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  NARCISSE DIAZ - LoveToKnow Article on NARCISSE DIAZ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
About 1831 Diaz encountered Theodore Rousseau, for whom he entertained a great veneration, although Rousseau was four years his junior; but it was not until ten years later that the remarkable incident took place of Rousseau teaching Diaz to paint trees.
Diaz followed him surreptitiously to the forest,wooden leg not hindering,and he dodged round after the painter, trying to observe his method of work.
Diazs finest pictures are his forest scenes and storms, and it is on these, and not on his pretty figures, that his fame is likely to rest.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DI/DIAZ_NARCISSE.htm   (565 words)

  
 Cameron Diaz testifies in topless photo case - Boston.com - Celebrity news - A&E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Diaz, 32, said she had been excited about the May 1992 shoot because it was an opportunity to break out of a teen-age modeling career that had been mainly confined to department store catalogs.
Diaz arranged to meet him at the office of her lawyer on June 23.
Diaz, who also appeared in "The Mask" and lent her voice to the Princess Fiona character in "Shrek," has filed a civil suit seeking damages against Rutter that is scheduled for trial in October.
www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2005/07/15/cameron_diaz_testifies_in_topless_photo_case   (591 words)

  
 Diaz Photographer Convicted
Diaz testified that Rutter told her the buyers were "going to use this against" her by portraying her as a "bad angel" in a huge magazine spread and bus and billboard ad campaign.
Diaz, whose screen credits include Shrek and There's Something About Mary, testified that she wasn't ashamed of the shots and had offered at one point to go into partnership with Rutter in releasing some images.
Rutter's theft conviction was for the alleged flmail scheme, the forgery conviction was for the fake Diaz signature and the perjury conviction was for declaring in a separate civil case that the signature was authentic.
www.buzzle.com /editorials/7-26-2005-73735.asp   (560 words)

  
 Carlos Diaz - UFO Abductee - UFO Evidence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Diaz claimed that the being then turned to him and explained that it was he who grabbed his shoulder the previous day.
Diaz was filled with awe when he remembered what he had seen inside: 'It was full of stalagmites, some of which were carved into what appeared to be Mayan sculptures,' he stated.
Diaz's experience of connecting with living creatures is so intense that he seems literally to become the thing he is describing.' Diaz's experience, Mack claims constitutes an 'awakening', a process which, he says, is common in abductees.
www.etcontact.net /documents/doc1180.htm   (2518 words)

  
 JMU - Montpelier - Wrestler Pat Diaz
Diaz did exactly that as a sophomore, going 23-14 and earning a wild card to the NCAA tournament, where he went 1-2 in the double-elimi-nation format.
Diaz ended the 2003 season with a 4-2 record in the CAA and 18-9 overall.
Diaz is one of JMU's few remaining scholarship wrest-lers since the 2001 reorganization of the university's varsity sports program.
www.jmu.edu /montpelier/2003Spring/FP_WrestlerPatDiaz.shtml   (663 words)

  
 Juan Diaz impresses big time: 2/26/01
Diaz looks more like an offensive guard for the New England Patriots than someone who could be playing first base in Boston before this season is over.
Diaz, who got married in the offseason, racked up pounds faster than he did home runs last year, and while he admits to weighing 286 pounds, clubhouse chatter has him coming into camp at 295.
Diaz was batting.279 with seven homers and 17 RBI in 13 games before sliding late into second base in Ottawa, trying to beat an unexpected throw after the shortstop had made a great diving stab.
www.s-t.com /daily/02-01/02-26-01/c03sp100.htm   (737 words)

  
 At the top: Alphonso Diaz leads NASA's Science Mission
Diaz recalls his Goddard work as a dream job, but after six years he found he was getting "too comfortable." He needed a challenge.
Diaz led the team that produced NASA's response to the Gehman report that detailed the causes of the tragedy: "A renewed commitment to excellence: an assessment of the NASA agency-wide applicability of the Columbia accident investigation board report."
Diaz believes it was the Gehman report's honest look at what went wrong that led to NASA's renewed vision for space exploration.
www.diversitycareers.com /articles/pro/05-febmar/att_diaz.htm   (955 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Four months pregnant, Diaz caddies for brother   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Diaz, an LPGA member who is four months pregnant, lugged around Ron Philo Jr.'s clubs for 18 holes during the opening round of the PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club Thursday.
Diaz said her obstetrician supported her decision to caddie, while her husband, Kevin, was adamantly opposed to it.
Diaz, whose fl hair was pulled in a ponytail beneath her blue sun visor, was one of just two female caddies on the course during the morning session.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/pga/2005-08-11-diaz-caddie_x.htm?csp=34   (556 words)

  
 Cameron Diaz, Star Witness - Jul 14, 2005 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Such was the testimony Thursday from the top-paid actress in the Los Angeles trial of the photographer accused of trying to sell topless photos of her with the help of a forged release form.
During her testimony, Diaz maintained that she didn't sign a release form for Rutter at the warehouse--that's not the way modeling business is conducted, she explained, per CNS.
Diaz said she didn't have a problem with the photos per se ("I thought, 'My boobs looked good.' At least I had that going for me."), but she said she felt "violated" and "completely sick to my stomach" when Rutter resurfaced 11 years later with the photos, and an asking price.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,16946,00.html?tnews   (755 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - Dragutin Dimitrijevic
Born in Naples on 4 December 1861, Diaz graduated from the military colleges of Naples and Turin prior to serving with distinction in the Italo-Turkish war of 1911-12.
Promoted to Major General in 1914, Diaz worked closely with then Chief of Staff Luigi Cadorna in the latter's determination to reorganise the Italian army in readiness for the coming war.
Consequently Diaz launched an offensive at Vittorio Veneto with 57 divisions on 23 October 1918, little more than two weeks before the war came to an end.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/diaz.htm   (270 words)

  
 L.A. photographer on trial for Cameron Diaz photos - Boston.com - Nation - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A photographer who took steamy photographs of actress Cameron Diaz before she was famous went on trial on Wednesday for what prosecutors said was an attempt to flmail her for more than $3 million.
Diaz is expected to testify at the trial that she never signed the release form and that Rutter had confronted her with the photos in June 2003, indicating he had buyers willing to pay $5 million for them.
Diaz has also filed a civil suit seeking damages against Rutter that is scheduled for trial in October.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/07/13/la_photographer_on_trial_for_cameron_diaz_photos?mode=PF   (381 words)

  
 Porfirio Diaz home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Diaz was a Mexican statesman.He was known to some people as the hero of modern Mexico.
Diaz lost once again in the presidential election of 1876, but he refused defeat and rose against Lerdo, which gained him presidency.
Diaz was influenced by the belief in the triumph of science and in the scientific method.
staff.esuhsd.org /~balochie/studentprojects/porfiriodiaz   (259 words)

  
 Main Events - Biography of Juan Diaz
Diaz traded bombs with Eleazar Contreras for 10 rounds in a bout that was nominated for “Fight of the Year” honors.
Diaz successfully defended his corwn for the first time on Nov 4, 2004, by battering two-time world champion and #1 ranked WBA lightweight contender Julien Lorcy to earn a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision by the scores of 119-109 and 118-110 (twice).
Diaz was scheduled to battle Ebo Elder on the April 23 ESPN Pay-Per-View card; however, he was forced to cancel the bout after suffering a cut on his eyelid during training camp.
www.mainevents.com /roster.php?id=15   (1107 words)

  
 Who is El Cid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Diaz was a loyal vassal and servant to his King.
Diaz served his king but in the end his king was turned against him by jealous courtiers.
Diaz then fought for what every man has the right to fight for, his freedom and his own ability to sustain and provide for himself.
www.southernnationalist.org /elcid.htm   (794 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Boroughs - Espada, Diaz spar over bust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Meanwhile, Diaz, a Pentecostal minister, was caught in an apparently blatant lie, saying on a local call-in cable TV show that he was only arrested for smoking marijuana.
Diaz has previously admitted to a criminal record as a young man just out of the Army, but says religion turned his life around.
Lawyers for Espada and Diaz are due in court this afternoon to argue whether a sufficient number of irregularities were uncovered in a ballot recount from the Sept. 10 Democratic primary to justify state Supreme Court Justice Robert Seewald ordering a runoff election.
www.nydailynews.com /boroughs/story/25705p-24305c.html   (421 words)

  
 JUNOT DIAZ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Junot Diaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Diaz's work is unflinching and strong, and his prose crackles with an electric sense of discovery.
Already praised by Newsweek as having 'the dispassionate eye of a journalist and the tongue of a poet', he evokes a world in which fathers are gone, mothers fight with grim determination for their families and themselves, and the next generation inherits the casual cruelty, devastating ambivalence and knowing humour of lives circumscribed by poverty.
www.thei.aust.com /sydney/biographies/diaz.html   (492 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Photographer testifies in Diaz photos case   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Rutter also testified that he initially thought the signature on a model release form he showed Diaz was authentic, adding he was simply giving the "Shrek" and "There's Something About Mary" star "right of first refusal" before he sold the photos to someone else.
The photographer also said that, because he expected Diaz to sue to protect her image and suppress the photos, he lied and told her and others he was living in Paris.
Diaz testified last week that she never signed a release form for the shoot, in which she posed in an abandoned warehouse in leather boots and fishnet stockings.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2005-07-20-diaz-photographer_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA   (541 words)

  
 DoctorYourself.com - DIAZ CHEMICAL Statement is Inaccurate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DIAZ is generally considered to have a vested interest in glossing over any illegal actions.
DIAZ has been operating for 28 years, and the soil under DIAZ's buildings is loaded with benzene compounds.
Diaz, or the employees of Diaz, are not an enemy of the community, we are part of the community."
www.doctoryourself.com /rebuttal.html   (1384 words)

  
 Lee & Low Books - David Diaz BookTalk
Diaz grew up in southern Florida after his family moved from New York, his birthplace.
Diaz, who is also an accomplished potter, was personally drawn to the story of a man who was able to make a significant contribution (inspirationally, financially, and spiritually) to his community through his art.
Diaz has never tired of drawing the faces he first explored as a six-year-old, but his interests have grown to encompass reading for pleasure and studying history and science.
www.leeandlow.com /booktalk/diaz.html   (579 words)

  
 NRC: Chairman Nils J. Diaz, Ph.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chairman Diaz has played a leadership role in security issues affecting NRC licensees and was instrumental in strengthening security in the post-9/11 era using realistic and practical regulatory scenarios.
Diaz’ career includes 11 years as Director of INSPI for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization/Department of Defense, two years in California as Associate Dean for Research at the California State University Long Beach, one year in Spain as Principal Advisor to Spain’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and six years at nuclear utilities and vendors.
Diaz holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Nuclear Engineering Sciences from the University of Florida, and a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Villanova, Havana.
www.nrc.gov /who-we-are/organization/commission/diaz.html   (552 words)

  
 HISTORY OF MEXICO - DEMOCRAT TO AUTOCRAT: THE TRANSFORMATION OF PORFIRIO DIAZ - BY JIM TUCK IN MEXICO CONNECT
What toppled Diaz in the end was not a popular revolution but a quarrel between two ruling elites over whom Diaz had for a long time exercised a successful policy of divide and conquer.
The provincial power structure was strengthened when it managed to attract a considerable portion of the middle class to the anti-Diaz cause, small businessmen and professionals who had been hurt by the 1907 panic.
When the aging Diaz, who celebrated his eightieth birthday in 1910, came increasingly under the influence of the científicos, the provincial leaders began to balk.
www.mexconnect.com /mex_/history/jtuck/jtporfdiaz.html   (1838 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bartholomeu Diaz was born in 1450 in Portugal.
Diaz set sail from Lisbon in August 1487; in February 1488 he rounded the Southern end of the African continent as far as the estuary of what was later named "The Great Fish River".
Vasco da Gama was able to pioneer the whole route to India, of which rounding the Cape of Good Hope was the key, thus completing the project begun by Henry the Navigator in the early 15th Century.
www.iol.ie /~jomerps/HomePage/Projects/World_Explorers/Bartholomeu_Diaz.html   (218 words)

  
 Porfirio Díaz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Age of Porfirio Diaz: Selected Readings, by Carlos Gil (1977).
Porfirio Diaz, Dictator of Mexico, by Carleton Beals (1932).
Porfirio Diaz, president of Mexico, the master builder of a great commonwealth, by Jose Francisco Godoy (1910).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Porfirio_Diaz   (1144 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Entertainment - 27 years later, Diaz files his final report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Diaz said his contract at Ch.2 expired yesterday and that he felt he could have stayed with the station if he wanted, but chose to leave, instead.
Diaz has been pounding the pavement as a correspondent for 27 years.
During his time on air, Diaz covered some of the biggest stories in the city and some around the country.
www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/story/289881p-248172c.html   (409 words)

  
 Central Washington University - Chemistry Department : Anthony Diaz
Diaz, B. DeBoer and C. Chenot, "Effects of Stoichiometry on the Luminescence and Thermal Stability of BaMgAl
Hugenschmidt, A. Diaz and C. Campbell, "Interaction of Cyclohexadiene with Pt(111) Studied by BPTDS and HREELS," Journal of Physical Chemistry, 96, 5974 - 5978 (1992).
Henn, A. Diaz, M. Bussell, M. Domagala, M. Hugenschmidt and C. Campbell, "The Decomposition of Cyclohexene on Pt(111): A BPTDS, HREELS Study," Journal of Physical Chemistry, 96, 5965 - 5974 (1992).
www.cwu.edu /~chem/faculty/diaz   (1033 words)

  
 KOCorner Forums - Holt TKOs Diaz, Diaz Outslugs Gonzales
Diaz suffered a cut over his right eye in the first round, but remained undeterred, stalking his opponent.
Diaz was a member of the 1996 United States Olympic team.
As a pro, Diaz scored one of his most impressive victories when he dominated former WBO 140-pound champion Ener Julio en route to a spectacular 10th-round TKO on May 15, 2004, in Chicago.
www.kocorner.com /forums/showthread.php?t=278   (753 words)

  
 CBS News | Diaz To Testify Over Steamy Pics | July 14, 2005 12:00:36
Diaz would testify Thursday morning in the trial of John Rutter, a photographer charged with one count each of attempted grand theft, forgery and perjury, Rutter's attorney Mark Werksman said.
Deputy District Attorney David Walgren told the jury in his opening statement that Rutter, 42, waited until Diaz's career blossomed before confronting her with photos from a May 1992 session, when the actress was 19.
Werksman portrayed Diaz as an actress ashamed of her past who was able to persuade the district attorney to do her bidding because of her celebrity status.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/07/14/entertainment/main709124.shtml   (335 words)

  
 Armando Diaz
Armando Diaz was born in Italy in 1861.
Diaz was given a divisional command in May 1915 and was one of the more successful generals during the Isonzo Offensive and the victory at Gorizia in August 1916.
Diaz managed to stabilize the front-line but was unwilling to undertake an offensive of his own.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWdiaz.htm   (331 words)

  
 Cameron Diaz - CinemaReview.com....Cast/Crew
Diaz went on to play a cold, manipulative New Yorker in Edward Burns’ romantic comedy, “She’s the One,” which he wrote, directed and starred in.
Diaz was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-nominated “Gangs of New York.” Filmed on location in Rome, she starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Diaz recently took on a worldwide adventure with MTV for a 10-episode series, entitled “Trippin.” Joined by an ever-changing group of travelers, Diaz and her crew explored some of the most exotic, environmentally unique locations on the planet while discovering ways to help preserve them.
www.cinemareview.com /castcrew.asp?id=448   (718 words)

  
 NASA - Alphonso Diaz
Associate Administrator, Science
From 1989 to March 1993, Diaz served as Deputy Associate Administrator and Chief Engineer of the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters.
Diaz led the Agency committee charted by the Administrator to study proposals related to science institutes and to provide recommendations for implementation.
Diaz has received four Presidential Rank Awards; three as Meritorious Executive in 1990, 1995 and in 2003, and one Distinguished Award in 1996.
www.nasa.gov /about/highlights/diaz_bio.html   (455 words)

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