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Hub \Hub\ (h[u^]b), n. [See 1st Hob.]

  1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

  2. The hilt of a weapon.
    --Halliwell.

  3. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.

  4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.

  5. (Diesinking) A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

  6. A screw hob. See Hob, 3.

  7. A block for scotching a wheel.

  8. The central location within which activities tend to concentrate, or from which activities radiate outward; a focus of activity.

  9. Hence: (Aeronautics) A large airport used as a central transfer station for an airline, permitting economic air transportation between remote locations by directing travellers through the hub, often changing planes at the hub, and thus keeping the seat occupancy rate on the airplanes high. The hub together with the feeder lines from remote locations constitute the so-called

    hub and spoke system of commercial air passenger transportation. A commercial airline may have more than one such hub.

  10. The city of Boston, Massachusetts referred to locally by the nickname The Hub.

    Hub plank (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.

    Up to the hub, as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]

Wikipedia
The Hub (band)

The Hub is an American "computer network music" ensemble formed in 1986 consisting of John Bischoff, Tim Perkis, Chris Brown, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Mark Trayle and Phil Stone. "The Hub was the first live computer music band whose members were all composers, as well as designers and builders of their own hardware and software."

The Hub grew from the League of Automatic Music Composers: John Bischoff, Tim Perkis, Jim Horton, and Rich Gold. Perkis and Bischoff modified their equipment for a performance at The Network Muse Festival in 1986 at The LAB in San Francisco. Instead of creating an ad-hoc wired connection of computer interaction, they decided to use a hub - a general purpose connection for network data. This was less failure-prone and enabled greater collaborations.

The Hub was the first band to do a telematic performance in 1987 at the Clocktower in New York.

Since this work represents some of the earliest work in the context of the new live music practice of Networked music performance, they have been cited as the archetypal network ensemble in computer music. The Hub's best-known piece, Stuck Note by Scot Gresham-Lancaster has been covered by a number of network music bands, including MiLO- the Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra and BiLE- the Birmingham Laptop Ensemble.

They have collaborated with Rova Saxophone Quartet, Nick Collins, Phill Niblock, and Alvin Curran. They currently perform around the world after a multi-year hiatus, ending in 2004.

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The Hub (Battlestar Galactica)

"The Hub" is the eleventh episode in the fourth season of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. It first aired on television in the United States on June 6, 2008. The survivor count shown in the title sequence is 39,673.

The Hub (Gainesville, Florida)

The Hub, formerly known as the UF Bookstore, is a historic building on Stadium Road between Buckman Drive and Fletcher Drive on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida in the United States. On June 24, 2008, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Built in 1949-1950 and designed by Andrew Ferendino of the Miami architectural firm of Russell T. Pancoast and Associates, as directed by Florida Board of Control architect Guy Fulton and UF's consulting architect Jefferson Hamilton, it was UF's first departure from the Collegiate Gothic architectural style that had prevailed on the campus since the first buildings, Buckman and Thomas, were built in 1905. It originally housed the campus bookstore, post office, barber shop, soda fountain, and movie theater.

Prior to moving to the J. Wayne Reitz Union in 2003, the university's bookstore and ID card services were both located at The Hub. A small food court was set up on the first floor and the "Technology Hub" selling computer accessories and software was on the second floor.

The Hub underwent a $10.8 million renovation, reopening in April 2007. The renovation added various computer and videoconferencing equipment, a open wireless Internet area, a Starbucks, and group and individual study rooms. The Office of Academic Technology and the International Center ( study abroad) moved to the Hub following the renovation. 1

The Hub (Verwood)

The Hub (also known as the Verwood Hub) is a multi-purpose venue based in Verwood, Dorset. The Hub opened in 2007, and hosts a range of live music, theatre, art, conferences and workshops.

Management of the Hub building was formally handed over by East Dorset District Council on Monday, 12 March 2007, and a programme of events has subsequently evolved featuring cinema, theatre, live performances (ranging from Abba Arrival to Verwood Concert Brass) and a range of classes and workshops for adults and children.

The Hub (building)

The Hub, also known as 333 Schermerhorn Street, is a , 52-floor skyscraper in Brooklyn, New York, USA. It topped out on December 16, 2015 to become the tallest building in Brooklyn. It took the title from Avalon Willoughby West, which topped out in 2015, shortly after that building took the title from 388 Bridge Street topped out in 2013.

The Hub (TV series)

The Hub is a news programme shown on the international news and current affairs channel BBC World News. The programme launched on 1 February 2010 as part of a network-wide refresh and was presented by Nik Gowing. The programme aired at 17:00 GMT (17:00 BST in the summer) for 90 minutes.

The Hub replaced an edition of World News Today and served as a news 'nerve centre' for South Asia and the Middle East, providing both the headlines, and detailed analysis of the global news agenda. An edition of World Business Report followed the programme.

The programme aired its last edition on 21 December 2012 and was replaced by Global on 14 January 2013.

The Hub (magazine)

The Hub was founded by London-based Tolu Adeko, an entrepreneur with a background in interior design. Launched in September 2009, it is a quarterly magazine covering a range of lifestyle topics including Art & Culture, Design & Interiors, Travel & Leisure, Food & Drink, Entertainment, Fashion & Style, Beauty & Grooming and fashion stories.

Alongside its unusually high-quality print materials, The Hub is known for its emphasis on editorial contributions by international creative figureheads. John Rankin, Anish Kapoor, David Downton, Diego Luna, Charming Baker, Daniel Chadwick and Lindsay Clarke have all spent time working with the magazine in the past. Its audience are mostly affluent members of both sexes aged between 25 and 50. Known celebrity readers of the magazine include Christian Louboutin, Mario Testino and Harold Tillman CBE.

The magazine is currently distributed in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Austria. It is priced at 9.95 GBP, 19.99 USD and 15.00 EURO. Each issue of the magazine centers around particular concept which is then reflected in the content. The second ' Renaissance'-themed issue includes an eight-page feature in which iconic paintings from the era are re-engineered into a high-fashion editorial.

The corresponding website, The Hub Online, is split into sections that mirror those in the magazine. There is also a selection of online exclusive columns such as 'Literature', 'The Conversation' and 'The Sound'. All online content is available at no cost to those who register with The Hub Online.

The Hub is due to release a bespoke mobile 'app' in the near future, with a book scheduled for release in 2012. The Hub ceases to produce magazines and has not done so since 2012.

The Hub (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

"The Hub" is the seventh episode of the first season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they work with "Big S.H.I.E.L.D." to take out a dangerous new weapon. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. The episode was written by Rafe Judkins and Lauren LeFranc, and directed by Bobby Roth.

Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, and Elizabeth Henstridge. Maximiliano Hernández guest stars as Agent Jasper Sitwell, reprising his role from the films, while Saffron Burrows is introduced as high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Victoria Hand. The episode explores the dynamic between Coulson's team and the larger S.H.I.E.L.D. organization (referred to as "Big S.H.I.E.L.D." by the producers); "Big S.H.I.E.L.D." received its own musical theme for the episode, to separate it from the main team.

"The Hub" originally aired on ABC on November 12, 2013, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 10.13 million viewers within a week of its release. The episode received a mostly positive critical response, with the character development and the moral ambiguity of the larger S.H.I.E.L.D. organization praised.

The Hub (forum)

The Hub is a discussion forum on Tor hidden services on the dark web focused on darknet market reviews, cryptocurrency and security.

Second in popularity only to reddit's /r/DarkNetMarkets, the site was launched in January 2014 as a more secure, verifiable and discreetly moderated alternative. Vendors must be verified prior to getting a vendor status on the forum. The Hub has hosted Dr. Fernando Caudevilla, 'DoctorX' as an adviser for the site's drug users who has answered more than a thousand questions in the forums of the original Silk Road and Silk Road 2.0 and the site has an ongoing harm reduction and drug awareness program.

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