In contract bridge the minor suits are diamonds () and clubs (). They are given that name because contracts made in those suits score less (20 points per contracted trick) than contracts made in the major suits (30 points), and they rank lower in bidding. In particular, one can make game with a bid of […]

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 […]

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 […]

for the Styx song, see Borrowed Time (song)

Borrowed Time is a recording by Diamond Head. This is Diamond Head’s fourth recording, their second on the MCA label. The album was recorded in 1981 and released in 1982, reaching Number 24 on the UK album chart.

Track listing

“In The Heat of the Night”

“To Heaven […]

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 […]

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 […]

Thunderbolt is a Norwegian heavy metal band that combines the classical influence of bands like Iron Maiden, Helloween, and Black Sabbath with a more modern, powerful sound like that of Bad Brains and Entombed.

History
After releasing their demo Bandits at 6 O’Clock in 2001, the band received multiple offers for a record contract and subsequently signed […]

“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 […]

The World Diamond Council (also known during its prototype period as the International Diamond Council) is an organisation consisting of representatives from diamond manufacturing and diamond trading companies. The Council was set up in July 2000 to examine ways to reduce the number of conflict diamonds entering the diamond market.

At almost the same time national […]

Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov () (1881-1944) was a Russian artist, one of the most significant and at the same time most characteristic painters of the circle of “Jack of Diamonds” (Russian: Бубновый Валет).

He was born in the cossack village Mikhailovskaya-on-Don (near Volgograd) in a peasant family. After arriving at Moscow in 1900 he attended […]

Welcome Home is a single by the heavy metal band King Diamond. This single is taken from the album Them. The song features prominently in the 2006 movie Clerks II, serving as the de facto theme song for Jay and Silent Bob on a number of occasions.

Track listing

“Welcome Home” – 4:36

A Morton’s Fork Coup is a coup in contract bridge involving the forcing of an opponent to choose between establishing one or more extra tricks in the suit led and losing the opportunity to win a trick in the suit led. It takes its name from the expression Morton’s Fork.

Example
South receives the lead of the […]

Welcome Home is a single by the heavy metal band King Diamond. This single is taken from the album Them. The song features prominently in the 2006 movie Clerks II, serving as the de facto theme song for Jay and Silent Bob on a number of occasions.

Track listing

“Welcome Home” – 4:36

“Diamond mine” redirects here. For the game from PopCap Games also known as Diamond Mine, see Bejeweled.

There are a limited number of commercially viable diamond mines currently operating in the world. Diamonds are also mined alluvially over disperse areas, where diamonds have been eroded out of the ground and deposited by water or weather […]

This is a demo album by the heavy metal band King Diamond.

Track listing

“The Candle” – 6:38

“Haunted” – 3:55

“Dressed in White” – 3:09

“The Portrait” – 4:54

“Lurking in the Dark” – 3:38

“Shadow Night” – 7:19 (Mercyful Fate cover)