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Hodges House (Carrollton, Illinois) The Hodges House, in the Greene County, Illinois city of Carrollton is one of four sites in and around that city to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Hodges House, also known as the Lee House or the Hodges Office Building and located in the city of Carrollton on North Main Street, has been listed on the Historic Register since November 1980.
Hodgeville, Saskatchewan Hodgeville is a village in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately 34 km south of the Trans Canada Highway, 97 km southeast of Swift Current. It has a population of approximately 175 (as of 2006).
Hodgkin-Huxley model The Hodgkin-Huxley Model is a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations, named after Alan Lloyd Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley, that approximates the electrical characteristics of excitable cells such as neurons and cardiac myocytes. The original Hodgkin-Huxley model described the ionic mechanisms underlying the initiation and propagation of action potentials in the squid giant axon .
Hodgson v. Minnesota Hodgson v. Minnesota was a United States abortion rights case (June 25, 1990), according to which a state law may require notification of both parents before a minor can obtain an abortion, as long as a judicial alternative is present.
Hodgson Vo-Tech High School Paul M. Hodgson Vocational-Technical High School is a vocational-technical high school in Newark, Delaware and is among four high schools within the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District, which includes Delcastle Technical High School in Newport, Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, and St.
Hodgson's paradox In statistics and physics, Hodgson's paradox is the observation that the ratio of two normally distributed random variables, both with equal mean, has neither mean nor variance, and thus no well-defined expectation. This appears to be inconsistent with conventional views of error estimation.
Hodie Hodie (This Day) is a cantata by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Composed between 1953 and 1954, it is the composer's last major choral-orchestral composition, and was premiered under his baton at Worcester Cathedral, as part of the Three Choirs Festival, on September 8, 1954.
Hodj 'n' Podj Hodj 'n' Podj is a video game released in 1995 designed by video game veteran Steven Meretzky. The game is a collection of reworked puzzle games such as Battleship, Poker, Slots, Cryptograms, and Memory loosly tied together with an overarching goal to save two princesses.
Hodrick-Prescott filter The Hodrick-Prescott filter is a mathematical tool used in macroeconomics, specifically in the analysis of business cycles. It is used to obtain a smoothed non-linear representation of a time series, one that is more sensitive to long-term than to short-term fluctuations.
Hoecake Hoecake is a type of cornbread made of cornmeal, salt and water, which is very thin in texture, and fried in cooking oil in a skillet. It became known as "hoecake" because field hands often cooked it on a shovel or hoe held to an open flame.
Hoefler & Frere-Jones Hoefler & Frere-Jones is an influential type foundry in New York City, run by designers Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones. Founded in 1989 (as "The Hoefler Type Foundry,"), H&FJ specializes in the development of thoughtful, hard-working typefaces, which it develops both for the retail market and for individual clients.
Hoefler Text Hoefler Text is a contemporary serif Antiqua font that was designed for Apple Computer in order to demonstrate advanced type technologies. Hoefler Text was created to allow the composition of complex typography; as such it takes cues from a range of classic fonts, such as Garamond and Janson.
Hoechst stain The Hoechst stains are part of a family of fluorescent stains for labelling DNA in fluorescence microscopy. Because these fluorescent stains label DNA, they are also commonly used to visualize nuclei and mitochondria.
Hoek van Holland Hoek van Holland (literally "Corner of Holland", but known in English as "the Hook" or "Hook of Holland") is a town in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is situated on the North Sea coast, on the north bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal.
Hoek van Holland Haven railway station Hoek van Holland Haven is a railway station in the town of Hoek van Holland in the Netherlands. The station serves the port, which connects the Netherlands with Great Britain; via this connection, Hoek van Holland Haven serves as the Dutch rail terminus of the Dutchflyer service (with Harwich International as the English terminus), connected by Stena Line catamaran.
Hoel Hoel or Howel is a legendary king of Brittany and one of the oldest characters associated with Arthurian legend. He is the son of King Budic (or Boudicius) of Brittany, and serves as one of King Arthur's vassals and loyal allies.
Hoelscher Hoelscher is a derivative, primarily used in the United States, of the North German "Hölscher", which is the occupational name for a maker of clogs (wooden shoes). From Middle Low German "holsche" (from Middle Low German "holt" ‘wood’ + "scho" ‘shoe’), with the agent noun suffix -er.
Hof (district) Hof is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Wunsiedel, Bayreuth, Kulmbach and Kronach, the states of Thuringia (district of Saale-Orla) and Saxony (district of Vogtlandkreis), and the Czech Republic.
Hof HaCarmel Railway Station Hof HaCarmel Railway Station (, Taḥanat HaRakevet Ḥof HaCarmel) is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the city of Haifa. The station is named after the geographical region in which it is situated – The Carmel Beach (, Ḥof HaCarmel).
Hof, Germany Hof is a city located on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconia region, hard by the Czech border and the forested Fichtelgebirge and Frankenwald upland regions.
Hofbauer cell Hofbauer cells are oval cells found in the placenta, within the core of the chorionic villous. They are believed to be a type of macrophage and are most likely involved in preventing the transmission of pathogens from the mother to the foetus (so-called vertical transmission).
Hofbräuhaus The Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München (literally state court-brewery in Munich, also Hofbräu München) is a brewery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, owned by the state government. The Hof (translated as court) comes from the brewery's history as a royal brewery in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Hofburg Imperial Palace Hofburg Imperial Palace is a palace in Vienna, Austria, which has housed some of the most powerful people in Austrian history, including the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria. It was also known as the winter-residence, while Schönbrunn Palace was the preferred summer-residence.
Hoffman Estates High School Hoffman Estates High School, or HEHS, is a public four-year high school located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 211, which also includes James B.
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth The Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni, is a species of sloth from Central and South America. It is a solitary nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in mature and secondary rainforests and deciduous forests.
Hoffmann-Schneider Funeral Home The Hoffmann-Schneider Funeral Homes and Cremation Service is a group of two funeral homes based out of Dubuque, Iowa. Hoffmann-Schneider is the oldest continually operating funeral home in the state of Iowa, tracing its history back to 1846.
Hoffmeister (crater) Hoffmeister is a lunar crater that is located on the Moon's far side, to the northwest of the huge Mendeleev walled-plain. Some distance to the north of Hoffmeister lies Siedentopf crater, and to the west-northwest is Gavrilov crater.
Hofheimer's A Norfolk, Virginia based chain of shoe stores that was once a leading East Coast retailer. Founded in 1885, it was known for live monkeys in some of the retail locations One of the larger freestanding suburban stores was at Ward's Corner] in Norfolk The family sold the company in [[1982].
Hofii Hofii is a form of female vocal folk music that is believed to have originated from Tlemcen, Algeria. It is known to have existed from the 14th-century, when it was mentioned by Ibn Khaldun in his work Muqaddimah.
Hofmann elimination Hofmann elimination (also known as exhaustive methylation) is a process where an amine is reacted to create a tertiary amine and an alkene by treatment with excess methyl iodide followed by treatment with silver oxide, water, and heat (Fig. 1).
Hofmann-Martius rearrangement The Hofmann-Martius rearrangement in organic chemistry is a rearrangement reaction converting an N-alkylated aniline to the corresponding ortho and / or para aryl-alkylated aniline. The reaction requires heat and the catalyst is an acid like hydrochloric acid Hofmann, A.
Hofmeister kink The Hofmeister kink (sometimes also translated Hofmeister kick, German: Hofmeisterknick) is an automobile design feature seen on modern BMWs. It is a bend in the C-pillar of the car, which is the piece of metal that separates the rear side windows from the rear glass.
Hofstad Network The Hofstad Network (in Dutch: Hofstadnetwerk or Hofstadgroep) is an Islamist terrorist organization of mostly young Dutch Muslims of mainly North African ancestry. The name "Hofstad" was originally the codename the Dutch secret service AIVD used for the network and leaked to the media.
Hofstra University Hofstra University is a private insitution of higher learning located in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (USA) founded in 1935 on the basis of the estate of wealthy lumber magnate William Hofstra and widow Kate Williams Hofstra. The school began as a college of New York University and became an independent school, Hofstra College, several years later.
Hofstra University School of Law The School of Law at Hofstra University was founded in 1970 and accredited by the ABA in 1971. The school now offers a JD, a joint JD/MBA degree, a JD/MS in Taxation and LLM degrees in International Law, American Law (for foreign law graduates) and Family law.
Hofu Plant Hofu Plant is an automobile manufacturing complex in Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan operated by Mazda Motor Corporation. The complex consists of two main elements, an automobile assembly complex in Nishinoura District, and a transmission plant in nearby Nakanoseki District.
Hofuf Al-Hofuf also Hofuf or Al-Hufuf (Arabic: الهفوف) is the major city in the Al-Ahsa in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The city proper has a population of 287,841 (2004 census} and is part of a larger conurbation of around 600,000.
Hog Badger The Hog Badger, Arctonyx collaris is a medium-sized, up to 70cm long, terrestrial mammal with a medium length brown hair, stocky body, white throat, two black stripes on elongated white face and pink pig-like snout.
Hog Farm The Hog Farm is an organization considered to be America's longest running hippie commune. With beginnings as an actual collective hog farm in Tujunga, California, the group, founded in the 1960s by Wavy Gravy, evolved into a "mobile, hallucination-extended family", active internationally in both music and politics.
Hog Island (New York) Hog Island was a set of two islands in the New York area, one shown on the map is the present day Barnum Island, part of Island, Park, NY. The other reportedly existed to the south of Long Beach and Rockaway Beach NY.
Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hog island is the historic name of an area southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania along the Delaware River, to the west of the mouth of the Schuylkill River. Philadelphia International Airport now sits on the land that was once Hog Island.
Hog Molly Hog Molly was a Seattle-based heavy rock band, formed by Tad Doyle in 2001 after the breakup of his previous band TAD. However, unlike Doyle's previous band which dealt almost exclusively in recycled 70s heavy metal riffs, Hog Molly's sound was closer to Motörhead than Black Sabbath.
Hog oiler A hog oiler was a mechanical device employed on farms to be used by hogs to provide relief from insects and offer skin protection. It consisted of a reservoir to hold oil, and a means to distribute the oil onto the hog, often via grooved wheels or cylinders.
Hog's Back The Hog's Back is the name given to that part of the North Downs in Surrey between Farnham, Surrey in the west and Guildford in the east. Compared with the main part of the Downs to the east of it, it is a narrow elongated ridge, hence its name.
Hog's Back Falls The Hog's Back Falls, known today as the Prince of Wales Falls, are a series of man made waterfalls on the Rideau River in Ottawa, Canada. The falls are located just north of Mooney's Bay and the point where the Rideau Canal, splits from the river.
Hog's pudding Hog's Pudding is a meat dish produced in Cornwall and Devon. Some versions of the recipe comprise pork meat and fat, suet, bread, and oatmeal formed into the shape of a large sausage and are very similar to a White pudding, whereas others versions of the recipe contain a high percentage of offal such as lung and liver and can more accurately be described as a sort of West Country haggis.
Hogan Bassey Hogan "Kid" Bassey, (1932-1998) born Okun Asuguo Bassey in 1932 on the banks of the Cross river in Creek Town, Calabar, Nigeria He took the name Hogan Kid Bassey when he turned professional as a boxer. He possessed a tremendous heart in and out of the ring and that rarest of boxing skills - a true knockout punch.
Hogan Cup The Hogan Cup (1946-48 & 1957-) is the cup presented to the winners of the colleges All-Ireland "A" senior football championship, the top level Gaelic Football championship for secondary schools in Ireland. St.
Hogan Ephraim Hogan Ephraim (born March 31, 1988 in Archway, London) is an English football player. He plays for Colchester United on loan from West Ham United, an Academy graduate that has recently begun to break through to the first team.
Hogan Knows Best Hogan Knows Best is an American reality television show, centered around the family life of professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea), and often focusing on the Hogans' raising of their children, and on Hulk Hogan's attempts to manage and assist in his children's burgeoning careers. The series premiered on July 10, 2005 with a 1.
Hogan's Alley (FBI) Hogan's Alley is a tactical training facility of more than 10 acres (40,000 m²) operated by the FBI Training Academy. Hogan's Alley was opened in 1987, and was designed to provide a realistic urban setting for training agents of the FBI, DEA, and other local, state, federal and international law enforcement agents.
Hogan's Alley (Vancouver) Hogan's Alley was the local, unofficial name for Park Lane, an alley that ran through the southwestern corner of Strathcona in Vancouver, British Columbia during the first six decades of the twentieth century. It ran between Union and Prior Streets from approximately Main Street to Jackson Street.
Hogan's Inn at Four Corners Hogan's Inn at four corners is an upscale restaurant in King City, Ontario, Canada. The building is of particular cultural importance to the town, and indeed the Township of King, having served numerous functions throughout the town's history.
Hoge Veluwe National Park The Nationaal Park de Hoge Veluwe (National Park De Hoge Veluwe) is a national park of about 55 square kilometres consisting of heathland, driftsand landscape and woodland in the municipality of Ede in the province of Gelderland, in the Netherlands.
Hogenakal Falls Hogenakal Falls (Kannada: ಹೊಗೆನಕಲ್; Tamil: ஒக்கேனக்கல் ), on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, is a waterfall in southern India on the Kaveri River. It is located 46 km from Dharmapuri and 180 km from Bangalore.
Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs The havo or hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs (literally: "higher general continued education") is a stream in the secundary educational system of the Netherlands. It has five grades and is generally attended from age twelve to seventeen.
Hogeschool Gent Hogeschool Gent, established in 1995, is the outcome of two successful mergers that involved sixteen institutions of higher education in Belgium. Many had been leaders in higher education for decades or even longer.
Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel, based in the Schaarbeek municipality of Brussels, Belgium, is said to still be the only independent art school in Flanders. It is a predominantly Dutch-speaking institution located on the Paleizenstraat / Rue de Palais, as well as another site, within reachable distance of Brussels' North Station.
Hogfather (TV adaptation) Hogfather is a two-part television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by The Mob, and broadcast on Sky One, and in High Definition on Sky HD, over Christmas 2006. First aired in 2-hour episodes on the 17 and 18 of December at 20:00 UTC, it was the first live-action film adaptation of a Discworld novel.
Hogg Baronets The Hogg Baronetcy, of Upper Grosvenor Street in the County of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 July 1846 for the lawyer and Conservative politician James Weir Hogg.
Hogg's Hollow Bridge Hogg's Hollow Bridge is a set of four separate highway bridges that span the Don River Valley and carries the eastbound and westbound traffic of Highway 401, split into collector and express lanes, in Toronto, Ontario.
Hogging Hogging refers to the practice of groups of men who target overweight or obese women, typically for sexual encounters. Unlike fat fetishists, men who participate in hogging are not necessarily sexually attracted to obese women's bodies; they aim to take advantage of their stereotypical low self esteem or to provide comedy to themselves and their friends by engaging in sexual activities with women who are not considered to be particularly attractive.
Hogland Hogland (Russian: Гогланд; Finnish: Suursaari; Swedish: Hogland, Estonian: Suursaar, German: Hochland) is an island in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, located some 180 km west of Saint Petersburg and 35 km away from the coast of Finland. The island is a part of the Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
Hogmanay Hogmanay (pronounced — with the main stress on the last syllable - hog-muh-NAY) is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year (Gregorian calendar) in the Scottish manner. Its official date is the 31 December.
Hognose The hognose snake is a type of colubrid snake characterized by an upturned snout. The hognose snakes consist of three distantly related genera that are artificially grouped together by the "hognose" common name: Heterodon which are predominantly found in United States and northern Mexico.
Hognosed brochis The Hognosed brochis (Brochis multiradiatus) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the western Amazon River basin in Ecuador and Peru.
Hogs of War Hogs of War was a videogame released for the Sony PlayStation and PC in 2000. The game is a turn based strategy in which two or more teams of First World War pigs in military uniforms use various weapons to try and wipe out the other team(s).
Hogshead A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in Imperial units, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider.
Hogsthorpe Hogsthorpe is a small village in the East of Lincolnshire, approximately two miles from the North Sea, and seaside resort Chapel St Leonards, which it shares its parish with. It has a church, a restaurant, two public houses, a small primary school, a newly constructed village hall and a small shop/post office.
Hogtie bondage The hogtie, when used in sexual bondage play, is a bondage position involving the tying of a person's wrists and ankles in some form behind their back, in order to restrain them, possibly for further BDSM play. The hogtie is a complex bondage position; it can, and often does, involve many other aspects of bondage play and equipment.
Hogwarts Express The Hogwarts Express is a fictional magical train in the Harry Potter series, which carries students between London and Hogwarts. The train starts from King's Cross railway station platform 9Âľ, which is invisible to Muggle eyes and is reached by walking through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.
Hogwarts headache A Hogwarts headache is a mild condition caused by unhealthily long reading sessions of the addictive Harry Potter series of books, in particular the fourth and fifth volumes that are monumental in size. The basic symptom is a tension headache, which may be accompanied by neck or wrist pains.
Hogwarts houses In the Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. The houses compete throughout the school year, by earning and losing points for various events, for the House Cup.
Hogweed Heracleum (the hogweeds) is a genus of about 60 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of biennial and perennial herbs in the carrot family Apiaceae. They are found throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and in high mountains as far south as Ethiopia.
Hogzilla Hogzilla is the name given to a wild hog that was shot and killed in Alapaha, Georgia, United States, on 17 June 2004 by Chris Griffin on Ken Holyoak's farm and hunting reserve. It was alleged to be 12 feet (3.
Hohai University Hohai Civil Engineering School was founded in 1915 and was merged with the Department of Engineering of Southeast University into Hohai College of Engineering in 1924 and later incorporated the Fourth Zhongshan University in 1927 and became the Department of Water Resources, Central University in 1928. With the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, it became the Department of Water Resources, Nanjing University.
Hohe Tauern The Hohe Tauern is the highest range of the Alps east of the Brenner Pass, and includes the highest mountains in Austria. They are part of the Central Eastern Alps and are located in the Austrian states of Salzburg, Carinthia and East Tyrol, as well as a small part of South Tyrol in Italy.
Hohe Tauern window The Hohe Tauern window is a geological structure in the Austrian Central Eastern Alps. It is a window (in German fenster) in the Austroalpine nappes where high-grade metamorphic rocks of the underlying Penninic nappes crop out.
Hohenberg an der Eger Hohenberg an der Eger is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Eger, on the border with the Czech Republic, 11 km west of Cheb, and 14 km northeast of Marktredwitz.
Hohenlohe-Bartenstein Hohenlohe-Bartenstein was a German Principality located in northeastern Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany, around Bartenstein. Hohenlohe-Bartenstein was a partition of Hohenlohe-SchillingsfĂĽrst and was raised from a County to a Principality in 1744.
Hohenlohe-Jagstberg Hohenlohe-Jagstberg was a Principality located in northeastern Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany, around Jagstberg which had been a territory of the Bishopric of WĂĽrzburg. Hohenlohe-Jagstberg was a partition of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and was mediatised to WĂĽrttemberg in 1806.
Hohenlohe-Kirchberg Hohenlohe-Kirchberg was a German County located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Kirchberg. The district of Kirchberg was located between the territories of Brandenburg-Ansbach to the north and east, the Free City of Schwäbisch Hall to the south, and Langenburg (ruled by Hohenlohe-Langenburg) to the west.
Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hohenlohe-Langenburg was a German county of northeastern Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany, located around Langenburg. Hohenlohe-Neuenstein was partitioned into it, Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen and Hohenlohe-Kirchberg in 1701.
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-SchillingsfĂĽrst Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-SchillingsfĂĽrst was a County in northeastern Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany. Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-SchillingsfĂĽrst was a partition of Hohenlohe-SchillingsfĂĽrst, and was mediatised to WĂĽrttemberg in 1806.
Hohenschönhausen Hohenschönhausen was a borough of Berlin, Germany from 1985 until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform. It consisted of the areas of Neu-Hohenschönhausen, Alt-Hohenschönhausen, Malchow, Wartenberg, and Falkenberg.
Hohenstadt Transmission Tower Hohenstadt Transmission Tower is a 137 metre tall directional tower built of lattice steel at Hohenstadt, Germany at . Hohenstadt Transmission Tower was originally a directional radio tower used by the military.
Hohenstein-Ernstthal Hohenstein-Ernstthal is a town in the Chemnitzer Land rural district, Free State of Saxony, Germany. The towns of Hohenstein and Ernstthal were united in 1898, and the town is either known by its hyphenated form, or simply called Hohenstein.
Hohenwestedt-Land Hohenwestedt-Land was an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was situated around the town Hohenwestedt, which was the seat of the Amt, but not part of it.
Hohenzollern-Hechingen Hohenzollern-Hechingen is a branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty, less known however than the Franconian branch which became Burgraves of Nuremberg and later ruled Brandenburg, Prussia and ultimately Germany. The Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen ruled over a small principality in southwest Germany.
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is the cadet branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty, less known however than the Franconian branch which became Burgraves of Nuremberg and later ruled Brandenburg, Prussia and ultimately Germany in the centuries to 1918. The Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ruled over a small principality in southwest Germany.
Hoher List Observatory Observatorium Hoher List (Hoher List Observatory) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Astronomical Institute of the University of Bonn. It is located 100 km south of Bonn, Germany, near the town of Daun in the mountain range of Eifel.
Hohhot Hohhot (; Mongolian: Хөх хот), occasionally spelled Huhehot or Huhhot, is the capital city of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. The name "Hohhot" (Хөх хот) is Mongolian for "blue city".
Hohlgangsanlage 8 Hohlgangsanlage 8 (often abbreviated to Ho8, also known as the German Underground Hospital or the Jersey War Tunnels) was a partially completed underground hospital complex in St. Lawrence, Jersey, built by German occupying forces during the occupation of Jersey during World War II.
Hohlraum In radiation thermodynamics, a hohlraum (a German loanword, originally a non-specific word for "hollow area" or "cavity") is a cavity whose walls are in radiative equilibrium with the radiant energy within the cavity. This idealized cavity can be approximated in practice by making a small perforation in the wall of a hollow container of any opaque material.
Hohner Hohner is a company specialising in the manufacture of musical instruments. Hohner is identified especially with harmonicas and accordions, inventing and producing many different styles (chromatic and the XB-40 are two of the most important renovation) , and most of the harmonicas used by professionals.
Hohokus Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical) Hohokus Township was a township that existed in Bergen County, New Jersey and was established in 1849 from the northern part of Franklin Township and extended from the Saddle River on the east to the western boundary of Bergen County with Passaic County and north to the New York border.
Hoholmen Bridge Hoholmen Bridge (Hoholmen bru) is a cantilever bridge and part of the road connections between the islands Herøy and Dønna in Nordland county in Norway. The bridge is 316 metres long, and the main span is 120 metres.
HoHoCon HoHoCon (or XmasCon) was a conference series which took place shortly before or after Christmas in Houston, Texas, sponsored by Drunkfux and the hacker ezine CULT OF THE DEAD COW. The fourth and fifth HoHoCons were also sponsored by Phrack magazine and took place in Austin, Texas.
Hochatown State Park Hochatown State Park is an Oklahoma state park in far-southeastern Oklahoma, north of the city of Broken Bow. It is a popular destination for tourists from Oklahoma and Texas interested in camping or boating on Broken Bow Lake.
Hochbetrieb (Nuts & Bolts) Hochbetrieb (Nuts & Bolts) from 2003 is a silent slapstick shortfilm of six minutes length written and directed by Andreas Krein. It received a Menzione Speciale (Special Mention) at the Venice Film Festival - "For having paid a tribute to Harold Lloyd, who shall not be forgotten, by means of modern technology".

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