Archive for February, 2008



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, […]

ZS

ZS may refer to:

American Samoa WMO country code

Azzurra Air (IATA airline designator)

MG ZS (a car made by the MG Rover)

zettasiemens, an SI unit of electric conductance

Zombie Squad, a disaster preparedness group

Zs may refer to:

zettasecond, an SI unit of time

An avant-garde, “brutal chamber quartet” from New York, NY

zs may refer to:

zs, the last (forty-fourth) letter […]

Heather Mitchell

Heather Mitchell (born ?), is an Australian actress.

She appeared in the starring role of “Ashka” in both of the “Spellbinder” series — Spellbinder, and Spellbinder 2: Land of the Dragon Lord.

Other television series include: Five Mile Creek, the miniseries Bodyline, Embassy, A Country Practice and the miniseries drama The Day of the Roses.

Films in which she […]

Putter Smith

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

The Diamonds - […]

Leonard D. White

Leonard D. White is the great historian of the field of public administration in the United States. His technique was to study administration in the context of grouped U.S. presidential periods. An important founder of the field, White worked at the University of Chicago after service in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Biography

Weber […]

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 […]

Reduction (linguistics)

In spoken languages, reduction is a way to pronounce a certain word or phrase more quickly than usual. For example, in English language

hella and helluva (hell of a)

getcha (get you)

betcha (bet you)

doncha/don’t cha (don’t you)

gotcha (got you)

waddya (What are you…?/What do you…?)

gotta (got to)

hafta (have to)

hasta […]

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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This is the full table of the medal count of the 1912 Summer Olympics. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and […]

Web Experimental Psychology Lab

The Web Experimental Psychology Lab is a Web site to participate in Web experiments, a method used in experimental psychology. The Web Experimental Psychology Lab was founded in 1995, by Ulf-Dietrich Reips at the University of Tübingen, and is now at the University of Zürich.

See also

Web experiment list

External links

Web Experimental Psychology Lab

List of Web […]

Enter the Realm

Enter the Realm is a independently-released EP cassette by Iced Earth. It was released in 1989 and re-released in 2001 as part of the Dark Genesis box set. It’s the only Iced Earth release featuring drummer Greg Seymour.

Track listing

“Enter the Realm” [instrumental] (Jon Schaffer) – 0:54

“Colors” (Tom Shaffer/Randall Sawver) – 5:04

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Navaratnas

See Navaratna for the talisman, set of stones and gems.

Navaratnas (Sanskrit dvigu nava-ratna- “nine gems”) was a term applied to a group of nine extraordinary people in a king’s court in India. Two such well-known groups are Akbar’s darbar and that of Vikramaditya.

Contents

1 In the court of Vikramaditya
2 In the court of Akbar
3 Similar Groups
4 […]

Just a Friend

“Just a Friend” is a 1989 comedic and romantic hip hop song by rapper Biz Markie, in which he alternates between rap and deliberately off-key singing. In the video for this song, he wore a powdered wig and 18th-century clothing, perhaps to parody the film Amadeus.

The song samples are from the original 1968 song “You […]

Funky Drummer

“Funky Drummer” (also known as “The Funky Drummer“) is a funk song recorded by James Brown and his band. The recording’s drum solo, performed by drummer Clyde Stubblefield, is one of the most frequently sampled rhythmic breaks in hip hop and drum and bass music. By some accounts “Funky Drummer” is the single most sampled […]

Elisha Mitchell

Elisha Mitchell (August 19, 1793 - June 27, 1857) was born in Washington, Connecticut. As a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in 1835, he measured the height of Mt. Mitchell. Mt. Mitchell is the highest point east of the Mississippi River. It is located in North Carolina and is 6,684 […]

Steinmetz Pink Diamond

The Steinmetz Pink is a diamond weighing 59.60 carats (11.92 g), rated in color as Fancy Vivid Pink by the Gemological Institute of America. The Steinmetz Pink is the largest known diamond having been rated Vivid Pink. As a result of this exceptional rarity, the Steinmetz Group took a cautious 20 months to cut the […]

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” […]

Mars family

The Mars family is a family that owns the confectionary company Mars, Inc., bearing their name. The family was called the richest family in America by Fortune magazine in 1988.

Upon the death of Forrest Mars, Sr., he and his two sons were ranked #29, 30, and 31 by Forbes magazine’s list of richest Americans, […]

Friend zone

The friend zone is a folk psychology concept found in many texts geared towards a male audience about “dating advice”, or “seduction advice”. In that case, that man would be mentally categorized as a “friend” rather than a lover, i.e. put into the friend zone.

Effects
A woman does not easily change her mind and become sexually […]

Home equity

Home equity is the value of a homeowner’s unencumbered interest in their property, that is to say the difference between the home’s fair market value and the unpaid balance of the mortgage and any outstanding debt over the home. Equity increases as the mortgage is paid or as the property enjoys appreciation. This is sometimes […]

Kirby’s Dream Land 3

Kirby’s Dream Land 3, known in Japan as , is the fifth platformer video game starring Kirby. Specifically, it is the third game under the Kirby’s Dream Land name. Although the first two games were largely unrelated, Dream Land 3 features many similar characters to Dream Land 2.

Kirby’s Dream Land 3 is also […]

National Fancy Rat Society

The National Fancy Rat Society, founded in 1976 is a UK based club for rat fanciers that promotes fancy rats exhibitions, as well as the study and breeding of these rats.

For a number of years pet rats had been appearing at mouse shows in Britain. Publicity in Fur & Feather magazine had increased interest in […]

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

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Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai

Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai is a DJ mix album, mixed by Jamiroquai. It is the 10th release in the Late Night Tales series of mix albums.

Track listing

“Happiness” - Pointer Sisters – 3:53

“Girl I Think The World About You” - The Commodores – 4:26

“Once You Get Started” - Rufus & Chaka Khan […]

“Good Vibrations” is a dance song by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. It has no connection to the Beach Boys song of the same title. The song includes portions of Loleatta Holloway’s track “Love Sensation”; she is credited as a featured artist on this single. “Good Vibrations” is the only number one song for […]

Diels

Diels is the last name of several people:

Rudolf Diels - German politician

Otto Diels - German scientist noted for his work on the Diels-Alder reaction

Ludwig Diels - German botanist

Hermann Diels - German classical scholar

References

Square Dancing In A Round House: Aus grauer Städte Mauern - German Lately I've been exploring the German […]

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 […]

Tane Ikai

Tane Ikai (猪飼たね Ikai Tane January 18, 1879 - July 12, 1995) is Japan’s oldest female on record and their oldest undisputed person since the beginning of the koseki system in 1879. She became Japan’s oldest person in 1992 following the death of Waka Shirahama, who was 114. She died, aged 116 years and 175 […]

Everything’s Ducky

Everything’s Ducky is a 1961 film directed by Don Taylor and starring Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, and Jackie Cooper.

Plot
Two sailors sneak a talking duck on board their ship. Complications ensue.

External links

IMDB

TCM

References

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Journey Back to Youth

Journey Back to Youth (, Puteshestvie v yunost) is a 2001 documentary film by a Russian film makers, Alexander Gutman and Sergei Litviakov, an interview of four German women who tell the story of four young German girls from East Prussia placed into a Soviet labor camps by the end of World War II according […]

This is the full table of the medal count of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries […]

The Mighty Diamonds

The Mighty Diamonds are a Jamaican harmony trio, recording roots reggae with a strong Rastafarian influence. The group, which comprises Donald “Tabby” Shaw, Fitzroy “Bunny” Simpson, and Lloyd “Judge” Ferguson, was formed in 1969 and remains together as of 2006. They are best-known for their 1976 debut album Right Time produced by Joseph […]

This is a list of short films that have received an Oscar for best color.

1936 Give Me Liberty - Warner Brothers

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara - MGM

Popular Science J-6-2 - Paramount

1937 Penny Wisdom - Pete Smith

The Man Without a Country - Warner Brothers

Popular Science J-7-1 - Paramount

See also: Short Film

References

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Abyssal plain

Abyssal plain are flat or very gently sloping areas of the deep ocean basin floor. They are among the Earth’s flattest and smoothest regions and the least explored. Abyssal plains cover approximately 40% of the ocean floor and reach depths between 2,200 and 5,500 m (7,200 and 18,000 ft). They generally lay between the foot […]

Never Turn Your Back On A Friend is Budgie’s third album, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). A remastered version was released in late 2004.

The album is notable for its inclusion of “Breadfan,” the band’s most well-known song. (Metallica made a cover to it in 1988, as well as a cover to “Crash Course […]

The Visit (2000 film)

This article is about the 2000 movie. For other uses of The Visit, please see The Visit.

The Visit is the story of Alex Waters (Hill Harper), a dying young man serving out a prison sentence for a rape he says he didn’t commit. The movie follows Alex, his family, and his girlfriend as they […]

Fantastic Factory

Fantastic Factory is a label under Barcelona film company Filmax. It was created by Julio Fernández and Brian Yuzna. Yuzna’s goal for Fantastic Factory is produce “modestly budgeted genre (horror, sci-fi, fantasy) films for the international market (shot in English language) using genre talent from all around the world and to develop local […]

Yukon general election, 1909

The 1909 Yukon general election was held on 28 June 1909 to elect the ten members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The Council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally-appointed Commissioner.

References

References

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1909 World […]

Western Heights

Western
Heights, may refer to:

Dover Western Heights, Kent County, England

Western Heights, a suburb of Auckland

Western Heights College, Victoria, Australia

Western Heights Cemetery, burial place of Clyde Barrow of Bonnie and Clyde

Western Heights Public Schools, a school district in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Western Heights, Dallas, Texas, a neighborhood in west Dallas, Texas

[…]

Love on the Run

Love on the Run may refer to:

Love on the Run (1936) is a Hollywood film starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford.

Love on the Run (1979) is a French film directed by François Truffaut.

Love on the Run (1985) is a made for television film directed by Gus Trikonisis.

Love on the Run (1994) […]

Smyrno

In Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Series, Smyrno is a planet, capital of the Smyrno Prefect in the Anacreon Province. It was one of four prefects in the Anacreon Province that rebelled against the Galactic Empire c.50 F.E. The planet itself is located 50 parsecs (163 light years) from Terminus.

Hober Mallow, one of the major […]

Petr Kostka

Petr Kostka (born June 11, 1938) is a Czech actor.

He was born in Říčany near Prague, Czechoslovakia. He received Thálie Award for performing Herman in Mixed Emotions.

References

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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’ […]

Threestate

Threestate (3State or 3S) is a Dutch demo group formerly active in the PC demoscene. They are notable for winning several of the biggest international demo parties which, during the time of release, had not happened for a while in the Dutch demoscene.

Members

Roy ‘Sagacity’ Jacobs - code

John-Pierre ‘Sarix’ Verhagen - code

[…]

Parable of the Friend at Night

The Parable of the Friend at Night (The Son’s Request) was given by Jesus in the New Testament (Luke).

From (NIV):

Compare with (NIV):

“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are […]

List of schools in Iraq

An incomplete list of schools in Iraq:

Baghdad

Baghdad College, elite secondary school for boys

Tigris Secondary School for Girls

Al-Mutamaizeen High School R1 for Boys, Al-Risafa 1, Palestine St.

Al-Mutamaizat High School R1 for Girls, Al-Risafa 1, Al-A’adamia

Al-Mutamaizeen High School R2 for Boys, Al-Risafa 2, Palestine St., Al-Idrisi

Al-Mutamaizat High […]

Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions is the ninth album of English post-punk group Killing Joke. This album features Martin Atkins (formerly of Public Image Ltd. and Brian Brain) on drums. The album also saw a return to a rawer, guitar-based sound from the keyboards of their previous album Outside the Gate, and it was […]

Peter Mitchell

Notable people called Peter Mitchell include:

Peter

D. Mitchell (1920–1992), British chemist
Peter Mitchell (politician) (1824–1899), Canadian politian

Peter Mitchell (news) (b. 1960), Australian journalist

Peter Mitchell (golfer) (b. 1958), English golfer

References

26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs: Jack Mitchell, Leading Your Rebecca Morgan - Office & Operations Resource Center Jack Mitchell starts his morning at 5 o'clock with […]

Another Late Night: Groove Armada is a DJ mix album, mixed by Groove Armada. It is the fifth in the Another Late Night / Late Night Tales series.
It was released on 3rd June 2002 on Azuli Records in the UK (catalogue no. ALNCD05).

Track listing

Fly Me To The Moon - Groove Armada – 4:44

Lovin’ Me […]

Live in the Mix

Live in the Mix is the third album by American acid house disc jockey Romanthony. It was released by Distance Records on June 14, 1999.

Track listing

“Intro/DJ Intro”

“I Like It”

“Dance With Me”

“Good Times (Remix)”

“Party Times”

“Party Buckwild”

“Floorpiece”

“Under/Main”

“Beatrock”

“Bring da Beat Back”

“I Like It”

“Sommore”

“Down 4 U”

“Drifting Solidly [*]”

External links

allmusic Overview

References

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