tracks and without the videos from the original release. Alternate artwork was also included with this re-release.

Track listing

“43″ (Sonar Mix)

“Elevation” (Skin Mix)

“2nd Thoughts” (Fuck Like Pigs Mix)

“Snap” (Gravy Mix)

“Mommy” (Malfunction Mix)

“Everyone’s Got One” (Only Mix)

“The Wrist” (Hand […]

Jon Hudson

Jon
Hudson was the final guitarist of alternative metal band Faith No More. Hudson appeared on their final release, 1997’s Album Of The Year. Long before he was a member of the band, he had been a roommate of founding band member and bassist Billy Gould and member of Systems Collapse.
References

Genuine Diamonds, Cheap […]

Creedite

Creedite is a calcium aluminium sulfate fluoro hydroxide mineral with formula: Ca3Al2SO4(F,OH)10·2(H2O). Creedite forms colorless to white to purple monoclinic prismatic crystals. It often occurs as acicular radiating sprays of fine prisms. It is translucent to transparent with indices of refraction of nα=1.461 nβ=1.478 nγ=1.485. It has a Mohs hardness of 3.5 to 4 and […]

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 […]

Jack of all trades

Jack of all trades can refer to:

Jack of All Trades, a short-lived television series

Jack of all trades, master of none, the short form of a well-known aphorism

Jack Of All Trades, a serial killer in the television show Profiler

“Jack of All Trades”, a song by Soul Asylum from their 1988 album Hang Time

See Also

Odd […]

Central Heating was the second compilation released by Grand Central Records. The two disc album was originally released in November 1996. It was re-released in February 2004 with alternative sleeve art.

Disc one

“Central Introduction” - Tony D

“How Sweet It Is” - Mr. Scruff & Mark Rae

“Spellbound (featuring Veba” - Rae & Christian

“Second […]

Trisha Taylor

Patricia “Trisha” Taylor was a minor fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She was played by Cathy Murphy.

She is married to Ray Taylor, who abused her. They had a son called Leo Taylor, who fathered Aleesha Miller. Leo became fed up of his abusive father and ran away with Demi Miller and their […]

Carra

Carra is a surname and may refer to:

Carlo Carrà, Italian futurist painter

Lawrence Carra, American drama professor

Raffaella Carrà, Italian TV host, singer, and actress

It may also refer to:

footballer Jamie Carragher

Carra, County Mayo, Ireland

References

diamonds All types of diamond cuts have very specific geometric formulas that have been devised and perfected by master […]

No Presents for Christmas

No Presents for Christmas is a single by King Diamond released on December 25th 1985. Both songs found of the single can be found on the re-issue of King Diamond’s debut album Fatal Portrait.

Track listing

“No Presents for Christmas” – 4:20

“Charon” – 4:10

Credits

Mikkey Dee - Drums

Michael Denner - Guitar

Timi Hansen - Bass

King Diamond - Vocals

References

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Orascom group

Orascom is an Egyptian business group. It holds a portfolio of business activities ranging from contracting to railways and navigation services to manufacturing, and also maintains significant holdings in telecommunications, information technology, and networking.

Orascom was founded in 1950 by Onsi Sawiris. It has invested capital over $ 3 billion and an annual revenue […]

Carotid groove

Above the attachment of each great wing of the sphenoid bone is a broad groove, curved something like the italic letter f; it lodges the internal carotid artery and the cavernous sinus, and is named the carotid groove.

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Marguerite Harbert

Marguerite Jones Harbert (born 1924) is an American billionaire from the U.S. state of Alabama, with an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion as of 2007. She inherited her wealth from her husband the construction magnate and founder of Harbert Corporation, John M. Harbert, who died in 1995.

Their son Raymond J. Harbert manages the money, […]

Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break was a 1953 film directed by Stanley Donen, starring Debbie Reynolds and the dance team of Marge and Gower Champion. A young Bob Fosse has a featured role.

External links

Give a Girl a Break in the Turner Classic Movies database

References

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List of J-Pop artists:J

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Diamond Brook

Diamond Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River which flows south through a section of Bergen County in New Jersey. Heading up the brook from the Passaic River, one encounters the towns of Fair Lawn, Glen Rock and Ridgewood.

Diamond Brook passes through a largely residential suburban setting, though its southern end runs under […]

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 […]

Penny Ann Early

Penny Ann Early was the first woman to play in any professional basketball league.

Early became the first licensed female jockey in America in 1968. Male jockeys unanimously refused to ride in the first few races in which she was slated to compete.

In the midst of this controversy the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association […]

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 […]

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. […]

Step into My Office, Baby

“Step Into My Office, Baby” was Belle & Sebastian’s first single for Rough Trade Records, released in 2003. The track was produced by Trevor Horn and is lifted from Dear Catastrophe Waitress – the first of the band’s singles or EPs to also feature on an album. The front cover features band member Bobby Kildea […]

Sandlot ball

Sandlot ball is a North American adolescent game that generally follows the basic rules of baseball. More specific rules can be set for games and may vary each time the game is played. These rules are usually agreed upon before the game begins by teams of young boys or girls usually from the same neighborhood. […]