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  The Horta Museum in Brussels.
The Horta Museum was actually the house that Victor Horta built for himself in the late 1890's.
From the beautiful glass ceiling light falls into the house and thereby creating a much more natural illumination of the building than was the case in the traditional late 19th century houses in Brussels and Belgium.
Victor Horta was born in 1861 in Gent, Belgium.
www.trabel.com /brussel/brussels-museums-horta.htm   (329 words)

  
  CNN.com - Jose Ramos-Horta: Nobels and Nationhood - May 16, 2002
Born on 26 December 1949, in Dili, the capital of East Timor to a Timorese mother and Portuguese father, Horta was educated in a Catholic mission in the village of Soibada.
Horta initially based himself in Australia and the United States, directing his harsh criticism at the authoritarian rule of ex-president Suharto.
From 1976 until 1989, Horta was Timor's U.N. representative and his faith in the organization that had at one time ignored the warnings he gave preceding Indonesia's invasion is still unwavering.
edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/05/16/timor.horta/index.html?related   (512 words)

  
 The Horta Report - Star Trek Freedom's Wiki
It was this female Horta that Spock and Kirk found and communicated with, discovering her sentience and high level of intelligience.
Hortas are birthed out of silicon nodules or eggs in the Chamber of the Ages.
Each Horta has one limb or tentacle-like structure referred to as its larger or main phalange that grows amongst its phalangi, usually on or close to one end of their oblong bodies on the underside.
www.startrekfreedom.com /wiki/index.php/The_Horta_Report   (1807 words)

  
 Teaching Art Nouveau: Images and Activities - Victor Horta
Like most of Horta's clients in the 1890s, he was also a member of a young, politically progressive middle class, eager to demonstrate its modernity.
Horta's organization of interior space was innovative -- the slide shows the first-floor stair landing.
To achieve an integrated whole, Horta also insisted on designing all elements of the interior decoration: the stair rail and painted wall decoration, the mosaic flooring, electric light fixtures, even the door handle are elements of a total design.
www.nga.gov /education/tchan_5_11.htm   (425 words)

  
 Horta - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
The Horta is a silicon-based lifeform from Janus VI.
Horta physiology is very different from the carbon-based norm more commonly found in the galaxy.
Notably the Horta emerging/tunneling through the rock face when Captain Kirk encountered the Horta mother on his own was a combination of new and original footage.
memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Horta   (875 words)

  
 Horta - Hidden Frontier
The Horta is a silicon-based life-form from Janus VI.
Horta are hard to find with tricorders, and are invulnerable to phaser I, though they can be injured with an adjusted phaser II.
Horta can survive for limited periods of time in the vacuum of space and underwater, and for extended periods of time in oxygen-nitrogen atmospheres.
en.hiddenfrontier.com /index.php/Horta   (537 words)

  
  Horta - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
The Horta is a silicon-based lifeform from Janus VI.
Horta physiology is very different from the carbon-based norm more commonly found in the galaxy.
Horta are hard to find with tricorders, and are invulnerable to phaser I, though they can be injured with an adjusted phaser II.
www.memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Horta   (873 words)

  
 Mother Horta - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
The mother Horta, born around 44773 BCE, was the last of the Horta species of Janus VI until stardate 3196 in 2267.
The mother had stolen the main circulating pump from the colony's PXK reactor, but in exchange for the return of the pump, Doctor Leonard H. McCoy was able to heal her phaser wound with thermal concrete.
Spock reported that the mother Horta had an extremely logical mind, and though she found the humanoid form displeasing to behold, she thought she could get used to it.
memory-alpha.org /en/index.php?title=Mother_Horta&printable=yes   (546 words)

  
 Homage to Picasso: Horta revisited by Anton Krajnc
Homage to Picasso: Horta revisited by Anton Krajnc
A museum, now completed, was just under construction, whose goal it is to eventually exhibit as many reproductions as possible of the ninety-two works completed in Horta during Picasso's two stays there, in 1909 and eleven years earlier, when he came to recuperate from scarlet fever.
This photo is exhibited in the Centre Picasso in Horta.
home.flash.net /~akstudio/horta.revisited.html   (488 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Horta,   (Site not responding. Last check: )
4,907), capital of Horta dist., in the Azores, Portugal, on Faial island.
It is in Horta dist., named for the island's chief town and port, Horta.
Ramos Horta Speaks on His Vision for East Timor.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Horta,   (701 words)

  
 Everything I Could Muster On Victor Horta
Horta used the combination of natural light and mirrors to optimize the effect of a continous series of spaces.
Horta died in Belgium in 1947, and many of his buildings have been destroyed, but his former assistant, Jean Delhaye, works still to preserve his work.
I believe that Horta's work spanning from 1890 to 1901 was his greatest, and definitely representative of the heart of the AN style.
members.aol.com /hazeej/horta.html   (1240 words)

  
 Ramos Horta hits UN 'inaction' over irregularities in Timor poll - World
Mr Ramos Horta called on the UN to expand its role in the country in the lead-up to a run-off election next month between him and ruling Fretilin party candidate Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres.
Mr Ramos Horta told journalists in the capital, Dili, that even though he won enough votes to contest the run-off, he could not remain silent about the conduct of the election.
Mr Ramos Horta called on Australia and other neighbouring countries to send monitoring teams to the country in the weeks before and after the run-off vote on May 8 and parliamentary elections on June 30.
www.theage.com.au /news/world/ramos-horta-hits-out-at-un-over-timor-poll/2007/04/12/1175971259481.html   (617 words)

  
 Heal splits or lose power, Ramos Horta warns Fretilin - World - smh.com.au
Mr Ramos Horta took office in June after Mr Alkatiri was forced to quit over allegations that he had knowledge of a so-called "hit squad" that was allegedly armed to eliminate political rivals.
Mr Ramos Horta said Fretilin members need to overcome factionalism and divisions and "reform and project themselves as a modern, all-inclusive, tolerant party" with a new leader, such as the former ambassador to the United Nations and now Foreign Minister, Jose Luis Guterres.
Mr Ramos Horta said he strongly believed that Indonesians responsible for committing atrocities in 1999, when the East Timorese voted overwhelmingly to reject Jakarta's rule, should not be pursued by the UN.
www.smh.com.au /news/world/heal-splits-or-lose-power-ramos-horta-warns-fretilin/2006/09/03/1157222010835.html?from=rss   (637 words)

  
 HORTA   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The first approaches with the Horta have been rather dramatic, because the miners came killed from a "monster that moves in the rock.".
The Horta has revealed herself to be a based species on the chemistry of the silicon whose natural habitat is the depths of the planet.
The Horta is been therefore revealed a pacific species that now cooperates to the extraction of the mineral.
www.70disco.com /startrek/horta.htm   (190 words)

  
 Cupola's Art Nouveau Architecture - Maison Horta (1 of 4)
Victor Horta designed and built this sinuous building pair for his own use between 1898 and 1901.
Horta's house is on the left, and his studio / office is on the right.
Only a few of Horta's works are open to the public on a regular basis.
www.cupola.com /html/bldgstru/artnouv/slide/vhort01e.htm   (124 words)

  
 Horta, Faial
Horta, the fortified main town of Faial, lies facing the imposing cone of Pico in a wide bay on the southeast coast of the island, with a beach of fl volcanic sand.
A less likely theory is that Horta is derived from the island's hydrangeas (hydrangea hortensia) although the plant is actually East Asian in origin.
The town with its well-protected harbor is the most frequent port of call in the North Atlantic for transatlantic sailors of every nation.
www.planetware.com /portugal/faial-horta-p-azo-horta.htm   (270 words)

  
 Faial, Horta, Azores - trekking and hotels   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The town of Horta has several beautiful old buildings and it was of great importance on account of its sheltered harbour.
The eruption at Capelinhos - courtesy of Foto Jovial, Horta, Faial.
Although some early flights from London to Lisbon connect with the Horta flight, this is not always the case, and sometimes it is necessary to overnight in Lisbon.
www.ewpnet.com /azores/Faial.htm   (377 words)

  
 Williams Gallery West, Folk Art, Mexico, Juan Horta Castillo
Horta is considered to be one of the finest traditional mask makers in Mexico.
Horta carves in a number of sizes, from full size functional masks, to miniatures created for decorative display.
Horta works in collaboration with his wife and five children.
www.galwest.com /folk_art/mexico/Juan_horta/default.html   (245 words)

  
 Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark
Spock discovers that the creature is in pain, and the creature uses the the knowledge it has gained from the melding experience to tell Kirk and Spock that it is peaceful by corroding the words "No kill I" in stone.
McCoy treats the Horta's phaser injury using cement, but complains "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer." Spock finds where the stolen pump is, and Kirk goes to retrieve it.
However, Spock reports that the Horta apparently liked his pointed ears, and so he did not have the heart to tell it that the ears were not a universal human characteristic.
www.ericweisstein.com /fun/startrek/TheDevilInTheDark.html   (732 words)

  
 CMT.com : Toninho Horta : Biography
Spending his childhood in his hometown Belo Horizonte, Horta became acquainted with soon-to-be famous names like Nivaldo Ornelas, Milton Nascimento, Wagner Tiso, and others that became known as the Clube da Esquina.
In 1980, he released the LP Toninho Horta on EMI, released in the U.S. in 1990 through Capitol.
Horta moved to the U.S. in 1992, continuing to record with other artists and to release his solo albums.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/horta_toninho/bio.jhtml   (378 words)

  
 The My Hero Project - Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Horta's love for the people of East Timor was so affecting, and his political savvy so sophisticated, that he turned the tide of history itself and renewed our faith that good ultimately triumphs over evil.
East Timor is now the newest country to join the United Nations and Kennedy feels that the United Nations has much to gain from the profound example of great wisdom and bravery demonstrated by Horta and his people throughout their darkest hours in East Timor.
Horta was able to speak truth to those in power throughout the world about the plight of his people in a land from which he was effectively banned from visiting, but one which he never lost contact through his incredible efforts.
www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=Ramos_Horta_07   (1509 words)

  
 Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
The four major town houses - Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta - located in Brussels and designed by the architect Victor Horta, one of the earliest initiators of Art Nouveau, are some of the most remarkable pioneering works of architecture of the end of the 19th century.
The stylistic revolution represented by these works is characterised by their open plan, the diffusion of light, and the brilliant joining of the curved lines of decoration with the structure of the building.
Criterion iv: The Town Houses of Victor Horta are outstanding examples of Art Nouveau architecture brilliantly illustrating the transition from the 19th to the 20th century in art, thought, and society.
whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=1005   (248 words)

  
 (GCGFWX) Horta by Pizza
Horta’s harbour is one of the most important harbours of the world.
At Horta we admired the paintings at the Marina.
It was not my first visit to Horta, I didn't got lucky with the weather but I need to take some picture to prove my presence there.
www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCGFWX   (504 words)

  
 About the Horta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Also, other then general note of several new types of devices, little is known of what the Horta have done in their own research and development over the past several decades.
General notes: Natural communication for a Horta is in a very low frequency range, and they use a voder to communicate at humanoid ranges.
A Horta can also carry a harness with various manipulators, and useful equipment including (but not limited to) a tricorder, an Optical Data Network link, and a standard issue engineering diagnostic toolset.
www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/usr/roboman/www/mia/starfleet/medical/horta.html   (249 words)

  
 Toninho Horta - Toninho Horta - Song Listings
This self-titled date, reissued on CD in 1990, makes it clear that Horta (an expressive pop singer who is also a moving jazz guitarist) knows how to get his points across quite well without being aggressive.
Horta's warm vocals on such caressing, samba-influenced pop as "Sagun," "Minha Casa" and "Bons Amigos" show just how effective subtlety can be.
Horta the instrumentalist is well represented by "The Vulture's Rights" and "Prato Feito," which boasts Pat Metheny on electric guitar.
www.mp3.com /albums/75142/summary.html   (249 words)

  
 Ramos Horta wins East Timorese support - World - theage.com.au   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The swing in support away from Fretilin is regarded as a response by the East Timorese people to the party's handling of the violence that rocked the fledgling nation last year and left tens of thousands of people homeless, according to The Age's Dili correspondent Lindsay Murdoch.
Over half a million people were eligible to vote in the election, which outgoing President Xanana Gusmao described as a chance to demonstrate his nation was not a failed state.
Gusmao, an ally of Ramos Horta, is not running for re-election but plans to seek the more hands-on post of prime minister in a separate parliamentary election later this year.
www.theage.com.au /news/world/ramoshorta-in-pole-position/2007/04/10/1175971050949.html   (589 words)

  
 City of Fremont - Horta, The Azores, Portugal
Horta is the ancestral home of many Fremont residents of Portuguese heritage.
Horta, located on the island of Faial, is a popular tourist destination for many Europeans and is an international yacht harbor.
A number of local citizens have represented Fremont in visits to Horta and the Mayors of Horta have visited Fremont.
www.ci.fremont.ca.us /AboutFremont/SisterCities/HortaPortugal.htm   (134 words)

  
 texts - lu horta
With a clear and sensitive voice, she presents her own songs that brim with emotion.
Lu Horta is a restless composer and a mature singer.
Her work is the antidote to laziness and mental weakness of the creative mind.
www.luhorta.com /English/texts.html   (244 words)

  
 YouTube - Horta
Toninho Horta e Joao C. Assis Brasil - 1986 - Ouro Preto
Joaquim Horta na Peça de Teatro "Memória da Água"
Duo GisBranco - Aquelas Coisas Todas (Toninho Horta)
www.youtube.com /?v=a6IfoVpwrDU   (107 words)

  
 Dimitri Horta
While the drawings of Dimitri Horta let us eavesdrop on his inner state of mind through his hallucinating abstract forms and figures, his photography angles on his rather voyeuristic raw vision of physical form.
Visual images as a medium to communicate from childhood, expressing himself in visual forms comes to Horta most naturally in such ingenious and shockingly original way.
Dimitri Horta’s photography once again reveals far more than truth itself, as a good lie reveals more truth than truth itself.
www.f2gallery.com /fabienfryns/artist/horta/index.html   (132 words)

  
 Welcome to Horta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Note that the menu bar on the left provides additional options to navigate through Horta.
It looks like horta will not be getting a new IP address.
Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe.
horta.urmc.rochester.edu   (301 words)

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