The Definition of NEP

[regis]

I am new to the site, and found this very interesting, at least now I am "in the loop"....

Regis



Definitions of Nep on the Web:

A small knot of tangled fibers, usually consisting of short , dead or immature fiber.
http://www.llamapaedia.com/wool/glossary.html

A state grant program within the US Environmental Protection Agency established to designate estuaries of national significance and to incorporate scientific research into planning activities.
http://www.buzzardsbay.org/glossary.htm

Small knots of entangled fibre.
http://www.e4s.org.uk/textilesonline/co ... nology.htm

The policy introduced in Soviet Russia in 1921 which allowed a certain revival of capitalism. It replaced War Communism, the economic policy pursued in the period of the Civil War. ...
http://www.workers.org/marcy/perestroika/glossary.html

The total carbon balance of an ecosystem. This differs from NEE by exchanges of carbon compounds other than CO2 with the atmosphere or the hydrosphere (eg volatilization of isoprene, leaching of DOC to groundwater).
http://www.tereco.sr.unh.edu/definitions.html

a policy of temporary economic liberalization in the USSR from 1921-1928. It was introduced by Vladimir Lenin to revitalize the economy, increase food production, and permit business growth after several years of civil war. The NEP was replaced in 1928 by Joseph Stalin’s "Five-Year Plan."
http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroProje ... y22-99.htm

[AR]

haha...

from what I'm told it went something like this.

Finland to USA "y es is jep"
USA to Finland "so if y es is jep, then is n o 'nep'?"
Finland "hahaha you stupid westerner, n o is nep, hahaha"

So from then on...n o = nep.