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Home Outfitters Home Outfitters is Canada's largest specialty superstore home goods chain, with 56 stores across the country selling bedding, towels, housewares, and other home accessories for the kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom. Its American counterpart is Bed, Bath and Beyond.
Home productions Home Productions is an independent, non-profit film creation outfit founded by four youths (Fabian and Stephan Bergeron, Johannes Chun and Kevin Schmider) in the spring of 1996 in Singapore. Major productions include The Man (1996), The Man 2 (2001) and Harry Cane (1998).
Home Park (Atlanta) Home Park is a neighborhood north of Georgia Tech between 10th Street, Northside Drive, 16th Street, and I-75/85 (the Downtown Connector) in Atlanta, Georgia. It is populated by about 66% Georgia Tech and Georgia State University students, and is approximately 33% owner occupied.
Home Park, Windsor The Home Park, previously known as the Little Park (and originally Lydecroft Park), is a private 655 acre British Royal park, administered by the Crown Estate. It lies on the the eastern side of Windsor Castle in the town and civil parish of Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.
Home Plate (Mars) Home Plate is an informal nickname used by NASA scientists to refer to a geological feature on Mars currently under study by the Spirit rover, as of April 2006. It is a rocky outcrop that appears to show layered features.
Home Properties Home Properties () is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and manages apartments and apartment properties in the Midwest, New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Florida. It manages or owns over 47,000 apartments.
Home recording Home recording is any sort of non-professional or professional recording technique that has lately been employed due to the rapid popularity (and bargain prices) of digital and analog recording equipment. One can have one's own semi-professional recording studio, depending on the quality and extent of their equipment, in the comfort of one's own home as opposed to paying a larger studio by the hour for their services.
Home remedy A home remedy is a treatment or cure for a disease or other ailment that employs certain foods or other common household items. Home remedies may or may not have actual medicinal properties that serve to treat or cure the disease or ailment in question; many are merely used as a result of tradition or habit or because they are quite effective in inducing the placebo effect.
Home repair Home repair involves the diagnosis and resolution of problems in a home, and is related to home Maintenance to avoid such problems. Many types of repairs are "Do it yourself" (DIY) projects, while others may be so complicated, time-consuming or risky as to suggest the assistance of a qualified handyman, property manager, contractor/builder, or other professionals.
Home roasting coffee Home roasting is the process of obtaining green coffee beans and roasting them on a small scale for personal consumption. Personal roasting of coffee has been practiced for centuries, and has utilized numerous method of roasting the beans.
Home row "Home row" is a term that refers to the center row of alphabetical letters on a typewriter or computer keyboard. On the most common type of English language keyboard, the QWERTY layout, "a s d f g h j k l ; '" represents the contents of the home row.
Home run In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run scored by each runner who was already on base), with no errors by the defensive team on the play which result in the batter advancing for extra bases. Today, the feat is typically achieved by hitting the ball over the outfield fence, resulting in an automatic home run.
Home Reef Home Reef is an ephemeral island built by a submarine volcano whose top has repeatedly breached the surface and was subsequently eroded by wave action again. It is located in the South Pacific, south of Late Island and southwest of Vava'u along the Tofua volcanic arc in Tonga, at coordinates .
Home Retail Group The Home Retail Group, formerly Argos Retail Group, Headed By Terry Duddy is a holding company for the UK retailers Argos, Homebase and the financial services division for both companies, including ARG Financial Services, comprising of ARG Card Services (handling store cards such as the Argos Card), ARG Insurance Services (handling in the store extended warranties and accidental damage insurances) and ARG Card Transactions (handling processing of in-store EFTPOS transactions).
Home Return Permit Home Return Permit (), also referred to as Home Visit Permit, or China Back Home Pass, is the colloquial name for the national identity document officially known as the Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents () issued to citizens of Hong Kong and Macao as the entry permit to mainland China. The permit is issued by the Public Security Bureau of Guangdong province through China Travel Service sub-branches in Hong Kong and Macao and allows holders to travel freely to and take up employment in China.
Home Ride Home Ride is a private bus service connecting James Madison University, Radford University, University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech to the metropolitan areas of Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and Richmond. Home Ride runs outbound service from the universities on Friday afternoons and return service Sunday afternoons, allowing students from Virginia's major metropolitan areas to return home for a weekend without needing a car on campus; it also runs similar service around the schools' holiday breaks.
Home Riggs Popham Sir Home Riggs Popham (1762 - September 20, 1820), was a British admiral who saw service during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is remembered for his scientific accomplishments, particularly the development of a signal code that was adopted by the Royal Navy in 1803.
Home Room (film) Home Room is an independent film starring Erika Christensen, Busy Philipps and Victor Garber. It premiered in the Taos Talking Picture Festival on 12 April 2002, and made its limited theatrical release on 5 September 2003.
Home Room (The Wire episode) "Home Room" is the third episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Richard Price from a story by Richard Price & Ed Burns and was directed by Seith Mann.
Home Rule Cities Act (Michigan) The Home Rule Cities Act was enacted by the Michigan Legislature as Public Act 279 of 1909. This statute provides the framework by which a new city may become incorporated and provide for its own government by adopting a city charter.
Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.
Home Rule Party of Hawaii As soon as the United States annexed the Hawaiian Islands and established the Territory of Hawaii, native Hawaiians became worried that both the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i and Hawai‘i Republican Party were incapable of representing them. In 1900, native Hawaiians and their supporters created the Hawaiian Independent Party (later renamed the Independent Home Rule Party).
Home Run Derby (TV series) Home Run Derby was a 1959 television show held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles pitting the top sluggers of Major League Baseball against each other in 9-inning home run contests. The rules were similar to modern home run derbies, with one notable exception.
Home sign Home sign (or "kitchen sign") is the gestural communication system developed by a deaf child who lacks input from a language model in the family. This is a common experience for deaf children with hearing parents who are isolated from a sign language community.
Home signal In railway signalling, a home signal (British English and sometimes in American English as well) or absolute signal (US English) is a signal that protects junctions, points (switches in American terminology), movable bridges, platforms, or block sections.
Home staging Home staging is the act of preparing a house, a condominium, or any private residence prior to going up for sale in the real estate marketplace. The goal of staging is to sell a home quickly, and for the most money possible.
Home Safety Council The Home Safety Council® (HSC) is the only national nonprofit organization solely dedicated to preventing home related injuries that result in nearly 20,000 deaths and 21 million medical visits on average each year. Through national programs, partnerships and the support of volunteers, HSC educates people of all ages to be safer in and around their homes.
Home Secretary The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office and is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole United Kingdom (including Scotland and Northern Ireland). In certain other countries, such as Australia and India, the term Home Secretary refers to the Permanent Secretary, or the senior civil servant, at the Home Ministry of that country.
Home Series The Home Series on the Post-Parlo record label combines two artists of either different or similar genres on one album. The songs are all written on the theme of "home," which gives the series its title.
Home Shopping Game The 'Home Shopping Game' was a short-lived American television game show that aired in 1987. The show's key concept was blending the popularity of home shopping networks (such as HSN) with word-identification challenges.
Home School Legal Defense Association The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)is a United States]-based advocacy organization which defends and advances what it describes as "the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms."
Home Soil "Home Soil" is a first season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, first broadcast February 22, 1988. It is episode #18, production #117, teleplay written by Robert Sabaroff, based on a story by Robert Sabaroff, Karl Geurs and Ralph Sanchez, and directed by Corey Allen.
Home Sweet Home (Krazees album) Home Sweet Home is the House of Krazees debut album released on October 1 1993 It features EXP (later known as Hektic or Monoxide), Big J (later known as Mr. Bones or Jamie Madrox, real name Jamie Spaniolo), and the ROC.
Home Sweet Home (Mötley Crüe song) "Home Sweet Home" is a song by the American glam metal band Mötley Crüe originally released on their 1985 album, Theatre of Pain. The song was accompanied by a music video which documented the band's undertakings over the course of a concert, or several concerts.
Home theater in a box A "home theater in a box" (HTIB) is a common name for a relatively inexpensive integrated home entertainment package, usually including a DVD player, surround sound capability, and a radio tuner in one box. While they lack the features of a custom-assembled home theater system, HTIBs are an inexpensive (and generally space-efficient) way to take advantage of the surround sound capabilities of the DVD format.
Home to Roost Home to Roost was a British sitcom, made by Yorkshire Television and first broadcast on 19 April 1985. It was written by Eric Chappell of Rising Damp fame, and starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew.
Home town hero (band) Home Town Hero was a post-grunge rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2000. Lead singer Aaron Bruno and guitarist Drew Stewart were teenage pals during the '90s at Southern California's Westlake High School when they first collaborated together.
Home Taping is Killing Music “Home Taping Is Killing Music” was the slogan of a 1980s anti-copyright infringement campaign by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), a British music industry trade group. With the rise in cassette recorder popularity, the BPI feared that home taping would cause a decline in record sales.
Home Team Academy The Home Team Academy (abbreviation: HTA; Chinese: 内政群英学院) is the training institute for various organisations of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Singapore, including the Singapore Police Force, the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Central Narcotics Bureau, the Singapore Prison Service, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, and the Internal Security Department, amongst other agencies. Located at 501 Old Choa Chu Kang Road, it cost about S$266 million to build.
Home Truths Home Truths was a weekly BBC Radio 4 programme which began on 11 April 1998 and was usually hosted by the DJ John Peel until his death in October 2004. In the Saturday 9-10am slot, it gradually became one of Radio 4's most successful programmes.
Home Unix Machine Brisbane User Group The Home Unix Machine - Brisbane User Group, also known as HUMBUG, was the first non-commercial user group based in Brisbane to focus on Unix in all of its variations, and one of the earliest Linux user groups in Australia. It was founded on September 8, 1995 with fourteen members and has always had its regular meetings at the University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus.
Home video The home video business distributes films, telemovies and television series in the form of videos in various formats to the public. These are either bought or rented, then watched privately from the comfort of home by consumers.
Home Volume IV Home Volume IV: Bright Eyes & Britt Daniel is a collaborative split EP by Bright Eyes and Britt Daniel (of the band Spoon) and is volume four of Post-Parlo Records' Home Series. It was originally limited to 2000 copies in a white, home-made, hand-numbered cardboard package, but was re-issued in 2004 (in a standard plastic case with a burgundy inlay) due to the sudden rise in popularity of the musicians involved.
Home Volume V Home Volume V is the fifth volume in the series of ten in the Post-Parlo Records series of short, split albums featuring two artists. This one includes Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service fame and Andrew Kenny of The American Analog Set.
Home zone A Home Zone in the United Kingdom is a street or group of streets in a built-up area that are designed primarily to meet the interests of the local community, and particularly pedestrians and cyclists rather than motor vehicles, enabling the street to operate primarily as a space for social use. Encouraging children's play is an important aim of many home zone schemes.
Home, Pennsylvania Home is an unincorporated village located in Rayne Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Although it is not tracked by the US Census Bureau, Home has been assigned the ZIP code 15747 and is a part of the telephone area code 724.
Home: Songs of Hope & Journey Home: Songs of Hope & Journey is a compilation album by various Australian artists to raise funds and bring attention to beyondblue, an Australian initiative against depression. Part of the proceeds of the album will go to the charity.
Homebake Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand). The festival was first held on January 4th, 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales.
Homeboy (film) Homeboy is a 1988 drama film, directed by Michael Seresin. It was written by and stars Mickey Rourke in the title role of Johnny Walker, a cowboy/boxer whose love of his sport takes him on the road to self destruction.
Homeboys in Outer Space Homeboys in Outer Space was a UPN sitcom that aired from 1996 to 1997. The plot centered around an odd couple-type pairing who flew around the universe in a winged car, piloted by a talking computer named Loquatia.
Homebrew (video games) Homebrew is a term frequently applied only to video games that are produced by consumers on proprietary game platforms; in other words, game platforms that are not typically user-programmable, or use proprietary hardware for storage. Sometimes games developed on official development kits, such as Net Yaroze or PS2 Linux are included in the definition.
Homebrewing Homebrewing typically refers to the brewing of beer on a very small scale as a hobby for personal consumption, free distribution at social gatherings, amateur brewing competitions or other assorted generally non-commercial reasons.
Homebush Bay, New South Wales Homebush Bay is a suburb of western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Homebush Bay is located 16kms west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council.
Homecoming (short story) "Homecoming" is a short story by Robin Hobb, published in the 2003 Legends II anthology. Set in The Realm of the Elderlings, it is written in first person narrative as a series of diary entries by Lady Carillion Carrock, an exiled Jamaillian noble.
Homecoming (The Wire episode) "Homecoming" is the sixth episode of the third season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Rafael Alvarez from a story by David Simon & Rafael Alvarez and was directed by Leslie Libman.
Homecoming mums A homecoming mum is an oversize mum corsage decorated with three-foot long streamers in the school colors with bells, charms, banners, little plush animals done up in bows, sparkly letters and even Christmas tree lights. It is highly popular tradition in schools in the Southwestern United States, especially Oklahoma and Texas.
Homefirst Health Services Homefirst Health Services, based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is a sizable medical practice and the largest physician and midwife attended homebirth practice in the United States. Healthfirst has five offices, ten doctors, four certified nurse-midwives, and 45 registered nurses and certified nurse assistants in the metropolitan Chicago area.
Homegrown (album) Homegrown is an unreleased 1975 album by Neil Young. It was so near to being released that a cover had been created (according to Shakey by Jimmy McDonough) by Tom Wilkes (who did the Harvest cover) featuring Neil with a corncob pipe.
Homeland A homeland (rel. country of origin and native land) is the concept of the territory (cultural geography) to which an ethnic group holds a long history and a deep cultural association with —the country in which a particular national identity began.
Homeland (video game) Homeland is an RPG for the GameCube by Chunsoft only released in Japan. Disc 1 of the game is a single player quest and disc 2 allows the player to assume the role of a dungeon master and create an online game.
Homeland security Homeland security refers to governmental actions designed to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism, and also respond to natural disasters. The term became prominent in the United States following the September 11, 2001 attacks; it had been used only in limited policy circles prior to 9/11.
Homeland Security Appropriations Act The Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2004 was a United States Act of Congress that gave the authority for the President to fund the operations of the Department of Homeland Security for each fiscal year.
Homeland Security Council The Homeland Security Council (HSC) is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States and was created by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1 (HSPD-1) on October 29, 2001. It serves as the de facto successor to the Office of Homeland Security which was established on September 20, 2001, in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Homeland Union (Conservatives, Political Prisoners and Deportees, Christian Democrats) The Homeland Union (Conservatives, Political Prisoners and the Exiled, Christianical Democrats) (Lithuanian: Tėvynės sąjunga (konservatoriai, politiniai kaliniai ir tremtiniai, krikščioniškieji demokratai)), or TS, is a political party in Lithuania. It was founded in May 1993 by the right wing of the Lithuanian Movement for Restructuring (Sąjūdis), led by the transitional national leader Vytautas Landsbergis.
Homelands Homelands is a British music festival which consists mainly of Dance music, both live acts and famous DJs. The event is held near Winchester, Hampshire, and is one of the most popular British festivals of this genre.
Homeless Individuals and Families Information System The Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS) is a data-collection system used by homeless shelters (or sheltering service providers, SSPs) to collect information on their activities. The National Homelessness Initiative intends to use the system to collect (aggregate) data year round on homelessness information across Canada.
Homelessness Homelessness refers to the condition and societal category of people who lack housing, or live in transitional housing, or who spend most nights in a supervised public or private facility providing temporary living quarters, or in a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.Office of Applied Studies, United States Department of Health and Human Services,"Terminology"United States Code, Title 42, Chapter 119, Subchapter I, § 11302.
Homelessness in Australia Homelessness should not be quantified as being without a house; rather, it defines a state in which a person lacks a secure base to establish secure routines of living. The majority of long term homeless people are found in the large cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Homelessness in Canada Homelessness in Canada is viewed as a serious social problem. Canada is viewed by many as having far too high a number of homeless people, with some of the highest per capita rates of any developed nation, however it is second on the list of having the highest homeless population the developed world trailing behind the United States, but being just slightly ahead of Japan which is the fourth in homeless population.
Homeloans.ie homeloans.ie is one of Ireland's largest mortgage brokers, and deals with all the major banks and mortgage providers despite having controversially criticised these companies in the past for not having the customer's best interests at heart (See here) and thus contributing to the Irish property bubble.
HomeLAN HomeLAN existed as a self-described "Haven for Serious Gamers". Through its online gaming community, HomeLAN Federation, the mostly-volunteer philanthropist group provided online sanctuary for more than 3000 hardcore multiplayer gamers worldwide.
HomeLink Wireless Control System The HomeLink Wireless Control System is a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, integrated into some automobiles, that can be programmed to activate devices such as garage door openers, and RF-controlled lighting, gates and locks.
Homemaker A homemaker is a person whose prime occupation is to care for their family and/or home; the term is originally an Americanism, and while it has entered mainstream English, it is not in common usage outside the U.S.
Homentropic flow In fluid mechanics, a homentropic flow has uniform and constant entropy. It distinguishes itself from an isentropic or particle isentropic flow, where the entropy level of each fluid particle does not change with time, but may vary from particle to particle.
Homeobox A homeobox is a DNA sequence found within genes that are involved in the regulation of development (morphogenesis) of animals, fungi and plants. Genes that have a homeobox are called homeobox genes and form the homeobox gene family.
Homeodomain fold The homeodomain fold is a protein structural domain that binds DNA and is thus commonly found in transcription factors. The fold consists of a 60-amino acid helix-turn-helix structurein which three alpha helices are connected by short loop regions.
Homeodynamic principle Nathan Ackerman's term homeodynamic principle refers to his observations, in the course of family therapy, that families have a basic dynamic, and following an interruption to that dynamic (for example, an intervention by a psychotherapist), the previous family patterns tend to re-emerge, i.e.
Homeomorphism In the mathematical field of topology a homeomorphism or topological isomorphism (from the Greek words homoios = identical and morphe = shape) is a special isomorphism between topological spaces which respects topological properties. Two spaces with a homeomorphism between them are called homeomorphic.
Homeomorphism (graph theory) In graph theory, two graphs G and G′ are homeomorphic if there is an isomorphism from some subdivision of G to some subdivision of G′. If the edges of a graph are thought of as lines drawn from one vertex to another (as they are usually depicted in illustrations), then two graphs are homeomorphic to each other in the graph-theoretic sense precisely if they are homeomorphic in the sense in which the term is used in topology.
Homeopathy Homeopathy (also spelled homœopathy or homoeopathy) from the Greek words όμοιος, hómoios (similar) and πάθος, páthos (suffering)Samuel Hahnemann biography at Skylark Books website, is an alternative medicine that attempts to treat "like with like." The term "homeopathy" was coined by the German physician Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843) and first appeared in print in 1807,Hahnemann, S.
Homeoptoton The homeoptoton (from the Greek homoióptoton, «similar in the cases»), is a figure of speech, characteristical of the flexive languages, consisting in ending the last words of single parts of the speech with the same cases: for instance, in Latin, two consecutive and correlated sentences ending both in accusative.
Homeorhesis Homeorhesis, derived from the Greek for "similar flow", is a concept encompassing dynamical systems which return to a trajectory, as opposed to systems which return to a particular state, which is termed homeostasis.
Homeosis Homeosis is the transformation of one body part into another, arising from mutation in or misexpression of specific developmentally critical genes. It may be caused by mutations in Hox genes, found in animals, or others such as the MADS-box family in plants.
Homeostasis Homeostasis is the property of an open system, especially living organisms, to regulate its internal environment to maintain a stable, constant condition, by means of multiple dynamic equilibrium adjustments, controlled by interrelated regulation mechanisms. The term was coined in 1932 by Walter Bradford Cannon from the Greek homoios (same, like, resembling) and stasis (to stand, posture).
Homeostatic plasticity The term homeostatic plasticity derives from two opposing concepts: ‘homeostatic’ (a product of the Greek words for ‘same’ and ‘state’ or ‘condition’) and plasticity (or 'change'). Thus homeostatic plasticity refers literally to 'stay the same through change.
Homeotic gene Homeotic genes can, when modified cause homeotic mutations or bizarre and fundamental developmental reorganizations of the body. An example would be the Antennapedia mutant in Drosophila where legs are found sprouting where antenna would normally be.
Homeotropic alignment In liquid crystals, homeotropic alignment is one of the ways of alignment of liquid crystalline molecules. Homeotropic alignment is the state in which a rod-like liquid crystalline molecule aligns perpendicularly to the substrate.
Homeovestism Homeovestism is a concept identified by George Zavitzianos and further developed by Louise Kaplan, to refer to the arousal of a person by wearing clothing appropriate to his or her gender, in comparison with the more widely recognized practices of transvestic fetishism, in which one is aroused by wearing clothing appropriate to the opposite gender.
Homeoviscous adaptation The maintenance of proper cell membrane fluidity is of critical importance for the function and integrity of the cell, essential for the mobility and function of embedded proteins and lipids, diffusion of proteins and other molecules laterally across the membrane for signaling reactions, and proper separation of membranes during cell division. A fundamental biophysical determinant of membrane fluidity is the balance between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.
Homeowners association A homeowner, or (as they are known in the industry) "community," association is an organization comprised of all owners of units in a common interest development, which may or may not be part of a gated community. Most associations are now non-profit corporations, and are subject to state statutes that govern non-profit corporations and community associations.
Homer and Jethro Homer and Jethro were an American country music team with a long career from the 1940s through the 1960s, sometimes known as "the thinking man's hillbillies", specializing in comedy records and satirical versions of popular songs.
Homer A. Holt Homer Adams Holt was a West Virginia political leader who served as Governor of West Virginia from 1937 to 1941. He was a 1916 graduate of Washington and Lee University, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Homer Augustus Nelson Homer Augustus Nelson (August 31, 1829 – April 25, 1891) was born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1829 where he was also raised and educated. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Poughkeepsie.
Homer Bigart Homer William Bigart (born October 25, 1907 in Hawley, Pennsylvania, died April 16, 1991 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire) was a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune and later the New York Times. He won two Pulitzer Prizes, one Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting - International for his reporting in World War II, and the one Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for his reporting in the Korean War.
Homer Bryce Stadium Homer Bryce Stadium,located in Nacogdoches, Texas, is the home of SFASU's Lumberjack football and Ladyjack and Lumberjack track and field events. The stadium includes a walking and running track open to the public.
Homer Drew Homer Drew is the head coach of the Valparaiso University Crusader men's basketball team. His younger son, Bryce Drew, currently serves as an associate coach under him on the men's basketball team, and his elder son Scott Drew is the head coach of Baylor University's men's basketball team after having served 9 years assisting under Homer and one year as head coach of Valparaiso.
Homer Hailey Homer Hailey (1903 – 2000) was a preacher in the churches of Christ in the 20th century, as well as a teacher at Abilene Christian University and Florida College and an author of 15 religious books. He was well-known for his views on marriage, divorce, and remarriage, his general biblical knowledge and more specifically his knowledge of the Old Testament.
Homer Hamilton William Homer Hamilton (born February 6, 1913 in Carman, Manitoba, died September 29, 1997) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1969.
Homer Hanky The Official Star Tribune Minnesota Twins Homer Hanky (or "Homer Hanky" for short), is a handkerchief printed with a (usually red) baseball-shaped logo during Minnesota Twins championship seasons (and usually the season after). It was first introduced during the 1987 Pennant race, when the Twins won the American League Western division (AL West).
Homer Jones Homer Raymond Jones (3 September, 1893–26 November 1970), an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949. He represented the First Congressional District of Washington as a Republican.

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