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Nea Penteli Nea Penteli, Nea Pendeli or Nea Pedeli (Greek: ÎťÎα ΠεντÎλη, literally New Penteli), is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece. Nea Penteli is accessed with the GR-1/E75 5 km west near the western part of Kifissia with an interchange to Varympompi at the 18th km and the Attiki Odos (number 6).
Nea Potidaia Nea Potidea was founded in 1922 by refugees from eastern Thrace on the site of ancient Corinthian colony of Potidaea. It is the village entering to Kassandra, Chalcidice impressing the driver while he passes the bridge over the canal where the Thermaikos and Toroneos Gulfs combine together.
Nea Potidea Nea Potidea is a small town in Moudania, in the Halkidiki Prefecture of Greece. Built on the site of the ancient city of Potidaea, 33 kilometers south-west of Poligiros, it was founded in 1922 and today has a population of 900.
Nea Skioni Nea Skioni (Greek: ÎťÎα Σκιώνη) is a touristic village located in the peninsulas of Cassandreia and Chalkidiki (also a prefecture) in Greece. The population in 2001 was 889 for the village and 910 for the municipal district, the elevation is 10 m.
Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni or Nea Smirni (Greek: ÎťÎα ÎŁÎĽĎŤĎνη, New Smyrna) is a suburb south of Athens, Greece. Nea Smyrni is located about 5 km SW of downtown Athens, about 5 km SW of Kifissias Avenue, W of Vouliagmenis Avenue, about 6 km E of Piraeus, and NE of Poseidonos Avenue.
Nea-Nidelvvassdraget Nea-Nidelvvassdraget is a watercourse in the municipalities of Tydal, Selbu, Klæbu and Trondheim in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. The total area of the watershed is 3100 km² and it runs for 160 km from the source in Sylan and out toTrondheimsfjorden.
Neab International Kashmiri Magazine Neab International Kashmiri Magazine is a Kashmiri language literary magazine which was first published from Srinagar, India in October 1968 by Amin Kamil and is currently published from Boston. Seventeen issues of the magazine were published between its first issue in 1968 and its closure in October 1971.
Neacola Mountains The Neacola Mountains are the northernmost subrange of the Aleutian Range in Alaska. They are bordered on the southeast by the Chigmit Mountains, on the northeast by the Tordrillo Mountains, on the northwest by the southern tip of the Alaska Range, and on the west and southwest by the lakes and lowlands of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
Neagari, Ishikawa Neagari (ć ąä¸Šç”ş; -machi) was a town located in Nomi District, Ishikawa, Japan. On February 1, 2005 the town merged with two other towns from the district forming the city of Nomi and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Neagoe Basarab Neagoe Basarab was the Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521. Born into the boyar family of the CraioveĹźti (his reign marks the climax of the family's political influence) as the son of Pârvu Craiovescu or Basarab ŢepeluĹź cel TânÄr, Neagoe Basarab, who replaced Vlad cel TânÄr after the latter rejected CraioveĹźti tutelage, was noted for his abilities and competence.
Neak Pean Neak Pean ("Coiled Serpents") at Angkor, Cambodia is an artificial island with a Buddhist temple at the center of Jayatataka Baray, or Pool of Jayavarman. The name is derived from the sculptures of snakes (Naga) running around the base of the temple structure.
Neal 'n' Nikki Neal N Nikki is a Indian movie out of the Mumbai-based Bollywood film industry, released in 2005. It was produced by the legendary Yash Chopra and his son Aditya, and directed by Canadian-based director Arjun Sablok.
Neal Adams Neal Adams (born June 6, 1941, Governors Island, Manhattan, New York City) is an American comic book and commercial artist best known for his highly naturalistic style of illustration. He has helped create some of the definitive modern imagery of the DC Comics characters Batman, Green Arrow, and others.
Neal Ardley Neal Ardley (born September 1, 1972 in Epsom, Surrey) is an English footballer currently playing for Millwall as a right-sided midfielder. He has previously played for Wimbledon, Watford and Cardiff City and has been capped at Under-21 level by England.
Neal Ball Cornelius "Neal" Ball (April 22, 1881 - October 15, 1957), the American baseball player, achieved fame on July 19, 1909How Neal Ball Became Famous in a Day when he pulled off the first unassisted triple play in Major League baseball history in a game against the Boston Red Sox. "During the same game, he set another major league record for shortstops.
Neal Broten Neal LaMoy Broten (born November 29, 1959 in Roseau, Minnesota) is a former American professional ice hockey player who played for the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League.
Neal Cassady Neal Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was an icon of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic movement of the 1960s, perhaps best known as the inspiration for the character of Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's classic On the Road.
Neal Colzie Cornelius Connie Colzie (born in February 28, 1954 in Fitzgerald, Florida) is a former American Football player who played defensive back for the Oakland Raiders (1975-1978), Miami Dolphins (1979), and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1980-1983). Before his NFL career, he played for Ohio State University, where he recorded 15 interceptions and returned 60 punts for 855 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Neal D. Barnard Neal D. Barnard is an American psychiatrist, author, clinical researcher, and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a national network of physicians and lay supporters that seek to promote a vegan lifestyle.
Neal Fredericks Neal L. Fredericks (July 24 1969 in Newport Beach, California - August 14 2004 in the Florida Keys) was an American motion picture cinematographer, most famous for The Blair Witch Project, noted and praised by critics for its distinctive cinéma vérité style of camera work.
Neal Gabler Neal Gabler is a professor, journalist, author, and political commentator. He is the author of four books: An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood (1989), Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity (1994), Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality (1998) and Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (2006).
Neal Hallford William Neal Hallford (born October 17, 1966) is an American game designer, book author, and screenwriter. Although he's been behind the creation of several titles since 1990, he is best known for his work on the fantasy role-playing games Betrayal at Krondor, Dungeon Siege, and Champions of Norrath.
Neal Halsey Neal Halsey, MD (b. 1950), is a pediatrician, with subspecialty training in infectious diseases and epidemiology, and a professor of international health and Director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Neal Hellman Neal Hellman is a performer and teacher of the mountain dulcimer. He has been active in performing, writing, teaching and recording acoustic music for the past thirty years throughout the United States and Europe.
Neal James Neal James has been called by various leaders in the Music Industry one of the nation's most successful music producers and publishers. This legendary and influential industry executive has the talent and ability to adapt and understand most entertainment mediums and mixing the rare ability to combine these talents is one of the many reasons for his phenomenal success.
Neal Katyal Neal Kumar Katyal is the John Carroll Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law School and was the lead counsel in the Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which held that military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay "violate both the UCMJ and the four Geneva Conventions.
Neal Keny-Guyer Neal Keny-Guyer is the Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Corps, a humanitarian NGO based in Portland, Oregon. Prior to becoming CEO of Mercy Corps in 1994, Keny-Guyer operated his own consulting firm and spent nine years working for Save the Children.
Neal Morse Neal Morse (born on August 2, 1960 in Van Nuys, California) is a prolific American multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock composer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is known for his musical versatility and his writing and recording output.
Neal Morse in the 80's! Neal Morse in the 80's! – A collection of Neal's demos and other amusing things from 1980 to 1990 was recorded throughout the 1980s and released for Neal Morse's Inner Circle fan club and is made up of various demo and miscellaneous recordings.
Neal Pollack Neal Pollack is an American satirist currently living in Los Angeles. Alternadad, his memoir about his early years as a parent, was published in January 2007 and was recently optioned by Warner Brothers Pictures.
Neal Shaara Neal Shaara, known as the third Thunderbird, is a Marvel Comics superhero, who was briefly a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Leinil Francis Yu, he first appeared in X-Men #100 (May 2000).
Neal Smith (drummer) Neal Smith (born September 23, 1947 in Akron, Ohio) was the drummer for the rock group Alice Cooper from 1969 to 1974. He performed on the group's early albums Pretties For You and Easy Action, the breakout album Love It to Death and the subsequent successful albums Killer, School's Out (album), and Billion Dollar Babies.
Neal Smith (politician) Neal Edward Smith (b. March 23, 1920, in his grandparents' home near Hedrick, Keokuk County, Iowa) was a member of the House of Representatives from Iowa from 1959 till 1995--the longest period of time any Iowa Representative has ever served in the United States House of Representatives.
Neal Solomon Neal Solomon (born 1960) is a social theorist, systems theorist and architect, management consultant, inventor, entrepreneur and author. Though he has been a management consultant to the legal profession for over twenty years, he has also been a well-traveled nature photographer for over thirty years.
Neal Trotman Neal Trotman is a young footballer, currently playing for Halifax Town on loan from Oldham Athletic. He is a central defender, and scored his first ever senior goal for Oldham against Kettering Town (11/11/2006).
Neal Walk Neal Walk (born July 29, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former professional basketball player who played from 1969 to 1974 for the Phoenix Suns, was traded to the then New Orleans (now Utah) Jazz and subsequently traded to the New York Knicks, where he played for 2 seasons. Afterward, he went to play in Italy (Venice and Milano) after which, he went on to become a star in Israel.
Neal Weaver Neal Weaver is a graduate of and since 1992 has been the president of Louisiana Baptist University (an unaccredited institution). During his service there, LBU has grown from 100 students to over 1,000 in over 40 states and 20 different countries.
Neal Wood A scholar of the history of political thought, Neal Wood (10 September 1922 – 17 September 2003) located political ideas within social relations, property forms, and popular struggles, writing on topics as variant as the British Communist Party, John Locke, Aristotle, Edmund Burke, and St. Augustine.
Neal's Yard Dairy Neal's Yard Dairy is a London artisanal cheese retailer and (formerly) cheesemaker, described as "London's foremost cheese store." Dana Bowen, "By Cheese Possessed", New York Times April 27, 2005.
Neale Donald Walsch Neale Donald Walsch is a American novelist and author of the series Conversations with God. The books so far in the series are Conversations With God (books 1-3), Friendship with God, Communion with God, The New Revelations, Tomorrow's God, and What God Wants.
NeamĹŁ Monastery The NeamĹŁ Monastery (MÄnÄstirea NeamĹŁ in Romanian) is one of the oldest and most important religious settlements in Romania. It was built in 14th century and it is an example of Medieval Moldavian architecture.
Neanderthal Genome Project In July 2006, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and 454 Life Sciences annouced that they would be sequencing the Neanderthal genome over the next two years. At three billion base pairs, the Neanderthal genome is roughly the size of the human genome; preliminary sequences reveal very few differences: human and Neanderthal DNA appear to be 99.
Neanderthal interaction with Cro-Magnons The Neanderthals began to be displaced around 45,000 years ago by modern humans (Homo sapiens), as the Cro-Magnon people appeared in Europe. Despite this, populations of Neanderthals held on for thousands of years in regional pockets such as modern-day Croatia and the Iberian and Crimean peninsulas.
Neanderthal, Germany The Neanderthal (Neandertal) is a small valley of the river DĂĽssel in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, between the cities of Erkrath and Mettmann, near the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia DĂĽsseldorf. In 1856, the area became famous for the discovery of Neanderthal 1.
Neanderthals in popular culture Depictions of Neanderthals in popular culture have tended to greatly exaggerate the ape-like gait and related characteristics of the Neanderthals. It has been determined that some of the earliest specimens found in fact suffered from severe arthritis.
Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers: How Agriculture Really Began (ISBN 0-297-84258-7) is a book by the British science writer Colin Tudge. The book is one of a series of long essays by respected contemporary Darwinian thinkers, which were published under the collective title Darwinism Today; the series was inspired by a course of 'Darwin Seminars' which took place at the LSE in London in the late 1990s.
Neapolitan flip coffee pot The Neapolitan flip coffee pot, or Napoletana, is a drip brew coffee maker for the stovetop. It consists of a bottom section filled with water, a filter section in the middle filled with coarsely-ground coffee, and an upside-down pot placed on the top.
Neapolitan language Neapolitan (autonym: napulitano; ) is a Romance language spoken in the city and region of Naples, Campania (Neapolitan: NĂ pule, Italian: Napoli); close dialects are spoken throughout most of southern Italy, including the Gaeta and Sora districts of southern Lazio, parts of Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata, northern Calabria, and northern and central Apulia. As of 1976, there were 7,047,399 native speakers of this group of dialects (some recent estimates range as high as 7,800,000).
Neapolitan lira The lira was a currency issued for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies between 1812 and 1813. Because the coinage was issued by Joachim Murat, who only controlled the mainland part of the kingdom, including Naples, the currency is referred to as the "Neapolitan lira".
Neapolitan piastra The piastra was the currency of the mainland part of the Two Sicilies, which included the city of Naples. In order to distinguish it from the piastra issued on the island of Sicily, it is referred to as the "Neapolitan piastra" as opposed to the "Sicilian piastra".
Near and far field In the study of diffraction and antenna design, the near field is that part of the radiated field nearest to the antenna, where the radiation pattern depends on the distance from the antenna. Beyond the near field is the far field.
Near Caves The Near Caves or the Caves of Saint AnthonyAnother name can be Caves of Saint Anthony because the relics of Saint Anthony are buried here.(; ) are historic caves and a network of tunnels of the medieval cave monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
Near Continuous Backup Near Continuous Backup or Near Continuous Data Protection is a derivative of Continuous Data Protection, where protection is done is such a manner that many "point in time" data recovery options are available. These recovery point in times should be close enough (few minutes apart) to minimize data loss in case of disaster.
Near East The Near East is a term commonly used by archaeologists, geographers and historians, less commonly by journalists and commentators, to refer to the region encompassing Anatolia (modern Turkey), the Levant (modern Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), and Mesopotamia (Iraq and eastern Syria). The alternative term Middle East — preferred in some political and economic contexts — is not used by Near Eastern archaeologists and historians.
Near East Broadcasting Station The Near East Broadcasting Station (also Sharq-el-Adna, Voice of Britain) started broadcasting in Arabic in 1941/1942 from Jaffa, Mandate of Palestine. It was fully financed and run by the British, and the goal of the broadcasts were to "entice Arabs to join British and British-backed military forces, as well as [ ] to maintain political and economic stability in Palestine".
Near East School of Theology The Near East School of Theology (NEST) is an interdenominational Protestant theological seminary serving the Evangelical churches of the Middle East and African churches, and is once again able to accommodate international students who have a special interest in Biblical and Islamic studies in a Middle Eastern context or those especially interested in the Ancient churches.
Near East Side, Columbus, Ohio The "Near East Side" is an area made up of lots of small neighborhoods on the east side of Columbus, Ohio. Some neighborhoods making up the area include Nelson Park, Eastgate, Beatty Park, Old Town East, Old Oaks Historic District, Driving Park, and Bryden Road Historics District.
Near Eastern archaeology Near Eastern Archaeology (sometimes known as Middle Eastern archaeology) is a regional branch of the wider, global discipline of Archaeology. It refers generally to the excavation and study of artifacts and material culture of the Near East in the ancient and pre-modern periods (up to approximately AD 612).
Near Eastern Studies Near Eastern Sudies is the study of ancient cultures of the Ancient Near East such as ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria-Palestine, Persia and Anatolia. There are many schools concerned with this field in the world.
Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure NEXAFS (Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure) is an element-specific electron spectroscopic technique which is highly sensitive to bond angles, bond lengths and the presence of adsorbates. It is widely used in surface science and has also been used to study polymers and magnetic materials.
Near infrared spectroscopy Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a spectroscopic method utilising the near infra-red region of the electromagnetic spectrum (from about 800 nm to 2500 nm). Typical applications include pharmaceutical, medical diagnostics (including blood sugar and oximetry), food and agrochemical quality control, as well as combustion research.
Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer The Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) is a scientific instrument for infrared astronomy, installed on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), operating from 1997 to 1999, and from 2002 to the present.
Near letter quality Near letter quality is an obsolete Computer engineering term for a computer printer that produces output quality that is almost as good as the quality of a conventional typewriter. Modern computer printers are universally at or beyond letter quality - so this term is no longer needed.
Near North District School Board The Near North District School Board ("NNDSB") administers public education in an area of southern Ontario that is includes all of Parry Sound District, plus a northerly portion of Muskoka District and the western portion of Nipissing District. It includes the communities of North Bay, Parry Sound, Mattawa and Burk's Falls.
Near passerine Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines (order Passeriformes) due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Beddard. All near passerines are land birds.
Near side of the Moon The near side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that is permanently turned towards the Earth, whereas the opposite side is the far side of the Moon. Only one side of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates about its spin axis at the same rate that the Moon orbits the Earth, a situation known as synchronous rotation or tidal locking.
Near space Near Space is the region of Earth's atmosphere that lies between 65,000 and 325,00-350,000 feet above sea level, above where a commercial airliner flies but below the realm of an orbiting satellite. The area is of interest to the United States Department of Defense for military surveillance purposes, as well as to commercial interests for communications.
Near South Side, Chicago The Near South Side is an officially designated community area (neighborhood) in Chicago, Illinois, USA located just south of the downtown central business district, the Loop, which is itself a community area. It's boundaries are as follows: North - Roosevelt Road (essentially 12th Street); South - 26th Street; West - Chicago River between Roosevelt and 18th Street, Clark Street between 18th Street and 22nd Street, Federal between 22nd and the Stevenson Expressway just south of 25th Street, and Clark Street again between the Stevenson and 26th Street; & East - Lake Michigan.
Near Threatened Near Threatened (NT) is an conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status. As such the IUCN notes the importance of re-evaluating Near Threatened taxa often or at appropriate intervals.
Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Near Truths and Hotel Rooms is a 2003 album by Todd Snider, his first live album and third release on John Prine's Oh Boy Records. Snider plays solo acoustic guitar and harmonica on the album, but more significantly reflect the humor of Snider's live performances.
Near-back vowel A near-back vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-back vowel is that the tongue is positioned as in a back vowel, but slightly further forward in the mouth.
Near-birth experience A near-birth experience most commonly refers to a parental encounter which involves some form of intelligent communication (that is, beyond the obvious interactions that occur during pregnancy) with an unborn offspring - either during the pregnancy or before conception. This experience may reveal the forthcoming child's gender, name, character or similar traits.
Near-close near-front rounded vowel The near-close near-front rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is Y.
Near-close near-front unrounded vowel The near-close near-front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is I.
Near-close vowel A near-close vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-close vowel is that the tongue is positioned similarly to a close vowel, but slightly less constricted.
Near-death experience A near-death experience (NDE) is a type of experience reported by a person who nearly died, or who experienced clinical death and then revived. Some experts on the phenomenon believe it can be explained by hallucinations produced by the brain as it dies, while others believe that such an explanation cannot account for all the evidence (van Lommel, 2004).
Near-extremal black hole In theoretical physics, a near-extremal black hole is a black hole which is not far from the minimal possible mass that can be compatible with the given charges and angular momentum. The calculations of the properties of near-extremal black holes are usually performed using perturbation theory around the extremal black hole; the expansion parameter is called non-extremality.
Near-Earth object Near-Earth objects (NEO) are asteroids, comets and large meteoroids whose orbit intersects Earth's orbit and which may therefore pose a collision danger. Due to their size and proximity, NEOs are also more easily accessible for spacecraft from Earth and are important for future scientific investigation and commercial development.
Near-fall In the context of professional wrestling, a near-fall occurs when a wrestler's shoulders are pinned to the mat for a count of two, but the wrestler manages to escape before the referee's hand hits the mat a third time, which would signify a pinfall. A near-fall is also commonly referred to as a two-count.
Near-field scanning optical microscope In near field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) a very small light source very close to the sample is scanned. Light passes through a sub-wavelength diameter aperture and illuminates a sample that is placed within its near field, at a distance much less than the wavelength of the light.
Near-front vowel A near-front vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as in a front vowel, but slightly further back in the mouth.
Near-miss Johnson solid In geometry, a near-miss Johnson solid is a strictly convex polyhedron, where every face is a regular or nearly regular polygon, and excluding the 5 Platonic solids, the 13 Archimedean solids, the infinite set of prisms, the infinite set of antiprisms, and the 92 Johnson solids.
Near-open front unrounded vowel The near-open front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is {.
Near-open vowel A near-open vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-open vowel is that the tongue is positioned similarly to an open vowel, but slightly more constricted.
Near-Term Digital Radio The Near-Term Digital Radio (NTDR) program provided a prototype mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) radio system to the United States Army. The MANET protocols were provided by Bolt, Beranek and Newman; the radio hardware was supplied by ITT.
Nearer, My God, to Thee "Nearer, my God, to Thee" is a 19th century Christian hymn based loosely on Genesis 28:11-19,the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11-12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set.
Nearest and Dearest Nearest and Dearest was a British situation comedy (sit-com) set in and around a pickle factory in Colne, Lancashire, in the North West of England. It began in 1968, and, in total, 46 episodes were produced, 11 in monochrome and 35 in colour.
Nearest neighbor interpolation Nearest neighbor interpolation is a simple method of interpolation. Interpolation is the problem of approximating the value for a non-given point in some space, when given some values of points around that point.
Nearest neighbor search Nearest Neighbor Search (NNS), also known as proximity search or closest point search, is a numerical optimization problem for finding closest points in multidimensional metric spaces. The problem is: given a set S of points in d-dimensional space V and a query point q âV, find the closest point in S to q.
Nearline storage Nearline storage (where Nearline is a contraction of Nearonline) is a term used in computer science to describe an intermediate type of data storage. It is a compromise between online storage (constant, very rapid access to data) and offline storage (infrequent access for backup purposes or long-term storage).
Nearring In mathematics, a near-ring (also near ring or nearrring) is an algebraic structure similar to a ring but satisfying fewer properties. Near-rings arise naturally as endomorphisms of (generally nonabelian) groups.
Nearshoring Nearshoring (or nearsourcing, "nearshore outsourcing") is a concept for the form of outsourcing in which business processes are relocated to locations which are, generally, cheaper and yet geographically nearer. The term was created and copyrighted by Softtek, a Mexican IT company which provides nearshore outsourcing to the US and the European Union.
Neasden Temple The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a Hindu temple in Neasden, in the London Borough of Brent in north-west London. It was Europe's first traditional Hindu temple (as distinct from converted secular buildings), and according to Guinness Book of World Records it is believed to be the largest outside India, although this distinction may now be taken by the Balaji Temple in Tividale, West Midlands.
Neat Stuff Peter Bagge's one-man comics anthology (there would be many more) was first published by Fantagraphics in 1985, and introduced the unsuspecting public to Bagge's manic style of cartooning and black-humoured prose.
Neath (district) Neath was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was formed from the municipal borough of Neath, along with all of Neath Rural District apart from Rhigos parish, which went to Cynon Valley district.
Neath Athletic A.F.C. Taff's Well Association Football Club are a Welsh association football team founded in 2005 after a merger between two other clubs, and . They are based in Neath and are currently playing in the Welsh Football League First Division.
Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot () is a county borough in Glamorgan, south Wales. It was created from the former districts of Neath, Port Talbot and part of Lliw Valley on 1 April 1996 as Neath and Port Talbot, it changed its name on the following day, 2 April 1996.
Neath Port Talbot College Neath Port Talbot College (NPTC) is a further education institution established as two campuses in Afan (Port Talbot) and Neath Campus. The college offer a whole range of courses between GCSE's, AS/A levels, AGCE's, AVCE's, Adult Lifelong Learning Services, GNVQs at both Foundation and Intermdiate levels.
Neathawk Dubuque & Packett Neathawk Dubuque & Packett, a Virginia-based advertising agency with clients across the country, was one of the first advertising agencies to in the United States to develop a specialty in healthcare marketing. The agency was recently named one of Richmond, VA's top ten advertising firms by Richmond.
Neatkarigas Tukuma Zinas Neatkarigas Tukuma Zinas (Latvian NeatkarÄ«gÄs Tukuma Ziņas, literally Independent Tukums News) is the main source of information for inhabitants of rural villages as well as the cities of Tukums and Kandava in Tukums County of Latvija.
Nea Potidaia Nea Potidea was founded in 1922 by refugees from eastern Thrace on the site of ancient Corinthian colony of Potidaea. It is the village entering to Kassandra, Chalcidice impressing the driver while he passes the bridge over the canal where the Thermaikos and Toroneos Gulfs combine together.
Nea Potidea Nea Potidea is a small town in Moudania, in the Halkidiki Prefecture of Greece. Built on the site of the ancient city of Potidaea, 33 kilometers south-west of Poligiros, it was founded in 1922 and today has a population of 900.
Nea Skioni Nea Skioni (Greek: ÎťÎα Σκιώνη) is a touristic village located in the peninsulas of Cassandreia and Chalkidiki (also a prefecture) in Greece. The population in 2001 was 889 for the village and 910 for the municipal district, the elevation is 10 m.
Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni or Nea Smirni (Greek: ÎťÎα ÎŁÎĽĎŤĎνη, New Smyrna) is a suburb south of Athens, Greece. Nea Smyrni is located about 5 km SW of downtown Athens, about 5 km SW of Kifissias Avenue, W of Vouliagmenis Avenue, about 6 km E of Piraeus, and NE of Poseidonos Avenue.
Nea-Nidelvvassdraget Nea-Nidelvvassdraget is a watercourse in the municipalities of Tydal, Selbu, Klæbu and Trondheim in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. The total area of the watershed is 3100 km² and it runs for 160 km from the source in Sylan and out toTrondheimsfjorden.
Neab International Kashmiri Magazine Neab International Kashmiri Magazine is a Kashmiri language literary magazine which was first published from Srinagar, India in October 1968 by Amin Kamil and is currently published from Boston. Seventeen issues of the magazine were published between its first issue in 1968 and its closure in October 1971.
Neacola Mountains The Neacola Mountains are the northernmost subrange of the Aleutian Range in Alaska. They are bordered on the southeast by the Chigmit Mountains, on the northeast by the Tordrillo Mountains, on the northwest by the southern tip of the Alaska Range, and on the west and southwest by the lakes and lowlands of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
Neagari, Ishikawa Neagari (ć ąä¸Šç”ş; -machi) was a town located in Nomi District, Ishikawa, Japan. On February 1, 2005 the town merged with two other towns from the district forming the city of Nomi and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Neagoe Basarab Neagoe Basarab was the Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521. Born into the boyar family of the CraioveĹźti (his reign marks the climax of the family's political influence) as the son of Pârvu Craiovescu or Basarab ŢepeluĹź cel TânÄr, Neagoe Basarab, who replaced Vlad cel TânÄr after the latter rejected CraioveĹźti tutelage, was noted for his abilities and competence.
Neak Pean Neak Pean ("Coiled Serpents") at Angkor, Cambodia is an artificial island with a Buddhist temple at the center of Jayatataka Baray, or Pool of Jayavarman. The name is derived from the sculptures of snakes (Naga) running around the base of the temple structure.
Neal 'n' Nikki Neal N Nikki is a Indian movie out of the Mumbai-based Bollywood film industry, released in 2005. It was produced by the legendary Yash Chopra and his son Aditya, and directed by Canadian-based director Arjun Sablok.
Neal Adams Neal Adams (born June 6, 1941, Governors Island, Manhattan, New York City) is an American comic book and commercial artist best known for his highly naturalistic style of illustration. He has helped create some of the definitive modern imagery of the DC Comics characters Batman, Green Arrow, and others.
Neal Ardley Neal Ardley (born September 1, 1972 in Epsom, Surrey) is an English footballer currently playing for Millwall as a right-sided midfielder. He has previously played for Wimbledon, Watford and Cardiff City and has been capped at Under-21 level by England.
Neal Ball Cornelius "Neal" Ball (April 22, 1881 - October 15, 1957), the American baseball player, achieved fame on July 19, 1909How Neal Ball Became Famous in a Day when he pulled off the first unassisted triple play in Major League baseball history in a game against the Boston Red Sox. "During the same game, he set another major league record for shortstops.
Neal Broten Neal LaMoy Broten (born November 29, 1959 in Roseau, Minnesota) is a former American professional ice hockey player who played for the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League.
Neal Cassady Neal Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was an icon of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic movement of the 1960s, perhaps best known as the inspiration for the character of Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's classic On the Road.
Neal Colzie Cornelius Connie Colzie (born in February 28, 1954 in Fitzgerald, Florida) is a former American Football player who played defensive back for the Oakland Raiders (1975-1978), Miami Dolphins (1979), and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1980-1983). Before his NFL career, he played for Ohio State University, where he recorded 15 interceptions and returned 60 punts for 855 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Neal D. Barnard Neal D. Barnard is an American psychiatrist, author, clinical researcher, and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a national network of physicians and lay supporters that seek to promote a vegan lifestyle.
Neal Fredericks Neal L. Fredericks (July 24 1969 in Newport Beach, California - August 14 2004 in the Florida Keys) was an American motion picture cinematographer, most famous for The Blair Witch Project, noted and praised by critics for its distinctive cinéma vérité style of camera work.
Neal Gabler Neal Gabler is a professor, journalist, author, and political commentator. He is the author of four books: An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood (1989), Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity (1994), Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality (1998) and Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (2006).
Neal Hallford William Neal Hallford (born October 17, 1966) is an American game designer, book author, and screenwriter. Although he's been behind the creation of several titles since 1990, he is best known for his work on the fantasy role-playing games Betrayal at Krondor, Dungeon Siege, and Champions of Norrath.
Neal Halsey Neal Halsey, MD (b. 1950), is a pediatrician, with subspecialty training in infectious diseases and epidemiology, and a professor of international health and Director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Neal Hellman Neal Hellman is a performer and teacher of the mountain dulcimer. He has been active in performing, writing, teaching and recording acoustic music for the past thirty years throughout the United States and Europe.
Neal James Neal James has been called by various leaders in the Music Industry one of the nation's most successful music producers and publishers. This legendary and influential industry executive has the talent and ability to adapt and understand most entertainment mediums and mixing the rare ability to combine these talents is one of the many reasons for his phenomenal success.
Neal Katyal Neal Kumar Katyal is the John Carroll Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law School and was the lead counsel in the Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which held that military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay "violate both the UCMJ and the four Geneva Conventions.
Neal Keny-Guyer Neal Keny-Guyer is the Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Corps, a humanitarian NGO based in Portland, Oregon. Prior to becoming CEO of Mercy Corps in 1994, Keny-Guyer operated his own consulting firm and spent nine years working for Save the Children.
Neal Morse Neal Morse (born on August 2, 1960 in Van Nuys, California) is a prolific American multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock composer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is known for his musical versatility and his writing and recording output.
Neal Morse in the 80's! Neal Morse in the 80's! – A collection of Neal's demos and other amusing things from 1980 to 1990 was recorded throughout the 1980s and released for Neal Morse's Inner Circle fan club and is made up of various demo and miscellaneous recordings.
Neal Pollack Neal Pollack is an American satirist currently living in Los Angeles. Alternadad, his memoir about his early years as a parent, was published in January 2007 and was recently optioned by Warner Brothers Pictures.
Neal Shaara Neal Shaara, known as the third Thunderbird, is a Marvel Comics superhero, who was briefly a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Leinil Francis Yu, he first appeared in X-Men #100 (May 2000).
Neal Smith (drummer) Neal Smith (born September 23, 1947 in Akron, Ohio) was the drummer for the rock group Alice Cooper from 1969 to 1974. He performed on the group's early albums Pretties For You and Easy Action, the breakout album Love It to Death and the subsequent successful albums Killer, School's Out (album), and Billion Dollar Babies.
Neal Smith (politician) Neal Edward Smith (b. March 23, 1920, in his grandparents' home near Hedrick, Keokuk County, Iowa) was a member of the House of Representatives from Iowa from 1959 till 1995--the longest period of time any Iowa Representative has ever served in the United States House of Representatives.
Neal Solomon Neal Solomon (born 1960) is a social theorist, systems theorist and architect, management consultant, inventor, entrepreneur and author. Though he has been a management consultant to the legal profession for over twenty years, he has also been a well-traveled nature photographer for over thirty years.
Neal Trotman Neal Trotman is a young footballer, currently playing for Halifax Town on loan from Oldham Athletic. He is a central defender, and scored his first ever senior goal for Oldham against Kettering Town (11/11/2006).
Neal Walk Neal Walk (born July 29, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former professional basketball player who played from 1969 to 1974 for the Phoenix Suns, was traded to the then New Orleans (now Utah) Jazz and subsequently traded to the New York Knicks, where he played for 2 seasons. Afterward, he went to play in Italy (Venice and Milano) after which, he went on to become a star in Israel.
Neal Weaver Neal Weaver is a graduate of and since 1992 has been the president of Louisiana Baptist University (an unaccredited institution). During his service there, LBU has grown from 100 students to over 1,000 in over 40 states and 20 different countries.
Neal Wood A scholar of the history of political thought, Neal Wood (10 September 1922 – 17 September 2003) located political ideas within social relations, property forms, and popular struggles, writing on topics as variant as the British Communist Party, John Locke, Aristotle, Edmund Burke, and St. Augustine.
Neal's Yard Dairy Neal's Yard Dairy is a London artisanal cheese retailer and (formerly) cheesemaker, described as "London's foremost cheese store." Dana Bowen, "By Cheese Possessed", New York Times April 27, 2005.
Neale Donald Walsch Neale Donald Walsch is a American novelist and author of the series Conversations with God. The books so far in the series are Conversations With God (books 1-3), Friendship with God, Communion with God, The New Revelations, Tomorrow's God, and What God Wants.
NeamĹŁ Monastery The NeamĹŁ Monastery (MÄnÄstirea NeamĹŁ in Romanian) is one of the oldest and most important religious settlements in Romania. It was built in 14th century and it is an example of Medieval Moldavian architecture.
Neanderthal Genome Project In July 2006, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and 454 Life Sciences annouced that they would be sequencing the Neanderthal genome over the next two years. At three billion base pairs, the Neanderthal genome is roughly the size of the human genome; preliminary sequences reveal very few differences: human and Neanderthal DNA appear to be 99.
Neanderthal interaction with Cro-Magnons The Neanderthals began to be displaced around 45,000 years ago by modern humans (Homo sapiens), as the Cro-Magnon people appeared in Europe. Despite this, populations of Neanderthals held on for thousands of years in regional pockets such as modern-day Croatia and the Iberian and Crimean peninsulas.
Neanderthal, Germany The Neanderthal (Neandertal) is a small valley of the river DĂĽssel in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, between the cities of Erkrath and Mettmann, near the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia DĂĽsseldorf. In 1856, the area became famous for the discovery of Neanderthal 1.
Neanderthals in popular culture Depictions of Neanderthals in popular culture have tended to greatly exaggerate the ape-like gait and related characteristics of the Neanderthals. It has been determined that some of the earliest specimens found in fact suffered from severe arthritis.
Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers: How Agriculture Really Began (ISBN 0-297-84258-7) is a book by the British science writer Colin Tudge. The book is one of a series of long essays by respected contemporary Darwinian thinkers, which were published under the collective title Darwinism Today; the series was inspired by a course of 'Darwin Seminars' which took place at the LSE in London in the late 1990s.
Neapolitan flip coffee pot The Neapolitan flip coffee pot, or Napoletana, is a drip brew coffee maker for the stovetop. It consists of a bottom section filled with water, a filter section in the middle filled with coarsely-ground coffee, and an upside-down pot placed on the top.
Neapolitan language Neapolitan (autonym: napulitano; ) is a Romance language spoken in the city and region of Naples, Campania (Neapolitan: NĂ pule, Italian: Napoli); close dialects are spoken throughout most of southern Italy, including the Gaeta and Sora districts of southern Lazio, parts of Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata, northern Calabria, and northern and central Apulia. As of 1976, there were 7,047,399 native speakers of this group of dialects (some recent estimates range as high as 7,800,000).
Neapolitan lira The lira was a currency issued for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies between 1812 and 1813. Because the coinage was issued by Joachim Murat, who only controlled the mainland part of the kingdom, including Naples, the currency is referred to as the "Neapolitan lira".
Neapolitan piastra The piastra was the currency of the mainland part of the Two Sicilies, which included the city of Naples. In order to distinguish it from the piastra issued on the island of Sicily, it is referred to as the "Neapolitan piastra" as opposed to the "Sicilian piastra".
Near and far field In the study of diffraction and antenna design, the near field is that part of the radiated field nearest to the antenna, where the radiation pattern depends on the distance from the antenna. Beyond the near field is the far field.
Near Caves The Near Caves or the Caves of Saint AnthonyAnother name can be Caves of Saint Anthony because the relics of Saint Anthony are buried here.(; ) are historic caves and a network of tunnels of the medieval cave monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
Near Continuous Backup Near Continuous Backup or Near Continuous Data Protection is a derivative of Continuous Data Protection, where protection is done is such a manner that many "point in time" data recovery options are available. These recovery point in times should be close enough (few minutes apart) to minimize data loss in case of disaster.
Near East The Near East is a term commonly used by archaeologists, geographers and historians, less commonly by journalists and commentators, to refer to the region encompassing Anatolia (modern Turkey), the Levant (modern Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), and Mesopotamia (Iraq and eastern Syria). The alternative term Middle East — preferred in some political and economic contexts — is not used by Near Eastern archaeologists and historians.
Near East Broadcasting Station The Near East Broadcasting Station (also Sharq-el-Adna, Voice of Britain) started broadcasting in Arabic in 1941/1942 from Jaffa, Mandate of Palestine. It was fully financed and run by the British, and the goal of the broadcasts were to "entice Arabs to join British and British-backed military forces, as well as [ ] to maintain political and economic stability in Palestine".
Near East School of Theology The Near East School of Theology (NEST) is an interdenominational Protestant theological seminary serving the Evangelical churches of the Middle East and African churches, and is once again able to accommodate international students who have a special interest in Biblical and Islamic studies in a Middle Eastern context or those especially interested in the Ancient churches.
Near East Side, Columbus, Ohio The "Near East Side" is an area made up of lots of small neighborhoods on the east side of Columbus, Ohio. Some neighborhoods making up the area include Nelson Park, Eastgate, Beatty Park, Old Town East, Old Oaks Historic District, Driving Park, and Bryden Road Historics District.
Near Eastern archaeology Near Eastern Archaeology (sometimes known as Middle Eastern archaeology) is a regional branch of the wider, global discipline of Archaeology. It refers generally to the excavation and study of artifacts and material culture of the Near East in the ancient and pre-modern periods (up to approximately AD 612).
Near Eastern Studies Near Eastern Sudies is the study of ancient cultures of the Ancient Near East such as ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria-Palestine, Persia and Anatolia. There are many schools concerned with this field in the world.
Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure NEXAFS (Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure) is an element-specific electron spectroscopic technique which is highly sensitive to bond angles, bond lengths and the presence of adsorbates. It is widely used in surface science and has also been used to study polymers and magnetic materials.
Near infrared spectroscopy Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a spectroscopic method utilising the near infra-red region of the electromagnetic spectrum (from about 800 nm to 2500 nm). Typical applications include pharmaceutical, medical diagnostics (including blood sugar and oximetry), food and agrochemical quality control, as well as combustion research.
Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer The Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) is a scientific instrument for infrared astronomy, installed on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), operating from 1997 to 1999, and from 2002 to the present.
Near letter quality Near letter quality is an obsolete Computer engineering term for a computer printer that produces output quality that is almost as good as the quality of a conventional typewriter. Modern computer printers are universally at or beyond letter quality - so this term is no longer needed.
Near North District School Board The Near North District School Board ("NNDSB") administers public education in an area of southern Ontario that is includes all of Parry Sound District, plus a northerly portion of Muskoka District and the western portion of Nipissing District. It includes the communities of North Bay, Parry Sound, Mattawa and Burk's Falls.
Near passerine Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines (order Passeriformes) due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Beddard. All near passerines are land birds.
Near side of the Moon The near side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that is permanently turned towards the Earth, whereas the opposite side is the far side of the Moon. Only one side of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates about its spin axis at the same rate that the Moon orbits the Earth, a situation known as synchronous rotation or tidal locking.
Near space Near Space is the region of Earth's atmosphere that lies between 65,000 and 325,00-350,000 feet above sea level, above where a commercial airliner flies but below the realm of an orbiting satellite. The area is of interest to the United States Department of Defense for military surveillance purposes, as well as to commercial interests for communications.
Near South Side, Chicago The Near South Side is an officially designated community area (neighborhood) in Chicago, Illinois, USA located just south of the downtown central business district, the Loop, which is itself a community area. It's boundaries are as follows: North - Roosevelt Road (essentially 12th Street); South - 26th Street; West - Chicago River between Roosevelt and 18th Street, Clark Street between 18th Street and 22nd Street, Federal between 22nd and the Stevenson Expressway just south of 25th Street, and Clark Street again between the Stevenson and 26th Street; & East - Lake Michigan.
Near Threatened Near Threatened (NT) is an conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status. As such the IUCN notes the importance of re-evaluating Near Threatened taxa often or at appropriate intervals.
Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Near Truths and Hotel Rooms is a 2003 album by Todd Snider, his first live album and third release on John Prine's Oh Boy Records. Snider plays solo acoustic guitar and harmonica on the album, but more significantly reflect the humor of Snider's live performances.
Near-back vowel A near-back vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-back vowel is that the tongue is positioned as in a back vowel, but slightly further forward in the mouth.
Near-birth experience A near-birth experience most commonly refers to a parental encounter which involves some form of intelligent communication (that is, beyond the obvious interactions that occur during pregnancy) with an unborn offspring - either during the pregnancy or before conception. This experience may reveal the forthcoming child's gender, name, character or similar traits.
Near-close near-front rounded vowel The near-close near-front rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is Y.
Near-close near-front unrounded vowel The near-close near-front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is I.
Near-close vowel A near-close vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-close vowel is that the tongue is positioned similarly to a close vowel, but slightly less constricted.
Near-death experience A near-death experience (NDE) is a type of experience reported by a person who nearly died, or who experienced clinical death and then revived. Some experts on the phenomenon believe it can be explained by hallucinations produced by the brain as it dies, while others believe that such an explanation cannot account for all the evidence (van Lommel, 2004).
Near-extremal black hole In theoretical physics, a near-extremal black hole is a black hole which is not far from the minimal possible mass that can be compatible with the given charges and angular momentum. The calculations of the properties of near-extremal black holes are usually performed using perturbation theory around the extremal black hole; the expansion parameter is called non-extremality.
Near-Earth object Near-Earth objects (NEO) are asteroids, comets and large meteoroids whose orbit intersects Earth's orbit and which may therefore pose a collision danger. Due to their size and proximity, NEOs are also more easily accessible for spacecraft from Earth and are important for future scientific investigation and commercial development.
Near-fall In the context of professional wrestling, a near-fall occurs when a wrestler's shoulders are pinned to the mat for a count of two, but the wrestler manages to escape before the referee's hand hits the mat a third time, which would signify a pinfall. A near-fall is also commonly referred to as a two-count.
Near-field scanning optical microscope In near field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) a very small light source very close to the sample is scanned. Light passes through a sub-wavelength diameter aperture and illuminates a sample that is placed within its near field, at a distance much less than the wavelength of the light.
Near-front vowel A near-front vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as in a front vowel, but slightly further back in the mouth.
Near-miss Johnson solid In geometry, a near-miss Johnson solid is a strictly convex polyhedron, where every face is a regular or nearly regular polygon, and excluding the 5 Platonic solids, the 13 Archimedean solids, the infinite set of prisms, the infinite set of antiprisms, and the 92 Johnson solids.
Near-open front unrounded vowel The near-open front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is {.
Near-open vowel A near-open vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-open vowel is that the tongue is positioned similarly to an open vowel, but slightly more constricted.
Near-Term Digital Radio The Near-Term Digital Radio (NTDR) program provided a prototype mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) radio system to the United States Army. The MANET protocols were provided by Bolt, Beranek and Newman; the radio hardware was supplied by ITT.
Nearer, My God, to Thee "Nearer, my God, to Thee" is a 19th century Christian hymn based loosely on Genesis 28:11-19,the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11-12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set.
Nearest and Dearest Nearest and Dearest was a British situation comedy (sit-com) set in and around a pickle factory in Colne, Lancashire, in the North West of England. It began in 1968, and, in total, 46 episodes were produced, 11 in monochrome and 35 in colour.
Nearest neighbor interpolation Nearest neighbor interpolation is a simple method of interpolation. Interpolation is the problem of approximating the value for a non-given point in some space, when given some values of points around that point.
Nearest neighbor search Nearest Neighbor Search (NNS), also known as proximity search or closest point search, is a numerical optimization problem for finding closest points in multidimensional metric spaces. The problem is: given a set S of points in d-dimensional space V and a query point q âV, find the closest point in S to q.
Nearline storage Nearline storage (where Nearline is a contraction of Nearonline) is a term used in computer science to describe an intermediate type of data storage. It is a compromise between online storage (constant, very rapid access to data) and offline storage (infrequent access for backup purposes or long-term storage).
Nearring In mathematics, a near-ring (also near ring or nearrring) is an algebraic structure similar to a ring but satisfying fewer properties. Near-rings arise naturally as endomorphisms of (generally nonabelian) groups.
Nearshoring Nearshoring (or nearsourcing, "nearshore outsourcing") is a concept for the form of outsourcing in which business processes are relocated to locations which are, generally, cheaper and yet geographically nearer. The term was created and copyrighted by Softtek, a Mexican IT company which provides nearshore outsourcing to the US and the European Union.
Neasden Temple The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a Hindu temple in Neasden, in the London Borough of Brent in north-west London. It was Europe's first traditional Hindu temple (as distinct from converted secular buildings), and according to Guinness Book of World Records it is believed to be the largest outside India, although this distinction may now be taken by the Balaji Temple in Tividale, West Midlands.
Neat Stuff Peter Bagge's one-man comics anthology (there would be many more) was first published by Fantagraphics in 1985, and introduced the unsuspecting public to Bagge's manic style of cartooning and black-humoured prose.
Neath (district) Neath was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was formed from the municipal borough of Neath, along with all of Neath Rural District apart from Rhigos parish, which went to Cynon Valley district.
Neath Athletic A.F.C. Taff's Well Association Football Club are a Welsh association football team founded in 2005 after a merger between two other clubs, and . They are based in Neath and are currently playing in the Welsh Football League First Division.
Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot () is a county borough in Glamorgan, south Wales. It was created from the former districts of Neath, Port Talbot and part of Lliw Valley on 1 April 1996 as Neath and Port Talbot, it changed its name on the following day, 2 April 1996.
Neath Port Talbot College Neath Port Talbot College (NPTC) is a further education institution established as two campuses in Afan (Port Talbot) and Neath Campus. The college offer a whole range of courses between GCSE's, AS/A levels, AGCE's, AVCE's, Adult Lifelong Learning Services, GNVQs at both Foundation and Intermdiate levels.
Neathawk Dubuque & Packett Neathawk Dubuque & Packett, a Virginia-based advertising agency with clients across the country, was one of the first advertising agencies to in the United States to develop a specialty in healthcare marketing. The agency was recently named one of Richmond, VA's top ten advertising firms by Richmond.
Neatkarigas Tukuma Zinas Neatkarigas Tukuma Zinas (Latvian NeatkarÄ«gÄs Tukuma Ziņas, literally Independent Tukums News) is the main source of information for inhabitants of rural villages as well as the cities of Tukums and Kandava in Tukums County of Latvija.
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