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Digger Island Formation
Digger or diggers may refer to: Equipment * Excavator, heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper, bucket and cab on a rotating platform * Backhoe loader, digger or mini digger in British parlance * Backhoe, digger or mini digger in British parlance People * Digger (nickname) * Digger (soldier), Australian and New Zealand slang for a veteran * Digger Okonkwo (born 1977), Nigerian former footballer who played in Malta * Digger Indians, ethnic slur for Native Americans in California * Digger, a person who frequently submits or reads stories on the website Digg Arts and entertainment * ''The Diggers'' (Van Gogh), an 1889 painting by Vincent van Gogh Fictional characters * Willard "Digger" Barnes, in the American television series ''Dallas'' * George "Digger" Harkness, the first Captain Boomerang DC Comics villain * Digby "Digger" O'Dell, on the American radio and television shows '' Life of Riley'' and the 1949 film * Diggers, characters in the video game ''Mega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excavator
Excavators are heavy equipment (construction), heavy construction equipment primarily consisting of a backhoe, boom, dipper (or stick), Bucket (machine part), bucket, and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The modern excavator's house sits atop an undercarriage with Caterpillar track, tracks or wheels, being an evolution of the steam shovel (which itself evolved into the power shovel when steam was replaced by diesel and electric power). All excavation-related movement and functions of a hydraulic excavator are accomplished through the use of hydraulic fluid, with hydraulic cylinders and hydraulic motors, which replaced winches, chains, and steel ropes. Another principle change was the direction of the digging action, with modern excavators pulling their buckets toward them like a dragline rather than pushing them away to fill them the way the first powered shovels did. Terminology Excavators are also called diggers, scoopers, mechanical shovels, or 360-degree ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digger (1993 Film)
''Digger'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Rob Turner and released in 1993. Plot Digger (Adam Hann-Byrd), a 12-year old boy, is sent to live with his aunt Anna ( Barbara Williams) and uncle Sam (Timothy Bottoms) when his parents break up. He befriends Billy (Joshua Jackson), a dying boy who has an eerie connection with nature, while his widowed grandmother Bea (Olympia Dukakis) enters a new romance with Arthur (Leslie Nielsen).Michael Reid, "Beautifully done but Digger's a downer". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', April 23, 1994. Cast Production The film was shot in British Columbia in fall 1992. The screenplay was based on the real childhood experiences of writer Rodney Gibbons.Michael Reid, "Here's Digger". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', April 23, 1994. It was originally set in the Isle of Man, Gibbons' childhood home, but the setting was ultimately changed to British Columbia's Gulf Islands.Peter Birnie, "Digger light, lovely but doesn't fly". ''Vancouver Sun'', April 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diggers (video Game)
''Diggers'' is a puzzle video game developed and published by Millennium Interactive for the Amiga CD32 in 1993 in Europe and 1994 in North America. The player takes control of a mining team excavating a planet for precious minerals. It was later released for the Amiga 1200 and MS-DOS. Diggers was bundled with the CD32 at launch, along with the platform game Oscar on the same CD. A sequel, '' Extractors'', was released for MS-DOS in 1995. Gameplay The game is set on the planet Zarg, where four races are vying for the gems and ores buried there. The four races are: the Habbish, who dig quickly and have high endurance, yet are impatient and prone to wander off; Grablins, who dig the fastest, have good stamina but are weak fighters; Quarriors, who are slow diggers but strong fighters; and the F'Targs, who are mediocre but regain their health quickly. The player chooses one of the four races, then sends out five man teams to mine a region. There are 34 regions in all, with two acce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digger (video Game)
''Digger'' is a maze game released by Canadian developer Windmill Software as a self-booting disk for IBM PC compatibles. It is similar to the 1982 arcade game ''Mr. Do!'' ''Digger'' was developed by Rob Sleath, the primary developer of Windmill games. In 1984, ''Digger'' was converted to run on IBM PCjr and IBM JX. Gameplay Features of ''Digger'' are similar to those in the arcade games ''Mr. Do!'' and ''Dig Dug''. The player is placed in an underground maze and can dig horizontal and vertical tunnels through it. At least one tunnel already exists at the start of play. At various points on the board are emeralds (usually in clusters) and bags of gold. Monsters (initially in the "nobbin" form) appear at the top-right corner. If earth is excavated from under a gold bag, then the bag will wobble for a few seconds and then drop; if it falls more than one row, it will break open after falling, releasing gold, which can be collected. Bags can be pushed left or right into vertical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heiankyo Alien
, known as ''Digger'' in North America, is a maze video game created by University of Tokyo's Theoretical Science Group (TSG) in 1979.Translation The game was originally developed and released as a personal computer game in 1979, and was then published by as an arcade game in November 1979. In 1980, the arcade game was released in North America as ''Digger'' by Sega-Gremlin, with minor changes in appearance. The game was a commercial success in Japan, where it was among the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1979 and 1980. The game has been ported to several other gaming systems since its original release. It was an early example of a maze chase game, predating Namco's ''Pac-Man'' (1980). It also began a genre of games about digging holes and luring enemies into traps, variously called "trap 'em up" or "digging" games, which includes titles such as ''Space Panic'' (1980) and ''Lode Runner'' (1983). Gameplay The player controls a Heian period police officer () who must d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Diggers (band)
The Diggers are a Scottish post-Britpop powerpop band, with a 1997 debut album, ''Mount Everest''. History Members Miezitis and Moffatt had attended school together and began playing as an acoustic duo in the early 1990s. In 1991 they moved to Glasgow, and added members Eslick and Ross. After a 1993 car crash, the group was noticed by Martin Carr of The Boo Radleys, who got them signed to Creation Records. They opened for Super Furry Animals on tour in 1996, and released their debut album for Creation, ''Mount Everest''. The band got their name from the novel Ringolevio by Emmett Grogan. Members *Chris Miezitis (vocals, guitar) *Alan Moffat (vocals, bass) *John Eslick (guitar) *Hank Ross (drums) Discography *''Mount Everest'' (Creation Records, 1997) *''Nobody's Fool'' (Three-track CD). Includes "Nobody's Fool", "Life's All Ways" and "Here and There" (Creation Records, 1996) *''Peace of Mind'' (Three-track CD). Includes "Peace of Mind", "Tangled Web" and "Get It Together" (C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digger (band)
Digger is an American pop punk band from Pennsylvania, signed to Hopeless Records. History Digger formed in the Lehigh Valley in the mid-1990s and signed to Hopeless Records in 1996. Upon the event of Digger's live recording being played on WMUH the word of the band spread quickly, which led to the band's sign to Hopeless Records. The band released their first LP, ''Powerbait'', and toured until the band came back to the studio to record ''The Promise of an Uncertain Future''. The band became a three piece in this era, and launched a world tour. Then ''Monte Carlo'' was released as a follow-up. Not very long afterward, Digger released the '' Trainwreck EP''. Then after another member change, Digger released what would be their last full album, '' Keystone''. The departure of the group's bassist and guitarist resulted in their canceling their tour to support the album. After replacing the members, the group continued touring and recording up until the summer of 2004, when they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nome Trilogy
''The Nome Trilogy'', also known as ''The Bromeliad Trilogy'' or just ''The Bromeliad'', is a trilogy of children's books by British writer Terry Pratchett, consisting of the books ''Truckers'' (1989), ''Diggers'' (1990) and ''Wings'' (1990). The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans. Through the books they struggle to survive in the human world and, once they learn of their history from an artefact known as "The Thing", make plans to return home. ''Diggers'' and ''Wings'' are contemporaneous sequels to ''Truckers'', as each book follows different characters through mostly concurrent events. Masklin is the central character throughout ''Truckers'' and ''Wings'', while both Dorcas and Grimma serve as central characters in ''Diggers''. Themes Pratchett covered the idea of small people in some of his early writing, including his unconnected first novel, ''The Carpet People'' (1971/1992), about the tiny i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Digger (alternative Magazine)
''The Digger'' was an alternative magazine published in Australia between August 1972 and December 1975. It was established by Phillip Frazer, Bruce Hanford, Ian McCausland, Jen Jewel Brown and Jon Hawkes. Notable contributors included Virginia Fraser, Ron Cobb,, Bob Daly, Beatrice Faust, Ponch Hawkes, Helen Garner, Michael Leunig, Hall Greenland, Anne Summers, Wendy Bacon, Neil McLean, Patrick Cook and Phil Pinder. The paper had headquarters in Carlton, Victoria, and in Glebe, NSW Background With Frazer as the common thread, ''The Digger'' was produced by a frequently changing collective—including Bruce Hanford, Helen Garner, Ponch Hawkes, Jenny (Jewel) Brown, Colin Talbot, Garrie Hutchinson, Virginia Fraser, Hall Greenland, Grant Evans, Kate Jennings, Isabelle Rosenberg, Sandra Zurbo, and Michael Zerman — until December 1975, when it folded under the weight of too little money and too many lawsuits: a libel suit from Builders Labourers union boss Norm Gallagher, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Digger
''The Digger'' is a 24-page magazine in Glasgow, Scotland which focusses on crime stories. It is published weekly, in an A5 newsletter format. In 2012, the magazine went from newsprint to glossy. Background The magazine was founded by James Cruickshank in 2004, and currently has eight full-time staff members, of which five are accredited journalists; two are full-time court reporters. The Digger also employs lawyers to legal the magazine every week. In 2007, the magazine claimed to have a circulation of up to 10,000. Distribution is through 600 shops in the Greater Glasgow area. Sales fluctuate between 6,500 and 10,000 each week. The paper focuses on stories about local organised crime, and alleged corruption within Police Scotland and Glasgow City Council, sometimes also naming alleged local drug dealers and paedophiles. At one stage Cruickshank was banned from covering stories at Glasgow Sheriff Court Glasgow Sheriff Court is a sheriff court in the Gorbals ( Laurieston) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digger (webcomic)
''Digger'' is a webcomic drawn and written by Ursula Vernon, and published in print form by Sofawolf Press. ''Digger'' won a Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story and a Mythopoeic Award, and was nominated for an Eisner Award. Story In the opening pages, Digger is tunneling alone through the ground, lost and dazed after being intoxicated by a pocket of bad air. Digging to the surface, she emerges in a temple, where she meets the Statue of Ganesh. Here she finds that something or someone has "magicked up" her tunnel, cutting off her route home. The comic describes her experiences and encounters in the temple, nearby village and surrounding area as she seeks information on the whereabouts of her warren, how she came from there to her present location, and how she might get back. Characters *Digger-of-Unnecessarily-Convoluted-Tunnels, the title character, "Digger" for short. A young hard-headed wombat, lost far from home after tunnelling into a miasma of unknown magic. She comes from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diggers (TV Series)
''Diggers'' is an American reality television series, shown on National Geographic. Filmed in various locations across the United States, the series follows hobbyist metal detectorists “King George” Wyant and his friend Tim “The Ringmaster” Saylor as they travel the United States, looking for historical artifacts. Landowners, historians and archaeologists invite them, and grant permission to search various areas looking for overlooked historical items. Episodes ''Diggers'' had a run of 4 seasons, with 66 episodes from 20132015. In season 3, episode 1 which aired on February 25, 2014, Wyant and Saylor located the Steve Jobs Time Capsule. In season 4, episode 8 which aired on August 10, 2015, Wyant and Saylor returned to the McCoy valley they had searched in 2012 and helped professional archaeologists locate the McCoy cabin burned down by the Hatfields in the Hatfield–McCoy feud. Cast * “King George” Wyant - A born and bred Montana boy. The outdoors is Wyant's pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
