Quality diamonds

LifeGem is a company offering to synthesize diamonds from the carbonized remains of people or pets. According to Dean VandenBiesen, speaking on the Stan and Terry show May 7, 2007, the company recently became able to create a diamond from a lock of hair. The company was founded in 2001 by Greg Herro, Mike Herro, Rusty VandenBiesen, and Dean VandenBiesen, and was first based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. It is now headquartered in Chicago and a second office, under the name LifeGem UK, was recently opened in Hove, England.

The gems

These synthetic diamonds—precisely duplicate natural diamonds in both optical and physical properties—are touted as “memorial diamonds” and range in price from USD $2,500 for 0.20–0.29 carat (40 to 59 mg) stones to $14,000 for stones weighing 0.90–0.99 carats (180–199 mg). The company can extract enough purified carbon from one human body to synthesize up to 50 gems weighing one carat (0.2 g) each. As little as 227 g of remains are needed to make one diamond. Diamonds made from the cremains of pets are priced the same as those made from human remains, but the size of the animal may be a limiting factor. As of March 2005, LifeGem says it has served 1,000 families since the company’s founding.

The process

The carbon from the remains is converted to graphite after purification, from which point it is placed in a diamond synthesis press. The diamonds are made via the thermal gradient method using alloys as a flux at pressures of 5.0–6.0 GPa and temperatures of 1,600–2,000 °C. The entire process, from cremation to finished stone, takes up to six months for fancy yellow LifeGem diamonds and up to nine months for fancy blue LifeGem diamonds.

Due to boron impurities present in the carbon, most LifeGem synthetic diamonds produced up to 2003 were Type IIb and were a light to medium blue in colour. Iron flux inclusions within the stones also rendered them magnetic. The synthesis process has since been modified: Current production consists of strong yellow to golden yellow and Type IIb blue diamonds.

Three standard diamond cuts are offered to customers: Round brilliant, radiant, and princess (the latter two cuts are rectangular and square in outline, respectively). The company will also take requests for custom cuts. The finished stones are laser inscribed with an identifier (and a tribute for an extra fee), graded by gemologists, and are given a signed certificate of authenticity which contains a LifeGem ID#.

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John Turner (born February 12 1986 in Harrow, London) is an English footballer, who currently plays for King’s Lynn. He is 178cm (5′10″) tall and plays as a forward.

He joined Cambridge United’s youth scheme in the summer of 2002, after leaving Aston Villa’s youth academy..

He made his debut on 2003-04-12 in League Two against Exeter City, coming on with 15 minutes remaining, he scored the winner in the final minute of the match.

He scored his first (and so far only) hat-trick on November 20 2004 in League Two against Rushden & Diamonds. Cambridge United won the match 3-1. Whilst at Cambridge, he was loan out to Aldershot for a month.

As of the summer of 2005, he had played 82 matches for United, scoring 12 times.

Transferred to Rushden & Diamonds in January 2006 he was knocked out during his first appearance. He later played for Grays Athletic who loaned him out to Conference South sides Braintree and Bishop’s Stortford, before being released in May 2007.

Turner has since signed for King’s Lynn

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Bruce Herbert Glover (born May 2, 1932) is an American actor perhaps best known for his role of assassin Mr. Wint in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. He is also the father of actor Crispin Glover.

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Talented character actor who has notched up over 45 years in Hollywood, and is generally most entertaining playing villains or oily individuals. He began with numerous appearances in TV shows including Perry Mason (1957), The Rat Patrol (1966), My Favorite Martian (1963), The Mod Squad (1968) and Hawk (1966). His performance alongside Putter Smith as two gay hit men trying to eliminate Sean Connery in the James Bond adventure Diamonds Are Forever (1971) was equally chilling and humorous, stamping Mr Kidd and Mr Wint as two of the most popular villains of the entire 007 series.

Glover was a redneck thug harassing well meaning teens in the drama Bless the Beasts & Children (1971), contributed another icy performance as Duffy in Chinatown (1974) and he was leaning on hustler James Coburn to repay his debts in Hard Times (1973). Glover also appeared in the controversial vigilante style film Walking Tall (1973), and its lesser sequel Walking Tall Part II (1975). He remained busy through the 1980/90s with more guest spots on shows including T.J. Hooker (1982), The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), and The A-Team (1983). More recently, his film appearances have included Night of the Scarecrow (1995), Die Hard Dracula (1998) and Ghost World (2001).

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Funky Diamonds is the self-titled debut of german girl group Funky Diamonds.

1. The Beginning (Intro) 1:14
2. I Know That You Want Me 3:16
3. Funky Diamond Groove 3:20
4. It’s My Game 3:59
5. Get It On 3:33
6. Emotions (Intro) 1:01
7. A Friend 4:06
8. Summer Vibes 4:11
9. Break Down The Rules 3:54
10. Gotcha! (Intro) 1:28
11. Bad Girls 3:50
12. Too Late To Say I’m Sorry 4:30
13. Take My Love 3:33
14. Home Alone (Intro) 0:55
15. Spooky (Grooving Diamonds Mix) 3:49
16. Taste The Group 3:31
17. Lab Da Di, Baby 3:27

(Release Date 31.08.1997)

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The Pumpkin Diamond is a diamond measuring 5.54 carats (1.108 g) rated in color as Fancy Vivid Orange by the Gemological Institute of America. While this may seem relatively small when compared to other famous diamonds, the Pumpkin Diamond is, in fact, one of the largest Fancy Vivid Oranges the GIA reports having rated and is unique compared to other orange diamonds because it is relatively light-colored and notably intense. The Pumpkin Diamond was mined in Central African Republic and then imported into South Africa for sale, it was later cut and polished by William Goldberg, and put to auction at Sotheby’s where it was bought by Ronald Winston of the House of Harry Winston for the price of $1.3 million. It is currently estimated to be valued at $3 million.

Formerly referred to simply as the 5.54 Vivid Orange, Winston named the diamond “The Pumpkin Diamond” as he bought it the day before Halloween. After buying the Pumpkin, Winston proceeded to have the diamond set in a ring between two smaller white diamonds. Halle Berry wore the ring to the 2002 Oscars where she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Monster’s Ball.

While it is difficult to tell exactly what status the Pumpkin Diamond currently enjoys, the official GIA web site reports it as “one of the largest Fancy Vivid orange natural color diamonds in the world.” The Color Diamond Encyclopedia, on the other hand, terms it “the world’s largest fancy vivid orange diamond.” In 1997, when it was purchased by The House of Harry Winston, the Gemstone Forecaster referred to it as “the only vivid orange ever graded by the GIA.”

The Pumpkin Diamond was displayed as part of the Smithsonian’s “The Splendor of Diamonds” exhibit, alongside The De Beers Millennium Star, the world’s largest top colour (D) internally and externally flawless pear-shaped diamond at 203.04 carat (40.608 g) and The Heart of Eternity, a 27.64 carat (5.528 g) heart-cut blue diamond.

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Herkimer diamond is the misnomerous name for double-terminated quartz first discovered in exposed outcrops of dolostone at Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York and the Mohawk River Valley. They became largely recognized after workmen discovered them in large quantities while cutting into the Mohawk River Valley dolostone in the late 1700s. Geologists discovered exposed dolostone in Herkimer County and began mining there. The popularity of mining for double-terminated quartz in the Herkimer County outcroppings is what lead to the name, Herkimer diamonds. Currently, Herkimer diamonds can be found in large quantity in at least Herkimer, Fulton, and Montgomery counties.

These quartz crystals, which formed extremely slowly in small pockets or vugs, have 18 facets (6 sides) and two terminations. They can be found clear, cloudy, or even containing a variety of rare impurities. Impurities (rare and general) can include clusters, scepters, enhydro, phantom, and bridge crystals. An enhydro contains a water pocket within the crystal, and a phantom is a crystal which contains an image of itself within.

The crystals referred to unofficially as “Herkimer Diamonds” are officially known as “Little Falls Diamonds” because they are found in a rock formation called “Little Falls Dolostone.”
Some years ago a resident of the village of Herkimer bought one of the diamond mines, and started calling the crystals Herkimer Diamonds, although none are found in the village. They are abundant in the City of Little Falls, and the public library there has a large display of the crystals.

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The Great Chrysanthemum Diamond is a diamond measuring 104.15 carats (20.830 g) with a Pear-Shaped Modified Brilliant Cut, rated in colour as Fancy Orange-Brown and I1 clarity by the Gemological Institute of America. The diamond’s origins are in South Africa, where it was bought by the jeweler Julius Cohen as a 198.28 carat (39.656 g) rough in 1963. After buying it, Cohen returned to New York where he had it cut into its distinctive pear shape by S&M Kaufman. Because of its colouring similarities to the brown chyrsanthemum, it was named after that flower.

The Great Chrysanthemum has been shown in a number of diamond exhibits throughout the United States. In 1965, the Chrysanthemum was named a winner of one of the Diamonds International Awards and was placed on display in the Rand Easter Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa. Julius Cohen later sold the diamond to an unknown and reputedly foreign buyer and was purchased by Garrards of London around 2003.

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Kimberly is a ghost town south of Murfreesboro, Arkansas. The town grew up near John Huddleston’s diamond mine. Kimberly had a population of over 2,000 people. Wooden frame houses were built, some were made into stores, and other businesses. A bank, hotel, and other stores were also built here.

Kimberly was founded after John Huddleston found diamonds on his property. When prospectors came to find diamonds, real estate companies built homes for the prospectors, stores later came. Kimberly was named after Kimberly Diamond Mine in South Africa. Later population declined as people moved to other areas, such as Murfreesboro.

Huddleston’s diamond mine is now part of Crater of Diamonds State Park, where tourists can search for diamonds and keep any they find.

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Brozel is a method for intervening against an opposing 1NT opening bid. It features the following calls:

• Double – shows any single suit; advancer bids 2♣, after which intervenor corrects to his actual suit (or passes with clubs). This was originally played as requiring either a solid suit or a very good suit and an entry, leaving advancer the opportunity to pass with a couple of side-suit stoppers, though many partnerships now allow a weaker suit.
  
• 2♣ – shows clubs and hearts
• 2♦ – shows diamonds and hearts
• 2♥ – shows hearts and spades
• 2♠ – shows spades and an unspecified minor suit
• 2NT – shows clubs and diamonds

The convention is named loosely after its creator, Bernard Zeller.

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Los Lonely Boys was released in 1997. The first track, “Diamonds”, has been updated and is the first single released from LLB’s 2006 album “Sacred”.

Track listing

1. “Diamonds” – 3:15
2. “All Tied Up” – 2:00
3. “My Little Angel” – 3:56
4. “I Don’t Know (How To Say I. L. Y.)” – 2:32
5. “Crazy Baby” – 2:45
6. “Once Again” – 3:28
7. “Losing You” – 4:03
8. “Someday You’ll Realize” – 3:41
9. “I’ll Make It Right” – 2:44
10. “Are You Ready” – 3:57
11. “Don’t You Cry No More (Hidden Track)” – 2:38

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