<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677164971206583248</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:28:18.989-08:00</updated><title type='text'>luxury</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>arthoman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04839916355911611873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677164971206583248.post-3010972147334165312</id><published>2008-02-11T23:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-11T23:04:08.402-08:00</updated><title type='text'>salut</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.proastasatului.info"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img2.ondapix.com/13016.gif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;OndaPix.com - Comentarios de San Valentin para hi5 / Myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1677164971206583248-3010972147334165312?l=arthoman.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/feeds/3010972147334165312/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1677164971206583248&amp;postID=3010972147334165312' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default/3010972147334165312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default/3010972147334165312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/2008/02/salut.html' title='salut'/><author><name>arthoman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04839916355911611873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677164971206583248.post-2940892287627962885</id><published>2008-02-07T08:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T08:27:28.763-08:00</updated><title type='text'>médicaments</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/img/leer.gif" alt="code" height="1" width="16" /&gt;&lt;!--marge--&gt;    &lt;div class="phpwcmsArticleListEntry"&gt;  &lt;div class="articleList_tophead"&gt;Application du PPB à la clozapine en avril 2008&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;sup&gt;er&lt;/sup&gt; février 2008&lt;/strong&gt;  Le ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux a accepté la recommandation du Conseil d’appliquer la méthode du prix le plus bas (PPB) à la clozapine à compter d’avril 2008. Une mesure spéciale sera mise en place pour prévenir, chez les patients qui recevaient déjà l'innovateur, un éventuel préjudice lié à l’application de la méthode du PPB à la clozapine. Pour plus d'information, vous pouvez consulter notre &lt;a href="http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/aid=165.phtml" class="phpwcmsIntLink"&gt;Foire aux questions&lt;/a&gt; sur le sujet.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- space //--&gt; &lt;div class="phpwcmsArticleListEntry"&gt;  &lt;div class="articleList_tophead"&gt;Nouvelle édition de la Liste de médicaments&lt;br /&gt;1er février 2008&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="phpwcmsArticleListImage"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/content/images/edd8e8c21aa6e40249d52140e16cbcc7.gif" alt="" border="0" height="80" width="86" /&gt;     &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;sup&gt;er&lt;/sup&gt; février 2008&lt;/strong&gt;   Une nouvelle édition de la Liste de médicaments a été publiée en date du 1&lt;sup&gt;er &lt;/sup&gt;février. Le &lt;a href="http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/aid=975.phtml" class="phpwcmsIntLink"&gt;tableau des principales décisions&lt;/a&gt; présente notamment les ajouts apportés à la Liste alors que les &lt;a href="http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/aid=944.phtml" class="phpwcmsIntLink"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Capsules CdM&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; les expliquent. Cette nouvelle édition de la Liste de médicaments est accessible sur le site Web de la &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.ramq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/regie/lois/liste_med.shtml"&gt;Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- space //--&gt; &lt;div class="phpwcmsArticleListEntry"&gt;  &lt;div class="articleList_tophead"&gt;CdM Express : édition de février 2008&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;sup&gt;er&lt;/sup&gt; février 2008&lt;/strong&gt;  Le numéro de février aborde, en éditorial, la délicate mission du Conseil du médicament. Parmi les sujets principaux : l'arrivée des &lt;em&gt;Capsules CdM&lt;/em&gt;, les principales décisions du ministre concernant la mise à jour des listes de médicaments de février 2008, la pharmacoéconomie, et bien plus... Tout cela dans un visuel renouvelé du &lt;a href="http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/aid=43.phtml" class="phpwcmsIntLink"&gt;CdM Express&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- space //--&gt; &lt;div class="phpwcmsArticleListEntry"&gt;  &lt;div class="articleList_tophead"&gt;Publication des demandes d'inscription reçues pour la Liste de juin 2008&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11 janvier 2008&lt;/strong&gt;  Le Conseil du médicament rend public les médicaments pour lesquels une demande d’inscription à la Liste de juin 2008 a été déposée. Ces produits sont présentés dans notre page &lt;a href="http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/aid=230.phtml" class="phpwcmsIntLink"&gt;Médicaments à l'étude&lt;/a&gt;. Les groupes ou associations de professionnels de la santé ou de patients peuvent faire parvenir leurs commentaires sur l'un de ces produits d’ici le 4 février prochain.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- space //--&gt;   &lt;div class="articleList_tophead"&gt;Modification aux listes de médicaments&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="phpwcmsArticleListImage"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/content/images/edd8e8c21aa6e40249d52140e16cbcc7.gif" alt="" border="0" height="80" width="86" /&gt;     &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;19 décembre 2007 &lt;/strong&gt; Le ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux apporte une modification à la Liste des médicaments couverts par le Régime général d’assurance médicaments et à la Liste de médicaments—établissements.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La modification, qui entre en vigueur le 19 décembre 2007, vise notamment l’ajout d'une nouvelle indication de paiement et d'un nouveau critère d'utilisation à Sprycel&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;MC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; (dasatinib).  Pour plus d’information, vous pouvez consulter la &lt;a href="http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/aid=936.phtml" class="phpwcmsIntLink"&gt;Capsule&lt;/a&gt; publiée à ce sujet. La modification vise aussi l'inscription de produits génériques de lisinopril pour un motif économique. Ces produits ont fait l’objet d’une &lt;a href="http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/aid=930.phtml" class="phpwcmsIntLink"&gt;évaluation prioritaire&lt;/a&gt; de la part du Conseil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1677164971206583248-2940892287627962885?l=arthoman.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/feeds/2940892287627962885/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1677164971206583248&amp;postID=2940892287627962885' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default/2940892287627962885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default/2940892287627962885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/2008/02/mdicaments.html' title='médicaments'/><author><name>arthoman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04839916355911611873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677164971206583248.post-3947688315286734495</id><published>2008-02-07T08:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T08:19:59.663-08:00</updated><title type='text'>la sante en video</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="dossierDuMois"&gt;&lt;div class="paragraphe"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vulgaris-medical.com/dossier.html" title="lire la suite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vulgaris-medical.com/upload/vignette-les-quatres-ec1.jpg" alt="LA SANTE EN VIDEO" title="LA SANTE EN VIDEO" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Comment fonctionnent les reins ? Le foie ? Le coeur ? Les yeux ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Comment un infarctus survient-il ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Que se passe-t-il exactement au cours de la maladie d'Alzheimer ? De la fibromyalgie ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Quels sont les mécanismes de la fécondation ? Comment les 3 premiers mois d'une grossesse se déroulent-ils ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Découvrez les réponses à ces questions et à bien d'autres grâce à des vidéos pédagogiques en 3D, conçues pour vous aider à comprendre et à mémoriser les merveilles et les secrets du corps humain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;C'est facile... Il vous suffit de cliquer ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://video.vulgaris-medical.com/"&gt;video.vulgaris-medical.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vulgaris-medical.com/dossier.html" title="lire la suite"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1677164971206583248-3947688315286734495?l=arthoman.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/feeds/3947688315286734495/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1677164971206583248&amp;postID=3947688315286734495' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default/3947688315286734495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default/3947688315286734495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/2008/02/la-sante-en-video.html' title='la sante en video'/><author><name>arthoman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04839916355911611873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677164971206583248.post-6009946293473715160</id><published>2008-02-02T05:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-02T05:35:30.423-08:00</updated><title type='text'>sale of building   (Real Estate)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.loopnet.com/Attachments/D/0/7/D0770D48-FFFD-4224-83A3-22DBEB3817E5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.loopnet.com/Attachments/D/0/7/D0770D48-FFFD-4224-83A3-22DBEB3817E5.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;About LoopNet&lt;/h2&gt;   &lt;p&gt;LoopNet is a leading information services provider that offers a suite of     products and services tailored to the national and local needs of the     commercial real estate industry. LoopNet operates the largest and most heavily     trafficked &lt;a href="http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Mainsite/ContentIndexPages/Restaurant/default.htm"&gt;commercial real      estate&lt;/a&gt; listing service online with more than    &lt;span id="BottomSEOLinks_QS_NumCREProfsLabel"&gt;2.5 million&lt;/span&gt;    registered members and    &lt;span id="BottomSEOLinks_Qs_numUniqueVisitorsWeek"&gt;915,000&lt;/span&gt;    unique visitors monthly. The LoopNet online marketplace contains more than    &lt;span id="BottomSEOLinks_QS_NumDollarsPFSLabel"&gt;$425 billion&lt;/span&gt;    of property available for sale and    &lt;span id="BottomSEOLinks_QS_NumSqFtPFLLabel"&gt;3.7 billion&lt;/span&gt;    square feet of property available for lease. LoopNet covers all &lt;a href="http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Mainsite/ContentIndexPages/CommercialRealEstate/default.htm"&gt;     commercial real estate&lt;/a&gt; property categories including &lt;a href="http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Mainsite/ContentIndexPages/Land/default.htm"&gt;      commercial land&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Mainsite/ContentIndexPages/Office/default.htm"&gt;office      space&lt;/a&gt;, industrial, &lt;a href="http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Mainsite/ContentIndexPages/Multifamily/default.htm"&gt;multifamily      (apartments)&lt;/a&gt; and retail. LoopNet attracts the largest community of &lt;a href="http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Mainsite/ContentIndexPages/HotelMotel/default.htm"&gt;     commercial real estate&lt;/a&gt; professionals including brokers, investors, tenants, property managers, landlords, and appraisers. LoopNet's market-leading LoopLink product powers the web sites of more than &lt;span id="BottomSEOLinks_Qs_numlooplinklabel1"&gt;1,000&lt;/span&gt; commercial real estate organizations and seamlessly integrates their web sites with LoopNet's listing service at www.LoopNet.com.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a name="otherSEOMarkets" id="otherSEOMarkets"&gt;Browse by Popular Markets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;p&gt;Browse our commerical real estate listings for sale and for lease in the hottest urban markets across the nation. You’ll find Office, Retail and Industrial Properties, Shopping Centers, Multifamily Apartments, Investment Property and much more!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1677164971206583248-6009946293473715160?l=arthoman.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/feeds/6009946293473715160/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1677164971206583248&amp;postID=6009946293473715160' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default/6009946293473715160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default/6009946293473715160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/2008/02/sale-of-building.html' title='sale of building   (Real Estate)'/><author><name>arthoman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04839916355911611873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677164971206583248.post-6490881610045112314</id><published>2008-02-02T05:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-03T01:07:50.239-08:00</updated><title type='text'>diamond</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="dablink"&gt;This article is about the mineral.  For the gemstone, see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_%28gemstone%29" title="Diamond (gemstone)"&gt;Diamond (gemstone)&lt;/a&gt;.  For other uses, including the shape &lt;big&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%97%8A" title="◊"&gt;◊&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/big&gt;, see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_%28disambiguation%29" title="Diamond (disambiguation)"&gt;Diamond (disambiguation)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;table class="infobox" style="font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.3em; float: right;" width="250"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="background: rgb(153, 102, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: white;" align="center"&gt;Diamond&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Brillanten.jpg" class="image" title="Brillanten.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Brillanten.jpg/250px-Brillanten.jpg" border="0" height="190" width="250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;A scattering of round-brilliant cut diamonds shows off the many reflecting facets.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="background: rgb(153, 102, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: white;" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;General&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Category&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Native Minerals&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_formula" title="Chemical formula"&gt;Chemical formula&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;C&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="background: rgb(153, 102, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: white;" align="center"&gt;Identification&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_Weight" title="Molecular Weight"&gt;Molecular Weight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;12.01 u&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Color&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Typically yellow, brown or gray to colorless. Less often in blue, green, black, translucent white, pink, violet, orange, purple and red.&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_habit" title="Crystal habit"&gt;Crystal habit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octahedral" title="Octahedral"&gt;Octahedral&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_system" title="Crystal system"&gt;Crystal system&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Isometric-Hexoctahedral (Cubic)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleavage_%28crystal%29" title="Cleavage (crystal)"&gt;Cleavage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;111 (perfect in four directions)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fracture" title="Fracture"&gt;Fracture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchoidal" title="Conchoidal"&gt;Conchoidal&lt;/a&gt; - step like&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_Scale" title="Mohs Scale"&gt;Mohs Scale&lt;/a&gt; hardness&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;10&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustre_%28mineralogy%29" title="Lustre (mineralogy)"&gt;Luster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamantine" title="Adamantine"&gt;Adamantine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Polish luster&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamantine" title="Adamantine"&gt;Adamantine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractive_index" title="Refractive index"&gt;Refractive index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;2.4175–2.4178&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Optical Properties&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Singly Refractive&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_4" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefringence" title="Birefringence"&gt;Birefringence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;none&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_5" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersion_%28optics%29" title="Dispersion (optics)"&gt;Dispersion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;.044&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_6" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleochroism" title="Pleochroism"&gt;Pleochroism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;none&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_7" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence" title="Fluorescence"&gt;Ultraviolet fluorescence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;colorless to yellowish stones - inert to strong in long wave, and typically blue. Weaker in short wave.&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_8" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_spectroscopy" title="Absorption spectroscopy"&gt;Absorption spectra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;In pale yellow stones a 415.5 nm line is typical. Irradiated and annealed diamonds often show a line around 594 nm when cooled to low temperatures.&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_9" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streak_%28mineralogy%29" title="Streak (mineralogy)"&gt;Streak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;White&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_gravity" title="Specific gravity"&gt;Specific gravity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;3.52 (+/- .01)&lt;sup id="_ref-GRG_10" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-GRG" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density" title="Density"&gt;Density&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;3.5-3.53&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Diaphaneity&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Transparent to subtransparent to translucent&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Diamond&lt;/b&gt; is an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_carbon" title="Allotropes of carbon"&gt;allotrope of carbon&lt;/a&gt;. It is the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardness" title="Hardness"&gt;hardest&lt;/a&gt; known &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_material" title="Natural material"&gt;natural material&lt;/a&gt; and the third-hardest known &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material" title="Material"&gt;material&lt;/a&gt; after &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregated_diamond_nanorods" title="Aggregated diamond nanorods"&gt;aggregated diamond nanorods&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerite#Ultrahard_fullerite" title="Fullerite"&gt;ultrahard fullerite&lt;/a&gt;. Its hardness and high &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersion_%28optics%29" title="Dispersion (optics)"&gt;dispersion&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light" title="Light"&gt;light&lt;/a&gt; make it useful for industrial applications and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewelry" title="Jewelry"&gt;jewelry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Diamonds are specifically renowned as a material with superlative physical qualities; they make excellent &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrasive" title="Abrasive"&gt;abrasives&lt;/a&gt; because they can be scratched only by other diamonds, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borazon" title="Borazon"&gt;Borazon&lt;/a&gt;, ultrahard &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerite" title="Fullerite"&gt;fullerite&lt;/a&gt;, or aggregated diamond &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanorods" title="Nanorods"&gt;nanorods&lt;/a&gt;, which also means they hold a polish extremely well and retain their &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustre_%28mineralogy%29" title="Lustre (mineralogy)"&gt;lustre&lt;/a&gt;. Approximately 130 million &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carat_%28mass%29" title="Carat (mass)"&gt;carats&lt;/a&gt; (26,000 kg) are mined annually, with a total value of nearly &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_dollar" title="US dollar"&gt;USD $&lt;/a&gt;9 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000000000_%28number%29" title="1000000000 (number)"&gt;billion&lt;/a&gt;, and about 100,000 kg (220,000 lb) are synthesized annually.&lt;sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-0" title=""&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The name &lt;i&gt;diamond&lt;/i&gt; derives from the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language"&gt;ancient Greek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;adamas&lt;/i&gt; (αδάμας; “invincible”). They have been treasured as &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemstone" title="Gemstone"&gt;gemstones&lt;/a&gt; since their use as &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon" title="Icon"&gt;religious icons&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdoms_of_Ancient_India" title="Kingdoms of Ancient India"&gt;ancient India&lt;/a&gt; and usage in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraving" title="Engraving"&gt;engraving&lt;/a&gt; tools also dates to early &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_world" title="History of the world"&gt;human history&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-1" title=""&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="_ref-ancient_China_0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#_note-ancient_China" title=""&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Popularity of diamonds has risen since the 19th century because of increased supply, improved cutting and polishing techniques, growth in the world economy, and innovative and successful advertising campaigns. They are commonly judged by the “four Cs”: &lt;i&gt;carat&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;clarity&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;color&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;cut&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Roughly 49% of diamonds originate from central and southern &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" title="Africa"&gt;Africa&lt;/a&gt;, although significant sources of the mineral have been discovered in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"&gt;Canada&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"&gt;Russia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"&gt;Brazil&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"&gt;Australia&lt;/a&gt;. They are mined from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberlite" title="Kimberlite"&gt;kimberlite&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamproite" title="Lamproite"&gt;lamproite&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_pipe" title="Volcanic pipe"&gt;volcanic pipes&lt;/a&gt;, which brought to the surface the diamond crystals from deep in the Earth where the high pressure and temperature enables the formation of the crystals. The mining and distribution of natural diamonds are subjects of frequent controversy such as with concerns over the sale of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_diamond" title="Conflict diamond"&gt;conflict diamonds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (aka &lt;i&gt;blood diamonds&lt;/i&gt;) by African &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramilitary" title="Paramilitary"&gt;paramilitary&lt;/a&gt; groups.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tqdiamonds.com/Images/DiamondPage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 176px;" src="http://www.tqdiamonds.com/Images/DiamondPage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/diamond-hope-smithsonian.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 176px;" src="http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/diamond-hope-smithsonian.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1677164971206583248-6490881610045112314?l=arthoman.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/feeds/6490881610045112314/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1677164971206583248&amp;postID=6490881610045112314' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default/6490881610045112314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1677164971206583248/posts/default/6490881610045112314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arthoman.blogspot.com/2008/02/diamond.html' title='diamond'/><author><name>arthoman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04839916355911611873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
