Archive for January, 2008



Denise Perrier

Denise Perrier (born 1935) is a French model and actress. She now goes by “Denise Perrier Lanfranchi.”

Perrier was the third person to be chosen as Miss World in 1953, representing France; the same year that France also won the Miss Universe pageant by Christiane Martel.

Perrier has done little acting. Her most memorable scene […]

Jackie Mitchell (born July 30, 1976 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is a strong-side linebacker playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.

Mitchell was signed as a free agent by Saskatchewan in 2000, and he has been steadily improving his game ever since. He was recognized as a CFL All-Star in 2003, and […]

The Funky Headhunter

The Funky Headhunter was the fourth album made by MC Hammer, then known as Hammer, in 1994.

The album at the time was hailed as MC Hammer’s comeback album and was produced by innovative musicians and writers such as Teddy Riley (who had previously produced records for Guy, Blackstreet, and Michael Jackson), The Hines Brothers, and […]

A Halo Called Fred

A Halo Called Fred is an independent band that played on the college circuit, mostly in New Jersey and at Rutgers University. Their original songs can be loosely classified as comedy rock, citing influences such as The Beatles and The Muppets.

Halo achieved minor fame and national press in 1994 by making their song (Hat) available […]

Johannes Oporinus

Johannes Oporinus (German: Herbster or Herbst) (25 January 1507 in Basel – 6 July 1568 in Basel) was a Classical philologist from Basel, where, in 1537, he became Professor in Greek

He made a Latin version of Gesta Danorum in 1534, titled Saxonis Grammatici Danorum Historiae Libri XVI.

References

Diamonds You need to use other radioactive decay schemes […]

Silicon on sapphire

Silicon on sapphire (SOS) is a hetero-epitaxial process for integrated circuit manufacturing that consists of a thin layer (typically thinner than 0.6 micrometres) of silicon grown on a sapphire (Al2O3) wafer. SOS is part of the Silicon on Insulator (SOI) family of CMOS technologies. SOS is primarily used in aerospace and military applications […]

Citizen Lab

The Citizen Lab (founded 2001) is an interdisciplinary research and development lab located at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. Founded (and currently directed by) Professor Ron Deibert, the Citizen Lab does research at the intersection of technology, civic networks, and human rights. Probably the most well known […]

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 […]

Diamonds from Sierra Leone

“Diamonds from Sierra Leone”, often referred to as “Diamonds Are Forever,” was the first single from Kanye West’s second album, Late Registration. Released in 2005, the single heavily samples Shirley Bassey’s theme song for the 1971 James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever although she is not credited. Dame Shirley Bassey was reported to be furious […]

Jack Young

Jack Young could refer to one of these individuals:

Jack Young (cricketer)

Jack Young (footballer)

Jack Young (actor)

Jack Young (councillor)

Jack Young (Baltimore City politician)

Jack Young (speedway rider)

References

Diamonds | American Museum of Natural History Overview of the Diamond Exhibition presented at the American Museum of Natural History.

Pens (game)

Pens is a card game for two or more players. The players sit around a table, and a number of pens (one less than the number of players) are laid with equal spacing in the center of the table, at an equal distance from each of the players. Cards are then removed from the pack […]

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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Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson may refer to:

Jack Johnson (boxer) (1878–1946), African-American boxer

Jack Johnson (musician) (born 1975), Hawaiian singer-songwriter

Jack Johnson (gunfighter), nicknamed “Turkey Creek”

Jack Johnson (ice hockey) (born 1987)

Jack Johnson (actor)

Big Jack Johnson (born 1940), blues musician

Jack B. Johnson (born 1949), county executive for Prince George’s County, Maryland

Albert Ariel Bedwin Johnson aka “Jack” Johnson, tennis player

References

Loose Diamonds from […]

This is a list of state prisons in South Carolina. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of South Carolina.

Allendale Correctional Institution

Broad River Correctional Institution

Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution

Campbell Pre-Release Center

Catawba Pre-Release Center

Coastal Pre-Release Center

Evans Correctional Institution

Goodman Correctional Institution

Kershaw Correctional […]

Insatiable (song)

“Insatiable” is a song by Prince and the New Power Generation from the 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls. It is a slow, simmering ballad that often draws comparisons to 1989’s “Scandalous”. The B-side was “I Love U In Me” which was originally the flipside to “The Arms of Orion”. “Insatiable” was only released in […]

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 […]

Little Diamond Brook

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

Little Diamond Brook is considered to be in part of […]

Qualification problem

In philosophy and AI (especially, knowledge based systems), the qualification problem is concerned with the impossibility of listing all the preconditions required for a real-world action to have its intended effect. It might be posed as how to deal with the things that prevent me from achieving my intended result. It is strongly connected to, […]

Informative advertising

Informative advertising is when advertising is carried out in an informative manner. The idea is to give the ad the look of an official article to give it more credibility. Also, informative ads tend to help generate a good reputation.

In some circumstances a business might be required to run informative advertising as part of […]

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, […]

Taste aversion

Conditioned taste aversion is an example of classical conditioning, also called Pavlovian conditioning. Conditioned taste aversion occurs when a subject associates the taste of a certain food with symptoms caused by a toxic, spoiled, or poisonous substance. Generally, taste aversion is caused after ingestion of the food causes nausea, sickness, or vomiting. The […]

James Taylor (Alamo defender)

James Taylor (ca. 1814-March 6, 1836), was a defender of the Alamo and the brother of George Taylor and Edward Taylor.

Taylor County, Texas is named for the Taylor brothers.

External links

References

Diamonds You need to use other radioactive decay schemes (e.g., uranium-lead) to date inclusions in diamonds. Inclusions used for dating are around 100 microns in
DIAMOND […]

Fortune’s Favor

Fortune’s Favor is a solitaire card game which is playing with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is so-called probably because the chances of winning are completely on the player’s side.

First, the four aces are removed from the deck and placed in a row to form the bases of the foundations. These foundations are […]

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. […]

The War at Home

The War at Home may refer to:

The War at Home (film), a 1996 motion picture starring Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, and Martin Sheen

The War at Home (TV series), a primetime TV series on FOX

The War at Home (The West Wing), the title of an episode of The West Wing

The War at Home (1979 film), a […]

Young Love

“Young Love” can refer to:

Songs:

“Young Love (1956 song)”, a 1956 song by Ric Cartey and Carole Joyner, popularized by Tab Hunter, Sonny James, and The Crew-Cuts

“Young Love (Janet Jackson song)”, a 1982 song by Janet Jackson

Young Love (comic), a comic book published by DC Comics

Young Love (band), an electronic rock […]

Jack (fish)

Any of various fishes;

freshwater pike, green pike or pickerel

large California rockfish

A group of marine fish in the Carangidae family

Leather jack

Crevalle jack

Yellow jack

Bar jack

Island jack

Green jack

Black jack

Fortune jack

Almaco jack

Giant trevally

A common name for the Coho salmon

A Jack salmon may refer to the small percentage of Salmon returning to fresh water from […]

Jack Davis (actor)

Jackie Davis (John H. Davis) (April 5, 1914 - November 3, 1992), a native of Los Angeles, California, was an American child actor, notable for appearing in Hal Roach’s Our Gang series. His sister Mildred Davis also acted; she appeared in Roach comedian Harold Lloyd’s films as his leading lady. When Lloyd and Mildred were […]

Mermaids (casino)

Mermaids casino is located on the Fremont Street Experience.
It is a slot machine only casino commonly known as a “Grind Joint”.

Movie History
Diamonds Are Forever when it was the Carousel.

References

Genuine Diamonds, Cheap Diamond Jewelry, Diamonds By The Yard Diamond Jewelry: Discount Diamonds, Diamond Solitaire, Diamonds By The Yard, Tiffany Look A Like Jewelry - DIAMOND […]

I5

I5, or I 5 may be:

IBM AS/400 iSeries line of minicomputers

i5 an early 2000 girl group

Interstate 5

Straight-5 or “inline-5″

I 5 is a Swedish regimental designation (5th Infantry Regiment) that has been used by the following units:

Andra livgrenadjärregementet (1816–1927)

Jämtlands fältjägarregemente (1928–1974, 1990–)

References

Dusty Groove America - Various: Answer To Everything — Girl Swamp Dogg's Southern Soul […]

Jack Smith (baseball player)

Jack Smith (born August 19, 1951 in Birmingham, Alabama) was a minor league baseball pitcher. He pitched and batted left-handed. He was 5 ft 10 in, 183 lb. He appeared in three games with the St. Louis Cardinals, for a total of 2-1/3 innings.

Stats

W-1

L-1

K-3

H-2

BB-1

RBI-1

References

Jack Nicholson unofficial […]

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 […]

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 […]

Nightmare in the Nineties

Nightmares in the Nineties is a compilation album by the heavy metal band King Diamond.

Track listing

“From the Other Side” – 3:49

“Waiting” – 4:27

“The Exorcist” – 4:51

“Eastmann’s Cure” – 4:32

“Just a Shadow” – 4:37

“Cross of Baron Samedi” – 4:30

“Trick or Treat” – 5:10

“One Down Two to Go” – 3:46

“Catacomb” – 5:02

“Six Feet Under” – 4:00

“Lucy Forever” […]

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, […]

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 […]

Angry Eddie

Angry Eddie is an Australian album released on 14 February 2005 by Eddie Perfect. The album is a recording of a live gig, and it included a 30 minute live DVD.

The album is politically and satirically orientated, and features stage style songs.

Track listing

Angry - 7:40

Suburbia - 5:49

Juice Bar Girl (Intro) - 0.31

[…]

William F. Kirby

William Fosgate Kirby (1867-1934) was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1916 to 1921.

Kirby was born near Texarkana, Arkansas on November 16, 1867, and attended common schools. He studied law at Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, graduating in 1885, in which year he […]

Collegium 419

Collegium 419 is a Czech mixed chamber choir (3 sopranos, 3 mezzo sopranos, 4 altos, 5 tenors, 4 bassos), specialised for an authentic interpretation of early music. The ensemble often introduces unprecedented repertoire from European as well as Czech early music, particularly multi-parted pieces and cycles. Some of them reconstructed from period musical manuscripts. Concerts […]

Deewaar

Deewaar is the name of two films:

Deewaar

(1975 film), a classic film directed by Yash Chopra
Deewaar (2004 film), a film unrelated to the above, directed by Milan Luthria

Deewar is the name of a television series

Deewar (TV series), a Hindi TV serial currently airs on TV Asia.

References

Product Summary - Pearl Harbor the Movie - Directed […]

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, […]

Four Little Diamonds

“Four Little Diamonds” is a song by the rock music group Electric Light Orchestra from their 1983 album Secret Messages. It also featured on their compilation albums Afterglow and Flashback.
The song refers to the search made by the singer for his cheating lover who emotionally conned him out of a ring which had ‘Four Little […]

Diamonds from Sierra Leone

“Diamonds from Sierra Leone”, often referred to as “Diamonds Are Forever,” was the first single from Kanye West’s second album, Late Registration. Released in 2005, the single heavily samples Shirley Bassey’s theme song for the 1971 James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever although she is not credited. Dame Shirley Bassey was reported to be furious […]

Badwater

Badwater
is a basin in California’s Death Valley, noted as the lowest point in North America, with an elevation of 282 feet (86 m) below sea level.
The site itself consists of a small spring-fed pool of water next to the road; however, the accumulated salts of the surrounding basin make it undrinkable, thus the name […]

Legs Diamond

Legs Diamond can mean:

Jack Diamond (gangster), the alias of New York gangster Jack Moran.

Legs Diamond (band), an American rock and roll band.

Legs Diamond (musical), a musical written by Peter Allen

Legz Diamond, provides background vocals on a number of records released by ICP and related artists at Psychopathic Records.

References

Tracklisting: Amplifier 01. [01] Embarrassment, The - Celebrity […]

Marian Danysz

Marian Danysz (March 17 1909 – February 9 1983) was a Polish physicist.

Son of Jan Kazimierz Danysz. In 1952, he co-discovered with Jerzy Pniewski a new kind of matter, an atomic nucleus, which alongside a proton and neutron contains a third particle: the lambda hyperon.

Ten years later, they obtained a hypernucleus in excited state, and […]

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) […]

Titanic Records

Titanic Records is a record label founded in 1973 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was one of the pioneers in the recording of early music on period instruments. During the LP era, Titanic released nearly a hundred recordings, including performances by such world-famous artists as Mieczyslaw Horszowski, John Gibbons, Joel Cohen, and Malcom Bilson. Now a […]

Teacher award

Teacher awards are given to teachers in recognition of their services to their profession and the students they teach. There are numerous countries and organisations that give out awards.

United States
The National Teacher of the Year program began in the United States in 1952 as a project by the Council of Chief State School Officers […]

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 […]