query: Where are diamonds mined?

title: Canadian diamonds

text: trade of conflict diamonds. All diamonds mined and cut in the Northwest Territories of Canada are laser inscribed with a unique identification number so that retailers can assure they are conflict-free stones. Taking another oppositional cue from Africa and the disastrous impacts their mining programs had on the surrounding ecosystems, all Canadian diamond mines are overseen by the Canada Mining Regulations for the Northwest Territories. This program ensures the preservation of surrounding land and aquatic habitats. Canadian diamonds Canadian diamonds are diamonds which have been mined in any one of the major Provinces and territories of Canada. Diamond-rich areas weren't

title: Brown diamonds

text: In 1986, massive amounts of brown diamonds were brought to the market. Rio Tinto opened the Argyle mine in Australia, which 80% of the diamonds mined were brown in color. DeBeers followed this trend and in 1996 introduced massive number of brown diamonds to the market. These brown diamonds were previously only used for industrial purposes. The value of brown diamonds was hard to determine since the GIA and other third party assessors did not evaluate these diamonds. To rectify the issue, Rio Tinto created a grading system where C1 represents the lightest color and C7 represents the darkest hue.

title: Crater of Diamonds State Park

text: dissertation of Roland Everett Langford in 1973 from the University of Georgia; in it, he proposed a gas phase reaction from the reduction of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the upper mantle. The dissertation was on display at the state park for many years. The lamproite diamond source is unusual, as almost all diamonds are mined from kimberlite and from alluvial deposits of diamonds weathered from kimberlite. The most prominent lamproite diamond source is the Argyle diamond mine in Australia. Crater of Diamonds State Park is famous for the plowed field on which visitors can hunt for diamonds and

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: Diamonds Are Forever (novel) Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the story at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica, inspired by a "Sunday Times" article on diamond smuggling. The book was first published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom on 26 March 1956. The story centres on Bond's investigation of a diamond-smuggling ring originating in the mines of Sierra Leone and ends in Las Vegas. Along the way Bond meets and falls in love with one of the members of the

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: a novelty to most people in Britain at the time. This travel between a number of a locations exacerbates one of the problems identified by Black: that there was no centre to the story. In contrast to the other novels in the Bond canon, where "Casino Royale" had Royale, "From Russia, with Love" had Istanbul and "Dr. No" had Jamaica, "Diamonds Are Forever" had multiple locations and two villains and there was "no megalomaniac fervour, no weird self-obsession, at the dark centre of the plot". According to Fleming's biographer, Andrew Lycett, after the novel was completed, Fleming added four extra

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: who explains how the diamonds will be smuggled to New York City. After returning to London—where Tiffany moves into Bond's flat—Bond flies to Freetown in Sierra Leone, and then to the next diamond rendezvous. With the collapse of the rest of the pipeline, Jack Spang (who turns out to be ABC) shuts down his diamond-smuggling pipeline by killing its participants. Spang himself is killed when Bond shoots down his helicopter. By mid 1954 the author Ian Fleming had published two novels—"Casino Royale" (1953) and "Live and Let Die" (1954)—and had a third, "Moonraker", being edited and prepared for production. That

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: In addition to "Diamonds Are Forever", he used them in "Live and Let Die", "From Russia, with Love" and "The Man with the Golden Gun". As with several others of his works, Fleming appropriated the names of people he knew for the story's characters. The name of one of Fleming's two travelling companions from the US, Ernest Cuneo, was used as Ernie Cureo, Bond's taxi-driving ally in Las Vegas, and one of the homosexual villains, "Boofy" Kidd, was named after one of Fleming's close friends—and a relative of his wife—Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran, known to his friends as

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: year he read a story in "The Sunday Times" about diamond smuggling from Sierra Leone. He considered this story as the possible basis for a new novel and, through an old school friend, he engineered a meeting with Sir Percy Sillitoe, the ex-head of MI5, then working in a security capacity for the diamond-trading company De Beers. The material Fleming gathered was used in both "Diamonds Are Forever" and "The Diamond Smugglers", a non-fiction book published in 1957. After Fleming's friend, William Stephenson, sent him a magazine article about the spa town of Saratoga Springs, Fleming flew to the US

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: created through plastic surgery. Bond kills a test subject, and later the "real" Blofeld, by drowning him in a pool of superheated mud. While assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd systematically kill several diamond smugglers, M suspects that South African diamonds are being stockpiled to depress prices by dumping, and orders Bond to uncover the smuggling ring. Disguised as professional smuggler and assassin Peter Franks, Bond travels to Amsterdam to meet contact Tiffany Case. The real Franks shows up on the way, but Bond intercepts and kills him, then switches IDs to make it seem as though Franks is Bond.

title: Brown diamonds

text: Brown diamonds Brown diamonds are the most common color variety of natural diamonds. In most mines, brown diamonds account for 15% of production. The brown color makes them less attractive as gemstones because of the reduced glimmer, and most are used for industrial purposes. However, improved marketing programs, especially in Australia and the United States, have resulted in brown diamonds becoming valued as gemstones and even referred to as "chocolate diamonds". A significant portion of the output of Australian diamond mines is brown stones. There are several causes for the brown color, including irradiation treatment, nickel impurities and lattice defects

title: Brown diamonds

text: Innovations". Since 1999, several companies around the world have adopted the technique and use various brand names for the processed diamonds. Brown diamonds Brown diamonds are the most common color variety of natural diamonds. In most mines, brown diamonds account for 15% of production. The brown color makes them less attractive as gemstones because of the reduced glimmer, and most are used for industrial purposes. However, improved marketing programs, especially in Australia and the United States, have resulted in brown diamonds becoming valued as gemstones and even referred to as "chocolate diamonds". A significant portion of the output of Australian

title: Blood Diamonds

text: Blood Diamonds Blood Diamonds is a made-for-TV documentary series, originally broadcast on the History Channel, that looks into the trade of diamonds which fund rebellions and wars in many African nations. The program focuses primarily on two nations: Sierra Leone and Angola. Diamonds which are traded for this purpose are known as blood diamonds. As with many History Channel specials, its original airdate coincides with a mainstream period film, in this case, "Blood Diamond" (2006). Producer of the documentary was Bill Brummel. The episode follows typical documentary format, hopping from topic to topic between commercial breaks. The topics discussed are

title: Argyle diamond mine

text: ore and acid washed, they are sorted and shipped to Perth for further sorting and sale. A significant quantity of diamonds are cut in India, where low costs of labour allow small diamonds to be cut for a profit; this is especially relevant to the Argyle mine, which on average produces smaller rough diamonds than other mines do. The diamonds produced at the Argyle diamond mine are of an average low quality. Only 5% of mined diamonds are of gem quality, compared to a worldwide average of 20% (Author Janine Roberts contends that the "near-gem" quality rating is subjective and

title: Blood Diamonds

text: as follows: Blood Diamonds Blood Diamonds is a made-for-TV documentary series, originally broadcast on the History Channel, that looks into the trade of diamonds which fund rebellions and wars in many African nations. The program focuses primarily on two nations: Sierra Leone and Angola. Diamonds which are traded for this purpose are known as blood diamonds. As with many History Channel specials, its original airdate coincides with a mainstream period film, in this case, "Blood Diamond" (2006). Producer of the documentary was Bill Brummel. The episode follows typical documentary format, hopping from topic to topic between commercial breaks. The topics

title: Brown diamonds

text: Argyle diamond mine in Australia in 1986, most brown diamonds were considered worthless for jewelry; they were even not assessed on the diamond color scale, and were predominantly used for industrial purposes. However, marketing strategies changed in the 1980s and brown diamonds have become popular gems. The change was mostly due to supply: the Argyle mine, with its 35 million carats (7,000 kg) of diamonds per year, makes about one third of global production of natural diamonds; 80% of Argyle diamonds are brown. The percentage of brown diamonds is lower in other mines, but it is almost always a significant

title: Mountain Province Diamonds

text: Mountain Province Diamonds Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. is major (49%) partner with De Beers in the Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project in the Northwest Territories. Gahcho Kué is the world's largest and richest new diamond mine, with an estimated reserve of 80 million carats. The agreement between Mountain Province Diamonds and De Beers is one where both companies share the operating costs of the mine and each independently markets their share of the diamonds from the project. In January 2017 Mountain Province announced it had completed it first sale of diamonds originating from mining operations at its Gahcho Kue Diamond

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: Secret Service agent James Bond is sent on an assignment by his superior, M. Acting on information received from Special Branch, M tasks Bond with infiltrating a smuggling ring transporting diamonds from mines in the Crown colony of Sierra Leone to the United States. Bond must infiltrate the smugglers' pipeline to uncover those responsible. Using the identity of "Peter Franks", a country house burglar turned diamond smuggler, he meets Tiffany Case, an attractive gang member who has developed an antipathy towards men after being gang-raped as a teenager. Bond discovers that the ring is operated by the Spangled Mob, a

title: Brilliant Earth

text: August 2005. The company's website was launched in July 2006. Canadian mines are the industry's primary source of ethically mined diamonds, because the working conditions are regulated by the government. The company initially sourced its diamonds exclusively from the Diavik and Ekati mines in Canada, but has since also started sourcing diamonds from Namibia and Botswana, where it assessed that the diamonds were sourced to the company's ethical standards. Brilliant Earth uses recycled gold, silver and platinum materials or obtains them from co-ops that meet standards set by the Alliance for Responsible Mining. The company's sapphires are from either Australia

title: Raining Diamonds

text: and now a two year relationship with personal trainer Rich Harrison." On 24 October 2011, "Raining Diamonds" debuted at number 62 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It peaked at number 19 on 21 November 2011, and became Coulter's eighth top twenty single on the chart. "Raining Diamonds" was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for selling over 70,000 copies. Coulter performed "Raining Diamonds" on "The X Factor Australia" (8 November 2011) and "Sunrise" (9 November 2011). In April–May 2014, Coulter was the supporting act for Jason Derulo's Australian leg of his Tattoos World Tour, where she performed the

title: Mountain Province Diamonds

text: Mine Project in the Northwest Territories. Approximately 49,420 carats were sold for proceeds of US$6.27 million, representing an average sale price of approximately US$127 per carat. Mountain Province Diamonds Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. is major (49%) partner with De Beers in the Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project in the Northwest Territories. Gahcho Kué is the world's largest and richest new diamond mine, with an estimated reserve of 80 million carats. The agreement between Mountain Province Diamonds and De Beers is one where both companies share the operating costs of the mine and each independently markets their share of the diamonds

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: to retrieve the real diamonds at the Circus Circus casino. Tiffany reneges on her deal to meet back with Bond and instead flees, passing off the diamonds to the next smuggler. However, seeing that O'Toole was killed (after being mistaken for her), Tiffany changes her mind. She drives Bond to the airport, where the diamonds are given to Whyte's casino manager, Bert Saxby, who is followed to a remote facility. Bond enters the apparent destination of the diamonds: a research laboratory owned by Whyte, where a satellite is being built by Professor Metz, a laser refraction specialist. Bond fakes Metz

title: Mined-Out

text: Mined-Out Mined-Out was a video game released for the Sinclair Spectrum in 1983 by Quicksilva. It is conceptually similar to the later Minesweeper, where a player must cross a minefield successfully using logic. Although "Mined-Out" was not the first game in the style of Minesweeper, it was the first to be released on a personal computer, and to display how many mines are adjacent to the player. The game was written by Ian Andrew, an early adopter of the ZX81 and Spectrum. He learned to program BASIC in his spare time, and sent a copy of "Mined-Out" to Quicksilva after

title: Golconda Diamonds

text: Golconda Diamonds The Golconda Diamonds are Indian diamonds mined in a specific geographic area within the historic Golconda Sultanate (present day Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states of India). Diamonds from these mines were transported to the present day old city of Hyderabad to be cut, polished, evaluated and sold. Golconda established itself as a diamond trading center and, until the end of the 19th century, the Golconda market was the primary source of the finest and largest diamonds in the world. Thus, the legendary name 'Golconda Diamond' became synonymous with Golconda itself. One of the most popular diamond mines was

title: Diamonds Are Invincible

text: Make Me Feel". Diamonds Are Invincible "Michael Jackson x Mark Ronson: Diamonds Are Invincible", often shortened to just "Diamonds Are Invincible", is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. A mashup by Mark Ronson, it was released on August 29, 2018 on what would have been Jackson's 60th birthday. On August 29, 2018, for the celebration of Jackson's 60th birthday, "Diamonds Are Invincible" premiered worldwide. The song is a mash-up composed of eight of Jackson's songs—"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Billie Jean", "Smooth Criminal", "Remember the Time", "Human Nature", "You Rock My World" and

title: Diamonds Are Invincible

text: Diamonds Are Invincible "Michael Jackson x Mark Ronson: Diamonds Are Invincible", often shortened to just "Diamonds Are Invincible", is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. A mashup by Mark Ronson, it was released on August 29, 2018 on what would have been Jackson's 60th birthday. On August 29, 2018, for the celebration of Jackson's 60th birthday, "Diamonds Are Invincible" premiered worldwide. The song is a mash-up composed of eight of Jackson's songs—"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Billie Jean", "Smooth Criminal", "Remember the Time", "Human Nature", "You Rock My World" and "The Way You

title: Canadian diamonds

text: Canadian diamonds Canadian diamonds are diamonds which have been mined in any one of the major Provinces and territories of Canada. Diamond-rich areas weren't discovered in Canada until the early 1990s. Before that time, diamond mining in Canada had been essentially non-existent. However, within 10 years of their discovery, major diamond mines were unearthed and active mining began. Canada is currently the 3rd largest diamond producing country in the world. During the 19th century, approximately 200 small diamonds had been found across the United States, mostly in Brown and Morgan counties in Indiana. In January 1906, George F. Kunz speculated

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: Guy Hamilton. "Diamonds Are Forever" was the final Bond film undertaken by Sean Connery with Eon Productions, although he returned to the role of Bond twelve years later with Kevin McClory's Taliafilm company for "Never Say Never Again". In July 2015 "Diamonds Are Forever" was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, starring Toby Stephens as Bond; it was directed by Martin Jarvis. Diamonds Are Forever (novel) Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the story at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica, inspired by

title: Diamonds as an investment

text: of recycled diamonds to be put back into the market. In 2013, its estimation was $1.2 billion. Companies such as White Pine Trading LLC, Danforth Diamonds or Rick Shatz Inc. specialize in recycled diamonds. Diamonds of a certain size, generally half a carat and above, are traded and processed by the industry individually. Each has unique attributes and a corresponding unique market place. Diamonds of this size, whether recycled or not, have a similar market price. It is impossible to tell the difference between a recycled one-carat diamond (as long as it is undamaged) and a "freshly mined" one-carat diamond

title: Canadian diamonds

text: The mine is a joint venture between Mountain Province Diamonds, who owns 49% and De Beers with the remaining 51%. The first sales of mined diamonds were completed in January 2017. In February 2017, a 68-carat gem quality diamond was mined, the largest in the mines short history. Located approximately 190 miles north of Yellowknife, the Diavik Diamond Mine is one of the largest open pit diamond mines in the world (according to production) and currently produces around 8 million carats annually. The mine is currently in a transitional shift from open pit to underground mining, and the life span

title: Mined-Out

text: they published an advert wanting programs to publish. It received a positive reception, with "Home Computing Weekly" describing it as "excellent fun to play". The game was later ported to other home computers, including the Dragon 32, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron, while Andrew founded his own company, Incentive Software. Mined-Out Mined-Out was a video game released for the Sinclair Spectrum in 1983 by Quicksilva. It is conceptually similar to the later Minesweeper, where a player must cross a minefield successfully using logic. Although "Mined-Out" was not the first game in the style of Minesweeper, it was the first to

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: on board. They kidnap Tiffany, planning to kill her and throw her overboard. Bond rescues her and kills both gangsters; he makes it look like a murder-suicide. Tiffany subsequently informs Bond of the details of the pipeline. The story begins in Africa where a dentist bribes miners to smuggle diamonds in their mouths; he extracts the gems during routine appointments. From there, the dentist takes the diamonds to a rendezvous with a German helicopter pilot. Eventually the diamonds go to Paris and then on to London. There, after telephone instructions from a contact known as ABC, Tiffany meets a person

title: Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack)

text: Albert Broccoli. One of Saltzman's major objections was to the innuendo in the lyrics. Bassey would later return for a third performance for 1979's "Moonraker". Tracks 13-21 were not released on the original soundtrack. The title song is frequently sampled by modern artists: Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack) Diamonds Are Forever is the soundtrack by John Barry for the seventh James Bond film of the same name. "Diamonds Are Forever", the title song with lyrics by Don Black, was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after "Goldfinger". The song was also recorded in Italian by Bassey as

title: Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack)

text: Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack) Diamonds Are Forever is the soundtrack by John Barry for the seventh James Bond film of the same name. "Diamonds Are Forever", the title song with lyrics by Don Black, was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after "Goldfinger". The song was also recorded in Italian by Bassey as ; this version was only issued on 7-inch single in Italy, and was intended to be included in a (cancelled) 3-CD box set titled "Shirley" released in 2012. Producer Harry Saltzman hated the song and it only made the film due to co-producer

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: tension and pull the reader into the next: Benson feels that the sweep in "Diamonds Are Forever" was "at full force" in the novel, which "maintain[s] a constant level of excitement" as a result. According to Benson the main theme of "Diamonds Are Forever" is expressed in the title, with the permanency of the gemstones held in contrast to other aspects of the story, particularly love and life. Towards the end of the novel Fleming uses the lines "Death is forever. But so are diamonds", and Benson sees the gems as a metaphor for death and Bond as the "messenger

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: diamonds. Bond then goes to the Whyte House, a casino-hotel owned by the reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte, where Tree works as a stand-up comedian. Bond watches Tree's act and afterwards goes to his dressing room, where he discovers that Tree has been killed by Wint and Kidd, who did not know that the diamonds were fake. At the craps table Bond meets the opportunistic Plenty O'Toole; after gambling, he brings her to his room. Gang members ambush them, throwing O'Toole out of a window and into a pool. Bond spends the rest of the night with Tiffany Case, instructing her

title: Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)

text: also reached number one on the "RPM" Country Tracks chart in Canada. Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" is a song written by Dick Feller, and quite different from the humorous and novelty songs he's best known for writing. Feller was the first artist to record the song, in 1976, but his version failed to chart. The song was covered by John Denver on his 1981 album "Some Days Are Diamonds". Released in May 1981 as the album's first single, Denver's version peaked at number 6 on the "Billboard" Hot

text: Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" is a song written by Dick Feller, and quite different from the humorous and novelty songs he's best known for writing. Feller was the first artist to record the song, in 1976, but his version failed to chart. The song was covered by John Denver on his 1981 album "Some Days Are Diamonds". Released in May 1981 as the album's first single, Denver's version peaked at number 6 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart and number 36 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: the book. Woodward was killed by his wife shortly afterwards—she claimed she mistook him for a prowler—and when "Diamonds Are Forever" was published, it was dedicated to Bryce, Cuneo and "the memory of W. W. Jr., at Saratoga, 1954 and 55". Fleming also travelled to Los Angeles with Cuneo, visiting the Los Angeles Police Intelligence headquarters, where they met Captain James Hamilton, who provided Fleming with information on the Mafia organisation in the US. From Los Angeles Fleming travelled to Las Vegas, where he stayed at the Sands Hotel; he interviewed the hotel owner, Jack Entratter, where he learnt the

title: Mined (text editor)

text: processors, such as smart quotes. With release 2011.19, mined added an interactive file chooser; backup files (optionally versioned), file locking and recovery files which are interoperable with other editors, and file change monitoring. Mined (text editor) MinEd (pronounced min-ed) is a terminal-based text editor providing extensive Unicode and CJK support, available under the GPL. Mined is available for Unix and Linux, Windows and DOS systems, and is included in the SUSE, Debian, Cygwin and FreeBSD distributions. Mined is a modeless editor, with menus and mouse support, and key bindings optimized for intuitive and fast navigation (optionally WordStar like control key

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: Case and Bond then go to Los Angeles, smuggling the diamonds inside Franks' corpse. At the airport Bond meets his CIA ally Felix Leiter, then travels to Las Vegas. At a funeral home, Franks' body is cremated and the diamonds are passed on to another smuggler, Shady Tree. Bond is nearly killed by Wint and Kidd when they put him into a coffin and send it to a cremation oven, but Tree stops the process when he discovers that the diamonds in Franks' body were fakes planted by Bond and the CIA. Bond tells Leiter to ship him the real

title: Canadian diamonds

text: mine located in Canada's Nunavut territory, and had its initial operational period run from 2006 to 2008. During that time 780,000 carats were produced from the mine. In 2010, the mine was purchased by Shear Diamonds. They began processing diamonds from the existing recovery pile in 2012, but suspended operations later in that year. A great deal of emphasis is placed on the Canadian diamond industry as a welcome alternative to the blood or conflict diamonds mined in Africa. Canada was one of the main supporters of the Kimberly process, a certification initiative created in 2000 to help deter the

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: the base to be destroyed. Bond and Tiffany then head for Britain on a cruise ship, where Wint and Kidd pose as room-service stewards and attempt to kill them with a hidden bomb. Bond turns the tables on them, causing Kidd to hurl himself overboard after being set aflame and Wint to detonate with the bomb after being thrown overboard. Tiffany then asks James Bond a sensitive question: "How the hell do we get those diamonds down again?" The obvious cause of the question is the diamonds in the satellite, which can be seen by Bond and Tiffany as a

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: of death". The journalist and author Christopher Hitchens observes that "the central paradox of the classic Bond stories is that, although superficially devoted to the Anglo-American war against communism, they are full of contempt and resentment for America and Americans"; Benson sees that "Diamonds Are Forever" contains examples of Fleming's feelings of superiority towards American culture, including his description of the sleaziness of Las Vegas. Amis, in his exploration of Bond in "The James Bond Dossier", pointed out that Leiter is The cultural historian Jeremy Black points to the theme of international travel in "Diamonds Are Forever", which was still

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: inspired by "Goldfinger"; as with that film, Guy Hamilton was hired to direct, and Shirley Bassey performs vocals on the title theme song. Locations included Las Vegas, California, Amsterdam and Lufthansa's hangar in Germany. "Diamonds Are Forever" was a commercial success, but received criticism for its humorous camp tone. The film marked the final appearance of the SPECTRE organization (though not by name) in Eon's Bond films until the 2015 film of the same name. James Bond—Agent 007—pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld hunting down SPECTRE operatives across the world. He eventually finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: "Dr. No" for the cinema, and in 1971 when "Diamonds Are Forever" was produced for the big screen. In February 1958 Pan Books published a paperback version of the novel in the UK, which sold 68,000 copies before the end of the year. Since its initial publication the book has been issued in numerous hardback and paperback editions, translated into several languages and has never been out of print. Julian Symons, reviewing "Diamonds Are Forever" in "The Times Literary Supplement", thought that Fleming had some enviable qualities as a writer, including "a fine eye for places ... an ability to

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: smuggling gang, Tiffany Case. Much of Fleming's background research formed the basis for his non-fiction 1957 book "The Diamond Smugglers". "Diamonds Are Forever" deals with international travel, marriage and the transitory nature of life. As with Fleming's previous novels, "Diamonds Are Forever" received broadly positive reviews at the time of publication. The story was serialised in the "Daily Express" newspaper, first in an abridged, multi-part form and then as a comic strip. In 1971 it was adapted into the seventh Bond film in the series and was the last Eon Productions film to star Sean Connery as Bond. The British

title: Diamonds Are for Heather

text: because her husband Vic wrote to her one week earlier and is now living in Southampton, working as a department store Father Christmas. He also wants to give his marriage with Heather a second chance by asking her and Darren to move in with him. Heather says she never knew Del felt so strongly for her and sees him like a brother. Heather then says goodbye to Del, who manages to cheer himself up by paying some carol singers to sing "Old Shep". Diamonds Are for Heather "Diamonds Are for Heather" is the second Christmas special episode of the BBC

title: Diamonds Are for Heather

text: Diamonds Are for Heather "Diamonds Are for Heather" is the second Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses". It was first broadcast on 30 December 1982, five days after Christmas. In the episode, Del goes out with Heather, a single mother with a son. On a November evening at "The Nag's Head", Del Boy is drowning his sorrows due to his loneliness, and cheers himself up by ordering a mariachi band to sing "Old Shep". He also meets a beautiful woman named Heather, who seems to be one friend short of company. Del entertains her and

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: John W. Mitchell and Al Overton. It lost to "Fiddler on the Roof". Diamonds Are Forever (film) Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 James Bond spy film and the seventh in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, for the first time since "You Only Live Twice" (1967), having declined to reprise the role in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969). The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: speck in the night sky. The producers originally intended to have "Diamonds Are Forever" re-create commercially successful aspects of "Goldfinger", including hiring its director, Guy Hamilton. Peter R. Hunt, who had directed "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and worked in all previous Bond films as editor, was invited before Hamilton, but due to involvement with another project could only work on the film if the production date was postponed, which the producers declined to do. While "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was within its post-production stages, Richard Maibaum wrote initial treatments and a script for "Diamonds Are Forever" as a

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: Diamonds Are Forever (film) Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 James Bond spy film and the seventh in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, for the first time since "You Only Live Twice" (1967), having declined to reprise the role in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969). The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four "James Bond" films directed by Guy Hamilton. The

title: Mined (text editor)

text: Mined (text editor) MinEd (pronounced min-ed) is a terminal-based text editor providing extensive Unicode and CJK support, available under the GPL. Mined is available for Unix and Linux, Windows and DOS systems, and is included in the SUSE, Debian, Cygwin and FreeBSD distributions. Mined is a modeless editor, with menus and mouse support, and key bindings optimized for intuitive and fast navigation (optionally WordStar like control key bindings). It fully supports Unicode, including combining characters and bi-directional text, as well as converting to and from a large number of legacy encodings. Mined also contains functionality usually only found in word

title: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

text: film to "help you feed your pussycat." Additionally, a lyrical snippet from Madonna's song "Material Girl" was worked into this adaptation of the song. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a jazz song introduced by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1949), which was written by Jule Styne and Leo Robin. It was based on a novel by Anita Loos. The song is perhaps most famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Monroe's character, Lorelei Lee, has been followed on a Transatlantic ocean

title: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

text: compromising pictures taken with a British diamond mine owner and cancels her letter of credit before she arrives in France, requiring her to work in a nightclub to survive. Her fiancé arrives at the cabaret to see her perform this song, about exploiting men for riches. Diamonds are an element in another story line in the film, in which Lorelei is given a diamond tiara by the mine owner, in gratitude for her recovering the photographs. In a later scene, Jane Russell, who played opposite Monroe, sang "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in court, while pretending to be Lorelei.

title: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

text: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a jazz song introduced by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1949), which was written by Jule Styne and Leo Robin. It was based on a novel by Anita Loos. The song is perhaps most famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Monroe's character, Lorelei Lee, has been followed on a Transatlantic ocean liner by a detective hired by her fiancé's father, who wants assurance that she is not marrying purely for money. He is informed of

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: that many of the main female characters in Fleming's novels are uncommon, and Tiffany—along with Pussy Galore from "Goldfinger" and Honeychile Rider from "Dr. No"—has been "damaged ... sexually" having previously been raped. The effect of the trauma has led to Tiffany working for the villain, which allows Bond to complete his mission, and align her to a more honest lifestyle. The literary analyst LeRoy L. Panek observes that "Diamonds Are Forever" along with "Goldfinger" and "The Man with the Golden Gun" have gangsters as antagonists rather than as spies; the novel is the only one in the Bond canon

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: from the adjoining sound stage into the filming of this movie." But he also extolled the car chase as "classic". According to Danny Peary, "Diamonds are Forever" is "one of the most forgettable movies of the entire Bond series" and that "until Blofeld's reappearance we must watch what is no better than a mundane diamond-smuggling melodrama, without the spectacle we associate with James Bond: the Las Vegas setting isn't exotic enough, there's little humour, assassins Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint are similar to characters you'd find on "The Avengers", but not nearly as amusing – and the trouble Bond gets

title: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

text: song is also featured in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge!", in which it is sung principally by Nicole Kidman in the role of Satine, the (fictional) star performer of the famous Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris, at the turn of the 20th century. This film version is technically a musical adaptation that director Baz Luhrmann titled "Sparkling Diamonds". Although it consists almost entirely of an adaptation of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", this version differs from the lyrics in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" in several ways. For example, it does not include the name Harry Winston in the chant of

title: Extraterrestrial diamonds

text: diamonds would sink. This "diamond rain" would convert potential energy into heat and help drive the convection that generates Neptune's magnetic field. There are some uncertainties in how well the experimental results apply to Uranus and Neptune. Water and hydrogen mixed with the methane may alter the chemical reactions. A physicist at the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin showed that the carbon on these planets is not concentrated enough to form diamonds from scratch. A proposal that diamonds may also form in Jupiter and Saturn, where the concentration of carbon is far lower, was considered unlikely because the diamonds would

title: Placer deposit

text: Kimberlites are long "pipes" of lava brought up from the mantle where diamonds form at high temperatures and pressures. These diamonds are then weathered from the source and swept away by alluvial processes (transported by water) to a source that becomes a diamond deposit. Alluvial diamond deposits are mined after removing overburden from the top of the rich, diamond-gravel layer. Roughly 10 percent of diamonds are mined from alluvial diamond placer mines. The Witwatersrand Basin in Africa mentioned above is a recognized alluvial diamond deposit. Placer deposit In geology, a placer deposit or placer is an accumulation of valuable minerals

title: Diamonds (suit)

text: diamond typically has a diamond shape, a parallelogram with four equal sides, placed on one of its points. The sides are sometimes slightly rounded and the four vertices placed in a square, making the sign look like an astroid. Normally diamonds are red in colour. They can however be depicted in blue, which is the case for example in bridge (where it is one of the two minor suits along with Clubs). The following gallery shows the diamonds from a 52-card deck of French playing cards. Not shown is the Knight of Diamonds used in the tarot card games: The

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: "Mr. Fleming's handling of American and Americans is well above the British average", although he felt that "the narrative is loose-jointed and weakly resolved", while Bond resolves his assignments "more by muscles and luck than by any sign of operative intelligence". "Diamonds Are Forever" was adapted as a daily comic strip for the "Daily Express" newspaper, and syndicated around the world. The original adaptation ran from 10 August 1959 to 30 January 1960. The strip was written by Henry Gammidge and illustrated by John McLusky. The novel was loosely adapted in a 1971 film starring Sean Connery and directed by

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: the US edition was published in October 1956 by Macmillan. The novel was serialised in "The Daily Express" newspaper from 12 April 1956 onwards—the first of Fleming's novels he had sold to the newspaper—which led to an overall rise in the sales of the novels. From November 1956 sales of "Diamonds Are Forever", and Fleming's other novels, all rose following the visit of the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, to Fleming's Goldeneye estate to recuperate following the Suez Crisis; Eden's stay was much reported in the British press. The book received boosts in sales in 1962 when Eon Productions adapted

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: chapters "almost as an afterthought", detailing the events on the "Queen Elizabeth". This introduced the question of marriage, and allowed Fleming to discuss matrimony through his characters, with Bond telling Case "Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other." Lycett opines that the addition was because of the state of Fleming's own marriage which was going through a bad time. "Diamonds Are Forever" was published on 26 March 1956 by Jonathan Cape with a cover designed by Pat Marriott. As with the three previous Bond books, the first edition of 12,500 copies sold out quickly;

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: to some sort of reality, or at least counter-balanced." Benson considers that in "Diamonds Are Forever" the use of detail is "rich and flamboyant" which allows an "interesting and amusing" description of the US. Benson considers a weakness of the book to be a lack of structural development, although this is compensated by character development; Kellerman also believes the novel to be "rich in characterization". Benson analyses Fleming's writing style and identifies what he describes as the "Fleming Sweep": a stylistic point that sweeps the reader from one chapter to another using 'hooks' at the end of chapters to heighten

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: novels, also considers that the gangster Michael "Shady" Tree fits into the abnormal category, as he is a red-haired hunchback with "a pair of china eyes that were so empty and motionless that they might have been hired by a taxidermist". "Diamonds Are Forever" opens with a passage in which a scorpion hunts and eats its prey, and is subsequently killed by one of the diamond couriers. Eco sees this "cleverly presented" beginning as similar to the opening of a film, remarking that "Fleming abounds in such passages of high technical skill". When the writer William Plomer was proof-reading the

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: makes mistakes and pays for them. He feels pain and regret." The novelist Raymond Benson—who later wrote a series of Bond novels—writes that the character develops in "Diamonds Are Forever", building on Fleming's characterisation in his previous three novels. This growth arises through Bond's burgeoning relationship with the book's main female character, Tiffany Case. He falls in love; the first time he has done so since Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royale". According to Benson, Tiffany is portrayed as tough, but lonely and insecure, and "is Fleming's first fully developed female character." The cultural historians Janet Woollacott and Tony Bennett write

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: "Boofy". Arran, an advocate of the relaxation of the British laws relating to homosexuality, heard about the use of his name before publication and complained to Fleming about it, but was ignored and the name was retained for the novel. During his trip to America Fleming had come across the name Spang—old German for "maker of shoe buckles"—which he appropriated for the villainous brothers. The writer Jonathan Kellerman's introduction to the 2006 edition of "Diamonds Are Forever" describes Bond as a "surprisingly ... complex" character who, in contrast with the cinematic representation, is "nothing other than human. ... Fleming's Bond

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: Fleming wrote to his friend Hilary Bray: He returned to London with the completed 183-page typescript in March that year; he had earlier settled on a title, which he based on an advertisement slogan "A Diamond is Forever" in the American edition of "Vogue". Although Fleming provides no dates within his novels, John Griswold and Henry Chancellor—both of whom have written books on behalf of Ian Fleming Publications—have identified different timelines based on events and situations within the novel series as a whole. Chancellor put the events of "Diamonds Are Forever" in 1954; Griswold is more precise, and considers the

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: background to the security systems and methods of cheating that he used in the novel. Fleming wrote "Diamonds Are Forever" at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica in January and February 1955. He followed his usual practice, which he later outlined in "Books and Bookmen" magazine, in which he said: "I write for about three hours in the morning ... and I do another hour's work between six and seven in the evening. I never correct anything and I never go back to see what I have written ... By following my formula, you write 2,000 words a day." On completion

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: and in a full orchestral version during a hovercraft sequence in Amsterdam. "Diamonds are Forever" premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square. It was released on 14 December 1971. It grossed $116 million worldwide, of which $43 million was from the United States. Reviews were mixed, and the camp tone had a mostly negative reaction. The film currently has a 67% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Connery was applauded by Kevin A. Ranson of MovieCrypt and Michael A. Smith of "Nolan's Pop Culture". Critic Roger Ebert noted, in a positive review, the irrelevance of the plot and "moments of silliness", such

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: Film crew members held a rope across the pool for her, with which she could lift her face out of the water to breathe between takes. The pool's sloping bottom made the block slip into deeper water with each take. Eventually, Wood was submerged but was noticed by on-lookers and rescued before actually drowning. Wood, being a certified diver, took some water but remained calm during the ordeal, although she later admitted to a few "very uncomfortable moments and quite some struggling until they pulled me out." "Diamonds Are Forever", the title song, was the second James Bond theme to

title: Petra Diamonds

text: by limited production. The mine was reopened in 1970 and preparations for increased production were completed in August 1971. Immediately after completing the preparations, production from the open pit commenced and proceeded to a depth of 270 metres. Underground development started in 1974 through a sampling programme. Underground production briefly took place in 1982 but ceased soon thereafter due to the 1981 slump in the diamond market. These operations were resumed in March 1987. During the period 1972 to the end of 2004, approximately 69.5 million tonnes of kimberlite ore were mined and 6.1 million carats of diamonds were recovered.

title: Extraterrestrial diamonds

text: changed over time as the conditions have changed. Before the Solar System formed, only a small number of minerals were present, including diamonds and olivine. The first minerals may have been small diamonds formed in stars because stars are rich in carbon and diamonds form at a higher temperature than any other known mineral. Extraterrestrial diamonds Although diamonds on Earth are rare, extraterrestrial diamonds (diamonds formed outside of Earth) are very common. Diamonds not much larger than molecules are abundant in meteorites and some of them formed in stars before the Solar System existed. High pressure experiments suggest large amounts

title: Extraterrestrial diamonds

text: Extraterrestrial diamonds Although diamonds on Earth are rare, extraterrestrial diamonds (diamonds formed outside of Earth) are very common. Diamonds not much larger than molecules are abundant in meteorites and some of them formed in stars before the Solar System existed. High pressure experiments suggest large amounts of diamonds are formed from methane on the ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune, while some planets in other solar systems may be almost pure diamond. Diamonds are also found in stars and may have been the first mineral ever to have formed. In 1987, a team of scientists examined some meteorites and found

title: Marsha, Queen of Diamonds

text: Marsha, Queen of Diamonds "Marsha, Queen of Diamonds" is the 57th episode of the "Batman" television series. It originally aired on ABC, on November 23, 1966 and guest starred Carolyn Jones as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds. At Chief Miles O'Hara’s orders, police officers are stationed outside "U. Magnum Diamonds", in lookout for Marsha, Queen of Diamonds’ possible attack. A motorcade approaches the officers where Chief O’Hara steps out of the silver Rolls Royce with Marsha, stunning the officers. O’Hara and Marsha enter the jewelry store, taking the Pretzel Diamond from the jewelers inside the store, while O’Hara continues to profess

title: Scarselli Diamonds

text: Scarselli Diamonds Scarselli Diamonds is a multinational B2B and B2C retailer of exotic fancy color diamonds, color diamond jewelry, and rare gemstones. The company was founded in Italy in 1957 and moved its operations to the US in 1978. Scarselli Diamonds offers high end natural fancy color diamonds, the majority of which are yellow diamonds, pink diamonds, red diamonds, blue diamonds, and some colorless diamonds, although they also sell noteworthy precious gemstones including emeralds, sapphires, and rubies. The company’s head office operates out of New York City, and they have main offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. Scarselli Diamonds

title: Golconda Diamonds

text: de Thévenot and François Bernier were also French traders in 'Golconda Diamonds'. Some of the most famous diamonds from Golconda are: Out of 38 diamond mines of India, 23 were located in the Golconda Sultanate, making it the 'Diamond Capital' of the past. It was considered a point of pride by any ruler to be the owner of one of the Golconda Diamonds. The top four pink diamonds of the world are from Golconda. Currently, most of the world famous diamonds are from Golconda, and several monarchs and legendary personalities keep them as a mark of pride. Golconda Diamonds The

title: WP Diamonds

text: 2014, WP Diamonds received an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and announced they would also be offering a purchasing solution for used watches and designer jewelry. They again featured in Reuters following a strong year for the Recycled Diamond market as a whole. In addition, WP Diamonds claims on their website to have traded approximately $75 million of recycled diamonds and diamond jewelry in 2014. WP Diamonds traditionally recycles diamonds and trades them back into the US jewelry market. They are typically purchased by jewelry manufacturers, diamond manufacturers, and dealers. Larger diamonds are handled by a number of

title: Allotropes of carbon

text: million carats or 20 tonnes annually) are unsuitable for use as gemstones and known as "bort", are destined for industrial use. In addition to mined diamonds, synthetic diamonds found industrial applications almost immediately after their invention in the 1950s; another 400 million carats (80 tonnes) of synthetic diamonds are produced annually for industrial use, which is nearly four times the mass of natural diamonds mined over the same period. The dominant industrial use of diamond is in cutting, drilling (drill bits), grinding (diamond edged cutters), and polishing. Most uses of diamonds in these technologies do not require large diamonds; in

title: Cape May diamonds

text: Cape May County, New Jersey. Various sources attribute the Kechemeche with being the first to find Cape May diamonds and then using them as gifts or for trading with other tribes and with the newly arriving European colonists. Cape May diamonds Cape May diamonds (sometimes capitalized "Diamonds") are quartz pebbles found on the beaches of Cape May Point, New Jersey. The pebbles are sometimes collected, cut and polished to resemble diamonds, then sold locally as souvenirs. Cape May diamonds are usually collected by beach combing and are most abundant at Higbee (sometimes, Higby's) and Sunset beaches in Cape May. Cape

title: Cape May diamonds

text: Cape May diamonds Cape May diamonds (sometimes capitalized "Diamonds") are quartz pebbles found on the beaches of Cape May Point, New Jersey. The pebbles are sometimes collected, cut and polished to resemble diamonds, then sold locally as souvenirs. Cape May diamonds are usually collected by beach combing and are most abundant at Higbee (sometimes, Higby's) and Sunset beaches in Cape May. Cape May diamonds range in size from the finest sand to a "Cape May diamond" found in New Castle, Delaware in 1866. In the 1960s a small intact quartz crystal was found at Sunset Beach which showed almost no

title: Bristol Diamonds

text: News" as a "capital farce, with a good plot, and most humorous dialogue." Nineteenth-century romantic novelist Emma Marshall published "Bristol diamonds: or, The Hot wells in the year 1773", the plot of which centred on a brooch made of Bristol Diamonds. Eighteenth and nineteenth century collection and quarrying in the Avon Gorge have exhausted the once ready supply of Bristol Diamonds, although some are still occasionally discovered. Examples can be seen at the University of Bristol's Geology Museum and at Bristol City Museum. Bristol Diamonds Bristol Diamonds are quartz crystals found in geodes and geological rock formations which occur in

title: Dayton Diamonds

text: would return for the 2016 WFA season. !Totals || 2 || 30 || 0 Dayton Diamonds The Dayton Diamonds are a charter member of the Women's Football Alliance which began play in 2008. Based in Dayton, Ohio, home games are played on the campus of Northmont High School in nearby Clayton. In their inaugural season, the Diamonds competed in the National Women's Football Association. The Diamonds have partnered with The Miami County Post, a news and information website based in Troy, Ohio to rebroadcast home and road games on a taped delay. The Diamonds remained dormant for 4 seasons and

title: Dayton Diamonds

text: Dayton Diamonds The Dayton Diamonds are a charter member of the Women's Football Alliance which began play in 2008. Based in Dayton, Ohio, home games are played on the campus of Northmont High School in nearby Clayton. In their inaugural season, the Diamonds competed in the National Women's Football Association. The Diamonds have partnered with The Miami County Post, a news and information website based in Troy, Ohio to rebroadcast home and road games on a taped delay. The Diamonds remained dormant for 4 seasons and the team's fate was uncertain throughout that period. However, it was announced that they

title: WP Diamonds

text: The online purchasing system allows customers from around the world to submit information about their diamond, watch or jewelry online and receive a price quote. Customers then send their items in or schedule an appointment to receive a final price offer. A month after the creation of WP Diamonds' online purchasing system, they expanded into the United Kingdom opening their first offices in Birmingham. At this time WP Diamonds also operated from offices in Barcelona, Spain and in 2013 WP Diamonds expanded their operations into Canada, where they began purchasing GIA certified and international laboratory certified diamonds from Canadian citizens.

title: Newcastle Diamonds

text: following averages take into account all matches including Knockout Cup and Playoffs. The following are the riders fastest times around the Brough Park track. Also rode: 2008 Also Rode: 2007 Also Rode: 2006 19 Titles 6 Titles 1 Title As nominated by supporters: There are currently three inductees in the Diamonds hall of fame: In 2009 to commemorate the Diamonds 80th anniversary a series of 50 cigarette cards were produced by the club. Riders included: Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds are a motorcycle speedway team who race in the SGB Championship, every Sunday night during the season (April-October) from their home

title: WP Diamonds

text: WP Diamonds WP Diamonds, a division of White Pine Trading LLC, is an multinational company that specializes in the recycling of diamonds. The company is headquartered in New York City and has offices across Europe. First established in 2010, the company traded $75 million in 2014 since its foundation. The company provides services that allow the public to recycle diamonds that are no longer wanted or needed. Ben Burne and Andrew Brown launched WP Diamonds in February 2012. The parent company, White Pine Trading LLC, was created with the aim to increase the use of recycled diamonds in new manufacturing.

title: Diamonds Are Forever (novel)

text: ruthless American gang run by the brothers Jack and Seraffimo Spang. He follows the trail from London to New York. To earn his fee for carrying the diamonds he is instructed by a gang member, Shady Tree, to bet on a rigged horse race in nearby Saratoga. There Bond meets Felix Leiter, a former CIA agent working at Pinkertons as a private detective investigating crooked horse racing. Leiter bribes the jockey to ensure the failure of the plot to rig the race, and asks Bond to make the pay-off. When he goes to make the payment, he witnesses two homosexual

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: When he couldn't agree with the producers on compensation, Bruce Glover replaced him. Glover said he was surprised at being chosen, because at first producers said he was too normal and that they wanted a deformed, Peter Lorre-like actor. Bruce Cabot, who played the part of Bert Saxby, died the following year; "Diamonds" turned out to be his final film role. Jimmy Dean was cast as Willard Whyte after Saltzman saw a presentation of him. Dean was very worried about playing a Howard Hughes pastiche, because he was an employee of Hughes at the Desert Inn. Jill St. John had

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: by Q to pose as Saxby. He finds out Whyte is kept at his summer house outside the city and goes there with Felix and the CIA. After a brief battle with Whyte's female bodyguards Bambi and Thumper, they rescue Whyte. Saxby attempts to kill Bond outside the summer house, but is fatally shot during the ensuing gunfight. In the meantime, Blofeld abducts Case. With the help of Whyte, Bond raids the lab and uncovers Blofeld's plot to create a laser satellite using the diamonds, which by now has already been sent into orbit. With the satellite, Blofeld destroys nuclear

title: Diamonds Are Forever (film)

text: story has Bond impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring, and soon uncovering a plot by his old nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld to use the diamonds to build a space-based laser weapon. Bond has to battle his nemesis for one last time, to stop the smuggling and stall Blofeld's plan of destroying Washington, D.C., and extorting the world with nuclear supremacy. After George Lazenby left the series, producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli tested other actors, but studio United Artists wanted Sean Connery back, paying a then-record $1.25 million salary for him to return. The producers were

title: Dallas Diamonds

text: Jessica Springer, RB/LB; & Ivette Young, LB are in the Diamond's Ring of Honor. Their numbers have been retired and are displayed at each Diamonds home game. The Diamonds took on the Northern Ice in WPFL Championship Game VI. This took place in Long Beach, California on November 20, 2004. The final score was Dallas Diamonds 62, Northern Ice 13. Seimears threw 4 passing TDs and Dallas dominated on the ground as well. The MVP was Q Ragsdale, running back for Dallas. The Diamonds played the New York Dazzles in WPFL Championship Game VII. This took place at the Birdville

title: Diamond mining in India

text: Diamond mining in India Diamond mining in India extends back into antiquity. From ancient times, India was the source of nearly all the world's known diamonds, and until the discovery of diamonds in Brazil in 1726, India was the only place where diamonds were mined. India has not been a major diamond-producing country since the 1700s, but diamond mining continues. In 2013, India mined 37,515 carats of diamonds, from one industrial-scale mine and many artisanal mines; this was less than one-tenth of one percent of the world production of 132.9 million carats. Diamond mining as an industry appears to have

title: WP Diamonds

text: certified bodies, but are also resold to a similar end user. The Recycled Diamond market is much larger than many anticipated. Companies such as Sotheby's and Christie’s reported huge quantities of very recycled diamonds passing through their auction houses, many of which ended up with processors such as WP Diamonds. Tacy a leading researcher in the diamond market, valued the entire industry at $1.2 billion in 2012. While there is a market for recycled diamonds from companies and industry, WP Diamonds focuses the majority of its operations on buying from the public often with old or unwanted diamond rings. Diamonds

title: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

text: Most of the song in the film is Monroe's own voice but she needed help in two phrases – "These rocks don't lose their shape, diamonds are a girl's best friend", and at the beginning with a series of high-pitched "no's", all of which were dubbed in by the soprano Marni Nixon. The number was later re-shot in CinemaScope, to be used as part of a CinemaScope demonstration held on the Fox lot in March 1953. Producer Darryl F. Zanuck told "Daily Variety" that it only took 3-1/2 hours to shoot the number in CinemaScope versus four days for the

title: Dallas Diamonds

text: 2010-2011, OC 2011. Bobby Vadnais 2010 Defensive Coordinator, 2011 Head Coach 10-1 During the season, the Diamonds host a weekly talk-show formatted webcast. It is produced by BISD TV (Comcast channel 30 in Dallas/Fort Worth). The games are also often broadcast on Ustream.tv by BISD TV. Dallas Diamonds The Dallas Diamonds was a women's professional American football team in the Women's Football Alliance (WFA). The Diamonds were made up of 46 players and a coaching staff of 10. The Diamonds won four national championships; the first three were all obtained during their membership in the Women's Professional Football League (WPFL)

title: Diamonds as an investment

text: polished diamonds are highest color (D, E, F) and clarity (IF, VVS1, VVS2), weights ranging from 1 to 10 carats, triple-EX grading (Excellent Cut, Excellent Polish, Excellent Symmetry), and no fluorescence. Old diamond jewellery in India, specially from the Mughal period, uses unfaceted diamonds. Mughal style jewellery has become popular in India recently featuring uncut diamonds termed "Polki" (which originally referred to a style of cleaving diamonds). The diamonds used in modern polki jewellery are low grade and do not have much investment value, even though polki jewellery can be expensive. The diamonds are backed by silver foil to allow

title: Diamonds (Amanda Lear song)

text: Diamonds (Amanda Lear song) "Diamonds" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1979 by Ariola Records as the second single from her album "Diamonds for Breakfast". The song was composed and produced by Anthony Monn, Lear's long-time collaborator in the disco era, and is an uptempo pop track. The Amanda Lear-penned lyrics are a praise for diamonds, which she says for her are "just the best" and "better than pearls", adding "I eat diamonds for my breakfast". "Diamonds" was released as the second single preceding Amanda's fourth album, "Diamonds for Breakfast", at the end of 1979. The

title: Diamond (gemstone)

text: coveted symbol of status. The diamond's high value has been the driving force behind dictators and revolutionary entities, especially in Africa, using slave and child labor to mine blood diamonds to fund conflicts. Though popularly believed to derive its value from its rarity, gem-quality diamonds are quite common compared to rare gemstones such as alexandrite, and annual global rough diamond production is estimated to be about . Prior to the discovery of diamonds in Brazil in the 1700s, India was the only place where diamonds were mined. Early references to diamonds in India come from Sanskrit texts. The "Arthashastra" of