Archive for June, 2008
Mullé may also refer to a type of hairstyle know as a Mullet.
Mullé is a Swedish card game. It consists of two deck with all cards except jokers.
The values of the cards are as follows.
10 Diamonds - 16
2 Spades - 15
Ace - 14
Kings - 13
Queens - 12
Jack - 11
10 -> 2 - 10 - 2 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
The Black Watch is an electronic wristwatch launched in September 1975 by Sinclair Radionics, costing £17.95 in kit form and £24.95 ready-built. The product was beset by technical problems including a battery life of just 10 days, variable accuracy and a very sensitive integrated circuit which could be rendered useless by a static shock from […]
Henri Lemoine (fl. 1905–1908) was a French fraudster who claimed to be able to produce synthetic diamonds.
In 1905 Lemoine contacted Sir Julius Wernher, British banker and one of the governors of De Beers Diamond Mines. He said he had discovered a process to produce gem-sized diamonds from coal and agreed to sell his invention if […]
Tidal diamonds are symbols on British admiralty charts that indicate the direction and speed of tidal streams.
The symbols consist of a letter of the Roman alphabet in a rhombus, printed in purple ink. On any particular chart each tidal diamond will have a unique letter starting from “A” and continuing alphabetically.
Somewhere on the chart, generally […]
Fatal Portrait is the debut album by the heavy metal band King Diamond. The album was released in 1986 on Roadrunner Records.
Track listing
Lyrics by King Diamond. Music credits indicated as such.
“The Candle” – 6:38 (Diamond)
“The Jonah” – 5:15 (Diamond)
“The Portrait” – 5:06 (Diamond)
“Dressed in White” – 3:09 (Diamond)
“Charon” – 4:14 (Diamond - Denner)
“Lurking in […]
“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 […]
“Diamonds and Pearls” is the title track to Prince and the New Power Generation’s 1991 hit album. The song is an upbeat ballad, given a rock and roll edge with guitar and heavy drumming. The song also features the powerful vocals of NPG member Rosie Gaines. The ballad is an expression of love and not […]
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 […]
The Baken diamond mine is a diamond mine located along the lower Orange River in South Africa. The mine is owned and operated by Trans Hex. The central processing plant has been operational at Baken since 2001.
In 2004 the Baken mine produced 88,063 carats (17.6126 kg); average stone size for the year was […]
Nene Park is the home ground of Rushden & Diamonds football club. Situated in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England, along the bank of the River Nene, the stadium holds 6,441 with 4,641 seated and 1,800 standing.
History
The stadium was built in 1969 as the home of Irthlingborough Diamonds, after the land was bought from the water board. In […]
The Chopard Diamond award (or simply the Diamond award) is given by the World Music Awards to artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career. This award is occasionally confused with the previously created RIAA certification of “Diamond”, which represents the sale of over ten million copies of an album and […]
Nathan George Horwitt was an American designer who lived in the 1940s. He is most renowned for his “museum watch” created for the Swiss watch company Movado, which featured a black dial with a single gold circle situated at 12 o’clock. The watch was intended to suggest the sundial, the most ancient form […]
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