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  HOORN - LoveToKnow Article on HOORN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hoorn is distinguished by its old-world air and the beauty and interest of its numerous gabled houses of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Hoorn, latinized as Horna or Hornum, has existed at least from the first part of the I4th century, as it is mentioned in a document of the year 1311, five years earlier than the date usually assigned for its foundation.
Among the celebrities of Hoorn are William Schouten, who discovered in 1616 the passage round Cape Horn, or Hoorn, as he named it in honor of his birthplace; Abel Janszoon Tasman, whose fame is associated with Tasmania; and Jan Pietersz Coen, governorgeneral of the Dutch East Indies.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HO/HOORN.htm   (590 words)

  
 Hoorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hoorn is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Hoorn's fortunes declined somewhat in the eighteenth century.
Hoorn is connected to the Dutch railway network, and contains two stations: Hoorn and Hoorn Kersenboogerd (hn and hnk on lines 13 and 21).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hoorn   (615 words)

  
 Info and facts on 'Hoorn'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hoorn is located on the IJsselmeer (A shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee).
When the railway and metalled roads came to Hoorn in the late nineteenth century, the town rapidly took its rightful place as a conveniently located and readily accessible centre in the network of towns and villages which make up the province of Noord-Holland.
During the 1960s, Hoorn was designated an 'overflow' city to relieve pressure on the overcrowded Randstad region.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ho/hoorn.htm   (545 words)

  
 Hoorn: a historic, attractive and enterprising town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hoorn is able to offer its residents - and indeed the entrie region - a wide range of amenities for education, healthcare, culture and recreation.
Hoorn is also a major commercial centre, home to countless successful businesses and markets.
Hoorn is the centre of the region's trade and industry.
www.hoorn.nl /site/co/com/stad/kennismaking/Buitenl/931.shtml   (1156 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Hoorn, Philip de Montmorency, count of (Benelux History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hoorn, Philip de Montmorency, count of, Benelux History, Biographies
Hoorn, Philip de Montmorency, count of[both: hOrn] Pronunciation Key, 1518?–1568, Netherlands nobleman, member of the council of state during the regency of Margaret of Parma.
In 1562 he joined with the count of Egmont and William the Silent in opposition to Cardinal Granvelle, who had introduced Spanish troops and the Spanish Inquisition into the Netherlands.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/HoornP.html   (235 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Hoorn
Hoorn can refer to several towns in the Netherlands: Hoorn, a city and municipality in North Holland.
Hoorn (population: 66,460) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
HOORN, a seaport in the province of North Holland, Holland, on a bay of the Zuider Zee called the Hoornerhop, and a junction station 234 m.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hoorn   (471 words)

  
 Bergerbos - Hoorn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hoorn became a verschlafenes fisherman village at the Zuiderzee.
In the Sechzigerjahren, Hoorn became of the government the relief zone for the overfull Randstad, that concentration room in the west of the Netherlands explains.
Hoorn passed through an enormous growth process in the last half century and counts in the mean time more than 66.000 inhabitant.
www.bergerbos.nl /hoorne.htm   (1057 words)

  
 Hoorn (The Netherlands)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1979 the municipalities of Hoorn, Blokker and Zwaag merged to form the new municipality of Hoorn.
The flag of Hoorn was officially adopted 26 Mar 1957.
By municipal resolution of 13 Feb 1979 the flag of Hoorn municipality was officially adopted for the new Hoorn municipality.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/nl-hoorn.html   (134 words)

  
 Hoorn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The central square havenwinkel in Hoorn called the "Rode Steen", is with its impressive faÇons and the statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen the place where every tourist comes to.IJsselmeer Many of them end up on one of the many harbor havenwinkel holiday pleasant terraces.
Hoorn The "Rode Steen" isn't for nothing one of the 10 most beautiful IJsselmeer squares in Holland according to the ANWB.
The Museum of the 20th century is nearby the harbor and is toy museum established in an old harbor cheese warehouse.
www.dehavenwinkel.nl /havenwinkel.html   (428 words)

  
 The VOC-cities Hoorn and Enkhuizen (Zuiderzee museum)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1356 Hoorn was granted town rights and by then already had a Weigh House.
Between 1500 and 1600 Hoorn proved to be the most important harbour on the Zuiderzee.
During the first half of the Eighty-Years-War the town of Enkhuizen was at its peak of economic growth due to the favourable location on the Zuiderzee and the enterprising drive of local merchants.
www.comforttours.nl /paginas/hoorn.html   (273 words)

  
 Kulkmann´s G@mebox - Kap Hoorn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It´s the aim of the whole race to be the first player who succeeds to round Cape Hoorn, gaining tokens from three navigational marks which were distributed along the route.
The other way to win the game is to collect only two tokens and then go with full speed for a final harbour, trying to be there before an other player succeeds to collect his three tokens and wins the game.
Kap Hoorn is an highly tactical game and thus it´s most suitable for players who love keen thinking games.
members.aol.com /kulkmann/kaphoorn.htm   (625 words)

  
 Hoorn on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the 17th cent.—the golden age of Dutch exploration—the city sent forth many explorers, such as Willem Schouten, who was the first to round (and who also named) Cape Hoorn (later Horn); A. Tasman, who discovered New Zealand and Tasmania; and J. Coen, founder of Batavia (now Djakarta), Indonesia.
Retinopathy is associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in both diabetic and nondiabetic subjects: the Hoorn Study.(Observations)
The relationship of lipoprotein lipase activity and LDL size is dependent on glucose metabolism in an elderly population: the Hoorn study.(Brief Report)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/HoornN1et.asp   (547 words)

  
 HOORN - Online Information article about HOORN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
commerce which Hoorn carried on in the 16th and 17th centuries has almost entirely vanished, but there is still a considerable See also:
Hoorn, latinized as Horna or Hornum, has existed at least from the first See also:
During the 15th century Hoorn shared in the troubles occasioned by the different contending factions; in 1569 the See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HIG_HOR/HOORN.html   (1016 words)

  
 Holland in Springtime: A River Cruise through the Netherlands Daily Itinerary Day 9: Hoorn
Our first stop was the town of Hoorn, in the province of Noord-Holland.
Hoorn produced 3 important explorers, including William Schouten, who named Cape Horn after his hometown.
A view of Hoorn's harbor with the Tower of Hoofdtoren in the rear.
www.wfu.edu /~smithss/netherlands_trip/hoorn.htm   (316 words)

  
 [ EMGO | Research Infrastructure | Hoorn study ]
Since the onset of type 2 diabetes is also being observed in younger age-groups, and the duration of diabetes is the strongest predictor of complications, the prevalence of complications is also expected to increase.
In 1989 the Hoorn Study was initiated to study the prevalence and determinants of type 2 diabetes in the general population in the Netherlands.
The Centre is equipped with a vascular laboratory, an opthalmological examination unit, storage facilities and test equipment, and well-trained research assistants have been appointed to guarantee the quality of the research.
www.emgo.nl /research_infra/hoorn/index.asp   (281 words)

  
 Museumstoomtram Hoorn - Medemblik   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Steam Tram Museum Hoorn - Medemblik presents the history of the steam tram in the Netherlands and the role played by rural rail transport in the development of the Netherlands between 1879 and 1966.
This collection, with authentic Dutch steam rolling stock, the local Hoorn - Medemblik railway line with the buildings, signals, objects and archive material, is the basis for a historically accurate exhibition that appeals to tourists.
In Hoorn, you can visit the historical signal house and museum workshop, either to begin or to round off your trip.
www.noord-holland-tourist.nl /pictures/toerist_beheer/brochure/museumstoomtram/welcome_uk.html   (182 words)

  
 Hoorn
By 1356 the place was already of such importance that it was given city-rights by Count Willem V. In 1426 walls were build to protect the city.
For Hoorn and its citizens a period of great prosperity had begun and the city now put all its attention to the sea.
Hoorn soon became one of the six founding cities of the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), the worlds first multinational company.
www.frankossen.com /Hoorn.htm   (405 words)

  
 Hoorn - TheBestLinks.com - Zwaag, Amsterdam, Hilversum, Netherlands, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hoorn - TheBestLinks.com - Zwaag, Amsterdam, Hilversum, Netherlands,...
Zwaag, Hoorn, Amsterdam, Hilversum, Netherlands, 1357, 1406, Beach, IJsselmeer...
Hoorn (population: 66,460) is a municipality and a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
www.thebestlinks.com /Zwaag.html   (173 words)

  
 Hoorn
Another time we might visit that area but we wanted to get to Hoorn where there was a good rail service back to Amsterdam for Poppy's inoculations.
Edam (of cheese fame) was also along that stretch of coast but we saw no large round red cheeses floating by.
The plan on arriving at Hoorn was to anchor in the outer harbour for a night, depths of two meters according to the pilot.
www.kangaloosh.com /log142Hoorn.htm   (731 words)

  
 Hoorn, Philip de Montmorency, count of on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hoorn, Philip de Montmorency, count of on Encyclopedia.com
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 Frans A. van der Hoorn
Junco, A., Bhullar, B., Tarnasky, H.A. and Van der Hoorn, F.A. (2001) Kinesin light chain KLC3 expression in testis is restricted to spermatids.
Shao, X., Tarnasky, H., Lee, J.P., Oko, R. and Van der Hoorn, F.A. (1999) Spag4, a novel sperm protein, binds outer dense fiber protein Odf1 localizes to microtubules of manchette and axoneme.
Higgy, N.A., Tarnasky, H.A., Valarché, I., Nepveu, A. and Van der Hoorn, F.A. (1997) Cux/CDP homeodomain protein binds to an enhancer in the rat c-mos locus and represses its activity.
www.fp.ucalgary.ca /bmb/vanderhoorn/vanderhorn.html   (631 words)

  
 Hoorn
Hoorn, Philip de Montmorency, count of - Hoorn or Horn, Philip de Montmorency, count of, 1518?–1568, Netherlands nobleman, member of...
Proinsulin concentration is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: an 11-year follow-up of the Hoorn Study.(Pathophysiology/Complications) (Diabetes Care)
The relationship of lipoprotein lipase activity and LDL size is dependent on glucose metabolism in an elderly population: the Hoorn study.(Brief Report) (Diabetes Care)
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0824131.html   (344 words)

  
 Holland - Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Urk, Harlingen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Our first stop was Hoorn, which served as one of the main trading posts for the Dutch East India Company.
The harbor silted up during the 18th century, leading to the loss of wealth and importance of Hoorn.
From what we had read, Hoorn had lost much of its charm from when it was a flourishing harbor town but we still found it nice, despite all the modern buildings.
www.diveguy.net /holland/harlingen   (2373 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Organ Stops   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mentioned only by Williams, who says: “Horn (Ger.), Hoorn (Dutch) and Nachthorn were in the 16th cent.
The only known example comes from a proposal for a division which was never actually built, and that example appears to be a reed by its position in the stoplist:
Hoorn 4', Kerkorgel Voetklavier; Abbey of Premontres, Tongerlo, Belgium; Klais 1933.
www.organstops.org /h/Hoorn.html   (80 words)

  
 Bradley Hoorn, 22, New York, N.Y.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I personally don't know what it is like to loose someone that close to me in such a terrible way, but I want you to know that I will be praying for you and the rest of the families that lost a loved one.
My prayers go to the family of Bradley Hoorn, and I hope that they know that Bradley will always have a place in my heart as well as the heart of many others.
Why is this happeBradley Hoorn, 22ning....your to young,to the family of Bradley....
www.september11victims.com /september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=1378   (1552 words)

  
 How is a Genre Created? Five combinatory hypotheses
The structure of a genre, then, can be understood as the fixed order of fixed sets of high-frequency text elements (i.e., words) with large numbers of approximately equal associations within the set.
The perception of this relation (e.g., the ratio) may fluctuate if associations in one of the sets is weighted heavier by the subject.
Hoorn, Johan F. Metaphor and the Brain: Behavioral and Psychophysiological Research into Literary Metaphor Processing.
clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu /clcweb00-2/hoorn1-00.html   (4441 words)

  
 Holland, Dutch bike tours and cycling vacations, Hoorn, Zwolle and Apeldoorn with Van Gogh Tours
The tour starts in Hoorn, a splendid 17th century, port town along the IJsselmeer, north of Amsterdam and easily reached by train.
It is a wonderful place for a stroll and a warm-up bike ride in Hoorn's rural and flower-filled surroundings.
Packing and luggage moving are kept to a minimum as you'll stay three nights in Hoorn and two nights in Bergen, in lovely, 3- and 4- star, family owned hotels.
www.vangoghtours.com /holland.html   (4243 words)

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