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D. Ian M. Wallace
D. Ian M. Wallace (known as Ian Wallace or D.I.M. Wallace, or by his initials DIMW) is a British birder, author and artist. He lives in Staffordshire. He is a former chairman of the British Birds Rarities Committee and was a contributing author to Birds of the Western Palearctic. Bibliography Thi..
Di'anno
Di'Anno is/was a band featuring former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno, whom the band was obviously named after. The band has released the albums Di'Anno and Nomad. Discography Di'AnnoNomad ..
Di'Anno (album)
Di'Anno is the self-titled album of the band of the same name. Track list Flaming HeartHeartuserHere To StayThe RunnerTales Of The UnexpectedRazor AgeBright LightsLady HeartbreakAntiguaRoad Rat Line up Paul Di'Anno- Lead VocalsLee Slater- Guitar, Backing VocalsP.J. Ward- Guitar, Backing VocalsKevin..
Dia
This article is about the diagram-creation software. For other meanings, see Dia (disambiguation). Dia is an open-source general-purpose diagram creation software program, developed as part of the GNOME project. Dia was originally created by Alexander Larsson. Dia uses a Controlled Single Documen..
Dia, Greece
Dia is a small island off the northern coast of the Greek island of Crete. Today, it is a restricted haven for the Kri-kri, a small and endangered breed of deer. The island is visible from the island's capital city of Heraklion, as it would have been in the time of the Minoan kingdom, from the c..
Dia:Beacon
Dia:Beacon is an art museum located next to the Hudson River in Beacon, New York. Operated by the Dia Art Foundation, Dia:Beacon shows works by Richard Serra, Dan Flavin, Joseph Beuys, Donald Judd, among others. In 2005, Dia Beacon offered a spectacular exhibit of the paintings of Andy Warhol ..
Diabasbrottet quarry
The Diabasbrottet quarry ([58°21′32.2″N, 12°30′08.6″E]), located on Mt. Hunneberg, Västergötland, Sweden, is the location of the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) which marks the boundary between the Floian and Tremadocian stages of the Early Ordovician. It wa..
Diabase
Diabase is a mafic, holocrystalline, igneous rock equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro. Diabase normally has a fine, but visible texture of euhedral lath shaped plagioclase crystals set in a finer matrix of pyroxene, typically augite, with minor olivine and magnetite. Accessory and alter..
Diabatic
In quantum chemistry, the potential energy surfaces are obtained within the adiabatic or Born-Oppenheimer approximation. This corresponds to a representation of the molecular wave function where the variables corresponding to the molecular geometry and the electronic degrees of freedom are separate..
Diabelli Variations
The 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli Op. 120, most commonly referred to as the Diabelli Variations, are a set of variations for the piano by Ludwig van Beethoven on a waltz composed by Anton Diabelli. Originally titled 33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von Diabelli, they were written fr..
Diabetes and testosterone
In a recent study, it was found that diabetic men over 45 have more than twice the risk of having hypogonadism (in men, reduced or absent secretion of testosterone). The study included 474 diabetic men from a screening of over 2,000. This is the largest study to date. Previous studies in this area ..
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a disease characterized by excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, which cannot be reduced when fluid intake is reduced. It denotes inability of the kidney to concentrate urine. DI is caused by a deficiency of antidiuretic hormone, or by an insensitivity of..
Diabetes in cats and dogs
Diabetes mellitus strikes 1 in 400 cats and a similar number of dogs, though recent veterinary studies[link] note that it is becoming more common lately. Symptoms in dogs and cats are similar to those in humans. Generally, most dogs and about 5-20% of cats experience type-1 (insulin-depen..
Diabetes management
This article is about the management of diabetes mellitus. For more on the disease itself see diabetes mellitus. Diabetes is a chronic disease with no cure (except experimentally in type 1 diabetics) as of 2006. Management of this disease may include lifestyle modifications such as achieving and mai..
Diabetes mellitus
For the disease characterized by excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, see diabetes insipidus. For diabetes mellitus in pets, see diabetes in cats and dogs. Diabetes mellitus is a medical disorder characterized by persistent variable hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), resulti..
Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy
For women with diabetes mellitus, pregnancy can present some particular challenges for both mother and child. If the woman who is pregnant has diabetes or develops diabetes during pregnancy, it can cause early labor, birth defects, and very large babies. Contents 1 Physiology2 Risks for..
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Diabetes mellitus type 1 is a form of diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes (formerly known as "childhood" or "juvenile" diabetes or "insulin dependent" diabetes) is most commonly diagnosed in children and adolescents. The adult incidence of Type 1 is the same as for children [link], lead..
Diabetes mellitus type 2
See diabetes mellitus for further general information on diabetes. Diabetes mellitus type 2 (formerly called diabetes mellitus type II, non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDDM), obesity related diabetes, or adult-onset diabetes) is a metabolic disorder that is primarily characterized by insulin resi..
Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is a British medical patient, professional and research charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with diabetes and aim to work towards a future without the chronic condition diabetes. Founded in 1934 as the Diabetic Association, by HG Wells and Dr RD Lawrence. The organisatio..
Diabetic coma
Diabetic coma is a medical emergency in which a person with diabetes mellitus is comatose (unconscious) because of one of three acute complications of diabetes: Severe diabetic hypoglycemiaAdvanced diabetic ketoacidosis advanced enough to result in unconsciousness from a combination of severe hype..
Diabetic foot
Diabetic foot is an umbrella term for foot problems in patients with diabetes mellitus. Due to arterial abnormalities and diabetic neuropathy, as well as a tendency to delayed wound healing, infection or gangrene of the foot is relatively common. Prevention is by frequent chiropody review, good foo..
Diabetic hypoglycemia
Diabetic hypoglycemia describes low blood glucose (hypoglycemia) occurring in a person with diabetes mellitus. It is one of the most common types of hypoglyemia seen in emergency departments and hospitals. In general, it occurs when a treatment to lower the elevated blood glucose of diabetes "ove..
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is one consequence of severe, out-of-control diabetes mellitus (chronic high blood sugar, or hyperglycemia). In a diabetes sufferer, DKA begins with relative deficiency in insulin. In the most common cases, this is due to failure to take prescribed insulin. Insulin requi..
Diabetic nephropathy
Photomicrography of nodular glomerulosclerosis in Kimmelstein-Wilson syndrome. Source: CDC Diabetic nephropathy (nephropatia diabetica), also known as Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome and intercapillary glomerulonephritis, is a progressive kidney disease caused by angiopathy of capillaries in the ..
Diabetic neuropathy
Diabetic neuropathies are neuropathic disorders that are associated with diabetes mellitus. These conditions are thought to result from diabetic microvascular injury involving small blood vessels that supply nerves (vasa nervorum). Relatively common conditions which may be associated with diabetic ..
Diabetic retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy is retinopathy (damage to the retina) caused by complications of diabetes mellitus, which could eventually lead to blindness. It is an ocular manifestation of systemic disease which affects up to 80% of all diabetics who have had diabetes for 15 years or more[[Citing s..
Diabetology
Diabetology is the clinical science of diabetes mellitus, its diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. It can be considered a specialised field of endocrinology. The term diabetologist is used in several ways. In North America over the last 40 years it is most often used for an internist who through pra..
Diablerets
Diablerets/ Elevation: 3,210 metres (10,531 feet) Coordinates: ..
Diablerie
World of Darkness Vampire series Settings [[Vampire: The Dark Ages|Dark Ages]] [[Vampire: The Victorian Age|Victorian Age]] [[Vampire: The Masquerade|Masquerade]] [[Vampire: The Requiem|Requiem]] Mythology Caine · Lilith Book of Nod Revelations of the Dark Mother The Erciyes Fragment..
Diables Rouges de Briançon
Diables Rouges de Briançon and the Hockey Club Briançon are nicknames given to Hockey team of Briançon (Hautes-Alpes). Home ice : Parc des Sports René FrogerTeam colours : red & whiteHonours : Won the Marcel Claret Trophy in 1982-83 & 1983-84. Contents 1 History2 Notable players3&nb..
Diable Tonnere
In Haitian Vodun, Diable Tonnere is a loa (deity) who presides over thunder. ..
Diablo
Diablo is the Spanish word for the Devil. It may also mean: Diablo (band), a Finnish heavy metal bandDiablo (comics), a Fantastic Four villainDiablo, CaliforniaDiablo, WashingtonEl Diablo, a DC Comics hero Computer games: Diablos, a G.F. summon from Final Fantasy VIIIDiablo (computer game)''[[Di..
Diablo, California
Diablo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 988 at the 2000 census. Geography Diablo is located at [37°50′8″N, 121°57′27″W] (37.835451, -121.957588)[Geographic references#1GR1], at the south edge of Mo..
Diablo: Hellfire
Diablo: Hellfire is an expansion pack that Sierra On-Line (now known as Sierra Entertainment) produced for the computer game Diablo. It was released in 1997 and developed by Synergistic Software, a Sierra division. Hellfire expansion pack Hellfire's storyline occurs as an aside to the main s..
Diablosaurus
Diablosaurus rufus ('Red devil lizard') is a fictional dinosaur described in the 2005 book The World of Kong, an encyclopedia about the ecology of Skull Island as depicted in the 2005 remake of King Kong. Physical appearance Diablosaurus is a large quadrupedal herbivore of about 20-25 feet (6-7,50..
Diablo (band)
Diablo is a Finnish melodic death metal band, which was formed in 1990. It was formerly known as Diablo Brothers. Their music is very innovative and is influenced by prog and Goethenburg metal. Their roots may be in bands such as Death, Machine Head, Meshuggah, Dark Tranquillity and Opeth. Their new..
Diablo (comics)
Diablo (real name Esteban Corazon de Ablo) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe who is an enemy of the Fantastic Four. He is an evil alchemist. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Fantastic Four volume 1 #30. De Ablo was born into nobility in the 9th ..
Diablo (computer game)
Diablo is a hack and slash action role-playing game released by Blizzard Entertainment and developed by Blizzard North, released on November 30, 1996. Contents 1 Overview2 Classes2.1 Warrior2.2 Rogue2.3 Sorcerer2.4 Differences between the classes3 Character a..
Diablo 630
The Diablo 630 was a daisy wheel printer (computer printer) sold by the Diablo Data Systems division of the Xerox Corporation. The printer was capable of letter-quality printing; that is, its print quality was equivalent to the quality of an IBM Selectric typewriter or Selectric-based printer. The ..
Diablo Canyon
For the Pressurized Water Reactor see Diablo Canyon Power Plant Diablo Canyon is an album by American southern rock band The Outlaws, released in 1994. (See 1994 in music). Track listing "Diablo Canyon" (Thomasson) - 7:01"Dregs Fall to the Wicked" (Cooper, Thomasson, Tsaerios) - 5:10"Let the Fing..
Diablo Canyon Power Plant
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Diablo FC
Diablo FC is a football club, located at the heart of J.B. Nagar, Andheri (East) a bustling suburb of Mumbai. Started by a group of fanatic soccer players, they formed an officious club. The players dug and cleared a wasteland area and overnight transformed a desolate eerie and overgrown park into a..
Diablo II
Diablo II, sequel to the popular Diablo, is an action role-playing game in a hack and slash or "Dungeon Roaming" style. It was released for both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS in 2000 by Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo II was developed by Blizzard North. By April 2001, Diablo II had become one of t..
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is an expansion pack for the popular hack and slash action role-playing game D..
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Class Histories
This page concerns the class history for [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction]] Contents 1 Amazon2 Assassin3 Barbarian4 Druid5 Necromancer6 Paladin7 Sorceress Amazon Prior to the expansion, the amazon was a heavily played character class with fairly decent damage..
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Patch History
This page concerns the patch history for [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction]]. Patch 1.10 Long thought to be a myth or an aborted attempt, Patch 1.10 was announced in May 2002 and was finally released to the public on October 28, 2003. This patch adds several new features and items into the game. La..
Diablo III
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Diablo II on Battle.net
This article is about the player trends of Diablo II (and [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction|its expansion]]) on Battle.net. Contents 1 ''Diablo II'' on Battle.net1.1 Game Styles1.2 Battle.net Sociology1.3 Battle.net Slang1.4 Battle.net Player versus Player (PvP)1.5 ..
Diablo Range
In the vicinity of San Benito Mountain The Diablo Range is a mountain range in western California, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges. It is bordered by the San Francisco Bay, Santa Clara Valley, Gabilan Mountains, and Salinas Valley to the west and by the Central Valley to the east. The range..
Diablo Spawn
A Diablo Spawn is a type of demo generated by the Diablo installer. In the Diablo Spawn, each character is limited to completing the first quest, and is allowed to go no further than "Level 2" of the dungeon. Many other restrictions are also put in place, such as disallowing conversations with the..
Diablo Valley College
Diablo Valley College (DVC) is a two-year community college located in Pleasant Hill in Contra Costa County, California. The college is one of three publicly supported two-year community colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District (along with Contra Costa College and Los Medanos Colleg..
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Diablo wind
Diablo wind is a rarely-used term for the hot, dry offshore wind from the northeast that typically occurs in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California during the Spring and Fall. The term was first used by some in the local news media in the aftermath of the Oakland Hills Firestorm of 1991,..
Diabolical Dynamics
Diabolical Dynamics was the 2001 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition. Field The playing field is a carpeted, rectangular area. Dividing the field in half is an 18 in high railing with a central bridge, which can tilt to either side of the field or remain level. Two 7 ft high movable goals beg..
Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism is the first album by Norwegian black metal band, Immortal. Track listing "Intro: The Call of the Winter Moon""Unholy Forces of Evil""Cryptic Winterstorms""Cold Winds of Funeral Dust""Blacker Than Darkness""A Perfect Vision of the Rising Northland""Bonus Track" (UK) P..
Diabolical mark
In Christian demonology, the diabolical mark was an indelible mark that especially Satan, or any other demon, made in the body of those who had made a pact with him. All witches and warlocks were said to have that mark, because the diabolical pact was a necessary condition to be such a thing. It wa..
Diabolical Masquerade
Diabolical Masquerade is a Swedish one-man musical project. All music is written and played by Katatonia guitarist Blackheim (Anders Nyström) who wanted to have a band where he could compose more extreme music whilst Katatonia were exploring more mellow moods. The music leans heavily on avantgard..
Diabolical pact
According to Christian belief on witchcraft, the diabolical pact is a pact between a person and Satan or any other demon (or demons) in which the person trades, or attempts to trade, his or her soul in exchange for diabolical favours. Those favours vary by the tale, but can include youthfulness, k..
Diabolical signature
In demonology, a diabolical signature (from diabolus, the Latin for devil) is the signature of a devil, demon or similar spirit, usually in order to sign your soul away. The most famous of these is in the story of Dr Faustus. Demon's signatures are designed to disguise their actual names. They are..
Diabolical Summoning
Diabolical Summoning is the second album by Sinister. It was released in 1993 by Nuclear Blast Records. Track listing "Sadistc Intent" – 4:12"Magnified Wrath" – 4:08"Diabolical Summoning" – 3:50"Sense Of Demise" – 4:15"Leviathan" – 5:27"Desecrated Flesh" – 4:11"Tribes Of The Moon..
Diabolical Tales
Diabolical Tales is a six-part, sci-fi/comedy short film series produced by Cosmic Control Productions. Inspired by B-grade sci-fi films, comic books, and fantasy pulp fiction from the 1950s, each film follows the continuing adventures of the heroic FBI Agent Cooper (played by Brian Bedell) and his..
Diabolical Tales: Part I
Diabolical Tales: Part I - Genesis of the Men From Within The Earth is the first entry of a six-part, sci-fi/comedy series of black-and-white short films by the independent Cosmic Control Productions. The series presents a fictional alternate history based around conspiracy theories that involves ..
Diabolic sinners
Diabolic Sinners, the norwegian band from 2005 plays a from of metelcore and trash metal. A hardbanging treat in the underground. Working to land a record deal. Members Creek Lestat - Drums Leonardo Corll - Vocal DeathDoll - Guitar Vienna - Bass Former Members Ghaul (2006) - Keybo..
Diabolic square
A diabolic square is a magic square in which the same sum can be found not only in rows, columns and diagonals, but in a variety of different regular and geometric configurations. 15 10 3 6 4 5 16 9 14 11 2 7 1 8 13 12 In this diabolic square, the sum 34 can be found in 86 different ways: r..
Diabolik
Diabolik is a fictional character, an anti-hero featured in Italian comics. He was created by sisters Angela and Luciana Giussani in 1962. His stories appear in monthly black and white digest-sized booklets. The character was inspired by several previous characters from French and Italian pulp fi..
Diabolique
The title Diabolique may refer to the following: Les Diaboliques (film), a 1955 French film starring Simone Signoret retitled Diabolique for its United States releaseDiabolique (1996 film), a 1996 United States remake of Les Diaboliques starring Sharon StoneDiabolique (band), a Swedish heavy metal ..
Diabolique (1996 film)
Diabolique is a 1996 American film directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik. It is a remake of the 1955 French film Les Diaboliques. Cast Sharon Stone as Nicole HornerIsabelle Adjani as Mia BaranChazz Palminteri as Guy BaranKathy Bates as Shirley VoguelSpalding Gray as Simon Veatch External links ..
Diabolo
The diabolo (commonly misspelled as diablo, formerly also known as "the devil on two sticks") is a juggling prop consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string tied to two sticks held one in each hand. A huge variety of tricks are possible using the sticks, string, and various body pa..
DIABOLOS
The ninth original studio album from Japanese Recording Artist Gackt, DIABOLOS is a return to the storyline and theme of the MOON album, and is considered to be a sequel of sorts. Reworked versions of the previous three singles and their b-side tracks are spread throughout the album, and range fro..
Diabolos
Type Terrestrial AKA Diablos Skills Dark Messenger, Darkness Named, Nightmare Diabolos Diabolos first appeared in Final Fantasy VIII as the GF "Diablos" that dealt Gravity damage. Later, Diabolos appeared as a new summon included in the final update of the expansion pack "Chains of Pro..
Diabolus in Musica
Diabolus in Musica is the eighth album by the thrash metal band Slayer. It was released June 9, 1998 through American Recordings. This is the second of three albums Slayer released with Paul Bostaph as the drummer. While criticized by some as containing nu-metal elements, the album is largely thra..
Diaboromon
Diaboromon is a Virus Digimon. He is known in Japan as Diablomon. In the movies, he is voiced by Paul St. Peter. Contents 1 Evolution2 Abilities2.1 Attacks3 Appearances3.1 Our War Game3.2 Revenge of Diaboromon3.3 Digimon Tamers3.4 Digimon World 4 Evolutio..
Diabrotica
Diabrotica is a genus of beetles, sometimes referred to as cucumber beetles, in the family Chrysomelidae. Members of this genus include several destructive agricultural pest species. Species list: Spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctataWestern corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgiferaBande..
DIAC
The DIAC, or DIode for Alternating Current, is a bidirectional trigger diode that conducts current only after its breakdown voltage has been exceeded momentarily. When this occurs, the resistance of the diode abruptly decreases, leading to a sharp decrease in the voltage drop across the diode and,..
Diacerein
Diacerein is a drug used in the treatment of osteoarthritis. It works by inhibiting interleukin-1. ..
Diacetolol
Diacetolol is the primary metabolite of acebutolol. It is an anti-arrhythmic. ..
Diacetyl
Diacetyl (IUPAC systematic name: butanedione or 2,3-butanedione) is a natural by-product of secondary or malolactic fermentation. It is a vicinal diketone (two C=O groups, side-by-side) with the molecular formula C4H6O2. At low levels in alcoholic beverages, it contributes a slipperiness to the f..
Diacetylene
Diacetylene Diacetylene (also known as butadiyne), with the formula C4H2, is a highly unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains one single bond and two triple bonds. It is the first in the series of polyynes. The melting point of diacetylene is -10 °C;, and its boiling point 11 °C. Occurrence ..
Diachasma alloeum
Diachasma alloeum is a small wasp in the family Braconidae. It is a parasitoid of Rhagoletis pomonella, the apple maggot. The wasp lays its eggs into third instar larvae of the fly, which then develop after the larvae have pupated. The immature wasps then eat the fly larvae and overwinter insid..
Diachasmimorpha mellea
Diachasmimorpha mellea (formerly known as Biosteres melleus) is a parasitoid of Rhagoletis pomonella, the apple maggot fly. It is morphologically very similar to another apple maggot parasitoid, Diachasma alloeum. ..
Diachronic
The adjective diachronic (from Greek elements dia "through" and chronos "time") means "historically", "over time".It is generally opposed to synchronic. It is used, for example, in: diachronic or historical linguistics, the study of how languages and language families change over time. Opposed to s..
Diaclone
Diaclone was a toyline by Takara Toys launched in 1980. It consisted of transforming vehicles and robots piloted by miniature, magnet-shoed figures spun off from the prior Microman toy line that were in turn called an Inch-Man. The toys in the 1980 line were designed by future Macross designers Sho..
Diacodexis
Diacodexis is an extinct genus of mammal. The 50 cm (1 ft 8 in) long, muntjac-like creature is the oldest even-toed ungulate known. Most likely, it was a fast-running and alert herbivore. References ..
Diaconicon
Diaconicon is, in the Greek Church, the name given to a chamber on the south side of the central apse, where the sacred utensils, vessels, etc, of the church are kept. In the reign of Justin II (565-574), owing to a change in the liturgy, the diaconicon and prothesis were located in apses at the eas..
Diaconis
Diaconis can refer to: Paulus Diaconis (Paul the Deacon), 8th century monk and scholar;Persi Diaconis, American magician turned mathematician. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish t..
Diacope
Diacope is a rhetorical term meaning uninterrupted repetition of a word, or repetition with only one or two words between each repeated phrase. Examples: "All lost! To prayers, to prayers! All lost!" (William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, Scene 1).To the swinging and the ringing ''Of the bells, ..
Diacritic
Diacritical marks accent acute accent ( ˊ ) double acute accent ( ˝ ) grave accent ( ˋ ) breve ( ˘ ) caron / háček ( ˇ ) cedilla ( ¸ ) circumflex ( ˆ ) diaeresis / umlaut ( ¨ ) dot ( · ) anunaasika ( ˙ ) anusvaara ( ̣ ) hook / d..
Diacritical
For the orthographic mark, see Diacritic. Diacritical is a Washington DC based experimental rock band officially formed in 2004. They define their sound as rock that’s influenced by concepts from music all over the world. Ideas like drone and linear improvisation, scales and modes from other cultu..
Diacritics
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. diacritics is an academic journal founded in 1971 at Cornell University. Articles serve to review important recent literature in the field of..
Diacritics (Greek alphabet)
In the Greek alphabet, vowels can carry diacritics, namely accents and breathings. The accents are the acute accent (´), the grave accent (`), and the circumflex (῀). They mark the stressed syllable. The breathings are the spiritus asper (῾), marking an [h] sound at the beginning of a ..
Diacylglycerol
Diacylglycerol (DAG) is a second messenger molecule made by phospholipase C (PLC) (a membrane-bound enzyme), together with inositol triphosphate (IP3). Although inositol triphosphate (IP3) diffuses into the cytosol, diacylglycerol (DAG) stays close to the plasma membrane, due to its hydrophobic prop..
Diacylglycerol kinase
Diacylglycerol Kinase (DGK) is an integral membrane protein. DGK has 121-residues and is a trimeric enzyme. DGK catalyzes the conversion of diacylglycerol (with ATP) to phosphatidic acid. ..
Diadectes
Diadectes was a genus of large very reptile-like tetrapods that lived during the Early Permian. It is one of the very first herbivorous tetrapods, and also one of the first fully terrestrial animals to attain large size. Diadectes was a heavily built animal, 1.5 to 3 meters long, with a thick-b..
Diadectidae
Diadectidae are a family of large reptile-like tetrapodss that lived in Euramerica during the Carboniferous and Early Permian periods. They are the very first herbivorous tetrapods to appear, and also the first fully terrestrial animals to attain large size. They represent an important stage in ..
Diadectomorpha
Diadectomorpha are a clade of large reptile-like tetrapods that lived in Euramerica during the Carboniferous and Early Permian periods, and are very close to the ancestry of the Amniota. They include both large (upto 2 meters long) carnivorous and even larger (to 3 meters) herbivorous forms, some s..
Diadem
Diadem has a number of different meanings, including the following: A diadem is a type of crown.Diadem is the brightest star in the constellation Coma Berenices.A diadem may be one of several tropical butterflies in the genus Hypolimnas.A series of books by John PeelA user interface for the DIPPR 80..
Diadema
Diadema can be: Diadema, Brazil - a city in the state of São Paulo in BrazilDiadema (genus) - a genus of sea urchinDiadema urchin - the common name of several species of sea urchin Not to be confused with diadem, which can also take several meanings. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation&#..
Diadema, Brazil
Diadema is a city in São Paulo state, Brazil. The location of Paço Municipal de Diadema is -23,6861° latitude (23º 41'10 S) and -46,6106° longitude (46º36'38 W), distance from the capital is 17km from Praça da Sé. The city is accessed by a transit called EMTU (Empresa Metropolitana de Tr..
Diadematidae
Diadematidae is a family descending from the class Echinoidea, comprising of sea urchins. Genus Author Genus Species Author Species Age Astropyga Gray, 1825 Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778) Actual Astropyga pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816) Actual Astropyga magnifica Clark, 1934 Actual ..
Diadema (genus)
Diadema is a genus of sea urchins and is one of the most abundant, widespread, and ecologically important shallow water genera of tropical sea urchins. It is found in all tropical oceans, although is ubiquitous in the Indo-Pacific region, where it inhabits depths down to 70 m. However each species..
Diadema antillarum
Diadema antillarum is a sea urchin of the genus diadema with long black spines, it was once the most abundant and important herbivore on the coral reefs of the western Atlantic and Caribbean basin. In this role it was the main grazer that maintained the balance between algae growth and destruction..
Diadema palmeri
Like an exploding Super Nova suspended in liquid and time, with bright reddish-brown spines radiating out from a never blinking eye - actually its anal cone! - one of the most stunning of the Diadema family, it was first discovered by William (Bill) Palmer, at a depth of approx. 40m (130ft), off t..
Diadema urchin
Diadema urchin can refer to several species of sea urchin. The most common urchins to take this name are Diadema setosum and Echinothrix diadema. Both species are commonly found in the Indo-Pacific region, in water up to 70m in depth. D. setosum is more commonly found on sandy sea beds or dam..
Diademed Sifaka
The Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) is an endangered species of sifaka, one of the lemurs endemic to certain rainforests in eastern Madagascar. This species is one of the world's largest living lemurs, with a total adult length of approximately 105 centimeters K.E. Glander, P.C.Wright, P.S. ..
Diadems
The Diadems was one of the bands created by the 3rd French season of the popular reality show show "Popstars", called "Popstars - the Duel" aired on RTL Group TV channel Métropole 6 (better known as M6) in fall 2003. This all girls band "lost" the duel with their male opponents called "Linkup" but ..
Diadem (personal wear)
This article is about a type of crown called a diadem; for alternate meanings, see Diadem. Diadem from one of the Macedonian royal tombs at Vergina, 4th century BC A diadem (from Greek 'diadema, diadeo', to surround) was originally a white ribbon, ending in a knot and two stripes that were pla..
Diadem class cruiser
Diadem class cruiser were armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy by Vickers of Barrow in the 1890s. Ships of this class consisted of: HMS Diadem - Built Fairfield, Govan, laid down January 1896, completed July 1898.HMS Amphitrite - Built Vickers, Barrow, laid down December 1896, completed Septe..
Diadem Peak
Diadem Peak is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park. Diadem Peak is essentially the high point of a ridge leading down from the slightly higher Mount Woolley (3,460m). The mountain was named in 1898 by the first ascent team of J. Norman Collie, Hugh Stutfield..
Diadem Stakes
The Diadem Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres) at Ascot Racecourse in late September. It was first run in 1946, prior to which all racing at Ascot had been confined to the Royal meeting..
Diadenis Luna
Diadenis Luna Castellano (born September 11, 1975) is a Cuban judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the women's Half Heavyweight (66-72 kg) category, together with Ylenia Scapin. ..
Diades of Pella
Diades of Pella (Διάδης ο Πελλαίος) (The Besieger), Greek inventor of many siege engines. He lived in 4th century BC. Diades accompanied Alexander the Great in his warfare on East. He constructed (or improved) movable tower..
Diadi, Nueva Vizcaya
Diadi is a 4th class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 14,374 people in 2,847 households. Barangays Diadi is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. ArwasBaleteBugnayDecabacanDuruarogEscotingNagsabaranNamamparanPi..
Diadiaphorus
Diadiaphorus is an extinct genus of litoptern mammal. The 1,20 m (4 ft) long creature closely resembled a horse. It had three toes, only one of which touched the ground. This toe had a large hoof; the two outer toes were rudimentary, much like those of early horses such as Merychippus. Unlike hors..
Diadochi
Diadochi, the plural of Diadochus, is the common Latin form of the Greek Διάδοχοι, transcripted Diadochoi, which in general means "successors", such that the neoplatonic refounders of Plato's Academy in Late Antiquity referred to themselves as diadochi (of Plato). Specifically, in hellenis..
Diadochite
Diadochite, also known as destinezite, is a clay mineral. It is a secondary mineral formed by the weathering and hydration of other minerals. Its formula is Fe2(PO4)(SO4)OH·5H2O. It has a greenish yellow to brown colour and forms nodules or crusts. Its appearance has been compared to caulifl..
Diadophis punctatus
The Ringneck Snake, (Diadophis punctatus) is a species of harmless colubrid snake. It is the only species within the genus Diadophis, and has fourteen subspecies which are found from southeastern Canada, throughout much of the United States, to northern Mexico. Subspecies Key Ringneck Snake, Diad..
Diadophis punctatus regalis
The Regal Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus regalis) is a subspecies of Ringneck Snake found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Description The Regal Ringneck Snake is typically gray in color, with a white or cream colored underside that has dark speckling, and a bright red ..
Diadora
Diadora is an Italian clothing company that produces shoes, shirts and other items such as backpacks and bags. The company was founded in 1948, then specializing in handmade mountain boots. Diadora means "by means of gifts" in Greek. Many professional athletes wear Diadora apparel in various spor..
Diadumenian
Diadumenianus on Macrinus' aureus. The [elaborate symbolism] of this coin celebrates Macrinus and his son, and their prodigality (Liberalitas). Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus or Diadumenian (d. 218) was the son of Roman Emperor Macrinus, who served his father briefly as Caes..
Diadumenos
The Diadumenos or (diadem-bearer) is except the Doryphoros and Discophoros the most famous figuric type of Polyclitus and a basic pattern of the ancient Greek scultural art. The Diadumenos is the winner of a concurrence. The figure push up both of the arms in intension to set up the diadem. Pl..
Diaea
Diaea is a spider genus of the family Thomisidae (crab spiders). Species Diaea adusta (L. Koch, 1867) (Queensland)Diaea albicincta Pavesi, 1883 (Congo, Ethiopia, East Africa)Diaea albolimbata L. Koch, 1875 (New Zealand)Diaea ambara (Urquhart, 1885) (New Zealand)Diaea bengalensis Biswas & Mazumder..
Diaea dorsata
Diaea dorsata is one of the smaller crab spiders. Females can grow up to 6mm, males up to 4mm. Prosoma and legs are green, the opisthosoma is yellowish with a brown mark. Like Misumena vatia, this spider can change its color to fit its surrounding; however, this takes several days. D. dorsata pre..
Diaeresis
This article is about the phonological term. For typographic issues of the diacritic ¨, see Umlaut (diacritic). In linguistics, a diaeresis, or dieresis (AE) (from Greek διαίρεσις, διαιρεῖν (diairein), to divide) is the division of two adjacent vowels as two syllables rather tha..
Diafana Krina
Diafana Krina (Greek: Διάφανα Κρίνα) is a Greek rock group. It consists of Thanos Anestopoulos (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano), Pantelis Rothostoglou (bass), Nikos Bardis (electric guitar, trumpet), Kyriakos Tsoukalas (electric guitar) and Tassos Machas (drums). Their special characteri..
Diagenesis
In geology and oceanography, diagenesis is any chemical, physical, or biological change undergone by a sediment after its initial deposition and during and after its lithification, exclusive of surface alteration (weathering). These changes happen at relatively low temperatures and pressures and res..
Diageo
Diageo plc (LSE: [DGE], NYSE: [DEO]) is the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. The company was formed in 1997 from the merger of Guinness plc and Grand Metropolitan plc and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The product portfolios of Guin..
Diageo Brands
Diageo is an international corporation that was formed in a merger between the firms of Guinness and Grand Met. Brands Diageo owns the following brands: Smirnoff* Smirnoff Ice* Smirnoff Black IceJohnnie WalkerCaptain MorganGuinnessСмирновъ (Smirnov Trading House) - Joint venture in Russia..
Diagnosan
Diagnosans are members of a fictional alien race in the Farscape television series. Due to their natural ability to detect and treat a variety of diseases in all types of living things, many of them become physicians. They have complex minds and an equally complex language, so much so that stand..
Diagnosis
Diagnosis (from the Greek words dia = by and gnosis = knowledge) is the process of identifying a disease by its signs, symptoms and results of various diagnostic procedures. The conclusion reached through that process is also called a diagnosis. The term "diagnostic criteria" designates the combin..
Diagnosis-related group
Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) is a system to classify hospital cases into one of approximately 500 groups, also referred to as DRGs, expected to have similar hospital resource use, developed for Medicare as part of the prospective payment system. DRGs are assigned by a "grouper" program based on ICD..
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder was a mystery television series with 45 minute long episodes that ran from 1993 to 2001. There were also movie versions that were first aired in 1992, 1993 and 2002. The show was a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman. Dr. Mark Sloan made his first appearance in Jake and the Fatman's ..
DiagnosisPro
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Diagnosis (Artificial intelligence)
As a subfield in artificial intelligence, Diagnosis is concerned with the development of algorithms and techniques that are able to determine whether the behaviour of a system is correct. If the system is not functionning correctly, the algorithm should be determine, as accurately as possible, whic..
Diagnosis codes
In medicine, Diagnostic codes are used to group and identify diseases, disorders, symptoms, and medical signs, and are used to measure morbidity and mortality. Commonly used diagnosis coding systems ICD-9-CM (volumes 1 and 2 only. Volume 3 contains Procedure codes)ICD-10ICPC-2 (Also includes reason..
Diagnosis for Death
Diagnosis for Death is the debut album by Dr. Chud's X-Ward. This band was formed by former Misfits drummer Dr. Chud Track List PowerlessMommy Made Luv 2 an AlienHeavy MetalSpiderbabyBlue SkinGoodbyeRabidBury You Alive..
Diagnosis For Death
This CD was released in 2004 by Dr. Chud's X-Ward, it was be released on Bloodwork Records. The first 1000 copys are limeted edition and were signed, numbered, and came with a free vinyl sticker. In 2005 it was released on purple vinyl only 1250 were released. Track listing PowerlessMommy Made Luv..
Diagnosis of exclusion
The term diagnosis of exclusion (per exclusionem) refers to a medical condition whose presence cannot be established with complete confidence from examination or testing. Diagnosis is therefore by elimination of other reasonable possibilities. An example of such a diagnosis is "fever of unknown ori..
Diagnostics
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual published by the American Psychiatric Association The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), published by the American Psychiatric Association, is the handbook used most often in diagnosing mental disorders in the United State..
Diagnostic Drone
The Diagnostic Drone (known as Flying C or Fly in Japan)is a character from the Beast Machines TV series. He is a minor character in the series, serving as an advisor to Megatron. This drone has no spark and is programmed with artificial intelligence and was built to obey Megatron's every command. D..
Diagnostic kinesiology
Diagnostic Kinesiology is a pseudoscience for muscle testing within an applied kinesiology framework. This is not to be confused with academic kinesiology which is concerned with the study of human movement. Diagnostic Kinesiology is the application of applied kinesiology (AK), to diagnosing of ..
Diagnostic testing
Diagnostic testing is a form of Genetic testing. Diagnostic testing is used to diagnose or rule out a specific genetic or chromosomal condition. In many cases, genetic testing is used to confirm a diagnosis when a particular condition is suspected based on physical signs and symptoms. Diagnostic tes..
Diagnostic variable
In a general circulation model, a diagnostic variable is a quantity that is derived for the new timestep after the prognostic variables have been calculated, for example vertical wind speed. Further quantities are then computed via parameterizations. ..
Diagonal
In mathematics, diagonal has a geometric meaning, and a derived meaning as used in square tables and matrix terminology. Contents 1 Polygons2 Matrices3 Geometry4 See also Polygons As applied to a polygon, a diagonal is a line segment joining two vertices that are not adjacen..
Diagonal, Iowa
Diagonal is a city in Ringgold County, Iowa, United States. The population was 312 at the 2000 census. Geography Diagonal is located at [40°48′32″N, 94°20′29″W] (40.808819, -94.341510)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the cit..
Diagonalizable matrix
In linear algebra, a square matrix A is called diagonalizable if it is similar to a diagonal matrix, i.e. if there exists an invertible matrix P such that P -1AP is a diagonal matrix. If V is a finite-dimensional vector space, then a linear map T : V → V is called diagonalizable if there e..
Diagonalization
The term diagonalization is used in two different senses in mathematics: The process of finding a diagonal matrix similar to a given square matrix or representing a given linear map. See diagonalizable matrix for more.A certain proof technique used to show that one set is larger than another. Examp..
Diagonalization lemma
In mathematical logic, the diagonalization lemma states that for any well formed formula [\phi(x)] with a free variable x, there is a sentence ψ such that [P \vdash \psi\leftrightarrow\phi([psi]) ] where [ψ] is the Gödel number for ψ. Informally, the dia..
Diagonally dominant matrix
In mathematics, a matrix is said to be diagonally dominant if in every row of the matrix, the magnitude of the diagonal entry in that row is larger than the sum of the magnitudes of all the other (non-diagonal) entries in that row. More precisely, if the entry in the ith row and jth column of a mat..
Diagonal (football)
Contents 1 Outline2 Quadrants2.1 Assistants following left backs2.2 Assistants following right backs2.3 Why it works Outline In association football, the diagonal system of control is the method referees and assistant referees use to position themselves. Quadrants The ..
Diagonal argument
A variety of diagonal arguments are used in mathematics. "Cantor's diagonal argument" was the earliest. Cantor's diagonal argumentCantor's theoremHalting problem See also: Diagonalization This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. I..
Diagonal band of Broca
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Diagonal form
In mathematics, a diagonal form is an algebraic form (homogeneous polynomial) without cross-terms involving different indeterminates. That is, it is Σ aixim for some given degree m, summed for 1 ≤ i ≤ n. Such forms F, and the hypersurfaces F = 0 they define in projective space, are ..
Diagonal functor
In category theory, for any object a in any category C where the product a×a exists, there exists the diagonal morphism δa: a → a×a, satisfying πkδa = ida for k=1,2, where πk is the canonical projection morphism to the k-th component. The existence of this morphism is a consequence of the u..
Diagonal intersection
In mathematics, particularly in set theory, if [\langle S_i\rangle_] is a sequence then the diagonal intersection, [\Delta_ S_i] is defined to be [\ S_\gamma\}]. That is, [\beta] is in [\Delta_ S_i] if it is contained in the first [\bet..
Diagonal lashing
Diagonal lashing is a type of lashing used to bind spars or poles together, to prevent racking. It is usually applied to cross-bracing where the poles do not initially touch, but may by used on any poles that cross each other at a 45° to 90° angle. Large, semipermanent structures may be built w..
Diagonal lemma
In mathematical logic, Gödel's diagonal lemma is a precise way of constructing self-referential statements. Let [T] be a theory in an extension of the language of arithmetic in which all computable functions are representable. Let [A(x)] be a formula with [x] as its fr..
Diagonal magic cube
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Diagonal matrix
In linear algebra, a diagonal matrix is a square matrix in which the entries outside the main diagonal are all zero. The diagonal entries themselves may or may not be zero. Thus, the matrix D = (di,j) with n columns and n rows is diagonal if: [d_ = 0 \mbox i \ne j \qquad \forall i,j \in ..
Diagonal pliers
Diagonal pliers. Diagonal pliers are wire-cutting pliers. They are sometimes called side cutting pliers or side cutters, although these terms are shared by other pliers designs and may lead to confusion. The plane defined by the cutting edges of the jaws intersects the joint rivet at an angl..
Diagonal subgroup
In group theory, a field of mathematics, given a group G, then the diagonal subgroup of the n-fold direct product Gn is the subgroup [\.] This subgroup is isomorphic to G. ..
Diagonal system of control
The diagonal system of control is the system of positioning used by match officials (referees and assistant referees) in association football (soccer). The diagonal system of control (DSC) can best be described by outlining the basic duties of the three match officials. First, the two assistan..
Diagondas
Diagondas is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Diagondas viridiaureus Simon, 1902 (Brazil) ..
Diagon Alley
In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels and their filmed adaptations, Diagon Alley is a road in London, comparable to a magical high street. It is accessible to witches and wizards but hidden from Muggles. However, Muggles are allowed access to it if they wish to accompany their magical children. I..
Diagoras
Diagoras the Atheist of Melos was a Greek poet and sophist of the 5th century B.C. He became an atheist after an incident that happened against him went unpunished by the gods. He spoke out against the orthodox religions, and criticized the Eleusinian Mysteries. He once threw a wooden image of a go..
Diagram
Sample flowchart diagram A diagram is a simplified and structured visual representation of concepts, ideas, constructions, relations, statistical data, anatomy etc used in all aspects of human activities to visualize and clarify the topic. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [med..
Diagramming software
Diagramming software consists of computer programs that are used to produce graphical diagrams. Types of diagramming software User-generated diagrams. As computer users seek to represent visual information, such as a flowchart, tools such as Dia, Microsoft Visio or ConceptDraw V allow them to expr..
Diagrams For Foucault Pendulum
See the book [[Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science]] by Amir D. Aczel, 2003, for discussion of some of the ideas and for background on Leon Foucault. Information is provided in this article to support information in the existing article about the Foucault pendulum. Diagrams are pro..
Diagram (band)
Diagram are an experimental post-rock band from Philadelphia, formed in 2003. The band has released three EPs, the most recent being "History of the White Flag". After releasing two EPs and touring in 2005, the band is currently writing a new album. History Diagram, in their earliest incarnat..
Diagram chasing
Diagram chasing is a method of mathematical proof used especially in homological algebra. Given a commutative diagram, a proof by diagram chasing involves formally using the properties of the diagram, such as injective or surjective maps, or exact sequences. One ends up "chasing" elements around t..
Diagram of Suburban Chaos
Diagram of Suburban Chaos is the pseudonym of William Collin Snavely, a composer of electronic music. Contents 1 Biography2 Discography3 External links3.1 Reviews and articles3.2 Related links Biography Snavely has been creating electronic music in various forms since ..
Diagrid
Diagrid (a portmanteau of diagonal grid) is a perimeter frame design for constructing large buildings that creates triangular structures with diagonal support beams. It requires less steel than a conventional perimeter — the Hearst Tower reportedly uses 21 percent less steel than a standard d..
Diaguita
The Diaguita, also called Diaguita-Calchaquí, are a group of South American indigenous peoples. The Diaguita culture developed between the 8th and 16th centuries in what are now the provinces of Salta, Catamarca, La Rioja and Tucumán in northwestern Argentina, and in the Atacama and Coquimbo regio..
Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Diahann Carroll (born July 17, 1935) is an American actress and singer. Born Carol Diahann Johnson in The Bronx, New York, she attended the New York City High School of the Performing Arts, along with schoolmate Billy Dee Williams. Her..
Diahnne Abbott
This article is about the American actress and singer; for the British politician see Diane Abbott Diahnne Abbott (sometimes credited as Diahnne Eugenia Abbott/Diahnne Déa) is an African American actress and singer, born January 1, 1945, in New York City. Abbott played supporting roles in films ..
Diairesis
alternative spelling: Dihairesis Definition A form of division occurring in the platonic dialogues Sophist and Politikos(Statesman). It is a means of reaching a definition by which a large group is continually divided into relatively equal parts until the definition has been found. Its opposite ..
Diaka Vodka
DIAKA Vodka, an acronym for ‘diamond vodka,’ is the world's most expensive Vodka and represents the ultimate expression of luxury to connoisseurs accustomed to the finest products in the world. Developed by the founder, Rudy N. Vogel, of TransBorder Marketing, Inc., a global company organized to..
Diakofto Kalavrita Railway
The Diakofto Kalavrita Railway is a rack railway in Greece. It runs from Diakofto through the Vouraikos Gorge and up to Kalavrita, stopping on route at Zaxloro. References ..
Diakonos
Diakonos is a customizable, usable curses-based (console-based, or text-based) text editor. It was developed with the intention of being easier to configure and use than Emacs, more powerful than Pico and Nano, and not as cryptic as vi or ex. Diakonos is a Ruby program, and hence needs Ruby inst..
Diakoptics
Diakoptics (Greek dia–system + koptic–tear) is to break a problem down into components which can be solved independently before being joined back together to obtain a solution to the whole problem. References "Diakoptics, Domain Decomposition and Parallel Computing" by C.-H. Lai, The..
Diaková
Diaková is a municipality (village) in Slovakia in the Martin District. Coordinates: Latitude: 49° 2' 60"N, Longitude: 18° 58' 0"E. See also Đakovica in Kosovo (It was once called Diakovitza or Diakova) External links [Diakova] ..
Dial
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Image of a telephone dial In telephony and telecommunications in connection with a telephone, a dial refers, in older telephones, to a rotating disk with 10 numbered finger holes - a rotary dial. When a particular numbered hole is rotated with the fing..
Dial-a-Dork
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Dial-a-Dork is a Cleveland, Ohio-based radio show that can best be described as "Car Talk for Computers". The s..
Dial-a-fix
Dial-a-fix (or DAF) is a freeware batch repair tool written in Borland Delphi 7 that fixes common Microsoft Windows problems. Contents 1 Common problems2 Methodology3 Packages4 Platforms5 Notes6 External links7 License Common problems Dial-a-fix can help solv..
Dial-a-Joke
Dial-a-Joke was an early automated telephone service developed by New York Bell in the 1970s. When callers dialed the phone number, they were told a joke. External link [Dial-a-Joke recordings] ..
Dial-a-Phone
Dial-a-Phone was founded in 1995 and is a leading UK mobile phone retailer. In 2005 Dial-a-Phone had an 8% market share of the UK contract mobile market, supplying around three million customers. Dial-a-Phone employs 800 staff, most based in the London headquarters at Highgate Road. Dial-a-Phone spo..
Dial-A-Song
Established by rock band They Might Be Giants (TMBG), Dial-A-Song consists of an answering machine with a tape of the band playing various songs. The machine plays one track at a time, ranging from demos and uncompleted work to fake advertisements the band has created. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Dial-A..
Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants
Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants is a 2002 compilation album by They Might Be Giants. Despite the name, it is not a compilation of tracks from the band's "Dial-A-Song" service (some such tracks do appear on the rarities album They Got Lost). It is instead an anthology of various album..
Dial-Home Device
In the science fiction television Stargate universe, a DHD (for Dial-Home Device) is an Ancient machine used to control a Stargate. DHDs are pedestal-shaped with a round inclined control panel on top consisting of two concentric circles of "keys" and a translucent red (Milky Way) or blue (Pegasus) h..
Dial-in time
A dial-in time is a term used in drag racing to claim how fast a racer's car is. Dial-in times function to determine which cars race against each other. If one car's dial-in time is significantly slower than another's, the slower car is given a handicap (which is done in E.T. bracket racing). The pu..
Dial-on-demand routing
In computing, Dial-on-demand routing (DDR) is a technique whereby a host or router will automatically initiate a dial-up connection over an ISDN or regular public switched telephone network line when network access is required, and close the connection when no more data needs to be transmitted or re..
Dial-the-Truth Ministries
Dial-the-Truth Ministries is a controversial online website alleging Christian rock music to be a tool of Satan, based in Pinson, Alabama, USA. The website archives extensive articles asserting that such popular Christian artists as DC Talk and Jars of Clay are actually under the influence of Satan...
Dial-up access
Dial-up access is a form of Internet access through which the client uses a modem connected to a computer and a telephone line to dial into an Internet service provider's (ISP) node to establish a modem-to-modem link, which is then routed to the Internet. Despite being the way people have connecte..
Dialcasting
Dialcasting is the technique of using a telephone to produce and publish a podcast. The advantage of this approach over other methods for podcasting is that the creator of the voice file doesn't need to be at a computer nor does she need to know how to record audio on a computer. One approach to..
Dialcat
Dialcat was a remote character-based interface used to access Dynix-based library catalogs. By using a modem and a terminal emulator, personal computer users could use a functionally identical version of the menu-driven catalog interface available on the dumb terminals that could be found in Dynix-u..
Dialect
A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. The number of speakers, and the area itself, can be of [[wiktionary:arbitrary|arbitrary]] size. It follows that a dialect for a larger area can contain plenty ..
Dialectic
In classical philosophy, dialectic (Greek: διαλεκτική) is an exchange of proposition (theses) and counter-propositions (antitheses) resulting in a synthesis of the opposing assertions, or at least a qualitative transformation in the direction of the..
Dialectical behavioral therapy
Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a psychosocial treatment developed by Marsha M. Linehan specifically to treat individuals with Borderline personality disorder. While DBT was designed for individuals with Borderline personality disorder, it is used for patients with other diagnoses as well. ..
Dialectical materialism
Part of a series on'''Marxism Sociology and Anthropology Alienation Bourgeoisie Class consciousness Commodity fetishism Communism Cultural hegemony Exploitation Human nature Labour power Proletariat Relations of production Young Marx Economics Marxian economics Commodity Law..
Dialectical monism
Dialectical monism is an ontological position which holds that reality is ultimately a unified whole, distinguishing itself from monism by asserting that this whole necessarily expresses itself in dualistic terms. For the dialectical monist, the essential unity is that of complementary polarities wh..
Dialectician
A dialectician is a philosopher who views the world in terms of complementary opposites and the interactions thereof. In popular usage, the central feature of dialectic is the concept of "thesis, antithesis, synthesis" - when an idea or phenomenon (thesis) arises, it carries within itself the seed o..
Dialectics of Nature
Dialectics of Nature, by Friedrich Engels (1883), applying Marxist ideas to science. This unfinished work follows on from what Engels had said about science in Anti-Dühring. It includes the famous The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man, which has also been published separatel..
Dialectics of progress
The Dialectics of progress is the problem that when a society dedicates itself to certain standards and those standards change, it is harder to adapt. A society that hasn't committed itself yet will not have this problem. Thus, a society that at one point has a headstart over other societies, may at..
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Dialectic of Enlightenment, written by Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno made its first appearance in 1944 under the title Philosophische Fragmente by Social Studies Association, Inc., New York. A revised version was published in 1947 by Querido Verlag in Amsterdam with the title "Dialektik der ..
Dialectic process vs. dialogic process
In a dialectic process describing the interaction and resolution between multiple paradigms or ideologies, one putative solution establishes primacy over the others. The inherent aim of a dialectic process is to achieve this state of conceptual domination. In a dialogic process, various approaches ..
Dialecting
Dialects are domain specific sublanguages of a programming language or a data exchange language. (See also Reflection, Metaprogramming and Language oriented programming.) A language supporting this paradigm encourages users to create new dialects for specific problem domains. Languages REBOL See ..
Dialectique de la dialectique
Dialectique de la dialectique is a 1945 text publication by Romanian surrealists Gherasim Luca and Dolfi Trost. It's subtitle was Message to the International Surrealist Movement. Like the artists previous work it was largely based on surrealist theory and the sustainance of the surrealist movement...
Dialectology
Dialectology is a sub-field of linguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution (as opposed to variations based on social factors, which are studied in sociolinguistics, or variations based on time, which are studied in historical linguistics and the features..
Dialects of the French language
Dialects of the French language are spoken in France and around the world. The francophones of France generally use Metropolitan French although some also use regional dialects or varieties such as Meridional French. In Europe outside of France there are Belgian French, Swiss French, and in Italy Ao..
Dialects of the world
This lists dialects of the world Contents 1 Danish2 Kimré3 Lao4 Mandarin5 Min6 Polish7 Tigré8 Yue (Cantonese) Danish BornholmskFynskHøjkøbenhavnskLavkøbenhavnskVestjyskØstjyskNordjyskSynnejyskVendelbomålsamsøskærøsklangelandskfalsterskmønsk Kimr..
Dialect coach
A dialect coach assists an actor in assuming a certain regional accent in order to perform convincingly in radio, theatrical or film productions. Dialect coaches are skilled in diction and linguistics, and do not necessarily have to have the accent that they are teaching. Brad Pitt enlisted the he..
Dialect continuum
Linguistics Theoretical linguistics Phonetics Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics Lexical semantics Structural semantics Prototype semantics Stylistics Prescription Pragmatics Applied linguistics Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics Generative linguistics Cognitive linguis..
Dialect rock
Dialect rock is rock music produced in the Swiss German as opposed to standard German or English. 1973 saw the first commercial release of dialect rock with Rumpelstilz's "Warehuus Blues"; the band broke into the mainstream in 1976 with the release of the reggae-influenced chart-topper "Füüf Na..
Dialed Number Identification Service
Dialed Number Identification Service (DNIS) is a telephony network service that allows the called party to identify which number the calling party dialed. This functionality is beneficial only if the called party can be reached by multiple phone numbers, as is typical for calls routed through a priv..
Dialed Number Identification System
Dialed Number Identification Service (DNIS) is a service sold by telecommunications companies to corporate clients that lets them determine which toll-free telephone number was dialed by a customer. This is useful in determining how to answer an inbound call. For example, a company may have a diff..
Dialer
A dialer (or dialler) is an electronic device that is connected to your phone line and monitors the numbers that are dialled. The dialer has the ability to alter those numbers in order to seamlessly connect you to services that you would normally have to dial lengthy access codes for. A dialer wil..
Dialetheism
Dialetheism is the view that there are true contradictions, or dialetheias. More specifically, dialetheists believe that for some sentence or proposition P, both P and its negation (not-P) are true. Dialetheism is not itself a formal logic, but anyone who endorses dialethism (and is unwilling to a..
DialIdol
DialIdol is both the name of a computer program for Microsoft Windows and its associated website that began tracking voting trends for American Idol contestants during the fourth season. DialIdol sprang to prominence at the start of the fifth season. The program allows users to automatically vote fo..
Dialing for Dollars
Dialing for Dollars was a segment on local television shows especially popular in the 1960s and 1970s though still seen in some markets. While the format varied, a common format was one in which a host would have a secret number (announced to the audience) and pull a random phone number from a bowl ..
Diallo Telli
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Diallyl disulfide
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DIALOG
DIALOG is a major aggregator of content from reputable publishers, and provides a for-fee search subscription service and other added values. It is distinct from Factiva and LEXIS-NEXIS, the other two major aggregators, the first focusing on business needs, the second on legal needs. Sources [..
Dialogic
The English terms dialogic and dialogism often refer to the concept used by the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin in his work of literary theory, The Dialogic Imagination. Bakhtin contrasts the dialogic and the "monologic" work of literature. The dialogic work carries on a continual dialogue wit..
Dialogical self
The term dialogical self refers to the mind's ability to imagine the different positions of participants in an argument or conversation and to carry on an internal dialogue. The ability develops in children with the creation of imaginary friends, and is intimately connected with the what if reasonin..
Dialogic ADPCM
Dialogic ADPCM or VOX is an audio file format, optimized for storing digitized voice data at a low sampling rate. VOX files are most commonly found in telephony applications. Similar to other ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation) formats, Dialogic ADPCM compresses audio data into a s..
Dialogo de Cecco da Ronchitti da Bruzene in perpuosito de la stella Nova
The Dialogo de Cecco da Ronchitti da Bruzene in perpuosito de la stella Nova ("Dialogue of Cecco da Ronchiti of Bruzene relative to the New star") is a manuscript in the Venetian language about a nova and other astronomical subjects, especially the heliocentric system. Although the book itself clai..
Dialogue
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. The word dialogue expresses a reciprocal conversation between two persons. The etymological origins of the word (in Greek concepts like flowing-through meaning) do not necessarily convey the way in which people have come to use the word. Contents 1 ..
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work written by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion o..
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Dialogues of the Carmelites ( in French, Dialogues des Carmélites, Opéra en trois actes et douze tableaux) is an opera by Francis Poulenc. In 1953, M. Valcarenghi approached Poulenc to commission a ballet for la Scala in Milan; when Poulenc found the proposed subject uninspiring, Valcarenghi sugg..
Dialogues with Madwomen
Dialogues with Madwomen is a 1993 documentary by Allie Light focusing on mental illness in women. See also Atypical antipsychotics, which came onto the market after this film was made External links [Film review and awards][Film history and an interview] ..
Dialogue (album)
Dialogue is the debut album by Four Tet, released on 1 February 1999. Track listing "Space of Two Weeks" - 5:50"Chiron" - 5:23"Alambradas" - 1:55"3.3 Degrees from the Pole" - 6:00"Misnomer" - 3:20"Liquefaction" - 4:58"She Scanned" - 3:12"Calamine" - 7:38"Butterfly Effect" - 6:21"Aying" (CD only) ..
Dialogue (Bobby Hutcherson)
Dialogue is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label in 1965. This was Hutcherson's first LP as bandleader, following work with Eric Dolphy. Featured are three Andrew Hill compositions ("Catta", "Les Noir Marchant", and "Ghetto Lights"), and two Joe Chambers ..
Dialogue (disambiguation)
Dialogue is conversation. It can also refer to: Dialogue (fiction), conversation between two characters in fiction Spelled dialog, it can refer to: Dialog system, a computer system intended to converse with a humanDialog (online database), an online information service owned by Thomson CorporationE..
Dialogue (fiction)
Dialogue in fiction is conversation between two characters or among a group of characters. It can also be a character talking with himself in his mind; this is known as interior monologue. Contents 1 Purpose of dialogue2 Identifiers3 As You Know, Bob4 Character Change5 ..
Dialogue Among Civilizations
Dialogue Among Civilizations is a theory in international relations. The theory in its current form was first introduced by Mr. Mohammad Khatami, former philosopher president of Iran. He originally introduced the idea of Dialogue Among Civilizations as a response to Mr. Samuel P. Huntington’s th..
Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man
Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man is a book written by the Marquis de Sade while incarcerated in 1782, expressing his atheism by having the dying libertine convince the priest of the mistakes of a pious life. External links [Full text in English of Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying..
Dialogue concerning the Exchequer
The Dialogue concerning the Exchequer or Dialogus de Scaccario was a Medieval treatise on the practice of the English Exchequer. It was written by Richard FitzNigel, Henry II's treasurer. See also ExchequerChancellor of the Exchequer References Henderson, E. F. Select Historical Documents of the Mi..
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo) was Galileo's comparison of the Copernican system, in which the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun, with the traditional Ptolemaic system, in which everything in the Universe circles around the Ear..
Dialogue editor
The dialogue editor assembles, synchronises, and edits all the dialogue in a film or television production. Usually they will use the production tracks, that is the sound that was recorded on the set, and smooth it out in terms of volume and equalisation. If any of the production tracks are unusable..
Dialogue Mass
A Dialogue Mass (in Latin, Missa dialogata; also Missa recitata) is a Low Mass, in which the people recited some parts of the Latin text of the Tridentine Mass.. History In November 1922, the Holy See's Sacred Congregation of the Council (now called the Congregation for Bishops) gave approval to th..
Dialogue of the Burkinabè Opposition
The Dialogue of the Burkinabè Opposition (French: Concertation de l'Opposition Burkinabè, COB) was a political alliance in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta. It was founded in January 2002 by the following political parties: Convergence for Social Democracy (CSD)Sankarist Pan-African Convention ..
Dialogue of the Saviour
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Dialogue principle
In Canadian constitutional law, the dialogue principle is an approach to the interpretation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms where judicial review of legislation is said to be part of a "dialogue" between the legislatures and the courts. It specifically involves governments drafting le..
Dialogue Technology
Dialogue is a technology company, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Dialogue integrates mobile computing with human interface technologies. Dialogue's flagship product is the Flybook, a laptop with integrated 3G (WiFi/GPRS/Bluetooth) technology. The first Flybook model (A33i) wa..
Dialogus de oratoribus
The Dialogus de oratoribus is a short book by Tacitus, in dialogue form, on the art of rhetoric. Its date of composition is unknown, though its dedication to Fabius Iustus places its publication around 102. The dialogue itself, set in the year 75 or 77, follows the tradition of Cicero's speeches on..
Dialog (online database)
Dialog is an online information service owned by Thomson Corporation. The earliest form of the Dialog system was completed in 1966 under the direction of Roger K. Summit. According to its literature, it was "the world's first online information retrieval system to be used globally with materially ..
Dialog box
Example of dialog box from Microsoft Windows Dialog boxes are special windows which are used by computer programs or by the operating system to display information to the user, or to get a response if needed. They are so-called because they form a dialog between the computer and the user—..
Dialog Center
The Dialog Center (DCI) is a Christian counter-cult organization founded by a Danish professor of missiology and ecumenical theology, Dr. Johannes Aagaard. Considered Christian apologetic and missionary minded, the Dialog Center, led by Prof. Aagaard was for many years the main source of information..
Dialog Control Language
Dialog Control Language (DCL) is a high-level description language and interpreter within AutoCAD for creating simple graphical dialogs. AutoLISP extensions use it to interact with the user in the AutoCAD environment. Contents 1 Features and Usage2 Example3 Alternative Technologies..
Dialog engineering
Dialog engineering is a branch of software engineering in the domain of dialog systems. See also http://www.disc2.dk/ ..
Dialog Manager programming language
The Dialog Manager programming language (also called D) is a mid-level programming language. It is a user interface management language in the Aonix TeleUSE user interface development system. It has elements of Ada and C with enhancements for handling user interface events. ..
Dialog system
A Dialog system is a computer system intended to converse with a human. Dialog systems have employed text, speech, graphics, haptics, gestures, face configurations, body positions, emotions, and other modes for communicative intent on both the input and output channel. Architectures for dialog syste..
Dialog Telekom
Dialog Telekom, Sri Lanka's flagship Telecommunications Company operates Dialog GSM, the country's largest mobile phone network, and is a Subsidiary of Telekom_Malaysia. The company is also a key player in the Internet Service Provision Market with its state of the art ISP, Dialog Internet, and al..
Dialsoul
Dialsoul, also known as the Original Sounds of the One Hundred, is a conglomerate of music lovers and DJs focused in music rooted in Africa, from jazz to house from Latin to dnb. Founded by Nacho Larache and Isaac b in October 2000, today it is the number one radio program in Madrid. The program br..
Dials (One Piece)
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Dialysis
This article is about renal dialysis; for the laboratory technique, see dialysis (biochemistry); for the treatment for liver failure, see liver dialysis. In medicine, dialysis is a type of renal replacement therapy which is used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function due to ..
Dialysis (biochemistry)
In biochemistry, dialysis is the process of separating molecules in solution by the difference in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane. Dialysis is a common laboratory technique, and operates on the same principle as medical dialysis. Typically a solution of several types of m..
Dialysis catheter
A dialysis catheter is a catheter used for exchanging blood to and from the hemodialysis machine from the patient. The dialysis catheter contains two lumens: VenousArterialThis is a confusing terminology for layperson, because both lumens are in the vein. The arterial lumen (typically red) withd..
Dialysis tubing
Dialysis tubing size comparison with that of a cent Dialysis Tubing (Or more generically referred to as Visking Tubing) is a type of semi or partially permeable membrane tubing made from regenerated cellulose or cellophane, used for diffusion, or more accurately osmosis, and only allows the pa..
Dial 'M' For Monkey
Dial 'M' For Monkey can refer to: Dial 'M' For Monkey, a 2003 album by Bonobo.Dial 'M' For Monkey, a back-up segment featured in early episodes of Dexter's Laboratory. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to ..
Dial 'M' For Monkey (album)
Dial 'M' For Monkey is an album released in 2003 by the British electronic music artist Bonobo. Track listing (all tracks written and performed by Bonobo) "Noctuary" - 5:22)'"Flutter" - 4:44"D Song" - 5:19"Change Down" - 4:33"Wayward Bob" - 4:39"Pick Up" - 4:08"Something for Windy" - 1:11"Not..
Dial (company)
The Dial Corporation is a maker of personal care products based in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is named after Dial soap, which remains one of its major brands. In 2004, it was bought by Henkel KGaA, a German firm. On March 1, 2006, The Dial Corporation completed the transaction to sell its foods bus..
Dial (disambiguation)
Dial may mean: Dial, a device for the input of numbers in telephones and similar devicesDial (display), a display device in radio, measuring instruments, etcDial (One Piece), a fictional device used in the manga series One PieceDial House, an anarchist-pacifist open house in Essex, EnglandDial (so..
Dial (measurement)
A dial is generally a flat surface, circular or rectangular, with numbers or similar markings on it, used for displaying the setting or output of a timepiece, radio or measuring instrument. See also "dial indicator". The term may also refer to a movable control knob used to change the settings o..
Dial H.U.S.K.
Dial H.U.S.K. is a superheroine from the Amalgam Comics world and a member of the X-Patrol. Little is known about Dial H.U.S.K., apart from the fact that she, Elastigirl, Shatterstarfire and Raveniya are the only female members of the X-Patrol, and that she speaks with a Texan accent. She was als..
Dial House
Dial House is a sixteenth-century farm cottage in the countryside surrounding Epping Forest in Essex, England. Since 1967 the place has been an anarchist-pacifist open house, the base of operations for a number of cultural, artistic and political projects ranging from avant-garde jazz events to help..
Dial H for Hero
The cover of House of Mystery # 156. Art by Jim Mooney Dial H for Hero is a comic book feature published by DC Comics about a mysterious dial that enables an ordinary person to become a superhero for a short time. The dial causes its possessor to become a new superhero with a different name, co..
Dial indicator
Dial indicators are instruments used to accurately measure a small distance. They may also be known as a Dial gauge, Dial Test Indicator (DTI), or as a "clock". They are named so because the measurement results are displayed in a magnified way by means or a dial. They may be used to check the varia..
Dial In Sounds
Dial In Sounds is the third full length album released by Brandtson. Track Listing 1. Mark It A Zero 2. The Rookie Year 3. With Friends Like You 4. Some Kind of Jet Pilot 5. Cherokee Red 6. Command Q, Command Z 7. Guest List 8. Anything And Everything 9. Little Rounder 10. Fireworks and..
Dial J for Janitor
Dial J For Janitor is the 38th episode of the TV series The Honeymooners. Ralph decides to save some money by becoming the new building janitor - but quickly finds out there's more to the job than he thought. The title is a parody of the Alfred Hitchcock film Dial M For Murder Plot [Spoiler w..
Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder (1954) is a U.S. film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland as a married couple. It is based on the stage play of the same title by English playwright Frederick Knott (1916-2002). Dial M for Murder premiered in 1952 as a BBC television play before being..
Dial plan
A dial plan establishes the expected number and pattern of digits for a telephone number. This includes country codes, access codes, area codes and all combinations of digits dialed. For instance, the North American public switched telephone network (PSTN) uses a 10-digit dial plan that includes a..
Dial Post
Dial Post is a small village located in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village was originally on the main A24 linking London and Worthing between West Grinstead and Ashington, but the road now bypasses Dial Post. It has a population of around 50-100. The village has one public ho..
Dial Records
Dial Records has been the name of more than one record company. The best-known of these companies was a United States based record label specializing in bebop jazz. Dial was founded by Ross Russell in 1946, who operated the label for about a decade. Notable artists who recorded for Dial included ..
Dial tone
A dial tone (known in the British Isles as a dialling tone) is a telephony signal used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working and ready to accept a call. The tone stops when the first numeral is dialed, or if there is no response after going off-hook (a timeout), when it is usually follo..
Diam's
Diam's (born July 25, 1980 in Cyprus) is a French-language rap artist. Her family moved to Paris in 1984. In concert at the 2004 Dour Festival in Belgium, people threw objects at Diam's when she began singing. She appeared in a song on DJ Mehdi's album "(The Story Of) Espion". In 1998, when sh..
Diamagnetism
Levitating pyrolytic graphite Diamagnetism is a form of magnetism which is only exhibited by a substance in the presence of an externally applied magnetic field. It is the result of changes in the orbital motion of electrons due to the application of an externally applied magnetic field. Ap..
Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás, pictured in the early 1990's. Diamanda Galás (born August 29 1955) is an American-born avant-garde performance artist, vocalist, and composer. Her parents are Greek Orthodox. Galás was born and raised in San Diego, California. She was classically trained in jazz piano from a..
Diamant
The Diamant rocket (diamant is French for "diamond") was the first exclusively French expendable launch system and at the same time the first satellite launcher not built by either USA or USSR. As such it is the main predecessor of all subsequent European launcher projects. It was derived from the m..
Diamante
Diamante can refer to Fra Diamante, Italian painterJuan Bautista Diamante, Spanish playwrightDiamante, a commune in the province of Cosenza, southern ItalyDiamante city, Entre Ríos, Argentina, and its Department of Diamante.The car Mitsubishi DiamanteA faceted glass beadA form of poetry This is a &..
Diamante, Entre Ríos
|} Diamante is a city in the west of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, on the eastern shore of the Paraná River. It has about 20,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC]. It is the head town of the Diamante Department, which includes also the cities and towns of Aldea Valle Ma..
Diamantina
Diamantina is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais. Its estimated population in 2004 was 44,238. Arrial do Tijuco (as Diamantina was first called) was built during the colonial era in the early 18th century. As its name suggests, Diamantina was a center of diamond mining in the 18th and 19..
Diamantina National Park
Diamantina is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1278 km west of Brisbane. Fact sheet Area: 5070.00 km²Coordinates: [23°21′26″S, 141°08′10″E]Date of establishment: 1993Managing authorities: Queensland Parks and Wildlife ServiceIUCN category: II See also Protected areas ..
Diamantina River
The Diamantina River is a river in Queensland, Australia. Rising north-west of Longreach, it flows in a south-westerly direction through central Queensland to form the Warburton River, which, in extremely wet years, flows as far as Lake Eyre. Most of the basin of the Diamantina is very flat: even ..
Diamantina Trench
The Diamantina Trench is a deep sea trench in the South East Indian Basin. With a maximum depth of 8,047 meters, it is the deepest trench of the Indian Ocean, deeper than the better-known Java Trench. The deepest location is called Diamantina Deep, located about 1 125 km West-South-West of Perth, a..
Diamantino
Diamantino is a small town in Mato Grosso state in Brazil. Its has a population of 2147, and is near the Diamantino river. It is 1837 feet above sea-level, and sits at the foot of the Mato Grosso plateau. Its history dates from 730 as a gold mining settelment. In 1746, diamonds were discovered, whic..
Diamantino Miranda
Diamantino Manuel Fernandes Miranda (born in Moita, 3rd August 1959) was a Portuguese football player who played for Boavista FC and SL Benfica. He one of Benfica's key players during the 1980s, winning several titles of National Champion and the Cup of Portugal. He also played at the UEFA Cup final..
Diamanto Manolakou
Diamanto Manolakou (b. March 1, 1959, Piraeus) is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Greece; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left. ..
Diamant Boart
Diamant Boart S.A. is a world-leading manufacturer and distributor of diamond tools and related equipment for the construction and stone market. The company was founded in 1937. In 2001, Diamant Boart had sales of SEK 2,500m (€ 280m) and 2,000 employees worldwide. The company is headquartered in ..
Diamela Eltit
Diamela Eltit (Santiago de Chile, 1949) is a writer and a Spanish teacher from Chile. She got her bachelor degree in literature and she works in the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana. She has worked from 1991 in the Chilean Embassy in Mexico. In her books, she talks breaks the traditional p..
Diamer
Diamer District, PakistanDiamer, Mauritania See also Diamer-Bhasha damredirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Diamer, Mauritania
Diamer is a locality in Mauritania. External links [Diamer, Mauritania] ..
Diamer-Bhasha dam
Diamer-Bhasha Dam is the name of a dam that has been planned in the Northern Areas of Pakistan on the River Indus. It is located about 314 km upstream of Tarbela Dam and about 165 km downstream of Gilgit City. The dam is expected to create a large reservoir with a gross capacity of 7.3 Million Acre..
Diamer District
Diamer District is the district where the Karakoram Highway enters Northern Areas of Pakistan from the NWFP. Chilas is the capital of the Diamer district. Astore District was carved out of Diamer District in 2004. The Diamer District is bounded by Astore District in the east, NWFP in the south / s..
Diameter
For the authentication, authorisation, and accounting protocol, see DIAMETER. In geometry, a diameter (Greek words diairo = divide and metro = measure) of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center and whose endpoints are on the circular boundary, or, in more modern usage,..
DIAMETER
For the geometric term, see diameter. Internet protocol suite Layer Protocols Application DNS, TLS/SSL, TFTP, FTP, HTTP, IMAP, IRC, NNTP, POP3, SIP, SMTP, SNMP, SSH, TELNET, BitTorrent, RTP, rlogin, … Transport TCP, UDP, DCCP, SCTP, IL, RUDP, Network IP (IPv4, IPv6), ICMP, IGMP, ARP, ..
Diameter Credit-Control Application
Diameter Credit-Control Application, DCCA in short, is a DIAMETER application used for credit control. It is an IETF standard defined in RFC 4006. Contents 1 Purpose2 New Command Codes3 Attribute-Value Pairs3.1 Command Code / AVP matrix3.1.1 AVPs for new command codes3.1...
Diamicton
In geology, diamicton (also diamict) is a massive, very poorly sorted sediment. Large sedimentary grains gravel size and larger (>= 2 mm) are set in a matrix of fine grains. In a diamicton deposit, the fine grains support the large grains, so diamicton is said to be "matrix-supported." A common ori..
Diamine
A diamine is a type of polyamine with exactly two amino groups. Examples include: cadaverineethambutolphenylenediamineethylene diamine External links MeSH [Diamines] ..
Diammonium phosphate
Diammonium phosphate (DAP) (chemical formula (NH4)2HPO4 ) is one of a series of water-soluble ammonium phosphate salts which can be produced when ammonia reacts with phosphoric acid. DAP is used as a fertilizer and a fire retardant. When applied as plant food, it temporarily increases the soil pH (m..
Diamond
[Featured articles ] For other uses, see Diamond (disambiguation). A scattering of round-brilliant cut diamonds shows off the many reflecting facets. Diamond is one of the two best known forms (or allotropes) of carbon, whose hardness and high dispersion of lig..
Diamond, Illinois
Diamond is a village in Grundy County, Illinois and Will County, Illinois. The population was 1,393 at the 2000 census. Geography Diamond is located at [41°17′16″N, 88°15′14″W] (41.287699, -88.253824)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census..
Diamond, Missouri
Diamond is a city in Newton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 807 at the 2000 census. Geography Diamond is located at [36°59′40″N, 94°18′50″W] (36.994573, -94.313826)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the to..
Diamond-Blackfan anemia
Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy. DBA patients have low red blood cell counts (anemia). The rest of their blood cells (the platelets and the white blood cells) are normal. A variety of other congenital abnormalities may also occur. C..
Diamond-like carbon
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) (also known as tetrahedral amorphous carbon, or ta-C) is a term which covers a class of amorphous carbon materials containing a significant amount of sp3 hybridized carbon atoms. DLC can be synthesized as thin films using ion beam deposition or sputter deposition. Depending..
Diamond-square algorithm
The diamond-square algorithm is a method for generating highly realistic heightmaps for computer graphics. It is a three-dimensional implementation of the midpoint displacement algorithm which produces two-dimensional landscapes. External links http://www.gameprogrammer.com/fractal.html#diamond ..
Diamondback
Diamondback can refer to: The Western diamondback rattlesnakeThe Eastern diamondback rattlesnakeThe Diamondback water snakeThe Diamondback moth, a mothThe Diamondback terrapin, the state reptile of MarylandThe Arizona Diamondbacks, a Major League Baseball team, named for the above rattlesnakeThe VF..
Diamondback (comics)
Biography Diamondback (real name Rachel Leighton) is a reformed supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. One of the members of the original Serpent Society, Diamondback was a seductively sly woman with expertise in hand-to-hand combat, being trained by Anaconda at Taskmaster's academy. Her gi..
Diamondback (game)
Contents 1 The Deck2 The Game3 The Hands4 Variations4.1 Dealer's Diamondback4.2 Match Diamondback5 See also6 External links Diamondback is a card game created by Canadian author/illustrator Dave Sim in his 6000-page graphic novel Cerebus the Aardvark. ..
Diamondback rattlesnake
There are two species known as diamondback rattlesnakes: Crotalus adamanteus - Eastern diamondback rattlesnakeCrotalus atrox - Western diamondback rattlesnake This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this pag..
Diamondback terrapin
The Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) is a species of turtle native to the brackish coastal swamps of the eastern and southern United States, from as far north as Cape Cod, Massachusetts and as far south as Corpus Christi, Texas. Contents 1 Description2 Life cycle3 Subsp..
Diamondhead, Mississippi
For the alien from Ben 10, see Omnitrix. For other uses see Diamond_Head Diamondhead is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hancock County, Mississippi, USA. The population was 5,912 at the 2000 census. Geography Diamondhead is located at [30°23′0″N, 89°22′22″W] (30.383444, -89.3..
Diamondoid
A diamondoid, in the context of building materials for nanotechnology components, most generally refers to structures that resemble diamond in a broad sense: namely, strong, stiff structures containing dense, 3-D networks of covalent bonds, formed chiefly from first and second row atoms with a vale..
Diamonds: The Best of Dio
Diamonds: The Best of Dio is a compilation album released by Dio in 1992. The album is classified as heavy metal. Ronnie James Dio, the vocalist and founder of the band which bears his namesake, has been called a pioneer of rock music, and he formed the band in 1982 after leaving Rainbow (band) and ..
Diamondsuit
In mathematics, and particularly in axiomatic set theory, [\Diamond_\kappa (S)] (diamondsuit or diamond) is a certain family of combinatorial principles. Contents 1 Definition2 Properties and use3 References4 See also Definition For a given cardinal number [\k..
Diamonds & Rust
Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. Though Baez is more often regarded as an interpreter of other people's work, Diamonds & Rust contained a number of her own compositions, including the title track, a haunting song written about Bob Dylan. The album also covered songs by Stevie Wonder,..
Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring
Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring was a Joan Baez album, recorded live in a bullring in Bilbao, Spain. The album featured twelve songs, six of which were performed in English, the other six in Spanish. Most of the songs had been performed and recorded by Baez previously, with the exception of Leona..
Diamonds (film)
For alternate meanings, see Diamond (disambiguation). original theatrical poster of 1975 film Diamonds is a 1975 movie with Robert Shaw and Shelley Winters, and of a 1999 movie with Kirk Douglas and Dan Aykroyd. External links ..
Diamonds (TV series)
Diamonds was a Canadian television series, which aired from 1987 to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, a divorced couple who continued to work together as private investigators. Devitt and Towne had originally met as television stars who p..
Diamonds and Pearls
Diamonds and Pearls was Prince's thirteenth album, which was released in 1991 (See 1991 in music). It was the first Prince album to be officially co-credited with the New Power Generation, and spawned many hit singles including the title track, "Gett Off", "Cream", "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" and..
Diamonds and Pearls (song)
"Diamonds and Pearls" Single by Prince and the New Power Generation From the album Diamonds and Pearls Single Released 1991 Single Format 7" Single12" SingleCassette SingleCD SingleCD Maxi Single Recorded 1990 Genre Pop, Ballad Song Length 7" edit: 4:12Album: 4:43 Record label Warner Br..
Diamonds and Rain
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Diamonds and Toads
Diamonds and Toads or Toads and Diamonds is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault, and titled by him "Les Fees" or "The Fairies." In his source, as in Mother Hulda, the kind girl was the stepdaughter, not the other daughter. The change was apparently to decrease the similarity to Cinderella. It..
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend was perhaps most famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. In a later scene, Jane Russell, who played opposite of Monroe, sang "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in court. Monroe's rendition of the song has been considered an..
Diamonds Are A Man's Best Friend
"Diamonds Are A Man's Best Friend" (originally aired 18 April 1973) was the final episode of the first season of Are You Being Served?. After commiserating over their meager wages, the staff search frantically for a diamond lost in the store by a customer who is offering a reward for its return. T..
Diamonds Are Forever
A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Diamonds Are Forever, published in 1956, is the fourth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. It is also the seventh film in the EON Productions film franchise, produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. It was released in 1971. Diamonds Are Fo..
Diamonds as an investment
For the physical properties and applications of diamonds, please see diamond. This article discusses buying diamonds as an investment. Contents 1 History2 Diamond price3 Methods of investing in diamonds3.1 Polished diamonds3.2 Diamond shares4 Taxation5 Referen..
Diamonds from Sierra Leone
"Diamonds from Sierra Leone" Single by Kanye West From the album Late Registration Released 2005 Format Digital downloadDigital download (Remix)12" maxi single Genre Rap Length 3:58 Label Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam Writers Kanye WestDevon HarrisJohn BarryDon Black Producers Kanye WestJ..
Diamonds on the Inside
Diamonds on the Inside (2003) is Ben Harper's first work without crediting the Innocent Criminals in almost 10 years, although all the touring members continue to support him on the album, with several additions. Shortly after going on tour to support this album, Marc Ford, formerly of The Black C..
Diamonds Team
The Diamonds Team (tentative name) is a team of non-professional developers, put together for the free Diamonds Project and authors of an open source PC puzzle game named Diamond Crush to be released in 2006. All the team members are Italian but, since they are all spread throughout Italy, the tea..
DIAMONDS Trust
'DIAMONDS Trust' (DIA) is an US-based exchange-traded fund that tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). It trades on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) as 'DIA'. The fund is a large cap value fund. The DIAMONDS Trust, Series 1, is a unit investment trust (UIT) that attempts to mirror the p..
Diamonds – The Best of Dio
Diamonds - The Best of Dio is a greatest hits collection CD from the heavy metal band Dio. It was released in 1992 in Europe and Japan only, and never found domestic U.S. distribution. Track listing "Holy Diver" - 5:54"Rainbow in the Dark" - 4:16"Don't Talk to Strangers" - 4:53"We Rock" - 4:35"Th..
Diamondville, Wyoming
Diamondville is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 716 at the 2000 census. Geography Diamondville is located at [41°46′31″N, 110°32′17″W] (41.775192, -110.537989)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bur..
Diamond (disambiguation)
Diamond may refer to: Diamond, the gemstoneDiamonds (suit), in playing cardsDiamond (rocket), a family of French booster rocketsDiamonds (television series)Diamonds (film)HMS Diamond, ships of the Royal NavyDiamond Light Source, British synchrotron research facilityBaseball diamondRhombus, dia..
Diamond (dog)
Diamond was Sir Isaac Newton's favorite dog, which, by upsetting a candle, set fire to manuscripts containing his notes on experiments conducted over a course of twenty years. According to one account, Newton is said to have exclaimed: "O Diamond, Diamond, thou little knowest the damage thou hast d..
Diamond (mascot)
Diamond was the female half of a mascot duo alongside her male counterpart Ace as the Toronto Blue Jays' official mascots. Both were introduced in 2000 as mascot replacements for BJ Birdie. Like her predecessor, Diamond resembled a large blue bird. In 2004, Diamond was unceremoniously removed fro..
Diamond (rocket)
Diamond is the designation of a family of French booster rockets, with whose assistance between 1965 and 1975 a whole number of small satellites were launched. This rocket was built in several versions. Contents 1 Diamond A2 Diamond B3 Diamond BP44 Launch log Diamond A The f..
Diamond Aircraft Industries
Diamond Aircraft Industries is an Austrian based manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, and motor gliders. History The company was founded in 1981 as Hoffmann Flugzeugbau to produce the H36 motor glider. In 1991 it was renamed HOAC AG. Later, the Dries Family acquired the company. In 199..
Diamond and Caldor Railway
The Diamond and Caldor Railway was a common carrier 36" narrow gauge railroad operating in El Dorado County, California, in the United States. The 38 mile railroad was primarily a logging railroad but also did some passenger service. The railroad was constructed in 1904 and operations continued unt..
Diamond and Pearl (disambiguation)
Diamond and Pearl can refer to: Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, two video games,Diamonds and Pearls, an album by singer Prince, orDiamonds and Pearls, the album's title track.This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred ..
Diamond and Schmitt Architects
Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated [link] is located in Toronto, Ontario and was founded in 1975. This architectural institution comprises of 14 principals including: Jack Diamond and Donald Schmitt, 6 associates, sixty-six registered, graduate and student architects and a suppor..
Diamond anvil cell
Artistic rendition of a diamond anvil cell A diamond anvil cell (DAC) is a device used by physicists to exert extreme pressures on a material. It consists of two opposing cone-shaped diamonds squeezed together by a lever arm. The resultant high pressures — in excess of a million atmospheres..
Diamond Approach
The Diamond Approach is a contemporary spiritual path integrating the teachings and practices of the ancient wisdom traditions with modern depth psychology. The Diamond Approach is derived from the experiences of its founders, A. H. Almaas, the pen-name of Hameed Ali, Karen Johnson, and Faisal Muqad..
Diamond Bar, California
Diamond Bar is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 56,287 at the 2000 census. It is named after the "diamond over a bar" branding iron registered in 1918 by ranch owner Frederich E. Lewis. Located at the junction of the Pomona and Orange Freeways (an area ..
Diamond Bar Crunch
Diamond Bar Crunch is the unofficial name of the interchange of the Orange (CA/SR-57)and Pomona CA/SR-60 Freeways. It is located at the boundary between the City of Industry and Diamond Bar. The interchange is comprised of four freeway segments (i.e. there are four freeway 'paths' of travel into t..
Diamond Bar High School
The Diamond Bar High School is located in Diamond Bar, California, and is part of the Walnut Valley Unified School District. The school mascot is the brahma bull, and the school colors are purple and gold. As of 2006, the principal is Denis Paul. During the 2004-2005 school year, DBHS received an ..
Diamond Beach, New Jersey
Diamond Beach is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Lower Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the place population was 218. Geography Diamond Beach is located at [38°57′34″N, 74°51′10″W] (38.959534, -74.8..
Diamond Bear Brewing Company
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Diamond Bessie
Diamond Bessie is the popular name given to Bessie Moore, née Annie Stone, a prostitute whose murder in the woods outside of Jefferson, Texas propelled her to the level of local legend. She was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head sometime during the early afternoon of Sunday, January 21, 1..
Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin
Diamond Bluff is a town in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 479 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 47.4 km² (18.3 mi²). 43.2 km² (16.7 mi²) of it is land and 4.3 km² (1.6 mi²) of it (9.01%) is wa..
Diamond Brook
Diamond Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River which flows south through a section of Bergen County in New Jersey. Heading up the brook from the Passaic River, one encounters the towns of Fair Lawn, Glen Rock and Ridgewood. Diamond Brook passes through a largely residential suburban setting..
Diamond City, Alberta
Diamond City is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada. The town was first settled at the turn of the 20th century by farmers, ranchers and miners. It has a population of around 820 people and is 13 km north of Lethbridge, on Highway 25. See also List of communities in Alberta Alberta Cen..
Diamond City, Arkansas
Diamond City is a city in Boone County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 730 at the 2000 census. Geography Diamond City is located at [36°27′32″N, 92°54′59″W] (36.458880, -92.916280)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau..
Diamond clarity
Diamond clarity is a quality of diamonds relating to the existence and visual appearance of internal defects of a diamond called inclusions, and surface defects called blemishes. Clarity is one of the four Cs of diamond grading, the others being carat, color, and cut. Inclusions may be crystals of a..
Diamond color
Jewelers set diamonds in groups of similar colors. A chemically pure and structurally perfect diamond is perfectly transparent with no hue, or color. However, in reality almost no gem-sized natural diamonds are absolutely perfect. The color of a diamond may be affected by chemical impurities ..
Diamond Comic Distributors
The logo of Diamond Comic Distributors. Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. (often called Diamond Comics, DCD, or casually Diamond) is the largest comic book distributor serving North America. They transport comic books from both big and small comic book makers, or suppliers, to the retailers. D..
Diamond core drill
Diamond core drill bits are used to bore large holes in brick, concrete and stone. They are not generally used in other materials. The bit consists of a metal cylinder, usually relatively soft steel mounted on an arbor. Industrial diamonds are embedded at the open end of the cylinder. In the image..
Diamond Creek, Victoria
Diamond Creek is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik. It is named after Diamond Creek watercourse, a tributary of the Yarra River which flows through the area in a generally Southwards direction. The Town and creek's name relates to a stor..
Diamond Creek railway station, Melbourne
Diamond Creek is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Hurstbridge railway line in the suburb of Diamond Creek. The station is manned during the peak periods only. A second platform and crossing loop was added to the station in the early 1990s to enable more ..
Diamond Creek Trail
Entrance to Edendale Farm, Eltham Diamond Creek Trail Length 10km Difficulty Easy Hills Fitzsimmons Lane Hazards Unguarded railway crossing Water Diamond Creek, Eltham Path Shared use. Asphalt or concrete path Sights, Landmarks Edendale Farm Community, Diamond Valle..
Diamond Crush
Diamond Crush is a puzzle game to be released worldwide before the end of 2006 by the Italian Diamonds Team (tentative name), totally for free on different PC operating systems, under open source Public Domain license. The First Playable Version, a sort of pre-alpha for offline multiplayer gaming..
Diamond cubic
The diamond cubic crystal structure is a repeating pattern that atoms may adopt as certain materials solidify. While the first known example was diamond, other elements in group IV also adopt this structure, including tin, the semiconductors silicon and germanium, and silicon/germanium alloys i..
Diamond cut
This article addresses the many styles of diamond cut. For a broader discussion of diamonds, see diamond. For other uses of the word diamond, see diamond (disambiguation). In order to best utilize a diamond gemstone's superlative material properties, a number of different diamond cuts have been d..
Diamond cutting
Diamond Cutting is the art, skill and, increasingly, science of changing a diamond from a rough stone into an attractive gem. It is possible only because the hardness of diamond varies widely according to the direction in which one is trying to cut or grind. 'Cut' has two meanings in relation to d..
Diamond Cut Diamond
Diamond Cut Diamond is an Indian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Olive Fairy Book, describing as a Punjabi story collected by Major Campbell in Feroshepore. Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. A merchant, after many years of poverty an..
Diamond D
Diamond D (real name, Joseph Kirkland) is a hip-hop record producer and remixer from the Bronx, New York City. He was a member of Ultimate Force, along with Master Rob and together they appeared on the Jazzy Jay album Cold Chillin In the Studio. After Ultimate Force split in 1992, he was a founder..
Diamond DA20
The Diamond DA20 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane designed for flight training. In addition to its role as a primary trainer, it enjoys a degree of popularity among pilot-owners. There are two basic models of the DA20. The A1 Katana, based on the DV20 Katana, is powered by a ..
Diamond Dan Grondy
Diamond Dan Grondy was a professional wrestler who worked with the likes of Sgt. Slaughter in the 1980s. ..
Diamond Dave (album)
Diamond Dave is the sixth full-length studio album by David Lee Roth, the former vocalist of Van Halen. It was recorded at Henson Studios in Hollywood, California and released in 2003. Track listing "You Got The Blues, Not Me" (Chris Youlden)"Made Up My Mind" (Savoy Brown)"Stay While The Night ..
Diamond Daydreams
|} Diamond Daydreams (original Japanese title ) is an anime series adapted from a dating sim. It follows the story of what at first seems to be unrelated stories of six girls living in Hokkaido, Japan. The series is licensed in the US by ADV Films Contents 1 The Cast1.1 Atsuko Akanag..
Diamond Days
Diamond Days is the fourth album by the British band The Outfield. The song "For You" was the band's biggest hit in years, reaching the Top 40. It also featured a new session drummer, Simon Dawson. Diamond Days was the first album the band released under the MCA record label, having previously reco..
Diamond Dead
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Diamond Disk
Diamond Disk or Diamond Disc was the brand name for a specific variety of phonograph record patented by Thomas Edison in 1912 and marketed by Edison Records. The records played at 80 rpm, similar to many conventional records of that era, but were made of a harder material that was more difficult t..
Diamond District, Manhattan
The Diamond District is an area of New York City located on West 47th Street between Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) in midtown Manhattan, within walking distance of many New York City attractions. It is located one block south of Rockefeller Center, three blocks south of ..
Diamond Dogs
For the 2001 novella by Alastair Reynolds, see Diamond Dogs (novella) Diamond Dogs is a concept album by David Bowie, originally released by RCA in 1974. Thematically it was a marriage of the novel 1984 by George Orwell and Bowie’s own glam-tinged vision of a post-apocalyptic world. Bowie had w..
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days is a 2003 compilation of two science fiction novellas by writer Alastair Reynolds, both set in the Revelation Space universe. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Diamond Dogs Set around the late 25th century, Diamond Dogs i..
Diamond Dogs (song)
"Diamond Dogs" was a 1974 single by David Bowie, and the title track of the album of the same name. The lyric introduces the listener to Bowie’s latest persona and his environment - Halloween Jack dwells on top of tenement buildings in a post-apocalyptic Manhattan. The guitar sound is heavily i..
Diamond Dove
The Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata) is a bird resident in Australia. The dove predominately exists in areas near water but which are Lightly arid or semi-arid in nature, being Central, West and Northern Australia. They are one of Australia's smallest pigeons along with the Peaceful Dove. They ha..
Diamond dust
Diamond dust is the name commonly used to refer to a ground-level cloud composed of tiny ice crystals. This meteorological phenomenon is also referred to simply as ice crystals and is reported in the METAR code as IC. Diamond dust generally forms under otherwise clear or nearly clear skies, so it ..
Diamond Dust
Diamond dust is an unusual meteorological phenomenon in which a ground-level cloud forms composed of tiny ice crystals. "Diamond Dust" is the title of various books and stories, including: Diamond Dust (1992) by K. Kay Shearin, a memoir about her whistle-blowing at E. F. Hutton & Co. ([Full ..
Diamond Education
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Can Güzeliş was born on 27th of July 1978 in Istanbul. He had finished his High School in Ozel Kala..
Diamond Education College
Diamond Education College based in Johannesburg, South Africa, provides various training courses enabling students to evaluate and grade rough diamonds, mark rough diamonds for polishing, and evaluate and grade polished diamonds. External links [Official Site] ..
Diamond enhancement
Diamond enhancements are specific treatments, performed on natural and sometimes synthetic diamonds (usually those already cut and polished into gems), which are designed to improve the gemological characteristics — and therefore the value — of the stone in one or more ways. These includ..
Diamond Five
The Diamond Five was a dedicated word processor developed by a subsidiary of The Marconi Company in the late 1970s. It cost ~£4500 and was intended for technical authoring and secretarial use. Capabilities The screen was large enough to display an A3-size document. An included daisy wheel printer w..
Diamond formation
Diamond formation is a flight formation of aircraft in the shape of a geometric kite. This is done by starting with one aircraft, and then increasing by one, the number of aircraft in each successive row, and then decreasing again by one until there is only one aircraft in the last row, eg. 1, 2, 3,..
Diamond Harbour
Diamond Harbour is in the southern suburbs of Kolkata, on the banks of river Hughli quite near where the river meets the Bay of Bengal. This small town is a popular weekend tourist spot located in South 24 Parganas district. Earlier known as Hajipur, this charming place was named Diamond Harbour by..
Diamond Head
Diamond Head may refer to: Diamond Head, Hawaii, a volcanic cone on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu known to Hawaiians as LeahiDiamond Head (band), a British heavy metal band formed in 1976Diamond Head (film), a 1963 movie starring Charlton Heston and Yvette MimieuxDiamond Head (label), a record label..
Diamond Head, Hawaii
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Diamond Head (band)
Diamond Head are a British heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England. They were one of the leading members of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and are acknowledged by later bands like Metallica and Megadeth as an important early influence. Contents 1 Early history..
Diamond Head (film)
Diamond Head was a 1963 movie starring Charlton Heston and Yvette Mimieux. Areas of Diamond Head are also used while filming the television series Lost which is filmed entirely on location on the island of O'ahu. Seen from the Waikiki Beach, Diamond Head looks just like the 'black mountain' feat..
Diamond Head (song)
"Diamond Head" is an instrumental song written by Al Vescovo, Lyle Ritz, Jim Ackley and Brian Wilson. The song was recorded by The Beach Boys on their 1968 album Friends. ..
Diamond Heights, San Francisco, California
Diamond Heights is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is located in the middle part of the city, roughly bordered by Diamond Heights Boulevard and Noe Valley on the east side and Glen Canyon Park on the west side. It was the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association's first ..
Diamond Hill
Sign at a roundabout near Chi Lin Nunnery in Diamond Hill. Diamond Hill (鑽石山) is a hill in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area on or nearby is also called Diamond Hill. It is surrounded by Ngau Chi Wan, San Po Kong, Wong Tai Sin and Tsz Wan Shan. Its northeast is limited by the ridge. Althou..
Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School
Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School is a school in Fort Worth, Texas. Diamond-Hill Jarvis, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Fort Worth Independent School District. In 2006, it was placed 95th on Newsweek Magazine's Top 1200 High Schools list. Feeder patterns Elementary schools that f..
Diamond Hill (MTR)
Diamond Hill (鑽石山, Jyutping: zyun3 sek6 saan1, Pinyin: Zuànshíshān) is an MTR station located in Northern Kowloon. It is on the Kwun Tong Line. This station's livery is gray with silver stones signifying diamonds. The station is also incorporated into the large Plaza Hollywood development..
Diamond Hill Plywood 200
The Diamond Hill Plywood 200 is a NASCAR Busch Series race that takes place at Darlington Raceway. Previous race: Circuit City 250 Current NASCAR Races Next race: Carquest Auto Parts 300 ..
Diamond hoax of 1872
The diamond hoax of 1872 triggered a brief diamond craze along the borders of Wyoming and Colorado, USA. In 1871, would-be-prospectors and cousins Philip Arnold and John Slack traveled to San Francisco. They reported that they had found a diamond mine and produced a bag full of diamonds as a proof..
Diamond interchange
A typical diamond interchange A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction. Diamond interchanges are used where a freeway crosses a minor road. The freeway itself will be grade-separated from the minor road, a bridge being provided for one or the other. Approaching the interchan..
Diamond Jenness
Diamond Jenness (February 10 1886, Wellington, New Zealand – November 29 1969) was a Canadian anthropologist. He is a graduate of both Victoria University College, New Zealand, and Balliol College, Oxford. He led an Oxford University Anthroplogical Expedition to New Guinea in 1911-1912 before..
Diamond Jubilee
A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 60th anniversary in British and Commonwealth usage or a 75th anniversary in American usage. Contents 1 Diamond Jubilees in the ..
Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School
Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School (DJHSS) is a boys-only secondary school in Gobichettipalayam, in the Erode District of Tamil Nadu, India. It was established to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in 1898. The school has served the educational needs of Gobichettipal..
Diamond knot
Diamond knot - How to... Chinese button knot The diamond knot is also known as a lanyard knot and a chinese button knot. It is used as a decoration and joining knot in a cord with a loop such as a whistle lanyard. Look up "chinese button knot" for the easiest and most concise set of direc..
Diamond Lake
There are numerous places known as Diamond Lake. In the United States, this can refer to: Name State County Type Coordinates USGS 7.5' Map [Diamond Lake] AK Kenai Peninsula lake [61°01′04″N, 150°22′24″W] Tyonek A-1 SW [Diamond Lake] AK Matanuska-Susitna..
Diamond Lake, Minneapolis
The Diamond Lake Neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota is bounded by Diamond Lake Road and 55th Street on the north, Cedar Avenue on the east, 62nd Street on the south and Interstate 35W on the west. It has approximately 2233 households within its boundaries. External links [The Diamond Lake..
Diamond Lake (Greyhawk)
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Diamond Lake is a mining town. Situated on the north shore of a lake of the same name, Diamond Lake is located in the Cairn Hills, and lies three days ride east of the Free City of Greyhawk. The town is ruled by ..
Diamond Lake Township, Minnesota
Diamond Lake Township is a township in Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 231 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 90.7 km² (35.0 mi²). 83.3 km² (32.2 mi²) of it is land and 7.3 km² (2.8 mi²) of..
Diamond lane
A diamond lane is a special lane on a on a street or highway that is reserved for specific types of traffic. These lanes are usually marked with white diamonds, hence their name. Diamond lanes are generally the right-most or left-most lane on the road. They are usually implemented to provide wa..
Diamond Life
Diamond Life is the first album by the Nigerian-English songwriter/music group, Sade. It was released in 1984 (see 1984 in music) under the label Epic. Although initially not a big seller, the album was catapulted into the spotlight once the track "Your Love Is King" hit the top 10. The album for..
Diamond Light Source
Diamond Light Source is a synchrotron research facility located on the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, England. It is currently under construction and is expected to come into operation in 2007. When completed, Diamond will be used to probe the structure and properties of many types o..
Diamond Lil
Diamond Lil is a fictional mutant character created by Marvel Comics' creators Chris Claremont and John Byrne for their on-going series Alpha Flight. Lil has played the role of the hero, the villain, the innocent and the accused, but little is known about her past except her suffering. History ..
Diamond Lil (play)
Diamond Lil is a 1928 play by sultry American actress and playwright Mae West. Prior to Diamond Lil, she had written a number of plays that were closed down due to either poor ticket sales or indecency issues with local law enforcement authorities of the time. Diamond Lil, about a racy woman in t..
Diamond Men
Diamond Men is a 2000 film, a crime drama starring Robert Forster and Donnie Wahlberg. The independent film was written and directed by Dan Cohen, and was screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2000. It was released to select theatres in the US on September 14, 2001, and was..
Diamond Mind
Diamond Mind Baseball is a computer baseball game known for its highly statistical accuracy created by Canadian baseball strategist Tom Tippett. It was first called Pursue The Pennant. The web site is: Home Page: http://www.diamond-mind.com/ Overview: http://www.diamond-mind.com/products/overview..
Diamond Mine
For the puzzle game also called Diamond Mine, see Bejeweled. Diamond Mine is a 1989 album by Blue Rodeo. The album includes several instrumental interludes by Bob Wiseman between songs. Track listing All songs by Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy. "Swells""God and Country" (3:32)"How Long" (3:59)"Blue..
Diamond Mountain
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Diamond Mountains
The Diamond Mountains are located along the border between White Pine County and Eureka County in eastern Nevada in the United States. The mountains lie in a north-south direction east and northeast of Eureka. The mountains cover an area of 293.4 square miles (760 km²), and reach an elevation of 8,..
Diamond Multimedia
Diamond Multimedia is a company that specializes in many forms of multimedia technology. They have produced graphics cards, modems, sound cards and MP3 players. They were one of the major players in the 2D and early 3D graphics card competition throughout the 1990's and early 2000's. Diamond Multi..
Diamond Music
Released in 1996, Diamond Music is an album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins. Perhaps one of Jenkins most recognized works is the first movement of the "Palladio" suite, inspired by sixteenth-century architect Andrea Palladio. This piece, in varying arrangements, has served as the music for DeBeers..
Diamond net
"Diamond net" is the name given in the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, hegelianism, to "the connective tissue, so to speak, that not only supports, but even in a measure constitutes, the various organs" of the universe. Hegel metaphorically considers philosophy the "translation" of what..
Diamond Nights
Diamond Nights are an indie rock band whose influences include Thin Lizzy, Queen, and Cheap Trick. They formed in New York City in 2003, and released their debut album Popsicle in 2005. Band members Morgan Phalen - Vocals, guitarRob Laakso - Guitar, synthesizersSeth Rumsey - BassTim Traynor - Drums..
Diamond Offshore Drilling
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. is a deepwater drilling contrator, providing drilling services to the energy industry. The companies headquarters are located in Houston, Texas, but they have offices in Louisiana, Africa, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Scotalnd, Singapore, and The Netherlands. ..
Diamond of California
Diamond of California (NASDAQ: [DMND]) was an agricultural marketing cooperative and is since July 2005 a public company, specializing in marketing nuts, particularly walnuts. It was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Stockton, California. It is the leading United States exporter of w..
Diamond Of Night
Diamond Of Night was the Estonian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in English (the first time Estonia had not sung in Estonian, although a version was recorded in that language) by Evelin Samuel and Camille. The song was performed twenty-third on the night (following Bosnia and H..
Diamond of opposites
The diamond of opposites is a type of two dimensional plot used in psychodrama groups. This tool can illuminate the presence of contradictions in processes that cannot be detected by any single questionnaire item using a traditional format such as the likert scale. The diamond of opposites is a so..
Diamond Peak
Diamond Peak is a small ski resort located in Incline Village, NV at Northern Lake Tahoe. The resort has 6 chairlifts, 30 runs, open glades, and tree skiing in 655 acres of terrain. It has a vertical drop of 1,840 feet (4th longest at Lake Tahoe). Its season ranges from December to April, and it..
Diamond plate
Diamond plate refers to a piece of steel plating inset with a diamond shaped pattern. ..
Diamond Players Club
The Diamond Players Club (sometimes referred to as DPC) is a golf course located in Clermont, Florida. The club, which was constructed in 1999 as part of Clermont's Summit Greens community, proudly boasts that it is "Florida's only mountain course."[link] A state-of-the-art practice faci..
Diamond Point, Washington
Diamond Point is an unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington. Located mostly along the waterfront, Diamond Point is entirely residential. It is serviced by the Diamond Point Airport. Diamond Point is at the mouth of Discovery Bay and looks north to Protection Island. History Diamo..
Diamond Point School
Diamond Point School The Diamond Point School is a historic one-room school house in Nowata County, Oklahoma at the junction of county roads 409 and 24.5. It was built in 1919 and was used through 1968. It is built of red brick and has a bell tower in one corner. It was restored in 1996 and..
Diamond Princess
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Diamond Princess (album)
Diamond Princess is the second album by Trina. The genre of the album is Rap, and the styles are Hardcore Rap, Southern Rap, it contains explicit lyrics. It was released August 27 2002 through the label Slip-N-Slide. The album contains the singles "Told Y'all" featuring Rick Ross, "No Panties" fe..
Diamond Princess (ship)
Diamond Princess is a large (113,000 gross tonne) cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises in the US-based fleet. Diamond Princess began operation in March 2004. The ship boasts high-tech features, with a passenger capacity of 2,670 passengers in 740 staterooms. References [Affor..
Diamond problem
In object-oriented programming languages with multiple inheritance, the diamond problem is an ambiguity that arises when two classes B and C inherit from A, and class D inherits from both B and C. If a method in D calls a method defined in A, which class does it inherit from, B or C? It is called..
Diamond python
The diamond python (Morelia spilota spilota) is a black snake with white or cream and gold markings. The snake is predominatnly identified as being black, with a white underbelly and gold diamonds along the top of its body and on its head. The snake inhabits the South-Eastern coastal regions o..
Diamond Ranch High School
Diamond Ranch High School (or DRHS) is a high school (secondary school) operated by the Pomona Unified School District (PUSD) in California, located on the hills where Diamond Bar and Phillips Ranch (a master-planned community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits of Pomona) mee..
Diamond Realm
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Diamond Ridge, Alaska
Diamond Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,802. Geography Diamond Ridge is located at [59°39′55″N, 151°34′15″W] (59.665391, -151.570826)[Geographic references#1GR1]. Accor..
Diamond Ridge Motorsports
Diamond Ridge Motorsports Owner(s) Name Gary Bechtel Racing Series Winston Cup & Busch Series Number of Championships 0 Number of Wins 9 (Busch Series) Car Number(s) 29 Notable Driver(s) Jeff Green, Steve Grissom, Elliott Sadler Notable Sponsor(s) Cartoon Network, WCW Manufactur..
Diamond Rio
This page is about the country band. For information about the MP3 player, see Rio PMP300 Diamond Rio is a country band formed in 1989. They consist of Marty Roe (Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar), Jimmy Olander (Guitar, Banjo), Dana Williams (Bass, Vocals), Dan Truman (Keyboards) Gene Johnson (Mandol..
Diamond Rio (album)
Diamond Rio is the eponymous first album of the country music band Diamond Rio. The album produced 5 Billboard Top 10 country hits, including a #1 hit in "Meet in the Middle". Track Listing "Meet in the Middle" (Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer) (3:18)"This State of Mind" (Michael Pury..
Diamond Rock
Diamond Rock (Rocher du Diamant) is a 173 meters (570 feet) high basalt island located south of Fort-de-France, the main port of the Caribbean island of Martinique. In 1804, under Commodore Sir Samuel Hood aboard HMS Caesar, aided by calm weather,was able to run lines ashore and hoist three long 2..
Diamond Sangha
The Diamond Sangha is an organization of Zen Buddhist centers founded by Robert and Anne Aitken in the living room of their Hawaii home in October of 1959. The organization is known for making the rigors of traditional Zen accessible to practitioners, notably women, throughout the world. Teachers a..
Diamond simulant
This article addresses the many imitations of diamond. For a broader discussion of diamonds, see diamond. For other uses of the word diamond, see diamond (disambiguation). Due to its low cost and close visual likeness to diamond, cubic zirconia has remained the most gemologically and economicall..
Diamond Springs, California
Diamond Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 4,888 at the 2000 census. Geography Diamond Springs is located at [38°41′6″N, 120°49′26″W] (38.685028, -120.823987)[Geographic references#1GR1]. Accor..
Diamond Star, AZ
Diamond Star, Arizona is a newly incorporated community about four miles east of Payson, Arizona. It was formed in November, 2005 under Arizona law by the action of a majority of the residents of two communties, Star Valley and Diamond Point, in response to an attempted "water-grab" by the Town o..
Diamond Star Motors
Diamond Star Motors (commonly abbreviated to DSM) was an automobile manufacturing joint venture between the Chrysler Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC). The name came from the parent companies' logos: three diamonds (Mitsubishi) and a pentastar (Chrysler). Three of the vehicles prod..
Diamond State Telephone
The Diamond State Telephone Company is the Bell Operating Company of Delaware, and small parts of southeastern Pennsylvania. Founded in 1897, it became a part of the Bell System in 1905. When the AT&T breakup occurred in 1984, DST became managed by the RBOC Bell Atlantic. In 1994, Bell Atlantic ch..
Diamond Sutra
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Diamond Trading Company
The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) is a London-based subsidiary of the De Beers Group, specializing in the sale and marketing of rough (uncut) diamonds. The company forms an essential part of De Beers' sales mechanism, maintaining an exclusive list of sightholders to which it sells all De Beers gem-..
Diamond Tree
The Diamond Tree is a giant Karri tree located 10km South of Manjimup, Western Australia on the South Western Highway. A wooden viewing platform built in 1939 is located 52 metres up, and is the oldest wooden platform fire look-out still in use today. The Diamond Tree is one of three climbing ..
Diamond turning
Diamond turning is a process of mechanical machining of precision elements using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) lathes equipped with natural or synthetic diamond-tipped cutting elements. This process is also known as Single-Point Diamond Turning (SPDT). The process of diamond turning is widely use..
Diamond T Tank Transporter
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Diamond v. Chakrabarty
Diamond v. Chakrabarty, [447 U.S. 303] (1980), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with whether genetically modified micro-organisms can be patented. Contents 1 Background2 Decision3 Ruling4 Dissent5 External link Background Genetic engineer Ananda M..
Diamond v. Diehr
Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175 (1981)[#endnote_dvd], was a U.S. Supreme Court decision which held that a machine controlled by a computer program was patentable. This decision did not make a computer program, by itself, patentable. Contents 1 Background2 The opinion3 The ..
Diamond Vale Elementary School
Diamond Vale Elementary is a public elementary school in Merritt, British Columbia part of School District 58 Nicola-Similkameen. ..
Diamond Valley
:Diamond Valley is also an informal name for an area north of Melbourne near Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia. Diamond Valley is found in eastern Nevada in the United States, between the Sulpher Spring Range and the Diamond Mountains. The valley is located alost entirely within Eureka County, but..
Diamond Valley Baptist Church
Diamond Valley Baptist Church (DVBC) is a family church located in the community of Diamond Creek, a north-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The main church facility is a large mud brick building located in pleasant bush surrounds, featuring a main auditorium that seats approximately 550 pe..
Diamond Valley Football League
The Diamond Valley Football League is an Australian Rules Football competition based in the Diamond Valley region of suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Current Clubs Bundoora Football ClubDiamond Creek Football ClubEltham Football ClubEpping Football ClubFawkner Park Football ClubGreensborou..
Diamond Valley Lake
--> --> Diamond Valley Lake (location relative to Los Angeles) Built in the saddle of two mountains, Diamond Valley Lake is Southern California’s newest and largest reservoir is a vital link in the regional system that’s brought water to Southern California for the past 60 years. The lak..
Diamond vault
A diamond vault is a form of vault used in the Late Gothic and Renaissance style, which is based on an elaborate system of cavernous vaults in a manner resembling diamonds. It was widely used especially in Central European countries. ..
Diamond Village
Diamond Village is a small farming village on the windward (East or Atlantic) side of St. Vincent, the main island of the archipelago nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Diamond Village, often referred to as simply "Diamonds," is located in the Parish of Charlotte and is part of the South C..
Diamond Way Buddhism
This article concerns a specific Buddhist organization. See Vajrayana, which can also be referred to as Diamond Way Buddhism. Diamond Way Buddhism is an international association of Buddhist centers founded by Lama Ole Nydahl, a Danish student of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. Contents 1 Lineage2..
Diamond willow
Diamond willow is willow distinctively shaped as the result of attack by fungus (Valsa sordida, and possibly others), which has resulted in a diamonding effect occurring in the wood of the shrub or tree as the tree forms cankers, or diamonds (elongated ovals with pointed ends), in response to the in..
Diamond Wire Cutting
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]Diamond Wire Cutting (DWC)is the process of using wire of various diameters and lengths, impregnated with diamond dust of various sizes to cut through materials. Because of the hardness of diamonds, this cutting technique can cut through most any material that is "s..
Diamond Yukai
Diamond Yukai (*Yutaka Tadokoro, 1962) is a rock singer and actor. Other names: Daiamondo Yukai He appeared in the following movies: Tokyo Pop (1988) in role of Hiro as partner of Carrie Hamilton (Wendy)Non-Stop/Dangan Runner (1996) - somewhat inspired by "Run Lola Run"Lost in Translation (2003) Ex..
Diam Stag
Diamantis Stagidis, (Διαμαντής Σταγγίδης). He is a Greek contemporary painter. He was born in Prosotsani- Drama at 1959 and leaves in Kavala, Greece. Exhibitions · Individual in the Prosotsani 1979. · In 1980 common in the square of Prosotsani. · Common in the Drama 1983. · Com..
Dian
In Celtic mythology, Dian was one of the sons of Carman. Diān or 滇 is also an abbreviation of the Yunnan province of the People's Republic of China. ..
Dian's Tarsier
Dian's Tarsier (Tarsius dentatus), or the Diana Tarsier, is a nocturnal primate found on central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its head-body length is 11.5-12 cm plus a tail of 22 cm. Dian's Tarsier lives in rain forests. It was formerly called T. dianae, but that has been shown to be a junior synonym. Re..
Diana
Diana can refer to: In television and film: Diana, Iranian-Norwegian model and pornographic actressDiana Muldaur, American television and film actressDiana Rigg, English actressDiana Ross, American singer and actress In music: "Diana", song by Bryan AdamsDiana (song), song by Paul Anka that was a..
Diana's Punchbowl
Diana's Punchbowl, also called Devil's Cauldron and Devil's Punchbowl, is a geothermal feature located on a small fault in the Monitor Valley of Central Nevada, about 30 miles southeast of Austin, Nevada. Often listed as a hot spring on maps, it is not suitable for human bathing but is beautiful to ..
Diana, New York
Diana is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 1,661 at the 2000 census. The Town of Diana is on the northeast border of the county. New York State Route 3 passes across the town and links with New York State Route 812 south of Remington Center. Contents 1 H..
Diana, Princess of Wales
"Diana Spencer" redirects here. For , see . The Lady Diana Frances Spencer (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (July 1, 1961–August 31, 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Her children, Prince William and Prince Harry, are second and third in line to the Briti..
Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain is a memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales. It was designed with children in mind. It is located in the southwest corner of Hyde Park in London, just south of the Serpentine Lake and east of the Serpentine Gallery. Its cornerstone was laid in Septem..
Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was set up after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. It received money set aside by Diana's will, contributions by her former husband, The Prince of Wales, donations by the public, and the proceeds from Elton John's new rendition of Candle In Th..
Diana: Warrior Princess
Diana: Warrior Princess is an indie role-playing game written by Marcus L. Rowland and published by Heliograph Incorporated, and more recently as a PDF via Steve Jackson Games. It describes a fictionalised version of the twentieth century as it might be seen a few thousand years from now. The game..
Dianalund municipality
Dianalund municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in West Zealand County on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 67 km², and has a total population of 7,406 (2005). Its mayor is Per Hovmand, a member of the Conservative People's Party (De..
Dianazene
This article forms part of a series onScientology Dianetics Engram · [[Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health|Dianetics: MSMH]] · Clear Scientology Doctrine Thetan · Supernatural abilities Space opera · Xenu · Human evolution Past lives · Medical claims · Altered texts P..
Diana & Marvin
Diana & Marvin LP by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye Released October 26, 1973 Recorded 1972-1973 Genre Soul Label Motown Producer Hal Davis Professional reviews AMG [link] Diana Ross chronology Touch Me in the Morning (1973 Diana & Marvin (1973) Last Time I Saw Him (1974 Marvin G..
Diana (1840 ship)
--> Career style="background:navy;align:right;" Built: Bremen, Germany Launched: 1840 Fate: Grounded on the Lincolnshire coast while returning home in 1869 General Characteristics Displacement: 355 tons Length: 117 ft (35.7 m) Beam: 29 ft (8.8 m) Draught: 17.5 ft (5.3 m) Type: Barqu..
Diana (album)
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. diana was considered a major breakthrough in Diana Ross' solo career and was the biggest-selling record she ever released. The album remains ..
Diana (mythology)
Classical Roman statue of Diana. In Roman mythology, Diana was the virgin goddess of the hunt, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis. Born with her twin brother Apollo on the island of Delos, Diana was the daughter of Jupiter and Latona. Diana was the perpetually virginal huntress godde..
Diana (Sailor Moon)
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. is the name of one of the feline fictional characters in the Japanese anime series Sailor Moon. She is grey, a..
Diana (song)
"Diana" is a 1957 #1 hit single that was made famous by crooner Paul Anka. The song was not only written by Anka, but also performed by him. The song was dedicated to Anka former babysitter, Diana Ayoub. The Paul Anka recoding has reportedly sold over 9 million copies. [Paul Anka], Histor..
Diana Abu-Jaber
Diana Abu-Jaber is an author and a teacher at Portland State University. She was born in 1960 in Syracuse, New York. Her father was Jordinian and her mother was American, descended from Irish and German roots. At the age of seven she moved with her family for two years to Jordan. Contents 1&nbs..
Diana Albers
Diana Albers was an American comic book letterer. She is best known for lettering hundreds of books for Marvel Comics from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. Comics she lettered include Iron Man #114 (Sept. 1978), Ghost Rider #45 (June 1980), Doctor Strange #46 (April 1981), Captain America #318 (Jun..
Diana Anaid
Diana Anaid or Diana Ah Naid is an Australian singer-songwriter, whose real name is Diana Gosper. She released her first album, Diana Ah Naid at the age of 19. It became fairly popular with the first single, "I Go Off", which received extensive airplay on the alternative station Triple J and was rat..
Diana Barrymore
Diana Barrymore (March 3, 1921 – January 25, 1960) was an American actress. Born Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe in New York City, New York, she was the daughter of renowned actor John Barrymore and his second wife, poet Blanche Oelrichs. She was the half-sister of actor John Drew Barrymore and ..
Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (c. 1679–15 January 1742) was born Lady Diana de Vere, the daughter of the 20th Earl of Oxford and Diana Kirke. On 17 April 1694, she married the 1st Duke of St Albans, an illegitimate son of King Charles II and his mistress Nell Gwynne, whereupon Diana be..
Diana Bernal
Diana Rosalía Bernal Ladrón de Guevara is a Mexican jurist and politician who has served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress. Bernal studied law at the Ibero-American University (Universidad Iberoamericana). In the early 1980s she joined the Tribunal Fiscal de la Federación; She has serve..
Diana Brown & Barrie K. Sharpe
Diana Brown & Barrie K. Sharpe were the act who were behind the early 1990s music style of Groundbeat, an Acid Jazz / Rare Groove offshoot that had its roots in the London area and old soul vinyl record shops. The act first came to attention in the late 1980s, signing to London Records dance offsho..
Diana Bryant
Diana Bryant was appointed Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia on 5 July, 2004. From May 2000 she was the Chief Federal Magistrate of the Federal Magistrates Court, having been appointed the inaugural Chief Federal Magistrate. Prior to her appointment, Chief Justice Bryant had practis..
Diana Burnwood
Diana Burnwood is a fictional character in the Hitman series of video games. She is the controller of the main character, Agent 47. Diana gives 47 his assignments, briefs him on his missions, and occasionally serves as his guide over the radio. For the vast majority of the series 47 never sees Diana..
Diana Buttu
Diana Buttu is a legal adviser and spokesperson with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Buttu advises on peace negotiations with Israel and refugee issues. Buttu was born in Canada to Palestinian parents. She received a law degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and a Ph.D. fr..
Diana camera
Diana camera Diana camera branded Conforama. The Diana camera is a simple, low-quality plastic-bodied box camera. The Diana takes sixteen 4 cm x 4 cm pictures on 120 film, leaving a large part of film surface unused. Though often referred to as a toy camera, the term is somewhat misle..
Diana Canova
Diana Canova (born Diana Rivero on June 1, 1953 in West Palm Beach, Florida) is an American actress. Her professional last name is taken from the maiden name of her mother, actress and singer Judy Canova. Her most famous role has been of nymphomaniac Corinne Tate on Soap, the sitcom that parodied s..
Diana Carroll
Diane Carroll was the Liberal candidate for the 2006 SA election in the electoral district of Adelaide. She is a teacher at TAFE and UniSA and a former president of the Public Relations Institute of Australia amongst other jobs and lives within the city of Adelaide. Carroll was preselected after M..
Diana Castro Hagee
Diana Castro Hagee is an author and the second wife of John Hagee, founder of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas. She is Chief of Staff for John Hagee Ministries. Diana Castro Hagee was born Diana M Castro in San Antonio, Texas on March 5, 1952. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from T..
Diana Churchill
Diana Churchill (July 11, 1909 – 20 October, 1963) was the eldest daughter of Sir Winston Churchill and Clementine Ogilvy Hozier. Diana caused her parents great distress as an adult. On 12 December 1932 she married the baronet Sir John Milner Bailey, but the marriage was unsuccessful and they di..
Diana Churchill (actress)
Diana Churchill was an English film and stage actress. She was born as Diana Josephine Churchill in Wembley, Middlesex on 21 August 1913. She was a crisp, opulent blonde who appeared in several British films, including Scott of the Antarctic (1948) as Kathleen Scott. She was married to the actors: ..
Diana Conti
Diana Beatriz Conti (born March 29, 1956 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. She is a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies and a former national senator. Conti was known in high school for her high grades. On December 16, 1980, she obtained her law degree from the Univer..
Diana Coupland
Diana Coupland (born 5 March 1932, London) is a British actress who has worked mainly in television since the early 1960s. She is probably best remembered for her role as Jean Abbot alongside Sid James in the popular 1970s sitcom Bless This House which ran on ITV from 1971 - 1976. She repraised her ..
Diana Davis
Dr. Diana Davis is a fictional character from the fifth season of the science fiction show Sliders, played by Tembi Locke. She is a physicist with a PhD. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Diana Davis is a scientist who was working with scientist Dr. Ober..
Diana Dean
Diana Dean was the U.S. Port Angeles, Washington border control agent who decided to search the car of Ahmed Ressam, saying later that he looked "hinky." It turned out that his truck was full of explosives that he planned to use to blow up LAX December 31, 1999. Ressam was sentenced to 22 years in..
Diana DeGarmo
Diana Nicole DeGarmo (born June 16, 1987 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American singer and RCA recording artist. She was the second place finalist on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol, losing by a margin of less than 2% out of 65 million votes (1.3 millio..
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette, at podium, denounces a proposed amendment to the Constitution to ban gay marriage. Diana Louise DeGette (born July 29 1957), is a politician from the U.S. state of Colorado. She has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing..
Diana Dennis
Diana Dennis is a former professional female bodybuilder from the United States. Dennis was born on July 12, 1951. She began competing in local contests in 1981. Her earliest success was in mixed pairs competition, with partner Kevin Lawrence. They won several titles, including the 1985 IFBB Wor..
Diana Department Store
Diana Department Store Public Company Limited (SET: DIANA) is a Thai public limited company that operates a chain of department stores in southern Thailand. The company has three stores: two in Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, and one in Pattani. It also has a chain of Di-Mart convenience stores in Son..
Diana Deutsch
Diana Deutsch is a perceptual and cognitive psychologist, born in London, England. She is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego, and is one of the most prominent researchers on the psychology of music. She is probably most famous for the musical and auditory ..
Diana Devoe
Diana DeVoe (born April Diane Carter on October 26, 1977 in Oahu, Hawaii) is an American porn star and director. She was born and raised in Waianae, Hawaii on the west side of Oahu. She originally planned on becoming a school teacher and played a number of musical instruments in high school due ..
Diana Dill
Diana Dill Darrid is a Bermuda-born actress. She is the daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Melville Dill (also the name of her great-grandfather, a mariner), a former Attorney General of Bermuda, and former Commanding Officer of the Bermuda Militia Artillery. Hers is a prominent Bermuda..
Diana Doherty
Diana Doherty is an Australian oboist, currently Principal Oboe with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Diana was born in Brisbane, Australia, where she began her education. She studied both piano and oboe at the Queensland Conservatorium before completing her Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance at t..
Diana Dors
Diana Dors Diana Dors (October 23, 1931 – May 4, 1984) was a British actress. She was born in Swindon, England as Diana Mary Fluck. She was considered the British equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, but many consider she also had significant acting ability, which was dest..
Diana Dutra
Diana Mary Dutra (born September 23, 1964), better known plainly as Diana Dutra, is a former female boxer from Vancouver, Canada. Dutra is a former world Jr. Welterweight champion. Dutra became a professional boxer at the relatively old age of 31, an age in which many other boxers are either retir..
Diana E. H. Russell
Diana E. H. Russell is a radical feminist writer and activist. For the past 25 years she has been engaged in research on sexual violence against women and girls. She has written numerous books and articles on rape (including marital rape), incest, misogynist murders of women, and pornography. For ..
Diana E. Murphy
Diana E. Murphy born in 1934, is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Career She was nominated to that post by President Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by the Senate. Prior to being elevated to the Court of Appeals she was a federal district judge for the District o..
Diana Edulji
Diana Fram Edulji (b. January 26, 1956) is a former Indian women's test cricketer. Born in Mumbai (Bombay) she was drawn to sports at an early age. She then went on to play basketball and table tennis at the junior national level, before migrating to cricket. At a cricket camp hosted by former test ..
Diana Eng
Diana Eng, (Born 1983 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American fashion designer and was a contestant on the second season of the reality television program Project Runway. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design. Eng's work has been featured on the cover of i-D magazine and in the Boston Glo..
Diana Fong
Diana Fong is one of the head artisans for the artwork provided by Red Hat in its various distributions, including Fedora Core. External links [Diana Fong's Portfolio][Fedora Artwork Project] ..
Diana G. Gallagher
Diana G. Gallagher is an author who has had dozens of works published: Contents 1 Buffyverse2 Other Series2.0.1 '''Mystery Files of Shelby Woo'''2.0.2 '''Full House Sisters'''2.0.3 '''Two of a Kind'''3 Novels4 Series contributed to4.0.1 '''Secret World of A..
Diana Gabaldon
Diana Gabaldon (born January 11, 1952) is an American author of Mexican and English ancestry. Her most successful books are the best-selling Outlander series. Her books are difficult to classify by genre, since they contain elements of romantic fiction, historical fiction, and science fiction (in ..
Diana Gansky
Diana Gansky, née Sachse (December 14, 1963 in Bergen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), is a German track and field athlete. She won an Olympic medal and belonged the world's best discus throwers in the world. She represented East Germany and was the 1986 European champion (with her birth name Sac..
Diana Haddad
Diana Joseph Foad Haddad (ديانا جوزيف فؤاد حداد) was born on October 1, 1976 in Bsalim, Lebanon. Known as Diana Haddad (ديانا حداد), is one of the most popular and successful singers in the Arab world. |Origin = Maghdosha , Bsalim Lebanon |Genre = Pop, Lebanese, dance ..
Diana Handicap
The Diana Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses. The race is run each year at Saratoga Race Course. The race is open to fillies and mares age three and up willing to race the one and one-eighth miles on the turf. The race is a Grade I with a purse of $500,000. Past winners Winners of the Diana..
Diana Hart
Diana Hart (born in 1963 in Calgary, Alberta) is the youngest daughter of Canadian wrestling promoter Stu Hart and now his youngest living child. She is also the former wife of the British Bulldog (David Smith) and the mother of Harry Smith. Diana and Davey Smith met when she was 17 and he was 18. ..
Diana Hayden
Diana Hayden (born 1973) is a model from Hyderabad, India. She first came to attention when she represented India at the 1997 Miss World pageant. She became a known face when at 24 she won the crown. She became the third Indian woman to win the Miss World pageant. Like the second Indian winner ..
Diana Hignutt
Diana Hignutt shares the distinction with Meghan Chavalier of being among the very first transsexual authors to have published fantasy novels. As a result of the publication of her first novel, Moonsword, Ms. Hignutt has been interviewed on radio programs across the United States and on such nat..
Diana Hoddinott
Diana Hoddinott appeared as Annie Hacker, the wife of Jim Hacker, in "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister". ..
Diana Hyland
Diana Hyland (January 25, 1936 – March 27, 1977) was an American actress. Career Born Diana Gentner in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Hyland made her acting debut in 1955 in an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents. Over the next decade she played numerous guest and supporting roles in various telev..
Diana Irey
Diana L. Irey is a Republican candidate running against Democratic congressman and military veteran John Murtha in the United States House elections, 2006. She is currently a commissioner of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Irey has stated that Murtha has moved too far to the left and has "slander..
Diana Johnson
Diana Ruth Johnson (born 25 July 1966, Northwich) is a Labour Party Member of Parliament and former member of the London Assembly. Johnson is a barrister and was a councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets from 1994 to 2002, serving as Chair of social services. She stood unsuccessfully in ..
Diana Johnstone
Diana Johnstone, born in 1934, received her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and was active in the movement against the Vietnam War. She organized the first international contacts between American citizens and Vietnamese representatives. Most of her adult life has been spent in France, Germany, ..
Diana Jones
Diana Jones can refer to: Diana Wynne Jones, writer of fantasy novels.Diana Jones (singer-songwriter), Nashville, TN based singer-songwriter.The Diana Jones Award for excellence in gaming. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. I..
Diana Jones Award
The Diana Jones Award is an annual award for "excellence in gaming". The award is unusual in two ways: first, it is not an award for a specific class of thing, but can be awarded to a person, product, publication, company, organization, event or trend - anything related to gaming; second, it does n..
Diana Karazon
Diana Karazon. Diana Karazon (Arabic: ديانا كرزون) (Born October 30 1983 in Kuwait. Raised and lived in Amman, Jordan) is a Jordanian singer who rose to popularity around the world after winning the first season of Super Star by Future Television. She has represented Jordan in Super..
Diana Kennedy
Diana Kennedy is an author and authority on Mexican cooking. A native of the United Kingdom, she moved to Mexico in 1957 with her husband, Paul Kennedy, who was a correspondent for the New York Times. She has spent 45 years traveling through Mexico researching cooking techniques and the history of ..
Diana King
Diana King on Think Like a Girl album cover'' Diana King (born November 8, 1970 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is an R&B/pop singer. After making an appearance on the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 album Ready to Die, she scored a record contract with Sony Music. King's first single "Shy Guy," from the..
Diana Krall
Krall, as pictured on the cover of her album The Look of Love Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a popular Canadian Jazz pianist and singer. Contents 1 Biography2 Professional career3 Honours4 Discography5 DVDs6 External links Biography Kral..
Diana Kurien
Diana Kurien (born 8 November 1984 in Kerala, India), popularly known as Nayantara, is a south Indian actress and has acted in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies. Career She was born in Tiruvalla, Kerala. She was choosen by director Satyan Anthikkad and cast opposite Jayaram in Mansinakkare. Late..
Diana L. Eck
Diana L. Eck (born in 1946 in Bozeman, Montana) is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, as well as a Master of Lowell House and the Director of the Pluralism Project, at Harvard University. Among other works, she is the author of A New Religious America: How a "Christian Country" ..
Diana L. Gomez
Diana L. Gomez is an engineer and the national president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. External link [shpe.org] - President's Message ..
Diana L. Paxson
Diana L. Paxson (born 1943) is a writer, primarily of fantasy and historical fiction novels and short stories. In addition to her multiple novels and collaborations, she has written over seventy short stories. She was the western regional director of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America..
Diana Lake Provincial Park
is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Contents 1 History and conservation2 Location3 Size4 External links History and conservation The park was established 1980. The park provides lake, lakeshore and forest recreation opportunities for local residents and travel..
Diana Lascelles, Viscountess Lascelles
Diana Jane Howse is the second wife of David, Viscount Lascelles and the current Viscountess Lascelles. She married David, Viscount Lascelles in 1990 and is a stepmother to the four children from his first marriage. ..
Diana Lee
Diana Lee or Diana Lee-Hsu is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's playmate of the month in May, 1988. As an actress, she performed in several Playboy videos and had an appearance in the 1989 James Bond movie Licence to Kill. In the film, Lee played Loti, a Hong Kong narcotic..
Diana Lumbrera
This article or section needs a complete rewrite for }}}. Diana Lumbrera's six children and a niece left in her care all died over a period between 1976 and 1990. She would rush the child (already dead) to the hospital, and then blame hospital staff for failing to revive it. Eventually she was c..
Diana Lynn
Diana Lynn (October 7, 1926 – December 18, 1971) was an American actress. Born Dolores Loehr in Los Angeles, California, Lynn was considered a child prodigy because of her exceptional abilities as a pianist at an early age, and by the age of 12 was playing with the Los Angeles Junior Symphony..
Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock
Diana Margaret Maddock, Baroness Maddock (born 31 January 1947) is a Liberal Democrat politician. Maddock was educated at the University of Portsmouth and leader of the Liberal Democrats on Southampton City Council. She was Member of Parliament for Christchurch following a by-election in 1993 ca..
Diana Mary Organ
Diana Mary Organ (born 21 February 1952) is a British politician. She was Labour Party member of Parliament for the Forest of Dean from the 1997 election until she stepped down at the 2005 election, citing changing family circumstances. ..
Diana McLean
Diana McLean is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Sister Vivienne Jeffries in the television soap opera The Young Doctors. Other credits include: Number 96, Water Rats and All Saints. She also completed a stint in Neighbours in 1999. External link ..
Diana Memorial Award
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Award for Inspirational Young People was established in 1999 by a board chaired by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown. The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Committee felt that this Award would reflect the personal interest of Diana, Princess of Wales in helping and s..
Diana Merry
Diana Merry worked for Xerox PARC in the 1970s and 1980s as part of The Learning Research Group. She created the BitBLT machine instruction known as "Bit Block Transfer" for the Smalltalk-72 system. Her method was pivotal in the evolution of computer displays from using character graphics, to using ..
Diana Mitford
The Honourable Diana Mitford (The Honourable Lady Mosley) (17 June, 1910 – 11 August, 2003) was one of Britain's noted Mitford sisters. Known for her friendship with Adolf Hitler, her involvement with right-wing political causes resulted in three years' internment during the Second World War. ..
Diana Mocanu
Diana Iuliana Mocanu (born July 19, 1984 in Brăila) is a former Romanian swimmer. She won gold medals in the 100 meter backstroke and the 200 meter backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won in the 200 meter backstroke at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships. External link [FINA b..
Diana Monkey
The Diana Monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is often considered one of the most beautiful of the Old World monkeys. It is found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Ghana. Two geographical subspecies have recently been elevated to full species status; the Roloway Monkey (C. roloway) is found in Côte ..
Diana Moran
Diana Moran (born 1940 or 1941) is a British model, fitness expert and journalist. In the 1960s and 1970s, Moran was a successful print and catwalk model. She also appeared as a TV announcer and newsreader for HTV West. Her greatest fame was achieved between 1982 and 1985, when she hosted the po..
Diana Mordasini
Diana Mordasini is a writer and journalist born in Saint-Louis, Senegal. She studied classical literature at the Sorbonne and worked for a time in the fashion industry. She later became a columnist for a Milan based publishing house. She has lived in Switzerland for over 20 years. Bibliography Le..
Diana Morgan
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since May 2006. Diana Morgan (born Septembe..
Diana Muldaur
Diana Muldaur as Dr. Katherine Pulaski on Star Trek: The Next Generation Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938 in New York City) is an American television and film actress. She is probably best known for playing Rosalind Shays (the tough, sharp litigator who plummeted to her death down an emp..
Diana Neave, Baroness Airey of Abingdon
Diana Josceline Barbara Neave, Baroness Airey of Abingdon (7 July 1919–27 November 1992) was a British life peer. She was created Baroness Airey of Abingdon on August 6, 1979, a few months after her husband's murder, as she was the widow of Airey Neave (January 23, 1916 - March 30, 1979), a B..
Diana Nemorensis
Diana Nemorensis was a deity of classical antiquity, also known as “Diana of the Wood”. Her sanctuary was found on the northern shore of a lake beneath the cliffs of the modern city Nemi. This lake is also referred to as “Diana's Mirror” but known more widely as the lake of Ariccia. But the ..
Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad (born August 22, 1949 in New York City) is an American swimmer and world record holder (as of 2005). For ten years (from 1969 to 1979), Diana was the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the longest swim in history, making the 102.5 mile journey from the isla..
Diana of the Crossways
Diana of the Crossways is a novel by George Meredith which was published in 1885. It is an account of an intelligent and forceful woman trapped in a miserable marriage and was prompted by Meredith's friendship with Caroline Norton. The heroine Diana Warwick says: "we women are the verbs passive ..
Diana Ona Kerpauskienė
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] About the artist Dalia Kerpaukienė is a professional colourist, who makes textile gobelin tapestry since 1980. Her pieces of art are unique and original. A vide variety of colorful threads from flax, cotton and synthetics are used to create the works. The artis..
Diana Ossana
Diana Ossana is an American Academy Award-winning writer who has collaborated on writing screenplays, teleplays, and novels with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry since they first worked together in 1992, on the semi-fictionalized biography Pretty Boy Floyd. Ossana and McMurtry co-wrote ..
Diana Oughton
Diana Oughton (January 26, 1942 - March 6, 1970) was the daughter of Illinois State Senator James Oughton and a member of the 1960s group The Weathermen. Oughton was born in Chicago and received a B.A. degree from Bryn Mawr College. While a graduate student at the University of Michigan, she joined..
Diana Pang
Diana Pang or Pang Dan (Cantonese) is a Hong Kong dancer and actress, born on 10 November 1972 in HuNan. She was a member of Beijing Ballet Troupe for three years (1990). Her family moved to the USA in 1990, and she entered the Dance Faculty of Juliard School, New York City to study ballet. She won..
Diana Peacocke
Councillor Diana Peacocke is an elected UUP politician for the North Down area of Northern Ireland, sometimes referred to as the Gold Coast, and was a candidate in the Assembly Elections in 2003. Armed with an economics degree, she is involved in several businesses and contributes to a wide variety..
Diana Quick
Diana Quick (born 23 November 1946), English actress. Diana Quick was born in London, England. She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. While at Oxford, she was the first female president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. Quick is best known for her role as Julia in the television ..
Diana Rigg
Promotional photo of Diana Rigg as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Dame Diana Rigg, DBE (born 20 July 1938), born Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, is an English actress. Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 Private life4 Notes and references5 External links..
Diana Ross
This article is about the American musician. For the author, see Diana Ross (author) Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross [link] on March 26, 1944) is an American soul, R&B and pop singer and actress. Ross is one of the most successful female artists of her era, both due to her s..
Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations
Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations Covers album by Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations Released November 8 1968 Recorded 1968 Genre Pop/Soul Length N/A Label MotownMS 679 Producer Frank Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Al Clevland, Terry Johnson, Nickolas Ashford, and Deke R..
Diana Ross (1976 album)
Diana Ross is a 1976 album by Diana Ross for the Motown label, her second self-titled LP (the first was her 1970 debut album, later rereleased as Ain't No Mountain High Enough). The album was Ross' biggest-selling album since 1973's "Touch Me in the Morning", and the first of Ross' albums since h..
Diana Ross (album)
Diana Ross (later retitled Ain't No Mountain High Enough after the hit single of the same name became a #1 hit) was the debut solo album for Diana Ross. The album was the ultimate test to see if the former Supremes frontwoman could make it as a solo act. With the help of the songwriting-producing..
Diana Ross (author)
Diana Patience Beverly Ross (July 8, 1910 - May 4, 2000), relative of Robert Ross, was an English children's author and occasional and longtime resident of Shaw, near Melksham, in Wiltshire. A graduate of the Central School of Art in London, she also worked on sculpture and graphic arts and illustra..
Diana Ross Playground
The Diana Ross Playground is located in New York City's Central Park, near the corner of West 81st Street and Central Park West. Its namesake, Diana Ross, is a solo recording artist, actress, and former frontwoman of The Supremes. Ross, who gave a fabled 1983 free concert in the park, donated $275,0..
Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5
Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 was the debut album from Gary, Indiana-based soul family band The Jackson 5, released on the Motown label in December 1969. The Jackson 5's lead singer, a preteenage boy named Michael Jackson, and his older brothers Marlon, Jermaine, Tito, and Jackie, became pop su..
Diana Rowden
Diana Hope Rowden (January 31, 1915 - July 6, 1944) was an SOE member who was killed in a Nazi concentration camp. Born in England, she moved with her family to southern France when she was still a young girl. She attended schools in Saint-Remo and Cannes on the French Riviera, but her family soon ..
Diana Scarwid
Diana Scarwid (born August 27, 1955 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American film and television actress. Known for her character acting, Scarwid was active with the University of Georgia Theater Workshop, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the National Shakespeare Conservatory and the Film Actor's..
Diana Schaub
Dr. Diana Schaub is the chairwoman of the Department of Political Science at Loyola College in Maryland. Dr. Schaub received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She teaches and writes on a wide range of issues in political philosophy and American Political Thought. Publication Schaub, Diana..
Diana Serra Cary
Diana Serra Cary (born October 26, 1918 in Merced, California, as Peggy-Jean Montgomery), best known as Baby Peggy Montgomery, was one of the principal American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era. In her heyday between 1920 and 1923 she was even more famous than Jackie Coogan. Althou..
Diana Spencer (1710-1735)
For other people with this name, see Diana Spencer (disambiguation). Lady Diana Spencer (1710-1735) was a granddaughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. She was encouraged by her grandmother, Sarah, to hope for a royal alliance with the Prince of Wales, Frederick, which was prompted mor..
Diana Spencer (disambiguation)
Lady Diana Spencer is a name shared by several members of the Spencer family, an aristocratic English family, including: Lady Diana Spencer (1710-1735), the wife of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford.Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)...
Diana Starkova
Diana Starkova is an international supermodel who has worked in 30 countries worldwide. She cooperated with Versace Sport, Manolo Blanik, Kettler, Chopard, Armani, Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Beauty Palace Institute in Abu Dabi etc. Diana Starkova is a former Miss Bikini of the Universe and Miss Tourism..
Diana Swain
frame Diana Swain is a television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She is currently the host of CBC News At Six, CBC Toronto's local nightly newscast. Swain has been the local host of CBC News in Toronto since September, 2004. In addition, she is a correspondent for The Na..
Diana Taurasi
Diana Taurasi Diana Lurena Taurasi (born June 11, 1982 in Chino, California) is a professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Contents 1 College years2 WNBA career3 International career4 Personal ..
Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor (born 1955) is the New York State Superintendent of Banks. She is perhaps best known for being the companion to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 FDIC Chairmanship4 Personal life5 See also Early life Taylor was born in Gre..
Diana van der Plaats
Adriana ("Diana") van der Plaats (born August 12, 1971 in Utrecht) is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the silver medal with the Dutch 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team, behind East ..
Diana Villiers Negroponte
Diana Villiers Negroponte is the spouse of John Negroponte, the current United States ambassador to Iraq. She was born in 1947 as Diana Villiers, and is the daughter of Charles Villiers who would later become chairman of British Steel. As a niece of British Ambassador Peter Wilkinson, she visited..
Diana Vishneva
Diana Vishneva (b. 1976) is a principal ballerina at the Kirov Ballet. She was born in St. Petersburg and was trained at the Vaganova Choreographic Institute and upon her graduation in 1995 joined the Mariinsky Theatre's Kirov Ballet. She was promoted to Principal Dancer in 1996. Vishneva's classi..
Diana Voorhees
Diana Voorhees, her name being changed to Diana Kimble, is a waitress and sister to Jason Voorhees, as seen in Jason Goes to Hell. It is not known who her mother is. This is because in Friday the 13th, Pamela Voorhees is quoted as saying, "Jason, my only son." In the end of the film, she uses a m..
Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland (July 29, 1906 in Paris, France – August 22, 1989) was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion. She was born Diana Dalziel, the eldest daughter of a British father, Frederick Young Dalziel and an American mother, Emily Key Hoffman, a socialite who was a descendant ..
Diana Wallis
Diana Paulette Wallis (born 28 June 1954 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a Member of the European Parliament for the Liberal Democrats for Yorkshire and the Humber since 1999. In 2006 she was re-elected as leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament following the resignation of Chris Da..
Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe
Diana Mary Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (born 16 July, 1945) is a Labour member of the House of Lords. She was made a Life Peer in 1999. She was General secretary of the Association of University Teachers from 1983 to 1992 and Chief Executive of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy ..
Diana Weavers
Diana Elizabeth Weavers (born May 4, 1975 in Darfield, New Zealand) is a field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed with The Black Sticks at the 1998 and the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and at the 2004 Summe..
Diana Whalen
Diana Whalen is a politician in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She graduated from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA). In 1990 Whalen moved back to Halifax after living abroad for much of the 1980s. In 1995 she was ..
Diana Williams
WABC-TV's Diana Williams on WPVI-TV's Action News joint coverage of a New Jersey Governor debate in 2005. Diana Williams (b. 1958) is an American local television news anchor. She currently works at WABC-TV in New York City, where she co-anchors the 5 p.m. Eyewitness News broadcast with Sade B..
Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones (born London August 16, 1934) is a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction. One of her most well-known series is her Chrestomanci series, which concerns a few nine-lived enchanters in a series of connected worl..
Diana Wynyard
Diana Wynyard (January 16, 1906 – May 13, 1964) was a British actress. Born Dorothy Isobel Cox in London, England, she was a successful British stage actress of some elegance and beauty. In her day she was reckoned the equal in the theatre of more famous names such as Peggy Ashcroft and Cel..
Diana Žiliūtė
Diana Žiliūtė Diana Žiliūtė (born May 28, 1976) is a Lithuanian cyclist who dominated the sport in the late 1990s, and continues to be a formidable force in road cycling to this day. She made her debut in the women's pro cycling ranks in the mid 1990s after winning the 1994 World Ju..
Diana Zubiri
Rosemarie Joy García (born April 15, 1985), stage name Diana Zubiri, is an actress from the Philippines. Contents 1 Personal background2 Acting career2.1 Filmography2.2 Television shows3 Trivia4 External links Personal background She was born in Bulacan and grew..
Dianchungosaurus
Dianchungosaurus lufengensis is an extinct genus of crocodylian. Previously it was considered a dinosaur; but in 2005 it was reclassified as a mesoeucrocodylian by Barret and Xu. It is probably the same animal as Tianchungosaurus. References http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a80ebb.htmhttp://dinosaur..
Diandra
Diandra is an author who claims to channel Jesus in her book A New Day Is Dawning. She also claims to channel an entity called Salem, the Archangel Michael, and preaches various beliefs, many of them new age, including reincarnation, chakras, meditation, Atlantis and individual divinity. [Inwar..
Diandra Asbaty
Diandra Hyman Asbaty (born August 2, 1980 in Oak Lawn, Illinois) is an amateur bowler currently representing Team USA and is the current United States Amateur Champion Contents 1 Accomplishments1.1 International1.2 National1.3 State/Local2 External links Accomplishments ..
Diane
Diane can be: Diane-35, a contraceptive pill.Diane (Penthouse Pet), Pet of the Month March 1996 aka Sunset Thomas This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point d..
Diane-Louise Jordan
Diane-Louise Jordan (born 28 June 1960) is a British television presenter. She was the first black presenter on the long-running children's television programme Blue Peter, which she hosted from 25 January 1990 until 26 February 1996, making her its third longest-serving female presenter (after Vale..
Dianella
Dianella may refer to: Dianella, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth.Dianella (genus), a genus of flowering plants. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to poin..
Dianella, Western Australia
Dianella is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling and the Federal Parliamentary electorate of Stirling. Dianella was named after the botanical title of a small blue lily, Dianella revoluta, which is a narrow-leafed plant which was plentiful in the ..
Dianetics
This article forms part of a series onScientology Dianetics Engram · [[Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health|Dianetics: MSMH]] · Clear Scientology Doctrine Thetan · Supernatural abilities Space opera · Xenu · Human evolution Past lives · Medical claims · Altered texts P..
Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science
1972 cover of Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science by L. Ron Hubbard is the original article published in Astounding Science Fiction (May 1950) that introduced Dianetics. In 1955, the article was expanded into a book of the same name (Bridge Publications..
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
This article forms part of a series onScientology Dianetics Engram · [[Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health|Dianetics: MSMH]] · Clear Scientology Doctrine Thetan · Supernatural abilities Space opera · Xenu · Human evolution Past lives · Medical claims · Altered texts P..
Dianetics Today
This article forms part of a series onScientology Dianetics Engram · [[Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health|Dianetics: MSMH]] · Clear Scientology Doctrine Thetan · Supernatural abilities Space opera · Xenu · Human evolution Past lives · Medical claims · Altered texts P..
Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott Diane Abbott speaking at a rally at the London ESF Constituency Hackney North and Stoke Newington Served 1987 — present Majority 7,427 (25.3%) Political Party Labour Diane Julie Abbott (born September 27, 1953 in Paddington, London) is a British Labour Member of ..
Diane Ablonczy
Diane Ablonczy Riding Calgary—Nose Hill Political party: Conservative First elected: 1993 election Profession(s): Farmer, lawyer, teacher Diane Ablonczy (Pronounced A-Blonc-Zee) (born May 6, 1949) is a conservative Canadian politician. She was born in Peoria, Illinois, United S..
Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman (born October 7 1956) is an American author, poet, and naturalist known best for her work A Natural History of the Senses. Her writing style, referring to her best-selling natural history books, can best be described as a blend of poetry, colloquial history, and easy-reading science. ..
Diane Arbus
Identical Twins (1967), on the cover of Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph. Diane Arbus (born Diane Nemerov) (March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society. (Her first name was pronounced "Dee-ann.") Contents 1&..
Diane Arkenstone
Diane Arkenstone is a composer and musician, David Arkenstone's wife. Their music is often classified as New Age music. ..
Diane B. Allen
Diane B. Allen is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1995, where she represents the 7th Legislative District. She served as the Deputy Republican Conference Leader from 2002-2003 and as the Majority Whip from 1998-2001. She was a membe..
Diane B. Snelling
Diane B. Snelling (March 18, 1952 – ) -- Republican member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Chittenden senate district. Diane Snelling was first appointed to the Vermont State Senate in January 2002 to serve the remainder of her mother, Barbara Snelling's term in office, after he..
Diane Baker
Diane Baker (born February 25, 1938 in Hollywood, California) is an American actress. This raven-haired lady has appeared in movies and TV shows since the late 1950s. She is currently the Director of Acting at the School of Motion Pictures and Television at Academy of Art University in San Francis..
Diane Beall Templin
Diane Beall Templin (born May 23, 1947, Buffalo, New York) was a third-party candidate for President of the United States in both the 1996 election and the 2004 election. In 1996 her running mate was Gary Van Horn; that year she was on the ballot in Utah representing the Independent American Party ..
Diane Beamer
The Hon. Diane BEAMER, MP is the member for Mulgoa in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. She is the Minister for Western Sydney, Minister for fair trading; and Minister assisting the minister for commerce. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Diane Beamer is married to David Humphr..
Diane Bish
The Kansas born organist and composer Diane Bish is an internationally known artist. She is well known for her innovative television series The Joy of Music. She has recorded some 400 television episodes in her series The Joy of Music on many of the world's most significant organs. In addition, ..
Diane Black
Diane Black (born January 16, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Tennessee politician and a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 18th district, which encompasses Robertson County and part of Sumner County, Tennessee. Before becoming a state senator in the 104th General Assembly as a member of t..
Diane Borchardt
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Diane Borchardt was a former teacher of Jefferson High School in Wisconsin. She was convicted of hiring three o..
Diane Boulting-Casserley Vandelli
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Diane Bourgeois
Diane Bourgeois (born November 14, 1949 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. She is a Bloc Québécois Member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding Terrebonne—Blainville since 2000. She is currently the Bloc critic of International Cooperation, and is a former criti..
Diane Bracalente
Diana Renee Bracalente (born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who finished in eighth position with Team USA in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Bracalente twice earned All-America honors. During her four years at the Old Dominion University as a..
Diane Brewster
Diane Brewster (born 11 March 1931 in Kansas City, Missouri; died 12 November 1991) was an American television actress most noted for her role as Samantha Crawford in the 1957 television series Maverick, a sophisticated western featuring James Garner and Jack Kelly. Brewster's character was a gorge..
Diane Burroughs
Diane Burroughs is a writer and producer of sitcoms for American television. Her writing credits include Married...with Children, Murphy Brown, Martin, The Drew Carey Show, Yes, Dear and Still Standing. She was a co-executive producer of Yes, Dear, and then became executive producer of Still Stand..
Diane Butcher
Diane Butcher was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. She was played by Sophie Lawrence. She arrived in Albert Square in 1988 as the daughter of second-hand car salesman, Frank Butcher and sister to Ricky Butcher. When her father married Pat Wicks and took over as landl..
Diane Carey
Diane Carey is an author of science fiction novels, most notably those of the Star Trek franchise. She is the co-creator, with John J. Ordover, of the spinoff series, [[Star Trek: New Earth]], and its continuation series, [[Star Trek: Challenger]]. Among her other Star Trek novels are the or..
Diane Carlson Evans
Diane Carlson Evans born in 1947 served as a nurse in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and initiated the drive to add the Vietnam Women's Memorial to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. She worked from 1984 through 1993 to gain the Vietnam Women's Memorial. During those n..
Diane Cary
Actor Diane Cary has been featured in several TV shows. This includes a recurring role on the short-lived Misfits of Science, where she was credited as Diane Civita. She also starred in V: the original miniseries and V: the final battle in the 80's as Harmony, a human who fell in love for the visit..
Diane Catotti
Diane Catotti is a member of the town council of Durham, North Carolina. A health policy analyst and alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Catotti was first elected to the Durham City Council in 2003 as an at-large representative. ..
Diane Chambers
Cheers character Diane in a beauty contest in Cheers Diane Chambers Gender Female Hair color Blond Eye color Blue Role in Cheers Waitress Portrayed by Shelley Long Diane Chambers was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Shelley Long (1982–1987, 1993..
Diane Cilento
--> Diane Cilento (born October 5, 1933 in Brisbane, Australia), is a theater and film actress. Her parents, Sir Raphael Cilento and Phyllis, Lady Cilento, were both highly respected medical practitioners. At a young age she decided to follow a career as an actress, and moved to the United Kingd..
Diane Cluck
Diane Cluck is a New York-based singer-songwriter affiliated with the Anti-folk scene centred around open mic nights at the Sidewalk Cafe. She has recorded five albums since 2001. Her music is more sophisticated than many artists' of the genre, played using acoustic guitar, piano, organ, harmonium,..
Diane Craig
Diane Craig (born 9 June, 1949) is an actress born in County Down, Northern Ireland but who is best known for her performances on Australian television. As well playing two roles in the cult series Prisoner - Jacki Nolan in 1980 and Anita Selby in 1985 - she has also made appearances in Division..
Diane Darcy
Diane Darcy is a character in the 1977 Disney film Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. She was played by actress Julie Sommars. In the film, Diane is an attractive, red-haired race car driver who is among the contestants in the inaugural Trans-France Race, which starts in Paris, France, and ends in Monte Ca..
Diane Deans
Diane Deans is a member of Ottawa City Council, representing Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate in the city's south-east. A graduate of the University of Guelph she was active in the Canadian Federation of Students. Deans was first elected to Ottawa city council in 1994. When Ottawa and its surrounding ..
Diane Delano
Diane Delano (born on 29 January 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American character actor. Selected filmography The Wicker Man (2006)The Ladykillers (2004)Jeepers Creepers II (2003)A Painted House (2003) (TV)A Mighty Wind (2003)100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999) (TV series)Popular (1999)..
Diane Denish
Diane Denish is the Lieutenant Governor to Bill Richardson(D) of New Mexico. Diane is married to Herb Denish, is the mother of three grown children and has one granddaughter. She is running for reelection in 2006. ..
Diane de Foix
Charlotte Diane de Foix-Candale (after 1540 - May 24, 1587) became the Comtesse of Gurson (in France) after her marriage in 1579 with Louis de Foix, who fell in the Battle of Montraveau on July 29, 1587. Michel de Montaigne dedicated the second of his Essais (on the Education of Children) to her. L..
Diane de France
Diane de France (1538 – January 11, 1619) was the natural (illegitimate) daughter of Henry II, King of France, and Filippa Duci, a Piedmontese. Some sources claim that she was the daughter of Diane de Poitiers. Diane was born in Paris during 1538 and was formally legitimised in 1547. She w..
Diane de Poitiers
Diane de Poitiers (September 3, 1499 - April 25, 1566) was a fixture and courtesan at the courts of several French kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King Henri II. Early life and marriage She was born the daughter of Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier in the château de Saint..
Diane DiFrancesco
Diane DiFrancesco is the former First Lady of New Jersey and the wife of former New Jersey Gov. Donald DiFrancesco. Mrs. DiFrancesco became First Lady in 2001 when her husband succeeded former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman as governor. Governor Whitman resigned to become EPA Administrator in the Cab..
Diane DiMassa
Diane DiMassa (born 1959) is an American feminist author and cartoonist. Her works include graphic novels and comics featuring the character Hothead Paisan, a self-described "homicidal lesbian terrorist... with scary hair and a fetish for guns, grenades, mallets and sharp objects", initially publish..
Diane Dimond
Diane Dimond is former reporter for Court TV and a longtime television journalist, reporter and hostess. Ms. Diamond was a correspondent for both Hard Copy and Extra before moving to CNBC in 1998 to co-host the news-related program Upfront Tonight with Geraldo Rivera. Following its cancellation in..
Diane DiPiazza
Diane DiPiazza was the original bass player for the Misfits. Her name is often incorrectly spelled as Diane DiPiaza. Growing up in Lodi, New Jersey, she was a good friend of Glenn Danzig, the founder of the Misfits. The original lineup consisted of Glenn on electric piano Diane on bass guitar, and ..
Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima (born August 6, 1934) is an American poet who was one of the most active of women poets associated with the Beats. Contents 1 Life2 Career3 Bibliography4 Notes5 External links Life Diane di Prima was born in Brooklyn and educated at Swarthmore College. He..
Diane Drufenbrock
Sister Diane Drufenbrock is a Franciscan nun and Christian socialist. She was the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party USA in the United States presidential election, 1980. That campaign resulted in the Party's recognition by the Federal Elections Commission as a national political pa..
Diane Duane
Diane Duane (b. May 18, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her works include the Young Wizards children's series. Contents 1 Biography2 Bibliography2.1 ..
Diane Dufresne
Diane Dufresne (born 30 September 1944 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a singer and painter, and has sung a number of classics of Quebec repertoire of popular songs. Dufresne lived in Paris from 1965 to 1967 where she studied voice with Jean Lumière and dramatic art with Françoise Rosay. While th..
Diane Edelijn
Diane Hendrina Edelijn (born June 12, 1960 in Hoogvliet, Zuid-Holland) is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There she finished in eighth position in the 100m Backstroke, while she was eliminated in t..
Diane English
Diane English (born 1948 in Buffalo, New York) is a U.S. television producer and writer. She is the creator of the television series Murphy Brown. She was also a writer and producer for the television series My Sister Sam. She graduated from Buffalo State College in 1970. Controversy In 1992, Eng..
Diane F. Halpern
Diane F. Halpern is an American psychologist and past-president of the American Psychological Association (APA). Halpern received her B.A. from University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. from Temple University. She then received an M.A., from University of Cincinnati, followed by a Ph.D. from that ins..
Diane Fahey
Diane Fahey (1945-) is an Australian poet. She was born in Melbourne, Australia and currently lives in the Barwon Heads area, near Geelong. A winner of the 1985 Mattara Poetry Prize and many other awards, Fahey has been widely published in Australian and internationally and received writing grants ..
Diane Farr
Diane Farr as Jan Fendrich in The Job Diane Farr (born September 7, 1973 in New York, New York) is an American actress. She started out as a model at the age of 12. She is a former Miss New York. She studied drama at New York's Stony Brook University and Loughborough University in England and..
Diane Finley
Hon. Diane Finley Diane Finley PC (born October 3, 1958 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. She serves as Minister of Human Resources and Social Development in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the rid..
Diane Fisher
Rev. Elder Diane Fisher serves as an elder (something broadly like a bishop) of the Metropolitan Community Church. She serves Region 5, which covers eastern Canada, the northeastern United States and much of central and eastern Europe. Fisher is based in Massachusetts, although she is a Canadian ci..
Diane Flacks
Diane Flacks is a Canadian comedic actress, screenwriter and playwright. She has co-written and starred in numerous television series, including The Broad Side, P.R., Behind the Scenes and Listen Missy. She has also written for The Kids in the Hall, and acted in Walter Ego. Her plays have included ..
Diane Francis
Diane Francis (born 7 November 1946) is a Canadian journalist and author. Author, Diane Francis American-born Diane Francis is the editor-at-large for the National Post newspaper, best known for her outspoken conservative political and economic views. In 1991 she was appointed editor of the F..
Diane Franklin
Diane Franklin (born February 11, 1963 in Plainview, New York, United States) is an American actress. Her first film role was in the 1982 film The Last American Virgin as Karen. Diane Franklin's other well known roles in movies are in the 1982 horror film [[Amityville II: The Possession]] as Patrici..
Diane Gilman
Diane Gilman (1945—1998), played a key role in the initial development and coordination of the Global Ecovillage Network, a support network for model communities to show how to live more sustainably on the planet, in urban, rural, developed and less developed situations. In 1991, she and her ..
Diane Glancy
Diane Glancy is a Cherokee poet, author and playwright. Contents 1 Online writings2 Novels and prose works3 Poetry collections4 Plays5 Non-fiction6 External Links Online writings [A Trellis in the Snow (poem)] Novels and prose works Stone Heart: A Novel o..
Diane Gordon
Diane Gordon is a New York state assemblywoman who has represented the East New York section of Brooklyn since 2001. On July 10, 2006, Gordon was indicted by the office of the Brooklyn District Attorney, who filed charges alleging that the assemblywoman offered to help a contractor obtain a $2 milli..
Diane Gutterud
Diane Gutterud is a producer. What she produced Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998) (production coordinator) ... aka Mafia! (USA: short title) Goodbye Lover (1998) (production coordinator) [[Killer: A Journal of Murder]] (1996) (production coordinator) ... aka The Killer Twister (1996) (producti..
Diane Harkey
Diane Harkey was a Republican candidate for California's 35th State Senate district. Then-Assemblyman Tom Harman defeated Harkey for the Republican nomination by 236 votes and went on to win the general election by 44,000 votes. She is currently a Dana Point City Councilwoman and Director of the Sa..
Diane Heery
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Diane Henry
Diane Henry (born March 1, 1982, Euless, Texas) is an American model most known for coming in third on Big Brother 5, a reality TV show broadcast by CBS in 2004. Henry has also appeared with her twin sister Lindsey Henry in Maxim magazine. At the time of the show, CBS described her as a 22-year ..
Diane Hernández
Diane Hernández is an American Plus-size model. She was born in Orlando, Florida, and was a contestant on the fifth season of UPN's show America's Next Top Model. She was the only plus-size model on this season and impressed the judges with her personality as well as her figure. Hernández perfor..
Diane Hoh
Diane Hoh is an American author of young adult horror. She grew up in Warren, Pennsylvania but currently resides in Austin, Texas. Contents 1 List of works1.1 ''Nightmare Hall'' series1.2 Novels2 Quotes3 External links List of works Nightmare Hall series The Wish (1..
Diane Holmes
Diane Holmes is an Ottawa City Councillor who represents Somerset ward consisting of Centretown and the downtown core. She was born and brought up in Montreal and attended McGill University where she obtained a degree in Physical Education. She taught at McGill and the University of Toronto before m..
Diane Hunter
Diane Hunter was the pseudonym for Gale Rita Morris (born July 14, 1937 in Tacoma, Washington), who is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1954 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bruno Bernard. Hunter had an extensive career as a pin-up model..
Diane Huxley
Diane Huxley is a fictional character played by actress Connie Britton on the television show 24. Day 5 Jack Bauer watches television reports of David Palmer’s assassination from his small apartment in the desert. He tears up at the news. When someone knocks at the door, Jack trains his gun. H..
Diane Johnson
Diane Johnson (born April 28, 1934) is an American born novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often contain American heroines living abroad in contemporary France. Born in Moline, Illinois, Johnson's recent books include L'Affaire (2004), Le Mariage (2000), and Le Divorce (1997) for which sh..
Diane Johnston
Diane Johnston is a politician and political activist in Canada. She has campaigned for office at the federal and provincial levels in Ontario and Quebec, as a candidate of the Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist. In the 1995 Ontario provincial election, she was recognized as the leader of ..
Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton (born January 5 1946) is an American film actress, director, and producer. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co..
Diane Keen
Born on July 29 1946, Diane Keen was a regular on TV screens during the 1970's and early 1980s, starring in sitcoms such as The Cuckoo Waltz, Rings on Their Fingers, Foxy Lady, You Must Be The Husband, and The Sandbaggers. She also appeared in the spin off film to The Sweeney, and as Empress Eliza..
Diane Klimaszewski
Diane & Elaine Klimaszewski Diane Klimaszewski is a model and is one half of the Coors Light Twins with sister Elaine. She is also an actress and was briefly a member of WCW's Nitro Girls. Career Diane Klimaszewski started acting in 1991 in Problem Child 2. She also has a modeling career that ..
Diane Kroupa
Diane L. Kroupa (born South Dakota, 1955) is a judge of the United States Tax Court. Kroupa received a B.S.F.S. from the Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service in 1978, followed in 1981 by a J.D. from the University of South Dakota Law School. Prior to appointment to the Tax Court,..
Diane Kruger
Kruger as Helen in Troy. Diane Kruger (born Diane Heidkrüger on July 15, 1976), sometimes known as Diane Heidkrueger, is a German actress and former fashion model. Kruger was born in Hildesheim, Germany, and she started her career as a dancer in London when she was still young, but after an ..
Diane Kunz
Dr. Diane Bernstein Kunz (November 9, 1952 – present) is an author, historian, lawyer, and Executive Director of the Center for Adoption Policy Studies. Dr. Kunz holds a Ph.D. and has worked as a corporate lawyer and as a professor of diplomatic history at Columbia and Yale Universities. She..
Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd (born November 29, 1932 in Meridian, Mississippi) is an American television and film actress. She was born Rose Diane Lanier and raised Catholic. She is a distant relation of the late great playwright Tennessee Williams. She had a supporting role in Roman Polański's 1974 film Chinatown,..
Diane Lane
Diane Lane Diane Lane (born January 22 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Career1.3 Personal life2 Filmography3 External links Biography Early life Lane was born in New York City, New York. The daughter ..
Diane LaVey
Sorceress Diane (Hegarty) LaVey was born in 1942. Anton LaVey divorced his first wife Carole after falling in love with Diane. Diane was co-founder with Anton LaVey of the Church of Satan, and served as High Priestess for almost 2 decades. They lived as man and wife for well over 2 decades. Anton wa..
Diane Levin
Diane Levin is an American author, educator, and advocate known for her work in media literacy and media affects on children. Levin is a professor of education at Wheelock College in Boston. She teaches courses on children's play, violence prevention and media literacy. Together with her colleagues..
Diane Linkletter
Diane Linkletter (October 31, 1948 - October 4, 1969) was the daughter and youngest child of popular American radio and television personality Art Linkletter. Not widely known to the public before she died in 1969, 20-year-old Diane Linkletter jumped out of a window of her high-rise apartment to he..
Diane Linn
Diane Linn is County Chair of Multnomah County in Oregon, USA. Her current four year term as Chair of the five member Multnomah County Board of Commissioners began in January 2003. When she ran for reelection in 2006, she was defeated in the primary election by Ted Wheeler. Under her watch and dire..
Diane Lloyd
Diane Lloyd (born: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) is a businesswoman and Liberal politician in Ontario. She is the Liberal's candidate in the riding of Peterborough in the Canadian federal election, 2006. A realtor, she was educated at the University of Waterloo. In the past, she worked for Westclo..
Diane Marleau
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Diane Martel
Diane Martel is a music-video director. Music video filmography Mariah Carey in a scene from the music video for "The Roof (Back in Time)" (1998). Year Single Artist 1993 "Dreamlover" Mariah Carey 1994 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 1994 "Miss You Most (at Christmas Time)"..
Diane McGifford
Diane McGifford (born March 26, 1945) is a Manitoba politician, and a current member of Premier Gary Doer's cabinet. McGifford was born in Manchester, England, and moved to Manitoba at a young age. She was educated at the University of Manitoba, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970, a Maste..
Diane McWhorter
Diane McWhorter is an American author and commentator who has written a number of books related to civil rights and the history of civil rights. She is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and now lives in New York City. She frequently writes op-ed pieces, including regularly for USA Today. She won a..
Diane Mela
Diane Mela Diane Mela is an American film actress whose latest movie is The Birthday Present, produced at Dedham Digital Studios. She has also regularly appeared in Sideshow Cinema productions by director and filmmaker Michael Legge, notably Democrazy and Honey Glaze. Mela also plays the chara..
Diane Middlebrook
Diane (Wood) Middlebrook (born 1939) is an American biographer, poet and teacher. She is best known for critically acclaimed biographies of poets Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath (along with Plath's husband Ted Hughes) and jazz musician Billy Tipton. Her current project is a biography of the Roman..
Diane Mizota
Diane Mizota is a Japanese American dancer, actress, and host. Mizota was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Danville, California. Her ethnic background is Japanese. Diane studied dance in high school and in UCLA and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Communication Studies. Mi..
Diane Modahl
Diane Modahl (born June 17, 1966) is a British former middle distance runner. Originally from Manchester, England, she was the Women's 800 metres champion in the Commonwealth Games of 1990. In 1994, her career was effectively ended when she was accused of taking the performance-enhancing drug, test..
Diane Mott Davidson
Diane Mott Davidson is an American author of mystery novels that revolve around food, with several recipes included in each book. Mott Davidson studied political science at Wellesley College and lived across the hall from Hilary Clinton. In a few of her novels (particularly, "The Cereal Murders"),..
Diane Moyer
Bronze medal 1984Los Angeles Field Hockey Women's Team Competition Diane Marie Moyer, Ph.D. (born July 29, 1958) was a player for the United States women's field hockey team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She is currently an Associate..
Diane Nash
Diane Judith Nash (born May 15, 1938 in Chicago) was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a key force in the American civil rights movement. Nash was raised in a middle-class African-American Catholic family in Chicago. She attended public and Catholic schools, and..
Diane Neal
--> Diane Neal as Casey Novak Diane Neal (born November 17, 1975 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American actress widely known for her role as ADA Casey Novak on [[Law and Order: Special Victims Unit]]. She also appeared in the Season Three episode "[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season..
Diane Nyland
Diane Nyland Proctor is a Canadian actress, director and choreographer. She is best known for portraying the title role in the 1971-72 CTV television series The Trouble With Tracy. Contents 1 Awards and recognition2 Career2.1 Television2.2 Theatre Awards and recognition 1986 ..
Diane Pamela Wood
Diane Pamela Wood (born in 1950 in Plainfield, NJ) is a federal appeals judge who has served on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals since 1995. She was once married to Dennis J. Hutchinson, a professor at the University of Chicago law school. Education and Legal Training Wood earned her B.A. from..
Diane Parish
Diane Parish, born 1969 in London, is an English actress who has starred in many television roles including The Bill and its spin-off [[M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team]], playing DC Eva Sharpe, and Babyfather. She had a role in EastEnders in 1998, playing Lola Christie. She returned to the show in..
Diane Poppos
Diane Poppos (born 2nd of August, 1969) is a very famous big breasted hardcore model with a bra size of 34H and breasts weighing 7 pounds each. Her stats are 47-27-36 and she is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs approximately 132 lbs. She comes from the USA and currently lives in Dallas, Texas. She b..
Diane Pozefsky
Doctor Diane P. Pozefsky received the Sc.B. Degree in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1972 and her Ph.D. from the Department of [Computer Science] at UNC in 1979 under the tutelage of Doctor Fred Brooks. She joined IBM Corporation, Raleigh, NC, in 1979 as a member of the Commu..
Diane Pretty
Diane Pretty (November 15, 1958 - May 11, 2002) was a British woman from Luton, Bedfordshire, who became the focus of a debate about assisted dying in Britain during the early part of the 21st Century. Diane Pretty was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, and when this disease became advanced suc..
Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch is a historian of education, an educational policy analyst, and former United States Assistant Secretary of Education who is now a Research Professor at NYU's Steinhardt School of Education. She was born in 1938 in Houston, Texas, where she went to public schools. She is a graduate of..
Diane Rehm
Diane Rehm (born 1936 in Washington, D.C.) is an American public radio talk show host. Her program, The Diane Rehm Show is distributed nationally and internationally by National Public Radio. It is produced at WAMU, which is licensed to American University in Washington, D.C. It is also available o..
Diane Roy
Diane Roy (born January 9, 1971 in Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec) is a Canadian wheelchair athlete. Her best two finishes at the 2002 world championships were both 8th place finishes, in the 400 m and in the marathon. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she finished fourth in the Women's 800m wheelchair..
Diane S. Sykes
Diane S. Sykes Diane Schwerm Sykes (born December 23, 1957 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She received a B.S. degree at Northwestern University in 1980, and a J.D. at Marquette University Law School in 1984. After la..
Diane Savino
Diane Savino is a democratic politician from New York city. She currently represents the 23rd Senate District [link] in the State senate, ie northen Staen Island and parts of South Brooklyn. Election results for Stat senate in 2004 Diane J. Savino : 39,833 votesAl Curtis : 23,361 vote..
Diane Sawyer
Diane Sawyer Lila Diana Sawyer (born December 22, 1945) is a television journalist for the U.S. network ABC News and co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America with Robin Roberts. She is best known as Diane Sawyer. Sawyer was born and raised in Glasgow, Kentucky, and received her English degree a..
Diane Schoemperlen
Diane Mavis Schoemperlen (born July 9, 1954) is a Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer. She was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and educated at Lakehead University. Her first novel, In the Language of Love (1994), is composed of one hundred chapters, each one based on one of the one hundred..
Diane Shalet
Diane Shalet (1934 - February 23, 2006 Palm Springs, California) was an American Broadway and television character actress. She was perhaps best known for her recurring role as Ms. Hawkins in the drama Matlock. Diane Shalet was married to fellow actor Michael Strong, and was the founder of Manha..
Diane St-Jacques
Diane St-Jacques (born May 16, 1953 in Granby, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. Formerly promotional coordinator for Agropur in Granby, and advertising consultant for a radio station in Sherbrooke, involved in the community in a variety of volunteer roles, and involved in politics since 1979, St-J..
Diane Stein
Diane Stein (b. 1948) - is a wiccan, Reiki practitioner, and author of more than 20 books on alternative healing, natural remedies, women's spirituality, and feminist metaphysics. Bibliography Essential Reiki: A Complete Guide to an Ancient Healing ArtThe Women's Book of Healing: Auras, Chakras, L..
Diane Stillwell
Diane Stillwell is an American voice actress who does work in Pokémon. External link ..
Diane Sugden
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Emmerdale character Diane Sugden Played by Elizabeth Estensen Duration 1999- Date of Birth 21..
Diane Suzuki
Diane Suzuki was a nineteen-year old dancer and student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa who disappeared on July 6, 1985, and has since been the focus of one of the most notorious modern criminal investigations in the history of the state of Hawaii. The Diane Suzuki investigation was the instan..
Diane Tell
Diane Tell (born Diane Fortin in Quebec City on 24 December 1957) is a francophone singer-songwriter from Canada. She grew up in Val-d'Or before moving to Montreal with her family in 1969. She was part of the original 1990 production of the rock opera La Légende de Jimmy by Michel Berger and Luc P..
Diane Thorne
Diane Thorne is the provincial representative of Coquitlam-Maillardville in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. She was elected in 2005. She is a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. ..
Diane Varsi
Diane Marie Varsi (February 23, 1938 - November 19, 1992) was an American film and television actor. Born in San Mateo, California, Varsi made her screen debut in Peyton Place (1957), and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. The same year, she ..
Diane Venora
Diane Venora (born August 10, 1952) is an American stage, television, and film actress. Venora was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, which she left for a scholarship at Juilliard School. After graduation, she performed extensively on the stage and developed a reputation as a talented actress part..
Diane von Fürstenberg
Diane von Fürstenberg is a fashion designer, businesswoman, and New York City socialite. Born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin on December 31, 1945 in Brussels, Belgium into an upper-middle class, highly assimilated Jewish household, to a Russian-born father, Leon Halfin, who spent the war in Switze..
Diane Wade
Diane Wade is the midday personality on WSEN, a radio station serving Syracuse, New York. Her show broadcasts from 10am-3pm Monday through Saturday. During the noon hour Monday through Friday, Diane hosts the "Drive-Thru Cafe", where she takes listeners' requests and offers a chance to win lunch fo..
Diane Wakoski
Diane Wakoski (born 1937) is an American poet who is associated with the "deep image" poets and the Beats. Wakoski was born in Whittier, California and studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where she participated in Thom Gunn's poetry workshops. Her early work was part of the "deep i..
Diane Warren
Not to be confused with Dianne Warren. Diane Warren (born September 7, 1956 in Van Nuys, California) is an American pop music songwriter. As of 2006, her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations, and seven Grammy Award nominations. She is one of the most su..
Diane Watson
Diane Edith Watson (born November 12 1933), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the 33rd District of California ([map]). Her district is located entirely in Los Angeles County and includes some wealthy ne..
Diane Webber
Diane Marguerite Empey (born 27 June 1932 in Los Angeles, California) is an American model and actress. She is the daughter of screen writer Arthur Guy Empey. Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956, the latter of which..
Diane Whipple
Diane Alexis Whipple (January 21, 1968 – January 26, 2001) was a lacrosse player and coach, who is best known as the fatal victim of a dog attack in San Francisco in January, 2001. The dogs involved were two Presa Canarios owned by neighbors living in the same apartment building. Contents 1&nbs..
Diane Wittlesey
Officer Diane Whittlesey is a fictional character played by Edie Falco on the television program Oz. She is a divorced woman who suffered spousal abuse, poverty, drug abuse and alcoholism and through all of that she gained a pretty good understanding of criminal life. She is a correctional officer ..
Diane Youdale
Diane Youdale Mayhew (born February 13, 1970 in Billingham, England) is a British television personality, who was known as Diane Youdale during her public career. She is best known for her role as "Jet" on the television series Gladiators, a game show where players competed in athletic contests agai..
Dianic
The term Dianic is derived from the Greek goddess of hunting, Diana. It refers to those Neopagan religious traditions that place emphasis on the feminine divine. Historically, there have been three main branches of Dianic Neopaganism: Dianic Wicca, a feminist lineage tradition of Wicca started by..
Dianic tradition
Dianic tradition refers to the beliefs, practices, practitioners and history of feminist, earth-religion, neo-pagan Goddess worshippers. It is synonymous with the Neopagan religious traditions that place emphasis on the feminine divine. The term Dianic is derived from the Greek goddess of hunting, D..
Dianic Wicca
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Dianic Wicca is also known as Feminist Witchcraft and Feminist Wicca. Contents 1 Beliefs and practices2&..
Dianin's compound
Dianin's compound is 4-p-hydroxyphenyl-2,2,4-trimethylchroman and invented by A.P. Dianin in 1914 [#endnote_1]. This compound is a condensation isomer of bisphenol A and acetone and of special importance in host-guest chemistry because it can form a large variety of clathrates with suitab..
Diani Beach
Diani Beach is a major beach resort, lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya, south of Mombasa. It is located along a beautiful white-sanded beach which is about 25 km long and it merges with the small town of Ukunda which is home to an airstrip. The area is known for its coral reefs, the closely..
Dianna Abdala
Dianna Abdala (b. 1981) is a young Boston-area lawyer who received internet notoriety in early 2006 as a result of an acrimonious email exchange with a would-be employer. Abdala graduated from Boston University in 2001 after just three years of study, as she had done at Agawam (Mass.) High School ..
DiAnna Schimek
DiAnna Schimek (b. 1940) is a Nebraska state senator from Lincoln, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature. Personal Life She was born on March 21, 1940, in Holdrege, Nebraska and graduated from Alma High School in 1958. She attended Colorado Woman's College and University of Nebraska-Lincoln and g..
Dianne Brimble
-->Dianne Brimble was a 42 year-old Australian mother of three who died within 24 hours of boarding the P&O Cruises cruise ship Pacific Sky on September 23, 2002. Dianne Brimble died apparently of an overdose of the drug "gamma-hydroxybutyrate", otherwise known as "GHB" or "fantasy". Eight men, Mar..
Dianne Brushett
Dianne Brushett (born October 11, 1942 in Bath, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician. Brushett is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and a former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Cumberland—Colchester from 1993 to 1997. She served as th..
Dianne Byrum
Dianne Byrum is politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She is a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from the 67th District. She resides in Onondaga Township in Ingham County. Byrum serves as the House Minority Leader, the current minority being the Democrats. Byrum is the f..
Dianne Chandler
Dianne Chandler (born 31 December 1946 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American model who served as both a Playboy Playmate of the Month and as a Playboy Bunny. She was Miss September 1966; her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. Dianne's parents were divorced when she was 6. By the time ..
Dianne Cunningham
Dianne Cunningham is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1988 to 2003, and a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. Cunningham worked as an elementary school teacher in private life, and ..
Dianne Danford
Dianne Danford (born 9 August 1938 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. Before appearing in Playboy, Dianne's jobs included being a secretary,..
Dianne de Leeuw
Dianne de Leeuw (born November 19, 1955 in the United States) is a Dutch figure skater. Despite having been born in the U.S. and spending most of her time there as well, Dianne de Leeuw skated for the Netherlands. Dianne de Leeuw became a European champion in 1976, World champion in 1975 and Oly..
Dianne Doctor
Dianne Doctor was the news director of WCBS-TV from 2002 when she left WNBC-TV, until April 14, 2006 when she was fired[link]. She gradually phased out the tabloid elements of the newscasts that had been instituted by her predecessor, Joel Cheatwood. However, this didn't make much differe..
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is a Democratic U.S. Senator from California, a position she has held since 1993. She was also San Francisco's first (and to date, only) female mayor. Contents 1 Early life and career2 Early political career2.1 Mayor of San Fra..
Dianne Hadden
Dianne Gladys Hadden (born October 4, 1951) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since September 1999, representing Ballarat Province. Hadden was born in Ivanhoe, Melbourne, and studied economics and law at Monash University..
Dianne Haskett
Dianne Louise Haskett (born March 4, 1955) was mayor of London, Ontario, Canada from 1994 to 2000. The focus of Mayor Haskett's two, three-year mayoral terms was downtown revitalization, economic development, international relations, trade corridors infrastructure and anti-poverty initiatives. Hask..
Dianne Holum
Dianne Mary Holum (born 19 May 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is a former speed skater. In 1967, at the age of 15, Dianne Holum won bronze at the World Allround Championships. At the age of 16, Holum earned a silver medal in the 500 meter race at the 1968 Winter Olympics, finishing in ..
Dianne Kay
Dianne Kay (born March 29 1952 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actress best known for her role as Nancy Bradford in the ABC television show Eight is Enough (1977-1981; reunion movies in 1987 & 1989). She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son and is a full-time wife and stay-a..
Dianne Nola
Dianne Nola (born Dianne Marie Nola on March 22, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter and voice over actor. Though compared to Laura Nyro and Tori Amos in both poetics, strength and soul, her blues and jazz roots make her music difficult to categorize. Nola grew up on an orchard in the Central..
Dianne Poole
Dianne Poole (born June 28, 1949 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995. Poole has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Trent University, and was a law clerk and social wor..
Dianne Reeves
Dianne Reeves, born 23 October 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, is an American jazz singer, known more for her live performances than her albums. Alongside her peers Dee Dee Bridgewater, Diana Krall and Cassandra Wilson she is considered one of the most important female jazz singers of our time. She live..
Dianne Thorley
Diane "Di" Thorley is the current mayor of Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. Thorley was born on 1 September 1949 in Stanthorpe, Queensland, and studied nursing in Brisbane. She moved to Toowoomba in 1996. In 1997 Thorley was elected to Toowoomba City Council as a Councillor (25 March). In 2000 ..
Dianne Walker
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Dianne Walker Dianne Walker is a world famous tap dancer known as "Lady Di." She studied tap dancing in Bo..
Dianne Warren
Not to be confused with Diane Warren. Dianne Warren is the author of three plays and lives in Regina, Saskatchewan. She has won both Western and National Magazine Awards for her fiction. Plays The Last Journey of Captain HarteSerpent in the Night Sky (short-listed for the Governor General's Award ..
Dianne Watts
Dianne Watts is the mayor of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, elected in 2005 as the city's first female mayor.http://www.thenownewspaper.com/issues05/113205/news/113205nn1.html She ran as an independent candidate, defeating incumbent Doug McCallum, who had been her political ally as recently as 2..
Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest as Interim District Attorney Nora Lewin in Law & Order Dianne Wiest (born March 28, 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri) is two-time Academy Award-winning American actress in stage, television, and film, and has received several awards in her career. Wiest's original ambition was to be..
Dianne Yates
Parl. Electorate List Pos. Party 44th Hamilton East Labour 45th List 16 Labour 46th List 22 Labour 47th Hamilton East 29 Labour Dianne Yates (29 November 1943 - ) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party. She first entered Parliament in the 1993 elections, representing ..
Dianne Yerbury
Professor Emerita Dianne Yerbury AO, LLB, PhD, GradDipTechSci, HonDIntRels, HonDLitt, an Australian academic and university administrator, was the Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia from 1987 to 2005. She was Australia's first female Vice-Chancellor, and was also the longest..
Diann Burns
Diann Burns has been a news anchor at WBBM-TV in Chicago since 2003. Prior to joining WBBM, she worked at WLS-TV as as a general assignment reporter from 1985 to 1989. She would become an in-studio anchor in 1989 and would become the first African-American woman to anchor a 10pm newscast in Chicago..
Diann Roffe
Diann Roffe, also known as Diann Roffe-Steinrotter (born March 24, 1967, Warsaw, New York) is an American alpine skier who learned to ski at tiny Brantling Ski Center near Buffalo, yet reached the pinnacle of her sport. Career highlights 1985 World Championships in Bormio, Italy: Gold medal in Gi..
Dianogah
Dianogah (pronounced Dye-ah-NO-gah) is a Chicago, Illinois based indie rock outfit formed in 1995. Members include Kip McCabe, Jay Ryan and Jason Harvey. Dianogah's first full-length album, As Seen From Above, was recorded by Steve Albini, who also produced their second full-length album, Battle Cha..
Diante do Trono
Diante do Trono is a Brazilian evangelical musical group lead by Ana Paula Valadão. The group records all of their CDs live in concert, and each such concert has attracted an audience of about one million people. Discography Diante do Trono ("Before the Throne")Exaltado ("Exalted")Águas Purificad..
Dianthus
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species (D. repens) in arctic North America. Comm..
Dianus
In traditional Stregheria religion, Dianus (or Lucifer) is a god, brother and son of Diana, who was the first created. ..
Dian (disambiguation)
Dian can refer to various things: Dian, a person in Celtic mythologyDian (滇) is an abbreviation for Yunnan, ChinaDian Cecht, a healer in Irish mythologyDian Fossey, an American ethologistDian Hong tea, a black tea grown in Yunnan, ChinaThe Dian Kingdom, a kingdom established by the Dian people in ..
Dian Bachar
Dian Bachar (born October 26 1970 in Denver, Colorado) is an American actor. He is most notable for his roles in various films by or starring his good friends Trey Parker and Matt Stone, such as Cannibal! The Musical, Orgazmo and his most famous role as Kenny "Squeak" Scolari in 1998's BASEketball, ..
Dian Cecht
In Irish mythology, Dian Cécht (Old Irish pronunciation /dʲiːən kʲeːxt/) was a god of healing. He was the healer for the Tuatha Dé Danann and the father of Cian, Cú, and Cethen. His other children were Miach, Airmed, Étan the poetess,Lebor Gabála Érenn. R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed./trans..
Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey (January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985) was an American ethologist interested in gorillas. She completed an extended study of several gorilla groups, observing them daily for years in the mountain forests of Rwanda. Dian Fossey Initially encouraged to work there by famous pa..
Dian Hong tea
Dian Hong No picture available Type: Black Other names: Yunnan Red Origin: Yunnan Province China Quick description: Robust and malty, some types are very fine while other are used for blending Dian Hong is a Black tea which is used as a reasonable gourmet tea and in bl..
Dian Kingdom
The Dian Kingdom was established by the Dian people, who lived around Lake Dian in eastern Yunnan, China from the late Spring and Autumn Period until the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Dian were first mentioned historically in Sima Qian's Shiji; some Chinese sources identified Chu general Zhuang Qiao as t..
Dian Man
Dian Man, the son of Dian Wei, was a military leader in the Chinese Three Kingdoms Period (155 – 220), during the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When his father was killed, Dian Man continued to serve the regional warlord, Wei Leader Cao Cao. Cao Cao is said to have promoted Dian Man to a..
Dian Parkinson
Dian Parkinson Contents 0.1 Career History0.2 Departure from TPiR0.3 Other Information1 External links Career History Dian Parkinson (born Dianna Lynn Batts on November 30, 1944 in Jacksonville, North Carolina) is a former model on The Price is Right. Many fans consid..
Dian Railway Carriage Company
Dian Railway Carriage Company is a Vietnamese railcar manufacturer. The company supplies cars to Vietnam Railways. Products Covered wagonContainer flat wagonAir-conditioned double-deck carAir-conditioned soft seat coachAir-conditioned soft berth coach (An)Air-conditioned hard berth coach (Bn) Refe..
Dian Sastro
--> Diandra Paramitha Sastro Wardoyo is an actress from Indonesia. Filmography Ungu Violet (2005)Banyu Biru (2005)Puteri Gunung Ledang (cameo, 2005)Arisan (cameo, 2004)What's Up with Love? (2002)Whispering Sand (2001)The Falling Star (2000) Clips She is featured on several video clips: T-Five "Ya..
Dian Sastrowardoyo
Diandra Paramitha Sastrowardoyo (born March 16 1982 in Jakarta, Indonesia), more popularly known as Dian Sastro or Dian Sastrowardoyo is one of little people of pure Indonesian Leading Actress. She become popular when starring Pasir Berbisik (Whispering Sands) as Daya, the leading actress, and esta..
Dian Wei
Dian Wei wielding his dual halberds as depicted in Peking Opera Battle of Wan Names Simplified Chinese: 典韦 Traditional Chinese: 典韦 Pinyin: Diǎn Wěi Wade-Giles: Tien Wei Zi: None/Unknown Dian Wei (? – 197) was a warrior during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three King..
Diaochan
Diaochan (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ) was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. She was said to have been born in AD 169. Unlike the other three beauties, she never appears in any historical writings known to exist and is quite possibly a fictional character. Acc..
Diaoyutai State Guesthouse
The Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is a hotel and guesthouse complex in Beijing, China. It includes a number of buildings, from high-rise buildings to small, detached houses. The name "Diaoyutai" means "Angling platform", and is so named because the site was a favourite fishing spot of Emperor Zhangzong..
Diapaga
Diapaga is a city located in the province of Tapoa in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Tapoa Province. The main ethnic group are the Gourmantché. ..
Diapason
The word diapason (pronounced [ˌdaɪəˈpeɪsən]) is another name for the musical interval of the octave, especially in the context of Pythagorean intervals. In other contexts, it can mean the range of a musical instrument or voice. It also has more specific uses: Contents 1 The o..
Diapedesis
Diapedesis is the movement of leukocytes across the endothelial lining of blood vessels to interstitial fluid (IF). The process is driven by chemotactic factors. Diapedesis usually happens when an area is injured or damaged and an inflammation response is needed. The process is proceeded by rolling ..
Diapensia
Diapensia Diapensia lapponica is a plant in the family Diapensiaceae. It is a circumpolar arctic-alpine species which grows on exposed rocky ridges that are kept free from snow by high winds (Tiffany 1972). It is a small cushion-forming evergreen perennial shrub, up to 15 cm in height. It has ova..
Diapensiaceae
Diapensiaceae is a small family of flowering plants, comprising 20 species in seven genera. Genera Berneuxia Decne.Diapensia L.Diplarche Hook.f. & ThomsonGalax SimsPyxidanthera Michx.Schizocodon Siebold & Zucc.Shortia Torr. & A.Gray In older plant classifications such as the Cronquist system, th..
Diaper
This article is about the garment. Diapering is also a term in Heraldry and in decorative art generally for an all-over repeating pattern. For the geological term, see diapir. Baby diapers are often imprinted with child-friendly designs. A diaper (in North America) or nappy (in the British Is..
Diapering
In Heraldry, Diapering (from an old term for damask) is a technique in which those who draw achievements of arms attempt to decorate large areas of flat colour by drawing crosshatches or arabesques. There is no standard, and each artist is allowed his own idiosyncrasies. Diapering is not specified..
Diaper Dandy
Diaper Dandy is a term coined by NCAA Men's Basketball analyst (and former Head Coach of the University of Detroit men's basketball team), Dick Vitale. Vitale uses the term to describe a young player (almost always a freshman) who already plays at a very high skill level. On occasion, he uses the ..
Diaper Genie
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Diaper Genie, a creation of entrepreneur John Hall, is a baby diaper disposal system. The unit consists..
Diaper lover
A woman wearing a PVC-diaper "Diaper lover" (or DL for short) is the popular term for a person who feels a strong desire to wear or use diapers without physiological necessity. This paraphilia is differentiated from infantilism in that those of the latter category are also focused with returni..
Diaper rash
Diaper rash (US) or nappy rash (UK), is a generic term applied to rashes seen in the diaper area that may be caused by a variety of skin disorders. Generic rash or irritant diaper dermatitis (IDD) is characterized by joined patches of erythema and scaling mainly seen on the convex surfaces, with ..
Diapet
Diapet is the name of a series of mostly 1:40 scale die-cast toys produced by Yonezawa of Japan after that company took over the Cherryca Phenix brand. While Yonezawa is best known for producing tinplate toys of particular accuracy and in the scale of 1:24-1:18, Diapet toys are smaller die-cast repl..
Diaphanoidea
The superfamily Diaphanoidea (Odhner, 1914) consists of two families of opisthobranchian marine snails with paper bubble shells from the suborder Cephalaspidea. There is little known about these small creatures, except the bare essentials. Further treatment at Cephalaspidea. Family Diaphanidae ..
Diaphanopterodea
The Diaphanopterodea or Paramegasecoptera are an extinct order of moderate to large-sized Palaeozoic insects. They are first known from the Middle Carboniferous (late Serpukhovian or early Bashkirian in age), and include some of the earliest known flying insects. Despite their very early appearan..
Diaphone
A diaphone is a unique organ pipe. Invented by Robert Hope-Jones around 1900, it is neither a flue nor a reed, but has characteristics of both. The pipe speaks through a resonator, like an organ reed pipe, but the tone is created by a pallet instead of a reed. The pipe is generally of wooden con..
Diaphone (linguistics)
In linguistics, the term diaphone refers to all the dialectal forms of a phoneme, considered as a whole. ..
Diaphoresis
Diaphoresis is excessive sweating commonly associated with shock and other medical emergency conditions. Recognition of diaphoresis is expected of EMTs. Contents 1 Physiological (normal) causes2 Pathological causes3 Treatment (of symptoms)4 See also Physiological (normal) c..
Diaphoretic
A diaphoretic is a drug which increases perspiration. Diaphoretics found in nature include Aconite, Burdock, Catnip, Cayenne, Echinacea, Ipecacuanha, Melaleuca, Lobelia, and Yarrow. ..
Diaphragm
Contents 1 Anatomy2 Optics and photography3 Acoustics4 Other5 See also Diaphragm may refer to: Anatomy Diaphragm (anatomy), a shelf of muscle extending across the bottom of the ribcage of mammalsUrogenital diaphragm, a layer of the pelvis separating deep perineal s..
Diaphragmatic breathing
Diaphragmatic breathing, or deep breathing is the act of breathing deep into your lungs by flexing your diaphragm rather than breathing shallowly by flexing your rib cage. This deep breathing is marked by expansion of the stomach (abdomen) rather than the chest when breathing. It is generally consi..
Diaphragmatic hernia
Diaphragmatic hernia is a defect or hole in the diaphragm that allows the abdominal contents to move into the chest cavity. Treatment is usually surgical. The following types of diaphragmatic hernia exist: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia* Morgagni's hernia* Bochdalek herniaHiatal herniaIatrogenic ..
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Diaphragm (acoustics)
In a loudspeaker, a diaphragm is the thin, semi-rigid membrane attached to the central magnet. The magnet induces the diaphragm to vibrate, producing sound. This diaphragm is also found in headphones. Using this in reverse converts air vibrations (sound) into electrical signals, as in several comm..
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Diaphragm (contraceptive)
The diaphragm is a barrier method of contraception. It is a small soft rubber dome with a flexible rubber 'O'-ring molded into the edge which the user fills with a spermicide (sperm killer) before placing it in the vagina to wall off the cervix (the opening to the uterus), thus preventing sperm fr..
Diaphragm (mechanics)
In mechanics, a diaphragm is a sheet of a semi-flexible material anchored at its periphery and most often round in shape. It serves either as a barrier between two chambers, moving slightly up into one chamber or down into the other depending on differences in pressure, or as a device that vibrates..
Diaphragm (optics)
A 35mm lens set to f/8; the diameter of the seven-sided entrance pupil, the virtual image of the opening in the iris diaphragm, is 4.375mm In optics, a diaphragm is a thin opaque structure with an opening (aperture) at its centre. The role of the diaphragm is to stop the passage of light, exc..
Diaphragm arch
A diaphragm arch is a transverse, wall-bearing arch that divides a vault or a ceiling into compartments, providing a kind of firebreak. ..
Diaphragm pump
A diaphragm pump is a positive displacement pump that uses a combination of the reciprocating action of a rubber or teflon diaphragm and suitable non-return check valves to pump a fluid. Sometimes this type of pump is also called membrane pump. There are two main types of diaphragm pump: In the fi..
Diaphragm seal
A diaphragm seal is a flexible membrane that seals and isolates an enclosure. The flexible nature of this seal allows pressure effects to cross the barrier but not the material being contained. Common uses for diaphragm seals are to protect pressure sensors from the fluid whose pressure is being..
Diaphragm shutter
In photography, a diaphragm shutter is a type of camera shutter consisting of a number of blades which briefly uncover the camera aperture to make the exposure. Diaphragm shutters are types of leaf shutters. Leaf shutters use thin blades that move across the shutter aperture to cover and uncover i..
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Diapir
A lava lamp illustrates the basic principle of diapirism. A diapir (IPA: [ʼdiəpɪɹ]) (French, from Greek diapeirein, to pierce through) is an intrusion caused by buoyancy and pressure differentials. Diapirs may include igneous structures, but are more commonly applied to non-igneo..
Diapsid
Diapsids ("two arches") are a group of tetrapod animals that developed two holes (temporal fenestra) in each side of their skulls, about 300 million years ago during the late Carboniferous period. Living diapsids are extremely diverse, and include all birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, tuataras, ..
Diaptomus
Diaptomus is a genus of copepods with a single eye spot. It is superficially similar in size and appearance to Cyclops. However it has characteristically very long first antennae that exceed the body length. In addition, the females carry the eggs in a single sac rather than the twin sacs seen in C..
Diarchy
Diarchy (or dyarchy) is a society or an organization with two rulers on an equal standing. Diarchies are known from ancient Sparta, Rome, Carthage as well as from Germanic (see Germanic king),India and Dacian tribes. Ranks in the Inca Empire were structured in moieties, with two occupants of each ra..
Diario
El Diario (Spanish for "The Daily") is a common name for a newspaper. Diario Aruba In Aruba, [Diario] is a daily, family-owned newspaper written in the Papiamento creole language. The managing editor is Jossy Mansur. External links [Diaro Aruba website.] ..
Diario ABC
Diario ABC S.L is a Spanish newspaper that was founded in Madrid on January 1 1903. ABC started as a weekly newspaper until it turned daily in June 1905. ABC is known for defending the Spanish monarchy, and was seized in 1936 by Frente Popular (Popular Front) when the Spanish Civil War started. Dur..
Diario ABC Color
Diario ABC Color is a major Paraguayan newspaper with offices in the city of Asunción. The editorial that publishes the newspaper (Azeta) was founded August 8 1967. It is one of the most readed daily newspapers in Paraguay. External links [Diario ABC Color (in Spanish)] ..
Diario Extra
Diario Extra is a tabloid type of newspaper published in San Jose Costa Rica. It particularly publishes sensationalistic type of headlines and news items. It started out in the late 70's by publishing semi-nude women on their front page. It was also known for manufacturing news such as rape and a..
Diarium Vadstenense
The Diarium Vadstenense (also Diarium Vazstenense) or "Vadstena Diary" is the diary of the monks of the Vadstena Abbey (in Vadstena, Sweden), in which remarkable events in or out of the monastery were written down. The diary contains notes from the years 1336-1545. Among the events in the abbey its..
Diarmadhi
Diarmadh'i is the fictional name created by Melanie Rawn for the sorcerers of her Dragon Prince series. The Diarmadh'im, which means Stoneburners in the Old Tongue, are more commonly called Sorcerers. They are an ancient people long thought extinct and the mortal enemies of the faradhi, or Sunrunn..
Diarmaid FitzGerald
Diarmaid FitzGerald (born 18 February, 1983) is an Irish sportsman. He is a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team. Diarmaid FitzGerald was born in Roscrea, County Tipperary in 1983. He was educated locally and went on to study phsiotherapy at University College Dublin. With UCD, FitzGeral..
Diarmaid MacCulloch
Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch Born 31 October 1951, in Kent, England. Professor of the History of the Church in the University of Oxford (since 1997) and Fellow (formerly Senior Tutor) of St Cross College, Oxford (since 1995). Diarmaid MacCulloch was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquar..
Diarmaid Mac an Bhaird
Diarmaid Mac an Bhaird, fl. 1670, Irish poet. A son of Laoiseach Mac an Bhaird, Diarmaid was a member of the Clann Mac an Bhaird and one of the last fully trained bardic file (poet). He appears to have lived in what is now County Monaghan though he clearly had associations with Clandeboye, as a poe..
Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill
In Irish mythology and tradition, Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill (Diarmait mac Cerbaill, Diarmuid mac Cerrbeóil, Dermot McKerval) of the southern Uí Néill clan was High King of Ireland ca. 545-561. He was reportedly the last pagan king of Ireland, and the last to celebrate the ritual of the Feis Temrach..
Diarmait mac Mail na mBo
Reign: 1042– 1072 Predecessor: Murchad mac Dunlaing Successor: Dommall mac Murchad Date of Birth: c. 1000 Place of Birth: Leinster,Ireland Wives: Buried: Glendalough? Date of Death: 1072 Parents: Donnchad Mail na mBo mac Domnall Cloen Diarmait ..
Diarmait of Iona
Diarmait of Iona was Abbot of Iona (814-?832). Thomas Owen Clancy argues that Diarmait was one of the most important Céli Dé reformers, instrumental to the spread of the movement in Scotland, laying the ground for his successor Indrechtach. Many anecdotes about the rule and philosophy of the abbot..
Diarmuid Bryon O'Connor
Diarmuid Bryon O'Connor (born December 7, 1964) is a British fantasy artist, Sculptor and all-round "nice bloke". Sometime after leaving St. John Fisher Catholic School in Purley-on-Thames, Berkshire he started at Art College 1984 in Bristol. In 1986 joined "Changing Places" a community and environ..
Diarmuid Gavin
Diarmuid Gavin (born 10 May 1964) is an I