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Hilde Magnusson Lydvo Hilde Magnusson Lydvo (born 11 june, 1970 in Narvik, Nordland) is a Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party. She is currently a representative of Hordaland in the Storting, she was first elected in 2005.
Hilde Schbeiker Hilde Schbeiker is a former OZ soldier in the anime series Gundam Wing who aids Duo Maxwell in his mission to defeat OZ. Originally a loyal soldier to the cause of the OZ military, Hilde greets Duo by offering him a clipboard with which to sign up to become a soldier.
Hilde Schramm Hilde Schramm is most famous as the daughter of Albert Speer, who was a member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle and the Third Reich's Chief Architect. He served twenty years in prison for crimes against humanity after World War II.
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller In 1894, the Hildebrand & Wolfmüller was the first motorcycle that was available for purchase. This is in contrast to Gottlieb Daimler’s Reitwagen of 1885 which actually only served as an experimental application for the engine and was not manufactured in a series let alone developed further.
Hildebrand Alington, 5th Baron Alington Captain Hildebrand Alington, 5th Baron Alington of Killard (3 August 1641-11 February 1722/23) was an Irish peer, the son of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington of Killard. He succeeded to the title 3rd Baron Aldenham on 18 September 1691, on the death of his elder brother, the 4th Baron who had died without male issue.
Hildebrandt's moringa The Hildebrandt's moringa (Moringa hildebrandtii) is a tree species with a massive, water-storing trunk in the family Moringaceae. It is native to Madagascar, where it is extinct in the wild but preserved by indigenous horticultural practices.
Hildegard The female name Hildegard derived from the Old High German words hild (=war or battle) and gard (=protection) and means "protecting battle-maid". There were several persons in history with the name Hildegard:
Hildegard of Bingen Hildegard of Bingen - alternatively, in German as, von Bingen or in Latin as, Bingensis, also known as Blessed Hildegard and Saint Hildegard, (1098 – September 17 1179) was a German magistra,Hildegard of Bingen was often referred to as an abbess, or Mother Superior, by the many who wrote to her, although she was never officially recognized as such by officials in her own archdiocese. monastic leader, mystic, author, and composer of music.
Hildegard Puwak Hildegard Puwak (born September 16 1949, in ReĹźiĹŁa) is a Romanian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party, who served as the Minister for European Integration in from 2000 until October 2003 (as part of the Adrian NÄstase cabinet). Puwak is of German ethnicity.
Hildegart RodrĂguez Carballeira Hildegart RodrĂguez Carballeira (Madrid, December 9, 1914, †June 9, 1933 in Madrid) was an activist for the socialism and sexual revolution, born and raised by her mother as a model for the woman of the future. She spoke 6 languages when eight years old, finished Law School at 17 and was a leader of the Socialist Party and afterwards of the Federal Party.
Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary The Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary (Rabbiner Seminar fĂĽr das Orthodoxe Judenthum) was founded in Berlin on 22 October 1873 by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Hildesheimer for the training of rabbis in the tradition of Orthodox Judaism.
Hildreth-Flanagan-Heierman House The Hildreth-Flanagan-Heierman House is a historic home in the Hyde Park historic district in Austin, Texas. It is also a part of the Shadow Lawn Historic District, a subdivision of the Hyde Park neighborhood designated by Hyde Park founder Monroe Shipe.
Hilfield Hilfield is a hamlet in west Dorset, England, situated under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs seven miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 52 (2001), mostly residents of the Friary of Saint Francis.
Hilgraeve Hilgraeve is a software firm based out of Monroe, Michigan, and is best known for its HyperACCESS program, which has been licensed for use by Microsoft in versions of Windows ranging from Windows 95 to Windows XP.
Hilic HILIC (HydrophILic Interaction Chromatography or Hydrophilic Interaction LIquid Chromatography) is a version of normal phase liquid chromatography a name suggested by Dr. Andrew Alpert in his 1990 paper on the subject (J.
Hiligaynon people The Hiligaynon people, or HIligaynons, are the indigenous inhabitants of the large coastal plain if East Panay island. Over the years, intermigrations and intramigrations have contributed to the diaspora of the Hiligaynon to different parts of the country.
Hilir Perak Hilir Perak (literally meaning Lower Perak in English, 下霹雳县 in Chinese) is an administrative district of Perak, Malaysia. The district is governed by Majlis Perbandaran Teluk Intan or Teluk Intan Municipal Council which is based in the town of Teluk Intan.
Hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain, in a limited area. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of scarp slope without a well-defined summit (e.
Hill (crater) Hill is a small lunar impact crater that is located to the west of the prominent Macrobius crater, near the eastern edge of the Sinus Amoris. This crater was previously designated 'Macrobius B' before being given a name by the IAU.
Hill 112 During the Second World War, the invasion of Normandy took place on 6th June, 1944. Hill 112 is an area in Normandy, approximately 15 km south-west of Caen, just off road junction 10, onto route D8, near Esquay, and was a major battle point involving the German army and the troops of Britain and Canada.
Hill 16 (Jerusalem) Hill 16 was an important outpost during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, overlooking a narrow part of a road to Jerusalem, Several years ago, the forest on Hill 16 was destroyed by a seasonal fire. The Jewish National Fund, along with Nativ, a USY program, collaborated to replant the forest.
Hill 400, Bergstein Hill 400 (also known as Castle Hill) was a 400 meter high hill, about a kilometer east of the village center of Bergstein, Germany (near Brandenburg), that provided a strategic vantage point over the Huertgen Forest (German: HĂĽrtgenwald). It was strategically important as a vantage point and an artillery station during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest in 1944.
Hill 47 Hill 47, located on the eastern side of North Berwick is home to a small shelter where locals often gather during the summer months to consume cider or beer. In winter months this shelter often provdes local youths with the sanctuary of warmth which enables them to smoke cigarettes (tabs as they are known to some locals) or when supplies are available, cannabis or more accurately cannabis resin.
Hill 62 Memorial The Hill 62 Memorial is a war memorial that the commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps during World War I. Located about 3 km east of Ypres, Belgium, off the Menin Road at the end of Canadalaan (Canada Lane) past the Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62 and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.
Hill and Barlow Hill & Barlow was a law firm in Boston, Massachusetts that dissolved in 2002. The firm had been one of the city's oldest and most elite firms, and was also the 12th largest in Boston at the time of its dissolution, employing 145 lawyers.
Hill Auditorium Hill Auditorium is the largest performance venue on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. The auditorium was named in honor of Arthur Hill (1847-1909), who served as a regent of the university from 1901 to 1909.
Hill committee The Hill committees are the common name for four political party committees, controlled by the Republican and Democratic caucuses in each house of the United States Congress, which work to elect members of their own party to Congress (located on Capitol Hill, the source of the name).
Hill Cove Hill Cove is a settlement on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, in the north west. It is on the north coast, on the shore of Byron Sound, and overlooks Port Egmont on Saunders Island, the first British settlement in the islands.
Hill Descent Control system Four-wheel-drive (FWD) and All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles such as the Australian made Ford Territory may have a Hill Descent Control system installed, using the ABS braking to control the car's motion downhill, inherited from Land Rover. The system can be controlled, usually by the Cruise Control buttons near or on the steering wheel.
Hill District (Pittsburgh) The Hill District is considered by many to be the cultural center of African-American life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay once called the district "the crossroads of the world," referring to the neighborhood's heyday in the 1930s-1950s.
Hill End, New South Wales Hill End is a former gold mining town in New South Wales, Australia, in Bathurst Regional Council. It owes its existence to the New South Wales gold rush of the 1850s, and at its peak in the early 1870s it had a population estimated at 8,000 served by two newspapers, five banks, eight churches, and twenty-eight pubs.
Hill figure A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology. It is a type of geoglyph especially designed to be seen from afar rather than above.
Hill fort A hill fort is a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for military advantage. The fortification follows the contours of the hill, and consists of one or more lines of earthworks, with stockades or defensive walls, and external ditches.
Hill House Hill House in Helensburgh, Scotland is one of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's most famous works, probably second only to Glasgow School of Art. It was designed and built for the publisher Walter Blackie in 1902 – 1904.
Hill House School Hill House School is one of Britain's largest, most unconventional and extraordinary pre-prep day schools. Situated in Knightsbridge, behind Harrods, the school buildings are spread over six sites throughout Chelsea and Knightsbridge.
Hill lists in the British Isles The mountains and hills of Great Britain, and to a lesser extent Ireland, are the subject of a considerable number of lists which categorise them by height, topographic prominence, or other criteria. They are commonly used as a basis for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attempt to reach all the summits on a given list.
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library The Hill Museum and Manuscript Library is located on the campus of Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, USA. In the Benedictine tradition of reverence for human thought and creativity, the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library preserves manuscripts, printed books and art at Saint John's University and undertakes photographic projects in regions throughout the world.
Hill of Howth Tramway Colloquially known as the Howth Tram, the tramway operated from June 1901 to June 1959 and served Howth Head, near Dublin, Ireland. The service was run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I)), which viewed it as a way to bring more customers to its railway stations at Sutton and Howth.
Hill of Tara The Hill of Tara (Irish Teamhair na RĂ, "Hill of the Kings"), located near the River Boyne, is a long, low limestone ridge that runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland. It contains a number of ancient monuments, and is reputed to have been the seat of the Ărd Rà Éireann or High King of Ireland.
Hill O Many Stanes The Hill O Many Stanes is a south-facing hillside (at ) in Mid Clyth, about 14 kilometres (9 miles) south of Wick in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, which now has about 200 upright stones, none more than a metre high, set out in rows running approximately north and south with the incline. The rows are not parallel, however, and they create a fan-shaped pattern.
Hill Post Hill Post is weekly newspaper appeared from Abbottabad city on every Sunday untill 2002 and promoted the culture and civilization of Circle Bakote, Galyat and Murree Hills. It started its circulation in 4th April 1988 from Karachi as a Photostat edited by well known journalist Mohammed Obaidullah Alvi and his cousin Syed Mobashir Husain Shah, at first fortnightly than weekly after a few weeks.
Hill Prince Hill Prince (1947-1970) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who earned Champion honors in his first three years of racing. Trained by Casey Hayes for owner Christopher Chenery, at age two Hill Prince won six of the first seven races he entered and was voted U.
Hill sphere A Hill sphere approximates the gravitational sphere of influence of one astronomical body in the face of perturbations from another heavier body around which it orbits. It was defined by the American astronomer George William Hill based upon the work of the French astronomer Édouard Roche.
Hill system The Hill system is a system of writing chemical formulas such that the number of carbon atoms in a molecule is indicated first, the number of hydrogen atoms next, and then the number of all other chemical elements subsequently, in alphabetical order. When the formula contains no carbon, all the elements, including hydrogen, are listed alphabetically.
Hill Shim According to the Book of Mormon, the hill Shim was in the Land of Antum, and was where Ammaron desposited the plates containing the Book of Mormon. The prophet Mormon later retrieved this plates from the hill.
Hill Street Hill Street (Chinese: 禧街) is a street in the downtown of Singapore starting from Eu Tong Sen Street and ending at Stamford Road, where the road becomes Victoria Street. The road starts after Coleman Bridge and at the junction of River Valley Road, North Boat Quay, Eu Tong Sen Street and New Bridge Road.
Hill Street Press Hill Street Press is an independent publisher with a regional focus on the American South. The press publishes approximately twenty titles annually in current events, history, politics, fiction, memoir, African-American studies, gender/women's studies, gay/lesbian interest, nature/gardening, music, business, and sports.
Hill tribe A hill tribe is any one of around twenty ethnic groups living in Northern Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. Most of these groups also exist outside Thailand, but the term is most often used to refer to the Thai groups.
Hill Top, Cumbria Hill Top is a 17th-century house located in Near Sawrey, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, England, which once belonged to the children's writer Beatrix Potter, who wrote the Peter Rabbit books. She left the house to the National Trust.
Hill Valley Hill Valley, California, is the fictional setting for the Back to the Future trilogy of films. In addition to the main plot, the films contain many sight gags, verbal innuendos and detailed set design elements, from which a detailed and consistent history and geography of the area can be derived.
Hill-Burton Act The Hospital Survey and Construction Act, also known as the Hill-Burton Act, is a United States federal law passed in 1946. This act responded to the first of Truman’s proposals and was designed to provide federal grants and guaranteed loans to improve the physical plant of the nation’s hospital system.
Hill-holder Hill-Holder is a name for the mechanism invented by Studebaker that holds the brake until the clutch is at the friction point, making it easier to start up hills from a stop in manual transmission automobiles. It was first introduced in 1936 as an option for the Studebaker President.
Hill-Marta Solberg Hill-Marta Solberg (born November 12, 1951 in Sortland) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, and a parliamentary representative for Nordland. She was Minister of Health and Social Affairs (social affairs) 1994-1996 and 1996-1997.
Hill-Sachs lesion In orthopaedics, a Hill-Sachs lesion is damage to the posterior humeral head due to repeated (anterior) shoulder dislocation. It is often accompanied by a Bankart lesion, an injury of the anterior glenoid labrum.
Hillary Brooke Hillary Brooke (September 8, 1914-May 25, 1999), was an American film actress best known for her work in Abbott and Costello and Sherlock Holmes films. She also played Lou Costello's girlfriend in the first season of the Abbott and Costello Show.
Hillary Clinton Nude Hillary Clinton Nude: Naked Ambition, Hillary Clinton And America's Demise is a book by American-Canadian writer Sheldon Filger that presents the author's case against a second Clinton presidency in the United States. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a U.
Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, 2008 New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton had long expressed interest in the 2008 United States presidential race, drawing media speculation since at least October 2002 on whether or not she would become a candidate. (preview only) On January 20 2007, she announced that she was forming an exploratory committee towards that end.
Hillary Step The Hillary Step is a nearly vertical part (height around 40 ft) of upper Mount Everest. It lies almost at the top of the mountain, halfway from the "south summit" to the summit top, and is the last real challenge before the summit.
Hillary Tuck Hillary Tuck (born Hillary Sue Hedges on July 1, 1978 in Kerrville, Texas) is an American actress, who is perhaps best known for her co-starring roles in the NBC Saturday Morning sitcom Hang Time (1995-1996) and Disney's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show. She has also guest starred in such television shows like Roseanne, Boy Meets World, Judging Amy, House and a few others.
Hillarys Boat Harbour Hillarys Boat Harbour is a marina and tourist precinct located in Hillarys, north of Perth, on the Indian Ocean. Hillarys Boat Harbour was the first such major marina in the north metropolitan region of Perth.
Hillbrook School Founded in 1935, Hillbrook School is an independent accredited coeducational JK-8 day school in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California. Hillbrook, originally known as the Children's Country School, began in a modest, two-story house in Monte Sereno, but soon moved to the Colonel James "Happy" Parker estate at 300 Marchmont Drive, Los Gatos.
Hillclimbing (railway) While railways have a great ability to haul very heavy loads, this advantage only really applies when the tracks are fairly level. As soon as the gradients stiffen, the tonnage that can be hauled is greatly diminished.
Hillclimbing in the British Isles Hillclimbing in the British Isles differs from the style of hillclimb events staged in many other parts of the world, in that courses are generally short — mostly under one mile in length — and this means that cars and drivers do not generally cross between British events and the longer hillclimbs found in many other parts of Europe.
Hillcrest High School (Illinois) Hillcrest High School is a public high school located in Country Club Hills, Illinois. It is part of Bremen High School District 228 which also includes Tinley Park High School, Oak Forest High School and Bremen High School.
Hillcrest Christian School Hillcrest Christian School is an unabashedly Christ-centered institution in South Jackson, Mississippi that leads students to develop a Christian worldview while offering an award-winning college prep curriculum. Hillcrest Christian School's fundraising programs are currently coordinated by Lisa Harris.
Hillcrest International School Hillcrest International School (HIS) is a Christian K-12 educational institution serving the international community in and around Papua, Indonesia. The student population of the school currently numbers around 150 students, approximately 70 of which are in the high school alone.
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Hillcrest Lutheran Academy is a private Christian junior high and high school in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Established in 1916, Hillcrest has a strong affiliation with the Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America.
Hillcrest mine disaster The Hillcrest mine disaster, the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history, occurred at Hillcrest, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass region of western Canada, on Friday June 19, 1914. At the time it was the world's third worst mine disaster.
Hillcrest Public School, Mississauga Hillcrest Public School is an elementary school located at the corner of Springwell Avenue and Robillard Drive in Mississauga, Ontario. It is attended by over 480 students from kindergarten to grade eight, and has a large French immersion program.
Hillcrest Round Table The Hillcrest Round Table, or "Comedian's Round Table, was a group of Jewish comedians that met daily at a particular round table at the Men's Grille of the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. The group included (from oldest to youngest):
Hillcrest Village Hillcrest Village is a neighbourhood located at the northernmost tip of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hillcrest Village is considered by some to be part of the Don Valley Village, the neighbourhood directly to the south, however it is quite distinct.
Hillcrest, Alberta Hillcrest, also known as Hillcrest Mines, is a quiet hamlet in the Crowsnest Pass of the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta, Canada. Legally it has been part of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass (population: about 6500) since 1979.
Hillcrest, Norfolk County, Ontario Hillcrest is a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada that is in between Bill's Corners and the town of Simcoe. Agriculture is the main industry and commerce includes a furniture store and a video rental store.
Hilldale Club The Hilldale Athletic Club (also known as Hilldale Daisies, Darby Daisies) was a Negro League baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. Founded in 1910, the Hilldale Club was built up by owner Ed Bolden into one of the major powerhouses of African American baseball.
Hilldale Lutheran Church Hilldale Lutheran Church, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), is located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Founded originally in 1950 as the Independent Finnish Lutheran Church, the church relocated in 1995 and was renamed Hilldale Lutheran Church.
Hille Perl Hille Perl is a German virtuoso performer of the viola da gamba and lirone. She is considered to be one of the world's finest viola da gamba players, specializing in solo and ensemble music of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Hille–Yosida theorem In functional analysis, the Hille–Yosida theorem characterizes one-parameter semigroups of linear operators on Banach spaces satisfying certain continuity restrictions. The theorem is useful for solving certain differential equations such as the heat equation.
Hillegersberg Hillegersberg is a former municipality of Zuid-Holland in The Netherlands. It was founded as a village in the middle ages, and remained a separate municipality until 1941, when it was amalgamated into Rotterdam as part of the new sub-municipality of Hillegersberg-Schiebroek.
Hillel Day School Hillel Day School is a private, Jewish day school in Farmington Hills, Michigan which was founded in 1958. It provides both secular and Judaic studies instruction for students from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Hillel Halkin Hillel Halkin is a prominent translator of Jewish literature. In 1987 he produced what has come to be the definitive translation of Sholem Aleichem's Yiddish masterpiece "Tevye the Dairyman", which was the basis for the hit Broadway musical "Fiddler on the Roof.
Hillel Kook Hillel Kook (1915-2001), also known as Peter Bergson, was a Revisionist Zionist activist, politician, and prominent member of the Irgun. He was the nephew of Abraham Isaac Kook, Israel's first Ashkenazi chief rabbi.
Hillel Lichtenstein Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein was a Hungarian rabbi; born at Vecs 1815; died at Kolomea, Galicia, May 18, 1891. After studying at the Yeshiva of the Chassam Sofer, he married in 1837 the daughter of a well-to-do resident of Galánta, where he remained until 1850, when he was elected rabbi of Margarethen (Szent Margit).
Hillel Omer Hillel Omer (1926 – 1990) was an Israeli poet who wrote under the pen name Ayin Hillel (the letter ayin being the initial of his surname). He is remembered primarily for his poems for children, which have become staples of the Israeli nursery.
Hillel the Elder Hillel (הלל) was a famous Jewish religious leader who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod; he is one of the most important figures in Jewish history, associated with the Mishnah and the Talmud. He was the founder of the Beit Hillel ("House of Hillel") school, a school for Tannaïm (Sages of the Mishnah); and the founder of a dynasty of Sages who stood at the head of the Jews living in the land of Israel until about the fifth century of the Common Era.
Hillel Yeshiva, New Jersey Hillel Yeshiva is a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school, a private school located in Ocean Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It provides an integrated pre-nursery through 12th grade program.
Hillel Zeitlin Hillel Zeitlin (1872-1942) was a Yiddish-language writer who edited the Yiddish newspaper Moment, among other literary activities. He was born in Poland (In the Mohilev District) to a Chassidic Chabad family and already in his childhood he was recognized for his particularly sharp and analytical mind.
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (or simply known as Hillel International) is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world. Hillel's stated mission is "to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the worldHillel's mission statement on its "about" page.
Hillend Hillend is a small hamlet in Midlothian, just outside the Scottish capital Edinburgh, best known for the Hillend Ski Centre, an artificial ski slope. It is near the boundary between the area administered by Midlothian and the City of Edinburgh, and gains its name for being situated on the nub end of the Pentland Hills.
Hiller Aviation Museum The Hiller Aviation Museum, located in San Carlos, California, USA at the San Carlos Airport, is an aircraft history museum. Endowed by members of the Hiller family (owners of the Hiller Aircraft Corporation, an early helicopter pioneer), this small museum specializes in Northern California aircraft history and helicopter history.
Hiller Flying Platform The Hiller Flying Platform was a unique direct lift rotor aircraft, using a counterrotating ducted fan inside a platform that the single pilot stood upon for lift, and controlled by the pilot shifting their body weight around to tilt the platform. The platform was developed starting in 1953 under an Office of Naval Research R&D contract to Hiller Aircraft Corporation, and flew successfully starting in 1955.
Hillerød Hillerød is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Frederiksborg County in the north part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 133 km², and has a total population of 37,291 (2005).
Hillersjö stone The Hillersjö stone on Ekerö tells a tragic family story about Gerlög and her daughter Inga which is known as 'Gerlögs (Geirlaug's) runes'. The runestone inscription is the longest in Uppland and the second longest runic scripture in Sweden after the Rök Runestone.
Hilleviones The Hilleviones were the occupants of Scandinavia in the first few centuries BC, according to Pliny the Elder (Naturalis Historia, Book 4, Chapter 27.) This assignment seems to contradict a slightly later writer, Tacitus, who assigns the Suiones (Swedes) to Scandinavia (Germania).
Hillfoots Villages The Hillfoots Villages are the villages and small towns which lie at the base of the southern scarp face of the Ochil Hills, formed by the Ochil Fault, in Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire in central Scotland.
Hillhead Hillhead is a residential and commercial area of Glasgow, Scotland. Situated north of Partick and to the south of North Kelvinside, Hillhead is located at the heart of Glasgow's fashionable West End, with Byres Road forming the central artery of the area.
Hilliard Christian School Hilliard Christian School is a small Seventh-day Adventist primary/high school located in the hills of West Moonah, in Tasmania, Australia. It currently has around 115 enrolled students, from kindergarten to grade 10.
Hillin, Archbishop of Trier Hillin von Fallemanien (circa 1100 – 23 October 1169), also spelled Fallenmaigne or Falemagne, was the Archbishop of Trier from 1152. He was an imperialist and a partisan of Frederick Barbarossa against Pope Alexander III.
Hillingdon Hospital Hillingdon Hospital is an NHS hospital, located in Pield Heath Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex. It is a general hospital serving the local area, providing a wide variety of services including Accident and Emergency (64,000 patients annually), Inpatients, Day Surgery and Outpatient Clinics.
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Hillman Avenger The Hillman Avenger was a rear-wheel drive sub-compact car originally manufactured under the Hillman marque by the Rootes Group between 1970 and 1976, and made by Chrysler Europe from 1976 to 1981 under the Chrysler and Talbot marques. During its 11-year production run, the Avenger came in various guises and badges.
Hilde Schbeiker Hilde Schbeiker is a former OZ soldier in the anime series Gundam Wing who aids Duo Maxwell in his mission to defeat OZ. Originally a loyal soldier to the cause of the OZ military, Hilde greets Duo by offering him a clipboard with which to sign up to become a soldier.
Hilde Schramm Hilde Schramm is most famous as the daughter of Albert Speer, who was a member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle and the Third Reich's Chief Architect. He served twenty years in prison for crimes against humanity after World War II.
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller In 1894, the Hildebrand & Wolfmüller was the first motorcycle that was available for purchase. This is in contrast to Gottlieb Daimler’s Reitwagen of 1885 which actually only served as an experimental application for the engine and was not manufactured in a series let alone developed further.
Hildebrand Alington, 5th Baron Alington Captain Hildebrand Alington, 5th Baron Alington of Killard (3 August 1641-11 February 1722/23) was an Irish peer, the son of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington of Killard. He succeeded to the title 3rd Baron Aldenham on 18 September 1691, on the death of his elder brother, the 4th Baron who had died without male issue.
Hildebrandt's moringa The Hildebrandt's moringa (Moringa hildebrandtii) is a tree species with a massive, water-storing trunk in the family Moringaceae. It is native to Madagascar, where it is extinct in the wild but preserved by indigenous horticultural practices.
Hildegard The female name Hildegard derived from the Old High German words hild (=war or battle) and gard (=protection) and means "protecting battle-maid". There were several persons in history with the name Hildegard:
Hildegard of Bingen Hildegard of Bingen - alternatively, in German as, von Bingen or in Latin as, Bingensis, also known as Blessed Hildegard and Saint Hildegard, (1098 – September 17 1179) was a German magistra,Hildegard of Bingen was often referred to as an abbess, or Mother Superior, by the many who wrote to her, although she was never officially recognized as such by officials in her own archdiocese. monastic leader, mystic, author, and composer of music.
Hildegard Puwak Hildegard Puwak (born September 16 1949, in ReĹźiĹŁa) is a Romanian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party, who served as the Minister for European Integration in from 2000 until October 2003 (as part of the Adrian NÄstase cabinet). Puwak is of German ethnicity.
Hildegart RodrĂguez Carballeira Hildegart RodrĂguez Carballeira (Madrid, December 9, 1914, †June 9, 1933 in Madrid) was an activist for the socialism and sexual revolution, born and raised by her mother as a model for the woman of the future. She spoke 6 languages when eight years old, finished Law School at 17 and was a leader of the Socialist Party and afterwards of the Federal Party.
Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary The Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary (Rabbiner Seminar fĂĽr das Orthodoxe Judenthum) was founded in Berlin on 22 October 1873 by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Hildesheimer for the training of rabbis in the tradition of Orthodox Judaism.
Hildreth-Flanagan-Heierman House The Hildreth-Flanagan-Heierman House is a historic home in the Hyde Park historic district in Austin, Texas. It is also a part of the Shadow Lawn Historic District, a subdivision of the Hyde Park neighborhood designated by Hyde Park founder Monroe Shipe.
Hilfield Hilfield is a hamlet in west Dorset, England, situated under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs seven miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 52 (2001), mostly residents of the Friary of Saint Francis.
Hilgraeve Hilgraeve is a software firm based out of Monroe, Michigan, and is best known for its HyperACCESS program, which has been licensed for use by Microsoft in versions of Windows ranging from Windows 95 to Windows XP.
Hilic HILIC (HydrophILic Interaction Chromatography or Hydrophilic Interaction LIquid Chromatography) is a version of normal phase liquid chromatography a name suggested by Dr. Andrew Alpert in his 1990 paper on the subject (J.
Hiligaynon people The Hiligaynon people, or HIligaynons, are the indigenous inhabitants of the large coastal plain if East Panay island. Over the years, intermigrations and intramigrations have contributed to the diaspora of the Hiligaynon to different parts of the country.
Hilir Perak Hilir Perak (literally meaning Lower Perak in English, 下霹雳县 in Chinese) is an administrative district of Perak, Malaysia. The district is governed by Majlis Perbandaran Teluk Intan or Teluk Intan Municipal Council which is based in the town of Teluk Intan.
Hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain, in a limited area. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of scarp slope without a well-defined summit (e.
Hill (crater) Hill is a small lunar impact crater that is located to the west of the prominent Macrobius crater, near the eastern edge of the Sinus Amoris. This crater was previously designated 'Macrobius B' before being given a name by the IAU.
Hill 112 During the Second World War, the invasion of Normandy took place on 6th June, 1944. Hill 112 is an area in Normandy, approximately 15 km south-west of Caen, just off road junction 10, onto route D8, near Esquay, and was a major battle point involving the German army and the troops of Britain and Canada.
Hill 16 (Jerusalem) Hill 16 was an important outpost during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, overlooking a narrow part of a road to Jerusalem, Several years ago, the forest on Hill 16 was destroyed by a seasonal fire. The Jewish National Fund, along with Nativ, a USY program, collaborated to replant the forest.
Hill 400, Bergstein Hill 400 (also known as Castle Hill) was a 400 meter high hill, about a kilometer east of the village center of Bergstein, Germany (near Brandenburg), that provided a strategic vantage point over the Huertgen Forest (German: HĂĽrtgenwald). It was strategically important as a vantage point and an artillery station during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest in 1944.
Hill 47 Hill 47, located on the eastern side of North Berwick is home to a small shelter where locals often gather during the summer months to consume cider or beer. In winter months this shelter often provdes local youths with the sanctuary of warmth which enables them to smoke cigarettes (tabs as they are known to some locals) or when supplies are available, cannabis or more accurately cannabis resin.
Hill 62 Memorial The Hill 62 Memorial is a war memorial that the commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps during World War I. Located about 3 km east of Ypres, Belgium, off the Menin Road at the end of Canadalaan (Canada Lane) past the Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62 and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.
Hill and Barlow Hill & Barlow was a law firm in Boston, Massachusetts that dissolved in 2002. The firm had been one of the city's oldest and most elite firms, and was also the 12th largest in Boston at the time of its dissolution, employing 145 lawyers.
Hill Auditorium Hill Auditorium is the largest performance venue on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. The auditorium was named in honor of Arthur Hill (1847-1909), who served as a regent of the university from 1901 to 1909.
Hill committee The Hill committees are the common name for four political party committees, controlled by the Republican and Democratic caucuses in each house of the United States Congress, which work to elect members of their own party to Congress (located on Capitol Hill, the source of the name).
Hill Cove Hill Cove is a settlement on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, in the north west. It is on the north coast, on the shore of Byron Sound, and overlooks Port Egmont on Saunders Island, the first British settlement in the islands.
Hill Descent Control system Four-wheel-drive (FWD) and All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles such as the Australian made Ford Territory may have a Hill Descent Control system installed, using the ABS braking to control the car's motion downhill, inherited from Land Rover. The system can be controlled, usually by the Cruise Control buttons near or on the steering wheel.
Hill District (Pittsburgh) The Hill District is considered by many to be the cultural center of African-American life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay once called the district "the crossroads of the world," referring to the neighborhood's heyday in the 1930s-1950s.
Hill End, New South Wales Hill End is a former gold mining town in New South Wales, Australia, in Bathurst Regional Council. It owes its existence to the New South Wales gold rush of the 1850s, and at its peak in the early 1870s it had a population estimated at 8,000 served by two newspapers, five banks, eight churches, and twenty-eight pubs.
Hill figure A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology. It is a type of geoglyph especially designed to be seen from afar rather than above.
Hill fort A hill fort is a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for military advantage. The fortification follows the contours of the hill, and consists of one or more lines of earthworks, with stockades or defensive walls, and external ditches.
Hill House Hill House in Helensburgh, Scotland is one of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's most famous works, probably second only to Glasgow School of Art. It was designed and built for the publisher Walter Blackie in 1902 – 1904.
Hill House School Hill House School is one of Britain's largest, most unconventional and extraordinary pre-prep day schools. Situated in Knightsbridge, behind Harrods, the school buildings are spread over six sites throughout Chelsea and Knightsbridge.
Hill lists in the British Isles The mountains and hills of Great Britain, and to a lesser extent Ireland, are the subject of a considerable number of lists which categorise them by height, topographic prominence, or other criteria. They are commonly used as a basis for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attempt to reach all the summits on a given list.
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library The Hill Museum and Manuscript Library is located on the campus of Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, USA. In the Benedictine tradition of reverence for human thought and creativity, the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library preserves manuscripts, printed books and art at Saint John's University and undertakes photographic projects in regions throughout the world.
Hill of Howth Tramway Colloquially known as the Howth Tram, the tramway operated from June 1901 to June 1959 and served Howth Head, near Dublin, Ireland. The service was run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I)), which viewed it as a way to bring more customers to its railway stations at Sutton and Howth.
Hill of Tara The Hill of Tara (Irish Teamhair na RĂ, "Hill of the Kings"), located near the River Boyne, is a long, low limestone ridge that runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland. It contains a number of ancient monuments, and is reputed to have been the seat of the Ărd Rà Éireann or High King of Ireland.
Hill O Many Stanes The Hill O Many Stanes is a south-facing hillside (at ) in Mid Clyth, about 14 kilometres (9 miles) south of Wick in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, which now has about 200 upright stones, none more than a metre high, set out in rows running approximately north and south with the incline. The rows are not parallel, however, and they create a fan-shaped pattern.
Hill Post Hill Post is weekly newspaper appeared from Abbottabad city on every Sunday untill 2002 and promoted the culture and civilization of Circle Bakote, Galyat and Murree Hills. It started its circulation in 4th April 1988 from Karachi as a Photostat edited by well known journalist Mohammed Obaidullah Alvi and his cousin Syed Mobashir Husain Shah, at first fortnightly than weekly after a few weeks.
Hill Prince Hill Prince (1947-1970) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who earned Champion honors in his first three years of racing. Trained by Casey Hayes for owner Christopher Chenery, at age two Hill Prince won six of the first seven races he entered and was voted U.
Hill sphere A Hill sphere approximates the gravitational sphere of influence of one astronomical body in the face of perturbations from another heavier body around which it orbits. It was defined by the American astronomer George William Hill based upon the work of the French astronomer Édouard Roche.
Hill system The Hill system is a system of writing chemical formulas such that the number of carbon atoms in a molecule is indicated first, the number of hydrogen atoms next, and then the number of all other chemical elements subsequently, in alphabetical order. When the formula contains no carbon, all the elements, including hydrogen, are listed alphabetically.
Hill Shim According to the Book of Mormon, the hill Shim was in the Land of Antum, and was where Ammaron desposited the plates containing the Book of Mormon. The prophet Mormon later retrieved this plates from the hill.
Hill Street Hill Street (Chinese: 禧街) is a street in the downtown of Singapore starting from Eu Tong Sen Street and ending at Stamford Road, where the road becomes Victoria Street. The road starts after Coleman Bridge and at the junction of River Valley Road, North Boat Quay, Eu Tong Sen Street and New Bridge Road.
Hill Street Press Hill Street Press is an independent publisher with a regional focus on the American South. The press publishes approximately twenty titles annually in current events, history, politics, fiction, memoir, African-American studies, gender/women's studies, gay/lesbian interest, nature/gardening, music, business, and sports.
Hill tribe A hill tribe is any one of around twenty ethnic groups living in Northern Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. Most of these groups also exist outside Thailand, but the term is most often used to refer to the Thai groups.
Hill Top, Cumbria Hill Top is a 17th-century house located in Near Sawrey, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, England, which once belonged to the children's writer Beatrix Potter, who wrote the Peter Rabbit books. She left the house to the National Trust.
Hill Valley Hill Valley, California, is the fictional setting for the Back to the Future trilogy of films. In addition to the main plot, the films contain many sight gags, verbal innuendos and detailed set design elements, from which a detailed and consistent history and geography of the area can be derived.
Hill-Burton Act The Hospital Survey and Construction Act, also known as the Hill-Burton Act, is a United States federal law passed in 1946. This act responded to the first of Truman’s proposals and was designed to provide federal grants and guaranteed loans to improve the physical plant of the nation’s hospital system.
Hill-holder Hill-Holder is a name for the mechanism invented by Studebaker that holds the brake until the clutch is at the friction point, making it easier to start up hills from a stop in manual transmission automobiles. It was first introduced in 1936 as an option for the Studebaker President.
Hill-Marta Solberg Hill-Marta Solberg (born November 12, 1951 in Sortland) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, and a parliamentary representative for Nordland. She was Minister of Health and Social Affairs (social affairs) 1994-1996 and 1996-1997.
Hill-Sachs lesion In orthopaedics, a Hill-Sachs lesion is damage to the posterior humeral head due to repeated (anterior) shoulder dislocation. It is often accompanied by a Bankart lesion, an injury of the anterior glenoid labrum.
Hillary Brooke Hillary Brooke (September 8, 1914-May 25, 1999), was an American film actress best known for her work in Abbott and Costello and Sherlock Holmes films. She also played Lou Costello's girlfriend in the first season of the Abbott and Costello Show.
Hillary Clinton Nude Hillary Clinton Nude: Naked Ambition, Hillary Clinton And America's Demise is a book by American-Canadian writer Sheldon Filger that presents the author's case against a second Clinton presidency in the United States. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a U.
Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, 2008 New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton had long expressed interest in the 2008 United States presidential race, drawing media speculation since at least October 2002 on whether or not she would become a candidate. (preview only) On January 20 2007, she announced that she was forming an exploratory committee towards that end.
Hillary Step The Hillary Step is a nearly vertical part (height around 40 ft) of upper Mount Everest. It lies almost at the top of the mountain, halfway from the "south summit" to the summit top, and is the last real challenge before the summit.
Hillary Tuck Hillary Tuck (born Hillary Sue Hedges on July 1, 1978 in Kerrville, Texas) is an American actress, who is perhaps best known for her co-starring roles in the NBC Saturday Morning sitcom Hang Time (1995-1996) and Disney's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show. She has also guest starred in such television shows like Roseanne, Boy Meets World, Judging Amy, House and a few others.
Hillarys Boat Harbour Hillarys Boat Harbour is a marina and tourist precinct located in Hillarys, north of Perth, on the Indian Ocean. Hillarys Boat Harbour was the first such major marina in the north metropolitan region of Perth.
Hillbrook School Founded in 1935, Hillbrook School is an independent accredited coeducational JK-8 day school in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California. Hillbrook, originally known as the Children's Country School, began in a modest, two-story house in Monte Sereno, but soon moved to the Colonel James "Happy" Parker estate at 300 Marchmont Drive, Los Gatos.
Hillclimbing (railway) While railways have a great ability to haul very heavy loads, this advantage only really applies when the tracks are fairly level. As soon as the gradients stiffen, the tonnage that can be hauled is greatly diminished.
Hillclimbing in the British Isles Hillclimbing in the British Isles differs from the style of hillclimb events staged in many other parts of the world, in that courses are generally short — mostly under one mile in length — and this means that cars and drivers do not generally cross between British events and the longer hillclimbs found in many other parts of Europe.
Hillcrest High School (Illinois) Hillcrest High School is a public high school located in Country Club Hills, Illinois. It is part of Bremen High School District 228 which also includes Tinley Park High School, Oak Forest High School and Bremen High School.
Hillcrest Christian School Hillcrest Christian School is an unabashedly Christ-centered institution in South Jackson, Mississippi that leads students to develop a Christian worldview while offering an award-winning college prep curriculum. Hillcrest Christian School's fundraising programs are currently coordinated by Lisa Harris.
Hillcrest International School Hillcrest International School (HIS) is a Christian K-12 educational institution serving the international community in and around Papua, Indonesia. The student population of the school currently numbers around 150 students, approximately 70 of which are in the high school alone.
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Hillcrest Lutheran Academy is a private Christian junior high and high school in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Established in 1916, Hillcrest has a strong affiliation with the Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America.
Hillcrest mine disaster The Hillcrest mine disaster, the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history, occurred at Hillcrest, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass region of western Canada, on Friday June 19, 1914. At the time it was the world's third worst mine disaster.
Hillcrest Public School, Mississauga Hillcrest Public School is an elementary school located at the corner of Springwell Avenue and Robillard Drive in Mississauga, Ontario. It is attended by over 480 students from kindergarten to grade eight, and has a large French immersion program.
Hillcrest Round Table The Hillcrest Round Table, or "Comedian's Round Table, was a group of Jewish comedians that met daily at a particular round table at the Men's Grille of the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. The group included (from oldest to youngest):
Hillcrest Village Hillcrest Village is a neighbourhood located at the northernmost tip of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hillcrest Village is considered by some to be part of the Don Valley Village, the neighbourhood directly to the south, however it is quite distinct.
Hillcrest, Alberta Hillcrest, also known as Hillcrest Mines, is a quiet hamlet in the Crowsnest Pass of the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta, Canada. Legally it has been part of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass (population: about 6500) since 1979.
Hillcrest, Norfolk County, Ontario Hillcrest is a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada that is in between Bill's Corners and the town of Simcoe. Agriculture is the main industry and commerce includes a furniture store and a video rental store.
Hilldale Club The Hilldale Athletic Club (also known as Hilldale Daisies, Darby Daisies) was a Negro League baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. Founded in 1910, the Hilldale Club was built up by owner Ed Bolden into one of the major powerhouses of African American baseball.
Hilldale Lutheran Church Hilldale Lutheran Church, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), is located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Founded originally in 1950 as the Independent Finnish Lutheran Church, the church relocated in 1995 and was renamed Hilldale Lutheran Church.
Hille Perl Hille Perl is a German virtuoso performer of the viola da gamba and lirone. She is considered to be one of the world's finest viola da gamba players, specializing in solo and ensemble music of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Hille–Yosida theorem In functional analysis, the Hille–Yosida theorem characterizes one-parameter semigroups of linear operators on Banach spaces satisfying certain continuity restrictions. The theorem is useful for solving certain differential equations such as the heat equation.
Hillegersberg Hillegersberg is a former municipality of Zuid-Holland in The Netherlands. It was founded as a village in the middle ages, and remained a separate municipality until 1941, when it was amalgamated into Rotterdam as part of the new sub-municipality of Hillegersberg-Schiebroek.
Hillel Day School Hillel Day School is a private, Jewish day school in Farmington Hills, Michigan which was founded in 1958. It provides both secular and Judaic studies instruction for students from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Hillel Halkin Hillel Halkin is a prominent translator of Jewish literature. In 1987 he produced what has come to be the definitive translation of Sholem Aleichem's Yiddish masterpiece "Tevye the Dairyman", which was the basis for the hit Broadway musical "Fiddler on the Roof.
Hillel Kook Hillel Kook (1915-2001), also known as Peter Bergson, was a Revisionist Zionist activist, politician, and prominent member of the Irgun. He was the nephew of Abraham Isaac Kook, Israel's first Ashkenazi chief rabbi.
Hillel Lichtenstein Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein was a Hungarian rabbi; born at Vecs 1815; died at Kolomea, Galicia, May 18, 1891. After studying at the Yeshiva of the Chassam Sofer, he married in 1837 the daughter of a well-to-do resident of Galánta, where he remained until 1850, when he was elected rabbi of Margarethen (Szent Margit).
Hillel Omer Hillel Omer (1926 – 1990) was an Israeli poet who wrote under the pen name Ayin Hillel (the letter ayin being the initial of his surname). He is remembered primarily for his poems for children, which have become staples of the Israeli nursery.
Hillel the Elder Hillel (הלל) was a famous Jewish religious leader who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod; he is one of the most important figures in Jewish history, associated with the Mishnah and the Talmud. He was the founder of the Beit Hillel ("House of Hillel") school, a school for Tannaïm (Sages of the Mishnah); and the founder of a dynasty of Sages who stood at the head of the Jews living in the land of Israel until about the fifth century of the Common Era.
Hillel Yeshiva, New Jersey Hillel Yeshiva is a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school, a private school located in Ocean Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It provides an integrated pre-nursery through 12th grade program.
Hillel Zeitlin Hillel Zeitlin (1872-1942) was a Yiddish-language writer who edited the Yiddish newspaper Moment, among other literary activities. He was born in Poland (In the Mohilev District) to a Chassidic Chabad family and already in his childhood he was recognized for his particularly sharp and analytical mind.
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (or simply known as Hillel International) is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world. Hillel's stated mission is "to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the worldHillel's mission statement on its "about" page.
Hillend Hillend is a small hamlet in Midlothian, just outside the Scottish capital Edinburgh, best known for the Hillend Ski Centre, an artificial ski slope. It is near the boundary between the area administered by Midlothian and the City of Edinburgh, and gains its name for being situated on the nub end of the Pentland Hills.
Hiller Aviation Museum The Hiller Aviation Museum, located in San Carlos, California, USA at the San Carlos Airport, is an aircraft history museum. Endowed by members of the Hiller family (owners of the Hiller Aircraft Corporation, an early helicopter pioneer), this small museum specializes in Northern California aircraft history and helicopter history.
Hiller Flying Platform The Hiller Flying Platform was a unique direct lift rotor aircraft, using a counterrotating ducted fan inside a platform that the single pilot stood upon for lift, and controlled by the pilot shifting their body weight around to tilt the platform. The platform was developed starting in 1953 under an Office of Naval Research R&D contract to Hiller Aircraft Corporation, and flew successfully starting in 1955.
Hillerød Hillerød is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Frederiksborg County in the north part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 133 km², and has a total population of 37,291 (2005).
Hillersjö stone The Hillersjö stone on Ekerö tells a tragic family story about Gerlög and her daughter Inga which is known as 'Gerlögs (Geirlaug's) runes'. The runestone inscription is the longest in Uppland and the second longest runic scripture in Sweden after the Rök Runestone.
Hilleviones The Hilleviones were the occupants of Scandinavia in the first few centuries BC, according to Pliny the Elder (Naturalis Historia, Book 4, Chapter 27.) This assignment seems to contradict a slightly later writer, Tacitus, who assigns the Suiones (Swedes) to Scandinavia (Germania).
Hillfoots Villages The Hillfoots Villages are the villages and small towns which lie at the base of the southern scarp face of the Ochil Hills, formed by the Ochil Fault, in Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire in central Scotland.
Hillhead Hillhead is a residential and commercial area of Glasgow, Scotland. Situated north of Partick and to the south of North Kelvinside, Hillhead is located at the heart of Glasgow's fashionable West End, with Byres Road forming the central artery of the area.
Hilliard Christian School Hilliard Christian School is a small Seventh-day Adventist primary/high school located in the hills of West Moonah, in Tasmania, Australia. It currently has around 115 enrolled students, from kindergarten to grade 10.
Hillin, Archbishop of Trier Hillin von Fallemanien (circa 1100 – 23 October 1169), also spelled Fallenmaigne or Falemagne, was the Archbishop of Trier from 1152. He was an imperialist and a partisan of Frederick Barbarossa against Pope Alexander III.
Hillingdon Hospital Hillingdon Hospital is an NHS hospital, located in Pield Heath Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex. It is a general hospital serving the local area, providing a wide variety of services including Accident and Emergency (64,000 patients annually), Inpatients, Day Surgery and Outpatient Clinics.
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Hillman Avenger The Hillman Avenger was a rear-wheel drive sub-compact car originally manufactured under the Hillman marque by the Rootes Group between 1970 and 1976, and made by Chrysler Europe from 1976 to 1981 under the Chrysler and Talbot marques. During its 11-year production run, the Avenger came in various guises and badges.
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