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Nitzhonot Nitzhonot (Hebrew: × ×¦×—×•× ×•×Ş) is a crossover between Goa trance and uplifting trance, emerged during the mid-late 1990s in Israel. The word "Nitzhonot" is taken from Hebrew, where it means 'victories'.
Niuafo'ou language Niuafoouan is the language spoken on Tonga's northernmost island Niuafoou. Although, due to the fact that it is part of Tonga, currently all inhabitants speak Tongan as well, Niuafoouan is different enough to be counted as a language on itself with clear similarities towards Uvean and Tokelauan.
Niue Assembly The Assembly has 20 members elected for a three year term, 6 elected on a common roll and 14 representatives of the villages. Electors must be New Zealand citizens, resident for at least three months, and candidates must have been electors, resident for twelve months.
Niue Business Centre The Niue Business Centre(NBC) use to be known as the Business Advisory Services (BAS), the name change in late 2006 to reflect the changing focus of the development of the private sector in Niue. The NBC operates by one full-time officer and one part time officer, they have a weekly Pisinisi Niue Radio Programme on Radio Sunshine for informing the businesses on news and policies of Government affecting the private sector.
Niue national rugby union team The Niue Island national rugy union team is the third tier rugby playing nation of Niue Island. They first playing in 1983 and have played just 10 games to date, four against the Cook Islands and three against Tahiti.
Niuean language The Niuean language or Niue language (Niuean: ko e vagahau NiuÄ“) is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages. It is most closely related to Tongan and slightly more distantly to other Polynesian languages such as MÄori, SÄmoan, and Hawaiian.
Niumataiwalu Niumataiwalu, or more fully, Ratu Jepesa Niumataiwalu, was the founder of the Vuanirewa dynasty, or noble clan, of the Lau Islands (in Fiji) from which the Tui Nayau is chosen. Niumataiwalu was the son of Delainavugalei, titular lord of the island of Nayau.
Nivarox Nivarox (Nicht Variable Oxydfest - Not Variable Resistant to Oxidation) is a metallic alloy, which is used mainly in the watch industry. This alloy composed of iron, 40 % nickel, chromium, titanium and beryllium has properties, which are very useful in building the balances.
Nivation Nivation is the process of alternative freeze and thaw by which fallen snow gets converted into mass of ice or Névé, hence the term, nivation. The term glacier is applied only when the ice has accumulated enough for the mass to reach the moving stage.
Nivôse (F 732) The Nivôse is a light monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the third ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after the 4th month of the Republican Calendar.
Nivea NIVEA is a large global skin- and body-care brand, owned by German company Beiersdorf. The company began in 1911 when Beiersdorf developed a water-in-oil emulsifier as a skin cream with Eucerit, the first stable emulsion of its kind.
Nivedhanam In Hinduism, nivedhanam, a sanskrit word meaning supplication, is food offered to a deity as part of a worship ritual. The deity is informed that one has prepared, and is going to eat, the food and the deity is requested to bestow his grace upon the food.
Nivek Ogre Nivek Ogre (real name Kevin Graham Ogilvie) born December 5, 1962 is the vocalist best known for his work in the seminal, and notably experimental, industrial band Skinny Puppy. Since that band featured another Kevin (Crompton, aka cEvin Key) and was produced by another Ogilvie (Dave, aka Rave), Ogre's alias was practical as well as theatrical.
Niven Busch Niven Busch (April 26, 1903 – August 25, 1991) was an American novelist and screenwriter of movies such as the acclaimed The Postman Always Rings Twice. His novels included Duel In the Sun and California Street.
Niven's laws Niven's law was named after science fiction author Larry Niven, who has periodically published them as "how the Universe works" as far as he can tell. Most recently rewritten on January 29, 2002 (and published in Astounding Magazine in the November 2002 issue), the rules are:
Niverville, Manitoba Niverville is a small town in the Canadian province of Manitoba (population 1,921, Statistics Canada Census 2001), located about 25 km south of the provincial capital, Winnipeg. It serves mostly as a dormitory community or exurb for people who work in Winnipeg but prefer to reside in a small-town environment.
Nivkhs The Nivkhs (also Nivkh or Gilyak; ethnonym: Nivxi; language, Đ˝Đ¸Đ˛Ń…ĐłŃ - Nivxgu) are an indigenous people inhabiting the region of the Amur River estuary and nearby Sakhalin Island. They number 5,287 (2002 Russian Federation census).
Niwot High School Niwot High School is a public high school, located on Niwot Road in Niwot, Colorado under the jurisdiction of the Saint Vrain Valley School District. Niwot High School's mission statement is to help better teach students through new forms of education.
Nix Nix (also known as Näcken, Nøkken, Näkki, Nixy or Nixe) are water creatures in German and Scandinavian folklore, usually shown in human form. The name is related to the Anglo-Saxon nicor, and Old High German nihus, all designating some kind of water fiend.
Nixalite Nixalite is a bird control product manufactured and sold by Nixalite of America Inc in East Moline, IL. It is comprised of stainless steel wire with little pins poking out of it, a sort of like a porcupine or barbed wireIt is said to be of low human visibility for landscaping, useful for keeping birds from landing on almost any surface, as well it is incidentally useful for repelling climbing animals and even human intruders when placed on fences or around poles.
Nixes Mate Nixes Mate, also known as Nixes Island, Nix's Mate and Nick's Mate, is one of the smaller islands in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is situated some 6 miles offshore of downtown Boston, has a permanent size of 200 square feet, and rises to a height of 10 feet above sea level.
Nixey Callahan James Joseph "Nixey" Callahan (March 18 1874 - October 4 1934) was an American pitcher and left fielder in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Colts, Chicago Orphans, and Chicago White Sox; he also managed the White Sox, as well as the Pittsburgh Pirates. Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he died at age 60 in Boston.
Nixie tube A nixie tube is an electronic device for displaying numerals or other information, in the form of a glass tube containing multiple cathodes and a wire mesh anode, filled with neon and often a little mercury and/or argon (a Penning mixture, for lower striking voltage) at a small fraction of atmospheric pressure. Although it resembles a vacuum tube in appearance, its operation does not depend on heating of a cathode to cause it to emit electrons (the thermionic effect).
Nixon (cocktail) The Nixon Cocktail is a Bourbon whiskey based cocktail. It was created by Joe Gilmore, the Head Barman of the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London, to mark American President Nixon visiting Britain in 1969.
Nixon in China (opera) Nixon in China (1985-87) is an opera with music by the American composer John Adams and a libretto by Alice Goodman, about the visit of Richard Nixon to China in 1972, where he met with Mao Zedong and other Chinese officials.
Nixon Public School Nixon Public School was a public school that operated from the 1950s to September 2001 in Nixon, Ontario, a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario. It was closed in the context of cutbacks in education spending by the provincial government headed by Mike Harris.
Nixon, Ontario Nixon is a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada that is almost exclusively residential. There is an airfield and some farms nearby, but otherwise the community consists solely of single-family houses ever since Nixon Public School was closed due to the Mike Harris cutbacks on education.
Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 1973-1990 Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990 is a 1991 book by American historian Stephen Ambrose and the third part of a three volume biography of President of the United States Richard Nixon. The series began with Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 and continued with Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician, 1962-1972.
Nixonian Nixonian, or "Nixonite" is a term used to refer to Republicans who, rather than being conservative, tend to promoted high domestic spending and an active regulatory regime, along with an aggressive foreign policy. This term is somewhat akin to "Rockefeller Republican", but with an even more pejorative tone; one never self-identifies as a Nixonian.
Nixtamalization Nixtamalization is the process whereby dry maize grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater, to cause the transparent outer hull, the pericarp, to separate from the grain. This process has several benefits including enabling the grain to be more effectively ground; increasing protein and vitamin content availability; improving flavor and aroma and reduction of mycotoxins.
Niya * Niya (泥雅) is a site on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, in modern-day Xinjiang, China at which numerous Buddhist scriptures were recovered. It was located on the southern branch of the Silk Road, north of modern Minfeng or New Niya.
Niyak Niyak is a rural village located in the Larijan district of Amol county, in Haraz road between Amol and Tehran, of the Mazanderan in the north of Iran. it is wellknown because one of major residents of amol are known as Niyaki.
Niyam Bhushan Niyam Bhushan is an Indian computer graphics consultant for print and video. He is a leading technology editor and columnist, conducts professional workshops on GNU/Linux and Graphics and helped the GNU revolution to spread in India.
Niyama Niyama (Sanskrit: नियम) is a set of behaviors codified as "the observances" in numerous scriptures including the Shandilya and Varuha Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Gorakshanatha, the Tirumantiram of Tirumular and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. All the above texts list ten Niyamas, with the exception of Patanjali's work, which lists only five.
Niyaz Niyaz - the Persian word for Yearning - is the musical brainchild of three musicians: top deejay, programmer/producer and remixer Carmen Rizzo, vocalist and hammered dulcimer player Azam Ali, formerly of the group Vas, and Loga Ramin Torkian of the popular Iranian crossover group Axiom Of Choice.
Niyaz (album) Azam Ali, who sings with the duo VAS, has one of the most seductive and effortlessly disciplined altos active on the world stage. Now based in Los Angeles, she is a child of three cultures, Indian, Persian (Iranian) and American, so her music encompasses a triple conundrum.
Niyodo, Kochi Niyodo (ä»ć·€ćť‘; -mura) was a village located in Takaoka District, Kochi, Japan. On August 1, 2005 the village merged with the town of Ikegawa and the village of Agawa (both from Agawa District) to form the new town of Niyodogawa (in Agawa District) and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Niyoga Niyoga (Sanskrit: नियोग) is an ancient Hindu tradition, when a woman (whose husband is either incapable of fatherhood or has died without having a child) would request and appoint a person for helping her bear a child. The man who was appointed would most likely be a Rishi or a revered person.
Niyuddha-kride Niyuddha-kride (Devanagari नियŕĄŕ¤¦ŕĄŤŕ¤§ क्रिडे) is a form of martial arts that concentrates on diversion and quick striking in case of a successful diversion. The practitioners of Niyuddha-kride practice swaying movements, quick alterations of movement patterns and move in surprisingly quick when least expected.
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Nizam Sagar At a distance of about 144 km north-west of Hyderabad, a reservoir known by the name Nizamsagar was constructed across the Manjira River, a tributary of the Godavari River, between Achampet and Banjapalle villages of the Nizamabad district in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Nizam-ı Cedid The Nizam-ı Cedid (Ottoman Turkish language: New Order) was a series of reforms carried out by the Ottoman Empire sultan Selim III during the late eighteenth century in a drive to catch up militarily and politically with the Western Powers. The term later came to refer to the new regular army established under the reform program.
Nizami Pashayev Nizami Pashayev is a Azerbaijani athlete in weightlifting. He won two World Weightlifting Championships titles and one European Weightlifting Championships title, when he hauled 402 kilograms in total to take the overall gold in the men's 94 kg category.
Nizamiyya A nizamiyya (Persian: نظامیه) is one of the medieval institutions of higher education established by Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk in the eleventh century in present-day Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. The name nizamiyyah derives from his name.
Nizamuddin Auliya Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 - 1325 AD) (Řضرت Ř®Ůاجة نظام الدّین اŮلیا), also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in India. He was born in Badayun (east of Delhi), though he later settled in Delhi, where his shrine (Nizamuddin Dargah) is still located.
Nizar Qabbani Nizar Tawfiq Kabbani (21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) (Arabic:نزار قباني) was a Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism.
Nizhal Thangal Nizhal Thangal (Tamil :நிழல் தாங்கல் ; also called Inai Thangals) is a simple temple of the Ayyavazhi, built per the instructions of Akilattirattu Ammanai by commoners in order to worship without distinction of color, race or caste. Cleanliness is strictly enforced: there are no sacrifices, no incenses, no arathi and no poojari.
Nizhalkuthu Nizhalkuthu (English language:Shadow Kill; French language:Le Serviteur de Kali) is a 2002 Indian Malayalam language drama film directed and written by Adoor Gopalakrishnan starring Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari, Reeja, and Tara Kalyan. It premiered on 7 September 2002 at the Venice Film Festival in Italy.
Nizhnekamsk Nizhnekamsk (; Tatar: Tübän Kama) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located at . Founded in 1961 as Nizhnekamsky work settlement, in connection with the building of the Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical industrial complex, Nizhnekamsk was granted city status in 1966.
Nizhny Novgorod Metro The Nizhny Novgorod Metro () is the third metro system built in Russia, located in Nizhny Novgorod (after Moscow and Saint Petersburg Metros). Planning for the system began in the 1970's with the groundbreaking on December 17, 1977, on Leninskaya Station.
Nizhyn Nizhyn (; ; Nezhin) is a city located in the Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine, along the Oster River, 150 km north-east of the nation's capital, Kiev. It is the administrative center of the Nizhynsky Raion, though the city itself is also designated as a district in the oblast.
Nizkor Project The Nizkor Project (Hebrew: × Ö´×–Ö°×›ÖĽ×•Öą×¨ we will remember) is an ongoing Internet-based project run by Ken McVay which is dedicated to countering Holocaust denial. It was founded by McVay as a central Web-based archive for the large numbers of documents made publicly available by the users of the newsgroup alt.
NI Tank The NI Tank (, abbr. , literally 'for fear', pronounced ), also called Odessa tank or 'Terror Tank' Âą, was an improvised Soviet armoured fighting vehicle, based on an STZ-5 agricultural tractor, manufactured in Odessa during the early days of Great Patriotic War, or World War II.
NIACE NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) is an educational charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester and Cardiff. The organisation is dedicated to promoting adult learning and was founded in 1921.
NIAP The National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) is a United States government initiative to meet the security testing needs of both information technology consumers and producers which is operated by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
NIB Bank The NIB Bank Limited (formerly NDLC-IFIC Bank Limited) was incorporated in March 2003 as a public listed company. In October 2003, all assets and liabilities and all rights and obligations of the former National Development Leasing Corporation ("NDLC") and Pakistan operations of IFIC Bangladesh were amalgamated with and into NIB Bank.
NIC handle A NIC handle (Network Information Centre handle) is a unique alpha-numeric character sequence that represents an entry in the databases maintained by Network Information Centres. When a new domain name is registered with a domain name registrar, a NIC handle is assigned by the registrar to the particular set of information associated with that domain name (such as who registered it and a contact e-mail address).
NIC Zuidlaren NIC Zuidlaren is an international horse riding competition in Zuidlaren, the Netherlands. NIC Zuidlaren is the abbreviation of Noordelijk Internationaal Concours hippique Zuidlaren (Dutch), which might be translated in English as Northern International Equestrian Contest Zuidlaren.
NICAM NICAM (known also as NICAM 728, after the 728 kbit/s bitstream it is sent over), Near Instantaneous Companded Audio Multiplex, is a format for digital sound on analogue television transmissions. Audio is encoded using 14 bit pulse-code modulation at a sampling rate of 32 kHz.
NICI The NICI, or the Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information is a research institute for cognitive science, neuroscience and information technology in the Netherlands. There are strong ties with the Radboud University Nijmegen.
NICMOSlook NICMOSlook is a programme to analyze spectral data obtained with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The program was designed at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF) and is programmed in IDL.
NID (Stargate) The NID is a fictional shadowy intelligence agency in the television series Stargate SG-1. It is an independent government agency similar to the DIA, CIA or NSA, but with questionable accountability and more comparable to Star Trek's Section 31.
NIfTI NIfTI is the Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative at the NIH. They've developed NIfTI-1, a new Analyze-style data format as a short-term measure to facilitate inter-operation of functional MRI data analysis software packages.
NIFF NIFF (Notation Interchange File Format) is a music notation file format, primarily for transferring music notation between different scorewriters. It is now considered obsolete due to the MusicXML standard, and as of February 2006 the NIFF project web site has been closed.
NIGAL pipeline NIGAL pipeline (also known as Trans-African gas pipeline and Trans-Saharan gas pipeline) is a planned natural gas pipeline from the region of Warri in Nigeria to the Algerian Mediterranean coast. Approximately 1300 kilometers of pipeline will be laid down in Nigeria, 750 kilometers in Niger and 2500 kilometers in Algeria.
NIH shift An NIH shift is a chemical rearrangement where a hydrogen atom on an aromatic ring undergoes an intramolecular migration primarily during a hydroxylation reaction. This process is also known as a 1,2-hydride shift.
NIIRS The National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (NIIRS) is scale used for rating the quality of imagery acquired from various types of imaging systems. NIIRS is considered the standard for rating image quality by most imagery analysts and scientists.
NIKKO R/C NIKKO R/C (correctly written in all capital letters) is the largest toy-grade radio control manufacturer in the world. The company's licenses include those from Hummer, Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, The Fast and the Furious as well as proprietary designs.
NILU NILU (The Norwegian Institute for Air Research) is one of the leading specialized scientific laboratories in Europe dealing solely with problems related to air pollution. NILU has a staff of scientists, engineers and technicians with specialized expertise for working on air pollution problems.
NINDS brain trauma research The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research to better understand traumatic brain injury and the biological mechanisms underlying damage to the brain, to develop strategies and interventions to limit the primary and secondary brain damage that occurs within days of a head trauma, and to devise therapies to treat brain injury and help in long-term recovery of function.
NIPRNet NIPRNet (Unclassified but Sensitive Internet Protocol Router Network or Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network) (formerly called the Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Network). NIPRNET is used to exchange unclassified but sensitive information between "internal" users as well as providing users access to the Internet.
NIR 1 Class The 1 Class of Northern Ireland Railways consisted of three diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives Numbered 1, 2 & 3. They were built by the English Electric Company, works numbers 3954 - 6, at their Vulcan Foundry works in Newton-le-Willows in 1969.
NIR 3000 Class The Class 3000 (C3 class) is a class of diesel multiple unit in service with Northern Ireland Railways. Built by CAF of Spain, 23 three car sets entered service between 2004 and 2005 in an order totalling ÂŁ80 million.
NIR 80 Class By the early 1970’s the MED’s and units inherited from the GNR(I) had been in service for 20 years, and the MPD’s for 10 years. With reliability becoming a problem the new 80 Class diesel electric multiple units were ordered from BREL, Derby.
NIRAI KANAI "NIRAI KANAI (ă‹ă©ă‚¤ă‚«ăŠă‚¤)" is MAX's 28th single and first under the SONIC GROOVE label. The single serves as as a commeration of their 10th anniversary and saw the group return to the style that originally made them popular.
NIREX NIREX is a United Kingdom government body set up in 1982 under Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government to examine safe, environmental and economic aspects of deep geological disposal of intermediate-level and low-level radioactive waste in underground storage facilities. Originally known as the Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive, it was replaced by the limited company Nirex in 1985.
NIRVANAnet NirvanaNET was a dialup BBS network started in 1990 in the San Francisco Bay Area by Joe Russack aka Dr. Strangelove (Sysop of Just Say Yes), Jeff Hunter, aka Taipan Enigma (sysop of &TOTSE), and Ratsnatcher (Sysop of Rat head Systems).
NISMART NISMART or the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Throwaway Children, was a research project supported by the United States Department of Justice. It was enacted to address the 1984 Missing Children's Assistance Act (Pub.
NISMO Coppermix Silvia Making its dramatic appearance at the 2005 Nismo Festival held at Fuji Speedway, the NISMO Silvia was designed to be a street legal version of the company's ultimate road-going car. Scoring top points in the Tuners Battle, the Silvia surprised onlookers by also exhibiting great drift racing potential.
NIST stone test wall The NIST stone test wall is an experiment by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology to determine how different types of construction stone weather. It includes 2352 samples of stone from 47 different states within the US and 16 different countries.
NIST-7 NIST-7 was the atomic clock used by the United States from 1993 to 1999. The cesium beam clock served as the nation's primary time and frequency standard during that time period, but it has since been replaced with the more accurate NIST-F1, a cesium fountain atomic clock that neither gains nor loses one second in 60 million years.
NIST-F1 NIST-F1 is a cesium fountain atomic clock that serves as the United States' primary time and frequency standard. As of the summer of 2005, it is so accurate that it will neither gain nor lose one second in more than 60 million years.
NIT Bill The NIT Bill was an Bill before the Parliament of India to raise the status of many educational institutions, The National Institutes of Technology to that of the Indian Institutes of Technology ("IIT"). It aimed to save much of the money needed to build new IITs.
NIT Season Tip-Off The NIT Season Tip-Off is an annual college basketball tournament that takes place in November of each year, around the beginning of the season. The first two rounds are held at campus sites and the semifinals and the finals are held at Madison Square Garden.
NIT Trichy The National Institute of Technology at Tiruchirappalli, NIT Trichy, (formerly known as Regional Engineering College (REC), Trichy) is situated in the heart of Tamil Nadu on the banks of river Cauvery. It was started as a joint and cooperative venture between the Government of India and Government of Tamil Nadu in 1964.
NITEL Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, or NITEL, is the principal telecommunications company in Nigeria, and was owned by the government of Nigeria until it was sold to Transcorp by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). The mobile telecommunications arm of Nitel, Mtel, was also sold to Transcorp at that time.
NITLE The National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) has the stated mission of catalyzing innovative teaching in order to enrich and advance liberal education in the digital age." The organization focuses on inter-institutional collaboration and innovative uses of technology assisted pedagogies in environment of the small, residential liberal arts college.
NITO NITO, The Norwegian Society of Engineers, is the largest union in engineering in Norway with approximately 55,000 members. NITO has 21 regional branches covering the country and over 2,000 local clubs and shop stewards.
NITYA SEVA NITYA SEVA is an association which aims to give help to the disadvantaged sections of the society for their social-financial upliftment and in the areas of health awareness, cultural exchange and support during crises. It was formed on June 13, 1998 in Bensheim, Germany.
Njala, Sierra Leone Njala is a city in Moyamba, Southern Province, Sierra Leone. It is 125 miles east of Freetown and is home to Njala University college, although the University is temporarily based in Freetown until the rehabilitation of Njala.
Njars Njarar or Njars is a name for the people of Närke, Sweden, that appears in the Scandinavian version of the Lay of Weyland the smith. In the early part of the lay, King NĂĂ°uĂ°r is introduced as a king in Sweden:
Njazi Kuqi Njazi Kuqi (born March 25, 1983 in Kosovo) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the German 2nd Bundesliga. He is the younger brother of fellow footballer, Crystal Palace striker Shefki Kuqi.
Njál's saga Njál's saga (also known as "Brennu-Njáls saga" or "The Story of the burning of Njáll") is the most famous of the Icelandic sagas. The saga is most often referred to as Njála in Icelandic.
Njem The Njem (or Ndjem) are an ethnic group inhabiting the rain forest zone of southern Cameroon and northern Republic of the Congo. In Cameroon, the Njem live along the road running south from Lomié to the town of Ngoila and into far northern Congo.
Njeri Luseno Njeri Luseno also known as Njeri Osak is a renowned Kenyan actress who has immensely contributed to the Kenyan film industry. She worked with actors like Paul Onsongo and John Sibi Okumu and featured in many Kenyan films in the late 1980s and early 1990s before moving to Ohio, USA where she now lives.
Njimi Njimi was the capital of the Kanuri state of Kanem (later Kanem-Bornu), north of Lake Chad, from the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries. Founded by the Sefawa dynasty in the eleventh century, the town dominated trans-Saharan trade in ivory and slaves between the central Sahara and Libya.
Njombe Njombe is one of the 7 districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mufindi District, to the South by the Ludewa District, to the East by the Morogoro and Ruvuma Regions, to the West by the Makete District and to the Northwest by the Mbeya Region.
Njord In Norse mythology, Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of the Vanir and the god of wind, fertile land along the seacoast, as well as seamanship, sailing and fishing. The prose Edda says he has the power to calm the sea or fire.
Njurunda Njurunda is a small village in Sundsvall Municipality, located in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The village is situated at the mouth of the Ljungan river and located about 17 kilometers m south of Sundsvall.
Njurunda Court District Njurunda Court District, or Njurunda tingslag, was a district of Medelpad in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Niuafo'ou language Niuafoouan is the language spoken on Tonga's northernmost island Niuafoou. Although, due to the fact that it is part of Tonga, currently all inhabitants speak Tongan as well, Niuafoouan is different enough to be counted as a language on itself with clear similarities towards Uvean and Tokelauan.
Niue Assembly The Assembly has 20 members elected for a three year term, 6 elected on a common roll and 14 representatives of the villages. Electors must be New Zealand citizens, resident for at least three months, and candidates must have been electors, resident for twelve months.
Niue Business Centre The Niue Business Centre(NBC) use to be known as the Business Advisory Services (BAS), the name change in late 2006 to reflect the changing focus of the development of the private sector in Niue. The NBC operates by one full-time officer and one part time officer, they have a weekly Pisinisi Niue Radio Programme on Radio Sunshine for informing the businesses on news and policies of Government affecting the private sector.
Niue national rugby union team The Niue Island national rugy union team is the third tier rugby playing nation of Niue Island. They first playing in 1983 and have played just 10 games to date, four against the Cook Islands and three against Tahiti.
Niuean language The Niuean language or Niue language (Niuean: ko e vagahau NiuÄ“) is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages. It is most closely related to Tongan and slightly more distantly to other Polynesian languages such as MÄori, SÄmoan, and Hawaiian.
Niumataiwalu Niumataiwalu, or more fully, Ratu Jepesa Niumataiwalu, was the founder of the Vuanirewa dynasty, or noble clan, of the Lau Islands (in Fiji) from which the Tui Nayau is chosen. Niumataiwalu was the son of Delainavugalei, titular lord of the island of Nayau.
Nivarox Nivarox (Nicht Variable Oxydfest - Not Variable Resistant to Oxidation) is a metallic alloy, which is used mainly in the watch industry. This alloy composed of iron, 40 % nickel, chromium, titanium and beryllium has properties, which are very useful in building the balances.
Nivation Nivation is the process of alternative freeze and thaw by which fallen snow gets converted into mass of ice or Névé, hence the term, nivation. The term glacier is applied only when the ice has accumulated enough for the mass to reach the moving stage.
Nivôse (F 732) The Nivôse is a light monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the third ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after the 4th month of the Republican Calendar.
Nivea NIVEA is a large global skin- and body-care brand, owned by German company Beiersdorf. The company began in 1911 when Beiersdorf developed a water-in-oil emulsifier as a skin cream with Eucerit, the first stable emulsion of its kind.
Nivedhanam In Hinduism, nivedhanam, a sanskrit word meaning supplication, is food offered to a deity as part of a worship ritual. The deity is informed that one has prepared, and is going to eat, the food and the deity is requested to bestow his grace upon the food.
Nivek Ogre Nivek Ogre (real name Kevin Graham Ogilvie) born December 5, 1962 is the vocalist best known for his work in the seminal, and notably experimental, industrial band Skinny Puppy. Since that band featured another Kevin (Crompton, aka cEvin Key) and was produced by another Ogilvie (Dave, aka Rave), Ogre's alias was practical as well as theatrical.
Niven Busch Niven Busch (April 26, 1903 – August 25, 1991) was an American novelist and screenwriter of movies such as the acclaimed The Postman Always Rings Twice. His novels included Duel In the Sun and California Street.
Niven's laws Niven's law was named after science fiction author Larry Niven, who has periodically published them as "how the Universe works" as far as he can tell. Most recently rewritten on January 29, 2002 (and published in Astounding Magazine in the November 2002 issue), the rules are:
Niverville, Manitoba Niverville is a small town in the Canadian province of Manitoba (population 1,921, Statistics Canada Census 2001), located about 25 km south of the provincial capital, Winnipeg. It serves mostly as a dormitory community or exurb for people who work in Winnipeg but prefer to reside in a small-town environment.
Nivkhs The Nivkhs (also Nivkh or Gilyak; ethnonym: Nivxi; language, Đ˝Đ¸Đ˛Ń…ĐłŃ - Nivxgu) are an indigenous people inhabiting the region of the Amur River estuary and nearby Sakhalin Island. They number 5,287 (2002 Russian Federation census).
Niwot High School Niwot High School is a public high school, located on Niwot Road in Niwot, Colorado under the jurisdiction of the Saint Vrain Valley School District. Niwot High School's mission statement is to help better teach students through new forms of education.
Nix Nix (also known as Näcken, Nøkken, Näkki, Nixy or Nixe) are water creatures in German and Scandinavian folklore, usually shown in human form. The name is related to the Anglo-Saxon nicor, and Old High German nihus, all designating some kind of water fiend.
Nixalite Nixalite is a bird control product manufactured and sold by Nixalite of America Inc in East Moline, IL. It is comprised of stainless steel wire with little pins poking out of it, a sort of like a porcupine or barbed wireIt is said to be of low human visibility for landscaping, useful for keeping birds from landing on almost any surface, as well it is incidentally useful for repelling climbing animals and even human intruders when placed on fences or around poles.
Nixes Mate Nixes Mate, also known as Nixes Island, Nix's Mate and Nick's Mate, is one of the smaller islands in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is situated some 6 miles offshore of downtown Boston, has a permanent size of 200 square feet, and rises to a height of 10 feet above sea level.
Nixey Callahan James Joseph "Nixey" Callahan (March 18 1874 - October 4 1934) was an American pitcher and left fielder in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Colts, Chicago Orphans, and Chicago White Sox; he also managed the White Sox, as well as the Pittsburgh Pirates. Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he died at age 60 in Boston.
Nixie tube A nixie tube is an electronic device for displaying numerals or other information, in the form of a glass tube containing multiple cathodes and a wire mesh anode, filled with neon and often a little mercury and/or argon (a Penning mixture, for lower striking voltage) at a small fraction of atmospheric pressure. Although it resembles a vacuum tube in appearance, its operation does not depend on heating of a cathode to cause it to emit electrons (the thermionic effect).
Nixon (cocktail) The Nixon Cocktail is a Bourbon whiskey based cocktail. It was created by Joe Gilmore, the Head Barman of the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London, to mark American President Nixon visiting Britain in 1969.
Nixon in China (opera) Nixon in China (1985-87) is an opera with music by the American composer John Adams and a libretto by Alice Goodman, about the visit of Richard Nixon to China in 1972, where he met with Mao Zedong and other Chinese officials.
Nixon Public School Nixon Public School was a public school that operated from the 1950s to September 2001 in Nixon, Ontario, a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario. It was closed in the context of cutbacks in education spending by the provincial government headed by Mike Harris.
Nixon, Ontario Nixon is a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada that is almost exclusively residential. There is an airfield and some farms nearby, but otherwise the community consists solely of single-family houses ever since Nixon Public School was closed due to the Mike Harris cutbacks on education.
Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 1973-1990 Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990 is a 1991 book by American historian Stephen Ambrose and the third part of a three volume biography of President of the United States Richard Nixon. The series began with Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 and continued with Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician, 1962-1972.
Nixonian Nixonian, or "Nixonite" is a term used to refer to Republicans who, rather than being conservative, tend to promoted high domestic spending and an active regulatory regime, along with an aggressive foreign policy. This term is somewhat akin to "Rockefeller Republican", but with an even more pejorative tone; one never self-identifies as a Nixonian.
Nixtamalization Nixtamalization is the process whereby dry maize grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater, to cause the transparent outer hull, the pericarp, to separate from the grain. This process has several benefits including enabling the grain to be more effectively ground; increasing protein and vitamin content availability; improving flavor and aroma and reduction of mycotoxins.
Niya * Niya (泥雅) is a site on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, in modern-day Xinjiang, China at which numerous Buddhist scriptures were recovered. It was located on the southern branch of the Silk Road, north of modern Minfeng or New Niya.
Niyak Niyak is a rural village located in the Larijan district of Amol county, in Haraz road between Amol and Tehran, of the Mazanderan in the north of Iran. it is wellknown because one of major residents of amol are known as Niyaki.
Niyam Bhushan Niyam Bhushan is an Indian computer graphics consultant for print and video. He is a leading technology editor and columnist, conducts professional workshops on GNU/Linux and Graphics and helped the GNU revolution to spread in India.
Niyama Niyama (Sanskrit: नियम) is a set of behaviors codified as "the observances" in numerous scriptures including the Shandilya and Varuha Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Gorakshanatha, the Tirumantiram of Tirumular and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. All the above texts list ten Niyamas, with the exception of Patanjali's work, which lists only five.
Niyaz Niyaz - the Persian word for Yearning - is the musical brainchild of three musicians: top deejay, programmer/producer and remixer Carmen Rizzo, vocalist and hammered dulcimer player Azam Ali, formerly of the group Vas, and Loga Ramin Torkian of the popular Iranian crossover group Axiom Of Choice.
Niyaz (album) Azam Ali, who sings with the duo VAS, has one of the most seductive and effortlessly disciplined altos active on the world stage. Now based in Los Angeles, she is a child of three cultures, Indian, Persian (Iranian) and American, so her music encompasses a triple conundrum.
Niyodo, Kochi Niyodo (ä»ć·€ćť‘; -mura) was a village located in Takaoka District, Kochi, Japan. On August 1, 2005 the village merged with the town of Ikegawa and the village of Agawa (both from Agawa District) to form the new town of Niyodogawa (in Agawa District) and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Niyoga Niyoga (Sanskrit: नियोग) is an ancient Hindu tradition, when a woman (whose husband is either incapable of fatherhood or has died without having a child) would request and appoint a person for helping her bear a child. The man who was appointed would most likely be a Rishi or a revered person.
Niyuddha-kride Niyuddha-kride (Devanagari नियŕĄŕ¤¦ŕĄŤŕ¤§ क्रिडे) is a form of martial arts that concentrates on diversion and quick striking in case of a successful diversion. The practitioners of Niyuddha-kride practice swaying movements, quick alterations of movement patterns and move in surprisingly quick when least expected.
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Nizam Sagar At a distance of about 144 km north-west of Hyderabad, a reservoir known by the name Nizamsagar was constructed across the Manjira River, a tributary of the Godavari River, between Achampet and Banjapalle villages of the Nizamabad district in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Nizam-ı Cedid The Nizam-ı Cedid (Ottoman Turkish language: New Order) was a series of reforms carried out by the Ottoman Empire sultan Selim III during the late eighteenth century in a drive to catch up militarily and politically with the Western Powers. The term later came to refer to the new regular army established under the reform program.
Nizami Pashayev Nizami Pashayev is a Azerbaijani athlete in weightlifting. He won two World Weightlifting Championships titles and one European Weightlifting Championships title, when he hauled 402 kilograms in total to take the overall gold in the men's 94 kg category.
Nizamiyya A nizamiyya (Persian: نظامیه) is one of the medieval institutions of higher education established by Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk in the eleventh century in present-day Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. The name nizamiyyah derives from his name.
Nizamuddin Auliya Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 - 1325 AD) (Řضرت Ř®Ůاجة نظام الدّین اŮلیا), also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in India. He was born in Badayun (east of Delhi), though he later settled in Delhi, where his shrine (Nizamuddin Dargah) is still located.
Nizar Qabbani Nizar Tawfiq Kabbani (21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) (Arabic:نزار قباني) was a Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism.
Nizhal Thangal Nizhal Thangal (Tamil :நிழல் தாங்கல் ; also called Inai Thangals) is a simple temple of the Ayyavazhi, built per the instructions of Akilattirattu Ammanai by commoners in order to worship without distinction of color, race or caste. Cleanliness is strictly enforced: there are no sacrifices, no incenses, no arathi and no poojari.
Nizhalkuthu Nizhalkuthu (English language:Shadow Kill; French language:Le Serviteur de Kali) is a 2002 Indian Malayalam language drama film directed and written by Adoor Gopalakrishnan starring Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari, Reeja, and Tara Kalyan. It premiered on 7 September 2002 at the Venice Film Festival in Italy.
Nizhnekamsk Nizhnekamsk (; Tatar: Tübän Kama) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located at . Founded in 1961 as Nizhnekamsky work settlement, in connection with the building of the Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical industrial complex, Nizhnekamsk was granted city status in 1966.
Nizhny Novgorod Metro The Nizhny Novgorod Metro () is the third metro system built in Russia, located in Nizhny Novgorod (after Moscow and Saint Petersburg Metros). Planning for the system began in the 1970's with the groundbreaking on December 17, 1977, on Leninskaya Station.
Nizhyn Nizhyn (; ; Nezhin) is a city located in the Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine, along the Oster River, 150 km north-east of the nation's capital, Kiev. It is the administrative center of the Nizhynsky Raion, though the city itself is also designated as a district in the oblast.
Nizkor Project The Nizkor Project (Hebrew: × Ö´×–Ö°×›ÖĽ×•Öą×¨ we will remember) is an ongoing Internet-based project run by Ken McVay which is dedicated to countering Holocaust denial. It was founded by McVay as a central Web-based archive for the large numbers of documents made publicly available by the users of the newsgroup alt.
NI Tank The NI Tank (, abbr. , literally 'for fear', pronounced ), also called Odessa tank or 'Terror Tank' Âą, was an improvised Soviet armoured fighting vehicle, based on an STZ-5 agricultural tractor, manufactured in Odessa during the early days of Great Patriotic War, or World War II.
NIACE NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) is an educational charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester and Cardiff. The organisation is dedicated to promoting adult learning and was founded in 1921.
NIAP The National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) is a United States government initiative to meet the security testing needs of both information technology consumers and producers which is operated by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
NIB Bank The NIB Bank Limited (formerly NDLC-IFIC Bank Limited) was incorporated in March 2003 as a public listed company. In October 2003, all assets and liabilities and all rights and obligations of the former National Development Leasing Corporation ("NDLC") and Pakistan operations of IFIC Bangladesh were amalgamated with and into NIB Bank.
NIC handle A NIC handle (Network Information Centre handle) is a unique alpha-numeric character sequence that represents an entry in the databases maintained by Network Information Centres. When a new domain name is registered with a domain name registrar, a NIC handle is assigned by the registrar to the particular set of information associated with that domain name (such as who registered it and a contact e-mail address).
NIC Zuidlaren NIC Zuidlaren is an international horse riding competition in Zuidlaren, the Netherlands. NIC Zuidlaren is the abbreviation of Noordelijk Internationaal Concours hippique Zuidlaren (Dutch), which might be translated in English as Northern International Equestrian Contest Zuidlaren.
NICAM NICAM (known also as NICAM 728, after the 728 kbit/s bitstream it is sent over), Near Instantaneous Companded Audio Multiplex, is a format for digital sound on analogue television transmissions. Audio is encoded using 14 bit pulse-code modulation at a sampling rate of 32 kHz.
NICI The NICI, or the Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information is a research institute for cognitive science, neuroscience and information technology in the Netherlands. There are strong ties with the Radboud University Nijmegen.
NICMOSlook NICMOSlook is a programme to analyze spectral data obtained with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The program was designed at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF) and is programmed in IDL.
NID (Stargate) The NID is a fictional shadowy intelligence agency in the television series Stargate SG-1. It is an independent government agency similar to the DIA, CIA or NSA, but with questionable accountability and more comparable to Star Trek's Section 31.
NIfTI NIfTI is the Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative at the NIH. They've developed NIfTI-1, a new Analyze-style data format as a short-term measure to facilitate inter-operation of functional MRI data analysis software packages.
NIFF NIFF (Notation Interchange File Format) is a music notation file format, primarily for transferring music notation between different scorewriters. It is now considered obsolete due to the MusicXML standard, and as of February 2006 the NIFF project web site has been closed.
NIGAL pipeline NIGAL pipeline (also known as Trans-African gas pipeline and Trans-Saharan gas pipeline) is a planned natural gas pipeline from the region of Warri in Nigeria to the Algerian Mediterranean coast. Approximately 1300 kilometers of pipeline will be laid down in Nigeria, 750 kilometers in Niger and 2500 kilometers in Algeria.
NIH shift An NIH shift is a chemical rearrangement where a hydrogen atom on an aromatic ring undergoes an intramolecular migration primarily during a hydroxylation reaction. This process is also known as a 1,2-hydride shift.
NIIRS The National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (NIIRS) is scale used for rating the quality of imagery acquired from various types of imaging systems. NIIRS is considered the standard for rating image quality by most imagery analysts and scientists.
NIKKO R/C NIKKO R/C (correctly written in all capital letters) is the largest toy-grade radio control manufacturer in the world. The company's licenses include those from Hummer, Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, The Fast and the Furious as well as proprietary designs.
NILU NILU (The Norwegian Institute for Air Research) is one of the leading specialized scientific laboratories in Europe dealing solely with problems related to air pollution. NILU has a staff of scientists, engineers and technicians with specialized expertise for working on air pollution problems.
NINDS brain trauma research The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research to better understand traumatic brain injury and the biological mechanisms underlying damage to the brain, to develop strategies and interventions to limit the primary and secondary brain damage that occurs within days of a head trauma, and to devise therapies to treat brain injury and help in long-term recovery of function.
NIPRNet NIPRNet (Unclassified but Sensitive Internet Protocol Router Network or Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network) (formerly called the Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Network). NIPRNET is used to exchange unclassified but sensitive information between "internal" users as well as providing users access to the Internet.
NIR 1 Class The 1 Class of Northern Ireland Railways consisted of three diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives Numbered 1, 2 & 3. They were built by the English Electric Company, works numbers 3954 - 6, at their Vulcan Foundry works in Newton-le-Willows in 1969.
NIR 3000 Class The Class 3000 (C3 class) is a class of diesel multiple unit in service with Northern Ireland Railways. Built by CAF of Spain, 23 three car sets entered service between 2004 and 2005 in an order totalling ÂŁ80 million.
NIR 80 Class By the early 1970’s the MED’s and units inherited from the GNR(I) had been in service for 20 years, and the MPD’s for 10 years. With reliability becoming a problem the new 80 Class diesel electric multiple units were ordered from BREL, Derby.
NIRAI KANAI "NIRAI KANAI (ă‹ă©ă‚¤ă‚«ăŠă‚¤)" is MAX's 28th single and first under the SONIC GROOVE label. The single serves as as a commeration of their 10th anniversary and saw the group return to the style that originally made them popular.
NIREX NIREX is a United Kingdom government body set up in 1982 under Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government to examine safe, environmental and economic aspects of deep geological disposal of intermediate-level and low-level radioactive waste in underground storage facilities. Originally known as the Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive, it was replaced by the limited company Nirex in 1985.
NIRVANAnet NirvanaNET was a dialup BBS network started in 1990 in the San Francisco Bay Area by Joe Russack aka Dr. Strangelove (Sysop of Just Say Yes), Jeff Hunter, aka Taipan Enigma (sysop of &TOTSE), and Ratsnatcher (Sysop of Rat head Systems).
NISMART NISMART or the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Throwaway Children, was a research project supported by the United States Department of Justice. It was enacted to address the 1984 Missing Children's Assistance Act (Pub.
NISMO Coppermix Silvia Making its dramatic appearance at the 2005 Nismo Festival held at Fuji Speedway, the NISMO Silvia was designed to be a street legal version of the company's ultimate road-going car. Scoring top points in the Tuners Battle, the Silvia surprised onlookers by also exhibiting great drift racing potential.
NIST stone test wall The NIST stone test wall is an experiment by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology to determine how different types of construction stone weather. It includes 2352 samples of stone from 47 different states within the US and 16 different countries.
NIST-7 NIST-7 was the atomic clock used by the United States from 1993 to 1999. The cesium beam clock served as the nation's primary time and frequency standard during that time period, but it has since been replaced with the more accurate NIST-F1, a cesium fountain atomic clock that neither gains nor loses one second in 60 million years.
NIST-F1 NIST-F1 is a cesium fountain atomic clock that serves as the United States' primary time and frequency standard. As of the summer of 2005, it is so accurate that it will neither gain nor lose one second in more than 60 million years.
NIT Bill The NIT Bill was an Bill before the Parliament of India to raise the status of many educational institutions, The National Institutes of Technology to that of the Indian Institutes of Technology ("IIT"). It aimed to save much of the money needed to build new IITs.
NIT Season Tip-Off The NIT Season Tip-Off is an annual college basketball tournament that takes place in November of each year, around the beginning of the season. The first two rounds are held at campus sites and the semifinals and the finals are held at Madison Square Garden.
NIT Trichy The National Institute of Technology at Tiruchirappalli, NIT Trichy, (formerly known as Regional Engineering College (REC), Trichy) is situated in the heart of Tamil Nadu on the banks of river Cauvery. It was started as a joint and cooperative venture between the Government of India and Government of Tamil Nadu in 1964.
NITEL Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, or NITEL, is the principal telecommunications company in Nigeria, and was owned by the government of Nigeria until it was sold to Transcorp by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). The mobile telecommunications arm of Nitel, Mtel, was also sold to Transcorp at that time.
NITLE The National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) has the stated mission of catalyzing innovative teaching in order to enrich and advance liberal education in the digital age." The organization focuses on inter-institutional collaboration and innovative uses of technology assisted pedagogies in environment of the small, residential liberal arts college.
NITO NITO, The Norwegian Society of Engineers, is the largest union in engineering in Norway with approximately 55,000 members. NITO has 21 regional branches covering the country and over 2,000 local clubs and shop stewards.
NITYA SEVA NITYA SEVA is an association which aims to give help to the disadvantaged sections of the society for their social-financial upliftment and in the areas of health awareness, cultural exchange and support during crises. It was formed on June 13, 1998 in Bensheim, Germany.
Njala, Sierra Leone Njala is a city in Moyamba, Southern Province, Sierra Leone. It is 125 miles east of Freetown and is home to Njala University college, although the University is temporarily based in Freetown until the rehabilitation of Njala.
Njars Njarar or Njars is a name for the people of Närke, Sweden, that appears in the Scandinavian version of the Lay of Weyland the smith. In the early part of the lay, King NĂĂ°uĂ°r is introduced as a king in Sweden:
Njazi Kuqi Njazi Kuqi (born March 25, 1983 in Kosovo) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the German 2nd Bundesliga. He is the younger brother of fellow footballer, Crystal Palace striker Shefki Kuqi.
Njál's saga Njál's saga (also known as "Brennu-Njáls saga" or "The Story of the burning of Njáll") is the most famous of the Icelandic sagas. The saga is most often referred to as Njála in Icelandic.
Njem The Njem (or Ndjem) are an ethnic group inhabiting the rain forest zone of southern Cameroon and northern Republic of the Congo. In Cameroon, the Njem live along the road running south from Lomié to the town of Ngoila and into far northern Congo.
Njeri Luseno Njeri Luseno also known as Njeri Osak is a renowned Kenyan actress who has immensely contributed to the Kenyan film industry. She worked with actors like Paul Onsongo and John Sibi Okumu and featured in many Kenyan films in the late 1980s and early 1990s before moving to Ohio, USA where she now lives.
Njimi Njimi was the capital of the Kanuri state of Kanem (later Kanem-Bornu), north of Lake Chad, from the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries. Founded by the Sefawa dynasty in the eleventh century, the town dominated trans-Saharan trade in ivory and slaves between the central Sahara and Libya.
Njombe Njombe is one of the 7 districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mufindi District, to the South by the Ludewa District, to the East by the Morogoro and Ruvuma Regions, to the West by the Makete District and to the Northwest by the Mbeya Region.
Njord In Norse mythology, Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of the Vanir and the god of wind, fertile land along the seacoast, as well as seamanship, sailing and fishing. The prose Edda says he has the power to calm the sea or fire.
Njurunda Njurunda is a small village in Sundsvall Municipality, located in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The village is situated at the mouth of the Ljungan river and located about 17 kilometers m south of Sundsvall.
Njurunda Court District Njurunda Court District, or Njurunda tingslag, was a district of Medelpad in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
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