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Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal The Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal is an award in the Australian honours system. The award is presented to those who perform humanitarian service in a foreign country, in particular those working in dangerous environments or conditions or during a humanitarian crisis.
Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. On 26 December the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, spawned a tsunami that wreaked havoc along much of the rim of the Indian Ocean.
Humanitarian Service Medal The Humanitarian Service Medal is a military decoration of the United States armed forces which was created in 1977 by order of President Gerald Ford. The medal is awarded to any member of the United States military (including Reserve and National Guard members) who distinguish themselves by meritorious participation in specified military acts or operations of a humanitarian nature.
Humanitarian Use Licenses Humanitarian Use Licenses are provisions in a license whereby inventors and technology suppliers protect in advance the possibility of sharing their technology with people in need. Thus, Humanitarian Use Licenses set the conditions for the provision of access to innovations for people in need at a royalty free basis or at lower costs.
Humanitarian-FOSS The Humanitarian-FOSS concepts and community were inspired by the Sahana FOSS Disaster Management System which was a leading example where Free and Open Source (FOSS) software was used to help alleviate human suffering during the December 2004 Asian Tsunami. The community was started with an informal Yahoo!
Humanitas publishing house Humanitas (Romanian: Editura Humanitas) is an independent Romanian publishing house, founded in 1990 (after the Romanian Revolution) in Bucharest by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu. Its slogan is Humanitas, bunul gust al libertăţii ("Humanitas, the good taste of freedom").
Humanitas Prize The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and TV writing deemed to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser — also the founder of Paulist Productions — but is generally not seen as specifically directed toward religious cinema or TV.
Humanities The humanities are those academic disciplines which study the human condition using methods that are largely analytic, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the nautral and social sciences. Conventionally the humanities include the classics, languages, literature, music, philosophy, history, religion, and the visual and performing arts.
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute The Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) is a research and teaching institute at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. HATII undertakes innovative research in Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) in the cultural heritage and arts and humanities sectors.
Humanities policy Humanities policy denotes the attempt to integrate ethical and philosophical concerns within the policy making process. It has developed in reaction to the perceived inadequacies within science policy, which has since Vannevar Bush assumed an automatic and linear relation between the discovery of scientific truth and societal progress, thereby eliminating the need for consideration of ends or values.
Humanitism Humanitism is a philosophy born in academic circles from efforts in dialogue & universalism and in the minds of the populus at the close of the 2nd Millennium CE rather than one that can be ascribed to any one individual. The philosophy may be summed up in the phrase "Through Humanity.
Humanity and Paper Balloons Humanity and Paper Balloons (人情紙風船 Ninjo Kami Fusen, 1937) is the last film completed by Japanese filmmaker Sadao Yamanaka. Largely unknown outside of Japan until recent years, the film has been hailed by critics (Tadao Sato, Donald Ritchie), and a number of other Japanese filmmakers (Akira Kurosawa among them) as one of the most influential examples of jidaigeki, or Japanese period films.
Humanity's Team Humanity's Team is a spiritual movement whose purpose is to communicate and implement the belief that humans are all one, one with God and one with life, in a shared global state of being, so that the behavior of humanity may shift to reflect this understanding. Dubbed "a civil rights movement for the soul," the movement reports having some 15,000 adherents from more than 90 countries on six continents.
Humanoid The term "humanoid" refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a human. In this sense, the term indeed describes primates, as well as mythological creatures and artificial organisms (robots), especially in the context of science fiction and fantasy fiction.
Humanoid (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, humanoid is a type of creature, or "creature type". Humanoids are any creature shaped generally like a human (two arms, two legs, one head, or a humanlike torso, arms, and head), of Small or Medium size, with few or no supernatural or extraordinary abilities.
Humanoid Animation Humanoid Animation (H-Anim) is an approved ISO standard for humanoid modeling and animation. H-Anim defines a specification for defining interchangeable human figures so that those characters can be used across a variety of 3D games and simulation environments.
Humanoid robot A humanoid robot is a robot with its overall appearance based on that of the human body. In general humanoid robots have a torso with a head, two arms and two legs, although some forms of humanoid robots may model only part of the body, for example, from the waist up.
Humanoids from the Deep Humanoids from the Deep is a 1980 horror/science fiction thriller, starring Doug McClure and Vic Morrow. Roger Corman served as the film's (uncredited) Executive Producer, and the film was distributed by his New World Pictures.
Humanos Humanos (Portuguese for Humans) is the name of a musical band from Portugal formed in 2004. The idea behind it was to bring to light some unedited songs by a great Portuguese artist, a singer-songwriter, from the 1980’s, António Variações.
Humans (Anita Blake mythology) There are many different ways in which humans interact with the supernatural in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter universe, including the animators of "Animators, Inc.," who use their power to raise the dead for profit, and the police of RPIT, the law enforcement division assigned to deal with supernatural crimes.
Humans (Noon Universe) Humans (люди) of the Noon Universe created by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky are mostly identical to homo sapiens. Humans inhabit numerous planets, but their original homeworld is probably Earth, others being populated by humans, presumably, as a result of Wanderers' manipulations.
Humans Being "Humans Being" was a song recorded and contributed by the rock band Van Halen for the movie Twister. It marks the last song featuring Sammy Hagar on vocals before his departure from the band in 1996.
Humans in Narnia The fictional world of Narnia, created by CS Lewis, is populated by numerous fantastical creatures, such as fauns, dwarfs, dryads, ogres, and talking animals, but also by humans. However, humans are not 'native' to Narnia; they were not created with it, but instead entered Narnia from 'our' world, by magical means.
Humans Versus Zombies Humans versus Zombies is a version of the game of Tag in which a "Zombie" is selected by a neutral, non-playing participant in secret and the "Zombie" attempts to tag and "eat" as many other "Humans" as possible. By "eating" a Human, the tagged Human becomes a Zombie and must "eat" more humans before a certain time period expires and he or she "starves" and is out of the game.
Humanure "Humanure" is a neologism designating human excrement (faeces and urine) that is recycled via composting for agricultural or other purposes. The term was popularized by The Humanure Handbook, a 1994 book by Joseph Jenkins that advocates the use of this organic soil amendment.
Humanure (album) Humanure is the fourth full length by the death metal/grindcore band Cattle Decapitation. Gabe Serbian, Justin Pearson and Robert Bray of The Locust (ANTI-) are guests on this album, along with former member Scott Miller.
Humanx Commonwealth The Humanx Commonwealth is a fictional interstellar ethical/political entity featured in the science fiction novels of Alan Dean Foster. The Commonwealth takes its name from its two major sapient species, who jointly inhabit Commonwealth planets and administer both the political and religious/ethical aspects.
Humanzee The Humanzee (also known as the Chuman, or Manpanzee) is a hypothetical chimpanzee/human hybrid. Chimpanzees and humans are very closely related (95% of their DNA sequence, and 99% of coding DNA sequences in common ), leading to contested speculation that a hybrid is possible, though no specimen has ever been confirmed.
Humarock Humarock (often called Humarock Beach or Humarock Island) is part of Scituate, Massachusetts. It was separated from the rest of the town in the Portland Gale of 1898 in which the mouth of the North River shifted.
Humate Humate (real name Gerret Frerichs) is a producer who has released singles with labels such as Yoshitoshi and Prolekult. His work has been featured on many compilations including the Global Underground series and Sasha and John Digweed's Northern Exposure series.
Humatrope Humatrope (somatotropin) is a polypeptide hormone of rDNA origin. Manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company, it is used to stimulate linear growth in pediatric patients who lack adequate normal human growth hormone.
Humaya River The Humaya River is a river in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, that connects to the Tamazula River in the city of Culiacán to form the Culiacán River. The source of the river is the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains.
Humayun Nasiruddin Humayun (Persian: نصيرالدين همايون) (March 6, 1508 – February 22, 1556), was the second Mughal Emperor and ruled northern parts of India from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–1556. Like his father, Babur, he lost his kingdom early, but with Persian aid, he eventually regained an even larger one.
Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed (Bangla:হুমায়ুন আহমেদ) is a popular Bangladeshi novelist and dramatist, whose stories and novels often involve the lives of middle-class people. He has recently emerged as a successful filmmaker, and was elected as one of the ten best living Bangalis.
Humayun Azad Humayun Azad (Bangla: হুমায়ুন আজাদ) (Rari Khal, Bangladesh, 28 April, 1947 - Munich, Germany, 11 August, 2004) was a prolific Bangladeshi author and scholar. He wrote more than 70 books including 10 novels, 7 collections of poetry, 7 books of comparative literature and 2 books for children.
Humayun's Tomb Humayun's tomb is a complex of buildings of Mughal architecture located in Nizamuddin East, New Delhi. It encompasses the main tomb of the Emperor Humayun as well as numerous others, including the Barber's Tomb.
Humbaj Humbaj (Kannada:ಹಂಬಜ) (better known as Humcha or Hamchawadi) is a hamlet located in Shimoga district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is famous for being home to an ancient temple of Goddess Padmavati, and to the Humbaj Matha (seminary/monastery), an important institution of the Jain community.
Humber Bay Humber Bay is a pocket of Toronto located north of the Lakeshore and wedged between the Humber River to the East and the Mimico Creek to the West. A practical example that Toronto isn't completely flat, you'll find rolling hills right out of the movies, ancient trees worth hugging and a very relaxing space.
Humber Bay Arch Bridge The Humber Bay Arch Bridge (also known as the Humber River Arch Bridge, the Humber River Pedestrian Bridge, or the Gateway Bridge) is a pedestrian and bicycle bridge south of Lake Shore Boulevard West in Toronto, Canada. Completed in the mid-1990s, the bridge is 139 metres in length, with a clear span of 100 metres over the mouth of the Humber River to protect the environmental integrity of the waterway.
Humber Bridge (Debts) Act 1996 The Humber Bridge (Debts) Act 1996 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The purpose of the Act was to give power to the Secretary of State for Transport to write off debts payable to the British Government by the Humber Bridge Board, operators of the Humber Bridge.
Humber College Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (generally referred to as Humber College) is a college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber College is the only Canadian college among 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges which are noted for excellence in delivering community college education.
Humber College Comedy: Writing and Performance The Humber School of Comedy (Comedy: Writing and Performance program) was founded in 1999, at Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the first and only post-secondary degree program in comedy in the English-speaking world.
Humber Pig The Humber Pig was a heavily-armoured truck used by the British Army from the 1950s until the 1990s. It became particularly well-known from its presence on the streets of Northern Ireland during the worst of the Troubles.
Humber River (Newfoundland) The Humber River is a river in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is approximately 120 kilometres long, rising in the Long Range Mountains; flowing southeast then southwest, through Deer Lake, to the Bay of Islands at Corner Brook.
Humber Super Snipe The Humber Super Snipe was a car produced by the British based Humber car company, part of the Rootes Group. It was introduced in October, 1938, and was derived by combining the four litre inline six cylinder engine from the larger Humber Pullman with the chassis and body of the Humber Snipe, a car which normally carried a three litre engine.
Humber the Hun Humber the Hun was a legendary king of the Huns as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. According to legend, following the separation of Britain by Locrinus, Kamber, and Albanactus, Humber invaded Albany and killed Albanactus in open battle.
Humber Watershed The Humber Watershed is a hydrological feature of south-central Ontario, Canada, principally in north and west Toronto. It has an area of 908 km2, flowing through numerous physiographic regions, including the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Niagara Escarpment.
Humberstone Speedway Humberstone Speedway is a 1/3 mile dirt oval raceway located in Port Colborne, Ontario. Races are held on Sunday nights, and regular events include ministock, 4 cylinder trucks, street stock, and sportsman class races.
Humbert Balsan Humbert Balsan (August 21 1954 – February 10 2005) was a French film producer and chairman of the European Film Academy. He was renowned for securing financing and distribution for diverse and often challenging films.
Humbert I of Savoy Humbert I (Umberto I Biancamano di Moriana in Italian and in official documents, Humbert-aux-Blanches-Mains or Hubert de Maurienne in French), (980 - 1047 or 1048 at Hermillon) became the first count of the House of Savoy, which ruled Savoy throughout its independent existence and furnished the monarchs of Italy after the unification.
Humbert Roque Versace Captain Humbert Roque "Rocky" Versace (July 2, 1937–September 26, 1965) was a United States Army officer of Puerto Rican-Italian descent who was awarded the United States' highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic actions while a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War. He was the first member of the U.
Humberto Álvarez Machaín Dr. Humberto Álvarez Machaín, a Mexican physician, was allegedly involved in the 1985 kidnapping, torture, and murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar by "prolonging Agent Camarena's life so that others could further torture and interrogate him.
Humberto Coelho Humberto Manuel de Jesus Coelho (born Cedofeita, 20 April 1950) is a Portuguese former footballer and a trainer. As one of the living symbols of Benfica, he was proposed to be a candidate for the clubs presidency in 1996, but he refused.
Humberto Medina Humberto Medina, called the Guarachero Mayor, created Guaracheros de Regla in 1959. He and his newly created comparsa performed that year in Regla (June 5 1959), but the following year they were invited to perform in Central Havana.
Humberto Quintero Humberto Quintero [oom-BERR-to kin-TAY-ro] (born August 8, 1979 in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball catcher who plays for the Houston Astros. Previously, Quintero played with the San Diego Padres (2003-04).
Humberto Robinson Humberto Valentino Robinson (born June 25 1930 Colon, Panama) was a pitcher with a five year career from 1955-1956, 1958-1960. He played for the Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies both of the National League and the Cleveland Indians of the American League.
Humberto Soto Armando Humberto Soto Ochoa (born May 11, 1980 in Los Mochis, Mexico) is a professional boxer in the Super Featherweight (126 lb) division, and is the current interim WBC featherweight boxing champion. Soto won the title by beating Rocky Juarez on August 20, 2005.
Humberto Vidal Explosion The Humberto Vidal Explosion (sometimes also referred to as the RĂ­o Piedras Explosion) was a gas explosion that occurred on November 21, 1996 on the Humberto Vidal shoe store located in RĂ­o Piedras, Puerto Rico. The explosion killed 33 and wounded 69 others when the building collapsed.
Humble & Fred The Humble & Fred show was a Toronto-based radio morning drive time show featuring co-hosts "Humble" Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson. It began in 1989 on CFNY-FM (later renamed Edge 102) before moving to Mojo 640 in April 2001, and finally to Mix 99.
Humble Administrator's Garden The Humble Administrator's Garden (or Zhuozheng Yuan) (), located at 178 Dongbei Street, Suzhou, is one of four great Chinese gardens. At 51,950 m² it is the largest garden in Suzhou, and generally considered the finest garden in southern China.
Humble Soul Humble Soul is a Manchester, UK based independent record label covering many genres of music from Folktronica, Blues, Jazz and UK Hip Hop. Humble Soul is on a mission to give artists a fair and honest opportunity to break into the industry.
Humbo Humbo is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Omo Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Humbo is bordered on the south by Lake Abaya which separates it from the Oromia Region, on the southwest by Boreda Abaya, on the west by Offa, on the north by Sodo Zuria, on the northeast by Damot Weyde, and on the east by the Bilate River which separates it from the Sidama Zone.
Humboldt Botanical Garden The Humboldt Botanical Garden (18 ha / 45 acres) is under construction south of Eureka, California, USA near the Humboldt Bay at the College of the Redwoods. Grading and site preparation for the Garden began in August 2003, and installations are scheduled for 2005-2006.
Humboldt Current The Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem (LME), named after the Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, extends along the West Coast of South America from Northern Peru to the southern tip of Chile. It is one of the major upwelling systems of the world, supporting an extraordinary abundance of marine life.
Humboldt fault The Humboldt fault or Humboldt Fault Zone, is a normal fault or series of faults, that extends from Nebraska southwestwardly through most of Kansasfrom the Kansas Geological Survey (at the University of Kansas) site, oil geology page, accessed on December 16, 2006
Humboldt Museum The Museum fĂĽr Naturkunde (in English, the Museum of Natural History), widely known as the Humboldt Museum of Berlin, is the first national museum in the world, with a massive collection of more than 25 million zoological, paleontological, and minerological specimens, including more than ten thousand type specimens. It is most famous for two spectacular exhibits: the largest mounted dinosaur in the world, and the most exquisitely preserved specimen of the earliest known bird, Archaeopteryx.
Humboldt Redwoods State Park Humboldt Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County, northern California, 30 miles (50 km) south of Eureka, California. It was established by the Save-the-Redwoods League in 1921 with the dedication of the Raynal Bolling Memorial Grove and has grown to over 60,000 acres (243 km²) through gifts to the state.
Humboldt Squid The Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas), also known as Jumbo Squid, Jumbo Flying Squid, Giant Squid, Diablo Rojo, Pota or Calamari, is a large, aggressive predatory squid found in the waters of the Humboldt Current in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. They are most commonly found at depths of 200-700 metres (600 to 2300 feet), from Tierra del Fuego to California.
Humboldt Street Historic District Humboldt Street Historic District, or Humboldt Island, as it is affectionately referred to by those who reside there, sites as the western end of Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado. It was the first residential district to be designated a historic district by the Denver Landmark Preservation Commission, and is a National Register district.
Humboldt University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (German Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin (Universität zu Berlin) by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities. From 1828 it was known as the Frederick William University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), later also as the Universität unter den Linden.
Humboldt—Melfort Humboldt—Melfort (also known as Humboldt—Melfort—Tisdale) was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1952 to 1968. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Humboldt, Melfort and Yorkton ridings.
Humbrol Humbrol Limited was a British manufacturer of model kits, toys and paints, producing under its own brand and the Airfix, Sky Marks, Young Scientist, 1st Gear, High Speed and W. Britain (William Britain) brands.
Humbucker A conventional humbucker (or Humbucking pickup) is a type of electric guitar pickup that uses two coils, both generating string signal. Humbuckers have high output since both coils are in series and because the magnetic circuit is low loss.
Humbug (computer game) Humbug is a text-based adventure computer game game written by British programmer Graham Cluley in 1990. The game is set at Christmas, and features the character of Sidney Widdershins as he arrives as his Grandad's mansion for the winter school holidays.
Humbug (The X-Files) "Humbug" was the twentieth episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. It was also designed to be the very first comedy episode in the series, and employs black humour throughout the episode.
Humdrum Humdrum is an animated short film directed by Peter Peake. It was released in 1998 and produced by Aardman Animations and received an Oscar nomination for Animated Short Film and a BAFTA nomination in the same category.
Humdrum and Harum-Scarum 'Humdrum and Harum-Scarum: A Lecture on Free Verse' is an essay by the poet Robert Bridges, first published in November 1922 in both the North American Review and the London Mercury. In it Bridges explains what he regards as the 'adverse conditions' that free verse imposes upon a poet:
Hume (crater) Hume is a small lunar crater that lies along the eastern limb of the Moon, along the southeast edge of Mare Smythii. It is located just on the far side of the Moon, but it is often brought into sight of the Earth due to libration.
Hume (language) Hume is a functionally-based programming language developed at St Andrews University and Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, and named after the 18th Century philosopher David Hume. It targets real-time embedded systems,
Hume and Hovell expedition The Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the most important journeys of explorations undertaken in eastern Australia. In 1824 the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane, commissioned Hamilton Hume and former Royal Navy Captain William Hovell to lead an expedition to find new grazing land in the south of the colony, and also to find an answer to the mystery of where New South Wales's western rivers flowed.
Hume and Hovell Track The Hume and Hovell Walking Track stretches over 440km between Yass and Albury, in New South Wales, Australia. The track allows walkers to rediscover the route of explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell on their expedition to Port Phillip in 1824.
Hume Blake Cronyn (politician) Hume Blake Cronyn (born August 28, 1864 in London, Canada West-died June 19, 1933) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the House of Commons as a Unionist in the riding of London in the 1917 election.
Hume Cronyn Hume Blake Cronyn, OC(July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian/American stage, film, and broadcast actor who forged a long and distinguished career---especially with or contiguous to his second wife, Jessica Tandy---after overcoming an early image as a film heavy.
Hume Football League The Hume Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, with clubs coming from a number of farming communities. Some players also come from the city of Albury, which is at the south of the area covered by the league.
Hume Lake Hume Lake is an 87 acre (352,000 m²) lake in Sequoia National Forest, Fresno County, California, USA, adjacent to the unincorporated town of Hume Lake Village. It is on Tenmile Creek, which flows into the Kings River.
Hume Power Station, New South Wales Hume Power Station is a hydroelectric power station at the Hume Weir on the Murray River near Albury, New South Wales, Australia. Hume has two turbines with a combined generating capacity of 58 MW of electricity.
Hume's Ground Tit Hume's Ground Tit (Pseudopodoces humilis), previously known as Hume's Ground Jay, is a lark-like bird. It is similar in shape to the (unrelated) genus Podoces but is much smaller, about the size of a House Sparrow.
Hume's Leaf Warbler Hume's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei) or Hume's Warbler is a small leaf warbler which breeds in the mountains of central Asia from the Hindu Kush and Karakoram east and north to the Tien Shan in China and the Altay Mountains in Mongolia. The completely allopatric subspecies mandellii - sometimes separated as Mandell's Warbler - occurs in the eastern Tibetan Plateau (Alström 2006).
Hume's principle Hume's Principle, or HP—the terms were coined by George Boolos—says that the number of Fs is equal to the number of Gs if there is a one-to-one correspondence (a bijection) between the Fs and the Gs. HP can be stated formally in systems of second-order logic.
Hume's Pheasant The Hume's Pheasant, Syrmaticus humiae also known as Mrs Hume's Pheasant or Bar-tailed Pheasant is a large, up to 90cm long, forest pheasant with a greyish brown head, bare red facial skin, chestnut brown plumage, yellowish bill, brownish orange iris, white wingbars and metallic blue neck feathers. The male has a long greyish white, barred black and brown tail.
Humectant A humectant is a hygroscopic substance. It is often a molecule with several hydrophilic groups, most often hydroxyl groups, but amines and carboxyl groups, sometimes esterified, can be encountered as well; the affinity to form hydrogen bonds with molecules of water is crucial here.
Humera Humera (also Himera, Ge'ez ሁመራ hūmerā) is a town in northern Ethiopia, near the borders of Sudan and Eritrea with a latitude and a longitude of . Although administratively part of the Mirabawi Zone of Tigray, Humera is located in the Wolqayt-Tsegede area, which historically has been part of the province of Begemder.
Humewood-Cedarvale Humewood-Cedarvale is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, historically part of York. The neighbourhood is bordered by Bathurst Street to the west, Eglinton Avenue to the north, Arlington Avenue to the west and St.
Humiaki Huzita Humiaki Huzita (, Hepburn romanization: Fujita Fumiaki, 1924 – 2005) was a Japanese-Italian mathematician and origami artist. He was born in Japan, emigrating to Italy to study nuclear physics at the University of Padua.
Humic acid Humic acid is one of the major components of humic substances (or Natural Organic Matter (NOM)) which are dark brown and major constituents of soil organic matter humus that contributes to soil chemical and physical quality and are also precursors of some fossil fuels. They can also be found in peat, coal, many upland streams and ocean water.
Humid continental climate The humid continental climate is a climate found over large areas of land masses in the temperate regions of the mid-latitudes where there is a zone of conflict between polar and tropical air masses. The humid continental climate is marked by variable weather patterns and a large seasonal temperature variance.
Humid Pampa The Humid Pampa (Spanish: Pampa HĂşmeda) is an extensive region of flat, fertile grassland of loessic origin in Argentina. It has a precipitation average of 500 mm per year, in contrast with the other part of the Pampas, the Dry Pampa.
Humid subtropical climate Humid subtropical climates (Köppen Cfa) are characterized by hot, humid summers and cool to mild winters. Significant amounts of precipitation are received in all seasons in most areas, but a variant (Köppen Cwa) with a very marked dry winter also occurs in East Asia and some other areas that would be classified as savanna climates but for having relatively cool winters.
Humidex The humidex is a measurement used by Canadian meteorologists to reflect the combined effect of heat and humidity. It differs from the heat index used in the United States in using dew point rather than relative humidity.
Humidicutis Humidicutis is a small genus of brightly coloured agarics, the majority of which are found in Eastern Australia. They were previously described as members of Hygrocybe, such as the Mauve splitting wax-cap Humidicutis lewelliniae.

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