The book is a combination of media memoir and the story of Diamond's life as a fan of Celtic Football Club.

" The Very Best of Neil Diamond ", a compilation CD of Diamond's 23 studio recordings from the Bang, UNI / MCA, & Columbia catalogs was released on December 6, 2011 on the Sony Legacy label.

In April 2011, P & G agreed to the $ 2. 35 billion sale of the brand to Diamond Foods of California, a deal which would have more than tripled the size of Diamond's snack business.

* Tourtellot, Arthur Bernon, William Diamond's Drum: The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution, Doubleday & Co., Inc., Garden City, NY, 1959.

In February 1979, the uptempo " Forever in Blue Jeans ", co-written with his guitarist, Richard Bennett, was released as a single from You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Diamond's album from the previous year.

He has received numerous entertainment industry awards and additional Grammy nominations including Best Engineered Recording for his work on the James Taylor album " JT " and Linda Ronstadt's " Simple Dreams ," a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year for Kim Carnes " Mistaken Identity ," a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, an Emmy nomination for Best Engineered Recording of a TV Special for Neil Diamond's " Glad You're Here With Me Tonight ," as well as dozens of gold and platinum records.

Swirlies offshoot The Yes Girls ( the current lineup but with Lavender Diamond's Ron Regé on drums ) toured the U. S. with Timonium and Denmark as an opener for Mew on their Half the World is Watching Me tour ; endeavors which culminated in the release of both a limited edition album on Sneaky Flute Empire / Pehr and a limited edition live album on Sneaky Flute Empire.

This Is Me Now is Amy Diamond's first studio album.

A blue diamond with the same shape, size, and color as the Hope Diamond was recorded by John Francillon in the possession of the London diamond merchant Daniel Eliason in September 1812, the earliest point when the history of the Hope Diamond can be definitively fixed, although a second less definitive report suggests that the Hope Diamond's " authentic history " can only be traced back to 1830.

The Gunny was a practicing Episcopalian as noted in the notes of journalist Marc Parrott who was present at Gunny Diamond's Episcopalian funeral services.

But the Sino-Japanese controversy, in Diamond's opinion, was " not much of a war ," and on June 10, 1933, he returned to the United States, disembarking from the USS Henderson ( AP-1 ) at Mare Island, California.

Journalist Marc Parrott notes that Diamond's funeral service was Episcopalian.

Mercyful Fate was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1981 from the remaining members of Hank Shermann's band Brats and King Diamond's band Black Rose.

McNeil is Diamond's manager and was the producer on the documentary Neil Diamond: Hot August Nights NYC.

Diamond's first recording contract was billed as " Neil and Jack ", an Everly Brothers – type duo comprising Diamond and high school friend Jack Packer *( Jack Parker ).

" Sweet Caroline " was Diamond's first major hit after his slump.

The August 24 performance was recorded and released as the live double album Hot August Night ( the title being the opening words of Diamond's song " Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show ").

Also, Diamond's final concert of his 1976 Australian Tour ( The " Thank You Australia " Concert ) was broadcast to 36 television outlets nationwide on March 6.

Diamond's Piano Sonata No. 1 was inspired by Tureck's playing.

It was Jared Diamond's third nomination for the prize, having won twice previously.

The New York Times also suggested that Diamond's career troubles may have also been caused by his " difficult personality ... he said in the 1990 interview, " I was a highly emotional young man, very honest in my behavior, and I would say things in public that would cause a scene between me and, for instance, a conductor ".

Diamond's most memorable role was that of the nerdy Samuel " Screech " Powers on the television show Saved by the Bell, a role he played for close to thirteen years from its beginning as Good Morning, Miss Bliss ( 1988 – 89 ) through its final incarnation, Saved by the Bell: The New Class ( 1994 – 2000 ).

Diamond's parents were of Irish ancestry, although her father was raised in Scotland.

The duo's intended follow-up to " Pac-Man Fever " was " E. T., I Love You ," which, despite permission from Steven Spielberg, was shelved by the label in favor of Neil Diamond's unauthorized " Heartlight ," which brought on a lawsuit.

Diamond no longer provides support for the Rio, and the last version of Microsoft Windows to work with Diamond's Rio software was Windows 98.

The last piece of the company was effectively sold in late 2003, when Best Data acquired the Diamond's Supra modem business along with rights to the Diamond Multimedia name for use in a new video card division.

It was later released on December 9, 1972 as a part of Diamond's Hot August Night album.

The third version was a remix found only on the initial CD release of Diamond's His 12 Greatest Hits.

Although Diamond's work does make connections between environmental and climatic conditions and societal development, it is published with the stated intention of disproving racist and eurocentric theories of development.

Diamond's son Lawrence has followed in his father's musical footsteps and is the bassist with the UK rock group, Official Secrets Act.

Diamond's Bang recordings were produced by legendary Brill Building songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, both of whom can be heard singing background on many of the tracks.

In addition, they resolved long-standing rights issues with the music: the original theatrical version of the film made prominent use of The Four Tops ' " It's the Same Old Song ", but it had to be replaced with Neil Diamond's " I'm a Believer " ( made famous by The Monkees ) for the U. S. home video edition.

However, by the 2000s, Rubin's style had been known to include such elements, as noted in the Washington Post: " As the track reaches a crescendo and Diamond's portentous baritone soars over a swelling string arrangement, Rubin leans back, as though floored by the emotional power of the song.

Buster Keaton, The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Lucille Ball, Martin Short, Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis, Ken Berry, Chevy Chase, Dick van Dyke's character " Rob Petrie " on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Ensign Charles " Chuck " Parker ( Tim Conway ) on McHale's Navy, John Ritter's character " Jack Tripper " on Three's Company, Jim Carrey's character " The Mask ", Michael Richards's character " Cosmo Kramer " on Seinfeld, Dustin Diamond's character " Samuel ' Screech ' Powers " on Saved by the Bell, Bernadette Withers ' character Ginger Farrell / Loomis / Mitchell

In 1997 Diamond's position in the comics industry, as " the sole source of most new comics products to comics specialty shops ," ultimately saw the company become the subject of " an investigation by the U. S. Justice department for possible antitrust violations.

Diamond's monthly comics retail catalog, Previews has been produced by Diamond for over twenty years for store owners to order products from.

In his review in The New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell highlights the way in which Diamond's approach differs from traditional historians by focusing on environmental issues rather than cultural questions.

Jared Diamond's thesis that Easter Island society collapsed in isolation entirely due to environmental damage is contested by some ethnographers and archaeologists who argue that the introduction of diseases carried by European colonizers and slave raiding, which devastated the population in the 19th century, had a much greater social impact than environmental decline and that introduced animals, first rats and then sheep, were greatly responsible for the island's loss of native flora which came closest to deforestation as late as 1930 – 1960.

Sara Diamond's 1989 book Spiritual Warfare includes an account alleging that Loren Cunningham supported a 1982 coup by Efraín Ríos Montt in Guatemala, by drawing connections from an alleged meeting between an unnamed Rios Montt aide and a group of Christian representatives that may have included YWAM's founder, Loren Cunningham .< ref name =" SaraDiamond ">

Diamond's hardness also is visually evident ( under the microscope or loupe ) by its highly lustrous facets ( described as adamantine ) which are perfectly flat, and its crisp, sharp facet edges.

In the Diamond and Pearl series, Diamond's map was stolen by a Lickitung and he attempts to capture one.

Neil Diamond's version was featured in the Coen brothers ' film Blood Simple in its US home video version, but was later replaced by the Four Tops ' " It's the Same Old Song ", which was the original choice for the film.

However, at the suggestion of Neil Diamond's drummer Dennis St. John, the brothers recorded and released the single " Let Your Love Flow ", written by Diamond's roadie Larry Williams.

In 2003, part of The Diamond's roof was destroyed by Hurricane Isabel, and in 2004 a piece of a concrete beam fell on the stands below, though no fans were injured.