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Neats vs. scruffies In artificial intelligence, the labels neats and scruffies are used to refer to one of the continuing holy wars in artificial intelligence research. This conflict is over a serious concern: what is the best way to design an intelligent system?
Neatsfoot oil Neatsfoot oil is a yellow oil rendered and purified from the feet and shin bones (not the hooves) of cattle. It is used as a conditioning, softening and preservative for leather, and remains liquid down to a low temperature.
Neatvision Neatvision is a free for non-commercial use Java based image analysis and software development environment, which provides high level access to a wide range of image processing algorithms through well defined and easy to use graphical interface. NeatVision contains over 290 image manipulation, processing and analysis algorithms.
Nebahne Yohannes Nebahne Yohannes claimed the imperial title 'King of Kings' of Ethiopia (1709 - July 1710) during the reign of Emperor Tewoflos. He was supported by Satuni Yohannes (who had been involved in the death of the previous Emperor, Tekle Haymanot I, the brother of Tewoflos) and Mamo.
Nebaioth Nebaioth (), (also written in English as Nebajoth or Nbioth), is mentioned at least five times in the Hebrew Bible according to which he was the firstborn son of Ishmael, and the name is among the eponyms of tribes mentioned in the Book of Genesis 25:13, and in the Book of Isaiah 60:7.
Nebelhorn Aerial Tramway The Nebelhorn Aerial Tramway in Oberstdorf, Germany is a wire ropeway implemented in 3 sections on the nebula horn (mountain) at the upper village. It was established between 1928 and 1930 and rebuilt in 1977 and 1991.
Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.
Nebelwerfer The Nebelwerfer (German for "fog launcher", a code name to obscure the real nature of the weapon,) was a German towed rocket artillery piece, developed in the 1930s and used in World War II against light infantry targets. It had six 150 mm barrels, from which it fired rockets; a full salvo spread over a period of ten seconds.
Nebo School District Nebo School District is a public school district in Utah County, Utah serving the southern part of the county south of Utah Lake. Provo City School District and Alpine School District cover the central and northern parts of the county, respectively.
Nebojša Medojević Nebojša Medojević (born June 13, 1966 in Pljevlja, Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a politician in Montenegro. He is the president of Movement for Changes (PZP), political party that emerged from the Montenegrin NGO Group for Changes.
Nebojša Radmanović Nebojša Radmanović (Небојша Радмановић; born October 1, 1949, Gračanica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb politician. He finished his schooling in Banja Luka, before going on to study at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade.
Nebojša Todorović Nebojša Todorović is an eminent Serbian musicologist. After graduating from the Music Academy of Zagreb, Croatia, he completed his post-graduate studies at the University of Priština at Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.
Nebojsa Arezina Nebojsa Arezina (born 1977 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a successful Serbian composer/arranger/producer who has collaborated with many Yugoslav artists. Together with Marko Perunicic, he co-founded Atelje trag, a music production company, in 1998.
Nebra skydisk The Nebra sky disk is a bronze disk of around 30cm diameter, patinated blue-green and inlaid with gold symbols. These are interpreted generally as a sun or full moon, a lunar crescent, and stars (including a cluster interpreted as the Pleiades).
Nebraska 3rd congressional district election, 2006 — The district, covering western Nebraska, is strongly Republican. Nebraska legislator Adrian Smith won the Republican nomination; he faced Democratic nominee Scott Kleeb, a rancher and former bull rider, in November.
Nebraska Air National Guard The Nebraska Air National Guard is based at Lincoln Municipal Airport. The Adjutant General for the Nebraska Military Department (who commands Nebraska's military forces and directs the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency) is Major General Roger P.
Nebraska Central Railroad Company The Nebraska Central Railroad Company is a small railroad that operates about 340 miles ( km) of track solely in Nebraska. It runs on former Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway track in central Nebraska.
Nebraska Coliseum The University of Nebraska Coliseum (also called the NU Coliseum) is an on-campus arena at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska in the United States. Located just east of Memorial Stadium, the arena opened in 1926 for the basketball team; the first game was a loss to Kansas.
Nebraska Cornhuskers The Nebraska Cornhuskers (often abbreviated to Huskers) is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 21 varsity teams in 14 sports:
Nebraska Cornhuskers football The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college football. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and have the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team.
Nebraska District (LCMS) The Nebraska District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the state of Nebraska with the exception of its Panhandle, which is in the Wyoming District; the district also includes one congregation in Kansas. In addition, one congregation near the state's western border is in the Rocky Mountain District, and another in Lincoln is in the non-geographic English District.
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET) is a statewide public broadcasting network of radio and television stations in the state of Nebraska, based out of Lincoln. The network is operated by the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, which owns the license for all but one station in the network.
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) is a public agency of the government of the State of Nebraska in the United States. The commission is charged with stewardship of the state's fish, wildlife, state park, and outdoor recreation resources.
Nebraska Christian College Nebraska Christian College is an accredited baccalaureate college of the Association for Biblical Higher Education, located in Papillion, Nebraska. Nebraska Christian College offers a Bible-based education to prepare people for service and ministry.
Nebraska Initiative Measure 416 (2000) Nebraska Initiative Measure 416 of 2000 is a so-called "defense of marriage amendment" that amended the Nebraska Constitution to make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perfom same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 70% of the voters.
Nebraska Man Nebraska Man was the name applied by the popular press to Hesperopithecus haroldcookii, a putative species of ape. Hesperopithecus meant "ape of the western world" and it was heralded as the first higher primate of North America.
Nebraska Midland Railroad The Nebraska Midland Railroad was a narrow gauge steam line that was established in 1973 in North Platte, Nebraska. It operated only one year of passenger service there before having to look for a new base due to not being able to obtain the needed right of way.
Nebraska Northeastern Railway The Nebraska Northeastern Railroad is a Class III railroad that began operations on July 23 1996, in northeastern Nebraska. It operates on about 120 miles of former Burlington Northern Railroad track between Ferry Station, NE and O'Neill, Nebraska, as well as trackage rights over the BNSF Railway, Burlington Northern's successor, into Sioux City, Iowa.
Nebraska Panhandle The Nebraska Panhandle is an area in the west of the state of Nebraska. A panhandle is an area extending from the rest of a political unit; the Nebraska panhandle is two-thirds as broad as the rest of the state.
Nebraska Party The Nebraska Party is the Nebraska affiliate of the Constitution Party. Like its national counterpart, the Nebraska Party is a strongly right-wing party affiliated with the Christian right movement in American politics.
Nebraska Public Power District Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) is the largest electric utility in the state of Nebraska, serving all or parts of 91 (of 93) counties. It was formed on January 1, 1970, when Consumers Public Power District, Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District (PVPPID) and Nebraska Public Power System merged to become Nebraska Public Power District.
Nebraska State Historical Society The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, originally founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ... and to embrace alike aboriginal and modern history.
Nebraska State Patrol The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) was created in 1937, and is a state agency that acts as the only state police for the State of Nebraska. NSP Troopers are sworn "State Deputy Sheriffs" and are authorized to perform police services in the 93 counties of Nebraska.
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum is an arboretum and botanical garden composed of 44 arboretums, parks, and other public landscapes in 33 communities across Nebraska, and supported by the arboretum office at the University of Nebraska campus in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Some of its larger collections include sites at Omaha's Metropolitan Community College, Joslyn Castle, Swanson Science Park, the Blair Community Arboretum (Steyer Park, Black Elk Park, and the Dana College campus), Gilman Park Arboretum in Pierce, and Clemmons Park Arboretum in Fremont.
Nebraska World War II Army Airfields During World War II, Nebraska was a major United States Army Air Force (USAAF) training center for pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Nebraska was a favored because it has excellent, year-round flying conditions.
Nebraska's 3rd congressional district The 3rd Nebraska Congressional District seat encompasses the western three-fourths of the state; it is one of the largest non-at-large Congressional districts in the country. It includes Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, North Platte, Scottsbluff and Columbus.
Nebraska, Iola, Topeka and Memphis Railroad The Nebraska, Iola, Topeka and Memphis Railroad was founded June 17, 1881 and operated sixteen miles between Walnut, KS and Girard, KS. It may have originally been planned as an Frisco Railroad branch extension from Joplin, MO.
Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet The Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado Railnet is based in Grant, NE and operates about 559 miles of track in Southwestern Nebraska, Northern Kansas and Northeastern Colorado. It carries mainly agricultural related products, especially grains, as well as coal to the Nebraska Public Power District's Gerald Gentleman Station which is Nebraska's largest coal fired power plant.
Nebuchadnezzar (wine) In wine circles, a nebuchadnezzar is an oversized champagne bottle, which holds 15 litres (20 regular sized wine bottles). It is often used for promotional purposes or to exaggerate the aging ability of fine red wines.
Nebuchadrezzar I Nebuchadrezzar I, also known as Nebuchadnezzar I (Akkadian: Nabu-kudurri-usur, meaning "Nebo, protect my eldest son" or "Nebo, protect the border"), was the king of the Babylonian Empire from about 1146 BC to 1123 BC. He is considered to be the greatest king of the Dynasty of Pashe (also known as the second Isin dynasty), a line which held the Babylonian throne through 1010 BC.
Nebula Award The Nebula is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years (see rolling eligibility below).
Nebula Man Nebula Man is a fictional character in DC Comics. Originally a villain responsible for the disappearance of the Seven Soldiers of Victory, he has since reappeared as Neh-Buh-Loh, a primary antagonist in the 2005-2006 megaseries Seven Soldiers of Victory by Grant Morrison.
Nebula Records Nebula Records is a record label founded early 1973 by Detroit musician and record producer Scott Campbell while still in his teens. The label has released Detroit acts such as The Sillies, The MC5, Iggy Pop, RUR, Don Rader and numerous anthologies and collections by various artists including New Order, Roger McGuinn (lead singer/guitarist of The Byrds) and others.
Nebulon-B frigate The Nebulon-B Frigate is a starship from the fictional Star Wars universe, and it has also been known as the Escort Frigate or the Rebel Cruiser. Built before and during the Galactic Civil War, this ship was used by both sides of the battle as a support ship for the large capital ships, such as Imperial Star Destroyers and Rebel Mon Calamari Cruisers.
Nebulus (computer game) Nebulus is a computer game published by Hewson in the late 1980s for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and Acorn Archimedes platforms. A version for the Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System and Atari 7800 was also released.
Nec philips NEC Philips (or in full NEC Philips Unified Solutions) is a joint venture between the two mentioned electronics companies, operating since April 3d 2006. NEC Philips has been created with the purpose of transforming the former Philips business unit 'Philips Business Communications' or 'PBC' into a sales and development company of NEC in Europe.
Necarne Necarne Castle or Castle Irvine, as it was formerly known, is situated within walking distance of Irvinestown in the lakeland County of Fermanagh. It is just a few miles from Lough Erne, a broad expanse of waterway waiting to be explored.
Necati Cumalı Necati Cumalı is a Turkish novelist, short-story writer and poet born in 1921 in Florina, Greece, and whose family had settled in Urla near İzmir in the framework of the 1923 agreement for population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
Necaxa River The RĂ­o Necaxa or Necaxa River, located in MĂ©xico is one of the main rivers of Puebla State, beginning south of Huauchinango with the name Totolapa, it runs through tall mountains and deep canyons forming the waterfalls known as Salto Chico y Salto Grande; it's flow is also used for generation of hydroelectric power.
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,696 acre National Wildlife Refuge located near Necedah, Wisconsin. It was established in 1939 and was an important site for reintroduction of the endangered whooping crane.
Necedah Shrine Necedah Shrine (officially "Queen of the Holy Rosary, Mediatrix of Peace Shrine" July 2006, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 3 of Shrine Newletter) is a Marian shrine located in Necedah, Juneau County, Wisconsin, in the Diocese of La Crosse. On November 12, 1949, Mary Ann Van Hoof (1909-1984) reported to have received a vision from the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Necessary Illusions Necessary Illusions is a 1989 book by American writer Noam Chomsky about how political power uses propaganda to distort and distract from real issues to maintain confusion and complicity, preventing real democracy from becoming effective. Like many of the titles by Chomsky, such as Pirates and Emperors the themes come from such titles as St.
Necessary Noize Necessary Noize is Kenyan hip hop group originally composed of female MC/singer Nazizi Hirji, singer Kevin Wyre and rapper Bamzigi, though Bamzigi later left due to personal and label disputes. The group was formed in October 2000 and released their self-titled debut album in 2000 under Audio Vault Studios (now Blu Zebra).
Necessary-and-proper clause The necessary and proper clause (also known as the elastic clause, the basket clause, the coefficient clause, and the sweeping clause "Constitutional Clauses & Their Nicknames." marian gould gallagher law library.
Necessity In criminal law, necessity may be either a possible excuse or an exculpation for breaking the law. Defendants seeking to rely on this defense argue that they should not be held liable for their actions as a crime because their conduct was necessary to prevent some greater harm.
Necessity (tort) In tort common law, the defense of necessity gives the state or an individual a privilege to take or use the property of another. A defendant typically invokes the defense of necessity only against the intentional torts of trespass to chattels, trespass to land, or conversion.
Necessity in English law In English law, the defence of necessity recognises that there may be situations of such an overwhelming urgency, that a person must be allowed to respond by breaking the law. There have been very few cases in which the defence has succeeded but the Crown Prosecution Service tends to exercise a discretion not to prosecute those cases where it believes that the potential defendants have acted reasonably in all the circumstances.
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904 - 25 May 1983) was a Turkish poet, writer, and philosopher, who was noticed by the French Philosopher Henri Bergson, while Necip Fazıl had been a student of his in Sorbonne during the 1920s. In his poetries, it is possible to realize the influences of Bergson.
Neck (band) NECK - the six-piece self-proclaimed London-Irish Psycho-CeilĂ­dh Celtic Punk band from the North London neighbourhood of 'County' Holloway (known informally thus due to its Irish population), home to John Lydon and Shane MacGowan. Led by Leeson O'Keeffe, a former member of Shane MacGowan and the Popes and featuring bona fide traditional musicians alongside the Punk Rockers, Neck take their lead, both musically and ideallogically, from two other (iconic) London rebel bands - The Clash and The Pogues.
Neck (music) The neck is the part of certain string instruments that projects from the main body and is the base of the fingerboard, where the fingers are placed to stop the strings at different pitches. Guitars, lutes, the violin family, and the mandolin family are examples of instruments which have necks.
Neck dissection The neck dissection is a surgical procedure for control of neck lymph node metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck. The aim of the procedure is to remove lymph nodes from one side of the neck into which cancer cells may have migrated.
Neck frill Neck frill is the popular term for a bony margin seen on the back of skulls of dinosaurs of the suborder Marginocephalia. In technical terms, this frill is composed of an enlarged parietal flanked by elongate squamosals, and sometimes ringed by epoccipitals, bony knobs that gave the margin a jagged appearance.
Neck knife A Neck knife is a small fixed-blade knife which is carried by means of a "pendant rig", in which the knife is suspended from around one's neck, handle down, by either a length of black nylon paracord or, more commonly, a breakaway beaded chain such as those utilized for military dog tags.
Neck order A neck order is a type of military decoration which is designed to be worn and displayed around a person's neck, rather than hung from the chest as is the standard practice for displaying most military decorations.
Neck rein A neck rein is a type of rein aid The horse responds to neck rein techniques when it has learnt that a light pressure of the right rein against its neck on that side means for the horse to turn left, and a light pressure of the other rein against its neck on the left side means for the horse to turn right.
Neck Road (BMT Brighton Line) Neck Road is a station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. Served by the train at all times, it is located at Gravesend Neck Road between East 15th and East 16th Streets, in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay.
Neck-thru Neck-thru or neck-through or in full form neck through body is a method of electric guitar or bass guitar construction that involves extending the piece (or pieces, in a laminate construction) of wood used for the neck the entire length of the body. The strings, fretboard, pickups and bridge are all mounted on this piece.
Neckar The Neckar is a 367 km long river in Germany, a major right tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. Rising in the Black Forest near Villingen-Schwenningenin the conservation area Schwenninger Moos on a height of 706m, it flows through a steep valley in the Odenwald hills and passes through TĂĽbingen, NĂĽrtingen, Esslingen, Stuttgart, and Heidelberg.
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Main-Tauber-Kreis, Hohenlohe, Heilbronn, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, and the district Odenwaldkreis in Hesse.
Neckartailfingen Neckartailfingen is a small village in Germany, located approximately 20 km (12 miles) south of Stuttgart. With a population of roughly 3,500 people, it is small but also centrally located between some of the bigger cities around it, such as Reutlingen, TĂĽbingen, NĂĽrtingen and Stuttgart.
Neckarwestheim Neckarwestheim is a municipality with 3524 inhabitants in the district Heilbronn, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, south-west Germany. It is located at the Neckar river and is well-known as the location of a nuclear power station.
Necker Island Necker Island (Hawaiian: Mokumanamana) is a small island in the Pacific Ocean, 13 km (8 miles) north of the Tropic of Cancer, located at . It is part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, located 690 km (430 miles) northwest of Honolulu, and is part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge within the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument.
Neckerchief A neckerchief is a piece of cloth, usually a scarf, worn on the neck in similar fashion to a necktie. In unfolded form, it consists of a piece of cloth in the shape of a right triangle, with the hypotenuse about three feet long.
Necklace (combinatorics) In combinatorics, a k-ary necklace of length n is the equivalence class of all n-character strings over an alphabet of size k, taking all rotations as equivalent. It represents a structure with n circularly connected beads of k different colors.
Necklace and Calabash Necklace and Calabash is a detective novel writen by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (rougly speaking the Tang Dynasty). It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie), a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700.
Necktie The necktie (or tie) is a long piece of either woven or knitted cloth worn around the neck, under the shirt collar, and knotted at the throat, with its blades resting on the shirt front. The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie, descend from the cravat; mainly, men wear neckties as regular office attire, formal wear, or uniform, yet women also wear neckties as part of a uniform (e.
Necktie Social A Necktie Social is most commonly a euphemism for a hanging commonly used in the American Old West, though the term was also used literally, for a social event that involved selling donated neckties for charity and possibly a polite bachelor's party where the groom is given good and silly ties.
Neco Manoel Nunes (known as Neco), born March 5, 1895 in SĂŁo Paulo, SP) was a Brazilian football midfielder. With great skill and tenacity, he was the first idol of Corinthians, being the first player to get a statue in the team's gardens (in 1929).
Necochea Necochea is a port city in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located on the Atlantic coast, about 500 km from Buenos Aires City and some 120 km south west from Mar del Plata. It has about 89,000 inhabitants as per the .
Necro Ron Braunstein (born 1976) known better by his stage name, Necro, is an indie death rap, hardcore hip hop rapper from Brooklyn, New York known in the hip hop community for his exceptionally explicit lyrics. His music is often labeled as part of the horrorcore genre of hip hop.
Necro Butcher Dylan Keith Summers (Born July 13, 1974) is a professional wrestler best known by his stage name Necro Butcher. He has competed for numerous promotions, including IWA-Mid South, Ring of Honor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, Chikara Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, but primarily wrestles for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) of Philadelphia.
NecroDice NecroDice (formerly known as Dice Roller) is a free, friendly and easy to use, yet powerful d20 System dice roller written by a group of student developers who call themselves NecroSurfer. The program is released under the GNU GPL and is written entirely in C# (C Sharp).
Necrolytic migratory erythema Necrolytic migratory erythema (NME) is a classical symptom observed in patients with glucagonoma and is present in 80% of cases. Associated NME is characterized by the spread of erythematous blisters and swelling across areas subject to greater friction and pressure, including the lower abdomen, buttocks, perineum, and groin.
Necromancer Games Necromancer Games is an American publisher of roleplaying games. With offices in Seattle, Washington and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the company specializes in material for the d20 System, with most of its products being released under the Open Gaming License of Wizards of the Coast.
Necromancy Necromancy (Greek νεκρομαντία, nekromantía) is a form of divination in which the practitioner seeks to summon the spirits of the dead, called "operative spirits" or "spirits of divination", for multiple reasons, from spiritual protection to wisdom. The word necromancy derives from the Greek νεκρός (nekrós), "dead", and μαντεία (manteía), "divination".
Necromium Necromium is a fantasy MUD that was established in 1997 as a derivative of CircleMUD. It was founded when its current owners, at the time players of another MUD called Medievia, got fed up with the direction it was going, and decided to make their own game.
Necron In the table-top wargame Warhammer 40,000, the Necrons are a mysterious robot-like race that have lain dormant and unknown by the other races of the universe for sixty million years, and are reemerging in the distant future of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The name is probably from the Greek νεκρός (nekrós), "dead".
Necron Monolith The Necron Monolith is an especially powerful and large vehicle from the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000. It has several unique attributes, such as the ability to transport other Necron warriors and other Necron units into it's vicinity out of the portal mounted on the front of the vehicle.
Necronauts Necronauts was a 2000 AD comic strip, created by Gordon Rennie and Frazer Irving. It was this series that really brought Irving to public attention as his high contrast black and white artwork complimented Rennie's dark storyline.
Necrophagist Necrophagist (meaning someone who practices the eating of corpses) is a technical death metal band from Germany, led by guitarist/vocalist Muhammed Suiçmez. The band is noted for its neo-classical guitar technique and the use of many different arpeggio techniques.
Necrophilia Necrophilia, also called thanatophilia and necrolagnia, is a paraphilia characterized by a sexual attraction to corpses. The word is artificially derived from Ancient Greek: νεκρός (nekros; "corpse," or "dead") and φιλία (philia; "love").
Necrophobic Necrophobic is a Swedish blackened death metal band formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and guitarist David Parland. The pair played with a 'revolving door' lineup of musicians until the permanent addition of guitarist Martin Halfbahn.
Necropolis (Judge Dredd story) Necropolis was a 26-part Judge Dredd epic by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, published in 1990 in 2000 AD progs 674-699. The story was the subject of extensive foreshadowing in the comic: beginning with "The Dead Man" (progs 650-662); followed by "Tale of the Dead Man" (progs 662 to 668) and finally "Countdown to Necropolis" (progs 669-673).
Necropolis Cemetery Necropolis Cemetery is the oldest burial grounds in Toronto. Opened in 1850 to replace Strangers' Burying Ground (or Potter's Field), the cemetery is the final resting place for many earlier Torontonians including:
Necropolis Records Necropolis Records was a record label founded in 1993, providing to be one of the sole American homes for extreme black metal at that time. The label's roster included artists such as The Black, Incantation, Witchery, Rotten Sound, Babylon Whores, Dissection and Impaled.
Necros The Necros were an early hardcore punk band from Maumee, Ohio that was formed in 1979 by then-teenagers Barry Henssler (vocals), Andy Wendler (guitar), and Todd Swalla (drums). After going though a handful of bassists (including Jeff Allsop, David Cooke, Brian Hyland, Jeff Lake, and Brian Pollack), Corey Rusk joined the band.
NecroShredder NecroShredder is a secure file deletion program written by a group of student developers who call themselves NecroSurfer. The program is released under GPL and is written in C#, with its main features being ease of use and user-friendliness.
Nectar (drink) Nectars are a type of non-carbonated soft drink made with fruit juice. They are distinguished from drinks actually labelled as 'fruit juice' by the drinks industry as they do not contain 100% juice, and can contain many other ingredients, generally water, sweeteners, and preservatives.
Nectar (plant) Nectar, in botany, is a sugar-rich liquid produced by the flowers of plants in order to attract pollinating animals. It is produced in glands called nectaries, which are generally at the base of the perianth, so that pollinators are made to brush the flower's reproductive structures, the anthers and pistil, while accessing the nectar.
Nectar guide Nectar guides are patterns seen in some flowers that guide pollinators to the nectar and pollen. These patterns may be visible to humans; for instance, the Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria genistifolia) has yellow flowers with orange nectar guides.

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