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Hof
Hof is the name of the following places: a city in Bavaria, Germany: see Hof, Germanya district in Bavaria, Germany: see Hof (district)a municipality in Vestfold, Norway : see Hof, Norwaya former municipality in Hedmark, Norway. Now split up in Åsnes and Våler municipalities.Hof (Netherlands), a ..

Hof, Germany
Hof is a city located on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconia region, hard by the Czech border and the forested Fichtelgebirge upland region. The city of Hof is enclosed by, but does not belong to the Bavarian district of Hof; it is non..

Hof, Norway
Hof kommune County Vestfold District Municipality NO-0714]] Administrative centre Hof Mayor (2003) Olav Bjørnli (H) Official language form Bokmål Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²148 km²0.05 % 2004) - Percentage - Change&n..

Hofbauer cell
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. Hofbauer cells are oval cells found in the placenta. They are believed to be a type of macrophage and a..

Hofbrau
In general, a restaurant that serves German food and beer. In California, the term hofbrau refers to a style of eatery that focuses on inexpensive carved meat dinners and sandwiches, usually with a choice of cold or hot sides. Contents 1 The Food2 Layout and Characteristics3 Hist..

Hofbräu-Festzelt
The Hofbräu-Festzelt is the second largest beer tent of the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. The tent has an area of 5,084 m² and 4,460 seats (plus 1,436 on the balkony) and 1,000 non-seating tables only inside. The outside area measures 2,000 m² with 3,022 seats. The brewery Hofbräuhaus, th..

Hofbräuhaus
The exterior of the famous Hofbräuhaus in Munich, Bavaria, Germany The interior of the famous Hofbräuhaus in Munich, Bavaria, Germany The Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München (lit. state court-brewery in Munich, also Hofbräu München) is a brewery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, owned by..

Hofbräuhaus am Platzl
The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is a world famous beer hall in the city center of Munich, Germany. This inn may be the world's most famous inn originally built in 1589 by the Bavarian duke William V to avoid buying beer for his troops from Lower Saxony. The general public was admitted only in 1828 by..

Hofbräukeller
The Hofbräukeller is a restaurant in Haidhausen, Munich, Germany. It is a traditional bavarian restaurant in a cellar with a beer garden, owned by Hofbräuhaus brewery. It is not a tourist spot like the Hofbräuhaus am Platzl. It is a part of the Wiener Platz, which it shares with the Wiener Mark..

Hofburg Imperial Palace
Hofburg Neue Burg section, seen from Heldenplatz. In front the statue of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Hofburg Imperial Palace is a palace in Vienna, Austria, which has housed some of the most powerful people in Austrian history, including the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire,..

Hofen
Hofen may mean: Hofen, Switzerland, a municipality in the Canton of SchaffhausenHofen, AustriaShahe fen (another transliteration), Chinese noodles This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may ..

Hofer
Hofer is the name for Aldi supermarkets operating in Austria and Slovenia. See also AldiAldi Süd External link [Official website]..

Hoffa
Hoffa DVD cover Hoffa is a 1992 biopic film based on the life and mysterious death of Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa. Jack Nicholson plays Jimmy Hoffa, with Danny DeVito playing Robert "Bobby" Ciaro as well as directing the movie. The Ciaro character was actually an amalgamation of severa..

Hoffa (disambiguation)
Hoffa may be a reference to: Jimmy Hoffa, late leader of the Teamsters;Hoffa, a biopic on Jimmy Hoffa;James P. Hoffa, son to Jimmy Hoffa;Bryan Hoffa, recording engineer with David Lowery's Sound of Music Studios;Portland Hoffa, American comedienne, actress, and dancer; orReese Hoffa, United States ..

Hoffelt
Hoffelt (Luxembourgish: Houfelt) is a small town in the commune of Wincrange, in northern Luxembourg. As of 2005, the town has a population of 252. ..

Hoffland
Hoffland is a village in the municipality of Ålesund, Norway. Its population (2005) is 451. ..

Hoffman
Hoffman, Hoffmann, or Hofmann may refer to several things, such as surnames, place names which are derived from these surnames (mainly German), and other things, names of which are derived from these surnames. It is related to the name Huffman. Surname Hoffman is primarily known as a surname. Peo..

Hoffman, Illinois
Hoffman is a village in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 460 at the 2000 census. Geography Hoffman is located at [38°32′25″N, 89°15′47″W] (38.540238, -89.262943)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..

Hoffman, Minnesota
Hoffman is a city in Grant County, Minnesota, along the Chippewa River. The population was 672 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Noted natives4 External links Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.4 km²..

Hoffman, North Carolina
Hoffman is a town in Richmond County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 624 at the 2000 census. Geography Hoffman is located at [35°1′58″N, 79°32′58″W] (35.032651, -79.549448)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, ..

Hoffman, Oklahoma
Hoffman is a town in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 148 at the 2000 census. Geography Hoffman is located at [35°29′18″N, 95°50′41″W] (35.488374, -95.844721)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the t..

Hoffman-Singleton graph
--> The Hoffman-Singleton graph is a graph with the following properties: The graph has 50 vertices.The graph has 175 edges.The graph has a vertex degree of 7.The graph has a diameter of 2.The graph has a girth of 5. Therefore, the graph is the following: The graph is strongly regular.A Moore graph..

Hoffmann's sign
In medicine, Hoffmann's sign, also known as the finger flexor reflex, is a finding elicited by a reflex test which verifies the presence or absence of problems in the corticospinal tract. The test involves tapping the nail or flicking the terminal phalanx of the third or fourth finger. A positive r..

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
The Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni, is a species of sloth from Central and South America. It is a solitary nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in mature and secondary rainforests and deciduous forests. With their shaggy fur, huge claws, and deliberate movements, two-toed sloths ar..

Hoffmann's Woodpecker
The Hoffmann's Woodpecker, Melanerpes hoffmannii, is a resident breeding bird from southern Honduras south to Costa Rica. It is a common species on the Pacific slopes, locally as high as 2150 m. It is expanding on the Caribbean slope, aided by deforestation. This woodpecker occurs in deciduous o..

Hoffmann-La Roche
Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd. is a Swiss global health-care company which operates world-wide under two divisions: pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. It belongs to the Roche Holding AG. The headquarters are located in Basel and has additional sites at Welwyn Garden City in the United Kingdom, at Nutley an..

Hoffmann-Schneider Funeral Home
The Hoffmann-Schneider Funeral Homes and Cremation Service is a group of two funeral homes based out of Dubuque, Iowa. Hoffmann-Schneider is the oldest continually operating funeral home in the state of Iowa, tracing its history back to 1846. The funeral home is owned and operated by Jim and Sharo..

Hoffmanns's Titi
Hoffmann's Titi, Callicebus hoffmannsi, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. References Rylands et al (2003). [Callicebus hoffmannsi]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justific..

Hoffmannseggia glauca
H. glauca (Ortega) Eifert is a dicot found in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a California native which prefers alkaline desert flats, creosote bush communities, and disturbed areas. It prefers elevations of less than 900 meters. H. glauca is found outside California in Western Nevada, Texas..

Hoffman (film)
Hoffman is a 1970 British film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Peter Sellers, Sinéad Cusack, Jennifer Ruth Dunning and Jeremy Bulloch. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Hoffman is the tale of an older man (Sellers), who invites a young lady to his..

Hoffman box
A Hoffman Box is an enclosured used to secure electrical and/or network equipment, and is used in such things as a protected distribution system. ..

Hoffman device (disambig)
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. The term Hoffman device may refer to: The Hoffman external lengthening fixat..

Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Hoffman Estates is a Northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, the main section established in 1959, and the section north of IL Rte. 62 developed in the 1970s. Hoffman Estates is located primarily in Cook County with a small section in Kane County, Illinois.As of the 2000 census, the village populat..

Hoffman Island
Hoffman Island in 1910 Hoffman Island is one of two small islands in the Lower New York Bay, off the East Shore of Staten Island, New York, USA. A smaller island, known as Swinburne Island, lies immediately to the south. Created out of landfill in 1872 and named for former New York City mayo..

Hoffman method of refereeing
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Hoffman Television
Hoffman was a manufacturer of television sets in the 1950s and 1960s. ..

Hoffmaster State Park
Parabolic dune in Hoffmaster State Park. Note damage to dune grass on unauthorized trail in center of photograph. P.J. Hoffmaster State Park is a state park along Lake Michigan located at the southwest corner of Norton Shores, Michigan in Muskegon County, Michigan. It is operated by the Mich..

Hoffmeister (crater)
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Hoff stone church
Hoff stone church (Hoff kirke), is a stone church in Østre Toten municipality, Oppland county, built around 11th century. ..

Hoff Township, Minnesota
Hoff Township is a township in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 195 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.2 km² (36.0 mi²). 93.1 km² (36.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.03% is water. Demographics As ..

Hofgarten (München)
The Hofgarten in Munich is a garden in the center of the city between the Residenz and the Englischer Garten. The garden was built in 1613-1617 by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria as an Italian style Renaissance garden. In the center of the garden is a pavilion for the goddess Diana, built in 161..

Hofgeest
Hofgeest in the municipality of Velsen. Hofgeest ([52°27′N 4°39′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Velsen, and lies about 7 km north of Haarlem. The statistical area "Hofgeest", which also can include the surrounding count..

Hofgeismar
Hofgeismar is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 21 km northwest of Kassel. ..

Hofheim
Hofheim is the name of two cities in Germany: Hofheim am Taunus, see Hofheim, HesseHofheim in Unterfranken, see Hofheim, Bavaria This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the l..

Hofheim, Bavaria
The City of Hofheim in Unterfranken is located in the district of Haßberge, Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken, Bavaria. The municipality consists of the City of Hofheim and the villages of Eichelsdorf, Erlsdorf, Goßmannsdorf, Lendershausen, Manau, Ostheim, Reckertshausen, Rügheim and Sulzbach. Maj..

Hofheim, Hesse
Hofheim (officially known as Hofheim am Taunus ) is a Frankfurt suburb and the seat of the Main-Taunus district, in the south of Hesse. Population of the town in 2002 was 40,863; its geographical position is [50°6′N 8°25′E]. The city was first mentioned in 1262 as Hoveheim. The to..

Hofheinz Pavilion
Hofheinz Pavilion is an 8,500-seat multi-purpose arena at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. The arena opened in 1969. It is home to the University of Houston Cougars basketball team. The stadium has also been used for other purposes, such as high school graduations. Especially before the..

Hofje
The Hofje van Bakenes, a hofje in Haarlem dating from 1395. A hofje is a Dutch word for a courtyard with almshouses around it. They have existed since the Middle Ages. A hofje provided housing for elderly people (mostly women). They were privately funded, and served as a form of social secur..

Hofjes in Haarlem
The Hofje van Noblet is one of the hofjes in Haarlem that is still in use the way the original founders wanted it in 1760. Haarlem is one of the cities in the Netherlands that has a number of hofjes that are still in use. Many of them are member of the Stichting Haarlemse Hofjes (Foundation H..

Hofje In den Groenen Tuin
The Hofje in den Groenen Tuin is a hofje in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It was founded in 1616 by Catherina Jansdr. Amen, the widow of Jacob Claesz. van Schoorl. It is open to public Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 12:00 o'clock. Address: Warmoesstraat 23 ..

Hofje van Bakenes
Poem above the entrance of the hofje at the Bakenessergracht: "Ingang van t Gesticht van Dirck van Baekenes voor Vrouwen acht en twee mael ses". The Hofje van Bakenes or Bakenesserkamer is a hofje in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It was built in 1395 from a legacy of Dirck van Bakenes (or Dirc v..

Hofje van Guurtje de Waal
Hofje van Guurtje de Waal is a hofje in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It was founded in 1616 by Guurtje de Wael, daughter of a rich textile trader. Address: Lange Annastraat 40 ..

Hofje van Loo
The Hofje van Loo is a hofje in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It was founed in 1489 by Symon Pieterszoon van Loo and his wife Godelt Willemsdochter. The hofje was later donated to the Sint Elisabeths Gasthuis. The houses in the hofje are built in the 17th century, and renovated in the 18th. This hof..

Hofje van Noblet
Front entrace of the hofje. The Hofje van Noblet is a hofje in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It was built in 1761 from the legacy of Leonard Noblet and his sisters Sara en Geertruida. The houses in the hofje are built in the garden of the house of the Noblet family, Haerlem en Spaargesigt. The..

Hofje van Oorschot
Poem in Hofje van Oorschot: "Wouterus van Oorschot -- laat hier zijn liefde blyken -- den armen tot een troost -- en voorbeeld aan de ryken -- Overleeden den 19. maart 1768". The Hofje van Oorschot is a hofje in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It was built from the legacy of Wouterrus van Oorschot..

Hofje van Staats
The Hofje van Staats is a hofje in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It was built from July 29th 1730 to 1733 from the legacy of Ysbrand Staats. It originally had houses for 29 single elder women, after the renovation in 1990 this was reduced to 20. Address: Jansweg 39 ..

Hofje van Willem Heythuijsen
The Hofje van Willem Heythuijsen is a hofje in Haarlem, the Netherlands. This hofje was founded in 1650 by Willem Heythuijsen. It was one of the few hofjes to be built outside the city walls. Unlike many other hofjes, the hofjes accommodates both male and females habitants. The hofje has a 'T' s..

Hofling
Hofling was a psychologist. His most famous work was involved with obedience to authority. Hofling et al Contents 1 Aim2 Procedures3 Findings4 Conclusions5 Criticism Aim To examine obedience to authority in a real life situation (A hospital) Procedures Hofling selecte..

Hofmann elimination
Fig 1: Hofmann elimination overview Hofmann elimination (also known as exhaustive methylation) is a process where an amine is reacted to create a tertiary amine and an alkene by treatment with excess methyl iodide followed by treatment with silver oxide, water, and heat (Fig. 1). After the ..

Hofmann rearrangement
The Hofmann rearrangement is the organic reaction of a primary amide to a primary amine with one fewer carbon atom.[#endnote_Hofmann1881][#endnote_Wallis1949][#endnote_Shioiri1991] The reaction of bromine with sodium hydroxide forms sodium hypobromite in situ, which tr..

Hofmann voltameter
Hofmann voltameter is an apparatus for electrolyzing water, invented by Friedrich Hofmann (1660 - 1724). It consists of three joined upright cylinders, usually glass. The inner cylinder is open at the top to allow addition of water and an ionic compound to improve conductivity, such as a small a..

Hofmann von Hofmannsthal
Edler Hofmann von Hofmannsthal refers to: Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von HofmannsthalHugo von Hofmannsthal This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directl..

Hofmeister kink
Hofmeister kink on a BMW E36. The Hofmeister kink (sometimes also translated Hofmeister kick, German: Hofmeisterknick) is an automobile design feature seen on modern BMWs. It is a bend in the C-pillar of the car, which is the piece of metal that separates the rear side windows from the rear g..

Hofner 500 Beatle Bass
This article is in need of improvement. The Hofner 500 Paul McCartney "Beatle Bass" guitar is a violin shaped acoustic / electric bass guitar with two pickups and a trapeze tailpiece bail and floating ebony wood brige with slots for harmonic adjustment of fret-wire saddle pieces. Paul Mccartney ..

Hofors Municipality
Hofors Municipality on a municipal map of Sweden's southern half. Hofors is a Swedish municipality in Gästrikland (Gävleborg County), in east central Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 411.0 km² with a total population of 10624 (5321 are male, and 5303 female), with a population ..

Hofreistæ
Hofreistæ is a lake in the municipality of Bjerkreim in Rogaland county, Norway. See also List of lakes in Norway ..

Hofsá
Hofsá river in Vopnafjörður fjord, Iceland, is one of Iceland's best salmon rivers. Every year a great number of foreign visitors come to fish in the river. Charles, Prince of Wales used to come to fish in Hofsá some years ago. Hofsá has Salmon for 30 km up from the rivermouth, and Trouts ..

Hofsjökull
Hofsjökull is the third largest glacier in Iceland after Vatnajökull and Langjökull covering an area of 925 square kilometres. Its highest peak reaches 1765 metres. It is situated in the west of the Icelandic Interior or Highlands of Iceland between Vatnajökull and Langjökull. Under the gla..

Hofstadter
The Hofstadter surname may refer to: Douglas Hofstadter, American professor and 1980 Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gödel, Escher, Bach* Hofstadter's law coined by Douglas Hofstadter in GEB* the fictional Hofstadter-Moebius loop, a form of paranoia that affected HAL 9000Robert Hofstadter, Americ..

Hofstadter's butterfly
Hofstadter's Butterfly refers to a fractal discovered by Douglas Hofstadter in his paper "Energy levels and wavefunctions of Bloch electrons in rational and irrational magnetic fields." Written while he was at the University of Oregon, this paper was enormously influential in directing further res..

Hofstadter's law
Hofstadter's Law states that: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. This self-referencing adage was coined by Douglas Hofstadter in his 1979 magnum opus Gödel, Escher, Bach [#endnote_pg]. It is often cited among programmers, especially i..

Hofstad Network
TerrorismGeneral Definitions Conventions Counterterrorism War on Terrorism Lists Organizations Incidents Types Nationalist Religious State State-sponsored Racist Narcoterrorism Anarchist Political Eco-terrorism Tactics Hijacking Assassination IED (bomb) Car bombing Su..

Hofstra Arena
Hofstra Arena is a 5,124-seat multi-purpose arena in Hempstead, New York. The arena opened in 1999. It is home to the Hofstra University Pride basketball team. It hosted the 2000 and 2001 title games of the America East Conference men's basketball tournaments. It currently is the reason why Hofstra'..

Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a private insitution of higher learning located in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (USA) founded in 1935 on the basis of the estate of wealthy businessman and heiress William and Kate Hofstra. The school began as a branch of New York University and became an independent scho..

Hofstra University Arboretum
The Hofstra University Arboretum (240 acres) is an arboretum located across the Hofstra University campus, in Hempstead, New York. The Hofstra campus contains more than 9,000 evergreen and deciduous trees, representing 525 species and varieties of woody plants. The arboretum includes both native an..

Hofstra University School of Law
The School of Law at Hofstra University was founded in 1970 and accredited by the ABA in 1971. The school now offers a JD, a joint JD/MBA degree, a JD/MS in Taxation and LLM degrees in International Law, American Law (for foreign law graduates) and Family law. An LLM in Real Estate and Develo..

Hoftoren
Hoftoren is the tallest building of The Hague, measuring 142 metres. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands is housed here. ..

Hofu, Yamaguchi
Hōfu (防府市; -shi) is a city located in Yamaguchi, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 118,566 and the density of 628.70 persons per km². The total area is 188.59 km². The city was founded on August 25, 1936. External links [Hofu official website][Oide..

Hofuf
Hofuf (Arabic: الهفوف) is a common name for the major city also called Al-Hasa or Hassa in the Al-Hasa oasis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The city proper has a population of 287,841 (2004 census} and is part of a larger conurbation of around 600,000. Hofuf is one of the major c..

Hofus the Stonecutter
Hofus the Stonecutter is a 16th century Japanese legend. It is about a poor man named Hofus who wishes to be other people (and later things in nature) that he sees as more powerful as him. Eventually, after a chain of events, he ultimately realizes that he lives a great life. It teaches many m..

Hofu Plant
Hofu Plant is an automobile manufacturing complex in Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan operated by Mazda Motor Corporation. The complex consists of two main elements, an automobile assembly complex in Nishinoura District, and a transmission plant in nearby Nakanoseki District. Contents 1 Nishinoura1.1..

Hofwijck
Hofwijck De groote webb is af; en ’t Hof genoegh beschreven: Eens moet het Hofwijck zijn. wie kent den draed van ’t leven, Hoe kort hij is, hoe taeij? de snaer die heldste luijdt Scheidt d’eerste menighmael van leven en van Luijt, Verkracht en over-reckt, of met der tijd versleten. [...

Hofwil
Hofwil is a village in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, part of the municipality of Münchenbuchsee. External links ..

HOFX
HOFX is a 12"single by NOFX that includes two songs from the Punk in Drublic period. Both songs later appeared on 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records. The record was limited to 8,300 copies (1,000 picture discs and the remaining 7,300 random-colored). The cover art..

Hof (district)
Hof Statistics State: Bavaria Capital: Hof } } |- | Area:||893 km² |- | Inhabitants:||106,142 (2005) |- | pop. density:||96 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||HO |- | Homepage:||[landkreis-hof.de] |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Hof is..

Hof van Twente
[Hof van Twente] is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. Contents 1 Population centres2 Delden3 Goor4 Markelo5 External link Population centres Achterhoek, Azelo, Bentelo, Delden, Deldenerbroek, Deldeneresch, Diepenheim, Dijkerhoek, Elsen, Elsenerbroek..

Ho Feng Shan
Feng-Shan Ho (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ), born in Yiyang, Hunan September 10, 1901 (some sources give 1904), died in San Francisco, September 28, 1997, was a Chinese diplomat who saved hundreds, probably thousands of Jews during the early years of WWII. He is known as ..

Ho Fuk Tong (KCR)
Hoh Fuk Tong (何福堂) is a station in Tuen Mun on the Hong Kong KCR Light Rail. It belongs to Zone 2 for single-ride ticket. The station is next to But San Primary School and Ho Fuk Tong Secondary School. Nearby are the San Hui outdoor restaurants and San Hui market. It is near to Tuen Mun sho..

Ho Fuk Yan
Ho Fuk Yan (Chinese: 何福仁) is a renowned Chinese language author and poet in Hong Kong. He also teaches Chinese history, Chinese culture and the Chinese language in St. Paul's College, after receiving his secondary education there and university education in The University of Hong Kong. Ho's f..

H₂O for ME
H2O for ME (the Water Dividend Trust) is a citizen's initiative that wants to issue a tax on water pumped in the state of Maine for commercial resale as bottled water. This tax specifically targets water giant Poland Spring, which draws millions of gallons of water from Maine each year. Proposal Ac..

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