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  1. Hoberman Arch
    The `Hoberman Arch` was the centerpiece of the Olympic Medals Plaza in downtown Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Following the Olympics the arch was moved to the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park where it is now, along with the Olympic cauldron, one the main highlights and an impor...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoberman_Ar

  2. Hochdeutsch
    `Hochdeutsch` is a German word which literally translates to "high German". It is commonly used with two meanings: In the first usage, hoch refers to "high" in a strictly geographic sense, as "situated far above sealevel", thus in the mountainous regions s...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochdeutsch

  3. Hochkirch
    Hochkirch (hōkh'kirkh) , village, Dresden dist., E central Germany. At Hochkirch in 1758 the Austrians under Daun defeated Frederick II of Prussia. In 1813, Napoleon I defeated a Prussian-Russian army near the village.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A082

  4. Hochkirch
    `Hochkirch`, in Sorbian `Bukecy`, is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony in Germany. It is located 9 km northwest of Löbau, and 10 km east of Bautzen. It is known for the 1758 Battle of Hochkirch, part of the Gravestone of Johann Wauer (1672–1728) (Sorbian languages|Sorbia...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochkirch

  5. Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
    The `Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach am Main` is an art and design university in the German State of Hesse. The school is divided into two departments. It was given university status in 1970. The degree course offers a choice of five different final examination topics: art, communicatio...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochschule_

  6. hockey coach
    [n] - a coach of hockey players
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  7. Hoe, Richard March
    American inventor who developed and manufactured the first successful rotary printing press.[2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/59

  8. Hoff Church
    `Hoff stone church` (`Hoff kirke`) is a stone church outside Lena, Østre Toten municipality, Oppland county, Norway. History: Hoff stone church was built around the 11th century. Hoff church is similar in construction to the old cathedrals at Hamar, Nikolai Church in Gran, Old Aker Church, and Ri...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoff_Church

  9. Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August Heinrich
    German patriotic poet, philologist, and literary historian whose poem Deutschland, Deutschland über alles was adopted as the German national anthem ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/60

  10. Hoffmann, August Heinrich
    (1798-1874) German poet and philologist. He published Unpolitische Lieder 1840-41, a work expressing democratic and liberal ideas and including `Deutschland, Deutschland über alles`, later used as a...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  11. Hoffmann, Erich
    (from the article `Schaudinn, Fritz`) German zoologist who, with the dermatologist Erich Hoffmann, in 1905 discovered the causal organism of syphilis, Spirochaeta pallida, later called ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/60

  12. Hoffmann, Freidrich
    <person> German physician, 1660-1742. Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Halle, noted for clinical observations of a variety of infectious diseases. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. Hoffmann, Friedrich
    Hoffmann, Friedrich (frē'drikh hôf'män) , 1660–1742, German physician. He taught and practiced at Halle from 1693. He studied and wrote on such varied topics as pediatrics, mineral waters, and meteorology; introduced many drugs into practice (e.g., Hoffmann's anodyne, ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  14. Hoffmann, Heinrich
    German physician and writer who is best known for his creation of Struwwelpeter (`Slovenly Peter`), a boy whose wild appearance is matched by his ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/60

  15. Hofstetten, Zürich
    `Hofstetten bei Elgg` is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History: Hofstetten is first mentioned in 914 as Pipineshovestetin. Until 2003 it was known as Hofstetten bei Elgg.<ref name=HDS/> Geography: Hofstetten has an area of . ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstetten,

  16. Hohenau an der March
    ) is a town in the district of Gänserndorf (district)|Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, close to Vienna and the borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The town lies on the river Morava ("March" in German). A 2005 census gives the population of the town as 2,768.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenau_an_

  17. Hohenleimbach
    `Hohenleimbach` is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. History: The village was first mentioned in 1425 as a fief of a Peter von Thys named Leimbach. This original placename was in use until the begin of the 20th century. Since the 18th century the n...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenleimba

  18. Hohenwulsch
    `Hohenwulsch` is a village and a former municipality in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the town of Bismark.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenwulsch

  19. Holbach, Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Baron d' Holbach
    (1723-1789) German-born French philosopher. He took up more extreme positions than most of the philosophers of the French Enlightenment. In 1770 he published Le Système de la Nature/The System of Nature, in...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  20. Holbeach
    `Holbeach` is a fenland market town with http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=6161621&c=PE12+7HA&d=14&e=16&g=468351&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1280077611734&enc=1&dsFamilyId=75 6,457 residents in the South Holland dis...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holbeach

  21. Holbein stitch
    by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1537. `Holbein stitch` is a simple, reversible line embroidery stitch most commonly used in Blackwork embroidery and Assisi embroidery. The stitch is named after Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543), a 16th-century portrait painter best known for his paintings of Henry V...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holbein_sti

  22. Holburn West Parish Church
    `Holburn West Church` is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. It is located at the intersection Ashley Park Drive and the Great Western Road, in the west end of Aberdeen, Scotland. The church building was opened for worship in October 1894. The Sanctuary and entrance to the church was refurbish...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holburn_Wes

  23. Hole punch
    A `hole punch` (known also as a `hole puncher`, `paper puncher`, `holing pincer`, `hole maker`, or rarely `perforator`) is a common office tool that is used to create holes in sheets of paper, often for the purpose of collecting the sheets in a binder or folder. The origins of the hole punch date ba...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole_punch

  24. Holger Fach
    `Holger Fach` (born 6 September 1962) is a former German footballer and a current manager for accessdate =22 April 2011-->--> Mainly a defensive midfielder, he could also pitch in at centre back. Football career: Between 1981 and 1998, Fach played 416 Bundesliga games for Fortuna Düsseldorf, Boru...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holger_Fach

  25. Holiday Ranch
    `Holiday Ranch` was a Canadian television variety series airing on the CBC from 1953 to 1958. The show initially aired on weeknights then moved to a weekly Saturday night schedule before Hockey Night in Canada. The set of the series was a ranch house and the plot featured a set of regu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_Ran



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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