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Horwich Horwich (pronounced "Horrich") is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies at the foot of the West Pennine Moors, half way between Bolton and Chorley, and has a population of 18,289 (2001 Census).
Horwich Parkway railway station Horwich Parkway railway station is a railway station serving the park and ride scheme for the town of Horwich and the western area of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is also the principal stop for the Reebok Stadium, home of Bolton Wanderers F.
Horyn River The Horyn or Haryn (, ) is a river, a tributary of the Pripyat River, which flows through Ukraine and Belarus. It has a length of 659 km, a drainage basin of 22,700 km², a maximum width of 80 m, and a maximum depth of 16 meters.
Hosanna Shout In Mormonism, a hosanna shout is an organized ritual by a congregation of shouting hosanna. It was first performed as a ritual in the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, and was a part of the Kirtland Endowment ceremony.
Hosapete Hospete ಹೊಸ್ಪೇಟೆ (formerly Hospet) is a city in Bellary District in northern Karnataka, India. Hosapete is on the Tungabhadra River, 12 km from Hampi, the site of the ruins of the medieval city of Vijayanagara, former capital of the Vijayanagar Empire.
Hosaphone A hosaphone(tm) is a brass instrument, constructed from plastic tubing and a kitchen funnel. The hosaphone was invented as a parodic response to the natural trumpet, a traditional concert instrument of similar design but constructed from metal.
Hosay Hosay or Tadjah is a West Indian street festival, in which multi-colored model mausoleums are paraded, then ritually offered up to the sea, or any body of water. Some contemporary writers equate the multi-colored mausoleums with "mosques.
Hosay massacre The Hosay massacre (also known as the Hosay riots or the Hosein riots or the Jahaji massacre) took place on Thursday October 30, 1884 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago when the British colonial authorities fired on participants in the annual Hosay procession (the local name for the Shi'a Festival of Muharram) who had been banned from entering the town of San Fernando.
Hose A hose is a hollow tube designed to carry fluids from one location to another. Hoses are also sometimes called pipes (the word pipe usually refers to a rigid tube, whereas a hose is usually a flexible one), or more generally tubing.
Hose (clothing) Hose are any of various styles of men's clothing for the legs and lower body, worn from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century, when the term fell out of use in favor of breeches and stockings. (See also trousers.
Hose clamp A hose clamp or hose clip is a device used to attach and seal a hose onto a fitting such as a barb or nib. A hose clamp is not the same as a pipe clamp which is a clamp made partly out of a pipe, not a clamp for clamping pipe.
Hose Mountains The Hose Mountains (Malay: Pegunungan Hose) are a mountain range in central Sarawak, Borneo. The mountains are covered in virgin tropical rainforest that supports a rich ecosystem of fauna and flora, including many endemic species.
Hosea Stout Hosea Stout (September 18, 1810 - March 2, 1889), was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, and an important Mormon political and military leader. He was a close and zealous associate of both Joseph Smith, Jr.
Hosenki (InuYasha) Hosenki was a demon that InuYasha and his friends met up with at his father's grave at the gate to the netherworld. He told Inuyasha to slay him to get a jewel shard, but Inuyasha was distracted by Naraku's miasma and had to save his friends.
Hosepipe ban A hosepipe ban is a British term for a water restriction placed on the customers of a water company to prevent them from using hosepipes, particularly for watering their gardens. The provider sometimes states that their customers are not allowed to use a sprinkler or unattended hosepipe for a few days (or longer), though commonly a total ban is enacted.
Hosford-Abernethy, Portland, Oregon Hosford-Abernethy is a neighborhood in the inner Southeast section of Portland, Oregon. It borders Buckman and Sunnyside on the north, Richmond on the east, Brooklyn and Creston-Kenilworth on the south, and (across the Willamette River) Downtown Portland and South Portland on the east.
Hoshanah Rabbah The seventh day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, 21st day of Tishrei, is known as Hoshana Rabba (הושענא רבא, in Aramaic, Great Hoshanah/ Supplication). This day is marked by a special synagogue service, the Hoshana Rabba, in which seven circuits are made by the worshippers with their lulav and etrog, while the congregation recites Hoshanos.
Hoshen The Hoshen (Hebrew: Choshen) was the breastplate "of Judgment" worn by the High Priest in the book of Exodus in the Bible, covered by 12 stones that represented the 12 tribes of Israel. The stones were arranged in a pattern of four rows of three according to Exodus 28:17-21; sardius, topaz, and carbuncle in the first row; emerald, sapphire and diamond in the second row; ligure, agate, and amethyst in the third row; beryl, onyx and jasper in the fourth.
Hoshi Sato Hoshi Sato, played by Korean-American actress Linda Park, is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe and the communication officer aboard the starship Enterprise (NX-01) in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise. She is a linguist who speaks more than forty languages, including Klingon.
Hoshin Roshi Ryu 'Hoshinroshi Ryu Jutaijutsu (or Hoshinjutsu) is an American combative art based on Eastern and Western martial traditions. Hoshinjutsu training combines meditation, realistic self-protection skills, chi kung meditation and healing arts.
Hoshina Masaari Hoshina Masaari (保科正益; 1836-1888)- Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who was the last daimyo of Iino han (Kazusa domain; 20,000 koku). Though lord of a minor domain, his family was a branch of the Matsudaira of Aizu, whose founder Hoshina Masayuki was the older brother of the Iino founder, Hoshina Masasada.
Hosho (instrument) The hosho is a Zimbabwean musical instrument consisting of a maranka gourd with seeds, usually hota (Canna indica) inside it, or net of beads around it and which often accompanies Shona music, especially mbira music. It is a type of rattle.
Hoshyar Zebari Hoshyar Zebari (or HiĹźyar ZĂŞbarĂ®) (born 1953) is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a masters degree in sociology from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom and studied political science in Jordan.
Hosiery Association The Hosiery Association (THA) is an American trade organization representing hosiery manufacturers. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Hosiery Association was founded in 1905 as the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers.
Hosios Loukas Hosios Loukas (Greek: ) is an historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. It is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, and has been listed on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, along with the monasteries of Nea Moni and Daphnion.
Hosokawa clan The Hosokawa clan (細川氏, -shi) was a Japanese samurai clan, which claimed descendance from the Seiwa Genji and ironically played key roles in both the establishment of the Ashikaga shogunate and its destruction. They wielded significant power over the course of the Muromachi (1336-1467), Sengoku (1467-1600), and Edo periods, moving, however, from Shikoku, to Kinai, and then to Kyūshū over the centuries.
Hosokawa Gracia Hosokawa Tama (細川玉), usually referred to as Hosokawa Garasha 細川ガラシャ, 1563 - August 25 (by the Japanese calendar the 7th Month, 17th day), 1600) was a Japanese noblewoman, daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide. She was named Tama; Garasha, the name she is known by in history, is taken from her baptismal name, Gracia.
Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430-1473) was one of the Kanrei, the Deputies to the Shogun, during Japan's Muromachi Period. He is famous for his involvement in the creation of RyĹŤan-ji, a temple famous for its rock garden, and for his involvement in the ĹŚnin War, which sparked the 130-year Sengoku period.
Hosokawa Yoriyuki Hosokawa Yoriyuki (ç´°ĺ·ťé Ľäą‹)(1329-1392) was a samurai of the Hosokawa clan, and prominent government minister under the Ashikaga shogunate, serving as Kyoto Kanrei (Shogun's Deputy in Kyoto) from 1367 to 1379. The first to hold this post, he solidified the power of the shogunate, as well as elements of its administrative organization.
Hosokura Mine Park Mae Station Hosokura Mine Park Mae Station Station (細倉マインパーク前駅; -eki) is a train station located on the Kurihara Den'en Railway Company Kurihara Den'en Railway Line in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
Hospice Association of Ontario The Hospice Association of Ontario (HAO) provides end-of-life care to terminal patients in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1989 with eight members; as of April, 2005, it had over 150 member hospice facilities.
Hospice chaplain Hospice chaplains or geriatrics chaplains are, simply, chaplains often assigned by or working with hospitals, seminaries or volunteer organisations, that specialise in providing long-term spiritual care, especially to geriatric patients and those suffering from terminal illness.
Hospices de Beaune The Hospices de Beaune is a charitable instutution in Beaune, France, founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy as a hospital for the poor and needy. The original hospital building, the HĂ´tel-Dieu, one of the finest examples of French fifteenth-century architecture, is now a museum, services for the sick being provided in modern hospital buildings.
Hospitable climates Hospitable Climates is a free energy conservation programme for the United Kingdom hospitality industry. It is managed by the Hotel and Catering International Management Association (HCIMA) and is supported by the Carbon Trust.
Hospital (film) Hospital is a 1970 cinéma vérité documentary film made for television which explores the daily activities of the people at a large-city hospital, with emphasis on its emergency ward and outpatient clinics. It should not be confused with the 1971 black comedy The Hospital which starred George C.
Hospital Authority The Hospital Authority () is a statutory body managing all the public hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong. It is managed by the Hospital Authority Board and is under the monitor of the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food of the HKSAR Government.
Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah The Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (TAR) Hospital, also known as Klang General Hospital or Klang GH is a government tertiary hospital located in Klang South in the Klang District, Selangor. This hospital provides primary and selected national tertiary care services.
Hospital case management Hospital case management is a collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors and evaluates the options and services required to meet an individual’s health needs, using communication and available resources to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes in the hospital environment.
Hospital Central Hospital Central (Central Hospital) is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the personnel of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco network in Spain, and cable/satellite channel FactorĂ­a de FicciĂłn reruns them a couple of weeks later.
Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association The Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) is a professional body in the UK specifically designed for senior hospital doctors. Its membership has increased dramatically over the last years (2003-2004) possibly due to re-negotiation of the Hospital Consultants Contract.
Hospital Corporation of America The Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world. It is based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and is widely considered to be the single largest factor in making that city a hotspot for healthcare enterprise.
Hospital das ClĂ­nicas da Universidade de SĂŁo Paulo The Hospital das ClĂ­nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de SĂŁo Paulo (University of SĂŁo Paulo Faculty of Medicine Clinics Hospital) is a complex of health institutions, located in various regions of the city of SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil. Founded on April 19, 1944, it occupies a total area of 352,000 square meters and offers 2,200 beds, distributed between its six specialized institutes.
Hospital das ClĂ­nicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas The Hospital das ClĂ­nicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Clinics Hospital of the State University of Campinas, in Portuguese language) is a teaching hospital (Hospital das ClĂ­nicas) located in the city of Campinas, state of SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
Hospital de Sant Pau The present Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Catalan for Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) in the Eixample, Barcelona, Catalonia, is a complex built between 1901 and 1930, designed by the Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. It is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Hospital emergency codes Hospital Emergency Codes are used in hospitals worldwide to denote to staff various kinds of emergency situations. They are usually coded by colour, and the colour codes denote different events at different hospitals and are not universal.
Hospital Escuela Eva PerĂłn The Hospital Escuela Eva PerĂłn (Spanish, Eva PerĂłn School Hospital) is a general hospital in the city of Granadero Baigorria, part of the Greater Rosario metropolitan area, in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It is a public hospital, depending on the Health Ministry of the provincial state of Santa Fe and managed partly by an elected council.
Hospital for Tropical Diseases The Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London is part of the University College Hospitals London (UCLH) NHS Trust, and associated with University College London. It is the only UK NHS hospital dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tropical diseases and travel related infections.
Hospital information system A hospital information system (HIS), variously also called clinical information system (CIS) is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage the administrative, financial and clinical aspects of a hospital. This encompasses paper-based information processing as well as data processing machines.
Hospital management system A Hospital Management System (HMS)is an automated software system that manages the functions of a healthcare facility/clinic/hospital. A Hospital Management system may include an electronic patient/medical record depited as EPR /EMR.
Hospital of Saint Raphael Hospital of Saint Raphael or Saint Raphael Hospital is a 511-bed hospital and an academic health center affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine, located in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. It was founded by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth in 1907.
Hospital of St Cross Hospital of St Cross is a medieval almshouse in Winchester England, founded between 1133 and 1136 it is the oldest charitable institution in BritainSaint Cross England's Oldest Almshouse, 1995, Peter Hopewell. The founder was Henry de Blois Bishop of Winchester, grand son of William the Conqueror, half brother to King Stephen of England.
Hospital of St John the Baptist, High Wycombe The Hospital of St John the Baptist was a hospital in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England between 1180 and 1548. It was situated on the main road that ran from Oxford to London (what is now the A40) east of the town centre.
Hospital of St Thomas of Acre The Hospital of St Thomas of Acre was the medieval London headquarters of the Knights of St Thomas. It was founded as a church in 1227 in the parish of St Mary Colechurch, birthplace of the order's patron saint, Saint Thomas Becket.
Hospital peer review Hospital peer review is the evaluation of a physician's performance or an investigation into an undesired outcome in a medical procedure conducted within a hospital or medical group. Usually peer review involves a panel of reviewers in the same geographic area and in the same specialty.
Hospital Pantai Mutiara Hospital Pantai Mutiara is a 250 bedded hospital located in Bayan Baru, Penang, Malaysia. Hospital Pantai Mutiara was awarded the prestigious MS ISO 9001:2000 Certification by SIRIM QAS and full 3 years Hospital Accreditation Award by the Malaysian Society For Quality In Health(MSQH).
Hospital Provincial de Rosario The Hospital Provincial de Rosario (Spanish, Provincial Hospital of Rosario) is a general hospital in Rosario, Argentina, which depends on the Health Ministry of the provincial state of Santa Fe. It is a public hospital, managed partly by an elected council.
Hospital Provincial del Centenario (Rosario) The Hospital Provincial del Centenario (Spanish, Centennial Provincial Hospital) is a general hospital in Rosario, Argentina, which depends on the Health Ministry of the provincial state of Santa Fe. It is a public hospital, managed partly by an elected council.
Hospital Radio Fox Hospital Radio Fox is the hospital radio station for the Royal Infirmary and the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, England. On the air since April 1988, the station provides music, entertainment and information for both patients and staff.
Hospital Records Hospital Records is a drum and bass record label based in London, England, specializing in the softer and funkier side of the music known as liquid funk. Founded in 1996 by Tony Colman and Chris Goss it has become one of the biggest labels within the drum and bass scene, as of 2005.
Hospital Rock Tunnels The Hospital Rock Tunnels are a small pair of highway tunnels passing through a ridge on the edge of the Ko‘olau Range on the island of O‘ahu. The tunnels are located on Interstate H-3, which connects Kaneohe with Interstate H-1 at Hālawa near Pearl Harbor, and are 354 feet (108 m) long Kaneohe bound and 353 feet (108 m) long Halawa bound.
Hospital separation Separation from a healthcare facility occurs anytime a patient (or resident) leaves because of death, discharge, sign-out against medical advice or transfer. The number of separations is the most commonly used measure of the utilization of hospital services.
Hospital ship A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a medical treatment facility or hospital; most are operated by the military forces or navies of various countries around the world. Some, such as the SS Hope, belong to civilian agencies.
Hospital Station Hospital Station is a 1962 science fiction book by author James White and is part of the Sector General series. The book collects together a series of five short stories previously published in New Worlds magazine between 1957 and 1960.
Hospitalism Hospitalism was a pediatric diagnosis used in the 1930s to describe infants who wasted away while in hospital. The symptoms could include retarded physical development, and disruption of perceptual-motor skills and language.
Hospitalité Notre Dame de Lourdes The Hospitalité Notre Dame de Lourdes (HNDL) is a Roman Catholic religious confraternity under the spiritual authority of the Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, and works closely with the Rector of the Sanctuaries and his pastoral team. The HNDL (and each of its sections) is governed by a President and a council.
Hospitality industry The hospitality industry is phrase covering a varety of service industries that receive a customer to service them with that of traditional "hospitality", such as providing them food and beverages, or provision of a room and bed to sleep. It is often applied to hotels and resorts.
Hospitality service The concept of Hospitality Services, also known as “accommodation sharing”, “hospitality exchange”, and “home stay networks”, refers to centrally organized social networks of individuals who trade accommodation without monetary exchange. While this concept could also include house swapping or even time share plans, it has come to be associated mostly with travelers and tourists staying with one another free of charge.
Hospitals in Uganda The largest state-owned hospital in Uganda is called Mulago, built in Kampala 1962, with around 1500 beds. Once it had an excellent medical school, with visitors from around the world to learn about tropical diseases.
Hospitius Saint Hospitius (in French, Saint Hospice and anciently Saint Sospis) (d. May 21, 581) was a French recluse who, according to tradition, had been a monk in his native Egypt towards the beginning of the 6th century.
Hospod Hospod (Госпóдь) is a Polish surname of Rusyn origin, meaning "the Lord"; in the Eastern Orthodox Church the word 'Госпóдь' is used to refer to God. Variations include Hospodski, Hospodarek, and Hospodarz.
Hoss (band) Hoss is a hard rock band based in Melbourne, Australia. One of a string of 90s hard rock bands on Melbourne's Dog Meat Records that included the Powder Monkeys and Splatterheads, Hoss was primarily a vehicle for the songs of front man, Joel Silbersher.
Hossam Mohammed Amin Hossam Mohammed Amin was an Iraqi general under Saddam Hussein's government. He said in 2002 that Iraq would submit a list of chemical, biological and nuclear programs to UNMOVIC, but that the report would not disclose any banned weapons, "because, really, we have no weapons of mass destruction.
Hossbach Memorandum The Hossbach Memorandum was the summary of the minutes of a meeting on November 5 1937 between Adolf Hitler and his military leadership, laying out his plans to precipitate an aggressive war that would eventually be known as World War II in Europe. The memorandum was named for the keeper of the minutes of the meeting, Hitler's military adjutant, Colonel Count Friedrich Hossbach.
Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Alizadeh (in ) is an Iranian composer, Radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and excellent Tar and Setar instrumentalist and improvisor, dubbed by many as an Ostad (Master of Persian music). He was considered by critics to be one of the most promising artists of his generation.
Hossein Dehlavi Hossein Dehlavi was born in 1927 in Tehran and studied composition at the Tehran Conservatory of Music with Hossein Nassehi. He studied Persian music with Abolhassan Saba and, from 1957 to 1967, was the principal conductor of the Persian Fine Arts Administration Orchestra.
Hossein Derakhshan Hossein Derakhshan (in Persian: حسين درخشان; born January 7, 1975), also known as Hoder, is an Iranian-Canadian journalist and weblogger based in Toronto. He comes from a very religious family with strong ties to Iranian regime officials through his father who is a famous merchant at Tehran Bazaar.
Hossein Elahi Ghomshei Dr. Hossein Mohyeddin Elahi Ghomshei known as (Elahi Ghomshei) (In Persian حسین محی الدین الهی قمشه ای ), is an Iranian world renowned scholar, author and lecturer on Persian literature and Islamic mysticism.
Hossein Eslambolchi Hossein Eslambolchi (born 1957) is a prolific inventor and engineer, best known for his prominent role in AT&T. He joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1986, and rose to become, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer, President of AT&T Labs and President of AT&T Global Network Services of the company and was an officer of the company since 2003, and served as a critical member of AT&T's governing Executive Committee.
Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi is an Iranian Muslim cleric who advocates the separation of religion and politics. He first made his opposition to the Iranian government in 1994, having kept his opinions private until then.
Hossein Saffar Harandi Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi (born 1953) is the new Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran. He was born in Tehran in 1953 and graduated from the Iran University of Science and Technology in civil engineering in 1973.
Hossein Tavakoli Hossein Tavakoli (born January 10, 1978) is an Iranian weightlifter who competed in the Men's 105 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal. He is widely known for jumping on the stand before getting the gold medal.
Host (biology) In biology, a host is an organism that harbors a virus, parasite, mutual partner, or commensal partner, typically providing nourishment and shelter. In botany, a host plant is one that supplies food resources and substrate for certain insects or other fauna.
Host (psychology) In psychology and mental health, a host is the most important (to therapeutic goals) mental entity in someone who has dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder). Often this is thought to be the root of the person's psyche, or at least a key figure for completion of therapy, whether or not it has integration as a goal.
Host adapter In computer hardware, a host adapter or host bus adapter (HBA) connects a host system (the computer) to other network and storage devices. The terms are primarily used to refer to devices for connecting Fibre Channel, eSATA, and SCSI devices (see SCSI host adapter), but devices for connecting to ESCON, Ethernet, and other systems may also be called host adapters.
Host desecration Host desecration is a sacrilegious act committed against a consecrated host. Accusations of host desecration leveled against Jews were a common pretext for massacres and expulsions throughout the Middle Ages in Europe.
Host Media Processing In the past, when you wanted to connect a computer to a telco network, it was always necessary to have a physical interface, a telco socket. This could mean an analog phone line (see PSTN), or in the case of digital networks an ISDN or T1/E1 line.
Host-based intrusion detection system A host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) is an intrusion detection system that focuses its monitoring and analysis on the internals of a computing system rather than on its external interfaces (as a network intrusion detection system (NIDS) would do).
Host-guest chemistry In supramolecular chemistry, host-guest chemistry describes complexes that are composed of two or more molecules or ions held together in unique structural relationships by hydrogen bonding or by ion pairing or by Van der Waals force other than those of full covalent bonds.
Hostage A hostage is a person or entity (group, even pet) which is held by a captor, originally handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive measure against certain acts of war, but in modern days more often seized by a criminal abductor in order to compel another party such as a relative, employer or government to act, or refrain from acting, in a particular way, often under threat of serious physical harm to the hostage(s) after expiration of an ultimatum.
Hostage (novel) Hostage is a 2001 thriller novel by Robert Crais, about a small town police chief with memories of a failed hostage situation, who must negotiate the same type of situation in his own town if he wants his own family to live. The novel was adapted to film in 2005.
Hostage crisis When a surrounded terrorist or criminal tries to hold off the authorities by force, it is considered a "barricaded suspect" situation. When a person/s holds others against their will, but keeps them hidden, it is simple kidnapping.
Hostage Life Hostage Life is a Canadian punk band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2002, Hostage Life released its first EP, Sing for the Enemy on Toronto's independent punk rock label, Underground Operations, home to such bands as Closet Monster and Protest The Hero.
Hostage Working Group Hostage Working Group was organized by the US Department of State at the US Embassy in Baghdad in the summer of 2004 to monitor hostages in Iraq. Reported as meeting "weekly to bring together officials from the FBI, the Defense Department, the State Department and the Iraqi government.
Hostages of the Ultralum Hostages of the Ultralum is volume sixteen in the French comic book (or bande dessinée) science fiction series Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières.
Hoste (island) Hoste is one of the southernmost islands in Chile, lying south of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and west of Isla Navarino, from which it is separated by the Murray Channel. The western area of the island forms part of the Alberto de Agostini National Park.
Hosted Chat Hosted Chat or "Chat As Service" is an ASP (Application Service Provider) model text chat service that boasts capabilities such as having multiple instances of a chat with different configurations being distributed among websites, blogs, discussion groups, and virtually every other type of online community. Since it is an ASP model and is hosted, Hosted Chat / Chat As Service requires no software installation and the users always get the latest version of the service.
Hosted service provider A Hosted Service Provider (xSP) is a business that delivers a combination of traditional IT functions such as infrastructure, applications (Software as a Service), security, monitoring, storage, Web development, website hosting and email, over the Internet or other wide area networks (WAN). An xSP combines the abilities of an application service provider (ASP) and an Internet service provider (ISP).
Hostelling International Hostelling International, formerly known as International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF), is the federation of more than 90 national youth hostel associations in more than 80 countries who run over 4,500 youth hostels and youth hotels around the world. They include the Youth Hostels Association (YHA) in England and Wales and the Scottish Youth Hostels Association (SYHA) in Scotland (founded in 1931).
Hostess Hostess is a brand of the Interstate Bakeries Corporation in the United States, known for its sugary snacks Twinkies, CupCakes, Chocodiles, Ding Dongs, HoHos, SuzieQ's, Sno Balls, Donettes, Mini Muffins, Hostess Fruit Pies, Pudding Pies, and Leopards.
Hostess Potato Chips Hostess Potato Chips was a leading potato chip snack in Canada made by Hostess Foods Co.. In 1987, Hostess Foods and Frito-Lay formed a partnership, which led to the eventual merger of the two companies in 1992.

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