In his popular science book Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond describes the disc as an example of a technological advancement that did not become widespread because it was made at the wrong time in history, and contrasts this with Gutenberg's printing press.

An undated clipping from the Harvard Theatre Collection, written by a fan of minstrelsy, describes the single dance competition that Diamond managed to win: " One of the fiddlers played a reel for him, and he shuffled, and twisted, and walked around, and danced on for one hour and fifteen minutes by the watch.

As described by Heylin, the " Black Diamond Bay " describes the destruction of a tiny island ( following the eruption of a volcano ), observed from two perspectives: from a hotel on the island itself and from the narrator's point of view through a television news report.

Diamond Comic Distributors catalog describes it as " The longest-running erotic comic anthology ".

In what Mile High Comics ' Chuck Rozanski describes as an " incredibly risky and gutsy move ," Geppi took over New Media / Irjax's " office and warehouse space " and, recalled Rozanski, had to " sort out the good customers from the bad overnight " negotiating with creditors to continue Shuster's distribution business as Diamond Comic Distribution.

The societies Diamond describes are:

* Lake Benton: about two thirds of the lake is in Diamond Lake Township ; a small part stretches eastward into Marshfield Township and the southern third is in Lake Benton Township

The small refinery, however, expanded over time to become a major Diamond Shamrock refinery by 1990 and still is a major employer in the town to this day.

* Diamond Peak: a small ski area located in Incline Village, Nevada

The gardens were opened in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and contained a large lake, which covered, and what can only be described as a small early version of a roller coaster, known as a switchback ( an alternative general term for a roller coaster ).

Through his Diamond Music Company, Diamond now belongs to that small group of performers whose names are listed as copyright owners on their recordings.

By 1897, Maundy recipients were being urged to sell the small pieces at a premium ; there are tales of Americans paying high prices for a set that year, wishing a souvenir of Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Cannon made her screen debut in 1960 in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond ; however her small screen debut was in the late 1950s including a guest appearance on Bat Masterson in 1959, in the episode entitled " Lady Luck ".

* In 1804 Commodore Sir Samuel Hood, commissioned Diamond Rock, a small island south of Fort-de-France in Martinique, as HM Sloop-of-War Fort Diamond, following his establishment of a fortified garrison on the rock.

A small Native American population is also located in Arcadia, Rowland Heights, Walnut, and Diamond Bar.

Three bridges connect the Black Diamond with the old part of the Royal Library ; those three bridges ( two small ones for internal transport and a big one with the circulation desk ) go over the road.

All songs were restored and mastered by Mike Wead ( King Diamond / Mercyful Fate ) and was released by small Dutch independent label Vic Records.

Each year, a small collection of the best pink diamonds are offered in an exclusive sale known as the Argyle Pink Diamond Tender.

It is named, logically, after five small islands-Moose, Diamond, Long, Egg, and Pinnacle-located just off the coast.

Letterfrack is a small village nestled under the Diamond Hill.

Wattle Glen is a small town wedged between suburbia, Diamond Creek, and the rural fringes of Hurstbridge.

Gwent Police have issued a silver coloured " Gwent Police Staff Diamond Jubilee Badge 2012 " A small lapel badge awarded to all Police Constables and PCSOs who received the Jubilee Medal.

He did, however, commission the building of a parish hall in 1897 and provided the village with a water supply, and the water fountain on the small village green was installed to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

F. Diamond Club members may also watch a broadband Internet version of the live F Men programs for a small monthly fee.

While acknowledging the small number of actual adherents, authors such as Sara Diamond and Frederick Clarkson have argued that postmillennial Christian Reconstructionism played a major role in pushing the primarily premillennial Christian Right to adopt a more aggressive dominionist stance.

Because of its industry dominance, Diamond also faced charges it bullied publishers and discriminated against small publishers.

The volcano was unknown before 1939, although " Kick ' em Jenny " appeared on earlier maps as either the name of a small island now called Diamond Rock ( or Île Diamante ), or the name of the strait between Grenada and Ronde Island ( or Île de Ronde ).

* Diamond dressers — Shorter handled Diamond tools that either have a matrix of small diamonds bonded to a broad surface on the end of the dresser ( top image ) or a single diamond mounted in their face ( lower image ).

The Solos join the Diamond Formation near the end of the show for a number of maneuvers in the Delta Formation.

The album went to number one in the UK, spawning the hits " Rebel Rebel " and " Diamond Dogs ", and number five in the US.

Society in The Diamond Age is dominated by a number of phyles, also sometimes called tribes.

A number of his early major roles were in film serials, such as The Masked Rider ( 1919 ), in Chapter 2 of which he can be glimpsed onscreen for the first time, The Hope Diamond Mystery ( 1920 ) and King of the Wild ( 1930 ).

The Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom are considered to be the most valuable and one of the largest jewellery collections in existence, with a number of famous diamonds and rubies including the Cullinan Diamond ( the largest diamond ever found before it was cut ).

Their follow-up album Pyromania ( 1983 ), certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America having sold over 10 million copies in the US, reached number two on the Billboard 200, and the singles " Foolin '", " Photograph ", and " Rock of Ages ", helped by the emergence of MTV, reached the Top 40.

Jim Diamond ’ s latest album “ City of Soul ” released by Camino Records ( catalogue number CAMCD40, release date 3 October 2011 ) features among others Wet Wet Wet drummer Tommy Cunningham and Greg Kane of Hue & Cry.

Metallica's early material has been influenced by a number of NWOBHM bands, including Diamond Head.

The album received wide acclaim and featured contributions from a larger group of producers, including DJ Premier, Buckwild, Lord Finesse, and Diamond D. The lead single " Don't Let it Go to Your Head " became, at number 54, the group's highest-charting single on the Hot 100.

The Diamond Sūtra has also been highly regarded in a number of Asian countries where Mahāyāna Buddhism has been traditionally practiced.

Bowie released nine more studio albums with RCA, all of which reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, of which Aladdin Sane ( 1973 ), Pin Ups ( 1973 ), Diamond Dogs ( 1974 ) and Scary Monsters ( and Super Creeps ) ( 1980 ) reached the number one position.

There are a number of major scientific employers nearby including the UKAEA at Culham ( and the Joint European Torus ( JET ) fusion research project ), Harwell Laboratory, the Science and Technology Facilities Council ( the research council responsible for Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ) and the Diamond Light Source synchrotron, which is the largest UK-funded scientific facility to be built for over 30 years Didcot is also the base of operations for the Baptist Union of Great Britain and BMS World Mission.

In celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June 2012, a number of village organizations ( including the Residents ' Association, Community Association, Scout Group, W. I.

The Government and the Wellcome Trust have now agreed to fund Phase III of Diamond which will increase the number of operational beamlines to 32 in 2017.

Phase II of Diamond will increase the number of beamlines to 22, with the 15 new beamlines becoming operational over the period 2007-2012.

* Also the number of Pokémon available as of the release of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl ( excluding event Pokémon )

Several songs sung by Matsuda reached number one at Oricon singles chart ; such as " Akai Sweet Pea ", " Nagisa no Balcony "( 1982 ) and " Hitomi wa Diamond "( 1986 ).

Some counterexamples are: Andrzej Panufnik ( 10 ; if one includes two early lost symphonies, 12 ), Hans Werner Henze ( 10 ; his ninth symphony was actually choral ), Eduard Tubin ( 10, died writing his eleventh symphony ), William Schuman ( 10 ; his first two were withdrawn ), Alun Hoddinott ( 10 ), David Diamond ( 11 ), Joachim Raff ( 11, as well as an early destroyed one ), Edmund Rubbra ( 11 ; his ninth symphony was choral ), Robert Simpson ( 11 ; his planned final 12th symphony was to be choral ), Heitor Villa-Lobos and Darius Milhaud ( 12 each ), Vagn Holmboe ( 13, as well as four additional symphonies for strings alone ), Roy Harris ( 13 ; he was more superstitious about the number 13 than the number 9, and so labelled his 13th as 14th ), Glenn Branca ( 14, although Branca's definition of " symphony " is somewhat untraditional ), Gloria Coates ( 15, although she only recognized and numbered her first six symphonies as " symphonies " after completing her 7th ), Dmitri Shostakovich ( 15 ), Rued Langgaard ( 16 plus an unnumbered choral symphony, Sinfonia Interna ), Henry Cowell ( 17 ), Allan Pettersson ( 17 ), Lev Knipper ( 20 ), Jānis Ivanovs ( 21 ), Mieczysław Weinberg ( 22 ), Nikolai Myaskovsky ( 27 ), Havergal Brian ( 32 ), Alan Hovhaness ( 67 ), Derek Bourgeois ( 72 ), and Leif Segerstam ( 253 ).

He also wrote a number of TV game show themes, including The Wizard of Odds ( for which he also sang the vocal introduction ), The Joker's Wild, Celebrity Sweepstakes, The Diamond Head Game, Blank Check, Stumpers !, Whew !, and the original theme to Wheel of Fortune.

The Supraphon Diamond Record Award was given him on September 8, 1992, for having sold 13 million recordings, a number which would account for 86 % of Czechoslovakia's population.

Moomba's performers have included international acts such as ABBA, Neil Diamond and AC / DC as well as a number of smaller local acts.

This station was intended to serve the population of Eltham North and St Helena and therefore help decrease the number of passengers using Eltham and Diamond Creek stations.