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Handheld console game A handheld video game is a video game designed primarily for handheld game consoles such as Nintendo's Game Boy line. In more recent history, mobile games have become popular in calculators, personal digital assistants (PDA), mobile phones, mp3 players, and other similar portable gadgets.
Handheld device A Handheld device (also known as handheld computer or simply handheld) is a pocket-sized computing device, typically utilising a small visual display screen for user output and a miniaturised keyboard for user input. In the case of the personal digital assistant (PDA) the input and output are combined into a touch-screen interface.
Handheld Device Markup Language The Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML) is a markup language intended for display on handheld computers, information appliances, smartphones, etc.. It is similar to HTML, but for wireless and handheld devices with small displays, like PDA, mobile phones and so on.
Handheld TV game A TV game is an interactive entertainment device designed for use on a television set that does not require the use of an actual video game console for operation. In the early days of cartridge consoles, they too were sometimes called "TV games", interchangeably with "video games".
Handi-Transit Handi-Transit was a non-profit corporation that provided specialized transit services to residents of Whitby, Ontario, Oshawa, Ontario, Scugog, Ontario, Uxbridge, Ontario, and Clarington, Ontario until December 31, 2005.
Handicap International Handicap International is a non-governmental organization created in 1982 to provide help in refugee camps in Cambodia and Thailand. Based in Belgium and France, it has since opened branches in six other countries : Switzerland, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and the United States.
Handicap principle The handicap principle is an idea proposed by biologist Amotz Zahavi. It concerns the way in which animals communicate through their behaviour and anatomy, and makes the counterintuitive claim that certain forms of sexually selected behaviour, and anatomical features supporting them, may have evolved because they apparently act to reduce the chances of individual survival of the animal exhibiting the behaviour.
Handicapping Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning. The word also applies to the various methods by which the advantage is calculated.
Handicraft Handicraft, also known as craftwork or simply craft, is a type of work where useful and decorative devices are made completely by hand or using only simple tools. Usually the term is applied to traditional means of making goods.
Handkerchief A handkerchief or hanky is a square of fabric, usually carried in the pocket, for personal hygiene purposes such as wiping one's hands or blowing one's nose, but also used as a decorative accessory in a suit pocket. Richard II of England is said to have invented the handkerchief.
Handkerchief code The handkerchief code, also known as the hanky code, bandana code or flagging is a way of indicating, usually among gay male casual sex seekers or BDSM practitioners in leather subculture in the US and Canada, whether they are a top or bottom, and what kind of sex they are seeking, by wearing cotton color-coded kerchiefs (bandanas), usually in the back pocket. This code was widely used in the 1970s, but is much less used today.
Handle (grip) A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that can be moved or used by hand. The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomic issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tradition.
Handle decompositions of 3-manifolds Handle decompositions of 3-manifolds allows you to simplify the original 3-manifold into pieces which are easier to study. An important method is decompose into handlebodies is the Heegaard splitting, which give us a decomposition in two handlebodies of equal genus.
Handle leak A handle leak is a type of software bug that occurs when a computer program asks for a handle to a resource but does not free the handle when it is no longer used. If this occurs frequently or repeatedly over an extended period of time, a large number of handles may be marked in-use and thus unavailable, causing performance problems or a crash.
Handle the jandal Handle the Jandal is an annual ceremony in New Zealand that celebrates New Zealand film, music and the Do It Yourself culture. The competition is for music videos of New Zealand music, made by New Zealand filmmakers with no external funding assistance.
Handle With Care (film) Handle With Care is a 1977 comedy movie set in a small town in Nebraska and loosely based on the wide popularity of citizens' band radio, usually called "CB," at the time. It was directed by Jonathan Demme.
Handley Page Halifax The Handley Page Halifax was one of the British front-line, four-engine heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force during Second World War. A contemporary of the famous Avro Lancaster, the Halifax remained in service until the end of the war, performing a variety of duties in addition to bombing.
Handley Page Hastings The Handley Page HP 67 Hastings was a troop-carrier and freight transport of the Royal Air Force. At the time it was the largest transport plane ever designed for the RAF, and it replaced the Avro York as the standard long-range transport.
Handley Page Hinaidi The Handley Page Hinaidi was one of two twin engined bombers built by Handley Page that served with the Royal Air Force between 1926 and 1933.The Hinaidi was an improved version of the Handley Page Hyderabad, which had first appeared in 1923 and built to meet Air Ministry Specification 13/29 The Hinaidi first flew on 26 March 1927 and went into production as the Mk II after major structural modifications were implemented.
Handley Page HP.100 The Handley Page HP.100 was a tendered submission to build a long range, high speed reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Air Force, able to overfly Soviet territory in the face of anti-aircraft defences, and to supply information for the V-bomber force carrying nuclear weapons.
Handley Page Type L The Handley Page L/200 was the internal designation for a biplane aircraft by Handley Page, conceived to compete for the Daily Mail ÂŁ10,000 prize for the first non-stop air crossing of the Atlantic. One prototype was designed and built in 1914 to the order of Princess Ludwig of Lowenstein-Wertheim.
Handley Page V/1500 The Handley Page V/1500 was an uprated design from the O/400 with the intention of bombing Berlin from East Anglian airfields. It was colloquially known within the fledgling RAF as the "Super Handley".
Handlin, Garrahan, Zachos & Associates Handlin, Garrahan, Zachos & Associates is an architecture firm, founded in 2002 based in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm has three partners: David Handlin, John Garrahan, Elizabeth Zachos, and it has designed residences, museums, educational buildings and private residences.
Handling qualities Handling qualities, sometimes also referred to as flying qualities is one of the two principle regimes in the science of flight test (the other being performance). Handling qualities involves the study and evaluation of the stability and control characteristics of an aircraft.
Handloading Handloading is the process used by many shooters to create firearm cartridges by assembling indivudual cartridge components (bullet, powder, primer and case), rather than purchasing those put together en masse and sold commercially, generally in packages of 6 to 50. When previously-fired cases are used, the process is often called reloading.
Handmade Films Handmade Films was a British film production company set up by George Harrison, formerly of The Beatles, and his business partner Denis O'Brien in 1979. It was originally formed to finance the Monty Python film Life of Brian after the original financiers pulled out.
Handmade jewelry Handmade jewelry is that which is crafted by hand, just as jewelry has been since it was very first created by humans. Unlike modern machine-made jewelry, no two pieces of handmade jewelry - even of the same design - will be identical.
Handmaiden A handmaiden (or handmaid) is a female assistant (or slave) that waits at hand as a servant or attendant. Typically, queens and princesses of old would have a handmaiden - they also feature in fiction, particularly fantasy and science fiction (such as the The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Doctor Who), and mythology - Norse goddesses (such as Frigga) frequently had handmaidens, as did Biblical characters such as Leah, and Mary.
Handoff In cellular telecommunications, the term handoff refers to the process of transferring an ongoing call or data session from one channel connected to the core network to another. In satellite communications it is the process of transferring satellite control responsibility from one earth station to another without loss or interruption of service.
Handover Handover, in the political-historical sense, often refers to the transfer of power of former colonies (particularly those of former British colonies) to the local people. The term was also used for the transfer of the Panama Canal and the Canal Zone to Panama, and the returns of sovereignty to Iraq by the United States.
Handpoint Handpoint is a name of a software company headquartered in Iceland. The company was founded in 1999 and specialises in developing software for handheld devices, specifically for the retail, hospitality and airline sector.
Hands (Jewel song) "Hands" is taken from Jewel's second album Spirit, and was the first single released by Jewel that was not altered from the original album version released on the album. However a radio edit did surface for the commercial release.
Hands Across America Hands Across America was a benefit event staged on May 25, 1986 in which millions of people held hands for fifteen minutes along a path across the continental United States. Participants paid ten dollars to reserve their place in line; the proceeds were donated to local charities to fight hunger and help the homeless.
Hands Down "Hands Down" was originally recorded for the acoustic So Impossible EP in 2001, which told the story of a day-in-the-life of Chris Carrabba in high school. It was re-recorded for the LP A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar in 2003 with a full band.
Hands in Dirty Ground Hands in Dirty Ground is a limited edition EP by Canadian indie rock group Great Lake Swimmers, released in 2006. The EP was initially made available only at the band's concerts, but was also later distributed by Zunior as part of the band's "digital box set", consisting of the EP and the band's first two albums on a USB flash drive.
Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn) "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" is a song created and sung by Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie which can be found on the Songs In The Key Of X: Music From And Inspired By The X-Files compilation album for music featured in or inspired by the popular TV series The X-Files. The song is also featured on Rob Zombie's album Past, Present & Future and once again as a remixed version on Alice Cooper's The Life and Crimes box set.
Hands of God Pre-Christian Vandals and Slavic mythology Supreme God (ideogram meaning notion God highest) and universe symbol. Cross was related at slavs (Just as in other indo-european groups) with power of nature sun generally ( mainly, fire and life ) and it symbolized balance of the universe.
Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary is a 1997 film documenting an endurance competition that took place in Longview, Texas. The yearly competition pits twenty-four contestants against each other to see who can keep their hand on a hard body truck for the longest amount of time.
Hands on Network Hands On Network brings people together to strengthen communities through meaningful volunteer action. They are a growing network of more than a half million volunteers changing communities inside and outside the United States.
Hands Off Venezuela Hands Off Venezuela is a political lobby group based in the United Kingdom and with branches in many other countries. Launch statement of the Iranian Hand Off Venezuela Campaign, (link), HOV, URL accessed July 27, 2006 The campaign was established in December 2002, following the Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002, with the aim of increasing public and political awareness in the UK and elsewhere of the Chávez government's social and political reformsAbout Hands Off Venezuela, (link), HOV, URL accessed July 27, 2006 and to counter what they see as a US funded propaganda campaign in the west to paint Chávez as a dictator and a threat to democracy.
Hands On Atlanta Hands On Atlanta is a non-profit organization that helps individuals, families and corporate and community groups find flexible volunteer opportunities at more than 400 service organizations and schools. Hands On Atlanta volunteers, now 37,000 strong, are at work every day of the year building community and meeting critical needs in schools, parks, senior homes, food banks, pet shelters, low-income neighborhoods and more.
Hands On Support Hands on Support is an initiative set up by the British Government to provide face to face training on the use of IT for effective teaching and learning for education professionals. The initiative ran from April 2004 until April 2006.
Hands Productions Hands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs.
Hands-free computing Hands-free computing is a term used to describe configuration of computers so that they can be used by persons without the use of the hands interfacing with commonly used human interface devices such as the mouse and keyboard. Hands-free computing is important because it is useful to both able and disabled users.
Handsel Monday Handsel Monday is the first Monday of the year, particularly as used to be celebrated in Scotland and northern England. Among the rural population of Scotland, Auld Hansel Monday, is traditionally celebrated on the first Monday after the 12th of January.
Handset penetration Handset penetration is a term generally used to describe the number of people (usually as a percentage) within a specific population owning handsets (mobile phones). For example handset penetration in most West European countries stands at over 50% as of 2004.
Handshake A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp their right or left hands, often accompanied by a brief shake of the grasped hands. It is commonly done upon meeting, departing, offering congratulations, or completing an agreement.
Handshape Handshape refers to specific shapes formed with your hand(s) that are used in signed languages and manual communication methods such as American Sign Language, Signed Exact English, and cued speech among others.
Handschiegl color process The Handschiegl color process (, App: Nov 20, 1916, Iss: May 13, 1919) was a stencil color technique used on motion picture film to give the effect of real color. Using the process, aniline dyes are applied to a black and white print using gelatin imbibition matrices.
Handsome Dan Handsome Dan is the mascot of Yale University's athletic teams, a bulldog. In addition to a person wearing a costume, the position is filled by an actual bulldog, the honor being transferred to another upon death or retirement.
Handsome Devil Originally formed in the spring of 2000, pop-punksters Handsome Devil consists of members Danny Walker (vocals, guitar), Billie Stevens (guitar), Keith Morgan (drums), Brian Wedmore (bass). Hailing from Orange County, CA (the same place that spawned Lit, No Doubt, and Social Distortion), Handsome Devil is quite musically comparable to their regional forefathers, as they list such diverse artists as The Clash, Ozzy, The Beatles, The Descendents, and Elvis Costello as important influences who helped shape their sound.
Handsome Eight The Handsome Eight were eight professional tennis players that Lamar Hunt signed in 1968 for his newly formed tour, World Championship Tennis (WCT). Taken together with a rival group of another half-dozen professionals such as Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver, so many of the top players were now lost to amateur tennis that an irresistible impetus was given to the need to create Open Tennis, which would let both professional and amateur players compete in the same tournaments.
Handsome Francolin The Handsome Francolin, Francolinus nobilis is a large, up to 35cm long, terrestrial forest francolin with a dark reddish brown plumage, grey head, red bill and legs, brown iris, bare red orbital skin and rufous grey below. Both sexes are similar.
Handspring Handspring was a maker of Personal Digital Assistants using the Palm OS operating system. The original inventors of the Palm Pilot and founders of Palm Computing were Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky, and Ed Colligan.
Handspring (gymnastics) A handspring is a gymnastics manoeuvre with two variations - the front handspring and the back handspring. Both variations involve a 360° rotation of the body, using the arms to push off from the ground and complete the move.
Handstand A handstand is the act of standing erect, but upside down, with one's hands on the ground and feet in the air. The basic handstand has legs extended vertically with no knee bend, hands roughly shoulder-width apart, and head facing forward, but there are numerous variations. Performing a handstand requires good upper body strength.
Handstand pushup The handstand pushup is a type of press-up exercise where the body is positioned in a handstand. The feet are either placed against a wall for support or, if the exercise is performed free-standing, held in the air.
Handsworth Grammar School Handsworth Grammar School is a selective school for boys, founded in 1862 and located in Birmingham, England. It is a non-denominational school and selects pupils at the age of 11 on the basis of performance in a series of exams.
Handsworth Park Handsworth Park (originally Victoria Park) is a park in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England. It lies 10 minutes by bus from the centre of Birmingham and comprises 63 acres (25 hectares) of landscaped grass slopes, including a large boating lake and a smaller pond fed by the Farcroft and Grove Brooks, flower beds, mature trees and shrubs with a diversity of wildlife, adjoining St.
Handsworth riots The two Handsworth riots occurred in the Handsworth suburb of Birmingham, England, during the summers of 1981 and 1985. The riots were allegedly caused by heavy-handed policing and drug-related problems in this inner city suburb, fueled by a nationwide wave of uprisings in the wake of the April 1981 Brixton riot.
Handsworth Riots - Twenty Summers On Handsworth Riots - Twenty Summers On is the name of an exhibition of photographs taken by Birmingham film maker and photographer Pogus Caesar during and in the wake of the Handsworth Riots, 9th - 11 September 1985.
Handwriting recognition Handwriting recognition is the ability of a computer to receive intelligible handwritten input. The image of the written text may be sensed "off line" from a piece of paper by optical scanning (optical character recognition).
Handy Andy Home Improvement Center Handy Andy Home Improvement Centers was a mid-western chain of big box home improvement centers led by president Richard George and headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois. The stores operated in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
Handy Hardware Handy Hardware is a hardware store retailers' cooperative serving 1,200 retailers in 11 south-central states in the United States as well as Mexico and Central America. It was founded in 1954 in Houston, Texas.
Handy Man "Handy Man" is a rock 'n' roll song credited to singer Jimmy Jones and songwriter Otis Blackwell . It was originally recorded by The Sparks Of Rhythm, a group Jones had been a member of when he wrote "Handy Man" although he was not with them when they recorded it.
Handy Manny Handy Manny is a TV animated children's program launched in 2006, part of the Playhouse Disney morning block of the Disney Channel. The show features the adventures of Manny Garcia, a bilingual Latino handyman, and his talking tools.
Handy Software Lab Handy Software Lab (HSLab), founded in 1998 as a wholly-owned business of a programming team, is focused on the development, marketing, distribution and support of leading control and statistical software in a variety of application areas. Our software meets the needs of both corporate system administrators and home users.
Handy Writers' Colony The Handy Writers' Colony, often called simply the Handy Colony or the Colony, was located in Marshall, Illinois. The Handy Colony was founded in 1950 by Lowney Turner Handy and her husband, Harry Handy, along with her student, best-selling novelist James Jones.
HandyDART HandyDART is an accessible transit service in Greater Vancouver that uses vans or small buses to transport disabled or elderly passengers who cannot use the normal transit system. HandyDART service is provided by seven different contractors depending on the municipality.
Handyman (TimeSplitters) Handyman is a character in the TimeSplitters series of video games. In TimeSplitters 2 he is created by his cheese induced nightmares of Hatchet Sal, were Sal dreamt of the race of Handymen who came after him for taking the severed hands of his victims .
Handyman Superstar Challenge Handyman Superstar Challenge (also referred to as Superstar Handyman Challenge from the show's logo) is a television game show on HGTV Canada, hosted by Karen Bertelsen. It is considered a sister show to Designer Superstar Challenge, also on HGTV (and also hosted by Bertelsen), and Superstar Chef Challenge on Food Network Canada.
Handymax Handymax is a naval architecture term for a bulk carrier, typically between 35,000 and 60,000 DWT. A Handymax is typically 150-200 meters (492-656 feet) in length, though certain bulk terminal restrictions such as those in Japan mean that many handymax ships are just under 190 meters in overall length (LOA).
Handyperson The terms handyperson, handywoman, or handyman, describe someone competent in a variety of the trade skills or inventive or ingenious in repair or maintenance work; somebody who earns money by the experience and skill to perform a variety of repairs and maintenance needs in and around your home. These tasks may be as simple as a minor repair or as complex as remodeling a bath room
Handywrite Handywrite is a phonetic alphabet / shorthand system made by Eric Lee after his own personal extensive research of other shorthand writing systems. He created it out dissatisfaction with other shorthand systems such as the Pittman and Gregg shorthand systems.
Haneburg The double wing castle Haneburg is one of the few received buildings of the Renaissance time in Northwest Germany and is in the ensemble of the Netherlands affected historical quarter Leer in East Frisia. The castle was built by the chieftain of Leer, Hayo Unken, in the middle of the 15th Century.
Hanetsuki Hanetsuki (羽根突き, 羽子突き) is a Japanese traditional game, similar to badminton, played with a rectangular wooden paddle, called a hagoita, and a brightly-coloured shuttlecock. Often played by girls at the New Year, the game can be played in two fashions, by one person attempting to keep the shuttlecock aloft as long as possible, or by the two people batting it back and forth.
Haneuljae Haneuljae, also known as Gyerimnyeong (계립령/鷄立嶺) is a mountain pass in the Sobaek Mountains of central South Korea. It runs between Chungju city in North Chungcheong province and Mungyeong city in North Gyeongsang province.
Hanford Dixon Hanford Dixon (born December 25, 1958 in Mobile, Alabama) is a former American football cornerback who played his entire career (1981-1989) for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. Dixon made the Pro Bowl three times, in 1986, 1987 and 1988.
Hanford Joint Union High School District The Hanford Joint Union High School District Consists of two comprehensive High Schools, Hanford High School and Hanford West High School, in addition to Earl F. Johnson Continuation School and an Adult School.
Hanford Reach The Hanford Reach is a free-flowing section of the Columbia River in Eastern Washington State, named after a large Northward bend in the river's otherwise Southbound course. Much of the Hanford Reach flows through the Hanford Site, a nuclear production facility that started during World War II.
Hanford Site The Hanford Site occupies 1,517 km2 (586 mi2) in Benton County, south-central Washington, and is approximately half the total area of the state of Rhode Island (centered on ). It was established in 1943 during World War II as the Hanford Engineer Works, part of the Manhattan Project, to provide the plutonium necessary for the development of nuclear weapons.
Hanford, California Hanford is the county seat of Kings County, California. It is the principal city of the Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA Code 25260) which encompasses all of Kings County and the cities of Hanford and Corcoran.
Hanford, Washington Hanford was a small agricultural community in Benton County, Washington. It was evacuated in 1943 along with the town of White Bluffs in order to make room for the nuclear production facility known as the Hanford Site.
Hang In computing, either a single computer program or the whole system may "hang" or become unresponsive to keyboard and mouse input. The term "hang" is synonymous with "freeze," the more commonly used term.
Hang 'Em High A 1968 Western film directed by Ted Post starring Clint Eastwood. Hang 'Em High is the story of an innocent man, Jed Cooper, who survives a lynching by nine men, and comes back as US Marshal Jed Cooper to see that justice is done, and to get his revenge.
Hang fire The term hang fire refers to a state in which an unexpected delay is encountered between a firearm being triggered and the initiation of the propellant. This mode of failure was common in firearm actions which relied upon open primer pans, due to poor/inconsistent quality powder.
Hang Li Po "Hang Liu" (汉丽宝) was the fifth wife of Malacca's Sultan Mansur Shah (reigning from 1456 to 1477). She was never recorded as a princess in the Chinese court Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty in the Ming Chronicles.
Hang Nadim In Sejarah Melayu, Hang Nadim was a Malay boy of great wisdom who saved Temasek from attack by shoals of swordfish, attacks which cost many Malays their lives. To fend off the attacks, Hang Nadim advised the ruler of Temasek, the Sri Maharaja to build a wall of banana stems along the shores of Temasek.
Hang on to Your Love (Sade single) "Hang On To Your love" was the first single for the English music group known as Sade (named after lead singer Sade Adu). It was features on their debut album, Diamond Life and was a Top 5 hit in the US in 1984.
Hang on to Yourself "Hang on to Yourself" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 and released on single under the name Arnold Corns. A rerecorded version was in 1972 released on the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
Hang Seng Index Hang Seng Index (abbreviated: HSI, Chinese: 恒生指數) is a capitalization-weighted stock market index in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It is used to record and monitor daily changes of the largest companies of the Hong Kong stock market and as the main indicator of the overall market performance in Hong Kong.
Hang Ten Nosemanual A hang ten nosemanual is when the skater places both feet facing forward on the nose of the skateboard. It's name came from a surfing trick in which the surfer would hang their toes over the surfboard and ride (although not necessary in skateboarding).
Hang Tough (Fluke song) "Hang Tough" is a single by the English electronic music band Fluke. Released 8 months prior to the first promotional release of their Puppy album it was a return to a more chilled out sound compared with their previous single "Pulse".
Hang Tuah Hang Tuah is a legendary Malay hero who lived during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah of the Sultanate of Malacca in the 15th century. He was the greatest of all the laksamana, or sultan's admirals, and was known to be a ferocious fighter.
Hang Up "Hang Up" is a song performed by Andy Abraham from his debut album The Impossible Dream. "Hang Up" was released as Abraham's first single on 27 March 2006 and reached #63 in the UK singles chart, and #14 in Ireland.
Hanga Roa Hanga Roa is the capital and only city of Easter Island, Chile, and is located in the southwest of the island. The population is 3,304 (2002 census), which is more than 87 percent of the population of the whole island.
Hangad Hangad (Tagalog for "yearning" or "desire") is an inspirational vocal ensemble first known for its songs Pananatili and Panunumpa (covered by pop singer Carol Banawa). They have also recorded albums which are co-produced with the Jesuit Music Ministry (JMM), the musical arm of Jesuit Communications Foundation (JesCom) of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus.
Hangar 17 Hangar 17 is best viewed as a Crackerjack for the early 1990s. The show was a music and variety show for 9 to 13 year olds, that went out either on a Friday or on a Tuesday tea-time between the times of 16:35 and 17:00 hours on BBC 1.
Hangar one vodka Hangar One vodka is a craft-distilled vodka that is made in Alameda, California and is at the forefront of the growing artisanal spirits movement in the United States. Hangar One "flavored" vodkas are made by infusing whole, fresh fruit into grain neutral spirit, and then redistilling these infusions by hand on a small pot still.
Hanger 13 Hanger 13 was a famous Scottish hardcore rave venue in Ayr, Scotland. During the 1990s, raves situated at this old Pavilion became the target of much police and media interest after alleged ecstasy-related deaths there.

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