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Hana Highway The Hāna Highway (also known as the Hana Road) is 68-mile roadway and the main highway connecting the population center of Kahului with the town of Hāna in east Maui. Although Hāna is about 52 miles from Kahului, a typical trip to Hāna takes about three hours, as the road is very winding and passes over many one-lane bridges.
Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the U.
Hana no Ko Lunlun Hana no Ko Lunlun is a magical girl manga by Shiro Jinbo, focusing on a theme of flowers in its stories. It was adapted into an anime by Toei Animation in 1979, and the anime was greatly successful in the West -specially in Latin-America- as well as in Japan.
Hana Sweid Hana Sweid "also spelled Hanna Swaid; Arabic: حنا سويد" (born 27 March, 1955) is an Arab-Israeli politician and member of the 17th Knesset with the Hadash party. He is also director of the Arab Centre for Alternative Planning as well as mayor of Eilaboun, an Arab-Israeli village between the Sea of Galilee and Nazareth.
Hana Zagorová Hana Zagorová (born 6 September 1946) is a famous Czech female singer who has been recording since 1964. She has written the lyrics to around fifty of her recorded songs, many of which have made number one in the national Český Slavík ("Czech Nightingale") music chart.
Hanabusa Itchō Hanabusa Itchō (英一蝶)(1652-1724) was a Japanese painter, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kanō style, under Kanō Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin).
Hanadeka Hanadeka (はなデカ hanadeka, literally "big nose") is a Japanese company created by the animal lover and photographer Yoneo Morita. Created in December 1998, Hanadeka makes and distributes products that prominently feature pets photographed through wide angled lenses.
Hanadi Jaradat Hanadi Tayseer Abdul Malek Jaradat (Arabic: هنادي تيسير عبدالمالك جردات) (September 22, 1975 – October 4, 2003), a Palestinian mass-murderer from Jenin, blew herself up on Saturday, October 4, 2003 in an attack on Maxim's restaurant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Twenty-one people of various nationalities were fatally wounded and 51 were injured.
Hanae Mori Hanae Mori (森 英恵 Mori Hanae, January 8, 1926 -) is an internationally recognized fashion designer and business entrepreneur from Japan whose one-woman Tokyo boutique, which opened in 1955, flourished over four decades into a $500 million worldwide fashion empire with operations in Tokyo, Paris and New York. Hanae Mori is Japan's only female fashion designer to show her collections on the runways of Paris and New York.
Hanafi Hanafi (Arabic حنفي): (its followers are sometimes known in English as Hanafites or Hanifites)-- (cf Malikite, Shafiite, Hanbalite for the other schools of thought)--.is the oldest of the four schools of thought (Madhabs) or jurisprudence (Fiqh) within Sunni Islam.
Hanagumi The Hanagumi (translation: Flower Team) is a fictional group of witches/shamans from the manga/anime Shaman King. They are just some of many followers of Hao Asakura, but appear to be three of the more prominent members and the most powerful in the group, though in the manga they might be considered some of the weaker.
Hanaizumi, Iwate Hanaizumi (花泉町; -machi) was a town located in Nishiiwai District, Iwate, Japan. On September 20, 2005 the town merged with three towns and two villages from Higashiiwai District into the expanded city of Ichinoseki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Hanakapiai Hanakapi'ai Beach is a beach in the Hawaiian islands located on Kauai's Napali Coast (leeward facing coast.) The beach is approximately 2 miles from the start of the Kalalau Trail at Ke'e Beach, a beautiful and very popular hiking trail.
Hanako Games Hanako Games, is an Indie gaming company that develops PC games mostly involving female heroines and anime-inspired style. Games on the site include Cute Knight, Summer Schoolgirls, Aveyond, Classroom Chaos, Pentagraph, Charm School, and Sweet Dreams.
Hanalei (band) Hanalei is an Indie Rock/Folk Band from the Chicago area, and Bay Area in California. Brian Moss of the band The Ghost, and The Wunder Years heads the band along with Pete Croke and others from bands such as The Pines.
Hanalei River The Hanalei River on the Hawaiian island of Kauai flows north from eastern slopes Mount Waialeale for 17 miles (27 kilometers) until entering the Pacific Ocean at Hanalei Bay as an estuary. With a long-term mean discharge of 216 cubic feet (6.
Hanamaki, Iwate Hanamaki (花巻市; -shi) is a city located in Iwate, Japan. As of 2005, the city has an estimated total population of 106,414 Hanamaki is most famous as the birthplace of Kenji Miyazawa] and for its [[onsen.
Hanami is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, "flower" in this case almost always meaning , or . From late March to early April (early May on HokkaidĹŤ), sakura bloom all over Japan.
Hanan Shield The Hanan Shield is one of the most prestigious trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1946, the Hanan Shield is based on a challenge system played between North Otago, South Canterbury and Mid Canterbury.
Hanan Tork Hanan Tork (Arabic: حنان ترك) (born March 7 1975) is an Egyptian actress and former ballerina. She was born as: Hanan Hassan Mohamed Abd El-Karim (Arabic: حنان حسن محمد عبد الكريم), and is sometimes credited as Hanane Turk and Hanan Turk.
Hanang Hanang is one of the 5 districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mbulu and Babati Districts, to the Southeast by the Dodoma Region and to the Southwest by the Singida Region.
Hanaoka Seishu Hanaoka Seishu (華岡青洲, November 30,1760 – November 21,1835) was a Japanese physician and was the first to perform surgery using general anaesthesia, almost forty years before Dr. Crawford Williamson Long operated in Danielsville, Georgia using anaesthesia.
Hanapepe Massacre On September 9, 1924, toward the end of a long, drawn-out strike of Filipino sugar workers on Kauai, Hawaii, local police shot dead sixteen strikers in what came to be known later as the Hanapēpē Massacre. As reprehensible as it may appear in retrospect, the incident did not arouse contemporary public censure nor bring into question the legitimacy of the coercive agents or their actions.
Hanare Kirishitan Hanare Kirishitans are Christians who, after the Roman Catholic Church was allowed back into Japan in the 1800's during the Meiji Restoration, did not rejoin the church and continued to practice their "hidden" version of Christianity. The Hanare Kirishitans have their roots in the Kakure Kirishitan's who were Christians that continued to practice Christianity during the 1600's and 1700's.
Hanatarash Hanatarashi (ハナタラシ), meaning The Snot Nose(d) in Japanese, were a noise music band created by Boredoms frontman Yamatsuka Eye and featured Zeni Geva guitarist Mitsuru Tabata in 1984 after meeting as stage hands at an Einstürzende Neubauten show. After the release of the first album, the I was dropped and the name became Hanatarash.
Hanauma Bay Hanauma Bay (pronounced "ha-NOW-mah") is a marine embayment formed within a volcanic cone or crater and located along the southeast coast of the Island of O‘ahu (just east of Honolulu) in the Hawaiian Islands."Hanauma" literally means "curved bay".
Hanawa Hanawa (はなわ, real name Naoki Hanawa 塙 尚輝, born July 20, 1976 in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese singer and comedian raised in Saga city. He became famous within Japan for comically singing about Saga Prefecture and its oddities.
Hanbali Hanbali (Arabic: حنبلى ) is one of the four schools (Madhhabs) of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It is also a school of aqeedah (creed) in Sunni Islam, also referred to as the Athari (or Textualist) school.
Hanbi In Sumerian and Akkadian mythology Hanbi or Hanpa (more commonly known in western text) was a god of evil, lord of all evil spirits, and father of Pazuzu. Very little is known of this demon other than that he is the father of the well known Pazuzu.
Hanborough railway station Hanborough railway station is a railway station, serving the nearby village of Long Hanborough in Oxfordshire. As a result of the Cotswold Line being singled only one platform is in use for both up and down trains.
Hanbury-Brown and Twiss effect The Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect (HBT) is any of a variety of correlation and anti-correlation effects in the intensities received by two detectors from a beam of particles. HBT effects can generally be attributed to the dual wave-particle nature of the beam, and the results of a given experiment depend on whether the beam is composed of fermions or bosons.
Hancock Lee Jackson Hancock Lee Jackson (May 12, 1796 - March 19, 1876) was the acting Democratic Governor of Missouri who took office after previous Democratic Governor Trusten Polk resigned on February 27, 1857. Jackson was succeeded by Democratic Governor Robert Marcellus Stewart.
Hancock Studios Hancock Studios is an American-based pornography company specializing in the production of pornographic video clips pushing the boundaries of male sexuality. Hancock Studios films a variety of videos featuring men, many of them described on the site as heterosexual, engaging in masturbation, straight, bisexual, tranny and gay sex acts.
Hancock's Half Hour Hancock's Half Hour was a ground-breaking and influential BBC radio comedy series of the 1950s, starring Tony Hancock, with Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. From 1956 it also became a television comedy series.
Hancock-Clarke House The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic Revolutionary War site on Hancock Street in Lexington, Massachusetts. It played a prominent role in the Battle of Lexington and Concord as both John Hancock and Samuel Adams, leaders of the colonials, were staying in the house before the battle.
Hand (unit) A hand (or handbreadth) is a unit of length measurement, usually based on the breadth of a male human hand and thus around 4 inches long (about 10 cm). It is abbreviated "hh" (standing for "hands high").
Hand brake In cars, the hand brake (also known as the emergency brake, e-brake, park brake, or parking brake) is a supplementary system that can be used if the vehicle's primary brake system (usually hydraulic brakes) has a failure. Automobile e-brakes usually consist of a cable (usually adjustable for length) directly connected to the brake mechanism on one end and to some type of lever that can be actuated by the driver on the other end.
Hand coding In computing, hand coding means editing the underlying representation of a document or a computer program, when tools that allow working on more sophisticated representation also exist. Typically this means editing the source code, or the textual representation of a document or a program, instead of using a WYSIWYG editor that always displays an approximation of the final product.
Hand cricket Hand Cricket is a team sport played mainly by school pupils and university students in the United Kingdom. Unlike cricket, it is played without a bat and a tennis ball is used instead of a traditional leather cricket ball.
Hand drum A hand drum is any type of drum that is typically played by striking it with the bare hand rather than a stick, mallet, hammer, or other type of beater. The simplest type of hand drum is the frame drum, which consists a shallow, cylindrical shell with a drumhead attached to one of the open ends.
Hand evaluation In contract bridge, various bidding systems have been devised to enable partners to describe their hands to each other so that they may reach the optimum contract. A key initial part of this process is that players evaluate their hands; this evaluation is subject to amendment after each round of bidding.
Hand geometry Hand geometry is a biometric that identifies users by the shape of their hands. Hand geometry readers measure a user's hand along many dimensions and compare those measurements to measurements stored in a file.
Hand grenade A hand grenade is a small hand-held bomb designed to be thrown. The word "grenade" is derived from the Old French (pome) grenate ("pomegranate"), in reference to the general size of early grenades, and because its shrapnel pellets reminded soldiers of the seeds of this fruit.
Hand grenade (drink) A hand grenade is a strong alcoholic beverage sold at only four locations in New Orleans, all owned by Tropical Isle, Inc.. The drink has a melon taste, is colored yellow-green, and comes in a plastic half-yard glass shaped like a hand grenade at the bottom, with smaller plastic grenades inside the container.
Hand in Glove "Hand in Glove" was the first single from British band The Smiths, released in 1983. The band were disappointed and somewhat aggrieved at the single's poor performance, prompting lead-singer Morrissey to include it on almost every compilation album since.
Hand jive Hand jive is a kind of dance game to Rock and roll and Rhythm and blues music in 1950s. It involves complicated patterns of hand moves and claps at various parts of the body, following and/or imitating the percussion instruments while sitting at the concerts or crowding around jukeboxes.
Hand mould A Hand mould is a two-part mould used for casting small metal objects that could be operated by hand. In particular, it refers to a system for casting movable type, pioneered by Johannes Gutenberg, which was widely used in the early era of printing in Europe (15th-16th century).
Hand Maid May is an anime series released in 2000 in Japan, directed by Shinichiro Kimura, written by Kazuki Matsui and Jyuzo Mutsuki, and produced by Pioneer Animation (now Geneon Animation). It is an eleven episode maid comedy series with elements of a harem anime, and also makes use of plenty of fanservice.
Hand of Blood 2006 EP Hand of Blood EP: Live At Brixton, January 28th 2006 is the first live EP, but fifth EP overall, by Welsh metalcore quartet Bullet For My Valentine. This EP was a German only release, but can be imported into the UK.
Hand of Doom "Hand of Doom" is an anti-heroin song by Black Sabbath from their breakthrough album Paranoid in 1970. It is the first drug-related song by the band, and many others would follow, including "Fairies Wear Boots", "Sweet Leaf", "Snowblind" and "Supernaut".
Hand of Glory The Hand of Glory is the dried and pickled hand of a man who has been hanged, often specified as being the left (Latin: sinister) hand, or else, if the man was hanged for murder, the hand that "did the deed."
Hand of God goal The Hand of God goal (Spanish: Mano de Dios) was scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-final match of the 1986 FIFA World Cup between England and Argentina, played on 22 June 1986 in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca. Argentina won 2-1 and for some English people the legacy of this event perhaps best symbolizes the rivalry between the two teams.
Hand of Vecna In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game the Hand of Vecna is a powerful artifact. Originating in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting, the Hand appears as a severed left human hand, blackened and charred.
Hand Over Fist/Bullet Train to Vegas Hand Over Fist/Bullet Train to Vegas is a 7" vinyl single by the San Diego, California post-hardcore band Drive Like Jehu, released in 1992 by Merge Records. It is currently out of print, however both tracks were re-issued on the 2003 re-release of the band's second album Yank Crime.
Hand Over Your Loved Ones Hand Over Your Loved Ones is Wheatus' second album, released on 8 September 2003 by Columbia Records, a subsidiary of Sony. Due to conflicts between the band and their label the album was hardly promoted, failed to sell well and only one single, "American In Amsterdam", was released from it.
Hand pollination Hand pollination (also called "mechanical pollenation") is a technique used when natural, or open pollination is insufficient or undesirable. The most common techniques are for crops such as cucurbits, which may exhibit poor pollination by fruit abortion, fruit deformity or poor maturation.
Hand puppet A hand puppet is a type of puppet that is primarily controlled by a hand that occupies the interior of the puppet. Larger varieties of hand puppets place the puppeteer's hand in just the puppet's head, controlling the mouth and head, and the puppet's body then hangs over most or all of the forearm of the puppeteer, and possibly extends further.
Hand scraper A hand scraper is a single-edged tool used to scrape metal from a surface. This may be required where a surface needs to be trued, corrected for fit to a mating part, needs to retain oil (usually on a freshly ground surface), or even to give a decorative finish.
Hand surgeon Hand surgeons are a surgical subspecialty specializing in the care and treatment of problems relating to the hand, wrist, and elbow. Hand surgeons do not just engage in surgery - they are the primary medical doctors to deal with these issues, and often use non-surgical approaches.
Hand surgery The field of hand surgery deals with both surgical and non-surgical treatment of conditions and problems that may take place in the hand or upper extremity (commonly from the tip of the hand to the shoulder). Hand surgery may be practiced by graduates of general surgery, orthopaedic surgery and plastic surgery.
Hand Springs "Hand Springs" was released as a single by The White Stripes in 2000 (see 2000 in music). The song was coupled with "Cedar Pointe '76" by the Dirtbombs and came free with copies of the pinball fanzine Multiball.
Hand to hand combat Hand to hand combat (sometimes abbreviated as HTH or H2H) is a generic term for close quarters fighting, particularly when the outcome is likely to be fatal, as in mêlée military combat or a duel. This distinguishes it from combat sport.
Hand truck A hand truck is an L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. The objects to be moved are tilted forward, the ledge is inserted underneath them, and the objects allowed to tilt back and rest on the ledge.
Hand walking Hand walking is an unusual form of locomotion, in which the walker moves primarily using their hands. Before one can begin this method of motion, a handstand position must be attained and maintained, which requires good upperbody strength, as well as a heightened sense of balance and spatial awareness.
Hand-colouring Hand-colouring refers to any of a number of methods of manually adding colour to a black-and-white photograph or other image to heighten its realism. Typically, water-colours, oils and other paints or dyes are applied to the image surface using brushes, fingers, cotton swabs or airbrushes.
Hand-for-hand Hand-for-hand situations in poker arise exclusively during tournaments at times in which multiple tables are in play and the tournament is nearing an increase in the prize payouts, and/or there must be a definitive player ranking.
Hand-held camera Hand-held camera or hand-held shooting is a film and video technique in which a camera is literally held in the camera-operator's hands--as opposed to being placed on a tripod. (Cameras may also be placed on operators' shoulders or in braces on their chests.
Hand-stopping Hand-stopping is a technique by which a natural horn can be made to produce notes outside of its normal harmonic series. By inserting the hand, cupped, into the bell, the player can reduce the pitch of a note by a semitone or more.
Handa Bhonda Handa Bhonda (bn হাঁদা-ভোঁদা), also referred to as Hada Bhoda or Handa-Bhonda is a Bangla comic-strip (and later comic book) creation of Narayan Debnath which originally was serialized for the children's monthly magazine Shuktara. The comics have appeared in book form.
Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 2 events - a men's and a women's team competitions. They were held in two venues: in the Sokolniki Sports Palace (central part of Moscow) and in the Dynamo Sports Palace at Khimki-Khovrino (north-eastern part of Moscow).
Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women. Due to the USSR-led boycott some strong handball nations from Eastern Bloc did not compete; this gave opportunity to the Yugoslav team to take both gold medals.
Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics The most controversial rule that was implimented (and later removed January 1989) during the 1988 Summer Olympics was "Rule 13" which forced players to use their genitalia to propel the ball. The rule was scrapped after the 1988 Games due to the number of injuries incurred by the new rule, the worst of which being Aleksandr Tuchkin of the Soviet Union who injured his penis to such a degree that amputation was the only option.
Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics had a men's and a women's team competitions with the preliminary rounds taking place in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. From the quarter final stage onwards the women's event moved to the Indoor Arena of the Helliniko Olympic Complex with the men joining them there for their semi-finals and final.
Handball at the Summer Olympics Handball was introduced as an Olympic sport for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics, in Berlin, but dropped after that, only to be resumed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, again on German territory. Women's handball competition was introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Handball club Bosna Handball club Bosna (Bosnian: Rukometni klub Bosna) is a club from Visoko, founded on 9 February 1954. HC Bosna competes in the Handball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Handball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Handball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Handball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian, Croatian: Rukometni savez Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Рукометни савез Босне и Херцеговине) is the highest handball governing body in the country. It organizes the Premier league of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cup of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Handball International Championships The Handball International Championships are yearly held competitions where many countries and regions play the handball sports derived from the Jeu de paume and the International game. It's organized by the International Ball game Confederation.
Handbell A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand. To ring a handbell, a ringer grasps the bell by its slightly flexible handle — traditionally made of leather, but often now made of plastic — and flicks their wrist to make the hinged clapper inside the bell strike.
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, known as HANZAB, is the pre-eminent scientific reference on Birds in the region, which includes Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean and islands. It attempts to collate all that is known about each of the 957 species recorded.
Handbook of Automated Reasoning The Handbook of Automated Reasoning (ISBN 0444508139, 2128 pages) is a collection of survey articles on the field of automated reasoning. Published on June 2001 by MIT Press, it is edited by John Alan Robinson and Andrei Voronkov.
Handbook of Denominations The Handbook of Denominations, also known as Abingdon's Handbook of Denominations, by Frank S. Mead and Samuel Hill, is a reference work on religious denominations, particularly but not exclusively Christian ones, based in North America or extensively represented there (i.
Handbook of Educational Psychology The Handbook of Educational Psychology has been published in two editions, appearing in 1996 and 2006 respectively. Produced by Division 15 of the American Psychological Association (APA), the handbook broadly presents the theories, evidence and methodologies of educational psychology.
Handbook of Texas The Handbook of Texas (ISBN 0-87611-151-7) is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Texas geography, history, and historical persons published jointly by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) and the General Libraries at The University of Texas at Austin. The original Handbook was the brainchild of TSHA President Walter Prescott Webb of The University of Texas history department.
Handbrake turn The handbrake turn is a driving technique used to deliberately slide a car sideways, either for the purpose of negotiating a very tight bend quickly, or for turning around well within the vehicle's own turning circle.
Handbridge Handbridge (Treboeth in Welsh) is a small district of Chester, England on the south bank of the River Dee. A settlement has existed on the site since the Iron age, but the site saw major expansion during the collapse of the Roman occupation of Britain, as the city grew too large for its walls.
Handbuch des Schachspiels Handbuch des Schachspiels (Handbook of Chess, often simply called the Handbuch) is a chess book, first published in 1843 by Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa. It had been the project of Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, another member of the Berlin Chess Club, who died in 1840.
Handcar A handcar is a maintenance of way railroad car powered by its passengers, or by people pushing the car from behind. A typical design consists of an arm that pivots, seesaw-like, on a base, which the passengers alternately push down and pull up to move the car.
Handclaws Handclaws, also called Shuko or Tekagi (手鉤: "hand hooks"), are claw- or hook-shaped objects used by ninja as weapons. They were originally sharp spikes fixed to wooden clogs used for walking on snow or ice.
Handcrafting Justice HandCrafting Justice is an alternative trading organization working with approximately 2,000 women struggling for economic justice and independence in 18 developing countries. It was started in October 1997 as a project of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
Handcuff knot A handcuff knot is an inline knot with two adjustable loops in opposing directions, with the ability to tighten the two loops around hands or feet. The knot doesn't possess any noose action, so the knot won't be as easy to use for such purposes as the name might suggest.
Handcycles A handcycle is a type of human powered land vehicle powered by the arms rather than the legs, as on a bicycle. Most handcycles are tricycle in form, with two coasting rear wheels and one steerable powered front wheel.
Hande Yener Hande Yener (born January 12, 1973 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish pop music singer. She brought a different style to Turkish pop music, which was quickly realized by Turkish listeners, and is today one of the most popular music artists in Turkey.
Handedness Handedness is an attribute of human beings defined by their unequal distribution of fine motor skill between the left and right hands. An individual who is more dextrous with the right hand is called right-handed, and one who is more skilled with the left is said to be left-handed.
Handedness and sexual orientation A relationship between handedness and sexual orientation has been suggested by a number of researchers, who report that homosexual individuals are somewhat more likely to be non-right-handed than heterosexual individuals. The relationship between handedness and sexual orientation appears to exist within both sexes and may reflect the biological etiology of homosexuality.
Handel House Museum The Handel House Museum at 25 Brook Street, in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair was the home of the German born baroque composer George Frideric Handel from 1723 until his death at the house in 1759. He composed works such as The Messiah, Zadok the Priest and the Fireworks Music there.
Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt is a popular franchise founded in 1945 whose success has been reported in various publications including travelchannel.com, which recognized Handel's as "One of the Best Ice Cream Parlors in the Country.
Handel-C Handel-C is a programming language designed by Celoxica for compiling programs into hardware images of FPGAs or ASICs. It is basically a small subset of C, including all common expressions necessary to describe complex algorithms, without processor-oriented features like floating point arithmetic.
Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL) Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL) is a private business school in the German state of Saxony. Also known as the Leipzig Graduate School of Management, it is one of the world's oldest business schools, having been established in 1898.
Handeni Handeni is one of the seven districts of the Tanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the west by the Kilindi District, to the north by the Korogwe District and the Kilimanjaro Region, to the east by the Pangani District, and to the south by the Pwani Region.
Handfasting Handfasting is a betrothal or wedding ritual in which the couple's clasped hands are tied together by a cord or ribbon — hence the phrase "tying the knot". The tying of the hands may be done by the officiant of the ceremony, by the wedding guests, or by the couple themselves.

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