Both versions are initiated by a bid of four notrump ( 4NT ), and the entire family of conventions may be called Blackwood 4NT in both versions, or Key Card 4NT in the key card variation.

There are other 4NT conventions, such as Norman four notrump, San Francisco and Byzantine Blackwood, but almost all bridge partnerships employ some member of the Blackwood family as part of their slam-investigation methods.

In some situations where 4NT is a quantitative invitation, especially where 4 is a jump, many partnerships use the Gerber convention by some analogy to the Blackwood family: 4 asks for the number of aces or key cards.

The last member of the Blackwood family to run the company was Douglas Blackwood.

The Blackwood family became prominent landowners in Ulster over the following two hundred years, and were created baronets in 1763, entering the Peerage of Ireland in 1800 as Baron Dufferin.

Marriages in the Blackwood family were often advantageous to their landowning and high-society ambitions, but Dufferin's father, Captain The 4th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye

He also wrote a series of novels about several generations of the Blackwood family who served in the Royal Marines from the 1850s to the 1970s, and a non-fiction account of his World War II experiences, D-Day: A Personal Reminiscence ( 1984 ).

The family previously lived in a terrace house in the village of Wattsville, near Blackwood.

It was first settled by the Bussell family, who relocated there from their location on the Blackwood River after John Garrett Bussell discovered superior farm land in the area.

Dalbergia melanoxylon ( African Blackwood, Grenadilla, or Mpingo ) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry regions of Africa from Senegal east to Eritrea and south to the Transvaal in South Africa.

The main character is Tarquin " Quinn " Blackwood, a child of the Blackwood clan, which is a powerful and old family in New Orleans.

The Blackwood family, originally of Scottish descent, were prominent landowners in County Down and controlled the borough constituency of Killyleagh in the Irish Parliament.

* History of the Blackwood family

Blackwood was married three times, and left a large family.

* African Blackwood, a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae

Thus, a Blackwood query by the player holding two quick losers in a side suit is a wild gamble, as it is still possible that the suit is not controlled by an Ace or a King.

The 3rd GMA Dove Awards of 1971 were deemed invalid due to apparent ballot stuffing by the southern gospel group the Blackwood Brothers, and that year is still not considered an official awards year by the Gospel Music Association.

The remains of the semicircular access road to the southbound carriageway EW still visible at Draffan Road, with the Blackwood slip road now used as an access road to new housing.

At the time of her death, Oliphant was still working on Annals of a Publishing House, a record of the progress and achievement of the firm of Blackwood, with which she had been so long connected.

Pipe Chanters and practice chanters are typically made out of a hard wood ( such as African Blackwood ), although before the expansion of the British Empire, native woods were used, as are still in many folk instruments.

Additionally, Holmes announced that Xan Tyler would take over live lead vocals for the band, replacing Blackwood.

* Blair, D. Oswald Hunter, History of the Catholic Church of Scotland, Willian Blackwood and Sons, 1887.

Blackwood is a village which borders Kirkmuirhill, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland.

Al Tajir's 15, 000 acre Blackwood estate in Perthshire, Scotland is owned by his company Park Tower Holding Establishment, based in the tax haven of Liechtenstein.

* Prehistoric Scotland and Its Place in European Civilization, by Robert Munro, 1899, W Blackwood and sons

On February 7, a taxi driver from Newport supposedly picked up Edwards from the King's Hotel in Newport, and drove him around the valleys, including Blackwood ( Edwards ’ home as a child ).

The African Blackwood Conservation Project works around Mount Kilimanjaro replanting African Blackwood trees, and in conservation education.

Deptford is divided into many sections and neighborhoods, including Almonesson, Jericho, New Sharon, Oak Valley, Westville Grove, Cooper Village, Lake Tract, Blackwood Terrace, and Pine Acres.

Blackwood sits at the top of the gentle hills on the Western / Southern side of the picturesque Clyde Valley, at the point where the River Nethan sweeps down into the steep valley to join the River Clyde.

Several schools offering Welsh-language education operate in this area, for example Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari in Pontyclun, Ysgol Gyfun Y Cymmer in Porth the Rhondda, Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun in Penywaun in the Cynon Valley, Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw in Pontypool, Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni in Blackwood, Ysgol Gymraeg Plasmawr in Cardiff & Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg in Church Village, which have all done much to enhance the status of the language among young people.

* October: Blackwood Valley Wine Show

* Blackwood River Valley

* IBT-Islwyn Borough Transport: IBT ( originally established in 1926 as the West Monmouthshore Omnibus Board ) was the former municipal operator and served routes in the traditional Islwyn Borough Area ( Bedwellty and Mynyddislwyn ) with the main depot next to St Mary's Church, Blackwood.

Then later, in 1902, Heart of Darkness was included in the book " Youth: a Narrative, and Two Other Stories " ( published November 13th 1902, by William Blackwood ).

Other elementary schools include Blackwood Elementary and Gloucester Township Elementary.

In 1818 his collection The Brownie of Bodsbeck and Other Tales was published by Blackwood.

Other small population areas in the east are Balliang, Mount Wallace and Myrniong, in the centre Blackwood, Greendale, Gordon, Koorweinguboora and Mount Egerton and to the west Bungaree, Elaine and Wallace.

Other contestants included Tony Bennett, The Blackwood Brothers, Lenny Bruce, Roy Clark, Rosemary Clooney, Ken Berry, Florian ZaBach, Wally Cox, Vic Damone, The Diamonds, Eddie Fisher, Connie Francis, Don Knotts, Steve Lawrence, Al Martino, Barbara McNair, Marian McPartland, Johnny Nash, Leslie Uggams, Lorraine Donahue ( who later appeared on The Voice of Firestone ) and Jonathan Winters.

* Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood ( 2002 ).

Other BA operations in the area include British Airways Avionic Engineering at Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taff and British Airways Interiors Engineering in Blackwood, Caerphilly.

From here, the route heads into commercial parts of the Blackwood section of Gloucester Township, with some homes near the road.

The Blackwood shared components from many Fords, and Lincolns, the body was from an F150, the front fenders and hood were from a Lincoln Navigator, but there were some unique parts on it, such as the bed with a power tonneau cover, with stainless steel box lining.