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Nils Waltersen Aasen Nils Waltersen Aasen (born March 30, 1878 in Stadsbygd, Rissa, died December 1925 in Wisconsin, USA) was a Norwegian arms inventor; he is credited to have created the modern hand grenade and land mine just prior to the first World War.
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, known as Ăillohaš in the Sami language (March 23 1943 - November 26 2001) was a Sami writer, musician and artist of Finnish citizenship born in Enontekiö in the Finnish part of Lapland. Significant portions of his life he lived in Käsivarsi, close to the border to Sweden, and also in Skibotn in Norway.
Nilsa Cruz-Perez Nilsa Cruz-Perez (born January 21, 1961 in Puerto Rico) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1995, where she represents the 5th legislative district. She was the Assistant Majority Leader from 2002-2005 and has been serving as Deputy Majority Leader since January 2006.
Nilshai Nilshai are fictive creatures that are primarily in the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons & Dragons. They are sorcerers native to the Ethereal Plane and are sometimes referred to as ethereal theurges by star elves.
Nilvadipine Nilvadipine is a safe and effective agent prescribed for patients with both hypertension and chronic major cerebral artery occlusion. In hypertensive patients with high risk of atherosclerosis, nilvadipine may protect LDL cholesterol from in vivo oxidation.
NiL NiL (recursive acronym for NiL Isn't Liero) is a free software clone of the once popular DOS computer game Liero, which is freeware. NiL runs on Linux and Windows and is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Nižný Klátov Nižný Klátov (; ) (1332/5 Inferior Turastukes, 1397 Al Teukes, 1400 Inferior Bokkenzeifin, 1580 Nieder-Beckseyffen) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Nişantaşı Nişantaşı is a quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, comprising neighbourhoods like Teşvikiye, Osmanbey, Maçka and Pangaltı. It includes stores of world famous brands and has many popular cafés, pubs, restaurants and night clubs.
Niša Saveljić Niša Saveljić (born March 27 1970 in Titograd, Montenegro, Yugoslavia) is a professional Montenegrin football player. For Serbia and Montenegro national football team he participated at 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the Euro 2000.
Nim "Nim" is a two-player mathematical game of strategy in which players take turns removing objects from distinct heaps. On each turn, a player must remove at least one object, and may remove any number of objects provided they all come from the same heap.
Nim Li Punit Nim Li Punit, is a Maya Classic Period site in the Toledo District of the nation of Belize, located 40 kilometres north of the town of Punta Gorda, at 16° 19' N, 88° 47' 60W. Nim Li Punit is sometimes known as Big Hat or Top Hat; the name is Kekchi Maya language for "Big Hat", referring to the large elaborate head-dress on a stela sculpture found on site depicting one of the site's ancient kings.
Nim Shue Wan Nim Shue Wan (TC:稔樹çŁ) is the south facing bay on the south side of Discovery Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Nim Shue Wan village was a small fishing village but now has become a dormitory village for workers at nearby Discovery Bay.
Nima Arkani-Hamed Nima Arkani-Hamed (born 1972) is a leading particle physicist and applied string theorist. He was born in the USA to Iranian parents (also physicists), became a Canadian citizen, and now is a full professor at Harvard University.
Nima Yooshij Nima Yoshigi (نیما ŰŚŮشیج in Persian) (November 12 , 1896 - January 6, 1960) shortly called Nima, born Ali Esfandiari (Persian: علی اسŮندیاری), was a contemporary Persian poet who started the she’r-e no ("new poetry") also known as she’r-e nimaa'i ("Nimai poetry") trend in Iran. He is considered as the father of modern Persian poetry.
Nimalka Fernando Nimalka Fernando is an attorney-at-law and women’s rights activist from Sri Lanka. She is a member of the Democratic People’s Movement in Sri Lanka which is a coalition of people’s movements, NGOs and trade unions initiating action and dialogue for alternative development paradigms.
Nimatullahi The Nimatullahi order (also spelled "Nimatollahi" or "Nematollahi") is a Muslim Sufi Order or Tariqa. It is named after its 14th century founder Nur al-Din Nimatallah Wali, known as Shah Nimatullah, who settled in and is buried in Mahan, Kerman Province, Iran.
Nimba Creations Nimba Creations is a UK special effects company which supplies animatronics, props, prosthetics, models & creatures for films and TV. Tom Lauten serves as Nimbas' Project Supervisor with Siobhan Hall as the Creative Director.
Nimber In mathematics, the proper class of nimbers (occasionally called Grundy numbers) is introduced in combinatorial game theory, where they are defined as the values of nim heaps, but arise in a much larger class of games because of the Sprague–Grundy theorem. It is the proper class of ordinals endowed with a new nimber addition and nimber multiplication, which are distinct from ordinal addition and ordinal multiplication.
Nimbin Rocks The Nimbin Rocks are volcanic extrusions of rhyolite left over from the Mount Warning Tweed Volcano that erupted around 20 million years ago in what is now northern New South Wales, Australia. The rocks are situated just outside the present day caldera wall about 20 km from Mount Warning and three kilometres from Nimbin village.
Nimbin, New South Wales Nimbin is a small village in the Northern Rivers area of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately 30 km north of Lismore, 43 km southeast of Kyogle, and 70km west of Byron Bay. The area is part of what is known as the 'Rainbow Region' and is culturally important to the Bundjalung Aboriginal Australians and has become a haven for Australia's counterculture in recent decades.
NimbleX NimbleX is a small Linux distribution which is able to run from a CD, USB drive or a network environment. It is based on Slackware with the use of linux-live scripts and it has many of this distribution's advantages, such as the availability of thousands of free software packages.
Nimbochromis livingstonii Nimbochromis livingstonii, or Livingston's cichlid, is a freshwater mouthbrooding cichlid fish of the genus Nimbochromis, native to Lake Malawi, an African Rift Lake. Individuals display peculiar behavior in the wild and in captivity, including a hunting method in which it lies motionless while resting on the lake or aquarium bottom.
Nimboran languages The Nimboran languages are a small independent family of Papuan languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross, that had been part of Stephen WĂĽrm's Trans-New Guinea proposal. However, when proto-Nimboran pronouns are reconstructed (*genam "I" and kom or komot "thou"), they don't much resemble the proto-TNG pronouns *na and *ga.
Nimbostratus cloud A Nimbostratus is a cloud of the class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; it is a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 ft (2400 m). Nimbostratus clouds completely block the sunlight.
Nimbus Records Nimbus Records is a British record company specializing in classical music recordings. Nimbus was founded in 1972 by the late bass singer Numa Labinsky and the brothers Michael and Gerald Reynolds and has traditionally been based at the Wyastone Leys mansion site, near Monmouth and the English/Welsh border.
Nimbus Theatre Nimbus Theatre is a small experimental theatre company located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company is dedicated to creating original plays, performing lesser-known works by established playwrights, and performing new works by local playwrights.
Nimda Shoet Shoet is a 6-by-6 wheeled armored personnel carrier developed by Nimda Group, Israel as a private venture, along the concept lines of the Soviet BTR-152. The vehicle successfully passed tests with the Israel Defense Forces, but didn't reach production.
Nimesulide Nimesulide is a prescription non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic and antipyretic properties and its approved indications are the treatment of acute pain, the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthrosis and primary dysmenorrhoea in adolescents and adults above 12 years old.
Nimian Hunter This is an 3D flash game created by Robert Kabwe of Montreal, the game makes use of an engine that creates the illusion of 3D in Flash. Your mission is to ride the wild horse and bring back the lost life to land which was lush and full of color once.
Nimiq The Nimiq satellites are four Canadian geosynchronous telecommunications satellites used by satellite television provider Bell ExpressVu. 'Nimiq' is an Inuit word used for an object or a force which binds things together.
Nimis Nimis is a series of wooden sculptures situated along the coast in the Kullaberg Nature Reserve, Höganäs Municipality, in the northern part of Skåne County, Sweden. They are a massive, wooden labrinthine structure connected by several wooden towers, and are said to be mostly constructed from driftwood.
Nimis, Italy Nimis is a town of 2,817 in the Italian province of Udine close to the border with Slovenia. It is situated in front of Mount Bernadia, home to a World War One Italian Fort and a locally famous sweet white wine, Ramandolo.
Nimitz Glacier The Nimitz Glacier () is an Antarctic glacier, 64 km (40 mi) long and 8 km (5 mi) wide, draining the area about 16 km (10 mi) west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains.
Nimitz Strike Group The , also known as Carrier Strike Group Eleven, is the collection of United States Navy ships and aircraft built around the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68). The battle group's homeport is in San Diego, California.
Nimrod (computing) A special purpose computer that played the game of Nim, designed and built by Ferranti and displayed at the Exhibition of Science during the 1951 Festival of Britain. Later, when the Festival ended, the computer was shown in Berlin.
Nimrod (distributed computing) Nimrod is a tool for the parameterisation of serial programs to create and execute embarrassingly parallel programs over a computational grid. Nimrod was one of the first tools to make use of heterogeneous resources in a grid for a single computation.
Nimrod (Doctor Who) Nimrod is a character in the Big Finish Productions audio plays Project: Twilight and Project: Lazarus written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, which are based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is an original character and does not appear in the television series, and should not be confused with the character of the same name from the serial Ghost Light (1989).
Nimrod (king) In the Bible and in legend, Nimrod (Standard Hebrew × Ö´×žÖ°×¨×•Öą×“ Nimrod, Tiberian Hebrew × Ö´×žÖ°×¨Öą×“ Nimrōḏ), son of Cush, grandson of Ham, great-grandson of Noah, was a Mesopotamian monarch and "a mighty hunter before Jehovah". He is mentioned in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10), in the First Book of Chronicles, and in the Book of Micah.
Nimrod Expedition British Imperial Antarctic Expedition or the Nimrod ExpeditionErnest Shackleton (1874-1922) - British Imperial Antarctic Expedition Nimrod , 1907 -1909 Cool Antartica website, accessed online december 29, 2006 (1908 - 1909) to Antarctica was led by Ernest Shackleton aboard the Nimrod with a crew that included George Buckley, Frank Wild, Eric Marshall, Edgeworth David, Jameson Adams, and Raymond Edward Priestley S. Murray-Smith, 'Priestley, Sir Raymond Edward (1886 - 1974)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition, Copyright 2006, updated continuously, ISSN 1833-7538, published by Australian National University.
Nimrod Fortress The Nimrod Fortress or Nimrod's Fortress (, "Castle of the Large Cliff"; , Mivtzar Nimrod) is an ancient fortress situated in the northern Golan Heights in Israel on a ridge rising about 800 m (2600 feet) above sea level.
Nimrod Glacier The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier, about 135 km (85 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spilling into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. This was first discovered by Adam Westland in 1995.
Nimrod Hunt Nimrod Hunt is a science fiction novel by Charles Sheffield. The story takes place hundreds of years in the future, with humanity having extensively colonized surrounding space, including beyond the solar system.
Nimrod Ping Nimrod Ping (died 3 July, 2006) was a British architect and politician who served as a councillor at the former Brighton Borough Council (now Brighton and Hove) for eight years from 1991 to 1999, until he became physically incapacitated through liver failure caused by Hepatitis C. He was one of the first openly gay councillors in Britain.
Nimrod Sejake Nimrod Sejake (1920-2004) was a labor leader in South Africa in the 1950s. He was a leading member of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, initially as secretary of the Iron Steel Workers, and became active in the African National Congress (ANC) in Soweto in the 1950s.
Nimrod Theatre Company The Nimrod Theatre Company, in Nimrod Street, Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia, was founded by in 1970 by John Bell, Richard Wherrett and Ken Horler, and gained a reputation for producing more "good new Australian drama" from 1970 to 1985 than any other Australian theatre company. The building is now home to Griffin Theatre Company.
Nimrod Workman Nimrod Workman (November 5, 1895 - November 26, 1994) was an American singer, coal miner and union activist. His musical repertoire included traditional English and Scottish ballads, Appalachian folk songs and original compositions.
Nimrod, Oregon Nimrod is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, on the McKenzie River. It is located along Oregon State Route 126, between Vida and Blue River, 35Â miles east of Eugene, in the Willamette National Forest.
Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa King-to Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa (京é˝ĺżµć…奄川貝枇杷膏) or more commonly, Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa or simply Pei Pa Koa is a Traditional Chinese natural herbal remedy used for the relief of sore-throat, coughs, hoarseness and loss of voice. It is a throat demulcent and expectorant.
Nin9 2 5ive Nin9 2 5ive is Joey Yung's seventh Cantonese full length studio album, released on April 29 2004. This was Joey's first album after sweeping almost all the important awards in the 2003 muisc award ceremonies, and was another highly anticipated album.
Nina & Lena Nina Slyusar and Lena Zybo Internationally acclaimed accordion duo whose partnership began during their studies in Vitebsk, Belarus, 1983 to 1987. They both graduated from the Music Conservatory in Minsk (under Professor N.
Nina (Breath of Fire) Nina (ă‹ăĽăŠ Japanese) is one of the recurring characters in the Breath of Fire series, much like Ryu. She is a different character in every game, but she is always a magic user with wings and blond hair, and often the princess of her people.
Nina (Paisiello) Nina is an opera in two acts by Giovanni Paisiello to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Lorenzi and Giuseppe Carpani, based on the libretto by Benoit-Joseph Marsollier. First performance: Caserta, San Leucio, 1789.
Nina (Spanish singer) Nina is a Spanish singer turned television personality. In 1989, she represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Nacida Amar, and in 2001, she became the headmistress of the very successful Spanish reality TV show OperaciĂłn Triunfo.
Nina Alexeyevna Lobkovskaya Nina Alexeyevna Lobkovskaya (Russian: Нина ĐлекŃеевна ЛобковŃкая) (born c. 1925) served as a sniper for the Red Army of the Soviet Union during World War II attaining the rank of Lieutenant.
Nina Arvesen Nina Arvesen (born May 16, 1961 in White Plains, New York) is an American actress of Norwegian extraction, best known for her portrayal of Cassandra Hall on the soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1988 to 1991.
Nina Bari Nina Karlovna Bari (November 19, 1901, Moscow – July 15, 1961, Moscow) was a Russian mathematician known for her work on trigonometric series. She was killed by a train in the Moscow Metro, and her colleagues speculated that she committed suicide, prompted by the death of her mentor Nikolai Luzin ten years earlier, a man who may have been her lover.
Nina Berberova Nina Nikolayevna Berberova () (26 July 1901 – 26 September 1993) was a Russian writer who chronicled the lives of Russian exiles in Paris in her short stories and novels. She visited post-Soviet Russia and died in Philadelphia.
Nina Bocharova Nina Antonovna Bocharova (Russian:Нина Đнтоновна Бочарова) (b. September 24 1924 in village Suprunovka, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, who won five medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Nina Carter Nina Carter (born Penny Mallett on 1 January 1951 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England) is a former Page Three girl in the 1970s. As Penny Mallett, she frequently appeared in Mayfair magazine, and during that period, she appeared in a softcore 8 mm film called Miss Mayfair.
Nina Cassady Detective Nina Cassady is a fictional character on the NBC crime drama Law & Order, portrayed by Milena Govich. Cassady, the first female detective in the Law & Order series, appeared in the first episode of the seventeenth season.
Nina Cassian Nina Cassian (born Renèe Annie Cassian on November 27, 1924) is a Romanian poet, journalist, film critic, and classical composer. She is noted for her translating abilities, and has rendered into Romania the works of William Shakespeare, Bertold Brecht, Christian Morgenstern, Yiannis Ritsos, and Paul Celan.
Nina Cieślińska Nina Cieślińska aka Pączek (Eng: Doughnut) (born in Słupsk, Poland) is a Polish singer who rose to popularity after placing seventh in Idol Poland 4, the Polish version of Pop Idol, which is broadcast on Polsat.
Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (13th May 1878 - 12th January 1951). She was born in Salisbury, the daughter of Major Robert Poore, married Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton and died in London.
Nina Dumbadze Nina Yakovlevna Dumbadze (; January 23, 1919 — 1983) was a discus thrower who represented the USSR. Her greatest achievement being a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, she also won the European Championships in 1946 and 1950.
Nina Ferrari Nina Ferrari is an American porn star and glamour model. She began working in the porn industry in 2000, and appeared in over 70 adult movies with scenes including regular sex, anal sex, lesbian sex, facial (sexuality) and masturbation.
Nina Garcia Nina Garcia, born in Colombia, South America, is the Fashion Director at ELLE magazine, as well as a judge on the Bravo reality television program Project Runway. As the Fashion Director of ELLE, Garcia works with a staff of about 20 editors and assistants to develop articles and layouts featuring new trends in fashion.
Nina Gavriljuk Nina Vasil'evna Gavriljuk () (born April 13, 1965 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet (until 1991) and Russian cross country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. She won four medals at the Winter Olympics with three golds (4 x 5 km: 1988, 1994, 1998) and one bronze (15 km: 1994).
Nina Gershon Nina Gershon (born 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is a federal district judge in the Eastern District of New York. She was appointed by President Clinton in 1996 at the recommendation of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Nina Gorlanova Nina Viktorovna Gorlanova (born 23 November 1947) is a modern short-story writer and novelist who has been living in a provincial Russian city Perm. Gorlanova was depicted as 'Youryatin' in Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago.
Nina Grewal Nina Grewal, MP (born October 20, 1958 in Osaka, Japan) is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party. She was elected in the general election of June 2004 to represent the constituency of Fleetwood—Port Kells, British Columbia.
Nina Jacobson Nina Jacobson (born 1966) is an American film executive who, until July 2006, was president of the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Buena vista bio (cached) With Dawn Steel], [[Gail Berman and Sherry Lansing, she was one of the last of a handful of women to head a Hollywood film studio since the 1980s.
Nina Kulagina Nina Kulagina, Ninel Sergeyevna Kulagina () (1926 - 1990) was a Russian woman who reportedly had great psychic powers, particularly in psychokinesis. Academic research of her phenomenon was conducted in the USSR for the last twenty years of her life.
Nina Mae McKinney Nina Mae McKinney (Born 12 June 1913 Lancaster, South Carolina, USA and died 3 May 1967 New York, New York, USA) was an American actress known for her leading role in Hallelujah! (1929), she was one of the first African-American film stars and was one of the first black people to appear on British television, featuring in the demonstration film broadcast each morning for the benefit of installers and engineers.
Nina Makarova Nina Vladimirovna Makarova (; in Jurino – 15 January 1976 in Moscow) was the wife of Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian and a composer in her own right who had great interest in Russian and Mari folksongs. She co-composed several pieces with her husband, including the Music to M.
Nina Myers Nina Myers is a fictional character on the television series, 24, played by Sarah Clarke. Nina was second-in-command of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) during the first season of the show, behind Jack Bauer, who was her former lover.
Nina Nastasia Nina Nastasia is a New York City-based singer-songwriter born in Hollywood. Her music is noted for an eclectic mix of folk delicacy and intricate chamber music arrangements worked out with her band and partner Kennan Gudjonsson.
Nina Nevelson Nina Nevelson (née Bronstein) (1902-June 9, 1928) was a Soviet Trotskyist and Leon Trotsky's younger daughter by Aleksandra Sokolovskaya. Nina's husband, Man Nevelson, was also an active Trotskyist who was exiled from Moscow in early 1928, at which point Nina's tuberculosis worsened.
Nina Oh Nina Oh is an Korean American actress, singer-songwriter, model and choreographer who goes by the stage name of Nina Diva. She is most known for her appearance on the reality style television show Superstar USA.
Nina Persson (born Nina Elisabet Persson September 6, 1974 in Jönköping, Sweden) is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group The Cardigans. She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing an album as A Camp and appearing on the tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited.
Nina Purpleton In the Gundam anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Nina Purpleton is the head engineer of the two new Gundams that are being developed for the Federation by Anaheim Electronics. She is voiced by Rei Sakuma in the original version.
Nina Romashkova Nina Apollonovna Romashkova (Ponomaryova) (Russian: Нина Đполлоновна РомаŃкова (Пономарёва)) (born April 27 1929 in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet/Russian discus thrower, the first Soviet Olympic Champion.
Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg Elisabeth Magdalena (Nina) Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (27 August, 1913 – 2 April, 2006) was the wife of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, the leader of the failed plot to assassinate Hitler on July 20, 1944.
Nina Simone and Her Friends Nina Simone and Her Friends is an album that contains songs by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003). The album was, however, released after Nina Simone left Bethlehem Records and without her knowing.
Nina Simone in Concert Nina Simone in Concert is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003). It was her first album for the record label Philips and was made up of three live recordings in Carnegie Hall, New York City in March and April of 1964 (previously, she had recorded Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall in 1963 for Colpix Records).
Nina Simone with Strings Nina Simone with Strings is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003). The album was released without her knowing after she had left Colpix Records and had already made albums for Philips Records.
Nina Solheim Nina Solheim is a Norwegian taekwondo athlete who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Participating in the women's 67kg division, she lost in the quarter final against Wei Lou of China after injuring her knee.
Nina Tower I Vision City Office Tower, previously known as Nina Tower I (如ĺżĺ»Łĺ ´) is a 80-storey highrise building under construction in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. Currently, the building is topped out, but other work, such as interior finishes have not yet been completed.
Nina Tucker Nina Tucker is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by actress and popular singer Delta Goodrem. She joined the show as a regular character in 2002, eventually leaving the show late in 2003.
Nina Wadia Nina Wadia (born 1969 in Bombay, India) is a British comedy actress, best known for her portrayal of various characters in the BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, which led to an appearance at Party at The Palace at Buckingham Palace in 2002, to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
Nina Webster Nina Webster Chancellor Kimble McNeil is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actress Tricia Cast played the role from 1986 to 2000, and recently has expressed a desire to return in a storyline centered around Nina searching for her long-lost first born child.
Nina Yefimova Nina Yefimova was a reporter for Vozrozhdeniye ("Revival"), a local Russian language newspaper in the Chechen capital Grozny. She was the 18th journalist to be killed in Chechnya since fighting escalated in December 1994.
Nina Zhivanevskaya Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya (Нина ĐлекŃандровна ЖиванвеŃкая) (born June 24, 1977 in Moscow) is a backstroke swimmer from Russia, who swims for Spain since 1999 after she married a Spaniard. She won a bronze medal for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 4x100m Medley Relay.
Nina's Tragedies Nina’s Tragedies (in Hebrew ×”××ˇ×•× ×•×Ş של × ×™× ×”) is a 2003 Israeli comedy/drama directed by Savi Gavison and starring Ayelet July Zurer, Yoram Hattab, Alon Abutbul and Shmil Ben Ari. It was first released in 2004.
Ninanajna "Ninanajna" (Macedonian cyrillic: НинанаŃна) was the Macedonian entry in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, performed in Macedonian and English by Elena Risteska, composed and produced by Darko Dimitrov and with lyrics by Rade VrÄŤakovski. Versions were also recorded entirely in each of the two languages.
Ninawa governorate council election, 2005 The Governorate Council election in the Ninawa governorate of Iraq was held on January 30, 2005, simultaneously with the national legislative election. The province is largely a mix of Sunnis and Kurds, but there is also a significant Shi'ite presence.
Ninawa Governorate Ninawa (Arabic: نینŮى , Kurdish: Neynewa, Syriac: ܢܝܢÜÜ NĂ®nÄ›wâ) is a governorate (province) in northern Iraq, and the Arabic name for the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria. It has an area of 37,323 km² and an estimated population of 2,600,000 people.
Nincada are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Nincada in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Nindi The Nindi are an ethnic and linguistic group based in southern Tanzania, in the Songea District of Ruvuma Region close to the border with Mozambique. Ethnologue estimates that the Nindi population is now only 100 people The group is virtually unknown outside of Songea.
Nine (purity) Nines are an informal, yet common method of grading the purity of very fine precious metals such as platinum, gold and silver. Based on the system of millesimal fineness, a metal is said to be one nine or one nine fine if it is 900 fine, or 90% pure.
Nine bestowments The nine bestowments (九錫) were awards given by Chinese emperors to extraordinary officials, ostensibly to reward them for their accomplishments. (The reason why the character 錫 (pronounced "Xi" in modern Mandarin) is used, rather than the expected 賜 ("Ci"), is because the two characters were interchangeable during times when the ceremonies were first established in the Classic of Rites, and it is not clear whether in modern Mandarin 九錫 should be pronounced jiǔxà or jiǔcì.
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, known as Ăillohaš in the Sami language (March 23 1943 - November 26 2001) was a Sami writer, musician and artist of Finnish citizenship born in Enontekiö in the Finnish part of Lapland. Significant portions of his life he lived in Käsivarsi, close to the border to Sweden, and also in Skibotn in Norway.
Nilsa Cruz-Perez Nilsa Cruz-Perez (born January 21, 1961 in Puerto Rico) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1995, where she represents the 5th legislative district. She was the Assistant Majority Leader from 2002-2005 and has been serving as Deputy Majority Leader since January 2006.
Nilshai Nilshai are fictive creatures that are primarily in the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons & Dragons. They are sorcerers native to the Ethereal Plane and are sometimes referred to as ethereal theurges by star elves.
Nilvadipine Nilvadipine is a safe and effective agent prescribed for patients with both hypertension and chronic major cerebral artery occlusion. In hypertensive patients with high risk of atherosclerosis, nilvadipine may protect LDL cholesterol from in vivo oxidation.
NiL NiL (recursive acronym for NiL Isn't Liero) is a free software clone of the once popular DOS computer game Liero, which is freeware. NiL runs on Linux and Windows and is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Nižný Klátov Nižný Klátov (; ) (1332/5 Inferior Turastukes, 1397 Al Teukes, 1400 Inferior Bokkenzeifin, 1580 Nieder-Beckseyffen) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Nişantaşı Nişantaşı is a quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, comprising neighbourhoods like Teşvikiye, Osmanbey, Maçka and Pangaltı. It includes stores of world famous brands and has many popular cafés, pubs, restaurants and night clubs.
Niša Saveljić Niša Saveljić (born March 27 1970 in Titograd, Montenegro, Yugoslavia) is a professional Montenegrin football player. For Serbia and Montenegro national football team he participated at 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the Euro 2000.
Nim "Nim" is a two-player mathematical game of strategy in which players take turns removing objects from distinct heaps. On each turn, a player must remove at least one object, and may remove any number of objects provided they all come from the same heap.
Nim Li Punit Nim Li Punit, is a Maya Classic Period site in the Toledo District of the nation of Belize, located 40 kilometres north of the town of Punta Gorda, at 16° 19' N, 88° 47' 60W. Nim Li Punit is sometimes known as Big Hat or Top Hat; the name is Kekchi Maya language for "Big Hat", referring to the large elaborate head-dress on a stela sculpture found on site depicting one of the site's ancient kings.
Nim Shue Wan Nim Shue Wan (TC:稔樹çŁ) is the south facing bay on the south side of Discovery Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Nim Shue Wan village was a small fishing village but now has become a dormitory village for workers at nearby Discovery Bay.
Nima Arkani-Hamed Nima Arkani-Hamed (born 1972) is a leading particle physicist and applied string theorist. He was born in the USA to Iranian parents (also physicists), became a Canadian citizen, and now is a full professor at Harvard University.
Nima Yooshij Nima Yoshigi (نیما ŰŚŮشیج in Persian) (November 12 , 1896 - January 6, 1960) shortly called Nima, born Ali Esfandiari (Persian: علی اسŮندیاری), was a contemporary Persian poet who started the she’r-e no ("new poetry") also known as she’r-e nimaa'i ("Nimai poetry") trend in Iran. He is considered as the father of modern Persian poetry.
Nimalka Fernando Nimalka Fernando is an attorney-at-law and women’s rights activist from Sri Lanka. She is a member of the Democratic People’s Movement in Sri Lanka which is a coalition of people’s movements, NGOs and trade unions initiating action and dialogue for alternative development paradigms.
Nimatullahi The Nimatullahi order (also spelled "Nimatollahi" or "Nematollahi") is a Muslim Sufi Order or Tariqa. It is named after its 14th century founder Nur al-Din Nimatallah Wali, known as Shah Nimatullah, who settled in and is buried in Mahan, Kerman Province, Iran.
Nimba Creations Nimba Creations is a UK special effects company which supplies animatronics, props, prosthetics, models & creatures for films and TV. Tom Lauten serves as Nimbas' Project Supervisor with Siobhan Hall as the Creative Director.
Nimber In mathematics, the proper class of nimbers (occasionally called Grundy numbers) is introduced in combinatorial game theory, where they are defined as the values of nim heaps, but arise in a much larger class of games because of the Sprague–Grundy theorem. It is the proper class of ordinals endowed with a new nimber addition and nimber multiplication, which are distinct from ordinal addition and ordinal multiplication.
Nimbin Rocks The Nimbin Rocks are volcanic extrusions of rhyolite left over from the Mount Warning Tweed Volcano that erupted around 20 million years ago in what is now northern New South Wales, Australia. The rocks are situated just outside the present day caldera wall about 20 km from Mount Warning and three kilometres from Nimbin village.
Nimbin, New South Wales Nimbin is a small village in the Northern Rivers area of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately 30 km north of Lismore, 43 km southeast of Kyogle, and 70km west of Byron Bay. The area is part of what is known as the 'Rainbow Region' and is culturally important to the Bundjalung Aboriginal Australians and has become a haven for Australia's counterculture in recent decades.
NimbleX NimbleX is a small Linux distribution which is able to run from a CD, USB drive or a network environment. It is based on Slackware with the use of linux-live scripts and it has many of this distribution's advantages, such as the availability of thousands of free software packages.
Nimbochromis livingstonii Nimbochromis livingstonii, or Livingston's cichlid, is a freshwater mouthbrooding cichlid fish of the genus Nimbochromis, native to Lake Malawi, an African Rift Lake. Individuals display peculiar behavior in the wild and in captivity, including a hunting method in which it lies motionless while resting on the lake or aquarium bottom.
Nimboran languages The Nimboran languages are a small independent family of Papuan languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross, that had been part of Stephen WĂĽrm's Trans-New Guinea proposal. However, when proto-Nimboran pronouns are reconstructed (*genam "I" and kom or komot "thou"), they don't much resemble the proto-TNG pronouns *na and *ga.
Nimbostratus cloud A Nimbostratus is a cloud of the class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; it is a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 ft (2400 m). Nimbostratus clouds completely block the sunlight.
Nimbus Records Nimbus Records is a British record company specializing in classical music recordings. Nimbus was founded in 1972 by the late bass singer Numa Labinsky and the brothers Michael and Gerald Reynolds and has traditionally been based at the Wyastone Leys mansion site, near Monmouth and the English/Welsh border.
Nimbus Theatre Nimbus Theatre is a small experimental theatre company located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company is dedicated to creating original plays, performing lesser-known works by established playwrights, and performing new works by local playwrights.
Nimda Shoet Shoet is a 6-by-6 wheeled armored personnel carrier developed by Nimda Group, Israel as a private venture, along the concept lines of the Soviet BTR-152. The vehicle successfully passed tests with the Israel Defense Forces, but didn't reach production.
Nimesulide Nimesulide is a prescription non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic and antipyretic properties and its approved indications are the treatment of acute pain, the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthrosis and primary dysmenorrhoea in adolescents and adults above 12 years old.
Nimian Hunter This is an 3D flash game created by Robert Kabwe of Montreal, the game makes use of an engine that creates the illusion of 3D in Flash. Your mission is to ride the wild horse and bring back the lost life to land which was lush and full of color once.
Nimiq The Nimiq satellites are four Canadian geosynchronous telecommunications satellites used by satellite television provider Bell ExpressVu. 'Nimiq' is an Inuit word used for an object or a force which binds things together.
Nimis Nimis is a series of wooden sculptures situated along the coast in the Kullaberg Nature Reserve, Höganäs Municipality, in the northern part of Skåne County, Sweden. They are a massive, wooden labrinthine structure connected by several wooden towers, and are said to be mostly constructed from driftwood.
Nimis, Italy Nimis is a town of 2,817 in the Italian province of Udine close to the border with Slovenia. It is situated in front of Mount Bernadia, home to a World War One Italian Fort and a locally famous sweet white wine, Ramandolo.
Nimitz Glacier The Nimitz Glacier () is an Antarctic glacier, 64 km (40 mi) long and 8 km (5 mi) wide, draining the area about 16 km (10 mi) west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains.
Nimitz Strike Group The , also known as Carrier Strike Group Eleven, is the collection of United States Navy ships and aircraft built around the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68). The battle group's homeport is in San Diego, California.
Nimrod (computing) A special purpose computer that played the game of Nim, designed and built by Ferranti and displayed at the Exhibition of Science during the 1951 Festival of Britain. Later, when the Festival ended, the computer was shown in Berlin.
Nimrod (distributed computing) Nimrod is a tool for the parameterisation of serial programs to create and execute embarrassingly parallel programs over a computational grid. Nimrod was one of the first tools to make use of heterogeneous resources in a grid for a single computation.
Nimrod (Doctor Who) Nimrod is a character in the Big Finish Productions audio plays Project: Twilight and Project: Lazarus written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, which are based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is an original character and does not appear in the television series, and should not be confused with the character of the same name from the serial Ghost Light (1989).
Nimrod (king) In the Bible and in legend, Nimrod (Standard Hebrew × Ö´×žÖ°×¨×•Öą×“ Nimrod, Tiberian Hebrew × Ö´×žÖ°×¨Öą×“ Nimrōḏ), son of Cush, grandson of Ham, great-grandson of Noah, was a Mesopotamian monarch and "a mighty hunter before Jehovah". He is mentioned in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10), in the First Book of Chronicles, and in the Book of Micah.
Nimrod Expedition British Imperial Antarctic Expedition or the Nimrod ExpeditionErnest Shackleton (1874-1922) - British Imperial Antarctic Expedition Nimrod , 1907 -1909 Cool Antartica website, accessed online december 29, 2006 (1908 - 1909) to Antarctica was led by Ernest Shackleton aboard the Nimrod with a crew that included George Buckley, Frank Wild, Eric Marshall, Edgeworth David, Jameson Adams, and Raymond Edward Priestley S. Murray-Smith, 'Priestley, Sir Raymond Edward (1886 - 1974)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition, Copyright 2006, updated continuously, ISSN 1833-7538, published by Australian National University.
Nimrod Fortress The Nimrod Fortress or Nimrod's Fortress (, "Castle of the Large Cliff"; , Mivtzar Nimrod) is an ancient fortress situated in the northern Golan Heights in Israel on a ridge rising about 800 m (2600 feet) above sea level.
Nimrod Glacier The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier, about 135 km (85 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spilling into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. This was first discovered by Adam Westland in 1995.
Nimrod Hunt Nimrod Hunt is a science fiction novel by Charles Sheffield. The story takes place hundreds of years in the future, with humanity having extensively colonized surrounding space, including beyond the solar system.
Nimrod Ping Nimrod Ping (died 3 July, 2006) was a British architect and politician who served as a councillor at the former Brighton Borough Council (now Brighton and Hove) for eight years from 1991 to 1999, until he became physically incapacitated through liver failure caused by Hepatitis C. He was one of the first openly gay councillors in Britain.
Nimrod Sejake Nimrod Sejake (1920-2004) was a labor leader in South Africa in the 1950s. He was a leading member of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, initially as secretary of the Iron Steel Workers, and became active in the African National Congress (ANC) in Soweto in the 1950s.
Nimrod Theatre Company The Nimrod Theatre Company, in Nimrod Street, Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia, was founded by in 1970 by John Bell, Richard Wherrett and Ken Horler, and gained a reputation for producing more "good new Australian drama" from 1970 to 1985 than any other Australian theatre company. The building is now home to Griffin Theatre Company.
Nimrod Workman Nimrod Workman (November 5, 1895 - November 26, 1994) was an American singer, coal miner and union activist. His musical repertoire included traditional English and Scottish ballads, Appalachian folk songs and original compositions.
Nimrod, Oregon Nimrod is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, on the McKenzie River. It is located along Oregon State Route 126, between Vida and Blue River, 35Â miles east of Eugene, in the Willamette National Forest.
Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa King-to Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa (京é˝ĺżµć…奄川貝枇杷膏) or more commonly, Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa or simply Pei Pa Koa is a Traditional Chinese natural herbal remedy used for the relief of sore-throat, coughs, hoarseness and loss of voice. It is a throat demulcent and expectorant.
Nin9 2 5ive Nin9 2 5ive is Joey Yung's seventh Cantonese full length studio album, released on April 29 2004. This was Joey's first album after sweeping almost all the important awards in the 2003 muisc award ceremonies, and was another highly anticipated album.
Nina & Lena Nina Slyusar and Lena Zybo Internationally acclaimed accordion duo whose partnership began during their studies in Vitebsk, Belarus, 1983 to 1987. They both graduated from the Music Conservatory in Minsk (under Professor N.
Nina (Breath of Fire) Nina (ă‹ăĽăŠ Japanese) is one of the recurring characters in the Breath of Fire series, much like Ryu. She is a different character in every game, but she is always a magic user with wings and blond hair, and often the princess of her people.
Nina (Paisiello) Nina is an opera in two acts by Giovanni Paisiello to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Lorenzi and Giuseppe Carpani, based on the libretto by Benoit-Joseph Marsollier. First performance: Caserta, San Leucio, 1789.
Nina (Spanish singer) Nina is a Spanish singer turned television personality. In 1989, she represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Nacida Amar, and in 2001, she became the headmistress of the very successful Spanish reality TV show OperaciĂłn Triunfo.
Nina Alexeyevna Lobkovskaya Nina Alexeyevna Lobkovskaya (Russian: Нина ĐлекŃеевна ЛобковŃкая) (born c. 1925) served as a sniper for the Red Army of the Soviet Union during World War II attaining the rank of Lieutenant.
Nina Arvesen Nina Arvesen (born May 16, 1961 in White Plains, New York) is an American actress of Norwegian extraction, best known for her portrayal of Cassandra Hall on the soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1988 to 1991.
Nina Bari Nina Karlovna Bari (November 19, 1901, Moscow – July 15, 1961, Moscow) was a Russian mathematician known for her work on trigonometric series. She was killed by a train in the Moscow Metro, and her colleagues speculated that she committed suicide, prompted by the death of her mentor Nikolai Luzin ten years earlier, a man who may have been her lover.
Nina Berberova Nina Nikolayevna Berberova () (26 July 1901 – 26 September 1993) was a Russian writer who chronicled the lives of Russian exiles in Paris in her short stories and novels. She visited post-Soviet Russia and died in Philadelphia.
Nina Bocharova Nina Antonovna Bocharova (Russian:Нина Đнтоновна Бочарова) (b. September 24 1924 in village Suprunovka, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, who won five medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Nina Carter Nina Carter (born Penny Mallett on 1 January 1951 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England) is a former Page Three girl in the 1970s. As Penny Mallett, she frequently appeared in Mayfair magazine, and during that period, she appeared in a softcore 8 mm film called Miss Mayfair.
Nina Cassady Detective Nina Cassady is a fictional character on the NBC crime drama Law & Order, portrayed by Milena Govich. Cassady, the first female detective in the Law & Order series, appeared in the first episode of the seventeenth season.
Nina Cassian Nina Cassian (born Renèe Annie Cassian on November 27, 1924) is a Romanian poet, journalist, film critic, and classical composer. She is noted for her translating abilities, and has rendered into Romania the works of William Shakespeare, Bertold Brecht, Christian Morgenstern, Yiannis Ritsos, and Paul Celan.
Nina Cieślińska Nina Cieślińska aka Pączek (Eng: Doughnut) (born in Słupsk, Poland) is a Polish singer who rose to popularity after placing seventh in Idol Poland 4, the Polish version of Pop Idol, which is broadcast on Polsat.
Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (13th May 1878 - 12th January 1951). She was born in Salisbury, the daughter of Major Robert Poore, married Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton and died in London.
Nina Dumbadze Nina Yakovlevna Dumbadze (; January 23, 1919 — 1983) was a discus thrower who represented the USSR. Her greatest achievement being a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, she also won the European Championships in 1946 and 1950.
Nina Ferrari Nina Ferrari is an American porn star and glamour model. She began working in the porn industry in 2000, and appeared in over 70 adult movies with scenes including regular sex, anal sex, lesbian sex, facial (sexuality) and masturbation.
Nina Garcia Nina Garcia, born in Colombia, South America, is the Fashion Director at ELLE magazine, as well as a judge on the Bravo reality television program Project Runway. As the Fashion Director of ELLE, Garcia works with a staff of about 20 editors and assistants to develop articles and layouts featuring new trends in fashion.
Nina Gavriljuk Nina Vasil'evna Gavriljuk () (born April 13, 1965 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet (until 1991) and Russian cross country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. She won four medals at the Winter Olympics with three golds (4 x 5 km: 1988, 1994, 1998) and one bronze (15 km: 1994).
Nina Gershon Nina Gershon (born 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is a federal district judge in the Eastern District of New York. She was appointed by President Clinton in 1996 at the recommendation of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Nina Gorlanova Nina Viktorovna Gorlanova (born 23 November 1947) is a modern short-story writer and novelist who has been living in a provincial Russian city Perm. Gorlanova was depicted as 'Youryatin' in Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago.
Nina Grewal Nina Grewal, MP (born October 20, 1958 in Osaka, Japan) is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party. She was elected in the general election of June 2004 to represent the constituency of Fleetwood—Port Kells, British Columbia.
Nina Jacobson Nina Jacobson (born 1966) is an American film executive who, until July 2006, was president of the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Buena vista bio (cached) With Dawn Steel], [[Gail Berman and Sherry Lansing, she was one of the last of a handful of women to head a Hollywood film studio since the 1980s.
Nina Kulagina Nina Kulagina, Ninel Sergeyevna Kulagina () (1926 - 1990) was a Russian woman who reportedly had great psychic powers, particularly in psychokinesis. Academic research of her phenomenon was conducted in the USSR for the last twenty years of her life.
Nina Mae McKinney Nina Mae McKinney (Born 12 June 1913 Lancaster, South Carolina, USA and died 3 May 1967 New York, New York, USA) was an American actress known for her leading role in Hallelujah! (1929), she was one of the first African-American film stars and was one of the first black people to appear on British television, featuring in the demonstration film broadcast each morning for the benefit of installers and engineers.
Nina Makarova Nina Vladimirovna Makarova (; in Jurino – 15 January 1976 in Moscow) was the wife of Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian and a composer in her own right who had great interest in Russian and Mari folksongs. She co-composed several pieces with her husband, including the Music to M.
Nina Myers Nina Myers is a fictional character on the television series, 24, played by Sarah Clarke. Nina was second-in-command of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) during the first season of the show, behind Jack Bauer, who was her former lover.
Nina Nastasia Nina Nastasia is a New York City-based singer-songwriter born in Hollywood. Her music is noted for an eclectic mix of folk delicacy and intricate chamber music arrangements worked out with her band and partner Kennan Gudjonsson.
Nina Nevelson Nina Nevelson (née Bronstein) (1902-June 9, 1928) was a Soviet Trotskyist and Leon Trotsky's younger daughter by Aleksandra Sokolovskaya. Nina's husband, Man Nevelson, was also an active Trotskyist who was exiled from Moscow in early 1928, at which point Nina's tuberculosis worsened.
Nina Oh Nina Oh is an Korean American actress, singer-songwriter, model and choreographer who goes by the stage name of Nina Diva. She is most known for her appearance on the reality style television show Superstar USA.
Nina Persson (born Nina Elisabet Persson September 6, 1974 in Jönköping, Sweden) is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group The Cardigans. She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing an album as A Camp and appearing on the tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited.
Nina Purpleton In the Gundam anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Nina Purpleton is the head engineer of the two new Gundams that are being developed for the Federation by Anaheim Electronics. She is voiced by Rei Sakuma in the original version.
Nina Romashkova Nina Apollonovna Romashkova (Ponomaryova) (Russian: Нина Đполлоновна РомаŃкова (Пономарёва)) (born April 27 1929 in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet/Russian discus thrower, the first Soviet Olympic Champion.
Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg Elisabeth Magdalena (Nina) Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (27 August, 1913 – 2 April, 2006) was the wife of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, the leader of the failed plot to assassinate Hitler on July 20, 1944.
Nina Simone and Her Friends Nina Simone and Her Friends is an album that contains songs by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003). The album was, however, released after Nina Simone left Bethlehem Records and without her knowing.
Nina Simone in Concert Nina Simone in Concert is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003). It was her first album for the record label Philips and was made up of three live recordings in Carnegie Hall, New York City in March and April of 1964 (previously, she had recorded Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall in 1963 for Colpix Records).
Nina Simone with Strings Nina Simone with Strings is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003). The album was released without her knowing after she had left Colpix Records and had already made albums for Philips Records.
Nina Solheim Nina Solheim is a Norwegian taekwondo athlete who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Participating in the women's 67kg division, she lost in the quarter final against Wei Lou of China after injuring her knee.
Nina Tower I Vision City Office Tower, previously known as Nina Tower I (如ĺżĺ»Łĺ ´) is a 80-storey highrise building under construction in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. Currently, the building is topped out, but other work, such as interior finishes have not yet been completed.
Nina Tucker Nina Tucker is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by actress and popular singer Delta Goodrem. She joined the show as a regular character in 2002, eventually leaving the show late in 2003.
Nina Wadia Nina Wadia (born 1969 in Bombay, India) is a British comedy actress, best known for her portrayal of various characters in the BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, which led to an appearance at Party at The Palace at Buckingham Palace in 2002, to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
Nina Webster Nina Webster Chancellor Kimble McNeil is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actress Tricia Cast played the role from 1986 to 2000, and recently has expressed a desire to return in a storyline centered around Nina searching for her long-lost first born child.
Nina Yefimova Nina Yefimova was a reporter for Vozrozhdeniye ("Revival"), a local Russian language newspaper in the Chechen capital Grozny. She was the 18th journalist to be killed in Chechnya since fighting escalated in December 1994.
Nina Zhivanevskaya Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya (Нина ĐлекŃандровна ЖиванвеŃкая) (born June 24, 1977 in Moscow) is a backstroke swimmer from Russia, who swims for Spain since 1999 after she married a Spaniard. She won a bronze medal for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 4x100m Medley Relay.
Nina's Tragedies Nina’s Tragedies (in Hebrew ×”××ˇ×•× ×•×Ş של × ×™× ×”) is a 2003 Israeli comedy/drama directed by Savi Gavison and starring Ayelet July Zurer, Yoram Hattab, Alon Abutbul and Shmil Ben Ari. It was first released in 2004.
Ninanajna "Ninanajna" (Macedonian cyrillic: НинанаŃна) was the Macedonian entry in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, performed in Macedonian and English by Elena Risteska, composed and produced by Darko Dimitrov and with lyrics by Rade VrÄŤakovski. Versions were also recorded entirely in each of the two languages.
Ninawa governorate council election, 2005 The Governorate Council election in the Ninawa governorate of Iraq was held on January 30, 2005, simultaneously with the national legislative election. The province is largely a mix of Sunnis and Kurds, but there is also a significant Shi'ite presence.
Ninawa Governorate Ninawa (Arabic: نینŮى , Kurdish: Neynewa, Syriac: ܢܝܢÜÜ NĂ®nÄ›wâ) is a governorate (province) in northern Iraq, and the Arabic name for the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria. It has an area of 37,323 km² and an estimated population of 2,600,000 people.
Nincada are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Nincada in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Nindi The Nindi are an ethnic and linguistic group based in southern Tanzania, in the Songea District of Ruvuma Region close to the border with Mozambique. Ethnologue estimates that the Nindi population is now only 100 people The group is virtually unknown outside of Songea.
Nine (purity) Nines are an informal, yet common method of grading the purity of very fine precious metals such as platinum, gold and silver. Based on the system of millesimal fineness, a metal is said to be one nine or one nine fine if it is 900 fine, or 90% pure.
Nine bestowments The nine bestowments (九錫) were awards given by Chinese emperors to extraordinary officials, ostensibly to reward them for their accomplishments. (The reason why the character 錫 (pronounced "Xi" in modern Mandarin) is used, rather than the expected 賜 ("Ci"), is because the two characters were interchangeable during times when the ceremonies were first established in the Classic of Rites, and it is not clear whether in modern Mandarin 九錫 should be pronounced jiǔxà or jiǔcì.
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