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HEGA
HEGA is an acronym for "high efficiency gas absorption". Originally developed by the British military as a defense against chemical warfare, HEGA is a carbon cloth filter. This carbon cloth proved to be many times more efficient than the granular activated carbon form. With its light weight and ea..
Hegang
Hegang (simplified Chinese: 鹤岗 traditional Chinese: 鶴崗; pinyin: Hègǎng; also known as Haoli) is a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China. Hegang is a city within a coal mining area and has a population 754,000 (third of Heilongjiang). Prefect..
Hegar's sign
Hegar's sign is an indication of pregnancy in a human female, specifically the compressibility and softening of the cervical isthmus (the portion of the cervix between the uterus and the vaginal portion of the cervix) and the uterine cervix appearing bluish and engorged. The sign is usually present..
Hegardt
Hegart is the surname of a Swedish noble family from Sönderjylland. After the death of Josias Hegardt in 1727, the Hegarts moved to the parish of Ingellösa in Skåne. The grandgrandson of Josias Hegardt, Christian Bernhard Hegardt (1781–1837), a diplomat and undersecretary of state, was raised t..
Hegbert Township, Minnesota
Hegbert Township is a township in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 118 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 92.2 km² (35.6 mi²). 86.3 km² (33.3 mi²) of it is land and 5.9 km² (2.3 mi²) of it is w..
Hegde
Hegde is a surname or Family name which has its roots and manifest in the Indian state of Karnataka. Its part of a bigger caste system called Havyaka Brahmins. However there are also Jain, Konkani and Tuluva origins of the surname "Hegde" too. Hegde means chiefman or head. Hegde is also the nam..
Hegeler Carus Mansion
The Hegeler Carus Mansion, located at 1307 Seventh Street in La Salle, Illinois is one of the midwest's great Second Empire structures. Built in 1876 by Edward C. Hegeler, partner in nearby Matthiessen Hegeler Zinc Company, the mansion was designed by Chicago architect William W. Boyington. Boyin..
Hegelianism
Hegelianism is a philosophy developed by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel which can be summed up by a favorite motto by Hegel "The rational alone is real," which means that all reality is capable of being expressed in rational categories. His goal was to reduce to a more synthetic unity the system of..
Hegemone
For the Jupiter moon, see Hegemone (moon). Hegemone was a Greek goddess of plants, specifically making them bloom and bear fruit as they were supposed to. Her name means "mastery". According to Pausanias, Hegemone was a name given by the Athenians to one of the Graces. ..
Hegemone (moon)
Hegemone (hə-jem'-ə-nee, IPA: [həˈdʒɛməni] Greek Ἡγεμόνη), or Jupiter XXXIX, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and given the temporary designation S/2003 J&n..
Hegemonic stability theory
Hegemonic Stability Theory postulates a number of rules for the maintenance and decline of international monetary and political systems. Owing to significant popularity and widespread diffusion there is significant internal differentiation of focus and fact within the field. Charles Kindleberger..
Hegemony
Hegemony (pronounced hɪ'gem.ə.ni or hə'dʒɛ.mə.ni) (greek:ηγεμονία) is the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force, to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural perspec..
Hegemony or Survival
Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance, published November 2003 is a book by Noam Chomsky, a macroscopic view of United States foreign policy from World War II to the post-Iraq War reconstruction. The central focus of the book (as with many of Chomsky's political works), is the ..
Hegemon of Earth
In the popularly acclaimed Ender's Game and shadow series, the Hegemon is the ruler of the planet. Even though the planet is still divided into countries, the Hegemon has power over them all. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Peter Wiggin, Ender Wiggi..
Hegemon of Thasos
Hegemon of Thasos was a Greek writer of the old comedy. Hardly anything is known of him, except that he flourished during the Peloponnesian War. According to Aristotle (Poetics, ii. 5) he was the inventor of a kind of parody; by slightly altering the wording in well-known poems he transformed the..
Hegesias
Hegesias is a named shared by different people: Hegesias of Cyrene, Cyrenaic philosopher.Hegesias of MagnesiaHegesias or Hegesinus of Salamis, sometimes said to be the author of the lost epic Cypria. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the sam..
Hegesias of Cyrene
Hegesias of Cyrene was a Cyrenaic philosopher. According to Nuttall, Hegesias "held that life was full of evils, that it was in vain to seek after pleasure, and that all a wise man could do was to fortify himself as best he could against pain." He is not to be confused with Hegesias or Hegesinus ..
Hegesias of Magnesia
Hegesias of Magnesia (in Lydia), Greek rhetorician, historian, and philosopher, flourished about 300 BC. Strabo (xiv. 648), speaks of him as the founder of the florid style of composition known as "Asiatic" (cf. Timaeus). Hegesias was also known as Peisithantos (the "death-persuader"), as many of h..
Hegesippus
Hegesippus (c. 110 – c. 180), was a Christian chronicler of the early Church and wrote against heresies. His works are lost, save some passages quoted by Eusebius, who tells us that he wrote Hypomnemata (Memoirs) in five books, in the simplest style concerning the tradition of the Apostolic p..
Hegesistratus
Hegesistratus was a soothsayer for Mardonius during the Persian War. Originally an Elean, he had been captured by Sparta and put in bonds. He escaped by cutting off a piece of his own foot; however, he was captured again and put to death. This story is related in book 9 of The History by Herodotus..
Heget
Heqet in hieroglyphs H-q:t-I7 To the Egyptians, the frog became a symbol of life and fertility, since millions of them were born after the annual inundation of the Nile, which brought fertility to the otherwise barren lands. Consequently, in Egyptian mythology, there began to be a frog-goddes..
Hegetoria
In Greek mythology, Hegetoria was a nymph who married Ochimus. They had a daughter, Cydippe, who married Ochimus' brother, Cercaphus, who then inherited the island. According to an alternate version, Ochimus engaged Cydippe to Ocridion but Cercaphus loved her and kidnapped her. He didn't return u..
Hegetorides
In Greek history, Hegetorides was a citizen of Thasos during the Peloponnesian War with Athens (c. 431-404 BC). When he saw that his city was besieged by Athenian forces and that there was a law declaring death to anyone who spoke of peace, he went into the agora with a rope tied around his neck. ..
Hegewisch, Chicago
Hegewisch (Chicago, Illinois) Community Area 55 - HegewischLocation within the city of Chicago LatitudeLongitude [41°39.6′N 87°33.0′W] Neighborhoods Hegewisch ZIP Code parts of 60633 Area 12.38 km² (4.78 mi²) Population (2000)Density 9,781 (down 3.50% from 1990) 790.1 /km..
Hege Riise
Hege Riise (born July 18, 1969 in Lørenskog) is female soccer player from Norway, who's name is pronounced as Ree-Seh. She is captain of the Norwegian National Team, making her debut for her country in 1990. Riise won the golden medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with her team. Drafted..
Heggadadevanakote
Heggadadevanakote is a panchayat town in Mysore district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Heggadadevanakote had a population of 12,043. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Heggadadevanakote has..
Heggedal
Heggedal is a part of the Asker municipality in Akershus county, Norway. For statistical purposes, it's usually treated as part of the Oslo urban area. [link] In 2000, its population was 3,301 [link], and the election district named Heggedal had 2,329 registered voters in the 200..
Heggelia
Heggelia is a village in the municipality of Målselv, Norway. Its population (2005) is 981, of which 9 people live within the border of the neighboring municipality Bardu. ..
Hegge stave church
Hegge stave church (Hegge stavkyrkje) is an early 13th century stave church in Hegge, a village in Øystre Slidre municipality in Valdres, Norway. The first recorded reference to the church is from 1327. Dendrochronological dating of some of the logs in the church, however, indicates that the churc..
Heggmovatnet
Heggmovatnet is a Norwegian lake that lies in Bodø municipality in Nordland. The lake is regulated and in the future will be Bodø's main water source. See also List of lakes in NorwayGeography of Norway ..
Heggra
Heggra is a DC Comics supervillain. She first appeared in New Gods volume 1 #7. Heggra was former monarch of Apokolips, after her husband Yuga Khan was claimed by the Source in the Promethean Galaxy. She later died by the hand of their son Darkseid, who took control of Apokolips himself. ..
Hegins Township, Pennsylvania
Hegins Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,519 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 82.9 km² (32.0 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were..
Hegira (novel)
Hegira is a 1979 science fiction novel by Greg Bear (ISBN 0759206848). It deals with themes including cyclic time, artificial intelligence, artificial life, and artificial structures of planetary scale. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. In the novel, "y..
Hegne Township, Minnesota
Hegne Township is a township in Norman County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 48 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 92.1 km² (35.5 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 48 people,..
Hego Uribe
Hego Uribe (Basque for Southern Uribe) is a modern conventional subdivision of Biscay, Basque Country. It includes the towns of Basauri, Galdakao and Arrigorriaga among others. See also Uribe ..
Hegra
Hegra is also a mythical antique Nabatean city, older sister of Petra. Also called Medain-Salih. Hegra is a small place in the middle of Norway, located in Stjørdal. It has about 2500 inhabitants. Here you can find old rock carvings (Lerfald), and Hegra Fortress (formerly known as Ingstadkleven For..
HEGRA
Overview of the HEGRA site in 1997 Two HEGRA reflectors, with the NOT in the background. HEGRA, which stands for High-Energy-Gamma-Ray Astronomy, was an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope for Gamma-ray astronomy. With its various types of detectors, HEGRA took data between 1987 and 2002, at..
Hegra fortress
Hegra fortress (Norw., Hegra festning) is a small mountain fortress in Hegra, Stjørdal, in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. It was built in the years 1907–10 as a defence against perceived threat of Swedish invasion (no such invasion came). The use of the fortress was discontinued in ..
Hegumen
Hegumen, hegumenos, or ihumen (Greek: ἡγούμενος , Bulgarian, Russian: игумен) is the title for the head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church, similar to the one of abbot. The head of a convent of nuns is called hegumenia or ihumenia (Greek: hegumeni). The term means "the..
Heguri, Nara
Heguri (平群町; -cho) is a town located in Ikoma District, Nara, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 20,420 and a density of 854.39 persons per km². The total area is 23.90 km². ..
Hegyeshalom
Hegyeshalom [ˈhɛɟɛʃhɒlom] is a village of approximately 3600 inhabitants in the Győr-Moson-Sopron county of Hungary, on the border with Austria and less than 15km from the border with Slovakia. Hegyeshalom is thus an important border crossing point between Austria, Slovakia and Hunga..
Hegyvidék
Hegyvidék is a neighbourhood in the XII (12th) district of the city Budapest, capital of Hungary. It's a region of Buda (the west bank of river Danube). Being the only district in Buda which does not connect to the river Danube, it lies on the green, hilly suburban area of Budapest (hence the name..
He Got Game
He Got Game is a 1998 drama-sports film directed by Spike Lee starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen as a father and son trying to reconcile on the eve of the son's graduation from a Coney Island high school, and under pressure to decide which college basketball scholarship offer he will accept. ..
He Got Game (soundtrack)
He Got Game is an album by Public Enemy and the soundtrack to the Spike Lee film He Got Game. This was the group's last Def Jam record. After the battle over mp3's surrounding the BTN 2000 remix album, the group released There's a Poison Goin' On in 1999. Track listing "Resurrection" – 4:20"He..
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