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Nihad Awad
Nihad Awad is the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington D.C.-based American Muslim political and civil rights group. ..
Nihad Hrustanbegovic
Nihad Hrustanbegovic is born in 1973 in Bosnia and started his music education at age of nine at the music school at Bijeljina - Bosnia. From the age of 15 he started professional musical education in the Music college of Tuzla. Here he got lessons of Professor Midhat Zulic. Between 1988 and 1991 ..
Nihad Kulenović
Ing. Nahid Kulenović , the son of Dr. Dzafer-Beg Kulenovic, was a Croatian-Bosniak member of the Croatian Liberation Movement. He was also a well know Croatian newspaper columnist and activist. He was married to Marrijana Dezelic, the daughter of the well-known Croatian activist Berislav Gjuro Deze..
Nihal
Nihal may refer to: Beta Leporis, a constellation traditionally known as NihalDJ Nihal, a British radio presenter and television personality This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to ..
Nihal Bhareti
Nihal Bhareti is a popular radio announcer with the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in Colombo. He joined Radio Ceylon in the 1960s. His mellow voice attracted hundreds of fans in Sri Lanka as well as on the Indian sub-continent. Nihal Bhareti presented 'Radio Journal' for a decade. He was also..
Nihal Singh Takshak
Choudhary Nihal Singh Takshak was a great freedom fighter of village Bhagvi in Haryana, India. He started Paraja Mandal Freedom movement in Jind state. He was first MLA In Jind State during first election 1937. He was also an Education Inspector with Birla Institute Pilani. He starting Basic Educati..
Nihang
Nihang Singh with Big Turban Nihang is a sect of the Akalis which differs essentially from all other Sikh orders in being a militant organisation, corresponding to the Nagas or Gosains among the Hindus . Their foundation is ascribed to Guru Gobind Singh himself, and they steadfastly opposed Ba..
Nihari
Nihari is originally a dish from the Muslims of Delhi and is most popular in Pakistan. It is a stew made from beef or lamb and curry. The Muslims of Delhi are the ones who actually brought it to Pakistan and popularized it there. Nihari is known for its spiciness and taste. Nihari is also known in I..
Nihat Berker
Nihat Berker is a Turkish theoretical physicist and emeritus professor of physics at MIT. His main research interest is statistical mechanics and renormalization group. After his retirement from MIT, he returned to Turkey and served as a professor and Dean of the School of Sciences and Letters at Is..
Nihat Erim
Nihat Erim (1912 - July 19, 1980) was a Turkish politician and jurist. He served as the prime minister of Turkey from 1971 until 1972, for only about 5 months. He was assassinated in Istanbul. After graduating from Istanbul University Law School in 1936, he studied further to earn his doctorate de..
Nihat Kahveci
Nihat Kahveci (born November 23 1979 in Istanbul) is a Turkish football player for Spanish side Villarreal CF. He made his debut for the Turkish national team in 2000 against Sweden. Nihat plays predominantly as a forward but can also play as an attacking midfielder. His fierce right foot and spee..
Nihel
[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Nihel is a Supervillain from the comic-book novel Nuklear Age. He is one of the few beings in existence who knows that Nuklear Man's true name is Arel, Harbinger of the Flame. Nihel's power is his ability to alter reali..
Nihil
Nihil is an album by the German industrial music band KMFDM released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). It is largely considered by fans to be their best album, and the best example of the original KMFDM sound. It was recorded in Seattle, Washington Nihil is one of the only KMFDM albums that does not f..
Nihilanth
The Nihilanth is the final boss character and the primary antagonist in the computer game Half-Life. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The Nihilanth is the controlling intelligence behind the invasion of Earth shown in the game. Hovering silently in an..
Nihilartikel
A Nihilartikel is a deliberately fictitious entry in an encyclopedia or dictionary, which is intended to be more or less quickly recognized as false by the reader. The term "Nihilartikel" is German and combines "nihil" (Latin for "nothing") and "Artikel" (German for "article"). There does not appear..
Nihilism
This article is about the philosophical position. For the Russian political and revolutionary movement, see Nihilist movement. Nihilism is a philosophical position which argues that the world, and especially human existence, is without objective meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential ..
Nihilistic
The word "nihilistic" can refer to several things: Something with a quality of nihilismNihilistic Software, a Californian video game developer studioRussian political and revolutionary movementA Swansea-based rock band of fourA death metal band from HollandThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguati..
Nihilistic Software
Nihilistic Software is a video game developer based in Novato, California. Nihilistic was founded in March 1998 by Ray Gresko, Robert Huebner, and Steve Tietze. Gresko and Huebner had formerly worked at LucasArts, and Tietze had worked at Rogue Entertainment. Many of Nihilistic's employees were dra..
Nihilist (album)
Sarin is the only album to be released by the harsh industrial/noise band Sarin. Only 80 cassettes of these were made. It was recorded on the 4th & 22nd, July 1996 in Private Radio, Seattle by the band's only two members: Stephen O'Malley and EDGY 69. Track listing Tektoniks6:66Red ArmyWar of t..
Nihilist anarchism
Nihilist anarchism (aka anarchist nihilism and anarcho-nihilism) is a philosophy that opposes all forms of rule, authority, and order. Nihilist anarchists rebel against and seek to dismantle all traditional philosophies and release the human mind from all dogma and universality. Anarcho-nihilists i..
Nihilist cipher
In the history of cryptography, the Nihilist cipher is a manually operated symmetric encryption cipher originally used by Russian Nihilists in the 1880s to organise terrorism against the czarist regime. The term is sometimes extended to several improved algorithms used much later for communication b..
Nihilist movement
This article is about the Russian cultural and political movement. For the philosophy of nihilism, see nihilism The Nihilist movement was an 1860s Russian cultural movement marked by the questioning of the validity of all forms of preconceived ideas and social norms. It is derived from the Latin wo..
Nihilist Records
The Nihilist Records label releases noise music albums, and is similar to labels like Load Records and Hanson Records, though it tends to release bands that are more controversial or offensive in a sensational manner. The label was founded by Andy Ortmann in Chicago initially to release music by h..
Nihilist Spasm Band
The Nihilist Spasm Band (NSB) is a London, Ontario-based band. The band was formed in 1965 by Hugh McIntyre, John Clement, John Boyle, Bill Exley, Murray Favro, Archie Leitch, Art Pratten, and Greg Curnoe. Leitch has since retired, Curnoe was killed in a bicycle accident in 1992, and McIntyr..
Nihility
Nihility is the second album by the Polish death metal band Decapitated. The German-only release comes in a green casing and contains a cover of the Napalm Death song "Suffer the Children". Track listing "Perfect Dehumanisation (The Answer?)" – 5:25"Eternity Too Short" – 4:32"Mother War" – ..
Nihil Est Excellence
This project exists since 1999 and used to be a 3 persons band (Andrey Kiritchenko, Oleg Kovalchuk, Edward Shwets) nowadays only Andrey Kiritchenko stays at work, however others sometimes are involved in live performances. Oleg Kovalchuk gave the name to this project. NEX investigates the ideas o..
Nihil Negativum
Nihil Negativum was the demo album self-released by the French symphonic black metal band, Anorexia Nervosa. It was released in 1995, and was produced by A. Miraucourt, and the band itself. Tracks Scene 1: Le patient est isolé. (In a brown gnostic study)Scene 2: Quelque chose comme l'id&eac..
Nihil novi
Nihil novi is Latin for "Nothing new" (or "nothing of the new".) Nihil novi is a common term for Nihil novi nisi commune consensu ("Nothing new without the consensus of all"), a 1505 legal act of Poland, also known as "nothing about us without us". The phrase nihil novi is also used as short for th..
Nihil obstat
Nihil obstat is an official approval by a delegated censor of the Roman Catholic Church to publish a work dealing with faith or morals. It signifies that the publication is free from Catholic doctrinal or moral error. The phrase is Latin, meaning, "nothing hinders" or "nothing stands in the way." ..
Nihira Joshi
Nihira Joshi was a Saregamapa (SRGMP) Challenge 2005 participant. She was a member of Ismail Darbar's 'Yalgar Ho' Gharana. SRGMP is hosted by Shaan. The show is aired on the Indian channel Zee TV. Nihira is 19 years old and is a B.A. student at the Mithibai College, Mumbai. Nihira's playback singin..
Nihoa
View of Nihoa Island Nihoa (also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu) is a small island located 280 miles (450 km) northwest of Honolulu in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Nihoa is composed of 170 acres (0.7 km²) of dry land, surrounded by 140,554 acres (570 km²) of coral reef. The north an..
Nihoa (spider)
Nihoa is a spider genus. Contents 1 Etymology2 Appearance3 Distribution4 Species5 References Etymology Named after the island Nihoa, where one of the species (N. mahina) is endemic. Appearance N. hawaiiensis males have a length of almost 15mm, including cheliceres; f..
Nihoa Carnation
The Nihoa Carnation (Schiedea verticillata) is an endangered species of carnation endemic to the island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Discovered in 1923 (the year of the Tanager Expedition), the carnation is 8- 12 inches tall. Only 350+ individual plants survive in two of Nihoa's..
Nihoa fan palm
The Nihoa Fan Palm (Pritchardia remota) is a species of tree endemic on the island of Nihoa, Hawaii. It is a smaller tree than most other species of Pritchardia, typically reaching only 4-5 m tall and with a trunk diameter of 15 cm. Even though it is the only type of tree on the island, the palms ..
Nihoa Finch
The Nihoa Finch (Telespiza ultima) is one of the two endemic bird species of the tiny Hawaiian island Nihoa, the other being the Nihoa Millerbird. When it was classified in 1917, scientists thought that it would be the last endemic species named. This was later found untrue. The island's populatio..
Nihoa Millerbird
The Nihoa Millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris kingi) is a subspecies of the Millerbird. It is limited to and one of the two endemic birds of the tiny island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The other endemic bird is the Nihoa Finch. It gets its name from its preferred food, the mille..
Nihombashi Station
Not to be confused with Nippombashi Station. in Osaka, Japan. Nihombashi Station (日本橋駅 -eki) is a subway station in the Nihombashi district of Tokyo, Japan. Lines Trains of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) and Tokyo Metro serve this station. Toei Asakusa Line (2..
Nihon-ōdōri Station
, is an underground station located in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan. Its official name is , including the sub-name in parentheses. Contents 1 Lines2 Station Layout3 Station Area4 Adjacent stations5 External links Lines Yokohama High-Speed Rail*Minato Mirai Line Station La..
Nihon-shiki
Japanese writing Kanji [漢字] Kana [仮名] Hiragana [平仮名]Katakana [片仮名]Manyogana [万葉仮名]Uses Furigana [振り仮名]Ok..
Nihonbashi
Nihonbashi (the bridge) Marker from which distances are measured Bank of Japan , or Nihombashi, is a business district of Chuo Ward, Tokyo, Japan, surrounding a famous bridge of the same name. The district covers a large area to the north and east of the bridge, reaching Akihabara ..
Nihondaira Stadium
is a multi-use stadium in Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Shimizu S-Pulse. The stadium holds 20,000 people and was built in 1991. External links [Stadium website (in Japanese)] ..
Nihonga
Nihonga (日本画) is a Japanese school of watercolor painting which utilizes mineral pigments known as Iwa Enogu (岩絵の具). Nihonga artists Japanese nihonga artists from the Meiji, Taisho, Showa and Heisei periods are listed below. Surnames are placed before given names in the standard way...
Nihonjinron
Nihonjinron (日本人論, "discourse on, theories about, the Japanese") is a highly popular genre of writing purporting to examine the characteristics--national, social, cultural, behavioural and spiritual--which are presumed to be unique to the Japanese people. The essential premise of nihonjinron..
Nihonkai Television
Nihonkai Telecasting Co., Ltd. (日本海テレビジョン放送株式会社, NKT) is a Japanese TV station broadcast in Tottori Prefecture and Shimane Prefecture. NKT is a TV station of Nippon News Network(NNN) and Nippon Television Network System (NNS). call sign is JOJX-TV(Tottori channel 1) ..
Nihonmatsu, Fukushima
Nihonmatsu (二本松市; -shi) is a city located in Fukushima, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 35,820 and the density of 276.15 persons per km². The total area is 129.71 km². The city was founded on October 1, 1958. External links [Nihonmatsu official website�..
Nihonto
The Japanese sword (nihonto) has been internationally known for its sharpness and beauty since feudal times. The sword used to be the distinguishing mark of the samurai. Since swords are dangerous weapons, a permit is required to own one in Japan today. ..
Nihon Ad Systems
Nihon Ad Systems inc. (日本アドシステムズ Nihon Ado Shisutemuzu), or NAS in short, is an anime producer founded on 1 October 1975. "Ad" in "Nihon Ad Systems" is abbreviation of "Animation Development". NAS also owned Asatsu-DK Inc, a merger of ASATSU Inc., and Dai-ichi Kikaku Senden Co.,..
Nihon Bussan
Nihon Bussan (日本物産株式会社 nihon bussan kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese arcade game manufacturer, with headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. It is also known as Nichibutsu (ニチブツ). They use an owl sign for the company's official logo. Established in 1970, they started making then-p..
Nihon IBM Big Blue
Nihon IBM Big Blue is a Japanese rugby union team which won promotion from the Japan East Ten league to the Top League at the end of the League's first season (2003-4) but was then automatically relegated by coming 12th in the second season (2004-5). External links [Nihon IBM Big Blue] -..
Nihon Kaifuku Anma
Nihon Kaifuku Anma is the Japanese restoration massage. It is used in some Japanese martial arts. Anma Massage is the art of Japanese massage originated in China 3000 years ago and was introduced to Japan about 1300 years ago. Swedish and Shiatsu are among the massage forms that grew out of this ric..
Nihon Keidanren
Japan Business Federation (日本経済団体連合会) is a comprehensive economic organization born in May 2002 by amalgamation of Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations) and Nikkeiren (Japan Federation of Employers' Associations). Its membership of 1,584 is comprised of 1,268 compa..
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Nikkei headquarters in Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nikkei offices in Osaka , or , is one of the largest media corporations in Japan. Nikkei specializes in publishing financial, business and industry news. Its main news publications include: Nihon Keizai Shimbun, a leading economic new..
Nihon Ki-in
The Nihon Ki-in (日本棋院), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing diplomas for amateur dan rankings. The other major Go association in Japan is Kansai Ki-in. Nihon Ki-in was established in 1924..
Nihon Ki-In Championship
The Nihon Ki-In Championship was a Go competition. Outline The tournament ran from 1954 to 1975. It was later merged with the Kansai Ki-In Championship to form the Tengen. Past winners Player Years Held Takagawa Kaku 1954, 1962, 1963 Sakata Eio 1955 - 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973 - 1975 Ohi..
Nihon Kingendaishi Jiten
Nihon Kingendaishi Jiten (日本近現代史辞典, "Dictionary of Modern and Present Japanese History") is a dictionary of contemporary Japanese history published in 1978, as the revision of Nihon Kindaishi Jiten (日本近代史辞典, "Dictionary of Japanese Modern History") of 1958. Both edition..
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Nihon kokugo daijiten (日本国語大辞典, 2d ed.Tokyo, Shogakukan, 2000-2002) is sometimes translated as "The Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Japanese Language". The daijiten is the largest and most authoritative Japanese dictionary for Japanese-literate readers. The second edition is a subst..
Nihon kokugo daijiten
The Nihon kokugo daijiten (日本国語大辞典）known in English as Shogakukan's Japanese Dictionary, is the largest Japanese language dictionary published. In the period from 1972 to 1976, Shogakukan published the 20-volume first edition. The 14-volume second edition was published in the per..
Nihon Minka-en
is a park in the Park of Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. On display in the park is a collection of 20 traditional (farm houses) from various parts of Japan, especially thatched-roofed houses from eastern Japan. Of these, nine have received the designation of Important Cultural Ass..
Nihon SF Taikai
The Nihon SF Taikai (日本SF大会; Japan SF Convention) is an annual science fiction convention held in Japan. Each of these conventions is officially the 第N回日本SF大会 (Nth Nihon SF Taikai), but they are more popularly known by the official nicknames given to them based on their locations..
Nihon Shoki
Part of the series onJapanese Mythology Religions · Divinities Creatures & Spirits Stories and Myths]] Kwaidan]] Nihon Shoki · Otogizoshi Yotsuya Kaidan Legendary Figures Abe no Seimei · Hidari Jingoro Kintarō · Momotarō Nezumi K..
Nihon Shokken
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Nihon University
Nihon University (日本大学; Nihon Daigaku abbreviated as 日大 Nichidai) is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School (present: Department of Law) in October 1889. Most of the Campuses are spread out across the Kanto region, especially..
NIH (disambiguation)
NIH can refer to: National Institutes of HealthNorwegian School of Sports Sciences: [(Norges idrettshøgskole - NIH)]Not Invented Here This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wis..
Nih image
A freeware image editing program created by the national institute of health (USA's) for 68k Mac OS that is 700k. ..
NIH shift
An NIH shift is a chemical rearrangement where a hydrogen atom on an aromatic ring undergoes an intramolecular migration primarily during a hydroxylation reaction. This process is also known as a 1,2-hydride shift. These shifts are often studied and observed by isotopic labeling. An example of an ..
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