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Nine Below Zero Nine Below Zero are a blues band based in the United Kingdom who have a cult following throughout Europe and were most popular in the period 1980-1982. The band was originally formed in 1977 by guitarist Dennis Greaves, who disillusioned with the hard rock direction of the band he was in decided to set up a proper blues band.
Nine Days Nine Days, ninedays, 9 days is a rock band which was popular in the early 2000s. Formed in Long Island by John Hampson and Brian Desveaux, their mainstream debut album, The Madding Crowd, was released in 2000, marking Nine Days' entrance to the music scene.
Nine Diaries Jih-chi chiu-chung (Nine Diaries) was the most popular book published by Chinese writer Yu Dafu. Written in 1927, it detailed the events of his affair with the leftist writer Wang Ying-hsia and broke all previous Chinese sales records.
Nine Emperor Gods Festival The Nine Emperor Gods Festival (Chinese: 九皇爺, Hokkien: Kow Ong Yah, Cantonese: Kow Wong Yeh) is a Chinese festival to celebrate the return from heaven to earth of the Nine Emperor spirits, who are worshipped as one deity and who represent health, wealth and prosperity. The festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth moon in the Chinese lunar calendar.
Nine Expressions of Bhakti It was Prahlada, a five-year old boy, spiritually oriented even as he was born, who taught his boyhood contemporaries the Nine Expressions of Bhakti – a concept that is most well-known in Hindu religious world. Bhakti is intense devotion towards the Almighty.
Nine Fingers Nine Fingers is an amiga demo by Spaceballs, which came in fourth in The Party 1993 demo competition. In many ways, it is a successor to State of the Art, sporting the same kind of vector graphics (but slightly more advanced, and featuring an automatic tracer instead of doing it by hand).
Nine Inch Nails Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN) is an American rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio circa 1988 by Trent Reznor. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for the musical direction of the band.
Nine Inch Nails in popular culture The term "nine inch nails" has been used in various cultural references, and as an otherwise unlikely phrase is often assumed to be in reference or tribute to the band. Examples include musicians such as Tori Amos, video games such as Quake, movies such as Man on Fire, and literature such as The Dark Tower.
Nine Inch Nails: Live While Nine Inch Nails live performances are often described as being charged with violence and chaos, the band's recorded output is considered a separate entity (see: Nine Inch Nails). On record, most if not all of each release is performed entirely by Trent Reznor.
Nine lives tour The Nine Lives Tour was a tour headlined by Aerosmith which ran for over 2 years and saw the band playing shows in North America, Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Finland, Czech Republic, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Holland, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal. The tour was put on in support of their 1997 release Nine Lives and ran from May 1997 to July 1999.
Nine Ladies Nine Ladies () is a Bronze Age stone circle located on Stanton Moor, Derbyshire, England. Part of the Peak District National Park, the site is owned by English Heritage and is often visited by tourists and hill walkers.
Nine Lessons and Carols The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a format of Christian worship service celebrating the birth of Jesus and traditionally followed at Christmas. The story of the fall of humanity, the promise of the Messiah, and the birth of Jesus is told in nine short Bible readings, interspersed with the singing of Christmas carols and hymns.
Nine Lives (2005 film) Nine Lives is a 2005 movie telling nine short, loosely intertwining tales centred around nine different women. It is directed by Rodrigo Garcia and stars several notable actresses, including Sissy Spacek, Robin Wright-Penn, Glenn Close, Holly Hunter, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Elpidia Carrillo, Kathy Baker and Dakota Fanning.
Nine mile A Canadian band, based in Toronto. Founded in 2001, original members included: D'Ari Pouyat (vocals & guitar), Trevor Norris (Vocals & Guitar), Joshua Cowan (drums) and Dave Matthews (bass & vocals).
Nine Mile Nine Mile is a Canadian pop-rock band, based in Toronto. Founded in 2001, original members included: D'Ari Pouyat (vocals & guitar), Trevor Norris (Vocals & Guitar), Joshua Cowan (drums) and Dave Matthews (bass & vocals).
Nine Mile Creek A scenic stream noted for trout fishing, Nine Mile Creek extends about twenty-five miles from Otisco Lake in the Town of Otisco, New York. Recently New York State has been stocking the creek with Atlantic salmon as well as trout.
Nine Mile Point Colliery Riot The Nine Mile Point Colliery Riot was a riot at the Nine Mile Point colliery in Cwmfelinfach, Monmouthshire, South Wales in 1929 over the employment of blackleg labour, More than 700 villagers and miners rioted at the time taking several days for police to disperse and maintain control.
Nine Mile Road Nine Mile Road is a historic highway located in Henrico County and the independent city of Richmond, Virginia, USA. It was named for its length between a junction with the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road (present-day U.
Nine Million Bicycles "Nine Million Bicycles" is a song written and produced by Mike Batt for the singer Katie Melua's second album, Piece by Piece. It was released as the album's first single in September 2005 (see 2005 in music) and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Melua's first top five hit as a solo artist (she had previously participated in Band Aid 20's 2004 number-one charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?
Nine Months The 1995 romantic comedy film Nine Months stars Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, and Robin Williams. The movie is a US remake of the French movie Neuf mois and served as Grant's first US starring role.
Nine Nations of North America The Nine Nations of North America was a book written in 1981 by Joel Garreau. According to the book, North America can be divided into nine regions, or "nations," which have distinctive economic and cultural features.
Nine oils In the 19th century, the nine oils was a preparation, or liniment, which was rubbed into the skin to relieve aches, such as over bruises. The "nine oils" were apparently developed in veterinary medicine, for treating horses, but later was adopted for human medical use.
Nine O' Clock Nine O' Clock is a Romanian newspaper, with the feature that makes it stand out in the crowd being that it is in the English language. Starting up in 1991, it consisted only of 4 pages when it was launched, but has since then grown significantly in size and influence.
Nine Parts of Desire Nine Parts Of Desire (1994) is a non-fiction book by Australian journalist Geraldine Brooks, based on her experiences among Muslim women of the Middle East. It was an international bestseller, translated into 17 languages.
Nine Pearls The Nine Pearls, sometimes known as the Nava Moti (or nine gems, or "mani"), are a group of sacred gemstones described in the Vedic text known as the Garuda Purana. Enumerated as the Oyster Pearl, Conch Pearl, Cobra Pearl, Boar Pearl, Elephant Pearl, Bamboo Pearl, Whale Pearl, Fish Pearl, and Cloud Pearl, these gems were later documented in the treatise Brihat-Samhita ("The Great Compilation") of Varahamihira, the Indian mathematician.
Nine Queens (film) Nine Queens or Nueve Reinas (in original Spanish), is a 2000 Argentine film directed by Fabián Bielinsky and starring Gastón Pauls, Ricardo Darín, Leticia Brédice and Tomás Fonzi. It tells the story of two con artists who meet by chance and decide to cooperate in a scam.
Nine Saints The Nine Saints were a group of missionaries who were important in the spread of Christianity in what is now Eritrea and Ethiopia during the late 5th century. Their names were Abba Pantelewon, Abba Gerima (Issac, or Yeshaq), Abba Aftse, Abba Guba, Abba Alef, Abba Yem’ata, Abba Liqanos, Abba Aragawi, and Abba Sehma.
Nine Stories (Nabokov) Nine Stories is an English-language collection of stories written in Russian, French, and English by Vladimir Nabokov. It was published in 1947 by New Directions in New York City, as the second issue of a serial, Direction.
Nine to Five Nine to Five, also known as 9 to 5, is a 1980 comedy movie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Dabney Coleman and a television series of the same name starring Rachel Dennison, Rita Moreno, and Valerie Curtin.
Nine Tomorrows Nine Tomorrows is a collection of nine short stories and two pieces of comic verse by Isaac Asimov. The pieces were all originally published in magazines between 1956 and 1958, with the exception of the closing poem, Rejection Slips, which was original to the collection.
Nine Tonight Nine Tonight is a live album by American rock band Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). The album was recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan, in June of 1980 and at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts in October of 1980.
Nine Worthies of London Nine Worthies of London is a book by Richard Johnson, the English romance novelist, written in 1592. Borrowing the theme from the Nine Worthies of Antiquity, the book, subtitled Explaining the Honourable Excise of Armes, the Vertues of the Valiant, and the Memorable Attempts of Magnanimous Minds; Pleasaunt for Gentlemen, not unseemely for Magistrates, and most profitable for Prentises, celebrated the rise of nine famous Londoners through society from the ranks of apprentices or ordinary citizens.
Nine Years' War (Ireland) The Nine Years War (Irish: Cogadh na Naoi mBliana) in Ireland took place from 1594 to 1603 and is also known as Tyrone's Rebellion. It was fought between the forces of Gaelic Irish chieftains Hugh O'Neill (Earl of Tyrone), Hugh Roe O'Donnell and their allies, against the Elizabethan English government of Ireland.
Nine's Wide World of Sport Nine's Wide World of Sport or Nine's Wide World of Sports is the brand that all sporting events broadcast on the Nine Network are broadcast under. The flagship sports of the brand are Rugby League (National Rugby League (NRL), Cricket (Australian Summer of Cricket) and formerly Australian Rules Football (Australian Football League (AFL)) until Nine lost the rights in 2006.
Nine-ball Nine-ball is a contemporary variation of pocket billiards, with historical beginnings rooted in the United States and traceable to the 1920s. The game may be played in social and recreational settings by any number of players (generally one-on-one) and subject to whatever rules are agreed upon beforehand, or in league and tournament settings in which the number of players and the rules are set by the sponsors.
Nine-headed Bird The nine-headed bird (jiu tou niao) is a creature of ill omen in Chinese mythology, and "jiu tou niao" is traditionally a derogatory term for Hubei natives, implying a combative and dishonest character.
Nine-point circle In geometry, the nine-point circle is a circle that can be constructed for any given triangle. It is so named because it passes through nine significant points, six lying on the triangle itself (unless the triangle is obtuse).
Nine-primaried oscine The nine-primaried oscines is the name given to a grouping of oscine passerine birds which is comprised of the families Fringilldae (finches), Drepanididae (Hawaiian honeycreepers), Emberizidae (buntings, American sparrows etc.), Parulidae (New World warblers), Peucedramidae (Olive Warbler), Thraupidae (tanagers), Cardinalidae (cardinals) and Icteridae (icterids).
Nine-rank system The Nine rank system (ch. 九品中正制 or 九品官人法), or much less commonly, Nine grade controller system was a civil service nomination system during the Three Kingdoms and the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China.
Ninemsn ninemsn is a 50/50 joint venture between Microsoft and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) . It effectively acts as the website for both the Nine Network and MSN, and is one of Australia's most popular websites.
Ninepin Group The Ninepin Group (九針羣島) or Kwo Chau Islands (果洲羣島) is a group of 29 islands in the easternmost waters of Hong Kong. The Ninepin Group falls under the jurisdiction of Sai Kung District of Hong Kong.
Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1921 and is located within the Flathead Indian Reservation (known as the Tribal Trust Lands of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes) 5 miles (8 km) south of Ronan, Montana, United States. Most of the 2,062 acres (8.
Niners The Niners, in the Star Trek universe, are the baseball team formed by the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) crew in the holosuite in the episode "Take Me Out to the Holosuite." The team was formed in response to a challenge to Captain Benjamin Sisko by Solok, a rival Vulcan Starfleet Captain and former Starfleet Academy classmate, who had brought his starship to the station for repairs.
Ninestiles Technology College Ninestiles Technology College is a secondary school situated in Acocks Green, Birmingham, England. It is a mixed comprehensive technology college with 1400 students, including 200 in the sixth form; it also houses a unit for students with speech and moderate learning difficulties.
Nineteen Counties The Nineteen Counties were the limits of location in the colony of New South Wales defined by the Governor of New South Wales Sir Ralph Darling in 1826 in accordance with a government order from Lord Bathurst, the secretary of State. A further order of 1829 extended these boundaries to an area defined as the Nineteen Counties.
Nineteen Day Feast The Nineteen Day Feasts are regular community gatherings, occurring on the first day of each month of the Bahá'í calendar (and so most often nineteen days apart from each other). Each gathering consists of a Devotional, Administrative, and Social part.
Nineteen Eighty-Four Nineteen Eighty-Four (commonly, 1984) is a dystopian novel by the English writer George Orwell, first published by Secker and Warburg in 1949. The book tells the story of Winston Smith and his degradation by the totalitarian state in which he lives.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1953 TV program) Nineteen Eighty-Four was an American television adaptation of the novel of the same name by George Orwell, broadcast on CBS in the fall of 1953. Eddie Albert played Winston Smith, Norma Crane was Julia, and Lorne Green appeared as O'Brien.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (TV programme) Nineteen Eighty-Four was a British television adaptation of the novel of the same name by George Orwell, originally broadcast on BBC Television in the winter of 1954. The production proved to be hugely controversial, with questions asked in Parliament and many viewer complaints over its supposed subversive nature and horrific content.
Nineteen Eighty-Four in popular media George Orwell's dystopian political novel Nineteen Eighty-Four has been adapted for the cinema twice (with a third version possibly on the way), for the radio at least twice, and for television at least once. References to its themes, concepts and plot elements are also frequent in other works, particularly popular music and video entertainment.
Nineteen63 "Nineteen63" or "1963" is a track by British rock group New Order. It was released as a single in January 1995, but was originally released as a b-side to "True Faith" in 1987, and appeared on the Substance compilation of the same year.
Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland The Nineteenth Amendment of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the constitution of the Republic of Ireland, introduced changes to Articles 2 and 3 of the constitution required by the 1998 Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement). Prior to 1999, Articles 2 and 3 made the controversial claim that the whole island of Ireland formed one single "national territory".
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Amendment XIX (the Nineteenth Amendment) to the United States Constitution provides that neither the individual states of the United States nor its federal government may deny a citizen the right to vote because of the citizen's sex:
Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt The Nineteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt was one of the periods of the Egyptian New Kingdom. Founded by Vizier Ramesses I, whom Pharaoh Horemheb chose as his successor to the throne, this dynasty is best known for its military conquests in modern Israel, Lebanon, and Syria.
Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt Family Tree The family tree of the Egyptian Nineteenth dynasty is the usual mixture of conjecture and interpretation. The family history starts with the appointment of Ramesses I as the successor to Horemheb, the last king of the Eighteenth Dynasty who had no children.
Nineteenth Texas Legislature The Nineteenth Texas Legislature met from 13 January to 31 March 1885 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1884 General Election.
Nineteenth-century Dutch literature This article deals with literature written in Dutch during the nineteenth century in the Dutch-speaking regions (The Netherlands, Belgium, Dutch East Indies). It is part of a series of articles on Dutch literature.
Ninette de Valois Dame Ninette de Valois, OM, CH, DBE (June 6, 1898 – March 8, 2001) was the founder of London's renowned Royal Ballet. Born Edris Stannus in Baltiboys, County Wicklow, Ireland, Stannus began dancing in 1908 at age ten, and became noticed throughout England because of her graceful movements.
Ninety Six National Historic Site Ninety Six National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located about 60 miles (96 kilometers) south of Greenville, South Carolina. The historic site was established by in 1976 to preserve the original site of Ninety Six, South Carolina, a small town established in the early 1700s.
Ninety-Nine Restaurant and Pub Ninety-Nine Restaurant and Pub is a casual dining restaurant in the Northeastern United States, based in Woburn, Massachusetts outside Boston. Most of the chain's locations are in New England with clusters in the areas of Albany, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as well as several other locations in New York State.
Ninety-Nines The Ninety-Nines was founded on November 2, 1929 at Curtiss Field, Long Island, New York for the mutual support and advancement of women in aviation. All 117 women pilots licensed at the time were invited and the group is named for the 99 licensed women pilots who attended the meeting or expressed an interest in joining the group.
Ninety-One (solitaire) Ninety-One is a solitaire card game which is played using a deck of playing cards. Though not many solitaire packages have this game (only a few, such as Solsuite, 303 Game Collection, and Top Pop Games, are known to have it), it has also been documented in some solitaire books.
Ninety-Two Resolutions The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the Parti patriote of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony.
Ninetyeast Ridge The Ninetyeast Ridge, located in the Indian Ocean, is the world's longest and straightest undersea ridge. The ridge is named for its location along the 90th meridian, and is approximately 2,800 miles in length.
Nineveh Nineveh (Akkadian: Ninua; Syriac: ܢܝܢܘܐ, Ninua) was an important city in ancient Assyria. This "exceeding great city", as it is called in the Book of Jonah, lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris in modern-day Mosul, Iraq.
Nineveh plains Nineveh plains (Mosul plains, Assyria among others) is a region to the north and west of the city Mosul. It is considered to be the original homeland of the Assyrians but is currently also populated by Turkmen, Yazidis, and Shabaks.
Ninfa Segarra Ninfa Segarra is the last President of the New York City Board of Education. She served as President of the Board from 2000 to 2002 when the Board was abolished by the State of New York and power of the city schools of transferred to Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Ning Baizura Ning Baizura Bt Sheikh Hamzah (born 28 June 1975), known as Ning, referred to as Malaysia's "Soul Queen" or the "Malaysian Madonna". She was born in Kajang, Malaysia and is of Arab Malay and Dutch Javanese descent.
Ningauble of the Seven Eyes Ningauble of the Seven Eyes is one of two wizards in Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. The patron warlock of Fafhrd the northerner, Ningauble is so named due to his roving seven (sometimes only six) glowing eyes.
Ningbo Ningbo (; literally "Tranquil Waves") is a seaport sub-provincial city with a population of 800,000 in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Lying south of the Hangzhou Bay, and facing the East China Sea to the east, Ningbo borders Shaoxing to the west and Taizhou to the south, and is separated from Zhoushan by a narrow body of water.
Ningbo Twin Towers Ningbo is planning to built two 480-metre-tall twin towers called the Ningbo Twin Towers in the central core of the city. The buildings is estimated to have a construction cost over 600 million US dollars, and the buildings is planned to be completed in late 2008AD.
Ningbo University Ningbo University is a dynamic, young and comprehensive university with a wide range of disciplines: economics, law, education, liberal arts, history, science, engineering, agronomy, medicine and management. It is one of the key institutions of higher learning of Zhejiang Province.
Ningen Kokuho The highest rank of the union of Japanese swordsmiths, translating roughly to 'Living National Treasure.' Strict limits are placed on the number of sword blades they produce each year, making the work of a Ningen Kokuho extraordinarily valuable- in the mid-to-high tens of thousands of dollars for a blade alone.
Ningguo Ningguo (simplified Chinese: 宁国市; pinyin: Níngguó Shì) is a county-level city in the province of Anhui under the jurisdiction of Xuancheng. Its population is 380,000 and its area is 2447 square kilometers.
Ningxia Ningxia (; Postal map spelling]: Ningsia), full name Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (), is a [[Hui Chinese|Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located on the northwest Loess highland, the Yellow River flows through a vast area of its land. The capital of the region is Yinchuan
Ningyo , often translated as "mermaid," is a fish-like creature from Japanese folklore. Anciently, it was described with a mouth like a monkey's, small teeth like a fish's, shining golden scales, and a quiet voice like a skylark or a flute.
Ninhursag In Sumerian mythology, Ninhursag (NIN.URSAG or Ki (= Earth) was the Sumerian earth and mother-goddess she usually appears as the mother of Enlil (Lord air = North wind), Ninlil (Lady air = South wind) , Nanna (= Moon) and Utu (= Sun).
Ninian Central Platform The Ninian Central Platform is considered (as of June 2006) the world's largest man-made movable object. Constructed in Loch Kishorn, Scotland in 1978, the 600,000 tonne platform was towed to its current position in the North Sea where it operates as an oil platform.
Ninian Comper Sir John Ninian Comper, (June 10, 1864 – December 22, 1960), was a Scottish architect of church buildings and furnishings. His commissions include a line of windows in the north wall of the nave of Westminster Abbey, St Mary's in Wellingborough, St Michael and All Angels, Inverness, and St Cyprian's, Clarence Gate, London.
Ninian Stephen Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QC (born 15 June 1923), Australian judge and 20th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Oxfordshire, England, and migrated to Australia as a child. He was educated at the University of Melbourne, but his studies were interrupted by World War II, in which he served in the Australian Army in New Guinea and Borneo.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto Ninigi no Mikoto (瓊瓊杵尊) is in Japanese mythology the son of Ame no Oshihomimi no Mikoto, and grandson of Amaterasu, who sent him down to earth to plant rice there. He was the grandfather of Emperor Jimmu.
Ninin Ga Shinobuden 2x2 Shinobu-den: The Nonsense Kunoichi Fiction (Original Japanese title: ニニンがシノブ伝, English Release title Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu) is a twelve-episode anime series adapted from Ryoichi Koga's manga of the same name. As implied by the title (2x2 is pronounced as ni-nin) the show is an absurdist comedy starring Shinobu, an attractive ninja-in-training.
Niniwa Roberts Niniwa Kiri Rata Roberts-Lang (born June 1, 1976 in Takapuna, New Zealand) is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who made her debut for the women's national team in 2001 against India. She was a member of the squad, that finished sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Ninja (Dungeons & Dragons) The Ninja is a character class in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game that was introduced in the original 1st edition Oriental Adventures book. The concept of a ninja was later presented in 3rd edition as a prestige class titled the Master Ninja and went on as further prestige classes like the Ninja Spy from the 3rd edition Oriental Adventures.
Ninja Academy Ninja Academy is a 1990 Nico Mastorakis comedy film starring Will Egan, Gerald Okamura, Kelly Randall, Michael David, Robert Factor, and Jeff Robinson. It is a low-budget modern B-movie praised by many for the effort that the actors put into making the film likable despite its weak script, while many critics dislike the movie because of its stereotypical characters, poor editing, bad jokes, repetitive soundtrack, and over-reliance on the Sports Training Montage.
Ninja Burger Ninja Burger (忍者 バーガー) is a parody website started in late 1999, purporting that a sect of noble ninja have taken to secretly delivering fast food meals, anywhere, anytime, within 30 minutes or less. Failure to deliver within the ascribed time limit results in Seppuku.
Ninja Cinema Ninja Cinema is an independent film written by Patrick Loveless and co-directed by Alan Sucsy and Patrick Loveless. The film was originally created as a filler for a week-long Christian summer camp and has since turned into a cult phenomenon.
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) Ninja Gaiden is a video game released for the Xbox featuring the Dragon Ninja, Ryu Hayabusa. The game was a revival of the Ninja Gaiden series and was released to very high critical and commercial success with an average of 94% being awarded for the later released Ninja Gaiden Black.
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy Ninja Gaiden Trilogy is a compilation of the three Ninja Gaiden games on the NES with minor graphic and sound updates and added a password system to the first game (the original Japanese versions of the second and third games also featured passwords, but were deleted for the North American and PAL ones).
Ninja High School (band) Ninja High School is a Canadian dance-punk band, based in Toronto, Ontario, who merge hip hop and hardcore punk influences. The band consists of Matt Collins, Gregory Collins, Adrian Cvitkovic, Whitney Kemble, Catherine Ribeiro, Steven Kado and Wolfgang Nessel.
Ninja in Western fiction The first major appearance of the ninja in Western popular culture is in the James Bond film, You Only Live Twice in which the Japanese Secret Service employs a top secret Ninja force to play a critical role in helping the British spy stop SPECTRE's grandest scheme. Sho Kosugi was famous for his portrayals of ninja in several movies of varying quality.
Ninja III: The Domination Ninja III: The Domination is a 1984 film directed by Sam Firstenberg, and stars Lucinda Dickey as Christie, Jordan Bennett as Officer Billy Secord, and James Hong as Miyashima. Ninja III: The Domination is the third film in a series of Ninja films, the first being Enter the Ninja, and the second being Revenge of the Ninja, which are not directly related to one another in terms of storyline.
Ninja Over the Great Wall Ninja Over the Great Wall (Long hyo chang cheng), also known as Fire on the Great Wall and Shaolin Fist of Fury, is a 1987 martial arts film that is widely considered to be one of the best films starring the notorious Bruce Lee clone, Bruce Le.
Ninja pitting Ninja Pitting is a type of hardcore dancing commonly seen in circle pits at modern day Hardcore or Metalcore oriented gigs. It involves a wide range of violent movements in which individuals flail arms and legs around in martial arts style to the music.
Ninja Please Ninja Please is a rock band from Temple Terrace, Florida. The band formed in 2001, with drummer Matthew Mistretta, bassist/saxophonist Christopher Matthews, guitarist/drummer Dan "Big Dan" Moorehead and bassist Michael McKinley.
Ninja rocks Ninja rocks are broken shards of the porcelain insulators of spark plugs. Since they can quickly and almost silently fracture the glass windows on most cars, ninja rocks are increasingly the tool of choice in "smash-and-grab" auto burglaries.
Ninja Scroll is a Japanese action thriller anime, set in feudal Japan, by critically acclaimed director/writer Yoshiaki Kawajiri who was best known for his previous thriller Wicked City (Yōjū Toshi). The character designs were done by Yutaka Minowa.
Ninja Scroll: The Series Ninja Scroll: The Series is a TV series based on Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Ninja Scroll. The story takes place in feudal Japan and follows the adventures of Jubei Kibagami, a mercenary ninja who is given a duty to guard the Dragon Stone and to protect the Priestess of Light (Shigure) from the Hiruko Clan and the Kimon Shu.
Ninja Storm Power Rangers The Ninja Storm Power Rangers are fictional characters and heroes in the Power Rangers universe, appearing as protagonists in the television series Power Rangers: Ninja Storm. They are the 11th generation of Power Rangers.
Ninja Strike Force Ninja Strike Force is the title of a 1988 martial arts film directed by Joseph Lai which starred Richard Harrison, Geoffrey Ziebart, and Gary Carter. Ninja Strike Force was one of the last films of its kind to be released due to the decline of the "ninja craze" in the United States.

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