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Official opposition frontbench (UK) The frontbench of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official spokesmen of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition.
Official Observer The Official Observer is a member of the Amateur Auxiliary and member of the ARRL field organization responsible for monitoring amateur radio activity for FCC rules violation. The Official Observer, or OO, is just another amateur radio operator and has no official status.
Official Observer Coordinator The Official Observer Coordinator is an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) section-level leadership official, appointed by the Section Manager (SM), for two related purposes: to supervise the maintenance monitoring work of the section Official Observers, and to coordinate special Amateur Auxiliary efforts with Headquarters and the SM.
Official Opposition (Canada) Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (French: L'Opposition Loyale de Sa Majesté) in Canada is usually the largest parliamentary opposition party in the House of Commons or a provincial legislative assembly that is not in government either on its own or as part of a governing coalition. This is usually the second-largest party in a legislative house, although in certain unusual circumstances, it may be a third or fourth party or even the largest party.
Official Opposition (New Zealand) The Official Opposition in New Zealand is usually the largest political party or coalition which is not a member of the ruling government. This means that the political party, while still involved with the political process in New Zealand, they do not have ministers or their supporters in a position of power.
Official Opposition (United Kingdom) Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, or the Official Opposition in the United Kingdom is the largest opposition party in the House of Commons. This is usually the second-largest party, as the largest party will form the government.
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom) The Official Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet (normally referred to simply as 'The Shadow Cabinet') is, in British parliamentary practice, a group of members from Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition whose job it is to scrutinise their opposite numbers in government and come up with alternative policies. Since the Conservative Party has been, since 1997, Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, its leadership therefore forms the current Shadow Cabinet.
Official Preppy Handbook The Official Preppy Handbook is a tongue-in-cheek "reference guide" edited by Lisa Birnbach; it describes an aspect of North American culture she styles as prepdom. In addition to insights on prep school life, it illuminates many aspects of upper-class and upper-middle-class, old-money WASP society.
Official residence An official residence is the residence at which heads of state, heads of government, gubernatorial or other senior figures officially reside. They may or may not be the same location where they conduct their work-related functions.
Official Records of the American Civil War The Official Records of the American Civil War or often more simply the Official Records or ORs, constitute a unique, authentic, and comprehensive collection of first-hand accounts, orders, reports, and correspondence drawn from War and Navy Department records of both Confederate and Union governments during the American Civil War.
Official Seal of the President of Ireland The Official Seal of the President of Ireland (Irish: Séala Oifigeamhail Uachtarán na hÉireann) was presented to the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde and every subsequent president, to be affixed to every "...order, commission, warrant, or other instrument...
Official Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand The Official Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand is a member in the household of the Governor-General of New Zealand. He is the general manager of Government House, Wellington and Government House, Auckland.
Official Secrets Act The Official Secrets Act is any of several Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament for the protection of official information, mainly related to national security. The latest revision is Official Secrets Act 1989 (1989 chapter 6), which removed the public interest defence by repealing section 2 of Official Secrets Act 1911.
Official Secrets Act (Malaysia) The Official Secrets Act 1972 (Act 88), also known as the OSA, is a statute in Malaysia prohibiting the dissemination of information classified as an official secret. The legislation is based on the Official Secrets Act of the United Kingdom.
Official Solicitor Official Solicitor is a term which relates to two different and relatively old offices of British government. It was an office that represented the Crown, which is an institution that stands in place of a written constitution.
Official Soundtrack Album: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure Official Soundtrack Album: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure is the soundtrack for the Islands of Adventure theme park in Universal Orlando. The area music tracks are actually shortened versions of the area music, which are about 15 minutes in the park.
Official Star Trek Fan Club The Official Star Trek Fan Club is an arm of Paramount Pictures that is designed to give fans of the Science Fiction classic Star Trek an officially sanctioned 'Fan Club'. Members receive a certificate, six editions of the Star Trek Communicator magazine (which has been available at most newstands and comic stores) and discounts to many venues and memorabilia that is officially licensed by Paramount.
Official tartans in Canada Canada's provinces and territories (except for Nunavut), as well as many other divisions in Canada, have officially recognized tartans. Tartans were first brought to Canada by Scottish settlers, and in 1959, New Brunswick was the first province to adopt an official tartan.
Official Tournament and Club Word List Official Tournament and Club Word List or Tournament Word List, referred to as OTaCWL, OWL, or TWL, is the official word authority for tournament Scrabble in North AmericaNational Scrabble Association Dictionary Committee & Its Word Sources. It is based on the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) with modifications to make it more suitable for tournament play.
Official World Golf Rankings The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four Major Championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA TOUR, the European Tour, the Asian Tour, the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour, and the Sunshine Tour.
Officinal Officinal is a term applied in medicine to drugs, plants and herbs, which are sold in a chemist or druggist shop, and to medical preparations of such drugs, et cetera, as are made in accordance with the prescriptions authorized by the pharmacopoeia. In the latter sense, modern usage tends to supersede "officinal" by "official".
Officio Assassinorum In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Officio Assassinorum is an Imperial agency that trains and employs different assassin temples to further the goals of the Imperium of Man. Although the Inquisition strikes fear in the hearts of all Imperial citizens, loyal and corrupt alike, the deadly disciples of the Officio Assassinorum strike fear in the hearts of even the most savvy, battle-hardened of warriors.
Officious intermeddler An officious intermeddler is a person who voluntarily, and without request or pre-existing legal duty, interjects herself into the affairs of another, and then seeks remuneration for services or reimbursement. Example: Person "A" leaves for vacation for two weeks during the summer.
Officium In Ancient Rome, Officium (plural officia) is a Latin word with various meanings, including "service", "(sense of) duty", "courtesy", "ceremony", and the like. However, this article is mainly concerned with the meaning of "an office" (the modern word office derives from it) or "bureau" in the sense of a dignitary's staff of administrative and other collaborators, each of whom was called an officialis (hence the modern official).
Offley Offley is a parish in the English county of Hertfordshire, between Hitchin and Luton. The main village is Great Offley, and the parish also contains the hamlets of Little Offley, Cockernhoe, Mangrove Green, Tea Green and The Flints.
Offline editing Offline editing is the film and television production process in which raw footage is copied and edited, without affecting the camera original film or tape. Once a programme has been completed in offline, the original media will be conformed, or on-lined, in the online editing stage.
Offline Explorer Offline Explorer is a program which scans a webpage and downloads all files linked to it, with customizable filters. The form of the 'link' could be other pages linked to the one page, and image, sound, movie, animation, or archive file used or linked to, as well as any incorporated JavaScript, CSS, or other files.
Offline mail reader Offline mail readers are computer programs that allow users to read electronic mail or other messages (for example, those on bulletin boards) with a minimum of connection time to the server storing the messages. This is accomplished by the server packaging up multiple messages into a compressed file for the user to download and then disconnect.
Offline reader An offline reader (sometimes called an offline navigator) is computer software that downloads e-mail, newsgroup posts or web pages, making them available when the computer is not connected to the Internet. Offline readers are useful portable computers and dial-up access.
Offset (computer) In computer science, an offset within an array or other data structure object is an integer indicating the distance (displacement) from the beginning of the object up until a given element or point, presumably within the same object. The concept of a distance is valid only if all elements of the object are the same size (typically given in bytes or words).
Offset Alpine fire The Offset Alpine fire is an incident in Australia's recent history that is still subject to investigation and speculation, amid suspicions that the printing plant was burnt down as part of an insurance fraud. It has gained attention because of the high profile of individuals involved.
Offset dish antenna An offset dish antenna is a type of satellite dish. It is so called because the antenna feed is offset to the side of the reflector, in contrast to a typical circular parabolic antenna where the feed is in front of the center of the reflector.
Offset printing Offset printing is a widely used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate first to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on the repulsion of oil and water, the offset technique employs a flat (planographic) image carrier on which the image to be printed obtains ink from ink rollers, while the non-printing area attracts a film of water, keeping the nonprinting areas ink-free.
Offset Software Offset Software is made up of 19 developers, primarily Sam, Travis and Trevor who formerly worked for S2 Games, a development team of seven who created the award winning game Savage: The Battle for Newerth. The game won the grand prize at the Independent Games Festival in 2004.
Offset time In optical burst switching, offset time is the time between the burst header/control packet. The offset time used in one-way reservation schemes allows the network time to schedule the burst and setup resources prior to burst arrival is sent into the network.
Offshore balancing Offshore balancing is a strategic concept used in realist analysis in international relations. The term describes a strategy where a great power uses favored regional powers to check the rise of potential hostile powers.
Offshore bank An offshore bank is a bank located outside the country of residence of the depositor, typically in a low tax jurisdiction (or tax haven) that provides financial and legal advantages. These advantages typically include some or all of
Offshore construction Offshore construction is the installation of structures and pipelines in a marine environment for the production and transmission of oil and gas. Construction in the offshore environment is a dangerous activity and where possible the construction is modular in nature with the individual modules being assembled onshore and using a crane vessel to lift the modules into place.
Offshore foundation An offshore foundation is simply a conventional foundation that is formed under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction. Like conventional foundations they are generally a low tax entity, just with less "red tape" and reporting requirements.
Offshore Festival The Offshore Festival was a camp-out rock and alternative music festival held during Easter at a farm near Torquay, Victoria, Australia in the late 1990s, 2000 and 2001. It was run by the same organisers as the Falls Festival, held at nearby Lorne on New Year's Eve.
Offshore Financial Centre Whilst there is no precise definition of what amounts to an Offshore Financial Centre (or OFC), the term is usually meant to refer to low-tax, lightly regulated jurisdictions which specialise in providing the corporate and commercial infrastructure to facilitate the use of those jurisdictions for the formation of offshore companies. Offshore Financial Centres are often (but not always) current or former British Colonies or Crown Dependencies, and often refer to themselves as offshore jurisdictions.
Offshore investment Offshore investment is the keeping of money in a jurisdiction other than one's country of residence. Offshore jurisdictions are a commonly accepted solution to reducing excessive tax burdens levied in most countries to both large and small scale investors alike.
Offshore Industry Liaison Committee The Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) is a trade union set up in the United Kingdom in response to the deaths of 167 workers on the Piper Alpha platform on July 6,1988. Their deaths would be followed by the death of another worker on the Ocean Odyssey oil rig on September 22, 1988.
Offshore magic circle The offshore magic circle refers to a number of law firms practicing in offshore jurisdictions which are considered to be amongst the leaders in the field. The terms is adopted as an imitation of the more well-recognised London Magic Circle law firms.
Offshore outsourcing Offshore outsourcing is the practice of hiring an external organization to perform some business functions in a country other than the one where the product or service will be sold or consumed. It can be contrasted with offshoring, in which the functions are performed in a foreign country by a foreign subsidiary.
Offshore programming Offshore programming (also offshore software development, offshore software R&D) is provision of software development services by an external supplier positioned in a country that is geographically remote from the client enterprise; a type of offshore outsourcing. The main reason behind the companies to use offshore software development services is the higher development cost of the local service providers.
Offshore Patrol The Offshore Patrol (Mosquito Fleet) was a rudimentary navy, intended for inshore defenses only, called for by the Philippine National Assembly in its National Defense Act of 1935. This act called for the creation, by 1946, of a force of 36 torpedo boats (PT) which were to be built and designed by British shipbuilders.
Offshore radio Offshore radio refers to the practice of radio broadcasting from ships or fixed maritime structures, usually in international waters. The majority of offshore broadcasters have been pirate radio stations, using seaborne broadcasting as a means to circumvent national broadcasting regulations, but the practice has also been used by legitimate broadcasting organisations like the Voice of America.
Offshore Super Series The Offshore Super Series (OSS) is an offshore powerboat racing organization founded in December 2003 by 30 of the top offshore race boat teams in the USA. The teams were dissatisfied with the way their sport was going.
Offside (film) Offside (Farsi:آŮساید) is a 2007 Iranian film about girls who try to enter a World Cup game but are forbidden by law because of their gender. The film was inspired by director Jafar Panahi's daughter, who decided to attend a game anyway.
Offside (football) Offside is a Law in association football which effectively limits how far forward attacking players may be when involved in play. Simply put, a player cannot gain an advantage by waiting for the ball near the opposing goal with only the goalkeeper between him and the goal (only in the usual situation that the goalkeeper is the last defender).
Offside (ice hockey) In ice hockey, play is said to be offside if a player on the attacking team enters the attacking zone before the puck itself enters the zone, whether it is being carried by a teammate or otherwise sent in across the blue line. When an offside violation occurs, the linesman blows play dead, and a faceoff is conducted in the neutral zone.
Oficina AnticorrupciĂłn The Oficina AnticorrupciĂłn (Counter Corruption Bureau, OA) is an Argentine special police agency which investigates and persecutes political corruption in the federal government. It was officially created in December 10th, 1999.
Ofira Ofira (Hebrew: ×ופירה) was an Israeli settlement in the Sharm el-Sheikh area of the southern Sinai Peninsula, an Egyptian territory that was under Israeli rule from 1967 to 1982. Ofira was settled from 1969, and was meant to accommodate 500 families.
Ofla Ofla (also known by the Amharic form Wofla) is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debubawi Zone, Ofla is bordered on the south by Alamata, on the west by the Amhara Region, on the north by Endamehoni, and on the east by Raya Azebo.
Oflag An Oflag (from ) was a prisoner of war camp for officers only, established by the German Army in both World War I and World War II in accordance with the requirements of the Third Geneva Convention, Chapter VII Article 44.
Oflag II-C Oflag II-C Woldenburg was a World War II German Army Prisoner-of-war camp located about 1 km from the town Woldenburg, now Dobiegniew in western Poland. It is close to GorzĂłw Wielkopolski which was called Landsberg before 1945.
Oflag II-D Oflag II-D was a World War II German POW camp located at Gross Born, present Borne Sulinowo in western Pomerania, Poland. In the late 1930s the German army built a large base and training ground at which the XIX Army Corps of general Heinz Guderian was based.
Oflag V-B Oflag V-B Biberach, was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers located in Biberach in south-eastern Baden-WĂĽrttemberg]] from 1940 to 1942. Most of the prisoners were British officers captured in the Battle of France in 1940 or in Greece in June 1941.
Oflag VII-C Oflag VII-C was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers located in Laufen Castle in south-eastern Bavaria from 1940 to 1942. Most of the prisoners were British officers captured in France in 1940.
Oflag XIII-A Oflag XIII-A, Oflag XIII-B and Oflag XIII-D NĂĽrnberg Langwasser were all German Army prisoner-of-war camps in World War II for officers. They were all located on the old Nazi party parade grounds in NĂĽrnberg, northern Bavaria.
Ofra Ofra (Hebrew: עפרה) is an Israeli settlement located north-east of Jerusalem in the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. It is situated on the main road between Jerusalem and Nablus (route 60), 25 km from Jerusalem.
Ofuna Kan'non The Ofuna Kan'non or Muga sozan Ofuna Kan'nonji is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. The outstanding feature of the temple is a 25 meter tall 1,900 ton reinforced concrete statue of Kan'non which is dedicated to the bodhisattva Kan'non or Kuan Yin.
Ofuna Station ĹŚfuna Station (大čąé§… ĹŚfuna Eki) is a train station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. It is located on the TĹŤkaidĹŤ Main Line, Shonan-Shinjuku Line, Keihin-TĹŤhoku Line(Negishi Line), Yokosuka Line and Shonan Monorail.
OFC Champions League 2007 The Oceania Champions League 2007 is to kick off in January 2007 with six clubs from five countries: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. The six clubs will be split into two groups of three for home and away matches.
OFC Nations Cup The OFC Nations Cup is the biennial football competition held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations. It has been held every two years since 1996 by the OFC; before 1996 there were two other tournaments held at irregular intervals, under the name Oceania Nations Cup.
OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once in two years times to decided the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
OFC Women's Championship The OFC Women's Championship (also known as the Oceania Cup) is a competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). 7 tournaments have been held, with the current champions being Australia, though the Matildas will not be able to defend their title in 2007 as the team now competes in the Asian Football Confederation.
OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) is a multi-user version of the popular OFDM digital modulation scheme. Multiple access is achieved in OFDMA by assigning subsets of subcarriers to individual users.
OFI Sunday OFI Sunday was an entertainment show hosted by Chris Evans every Sunday on ITV1 at 10:30pm. The title officially stands for "Oh Flip It's Sunday", but as with his previous show TFI Friday, whose title nominally stood for "Thank Four It's Friday", a less innocuous interpretation of the initials, "Oh Fuck It's Sunday", was clearly implied.
OFTP The Odette File Transfer Protocol (OFTP) is a protocol used for direct electronic communication of data between two communications partners. It comes from the Empfehlung 4914/2 des Verbands der Automobilindustrie, respectively, the Odette-Organisation (Organization for data exchange by teletransmission in Europe).
Og According to several books of the Old Testament, Og (pronounced , , or ; meaning "gigantic" - /Ę•og/ in Hebrew) was an ancient Amorite king of Bashan who, along with his sons and army, was slain by Joshua the Prophet and his men at the battle of Edrei (probably modern day Dara, Syria). (Moses had died soon before.
Oga Peninsula The Oga Peninsula (男鹿半島 Oga-hantō) is a rugged peninsula which projects west into the Sea of Japan from the coast of Akita in northern Honshū, the main island of Japan. Politically it coincides with the city of Oga.
Ogaden National Liberation Front The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), or known in Somali language as Jahbadda Wadaniga Xoreenta Ogadenia (JWXO), is a separatist rebel group fighting to make the region of Ogaden in eastern Ethiopia an independent state. Because Ogaden is populated by ethnic Somalis, the ONLF claims that Ethiopia is an occupying government.
Ogaden War The Ogaden War was a conventional conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia in 1977 and 1978 over the Ogaden region of Ethiopia. Fighting erupted as Somalia sought to exploit a temporary shift in the regional balance of power in their favor to occupy the Ogaden region, claimed to be part of Greater Somalia.
Ogaki, Hiroshima Ogaki (大柿町; -cho) was a town located in Saeki District, Hiroshima, Japan. On November 1, 2004 the town merged with three other towns becoming the city of Etajima and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Ogallala Aquifer The Ogallala Aquifer, also known as the High Plains Aquifer, is a vast yet shallow underground water table aquifer located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. One of the world's largest aquifers, it lies under about 174,000 mi² (450,000 km²) in portions of the eight states of South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas.
Ogasawara Nagatoki (1519-1583) was a daimyo (feudal lord) of Shinano Province during the Sengoku Period in Japan. In 1542, Shinano Province was invaded by Takeda Shingen, and Ogasawara allied with Murakami Yoshikiyo, Suwa Yorishige, and Kiso Yoshiyasu in an attempt to stop him.
Ogasawara Tadazane Ogasawara Tadazane (1596 - 1667) was a descendant of the Ogasawara household, he became daimyo of Kokura after his father and elder brother died in the Osaka Summer Campaign. He was also the lord who employed Miyamoto Musashi's adopted son, Iori.
Ogasawara Whale Watching Association The Ogasawara Whale Watching Association is an association that regulates whale watching in the Ogasawara Islands. Since 1989 the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association has been conducting research on and educating people about whales.
Ogata KĹŤrin Ogata KĹŤrin (尾形 ĺ…‰çł, ca. 1657 - June 2, 1716), Japanese painter and lacquerer, was born in Kyoto, the son of a wealthy merchant who had a taste for the arts and is said to have given his son some elementary instruction therein.
Ogata, Kochi Ogata (大方町; -cho) was a town located in Hata District, Kochi, Japan. On March 20, 2006, the town merged with the town of Saga forming the new town of Kuroshio and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Ogawa, Kumamoto Ogawa (小川町; -machi) was a town located in Shimomashiki District, Kumamoto, Japan. On January 15, 2005, the town merged with four other towns forming the city of Uki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
OgĂĽn Samast OgĂĽn Samast (b. 1990 ) is the Turkish teenager who is currently the chief suspect for the murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink on January 19, 2007 in front of his newspaper Agos, in Osmanbey, Istanbul.
Ogbe Abraha Ogbe Abraha (born 1948) is an Eritrean politician. He joined EPLF in 1972 and, since independence, has held the following positions: member of the Central Council of PFDJ, member of the National Council, Secretary and then Minister of Trade and Industry, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Chief of Logistics, Administration and Health in the Ministry of Defence, Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defence Forces.
Ogbomosho Ogbomoso City (also spelled Ogbomosho) is located in the present day Oyo state in south west Nigeria, and was founded in the 17th century by Warriors to defend Yorubaland from the conquering Fulani Jihadists. Its population is 1.
Ogboni Ogboni (also known as Osugbo in Ijèbú) is a fraternal institution indigenous to the Yoruba-speaking polities of western Nigeria and eastern Republic of Bénin. The society performs a range of political and religious functions, including exercising a profound influence on regents and serving as high courts of jurisprudence in capital offenses.
Ogden Codman, Jr. Ogden Codman, Jr. (January 19 1863 - January 8 1951) was a noted American architect and interior decorator, and co-author with Edith Wharton of The Decoration of Houses (1897), which became a standard in American interior design.
Ogden Edsl Ogden Edsl (shortened from The Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band) was a band formed in 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska by Bill Frenzer, Bill Carey and Otis XII. Their music was often darkly comedic and satirical, and was frequently featured on the weekly Dr.
Ogden Outlaws Ogden Outlaws are an American soccer team, founded in 2006. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference against teams from Abbotsford, Provo, Salem, Spokane, Tacoma and Yakima.
Ogden Phipps Ogden Phipps (November 26, 1908 - April 21, 2002) was an American stockbroker, Court tennis champion and Hall of Fame member, Thoroughbred horse racing executive and owner/breeder, and an art collector and philanthropist.
Ogden Phipps Handicap The Ogden Phipps Handicap Ogden Phipps Handicap is a Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares three years of age and up run annually at Belmont Park. First run in 1961 as the Hempstead Handicap, it was not run again until 1970.
Ogden Raptors The Ogden Raptors are a minor league baseball team in the Pioneer League. The Raptors are based in Ogden, Utah, where they play at Lindquist Field, which was rated the number one view in professional baseball.
Ogden River Ogden River is a 35 mile long river in Utah. It is formed in the Wasatch Range in Weber County, (northern Utah) at the convergence of its forks (North, Central and South) at Pineview Reservoir near Huntsville.
Ogden Standard-Examiner The Ogden Standard-Examiner (founded 1888) is a daily morning newspaper published in Ogden, Utah. With 63,000 subscribers, it is the third largest daily newspaper in terms of circulation in the State of Utah after the Salt Lake Tribune and The Deseret Morning News.
Ogden Utah Temple The Ogden Utah Temple is the sixteenth constructed and fourteenth operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in the city of Ogden, Utah, it was built with a modern, single-spire design very similar to the Provo Utah Temple.
Ogdensburg Agreement The Ogdensburg Agreement is an agreement signed in 1940 between Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada and United States President Franklin Roosevelt in Heuvelton near Ogdensburg, New York. It primarily inaugurated closer Canadian-American military co-operation and established the Permanent Joint Board of Defence.
Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, also known as the St. Lawrence Bridge and the Seaway Skyway is a suspension bridge connecting Ogdensburg, New York in the United States to Johnstown, Ontario (a few kilometres east of Prescott) in Canada.
Ogdoad In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad are the eight deities worshipped in Hermopolis. They were arranged in four male-female pairs, with the males associated with frogs, and the females with snakes: Nu/Naunet, Amun/Amaunet, Kuk/Kauket, Huh/Hauhet.
Ogembo Javier Javier Gordon Ogembo (born August 22, 1974 in Nyanza Province, Kenya) is an education reformist famously known as Orinda Sibuor by his peers. He is son of the late Charles Ogembo Okun formerly of Ogembo Building and General Constructors, Mombasa, Kenya.
Official Observer The Official Observer is a member of the Amateur Auxiliary and member of the ARRL field organization responsible for monitoring amateur radio activity for FCC rules violation. The Official Observer, or OO, is just another amateur radio operator and has no official status.
Official Observer Coordinator The Official Observer Coordinator is an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) section-level leadership official, appointed by the Section Manager (SM), for two related purposes: to supervise the maintenance monitoring work of the section Official Observers, and to coordinate special Amateur Auxiliary efforts with Headquarters and the SM.
Official Opposition (Canada) Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (French: L'Opposition Loyale de Sa Majesté) in Canada is usually the largest parliamentary opposition party in the House of Commons or a provincial legislative assembly that is not in government either on its own or as part of a governing coalition. This is usually the second-largest party in a legislative house, although in certain unusual circumstances, it may be a third or fourth party or even the largest party.
Official Opposition (New Zealand) The Official Opposition in New Zealand is usually the largest political party or coalition which is not a member of the ruling government. This means that the political party, while still involved with the political process in New Zealand, they do not have ministers or their supporters in a position of power.
Official Opposition (United Kingdom) Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, or the Official Opposition in the United Kingdom is the largest opposition party in the House of Commons. This is usually the second-largest party, as the largest party will form the government.
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom) The Official Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet (normally referred to simply as 'The Shadow Cabinet') is, in British parliamentary practice, a group of members from Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition whose job it is to scrutinise their opposite numbers in government and come up with alternative policies. Since the Conservative Party has been, since 1997, Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, its leadership therefore forms the current Shadow Cabinet.
Official Preppy Handbook The Official Preppy Handbook is a tongue-in-cheek "reference guide" edited by Lisa Birnbach; it describes an aspect of North American culture she styles as prepdom. In addition to insights on prep school life, it illuminates many aspects of upper-class and upper-middle-class, old-money WASP society.
Official residence An official residence is the residence at which heads of state, heads of government, gubernatorial or other senior figures officially reside. They may or may not be the same location where they conduct their work-related functions.
Official Records of the American Civil War The Official Records of the American Civil War or often more simply the Official Records or ORs, constitute a unique, authentic, and comprehensive collection of first-hand accounts, orders, reports, and correspondence drawn from War and Navy Department records of both Confederate and Union governments during the American Civil War.
Official Seal of the President of Ireland The Official Seal of the President of Ireland (Irish: Séala Oifigeamhail Uachtarán na hÉireann) was presented to the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde and every subsequent president, to be affixed to every "...order, commission, warrant, or other instrument...
Official Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand The Official Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand is a member in the household of the Governor-General of New Zealand. He is the general manager of Government House, Wellington and Government House, Auckland.
Official Secrets Act The Official Secrets Act is any of several Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament for the protection of official information, mainly related to national security. The latest revision is Official Secrets Act 1989 (1989 chapter 6), which removed the public interest defence by repealing section 2 of Official Secrets Act 1911.
Official Secrets Act (Malaysia) The Official Secrets Act 1972 (Act 88), also known as the OSA, is a statute in Malaysia prohibiting the dissemination of information classified as an official secret. The legislation is based on the Official Secrets Act of the United Kingdom.
Official Solicitor Official Solicitor is a term which relates to two different and relatively old offices of British government. It was an office that represented the Crown, which is an institution that stands in place of a written constitution.
Official Soundtrack Album: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure Official Soundtrack Album: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure is the soundtrack for the Islands of Adventure theme park in Universal Orlando. The area music tracks are actually shortened versions of the area music, which are about 15 minutes in the park.
Official Star Trek Fan Club The Official Star Trek Fan Club is an arm of Paramount Pictures that is designed to give fans of the Science Fiction classic Star Trek an officially sanctioned 'Fan Club'. Members receive a certificate, six editions of the Star Trek Communicator magazine (which has been available at most newstands and comic stores) and discounts to many venues and memorabilia that is officially licensed by Paramount.
Official tartans in Canada Canada's provinces and territories (except for Nunavut), as well as many other divisions in Canada, have officially recognized tartans. Tartans were first brought to Canada by Scottish settlers, and in 1959, New Brunswick was the first province to adopt an official tartan.
Official Tournament and Club Word List Official Tournament and Club Word List or Tournament Word List, referred to as OTaCWL, OWL, or TWL, is the official word authority for tournament Scrabble in North AmericaNational Scrabble Association Dictionary Committee & Its Word Sources. It is based on the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) with modifications to make it more suitable for tournament play.
Official World Golf Rankings The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four Major Championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA TOUR, the European Tour, the Asian Tour, the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour, and the Sunshine Tour.
Officinal Officinal is a term applied in medicine to drugs, plants and herbs, which are sold in a chemist or druggist shop, and to medical preparations of such drugs, et cetera, as are made in accordance with the prescriptions authorized by the pharmacopoeia. In the latter sense, modern usage tends to supersede "officinal" by "official".
Officio Assassinorum In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Officio Assassinorum is an Imperial agency that trains and employs different assassin temples to further the goals of the Imperium of Man. Although the Inquisition strikes fear in the hearts of all Imperial citizens, loyal and corrupt alike, the deadly disciples of the Officio Assassinorum strike fear in the hearts of even the most savvy, battle-hardened of warriors.
Officious intermeddler An officious intermeddler is a person who voluntarily, and without request or pre-existing legal duty, interjects herself into the affairs of another, and then seeks remuneration for services or reimbursement. Example: Person "A" leaves for vacation for two weeks during the summer.
Officium In Ancient Rome, Officium (plural officia) is a Latin word with various meanings, including "service", "(sense of) duty", "courtesy", "ceremony", and the like. However, this article is mainly concerned with the meaning of "an office" (the modern word office derives from it) or "bureau" in the sense of a dignitary's staff of administrative and other collaborators, each of whom was called an officialis (hence the modern official).
Offley Offley is a parish in the English county of Hertfordshire, between Hitchin and Luton. The main village is Great Offley, and the parish also contains the hamlets of Little Offley, Cockernhoe, Mangrove Green, Tea Green and The Flints.
Offline editing Offline editing is the film and television production process in which raw footage is copied and edited, without affecting the camera original film or tape. Once a programme has been completed in offline, the original media will be conformed, or on-lined, in the online editing stage.
Offline Explorer Offline Explorer is a program which scans a webpage and downloads all files linked to it, with customizable filters. The form of the 'link' could be other pages linked to the one page, and image, sound, movie, animation, or archive file used or linked to, as well as any incorporated JavaScript, CSS, or other files.
Offline mail reader Offline mail readers are computer programs that allow users to read electronic mail or other messages (for example, those on bulletin boards) with a minimum of connection time to the server storing the messages. This is accomplished by the server packaging up multiple messages into a compressed file for the user to download and then disconnect.
Offline reader An offline reader (sometimes called an offline navigator) is computer software that downloads e-mail, newsgroup posts or web pages, making them available when the computer is not connected to the Internet. Offline readers are useful portable computers and dial-up access.
Offset (computer) In computer science, an offset within an array or other data structure object is an integer indicating the distance (displacement) from the beginning of the object up until a given element or point, presumably within the same object. The concept of a distance is valid only if all elements of the object are the same size (typically given in bytes or words).
Offset Alpine fire The Offset Alpine fire is an incident in Australia's recent history that is still subject to investigation and speculation, amid suspicions that the printing plant was burnt down as part of an insurance fraud. It has gained attention because of the high profile of individuals involved.
Offset dish antenna An offset dish antenna is a type of satellite dish. It is so called because the antenna feed is offset to the side of the reflector, in contrast to a typical circular parabolic antenna where the feed is in front of the center of the reflector.
Offset printing Offset printing is a widely used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate first to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on the repulsion of oil and water, the offset technique employs a flat (planographic) image carrier on which the image to be printed obtains ink from ink rollers, while the non-printing area attracts a film of water, keeping the nonprinting areas ink-free.
Offset Software Offset Software is made up of 19 developers, primarily Sam, Travis and Trevor who formerly worked for S2 Games, a development team of seven who created the award winning game Savage: The Battle for Newerth. The game won the grand prize at the Independent Games Festival in 2004.
Offset time In optical burst switching, offset time is the time between the burst header/control packet. The offset time used in one-way reservation schemes allows the network time to schedule the burst and setup resources prior to burst arrival is sent into the network.
Offshore balancing Offshore balancing is a strategic concept used in realist analysis in international relations. The term describes a strategy where a great power uses favored regional powers to check the rise of potential hostile powers.
Offshore bank An offshore bank is a bank located outside the country of residence of the depositor, typically in a low tax jurisdiction (or tax haven) that provides financial and legal advantages. These advantages typically include some or all of
Offshore construction Offshore construction is the installation of structures and pipelines in a marine environment for the production and transmission of oil and gas. Construction in the offshore environment is a dangerous activity and where possible the construction is modular in nature with the individual modules being assembled onshore and using a crane vessel to lift the modules into place.
Offshore foundation An offshore foundation is simply a conventional foundation that is formed under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction. Like conventional foundations they are generally a low tax entity, just with less "red tape" and reporting requirements.
Offshore Festival The Offshore Festival was a camp-out rock and alternative music festival held during Easter at a farm near Torquay, Victoria, Australia in the late 1990s, 2000 and 2001. It was run by the same organisers as the Falls Festival, held at nearby Lorne on New Year's Eve.
Offshore Financial Centre Whilst there is no precise definition of what amounts to an Offshore Financial Centre (or OFC), the term is usually meant to refer to low-tax, lightly regulated jurisdictions which specialise in providing the corporate and commercial infrastructure to facilitate the use of those jurisdictions for the formation of offshore companies. Offshore Financial Centres are often (but not always) current or former British Colonies or Crown Dependencies, and often refer to themselves as offshore jurisdictions.
Offshore investment Offshore investment is the keeping of money in a jurisdiction other than one's country of residence. Offshore jurisdictions are a commonly accepted solution to reducing excessive tax burdens levied in most countries to both large and small scale investors alike.
Offshore Industry Liaison Committee The Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) is a trade union set up in the United Kingdom in response to the deaths of 167 workers on the Piper Alpha platform on July 6,1988. Their deaths would be followed by the death of another worker on the Ocean Odyssey oil rig on September 22, 1988.
Offshore magic circle The offshore magic circle refers to a number of law firms practicing in offshore jurisdictions which are considered to be amongst the leaders in the field. The terms is adopted as an imitation of the more well-recognised London Magic Circle law firms.
Offshore outsourcing Offshore outsourcing is the practice of hiring an external organization to perform some business functions in a country other than the one where the product or service will be sold or consumed. It can be contrasted with offshoring, in which the functions are performed in a foreign country by a foreign subsidiary.
Offshore programming Offshore programming (also offshore software development, offshore software R&D) is provision of software development services by an external supplier positioned in a country that is geographically remote from the client enterprise; a type of offshore outsourcing. The main reason behind the companies to use offshore software development services is the higher development cost of the local service providers.
Offshore Patrol The Offshore Patrol (Mosquito Fleet) was a rudimentary navy, intended for inshore defenses only, called for by the Philippine National Assembly in its National Defense Act of 1935. This act called for the creation, by 1946, of a force of 36 torpedo boats (PT) which were to be built and designed by British shipbuilders.
Offshore radio Offshore radio refers to the practice of radio broadcasting from ships or fixed maritime structures, usually in international waters. The majority of offshore broadcasters have been pirate radio stations, using seaborne broadcasting as a means to circumvent national broadcasting regulations, but the practice has also been used by legitimate broadcasting organisations like the Voice of America.
Offshore Super Series The Offshore Super Series (OSS) is an offshore powerboat racing organization founded in December 2003 by 30 of the top offshore race boat teams in the USA. The teams were dissatisfied with the way their sport was going.
Offside (film) Offside (Farsi:آŮساید) is a 2007 Iranian film about girls who try to enter a World Cup game but are forbidden by law because of their gender. The film was inspired by director Jafar Panahi's daughter, who decided to attend a game anyway.
Offside (football) Offside is a Law in association football which effectively limits how far forward attacking players may be when involved in play. Simply put, a player cannot gain an advantage by waiting for the ball near the opposing goal with only the goalkeeper between him and the goal (only in the usual situation that the goalkeeper is the last defender).
Offside (ice hockey) In ice hockey, play is said to be offside if a player on the attacking team enters the attacking zone before the puck itself enters the zone, whether it is being carried by a teammate or otherwise sent in across the blue line. When an offside violation occurs, the linesman blows play dead, and a faceoff is conducted in the neutral zone.
Oficina AnticorrupciĂłn The Oficina AnticorrupciĂłn (Counter Corruption Bureau, OA) is an Argentine special police agency which investigates and persecutes political corruption in the federal government. It was officially created in December 10th, 1999.
Ofira Ofira (Hebrew: ×ופירה) was an Israeli settlement in the Sharm el-Sheikh area of the southern Sinai Peninsula, an Egyptian territory that was under Israeli rule from 1967 to 1982. Ofira was settled from 1969, and was meant to accommodate 500 families.
Ofla Ofla (also known by the Amharic form Wofla) is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debubawi Zone, Ofla is bordered on the south by Alamata, on the west by the Amhara Region, on the north by Endamehoni, and on the east by Raya Azebo.
Oflag An Oflag (from ) was a prisoner of war camp for officers only, established by the German Army in both World War I and World War II in accordance with the requirements of the Third Geneva Convention, Chapter VII Article 44.
Oflag II-C Oflag II-C Woldenburg was a World War II German Army Prisoner-of-war camp located about 1 km from the town Woldenburg, now Dobiegniew in western Poland. It is close to GorzĂłw Wielkopolski which was called Landsberg before 1945.
Oflag II-D Oflag II-D was a World War II German POW camp located at Gross Born, present Borne Sulinowo in western Pomerania, Poland. In the late 1930s the German army built a large base and training ground at which the XIX Army Corps of general Heinz Guderian was based.
Oflag V-B Oflag V-B Biberach, was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers located in Biberach in south-eastern Baden-WĂĽrttemberg]] from 1940 to 1942. Most of the prisoners were British officers captured in the Battle of France in 1940 or in Greece in June 1941.
Oflag VII-C Oflag VII-C was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers located in Laufen Castle in south-eastern Bavaria from 1940 to 1942. Most of the prisoners were British officers captured in France in 1940.
Oflag XIII-A Oflag XIII-A, Oflag XIII-B and Oflag XIII-D NĂĽrnberg Langwasser were all German Army prisoner-of-war camps in World War II for officers. They were all located on the old Nazi party parade grounds in NĂĽrnberg, northern Bavaria.
Ofra Ofra (Hebrew: עפרה) is an Israeli settlement located north-east of Jerusalem in the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. It is situated on the main road between Jerusalem and Nablus (route 60), 25 km from Jerusalem.
Ofuna Kan'non The Ofuna Kan'non or Muga sozan Ofuna Kan'nonji is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. The outstanding feature of the temple is a 25 meter tall 1,900 ton reinforced concrete statue of Kan'non which is dedicated to the bodhisattva Kan'non or Kuan Yin.
Ofuna Station ĹŚfuna Station (大čąé§… ĹŚfuna Eki) is a train station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. It is located on the TĹŤkaidĹŤ Main Line, Shonan-Shinjuku Line, Keihin-TĹŤhoku Line(Negishi Line), Yokosuka Line and Shonan Monorail.
OFC Champions League 2007 The Oceania Champions League 2007 is to kick off in January 2007 with six clubs from five countries: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. The six clubs will be split into two groups of three for home and away matches.
OFC Nations Cup The OFC Nations Cup is the biennial football competition held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations. It has been held every two years since 1996 by the OFC; before 1996 there were two other tournaments held at irregular intervals, under the name Oceania Nations Cup.
OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once in two years times to decided the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
OFC Women's Championship The OFC Women's Championship (also known as the Oceania Cup) is a competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). 7 tournaments have been held, with the current champions being Australia, though the Matildas will not be able to defend their title in 2007 as the team now competes in the Asian Football Confederation.
OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) is a multi-user version of the popular OFDM digital modulation scheme. Multiple access is achieved in OFDMA by assigning subsets of subcarriers to individual users.
OFI Sunday OFI Sunday was an entertainment show hosted by Chris Evans every Sunday on ITV1 at 10:30pm. The title officially stands for "Oh Flip It's Sunday", but as with his previous show TFI Friday, whose title nominally stood for "Thank Four It's Friday", a less innocuous interpretation of the initials, "Oh Fuck It's Sunday", was clearly implied.
OFTP The Odette File Transfer Protocol (OFTP) is a protocol used for direct electronic communication of data between two communications partners. It comes from the Empfehlung 4914/2 des Verbands der Automobilindustrie, respectively, the Odette-Organisation (Organization for data exchange by teletransmission in Europe).
Og According to several books of the Old Testament, Og (pronounced , , or ; meaning "gigantic" - /Ę•og/ in Hebrew) was an ancient Amorite king of Bashan who, along with his sons and army, was slain by Joshua the Prophet and his men at the battle of Edrei (probably modern day Dara, Syria). (Moses had died soon before.
Oga Peninsula The Oga Peninsula (男鹿半島 Oga-hantō) is a rugged peninsula which projects west into the Sea of Japan from the coast of Akita in northern Honshū, the main island of Japan. Politically it coincides with the city of Oga.
Ogaden National Liberation Front The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), or known in Somali language as Jahbadda Wadaniga Xoreenta Ogadenia (JWXO), is a separatist rebel group fighting to make the region of Ogaden in eastern Ethiopia an independent state. Because Ogaden is populated by ethnic Somalis, the ONLF claims that Ethiopia is an occupying government.
Ogaden War The Ogaden War was a conventional conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia in 1977 and 1978 over the Ogaden region of Ethiopia. Fighting erupted as Somalia sought to exploit a temporary shift in the regional balance of power in their favor to occupy the Ogaden region, claimed to be part of Greater Somalia.
Ogaki, Hiroshima Ogaki (大柿町; -cho) was a town located in Saeki District, Hiroshima, Japan. On November 1, 2004 the town merged with three other towns becoming the city of Etajima and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Ogallala Aquifer The Ogallala Aquifer, also known as the High Plains Aquifer, is a vast yet shallow underground water table aquifer located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. One of the world's largest aquifers, it lies under about 174,000 mi² (450,000 km²) in portions of the eight states of South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas.
Ogasawara Nagatoki (1519-1583) was a daimyo (feudal lord) of Shinano Province during the Sengoku Period in Japan. In 1542, Shinano Province was invaded by Takeda Shingen, and Ogasawara allied with Murakami Yoshikiyo, Suwa Yorishige, and Kiso Yoshiyasu in an attempt to stop him.
Ogasawara Tadazane Ogasawara Tadazane (1596 - 1667) was a descendant of the Ogasawara household, he became daimyo of Kokura after his father and elder brother died in the Osaka Summer Campaign. He was also the lord who employed Miyamoto Musashi's adopted son, Iori.
Ogasawara Whale Watching Association The Ogasawara Whale Watching Association is an association that regulates whale watching in the Ogasawara Islands. Since 1989 the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association has been conducting research on and educating people about whales.
Ogata KĹŤrin Ogata KĹŤrin (尾形 ĺ…‰çł, ca. 1657 - June 2, 1716), Japanese painter and lacquerer, was born in Kyoto, the son of a wealthy merchant who had a taste for the arts and is said to have given his son some elementary instruction therein.
Ogata, Kochi Ogata (大方町; -cho) was a town located in Hata District, Kochi, Japan. On March 20, 2006, the town merged with the town of Saga forming the new town of Kuroshio and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Ogawa, Kumamoto Ogawa (小川町; -machi) was a town located in Shimomashiki District, Kumamoto, Japan. On January 15, 2005, the town merged with four other towns forming the city of Uki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
OgĂĽn Samast OgĂĽn Samast (b. 1990 ) is the Turkish teenager who is currently the chief suspect for the murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink on January 19, 2007 in front of his newspaper Agos, in Osmanbey, Istanbul.
Ogbe Abraha Ogbe Abraha (born 1948) is an Eritrean politician. He joined EPLF in 1972 and, since independence, has held the following positions: member of the Central Council of PFDJ, member of the National Council, Secretary and then Minister of Trade and Industry, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Chief of Logistics, Administration and Health in the Ministry of Defence, Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defence Forces.
Ogbomosho Ogbomoso City (also spelled Ogbomosho) is located in the present day Oyo state in south west Nigeria, and was founded in the 17th century by Warriors to defend Yorubaland from the conquering Fulani Jihadists. Its population is 1.
Ogboni Ogboni (also known as Osugbo in Ijèbú) is a fraternal institution indigenous to the Yoruba-speaking polities of western Nigeria and eastern Republic of Bénin. The society performs a range of political and religious functions, including exercising a profound influence on regents and serving as high courts of jurisprudence in capital offenses.
Ogden Codman, Jr. Ogden Codman, Jr. (January 19 1863 - January 8 1951) was a noted American architect and interior decorator, and co-author with Edith Wharton of The Decoration of Houses (1897), which became a standard in American interior design.
Ogden Edsl Ogden Edsl (shortened from The Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band) was a band formed in 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska by Bill Frenzer, Bill Carey and Otis XII. Their music was often darkly comedic and satirical, and was frequently featured on the weekly Dr.
Ogden Outlaws Ogden Outlaws are an American soccer team, founded in 2006. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference against teams from Abbotsford, Provo, Salem, Spokane, Tacoma and Yakima.
Ogden Phipps Ogden Phipps (November 26, 1908 - April 21, 2002) was an American stockbroker, Court tennis champion and Hall of Fame member, Thoroughbred horse racing executive and owner/breeder, and an art collector and philanthropist.
Ogden Phipps Handicap The Ogden Phipps Handicap Ogden Phipps Handicap is a Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares three years of age and up run annually at Belmont Park. First run in 1961 as the Hempstead Handicap, it was not run again until 1970.
Ogden Raptors The Ogden Raptors are a minor league baseball team in the Pioneer League. The Raptors are based in Ogden, Utah, where they play at Lindquist Field, which was rated the number one view in professional baseball.
Ogden River Ogden River is a 35 mile long river in Utah. It is formed in the Wasatch Range in Weber County, (northern Utah) at the convergence of its forks (North, Central and South) at Pineview Reservoir near Huntsville.
Ogden Standard-Examiner The Ogden Standard-Examiner (founded 1888) is a daily morning newspaper published in Ogden, Utah. With 63,000 subscribers, it is the third largest daily newspaper in terms of circulation in the State of Utah after the Salt Lake Tribune and The Deseret Morning News.
Ogden Utah Temple The Ogden Utah Temple is the sixteenth constructed and fourteenth operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in the city of Ogden, Utah, it was built with a modern, single-spire design very similar to the Provo Utah Temple.
Ogdensburg Agreement The Ogdensburg Agreement is an agreement signed in 1940 between Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada and United States President Franklin Roosevelt in Heuvelton near Ogdensburg, New York. It primarily inaugurated closer Canadian-American military co-operation and established the Permanent Joint Board of Defence.
Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, also known as the St. Lawrence Bridge and the Seaway Skyway is a suspension bridge connecting Ogdensburg, New York in the United States to Johnstown, Ontario (a few kilometres east of Prescott) in Canada.
Ogdoad In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad are the eight deities worshipped in Hermopolis. They were arranged in four male-female pairs, with the males associated with frogs, and the females with snakes: Nu/Naunet, Amun/Amaunet, Kuk/Kauket, Huh/Hauhet.
Ogembo Javier Javier Gordon Ogembo (born August 22, 1974 in Nyanza Province, Kenya) is an education reformist famously known as Orinda Sibuor by his peers. He is son of the late Charles Ogembo Okun formerly of Ogembo Building and General Constructors, Mombasa, Kenya.
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