Huff
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Huff or huffing may refer to:
A yearly experiemental Film festival in Hamilton New Zealand
- Huff (TV series)Huff (TV series)Huff is an American television dramedy series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, a psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly when a 15-year-old client commits suicide in his office...
, a Showtime television program - Huff (board games)Huff (board games)Huffing is a rule used in some board games, such as Alquerque and traditional and informal English draughts . By this rule, a player who fails to make a capturing move when one is available is penalised by having the piece huffed, i.e...
- Huff and puff apparatusHuff and puff apparatusThe huff and puff apparatus is used in school biology labs to demonstrate that carbon dioxide is a product of respiration. A pupil breathes in and out of the middle tube. The glass tubing is arranged in such a way that one flask bubbles as the pupils breathes in, the other as the pupil breathes out...
- Huff-DuffHuff-DuffHigh-frequency direction finding, usually known by its abbreviation HF/DF is the common name for a type of radio direction finding employed especially during the two World Wars....
(HF/DF) High Frequency Direction Finder - Huff-Daland Aero Corp
- to huff, or huffing, slang term for the use of inhalantInhalantInhalants are a broad range of drugs whose volatile vapors are taken in via the nose and trachea. They are taken by volatilization, and do not include drugs that are inhaled after burning or heating...
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People named Huff
- Aubrey HuffAubrey HuffAubrey Lewis Huff III is a Major League Baseball first baseman with the San Francisco Giants. He debuted in 2000 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and later played for the Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, and Detroit Tigers. He is the starting first baseman for the San Francisco Giants who won the...
(born 1976), baseball player - Bob HuffBob HuffRobert S. Huff is a U.S. politician, who is a Republican member of the California State Senate, representing the 29th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino counties...
(born 1953), American politician - Dann HuffDann HuffDann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
(born 1960), singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer, and foundation member of 80s hard rock band Giant - Darrell HuffDarrell HuffDarrell Huff was an American writer, and is best known as the author of How to Lie with Statistics , the best-selling statistics book of the second half of the twentieth century....
(1913–2001), economist and author of How to Lie with Statistics - David Huff (musician), drummer (born 1961), songwriter and record producer, and foundation member of Giant along with brother Dann
- David Huff (baseball)David Huff (baseball)David Gregory Huff is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians.Huff attended Edison High School , University of California, Irvine and University of California, Los Angeles before being drafted by the Cleveland Indians.-Minor leagues:Since 2006, Huff has played in minor league...
(born 1984), baseball player - Gail HuffGail HuffGail Huff is a former American broadcast journalist and television reporter for WCVB-TV, Channel 5, the ABC network affiliate in Bostonand the wife of Scott Brown, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. She has been employed as a reporter at WCVB since 1993, working the 3-10 a.m. shift while her...
, reporter for Boston's WCBV-TV, and wife of U.S. Senator Scott Brown - George Huff (singer) (born 1980), American singer
- Janice HuffJanice HuffJanice Huff is chief meteorologist for WNBC in New York City.-Early years:As she has sometimes noted on her newscast, though born in New York City, at an early age she moved to her grandparents in Columbia, South Carolina, and graduated from Eau Claire High School with honors, where she was a...
(born 1960), weather presenter and TV anchor person - Leon Huff (born 1942), afro-American songwriter and record producer with Kenneth Gamble as Gamble and Huff
- Michael HuffMichael HuffMichael Wayne Huff II. is an American Football Free Safety for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He played collegiately as a CB/S for The University of Texas Longhorns.-High school career:...
(born 1983), American footballer - Orlando HuffOrlando HuffOrlando Huff is an American Football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft...
(born 1978), American footballer - Paul B. HuffPaul B. HuffPaul B. Huff was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.-Biography:...
(1918–1994), Medal of Honor recipient - Sam HuffSam HuffRobert Lee "Sam" Huff is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982....
aka Robert Lee Huff (born 1934), American footballer, coach and commentator - Tanya HuffTanya HuffTanya Sue Huff is a Canadian fantasy author. Her stories have been published since the late 1980s, including five fantasy series and one science-fiction series. One of these, her Blood Books series, featuring detective Vicki Nelson, was adapted for television under the title Blood...
(born 1957), Canadian fantasy author - Thomas Huff, co-founder of Huff-Daland Aero Corp
- Warren D. HuffWarren D. HuffWarren D. Huff, Professor of Geology at the University of Cincinnati . He specializes in clay mineralogy, researching the remnants of ancient volcanic eruptions....
, professor of geology at the University of Cincinnati
Film festivals
- Hamilton Underground Film FestivalHamilton Underground Film FestivalThe Hamilton Underground Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Hamilton, New Zealand. The festival is open to all and has no admission fee for film entries. Each entrant receives a DVD which contains all the entered films....
A yearly experiemental Film festival in Hamilton New Zealand