Archive for January, 2008



Excelsior Diamond

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 […]

Canterbury (album)

Canterbury is an album by Diamond Head. This is Diamond Head’s third album. The album was recorded and released in 1983, reaching Number 32 on the UK Album Chart.

Track listing

“Makin’ Music” – 3:51

“Out of Phase” – 3:32

“The Kingmaker” – 4:12

“One More Night – 4:11

“To the Devil His Due - 6:02

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Asscher Brothers

The Asscher brothers, Abraham and Joseph Asscher, ran the Royal Asscher Diamond Company, which was founded in 1854 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Asscher Diamond Factory still stands at Tolstraat 127.

The brothers developed the Asscher cut diamond in 1902. This is a square emerald cut with cropped corners. It was very popular […]

Jacob Diamond

The Jacob Diamond is a large diamond, ranked seventh in the world, known earlier as the Imperial Diamond, believed to be the same stone as the Victoria Diamond, formerly owned by the The Nizam of Hyderabad and currently owned by the Government of India.

It has a rectangular cushion-cut diamond with 58 facets, measures […]

Tonality diamond

In music theory, the n-limit tonality diamond is the set of rational numbers r, <math>1 \le r < 2</math>, such that the odd part of both the numerator and the denominator of r, when reduced to lowest terms, is less than or equal to the fixed odd number n. Equivalently, the diamond may be considered […]

KDTP-LP

KDTP-LP is a low-power television station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting locally on channel 58 as a Jewelry Television affiliate. The station is owned by Community Television Educators, Inc., a board set up by Daystar Television Network to manage their non-commercial license (co-owned KDTP) in accordance with FCC regulations.

History
The original construction permit for low-power television […]

Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” is one of the best known of the pieces that he wrote as incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1842. It is one of the most played wedding marches.

At weddings in many English-speaking countries, this piece is commonly used as a recessional, though frequently stripped of its episodes in […]

Aber Diamond

Aber Diamond Corporation (; ) is a Toronto, Canada specialist diamond mining and retail company.

The company holds a 40% stake in the Diavik Diamonds Project. Production at the Diavik Diamond Mine, Canada’s second diamond mine, is operated by Aber’s joint venture partner, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group. The mine began […]

Canterbury (album)

Canterbury is an album by Diamond Head. This is Diamond Head’s third album. The album was recorded and released in 1983, reaching Number 32 on the UK Album Chart.

Track listing

“Makin’ Music” – 3:51

“Out of Phase” – 3:32

“The Kingmaker” – 4:12

“One More Night – 4:11

“To the Devil His Due - 6:02

[…]

Four Songs (Live EP)

Four Songs is an EP by Live, released in 1991.

Two songs from this EP also appeared on their album Mental Jewelry.

The European version of the album appeared in 1994 and was a bonus in a two CD set with Throwing Copper.

Track listing

“Operation Spirit” – 3:19

“Good Pain” – 5:39

“Heaven Wore a Shirt” – […]

Endplay

An endplay (also throw-in), in bridge and similar games, is a tactical play where a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricks. Most commonly the losing play either constitutes a free finesse, or else it gives declarer a ruff and […]

Diamonds (suit)

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Diamonds is one of the four suits found in playing cards. In Bridge, it ranks third highest of the four suits (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades), above Clubs, but below Hearts. It is typically associated with wealth or riches.

Origin and meaning of the symbol
The symbol was first used on French playing cards, […]

The winners of the 2003 Internet Movie/Television Awards, given by the Internet Entertainment Writers Association, are listed below.

Movie Awards

Internet Movie Awards 2003

2003

The winners of the Internet Movie Awards:

Favorite Actor in a Leading Role: Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Favorite Actor in a Supporting Role: Sean Astin - LOTR: […]