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Northern Illinois Conference (United Methodist) The Northern Illinois Conference is an Annual Conference (regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese) of the United Methodist Church. This conference serves the northern portion of the state of Illinois with its administrative offices and the office of the bishop being in Chicago, Illinois.
Northern Illinois District (LCMS) The Northern Illinois District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the northern third of the state of Illinois, including the Chicago metropolitan area; the rest of the state is divided between the Central Illinois District and the Southern Illinois District. In addition, 21 congregations in the Chicago area (13 of them in the city itself) are in the non-geographic English District, and five congregations in Northern Illinois (including one in Chicago) are in the SELC District.
Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference The Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference was an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in the midwestern United States in the States of Illinois and Iowa.
Northern Inca Empire Northern Inca Empire or Inca Confederacy, temporary found state in western South America. The Northern Confederacy, consisting of the parts of the "regular" Inca Empire, was formed in 1527 when the mighty Inca Huayna Capac died.
Northern Iowa Panthers The Northern Iowa Panthers are the athletic teams of the University of Northern Iowa. The university is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, (I-AA in football) fielding 16 varsity teams in 12 sports:
Northern Ireland Act 1998 The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (1998 c. 47) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established a devolved legislature for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Assembly, after decades of direct rule from Westminster.
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) is the ambulance service that serves the whole of Northern Ireland. As with other ambulance services in the United Kingdom, it does not charge its patients directly for its services, but instead receives funding through general taxation.
Northern Ireland Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly is a home rule legislature established in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, but currently under suspension. The Assembly is a unicameral body consisting of 108 members elected under the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation.
Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973 The 1973 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place following the publication of the British government's white paper Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals which proposed a 78-member Northern Ireland Assembly, elected by proportional representation.
Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982 The Northern Ireland Assembly elections were held on 20 October 1982 in an attempt to re-establish devolution and power-sharing in Northern Ireland. Although the Assembly officially lasted until 1986 (and was seen as being a continuation of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention of 1975) it met infrequently and achieved very little.
Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. Six members were elected by Single Transferable Vote from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, giving a total of 108 MLAs, or Members of the Legislative Assembly.
Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on Thursday, November 26, 2003. Six members were elected by Single Transferable Vote from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, giving a total of 108 MLAs, or Members of the Legislative Assembly.
Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly will be held on 7 March 2007. The Assembly elected in 2003 has never met but a legally separate assembly consisting of the MLAs elected in 2003 was formed by Secretary of State Peter Hain on 8 May 2006.
Northern Ireland by-elections, 1986 The 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections were held on 23 January, 1986. All fifteen sitting Unionist Members of Parliament resigned their Westminster seats in December 1985, to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement and to use the resultant by-elections to campaign on the issue.
Northern Ireland B national football team Northern Ireland B is a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the Northern Ireland national football team. At times they have played other nation's full teams; they have also played matches against 'B' teams from other football associations.
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was an organisation which campaigned for civil rights for Northern Ireland's Catholic minority during the 1960s and early 1970s. The organization's demands for reform, and the subsequent backlash by some in the unionist majority, led to the Troubles, a violent conflict, akin to a civil war which lasted for more than thirty years.
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention was an elected body set up in 1975 by the Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action is the national infrastructure body for the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland. NICVA also run Community NI as a home for Northern Ireland's voluntary and community sector online.
Northern Ireland Court Service The Northern Ireland Court Service is a government department which runs the courts of Northern Ireland. The Supreme Court, county courts, magistrates’ courts, coroners’ courts and certain tribunals are all administered by the Court Service.
Northern Ireland Electricity Northern Ireland Electricity plc (NIE) is the electricity transmission company in Northern Ireland. NIE does not generate electricity but purchases it from several power stations in Northern Ireland, as well as interconnectors with the Republic of Ireland and Scotland.
Northern Ireland Executive The Northern Ireland Executive as established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern Ireland, answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly. It consists of a First Minister and Deputy First Minister and various ministers with individual portfolios and remits.
Northern Ireland flags issue The Northern Ireland flags issue is one which divides the population along sectarian lines. Depending on political allegiance, people identify with differing flags and symbols, some of which have, or have had, official status in the province.
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) is the statutory fire and rescue service for Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The NIFRS is under command and owned by the The Fire and Rescue Services Board.
Northern Ireland Forum The Northern Ireland Forum, or formally the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 to conduct the negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement (or the Good Friday Agreement) in 1998.
Northern Ireland general election, 1949 The Northern Ireland general election, 1949 was held on 19 February 1949. The election became known as the Chapel-gate election because collections were held at churches in Eire to support the Nationalist Party (Ireland) campaign.
Northern Ireland general election, 1969 The Northern Ireland general election, 1969 was held on Monday 24 February 1969. It was the last election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland before its abolition by the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is recognised as a member of the worldwide network of National institutions for human rights, a 'national human rights institution' or NHRI, although it operates at sub-national level. It came into existence on 1 March 1999.
Northern Ireland Children's Enterprise Northern Ireland Children's Enterprise is a cross-community charity headquartered at 10 Stockman's Lane, Belfast. The charity was evolved from the Irish Children's Summer program which was involved in bringing children from both the Catholic and Protestant communities of Belfast and the surrounding areas on trips to New York for six weeks.
Northern Ireland Law Commission The Northern Ireland Law Commission is a Law Commission in Northern Ireland that will be created under section 50 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, implementing recommendations following the Good Friday Agreement. The Act has not yet been brought into force, but it is expected that the Northern Ireland Law Commission will be created in 2007.
Northern Ireland Office The Northern Ireland Office (or NIO) is a department of HM Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. The NIO is led by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, currently Peter Hain.
Northern Ireland peace process When discussing the history of Northern Ireland, the "peace process" is generally considered to cover the events leading up to the 1994 IRA ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of The Troubles, the Belfast (or Good Friday) Agreement, and subsequent political developments.
Northern Ireland Policing Board The Northern Ireland Policing Board is the Police Authority for Northern Ireland, charged with supervising the activities of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. It is composed of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and independent members, all of whom are chosen by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland riots of August 1969 From August 13-17 1969, Northern Ireland was rocked by intensive sectarian rioting. The riots broke out in response to the Battle of the Bogside in Derry, a three day confrontation between the Catholic nationalist residents of the Bogside and the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Northern Ireland Railways Northern Ireland Railways (NIR or NI Railways) – formerly, and very briefly, known as Ulster Transport Railways (UTR) – is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. The sole state-owned inter-urban train operator in the UK, it is a subsidiary of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, and has a common Board of Management with the other two transport Companies, Ulsterbus and Citybus, trading under the brand name Translink.
Northern Ireland sovereignty referendum, 1973 The Northern Irish referendum of 1973 (also known as the Border Poll) was a referendum held in Northern Ireland only on March 8, 1973 on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or join with the Republic of Ireland to form a United Ireland.
Northern Ireland Sign Language Northern Ireland Sign Language (NISL) is a sign language used in Northern Ireland, mainly Belfast. It is a dialect of American Sign Language (ASL) and British Sign Language (BSL), mixed together, and as such is a natural language, not a signed representation of English.
Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive ARK is a Northern Irish website in collaboration with Queen's University Belfast and University of Ulster. It is designed to make social and political information about Northern Ireland available freely to the public.
Northern Ireland Squadron The Northern Ireland Squadron was a unit of the Royal Navy. It was established during the conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles, to interdict the movement by sea of illegal arms for paramilitaries and to provide other material support for anti-terrorist operations in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company The Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo) is a government owned body which was established in 1967 to take over the railway and bus services of the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA), namely Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) and Ulsterbus. The company was established by the Transport Act (NI) 1967.
Northern Islands Municipality Northern Islands Municipality is one of the four main political divisions of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It consists of a long string of the northernmost islands of the Northern Marianas, including (from north to south) Farallon de Pajaros, the Maug Islands, Asuncion, Agrihan, Pagan, Alamagan, Guguan, Zealandia Bank, Sarigan, Anatahan, and Farallon de Medinilla.
Northern koura The northern koura (Koura in Māori), Paranephrops planifrons, is a freshwater crayfish of the family Parastacidae found mainly in the North Island of New Zealand but also in Marlborough, Nelson and the West Coast of the South Island. They reach lengths of about 7 cm, and are very similar to the southern koura but have less hairy pincers and are a little smaller.
Northern Kalaripayattu Kalarippayattu (Malayalam: കളരിപ്പയറ്റ്) is an Indian martial art practised in Kerala and contiguous parts of neighboring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It incorporates strikes, kicks, grappling, and weaponry, as well as healing techniques.
Northern Kentucky While the existence of a "Northern" Kentucky has been the subject of heated debate, it is generally agreed to consist of Kentucky's three northernmost counties (from west to east, highlighted in bright red on the map at right):
Northern Khmer Northern Khmer, also called Khmer Surin, is the dialect of the Khmer language spoken by the Khmer native to the Thai provinces of Surin, Srisaket, Buriram and Roi Et as well as those that have migrated from this region into Cambodia.
Northern League (football) The Northern League (currently sponsored by the Arngrove Insurance and known as the Arngrove Northern League) is a football league in North East England for semi-professional and amateur teams. Having been founded in 1889, the Northern League is the oldest surviving league after The Football League.
Northern League (ice hockey, 1967) The Northern League was the top-flight ice hockey league in Scotland and initially northern England, from 1966. In 1982 it merged with the Inter-City League and the English League North to form the British Hockey League.
Northern League (ice hockey, 2005) The Northern League is an ice hockey league in the United Kingdom, contested by teams from both England and Scotland. Named for the Northern League which existed in the 1960s and 70s, it was founded in 2005 in the same format as the defunct Border League.
Northern League (Italy) The Northern League (Italian: Lega Nord) is an Italian political party founded in 1991 as a federation of several regional parties in Northern Italy, most of which had arisen, and all of which had expanded their share of the electorate, in the 1980s.
Northern League Division One The Arngrove Northern League Division One is the highest division in the Northern League, a Step 5 league in the English football National League System.The bottom club gets relegated to the Northern League Division Two.
Northern Lehigh School District The Northern Lehigh School District is a public school district with offices in Slatington, Pennsylvania, United States. The four schools that make up the district are the Northern Lehigh High School, the Northern Lehigh Middle School, the Slatington Elementary School and Peters Elementary School.
Northern Liang The Northern Liang (; 397-439) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China. It was founded by the Xiongnu Juqu family, although they initially supported the Han official Duan Ye as prince, but overthrew Duan in 401 and directly took over.
Northern Liberties Township, Pennsylvania Northern Liberties Township is a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The township ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia after the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.
Northern Light (album) Northern Light is Covenant's fifth full-length album, released by Metropolis Records in September, 2002. A limited edition digipak version of the album was also released, along with 1000 numbered double vinyl releases.
Northern Light Group Northern Light Group, LLC is a company specializing in knowledge management for market research and custom enterprise search applications. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Northern Light as a Web search engine in 1996, and was originally called the Northern Light Technology Corporation.
Northern Light Infantry The Northern Light Infantry (NLI) is a Light infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army. Headquartered in Skardu, the capital of Baltistan, it is the main force protecting the strategically important northern areas of Pakistan.
Northern Lighthouse Board The Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), previously known as the Commissioners of Northern Light Houses, is the organisation responsible for marine navigation aids around the coastal areas of Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Northern Limestone Alps The Northern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps. The distinction from the latter group, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition.
Northern Line The Northern Line is a deep-level tube line of the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. With two routes through the central area and two to the north, it is one of the more complicated lines on the system.
Northern Line (Merseyrail) The Northern Line is one of the two lines operated by Merseyrail on Merseyside, England, the other being the Wirral Line. It connects the centre of Liverpool with Hunts Cross to the south and Southport, Ormskirk and Kirkby to the north.
Northern MaramureĹź Northern MaramureĹź is a historical region, situated in present-day western Ukraine, near the border with Romania. It was part of the MaramureĹź historical region of Transylvania until 1920, when the latter was split between a northern region, incorporated into Czechoslovakia, and a southern region incorporated into the Kingdom of Romania.
Northern March The Northern March or North March () was the Holy Roman Empire's initial territorial organisation on the conquered areas of the Wends in what is now eastern Germany. A Slavic rebellion in 983 reversed German control over the region until the establishment of the Margravate of Brandenburg by Albert the Bear in the 12th century.
Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The House consists of 18 representatives coming from six precincts spread across the commonwealth.
Northern Mariana Islands Senate The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The Senate consists of nine senators representing three senatorial districts, all of which are multi-member constituencies with three senators each.
Northern Mariana Islands Territory Constitution The Constitution of the Northern Marianas Islands is the governing document of that United States territory, and was drafted and approved between 1976 and 1978. Being the constitution of a Federal territory the United States Congress reserves the right to alter, abolish or mandate amendments to it.
Northern Māori by-election 1980 The Northern Maori by-election of 1980 was a by-election during the 39th New Zealand Parliament. It was prompted by the resignation of Matiu Rata, a former member of the Labour Party who was establishing a new group, Mana Motuhake.
Northern Medical Program Northern Medical Program (NMP) is a joint medical program by the UBC Faculty of Medicine and the University of Northern British Columbia. It is one of three medical programs in the UBC Faculty of Medicine, along with the Island Medical Program (IMP) at the University of Victoria and the Vancouver-Fraser Medical Program (VFMP) at the University of British Columbia.
Northern Medium Mountains (Hungary) The Northern Medium MountainsSometimes the territory is also referred as Mátra-Slanec Area, because of its eastern slopes are located at the village of Slanec. However, since this definition excludes Cserhát and Börzsöny Mountains, this term is rather inappropriate.
Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) is a TAFE institute located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It has six city campuses located at Preston, Collingwood, Epping, Fairfield, Greensborough, Heidelberg, a country campus at Ararat, and several country training facilities.
Northern Metropolitan Region, Victoria The electoral district of Northern Metropolitan Region is one of eight new electoral divisions of the state of Victoria, Australia, each of which elects five members to the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, the Victorian Legislative Council, by proportional representation. It was created in 2006 following the reform of the Legislative Council by the Australian Labor Party state government of Steve Bracks.
Northern Mindanao Designated as Region X of the Philippines, Northern Mindanao (Hilagang Mindanao) is composed of five provinces and eight cities, namely: Misamis Oriental (Gingoog City and Cagayan de Oro City), Misamis Occidental (Oroquieta City, Tangub City and Ozamis City), Camiguin, Lanao del Norte (Iligan City), and Bukidnon (Malaybalay City and Valencia City). The regional capital is Cagayan de Oro, where government regional offices and other big establishments are also located.
Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo The Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo (Cabassous centralis) is a species of armadillo. It is found from southern Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela, and is one of only two species of armadillos that can be found outside of South-America.
Northern Ndebele language The Northern Ndebele language, or isiNdebele, or Sindebele, is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of Zimbabwe. It is commonly known as Sindebele.
Northern Neck The Northern Neck is the northernmost of three peninsulas on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, USA. This peninsula is bounded by the Potomac River on the north and the Rappahannock River on the south.
Northern Nectar Sources for Honey Bees The nectar source in a given area depends on the type of vegetation present and the length of their bloom period. What type of vegetation will grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degree days.
Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League The Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, abbreviated NNJIL, is a group of athletic conferences located in Bergen County and Passaic County, New Jersey. The NNJIL is separated into three divisions, according to the classification they are given from the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Northern Nigeria Protectorate Northern Nigeria was a British colony formed in 1900 from the interior territories of the Royal Niger Company, north from about where the Niger River and Benin River joined at Lokoja. Territories to the south and along the coast were formed into Southern Nigeria; both were reorganized into a single Nigeria in 1914.
Northern Norwegian Cup The Northern Norwegian Cup was a Norwegian football tournament that was played between 1929 and 1969. It was made for clubs from Northern Norway, because these were not allowed admission into the All-Norwegian cup until 1962.
Northern Ohio Railway Museum Northern Ohio Railway Museum (NORM) is at 5515 Buffham Road, Chippewa Lake, Ohio. The museum owns two miles of former Cleveland and Southwestern Interurban right-of-way and has collected thirty streetcars and interurbans.
Northern Ontario Heritage Party The Northern Ontario Heritage Party was a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada that was formed in 1977 to campaign for provincial status for Northern Ontario. No member was ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Tier II Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League, the Northern Ontario Hockey Association, and Hockey Canada. The North Bay Skyhawks also compete in inter-league games with the Central Junior A Hockey League.
Northern Ontario Railway Museum The Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre is located in the community of Capreol in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The museum's mandate is to provide a unique and educational tourist attraction that preserves and displays the railroading past and heritage of Northern Ontario.
Northern Ontario Resource Trail The Northern Ontario Resource Trail is a mainly gravel road that travels north from Pickle Lake, Ontario to the northern shore of Windigo Lake. It links several winter roads and ice roads that serve communities in extreme Northern Ontario to Secondary Highway 599.
Northern Ontario School of Medicine The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (also known as the Northern Ontario Medical School) is a medical school created through a partnership between Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Mandated both to educate doctors and to contribute to care in Northern Ontario's urban, rural and remote communities, the Northern Ontario Medical School will have campuses in both Sudbury and Thunder Bay.
Northern Outfall Sewer The Northern Outfall Sewer (NOS) is a major sewer which runs from central London to Beckton in east London (east of Stratford); it was designed by Joseph Bazalgette after an outbreak of cholera in 1853 and "The Big Stink" of 1858.
Northern Pacific Bridge Number 9 Northern Pacific Bridge #9 is a deck truss bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between the Seven Corners area and the University of Minnesota campus. It was built in 1924 and was designed by Frederick W.
Northern Pacific coastal forests The Northern Pacific coastal forests is a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion of the Pacific coast of North America. It occupies a narrow coastal zone of Alaska, between the Pacific Ocean and the coastal mountain ranges, covering an area of 23,300 square miles (60,400 square kilometers), extending from the Alexander Archipelago in southeast Alaska along the Gulf of Alaska to the western Kenai Peninsula and eastern Kodiak Island.
Northern Pacific seastar Asterias amurensis, commonly referred to as the northern Pacific sea star, is an invasive species in Australia, and native to the coasts of northern China, North Korea, South Korea, Russia and Japan. Distribution of this species into other countries has increased.
Northern Paiute traditional narratives Northern Paiute traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Northern Paiute people of the Great Basin deserts of western Nevada, eastern California, and southeastern Oregon.
Northern Pakistan Northern Pakistan is the term used to refer to the high-altitude region in the northern part of Pakistan that includes 12 of the world's 27 highest mountains as well as three of the seven longest glaciers outside of the polar regions of the world. Sometimes referred to as the "Third pole of the world", three of the greatest mountain ranges of the world; Karakoram, Hindukush and Himalaya meet here.
Northern Patagonian Ice Field The Northern Patagonian Ice Field, located in Chile (centered near ), refers to the smaller of two remnant parts in which the Patagonian Ice Sheet in the Andes Mountains of lower South America can be divided. It is completely contained within the boundaries of Laguna San Rafael National Park.
Northern Peigan The Northern Peigans are a Native American tribe, part of the Blackfoot (Nitsitapii) nation. Also known as Piikani, Pekuni or Apatohsipikani, they are very closely related to the other members of the Blackfoot Confederacy: the Blackfeet of Montana (Amsskaapipikani), Kainah and the Siksika.
Northern Picture Library Northern Picture Library was a British Dream Pop group formed in 1993 by Bobby Wratten and Annemari Davies, both former members of The Field Mice. They were soon joined by former Field Mice drummer Mark Dobson.
Northern Pine Snake Pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) are a large species of non-venomous colubrid snakes native to the United States. Sometimes mistaken for rattlesnakes, pine snakes are able to hiss quite loudly and will shake their tails when threatened.
Northern Pocket Gopher The Northern Pocket Gopher, Thomomys talpoides, was first discovered by Lewis and Clark on April 9, 1805 at the mouth of the Knife River, North Dakota. These animals are often rich brown or yellowish brown, but also grayish or closely approaching local soil color and have white markings under chin.
Northern Praying Mantis (martial art) Northern Praying Mantis () is a style of Chinese martial arts, sometimes called Shandong Praying Mantis after its province of origin. It was created by Wang Lang and was named after the praying mantis, an insect, the aggressiveness of which inspired the style.
Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League, known in recent years as the UniBond League under a title sponsorship contract, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the regional conference. Due to restructuring, from 2005 onwards its champions have been promoted to the Conference North division rather than the Conference National.
Northern Premier League controversy 2005 The 2005 Northern Premier League controversy sought to clear up the final standings of the 2005 Northern Premier League championship, following the non-contest of several scheduled games. The Northern Premier League is a semi-professional football (soccer) league in England.
Northern Qi The Northern Qi Dynasty was one of the Northern dynasties of Chinese history and ruled northern China from 550 to 577. It was the successor state of Eastern Wei, as Eastern Wei's paramount general Gao Huan was succeeded by his sons Gao Cheng and Gao Yang, who took the throne from Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei in 550 and established Northern Qi as its Emperor Wenxuan.
Northern red anemone The Northern red anemone (Tealia felina), is a marine animal found in the north Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The sea anemone lives attached to rock on the seabed from the lower tidal limit down to a depth of 100 m.
Northern riffleshell The northern riffleshell, Epioblasma torulosa rangiana, is an endangered subspecies of clam formerly found widely in the Ohio River basin, but now the population is fragmented with as few as three viable groups. It needs gravel river beds and swift-flowing, well-oxygenated water.

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