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NSS Labs
NSS may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''New Star Soccer'', a computer game * '' Newsstand Specials'', a spinoff of ''Playboy'' magazine * Nintendo Super System, an arcade game cabinet that plays Super NES games * Northern Sound System, a youth music education centre and venue in Adelaide, South Australia * NSS, a 1958 computer chess program Organizations Government bodies * National Security Secretariat (United Kingdom), part of the Cabinet Office * National Security Service (other), the name of several intelligence services * National Seismological Service, an agency of the Mexican government * National Service Scheme, a Government of India-sponsored program for community service and social activities * National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia, former name of the Statistical Committee of Armenia * NHS National Services Scotland, the central support agency to the NHS in Scotland Political parties * People's Socialist Party of Montenegro, a political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Star Soccer
''New Star Soccer'', also known as ''NSS'', is a series of Sports game, football video games developed and published by New Star Games. The games let the player create and control a Association football, soccer player's career as he moves through the ranks of the leagues and national teams. The game is best known for its mobile version, which won a BAFTA in 2013 for Best Sports/Fitness Game. Gameplay The game sees the player take control of a single, 16-year-old football player in the lowest league of the country of their choosing. The game has no end point, and a player could theoretically play forever. History In the first two versions of the game, ''NSS 1'' (2003) and ''NSS 2'' (2004), the action on the field was a running text commentary of key elements of the match. Certain situations required intervention to make a decision on how the player acts, like whether to pass, tackle or shoot. Since the third version of the game, ''NSS3'', released in 2005, the gamer controls his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northbrooks Secondary School
Yishun ( ), formerly known as Nee Soon, is a residential town located in the northeastern corner of the North Region of Singapore, bordering Simpang and Sembawang to the north, Mandai to the west, the Central Water Catchment to its southwest, Ang Mo Kio to its south, as well as Seletar and Sengkang to its east and southeast respectively. Etymology The name Yishun () is the Mandarin Chinese equivalent of "Nee Soon", the given name of Lim Nee Soon ( Chinese: ), a prominent industrialist who made his fortune from the rubber and pineapple plantations he had in the area. Yishun planning area is divided into nine sub-zones namely Khatib, Lower Seletar, Nee Soon, North Land, Springleaf, Yishun Central, Yishun East, Yishun South and Yishun West. Springleaf and Nee Soon subzones are private housing estates in Yishun. Sub planning areas *Khatib * Lower Seletar *Northland *Nee Soon *Springleaf *Yishun Central *Yishun East *Yishun South *Yishun West Amenities Shopping malls * Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Student Survey
The National Student Survey is an annual survey, launched in 2005, of all final year undergraduate degree students at institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom. The survey is designed to assess undergraduate students' opinions of the quality of their degree programmes, with seven different scores published including an "overall satisfaction" mark. NSS is conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Office for Students and the UK higher education funding bodies. Methodology Coverage When launched in 2005, the NSS covered all final year undergraduate degree students in publicly funded universities (higher education institutes) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. All universities were obliged to provide contact details for eligible students, though participation is voluntary for the students themselves. This has since been extended to universities in Scotland. Since 2008, Further Education Colleges (FECs) with directly funded higher e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Shelter System
The American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) together developed the National Shelter System (NSS). Under the National Response Plan, now called the National Response Framework, the American Red Cross The American National Red Cross is a Nonprofit organization, nonprofit Humanitarianism, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. Clara Barton founded ... is the Co-Primary Agency with FEMA responsible for the Mass Care portion of Emergency Support Function #6 - Mass Care, Temporary Housing and Human Services. The goal of the NSS is to be able to identify the location, managing agency, capacity, current population, needs assessment, and other relevant information for all shelters being run during the response to incidents. History Then National Shelter System was developed in 2009 by FEMA and the American Red Cross as a web-based system that contains informat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Security Strategy (United States)
The National Security Strategy (NSS) is a document prepared periodically by the executive branch of the United States that lists the national security concerns and how the administration plans to deal with them. The legal foundation for the document is spelled out in the Goldwater–Nichols Act. The document is purposely general in content, and its implementation relies on elaborating guidance provided in supporting documents such as the National Military Strategy. Purpose The stated intent of the Goldwater–Nichols legislation is broadly accepted as valid for effective political discourse on issues affecting the nation's security—the Congress and the Executive need a common understanding of the strategic environment and the administration's intent as a starting point for future dialogue. That said, however, it is understood that in the adversarial environment that prevails, this report can only provide a beginning point for the dialogue necessary to reach such a "common" u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilachala Saraswata Sangha
Nilachala Saraswata Sangha (NSS), ( Oriya: ନୀଳାଚଳ ସାରସ୍ବତ ସଂଘ; Hindi: नीलाचल सारस्वत संघ) is a religious organization that was founded by Swami Nigamananda Paramahansa Dev exclusively for his household devotees in Odisha on 24 August 1934 at Nilachala Kutir, Puri, India. NSS is one of the spiritual foundations of Swami Nigamananda after Saraswata Matha, established at Kokilamukh, Jorhat, in 1912. The "Sangha" focus only on spirituality (धर्म नित्ति, ''dharma nitti'') with three core objectives: ''formation of ideal family'', ''combined of Sangha Power'', and ''exchange of spiritual thoughts''. Banamali Dash was the first president of this Sangha, subsequently Durga Charan Mohanty became its Secretary and Parichalaka or Administer. History Swami Nigamananda was on a short retirement from his busy work. He left Assam Bangiya Saraswata Matha, Jorhat, (Assam) and came to Puri in 1923. He boug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Speleological Society
The National Speleological Society (NSS) is an organization formed in 1941 to advance the exploration, conservation, study, and understanding of caves in the United States. Originally headquartered in Washington D.C., its current offices are in Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville is the List of municipalities in Alabama, most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population of the city is estimated to be 241,114 in 2024, making it the List of United States cities by population, 100th-most populous .... The organization engages in the research and scientific study, restoration, exploration, and protection of caves. It has more than 10,000 members in more than 250 grottos. Since 1974 there has been a cave diving section of the society. History The Speleological Society of the District of Columbia (SSDC) was formed on May 6, 1939 by Bill Stephenson. In the fall of 1940, the officers of the SSDC drafted a proposed constitution that would transform the SSDC into the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Secular Society
The National Secular Society (NSS) is a British campaigning organisation that promotes secularism and the separation of church and state. It holds that no one should gain advantage or disadvantage because of their religion or lack of it. The Society was founded in 1866 by Charles Bradlaugh. Objectives The NSS, whose motto is "Challenging religious privilege", campaigns for a secular state where there is no established state religion; where religion plays no role in state-funded education, does not interfere with the judicial process nor does it restrict freedom of expression; where the state does not intervene in matters of religious doctrine nor does it promote or fund religious activities, guaranteeing every citizen's freedom to believe, not to believe or to change religion. Although the organisation was explicitly created for those who reject the supernatural, the NSS does not campaign to eradicate or prohibit religion, arguing that freedom of religion, as well as freedom f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Sculpture Society
Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society (NSS) was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. The purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of American sculptors, although its founding members included several renowned architects. The founding members included such well known figures of the day as Daniel Chester French, Augustus St. Gaudens, Richard Morris Hunt, and Stanford White as well as sculptors less familiar today, such as Herbert Adams, Paul W. Bartlett, Karl Bitter, J. Massey Rhind, Attilio Piccirilli, and John Quincy Adams Ward—who served as the first president for the society. Since its founding in the nineteenth century, the National Sculpture Society (NSS) has remained dedicated to promoting figurative and realistic sculpture. During the years 1919 to 1924, four works commissioned from members of the National Sculpture Society were funded by philanthropist Paul Goodloe McIntire, including ''George Rogers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Space Society
The National Space Society (NSS) is an American international nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational and scientific organization specializing in space advocacy. It is a member of the Independent Charities of America and an annual participant in the Combined Federal Campaign. The society's vision is: "People living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth, and the use of the vast resources of space for the dramatic betterment of humanity." The society supports human spaceflight and robotic spaceflight, by both public (e.g., NASA, Russian Federal Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and private sector (e.g., SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, etc.) organizations. History The society was established in the United States on March 28, 1987, by the merger of the National Space Institute, founded in 1974 by Wernher von Braun, and the L5 Society, founded in 1975 based on the concepts of Gerard K. O'Neill. The society has an elected volunteer Board of Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nair Service Society
The Nair Service Society (NSS) is an organisation created for the social advancement and welfare of the Nair community that is found primarily in the state of Kerala in Southern part of India. It was established under the leadership of Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai. The NSS is a three-tier organisation with Karayogams at the base level, Taluk Unions at the intermediate level and a central headquarters operating from Perunna, Changanassery in Kerala. G.Sukumaran Nair, G. Sukumaran Nair is currently the General Secretary. The Society owns and manages many List of Nair Service Society educational institutions, educational institutions, hospitals, hostels, guesthouses, and estates. Origins The Nair Service Society was formed on 31 October 1914 by Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai as a reaction to perceived communal slights in the princely state of Travancore in southern India, which now forms a part of the state of Kerala. At the time of formation, K. Kelappan was the president and Mannath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Spisevognselskap
Norsk Spisevognselskap A/S, often abbreviated NSS or shortened to Spisevognselskapet (Norwegian language, Norwegian for "The Dining Car Company"), was a Norway, Norwegian government-owned corporation, state enterprise which operated restaurant carriages on rail transport in Norway, Norwegian trains and restaurants at railway stations and Hotel#Railway hotels, railway hotels. The company was established in December 1918, and started a catering service in 1919. Originally owned by the Hoved Line, Norwegian Trunk Railway, it was acquired by the state in 1926. Meals served in the restaurant carriages were relatively expensive, although they were available to all passengers. In the 1950s, the company began using serving trolleys on trains. In January 1975, NSS Mergers and acquisitions, merged with the convenience-store chain Narvesen, Narvesen Kioskkompani into a new company called Narvesen–Spisevognselskapet. This enterprise was partly owned by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
