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Provided by the compucert diadem \DY-uh-dem\, noun:
- A crown.
- An ornamental headband worn (as by Eastern monarchs) as a badge of royalty.
- Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.
- To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
Diadem derives from Greek diadema, "a band," from diadein, "to bind around," from dia, "through, across" + dein, "to bind."
- A cellcert is a concert transmitted via cell phone. A cellcert happens when a person dials a friend and hold up his or her cell so said friend can enjoy the show.
Since I wasn't at the concert in NYC, my friends let me share in the moment by giving me a cellcert.
Trivia
Who was the actress who was supposed to play Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz?
- Sherly Temple (this bit of trivia thanks to Don)
What European city's motto is Fluctuat nec mergitur, Latin for "though rocked by the waves, she does not sink"?
- Paris.
- Lionel Nathan Rothschild: became the first Jew to sit in the British Parliament, 11 years after he was elected; the House of Commons had to allow a special oath (1858)
- Suez Canal: was nationalized by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading to an international crisis (1956)
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950): Nobel Prize-winning author of Pygmalion; also, writers Pearl Buck (1892-1973) and Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
- Carl Jung (1875-1961): father of analytical psychology
- Salvador Allende (1908-1973): Chilean president
- Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999): perfectionist director of A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey; also, directors Blake Edwards (86) and Peter Hyams (65)
- Dorothy Hamill (52): gold medal figure skater
- Jeremy Piven (43): Entourage's Ari Gold; also, actors Gracie Allen (1902-1964), Vivian Vance (1909-1979), Jason Robards (1922-2000), Helen Mirren (63), Kevin Spacey (49), Sandra Bullock (44) and the extra hot MILF Kate Beckinsale (35)
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