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 Huff-Duff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huff Duff is part of the armoury of the analysis of radio transmissions and is known as ELINT.
This has become the common name for this type of equipment, and was coined during World War II.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huff-Duff

  
 Articles - Hilary Duff
Duff's first serious shot at fame came when she was cast as one of the children in the pilot episode of the NBC sitcom Daddio ( 2000).
Duff's first recorded singing performance was on the song "I Can't Wait", which appeared on the original television soundtrack for her television show Lizzie McGuire in August 2002.
Duff is involved with many charities, is an animal rights enthusiast, and a member of "Kids With a Cause." She gets up at 4.30 a.m.
www.x-moto.net /articles/Hilary_Duff

  
 New York Daily News - Movies - For Hilary Duff, 'Lizzie' is a blessing & a burden
Duff has a hit record as "Lizzie," though in the fall she'll launch her own CD — "Metamorphosis" — and a clothing line.
Duff is now 15 and her dance card is filling up.
Frankie Muniz will get $6 million for the sequel to "Agent Cody Banks," which also starred Duff.
www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/movies/story/79164p-72824c.html

  
 All About Hilary Duff, picture, Photo Gallery, News, Interviews, Biography
Duff got her crack at playing a blond brat during a guest spot on "Joan of Arcadia," which she said was a nice break from her regular gig as America's sweetheart.
Hilary Duff is on the big screen in a new film, but she hasn't abandoned her music career.
Hilary Duff: The debut album by the former Lizzie McGuire, 2003's "Metamorphosis," was a soggy, saccharine dud, compared to the harder-rocking nod by her fellow Texan Ashlee, but that didn't stop the 17-year-old Hilary from selling more than 3 million copies.
www.hilaryontheweb.com

  
 Nob Hill by Ann Cymba loading Huff Duff onto British warship, then torpedoed
A ship with Huff Duff could use shore-based as well as ship-based Huff Duff units, some located as far away as in the Bahamas, others in newly liberated North Africa, to zero in on wolf packs and then send aerial bombers or antisubmarine ships to kill the killers.
Huff Duff, or High Frequency/Direction Finding, was an entirely different tool with over 600 miles (1000 km) range.
A young U.S. naval officer and his secret, critical Huff Duff equipment by turns sailed unceremoniously through the air in a bosun's chair from a U.S. destroyer.
www.nitework.net /anncymba/nobhill/nobhill003.html

  
 Huff duff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 ABC News: Showtime Tries 'Huff' Mini-Marathon
Hank Azaria is shown Aug. 24, 2004 in Hollywood, Calif. Showtime's new series "Huff," starring Azaria as a troubled psychiatrist, has yet to generate ratings to match its critical acclaim, so the channel is trying a "mini-marathon" to draw viewers.
LOS ANGELES Dec 13, 2004 — Showtime's new series "Huff" has yet to generate ratings to match its critical acclaim, so the channel tried a "minimarathon" to draw viewers.
He referred to the intensive period of ratings measurement that is marked by competitive network programming.
abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=325310

  
 New York Daily News - Entertainment - A very busy Miss 'Lizzie'
Duff is a 2002 version of Annette Funicello, the '60s star who emerged from Disney's "The Mickey Mouse Club" to become a favorites with the younger set.
But with all the projects Duff has planned, it may not be long before she has someone to drive her anywhere she wants to go.
Duff has a solo album scheduled for next fall, with slightly more mature songs befitting a 16-year-old.
www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/story/39889p-37686c.html

  
 Radio Research Paper - World War 2 Naval Operations
On Tribal Class destroyers, the Huff Duff cabin was generally fitted under the lattice mast and over the crew's galley, however, on Huron and HAIDA the cabin was mounted aft.
However, the Canadian destroyer Restigouche had her Huff Duff set fitted earlier when she was undergoing repairs in Glasgow Scotland during the period December 1941 to March of 1942.
Initially, each Huff Duff equipped ship was required to carry three additional Wireless Telegraphy (W/T) operators and Canadian ratings for the Huff Duff branch had to come from the fleet.
jproc.ca /rrp/nro_ww2.html

  
 mtv.com - News - 'American Idol' Loser George Isn't Leaving In A Huff
Huff : The secret to a great omelet is to have me behind the stove cooking it, but I don't want to cook no omelets, I want to be on television and to sing for y'all.
There, Huff was an early favorite, garnering rave reviews, but as the weeks went by the judges said he got boring, and Huff was eventually the eighth contestant eliminated.
Huff : Everybody in the competition hopes to win the competition, and I was certainly one of those people.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1486859/20040506/index.jhtml?headlines=true

  
 huff duff
Conclusion, Schlußbetrachtung, reflection on Huff Duff and related subjects
Huff Duff operators contributed their wartime recollections (eye-witness)
HF/DF technology (Huff Duff), deployed in Britain, to counter the U-boat threat
www.xs4all.nl /~aobauer/nieuwe_pagina_2.htm

  
 Cobb: Orange Huff Duff
While everyone was focused on whether or not the Enigma code was broken or not, Huff Duff stations were sensing where ships at sea were physically.
In 'Huff Duff', the Allies had a secret weapon.
With a little bit of calculated estimations and extrapolations, the Allies were able to figure out where enemy ships might go by plotting their possible movements rather than intercepting their communications.
www.mdcbowen.org /cobb/archives/002406.html

  
 uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Technical pages
Next to code breaking and radar HF/DF (known as "Huff Duff" to the sailors) was probably the most dangerous allied technology facing the U-boats.
The technology was not new, as it had been used to find bearings on medium and low frequencies for navigation purposes for years.
Check out our new extensive section on all the Allied Warships during WWII in all theatres of the war.
uboat.net /allies/technical/hfdf.htm

  
 USS Champlin DD-601 Newsletter
None had Huff-Duff, but the improved Allied shore-based Huff Duff network in the Atlantic Ocean area provided the Allies with fairly fast and precise information on the locations of the U-boats that were transmitting radio traffic.
Shore-based Huff Duff stations alerted Wellborn to the presence of U-130 and the probability that she would draw in other U-boats.
At about the same time, the skipper of the second newest of the destroyers, Charles L. Melson (later, a four star admiral and in 1958-1960, superintendent of the US Naval Academy) in Champlin, got a radar contact at two miles.
www.usschamplin.com /sw_0100_page1.html

  
 Winona snubbed by defense attorney; teen star Hilary Duff in a huff; Hilton sister in a scuffle
Duff upset Lohan by arriving at the premiere of the "Freaky Friday" with Carter.
However, Duff's representatives were quick to quash the reports, saying, "I did see Lindsay at the party but their paths never crossed.
Teenage pop singer/actress Hilary Duff allowed her bitter feud with fellow teen actress Lindsay Lohan to flare up dramatically at the Los Angeles premiere of her new movie, "Cheaper by the Dozen" on Sunday night.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/12/18/ddish.DTL

  
 huff - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 'member his old dancer, matt? (Outrageous)
Duff sang on the "Lizzie" soundtrack then signed a lucrative deal with Disney's record label.
Lohan's recently starred in "Freaky Friday" while Duff appeared in "Cheaper by the Dozen" and their feud escalated at the premieres for both movies.
Her feature film debut was "Casper Meets Wendy," the same year Lohan starred in "The Parent Trap." Duff also joined forces with Disney, starring in her own series, "Lizzie McGuire." Her TV success led to "The Lizzie McGuire Movie."
s3.invisionfree.com /outrageous/ar/t89.htm

  
 Fredrickville.com - Solutions for problems.
hilary duff is really pretty but it just suprised me that she is dating a 25 year old and by the way i do happen to like gc i dont care they are a good pop/punk band however u wanna classify them and they are marketable and put on a great show
I think that Hilary Duff is cute and marketable, and I like her a lot.
Oddly Enough, The Duff Was In The Buff, Eating Her Cream Puffs!
gripe.fredrickville.com /view.php?num=1068&begin=1

  
 Navy News - Battle of the Atlantic - Timeline - 1942
High Frequency Direction Finding, or ‘huff duff’, allowed an escort to find a bearing to a U-boat when it communicated by radio.
By co-ordinating shore-based huff-duff or huff-duff on another escort, it was possible to ‘triangulate’ on a U-boat and get both direction and range to the target.
www.navynews.co.uk /boa/time1942.asp

  
 VH1.com : Clay Aiken : Hilary Duff, Clay Aiken Unwrap The Mysteries Of Holiday CDs
Duff did just that with Santa Claus Lane, adding one new track, "What Christmas Should Be," a year later; the disc has now sold a solid 206,000 copies.
Doing a Christmas album was a way to test the waters without spending a lot of time and money writing and purchasing original songs.
The idea was born in mid-2002, when the actress first considered crossing over into music.
www.vh1.com /artists/news/1481148/12162003/aiken_clay.jhtml

  
 ELINT [Definition]
But "High Frequency Direction Finders" Huff-Duff High Frequency Direction Finder is usually known by its acronym HF/DF pronounced Huff-Duff which has become the common name for this type of equipment, and was coined during World War II Huff Duff is part of the armoury of the analysis of radio transmissions and is known as ELINT.
www.wikimirror.com /ELINT

  
 Jack Duff Junior
The insinuation on a near global scale that I, Jack Duff Jr., dog that I am, somehow had a hand in her death.
Now, that life, the life of Jack Duff Jr, the sweet swinging Americam Tibetan Buddhist monk and ersatz world Number One golf pro, was a real mess.
But much less intriguing than the life I led as one of the world's best professional golfers and a leading light in the realm of the spiritual arts.
jackduffjunior.blogspot.com

  
 The Climate of Jan Mayen
I 1945 the station was moved to "Atlantic city" at Nordlaguna, a station set up by US forces to run a HF/DF (High Frequency Direction Finder("Huff Duff")) station there, for finding German automatic weather stations and tracking German U-boats.
I 1949 the meteorological station was moved up to the top of the brink above Atlantic city, and the station we today call "Gamlemetten" (the old met station) was built there.
home.online.no /~vteigen/klima.html

  
 Ghostz - What is HUFF DUFF
HF/DF (High Frequency Direction Finder), nicknamed huff duff, was a technique used during WWII (mainly by the Allies) to pinpoint the position of enemy subs through the encoded messages they sent.
What HUFF DUFF is not: a reliable source of movie gossip.
I only post what I care about and what I find important enough (eg no 'the cast of LOTR ate bagels today!!!') The news I get is from other sites on the net, I'm not here to provide scoops from my inside spies in Hollywood.
ghostz.keenspace.com /abhuff.html

  
 Amite Cemeteries-photos of markers.
Huff, Audrey Eugene and Bonnie Mae, Marriage date
Huff, Audrey Eugene & Bonnie Mae, Marriage date.JPG
Notice: Microsoft has no responsibility for the content featured in this group.
groups.msn.com /AmiteCemeteriesphotosofmarkers/huff.msnw

  
 aho! Seattle FF - Player Profile for huff duff
huff duff is ranked 112 and has played for 2h36m in 28 days
Seattle FF - Player Profile for huff duff
www.ahoclan.com /csstats/player_NTI4NDkw.html

  
 IEEE History Center - Legacies: Henri Busignies
He developed for the U.S. Navy a shore and a ship High Frequency Direction Finder that the Navy named Huff Duff, which was officially credited as a great factor in winning of the Battle of the Atlantic against German submarines.
He received for this the Presidential Certificate of Merit from Harry Truman, a Certificate of Commendation from the U.S. Navy and many other honors and honorary doctor's degrees.
He came to the U.S. eleven months before Pearl Harbor.
www.ieee.org /organizations/history_center/legacies/busignies.html

  
 Guardian Unlimited Sport Tennis Tennis: Henman put in a huff by duff line call
Tennis: Henman put in a huff by duff line call
Tim Henman refused to shake hands with the umpire after a doubtful decision triggered a startling collapse by the Briton against Juan Ignacio Chela here in the Masters Series event yesterday.
Federer later reached the last eight with a 6-2 6-3 win over Tommy Robredo and will face Guillermo Coria, whom he beat in last year's final.
sport.guardian.co.uk /tennis/story/0,10069,1483061,00.html

  
 Star Magazine
Last year Duff reportedly tried to get Lohan tossed from the premiere of her film Cheaper By the Dozen, but the Mean Girls star stayed anyway, mostly because she was invited.
Hilary Duff, 16, doesn't seem to be ready to end her well-documented feud with Lindsay Lohan, 19, quite yet.
An inside source tells Star People that on July 1, a Warner Bros. exec called Lohan's people to say Lindsay should not come to the premiere of Duff's new movie A Cinderella Story, per Hilary and her mother.
www.starmagazine.com /people/61367

  
 31 July 1942
British convoy escorts are boosted by the introduction of high-frequency direction-finding (HF/DF or "Huff Duff") radio-location equipment.
The request came in a note, signed by the Belgian, Czechoslovak, Dutch, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Luxemburg, Yugoslavia and Free French governments, delivered to the secretary of state, Cordell Hull, today.
www.etherington.demon.co.uk /1942/july/31.htm

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