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Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
Oakland School Oakland School is a small co-ed boarding and day school located in Boyd Tavern Keswick, Virginia that enables children who have dyslexia, learning disabilities, or organizational and study skills difficulties to reach their academic and personal potential. Oakland's mission is three-fold:
Oakland Slammers The Oakland Slammers, based in Oakland, California were members of the International Basketball League (2005-) for two seasons, and completed their second season in the league in 2006. In its first year, the team finished 5-14, good for seventh in the west, and was led by Solomon Wilkins 25.
Oakland Technical High Engineering Academy The Oakland Technical High Engineering Academy, or just the Engineering Acadamy as it's known locally, is a subset of Oakland Technical High School dedicated to "successfully teach[ing] students physics mechanics through a unique combination of academic and vocational courses."Engineering Academy information at Oaklandtech.
Oakland Terminal Railway The Oakland Terminal Railway is a switching railroad in West Oakland, California. The OTR was jointly acquired in 1943 by the Western Pacific and Santa Fe Railway to take over the Key System's freight railroad known as the Oakland Terminal Railroad.
Oakland Zoo Oakland Zoo, in the past known as the Knowland Zoo, is a zoo located in southeastern Oakland, California, United States. Oakland Zoo is relatively small for a city of its size, but has more modern displays for such a well-established zoo.
Oakland, Massachusetts Oakland is one of five primary historic neighborhoods of the city of Taunton, Massachusetts. Although these neighborhoods are not census-designated areas, they are municipally-designated populated regions of the city.
Oakleigh Cannons The Oakleigh Cannons Football Club are an Australian football (soccer) club from Oakleigh, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was formed in 1972 as the South Oakleigh Soccer Club by members of Oakleigh's Greek community.
Oakley Country Club The Oakley Country Club is a private 18 hole golf club located in Watertown, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1898 and has served such luminaries as Bobby Jones (when he was going to Harvard) and Donald Ross (who served as the club professional when he arrived from Scotland).
Oakley Haldeman Songwriter ("Here Comes Santa Claus"), composer, author and the general manager for a music publisher. He joined ASCAP in 1949, and his other popular-song compositions include "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes", "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine", "Tho' I Tried", "Pretty Mary", "Texas Polka", "Honey Child", "Vic'try Train", "Last Mile", and "Texans Never Cry".
Oakley Holidays Oakley Holidays is a charitable organisation registered in England. It is run on a voluntary, non-profit basis to provide opportunities for physical, mental, and spiritual development for young people aged between 12 and 18 years old.
Oakley protocol The Oakley Key Determination Protocol is a key-agreement protocol that allows authenticated parties to exchange keying material across an insecure connection using the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm. The protocol was proposed by H.
Oaklyn Public School Oaklyn Public School is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through ninth grade from Oaklyn, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The district consists of two separate schools within one building.
Oakmont, Maryland Oakmont, Maryland is a village and special taxing district in Montgomery County, Maryland. Chartered in 1918, the village includes both sides of Oak Place and the south side of Oakmont Avenue, across Old Georgetown Road from the National Institutes of Health, in the Bethesda, Maryland postal area.
Oakmore, Oakland, California Oakmore is a neighborhood in East Oakland, Oakland, California that is off Leimert Street and above Dimond Park. This neighborhood was built for people who worked in San Francisco and took the Key Route to work.
Oakmoss Oakmoss, also known as Evernia prunastri, is a type of lichen used extensively in modern perfumery. This lichen can be found in many mountainous temperate forests throughout the Northern Hemisphere, including parts of France, Portugal, Spain, North America, and much of Central Europe.
Oakridge (Toronto) Oakridge is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, in the Scarborough area. The neighbourhood is bordered by Victoria Park Ave to the West, Massey Creek to the North, Warden Ave to the East travelling south until Mack Ave which then extends East again to the CNR rail line which forms the Southern Border.
Oakridge (Vancouver) Oakridge is a neighbourhood in the City of Vancouver that encompasses a thriving multicultural residential and commercial area in the middle of the region, between a number of busy streets and central to all of the features of greater Vancouver. It had a population of 11,795 in 2001, 50 percent of which claimed Chinese as their mother tongue Geography ==
Oakridge Glen Oaks Cemetery Oakridge Glen Oaks Cemetery is a secular cemetery located in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Hillside. The cemetery, located at 4301 West Roosevelt Road, is adjacent to two other cemeteries, Mount Carmel Cemetery and Queen of Heaven Cemetery - both of which are Roman Catholic cemeteries operated by the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Oakridge-41st Avenue Station Oakridge-41st Avenue Station is a proposed station on the Canada Line, to be located at the intersection of West 41st Avenue and Cambie Street in Vancouver, Canada. The station is due to open in 2009, when the Canada Line opens.
Oaks d'Italia The Oaks d'Italia is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,200 metres (approximately 1 mile 3 furlongs) at the San Siro Racecourse, Milan in mid June.
Oaks Estate, Australian Capital Territory Oaks Estate is a small settlement on the Australian Capital Territory] side of the [[New South Wales|NSW-ACT border near Queanbeyan and the Molonglo River. Oaks Estate is directly connected to Queanbeyan by a bridge over the railway and was originally settled before the creation of ACT.
Oaks Christian High School Oaks Christian High School is a private non-denominational Christian school located on 18 acres in Westlake Village, CA off the US 101. Since 2000, it has been well known throughout the Ventura and Los Angeles counties for its highly ranked athletic teams, fine arts, Christian values, and academic programs.
Oaks Park (stadium) Oaks Park, also known as the Oakland Baseball Park, was a baseball stadium in Emeryville, California. It was primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Oakland Oaks Pacific Coast League baseball team.
Oaks Park, Carshalton The Oaks Park () is a public park to the south of CarshaltonCarshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. It is bounded on the south by Croydon Lane (A2022), and on the west by Woodmansterne Road; smaller roads lie to west and north.
Oaks viaduct Oaks Viaduct was the name of Britain's largest man made railway bridge that spanned the Dearne Valley, in South Yorkshire. It served first as a passenger line going from Wakefield to Barnsley through to Sheffield.
Oaks, Pennsylvania Oaks is a village located in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, PA, 18 miles (30 km) northwest of Philadelphia. Its boundaries are defined in large part by the village's position at the junction of Perkiomen Creek and the Schuylkill River, waterways that also defined much of the village's early history.
Oaksterdam Oaksterdam is a neighborhood in downtown Oakland, California where medicinal marijuana is readily, and legally, available for purchase in a variety of different cafes or clubs. According to Proposition 215, a state law passed by the voters of California, marijuana used for medical purposes is legal to buy.
Oakton Classic The Oakton Classic is an annual marching band competition held at Oakton High School in Vienna, Virginia. The 22nd Annual Oakton Classic was held on October 14, 2006, with Robinson Secondary School winning for the second year in a row.
Oakton Community College Oakton Community College is a two-year community college with campuses in Skokie, Illinois and Des Plaines, Illinois, serving five townships in northeast Cook County, Illinois. Oakton Community College opened in 1969 in former industrial buildings at Oakton and Nagle in Morton Grove, Illinois, which was closed when the Skokie and Des Plaines campuses opened.
Oaktree Capital Management Oaktree Capital Management LLC is a US investment management corporation which operates a number of investment entities commonly known as hedge funds of approximately $30 Billion. Oaktree's investment specialty is in markets where information for competitors is limited, sometimes known as "inefficient" markets.
Oakum Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibre used in shipbuilding, for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships, as well as cast iron plumbing applications. Oakum was at one time made from old tarry ropes and cordage of vessels, and its picking and preparation has been a common penal occupation in prisons and workhouses.
Oakville (electoral district) Oakville is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
Oakville (GO Station) Oakville GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located at 214 Cross Avenue in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, near the Trafalgar Road exit 118 of the Queen Elizabeth Way. VIA Rail's Oakville Station is located at 200 Cross Avenue, and directly accessible from GO's north platform.
Oakville Assembly Oakville Assembly Complex is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, occupying the same site as the Ontario Truck plant. It is the site of production for the company's minivans but is currently being renovated with a $1 billion investment to produce crossover SUVs and hybrid vehicles by 2010.
Oakville Yacht Squadron The Oakville Yacht Squadron (OYS) is a is a private yacht club based in Oakville, ON. It is one of the world's most distinguished and influential yachting institutions, and many members, both past and present have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design.
Oakwood - Vaughan Oakwood - Vaughan is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada bordered by Eglinton Avenue to the north, Dufferin Street to the west, St. Clair Avenue to the south and Arlington Avenue to the east.
Oakwood (Pittsburgh) Oakwood is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's southwest city area. It has a zip code of 15205, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 2 (West Neighborhoods).
Oakwood Baptist Church Oakwood Baptist Church is a Christian fellowship in suburban North London, UK, with ministries to all ages in the local community and a strong commitment to overseas Missions. Its Bible-based ministry centres around home groups and activities for all ages.
Oakwood Shopping Center Oakwood Shopping Center is a major shopping mall owned by General Growth Properties in the city of Gretna in the New Orleans metropolitan area. Oakwood Center fell victim to significant damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Oakwood, London Oakwood is an area on the northern edge of London and was historically the southern-most area of Enfield Chase. It is bordered on the north by Trent Park, and (moving clockwise) by World's End, Grange Park, Winchmore Hill, Southgate, East Barnet, and Cockfosters.
Oakworth Oakworth is a small village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Keighley, by the River Worth. The name "Oakworth" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area.
Oamaru Oamaru is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, and is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is 80 kilometres south of Timaru and 120 kilometres north of Dunedin, on the Pacific coast, and is connected to both by State Highway 1 and the Main South Line.
Oankali The Oankali are a race of intelligent extraterrestrial aliens in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis book trilogy (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago, also published in an omnibus edition under the title Lilith's Brood).
Oar Folkjokeopus Oar Folkjokeopus (commonly known as Oar Folk) was a Minneapolis record store that operated on the corner of Lyndale and 26th from 1972 until 2001. The store was considered one of the staples of the Minneapolis rock scene in the 1980s, along with Jay's Longhorn Bar, and became a popular hub for musicians in the Twin Cities and the Midwest.
Oarfish Oarfish are large, greatly elongated, pelagic Lampriform fish comprising the small family Regalecidae. Found in all temperate to tropical oceans yet rarely seen, the oarfish family contains four species in two genera.
Oase Oase is a restaurant located in the Donauplex, in Vienna, Austria. It offers various Arabic dishes, a wide selection of drinks and one of its main attractions being shisha], or [[hookah as it is commonly known.
Oasis (culfest) Oasis is a respected and famous college cultural festival, conducted annually by the students of Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India. Organised during the month of October, it draws more than 1500 participants from across the country despite the remote location of the college.
Oasis (film) Oasis (Hangul: ě¤ě•„시스) (2002) is South Korean director Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture. The film's plot tells about the difficult romance between a man who was just released from jail after a two and a half year sentence for involuntary manslaughter and a woman with cerebral palsy.
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, (Traditional Chinese: ç”泉香港čŞç©şćś‰é™ĺ…¬ĺŹ¸), established in February 2005, is a budget airline based in Hong Kong, with its hub at Hong Kong International Airport. Its inaugural route to London commenced service on October 26, 2006,
Oasis State Park Oasis State Park is a New Mexico State Park located north of Portales, New Mexico in Roosevelt County. It is a popular destination with nearby residents and features a small fishing lake and several sand dunes.
Oasis Trust The Oasis Trust (known as "Oasis") is a UK-based Christian registered charity. It was founded by Rev Steve Chalke in August 1985, whilst he was an assistant minister at Tonbridge Baptist Church, Kent, in order to open a hostel for homeless young people.
Oasisamerica Oasisamerica was a broad cultural area in pre-Columbian North America. It extended from modern-day Utah down to southern Chihuahua, and from the Sonoran coast on the Gulf of California eastward to the RĂo Bravo river valley.
Oat Bin Hoard The Oat Bin Hoard was a treasure trove of United States currency discovered in 1966 in an oat bin in a shed on a farm in a rural area outside of Kansas City, Missouri. The hoard consisted of approximately $40,000 in face value of old large size currency issued by the Federal government of the United States.
Oates Coast Oates Coast () is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Hudson and Cape Williams. The eastern portion of this coast was discovered in February 1911 by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, commander of the expedition ship Terra Nova during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.
Oath An oath (from Old Saxon eoth) is either a promise or a statement of fact calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually a god, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. To swear is to take an oath.
Oath Against Modernism The Roman Catholic Pope, Saint Pius X, issued the Oath against Modernism on September 1, 1910, and mandated that "all clergy, pastors, confessors, preachers, religious superiors, and professors in philosophical-theological seminaries" should swear to it. The oath continued to be taken until July of 1967 when the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith rescinded it.
Oath More Judaico The Oath More Judaico or Jewish Oath was a special form of oath, accompanied by certain ceremonies, which Jews were required to take in European courts of law until the 20th century, and which was often intentionally humiliating or dangerous. More Judaico is Latin for "on/by the Jewish custom".
Oath of allegiance An oath of allegiance is an oath whereby a subject or citizen acknowledges his duty of allegiance and swears loyalty to his monarch or country. In many modern oaths of allegiance, allegiance is sworn to the Constitution.
Oath of Allegiance (Canada) The Canadian Oath of Allegiance is to the Canadian Monarch, and not to "Canada" or the Constitution of Canada. This is because the Sovereign is vested with all executive power, and thus he or she is seen as one who "personifies the State and is the personal symbol of allegiance, unity and authority for all Canadians.
Oath of Allegiance (Ireland) The Irish Oath of Allegiance was a controversial provision in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which Irish TDs (members of the Irish parliament) and Senators were required to take, in order to take their seats in Dáil Éireann (The Chamber of Deputies) and Seanad Éireann (the Irish Senate).
Oath of citizenship (Canada) The purpose of the Oath of Citizenship, as opposed to the Oath of Allegiance, is for new Canadian citizens to pledge their loyalty not only to the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, as the personification of the State and the personal symbol of allegiance , but also to the laws and customs of their new country. The Oath recited by citizenship recipients in Canada is as follows:
Oath of enlistment The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces is administered by any commissioned officer to any person enlisting or re-enlisting for a term of service into any branch of the military. The officer asks the person, or persons, to raise their right hand and repeat the oath after him.
Oath of Fealty (novel) Oath of Fealty is a 1982 novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Set in the near future, it involves a large arcology called Todos Santos, which rises above a crime-ridden Los Angeles, but has little beyond casual contact with the city.
Oath of Succession The Act Respecting the Oath to the Succession was the oath required to be taken by all subjects, if commanded, according to the Act of Succession 1534, although the wording of the oath was not provided in this act but enacted in a new Act of 1534. It required all those asked to take the oath to recognise Anne Boleyn as King Henry VIII's lawful wife and their children leigitimate heirs to the throne.
Oath of Supremacy The Oath of Supremacy, imposed by the Act of Supremacy 1559, provided for any person taking public or church office in England to swear allegiance to the monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Failure to so swear was to be treated as treasonable.
Oath of the Horatii Oath of the Horatii (1784) is a painting by Jacques-Louis David, painted before the French Revolution, depicting the Roman salute. The theme of the painting has an extreme patriotic and neoclassical perspective; it later became a model work for future painters.
Oath of the Peach Garden The Oath of the Peach Garden (ćˇĺś’三çµçľ©) was an oath in the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by which the three warriors Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei became sworn brothers in a ceremony amid peach blossom trees. The original goal of the Peach Garden Oath was to protect the Han dynasty from the Yellow Turbans.
Oaths of Strasbourg The Oaths of Strasbourg (Modern French: les serments de Strasbourg, Modern German: die StraĂźburger Eide) is the name by which we know the pledges of allegiance taken in 842 at Strasbourg by Louis the German, son of Louis the Pious and ruler of the eastern Frankish kingdom, and by his brother Charles the Bald, ruler of the western Frankish kingdom. As well as their allegiance to each other, Louis and Charles pledged their opposition to the Emperor, their elder brother Lothair.
Oatlands Plantation Oatlands Plantation (261 acres) is a historic estate located at 20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane, Leesburg, Virginia, and now a National Trust for Historic Preservation site and National Historic Landmark. It includes a mansion, rolling farmland, and gardens and is open March 30 through December 30; an admission fee is charged.
Oatlands, Tasmania Oatlands is an important historical village in the centre of Tasmania, Australia, halfway between Hobart and Launceston on the Midlands Highway. Oatlands is considered to have the largest number of colonial sandstone buildings in any town in Australia, and many of them were built by convict labour.
Oatman, Arizona Oatman, Arizona is a mining town in the Black Mountains of Mohave County (elevation 2700'/896 m) which began as a tent camp soon after two prospectors struck a $10 million gold find in 1915, though the area had been already settled for a number of years. Oatman's population grew to more than 3500 in the course of a year.
Oaxaca The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca or simply Oaxaca is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of Mexico, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Oaxaca borders the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east.
OA&M OA&M (operations, administration, and management) is a general term used to describe the processes, activities, tools, standards, etc involved with operating, administering, and managing any system. More commonly used in the context of computer networks or computer hardware.
OAIster OAIster is a project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service. Its goal is to create a collection of freely available, previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone.
OAMP OAMP, traditionally OAM&P, stands for Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning. The term is used to describe the collection of disciplines generally, as well as whatever specific software package(s) a given company uses to track these things.
OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression The office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of the Organization of American States (OAS) was established by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in 1997 to monitor OAS member states' compliance with the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of freedom of expression.
OASIS operating system The OASIS operating system (renamed THEOS in about 1983) was originally distributed starting in 1977 by Phase One Systems of Oakland, California. THEOS operating systems have been distributed by THEOS Software Corporation in Walnut Creek, California, since 1983.
OATSIH OATSIH is the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, a division of the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing. It was set up in 1994 in the then Department of Human Services and Health to give a greater focus on the health needs of Indigenous Australians in mainstream health programs.
Oñati Oñati is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain. It has a population of approximately 10,500 and lies in a valley in the center of the Basque country.
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" is a Beatles song from double-disc album The Beatles (also known as The White Album). It is a Paul McCartney composition (although credited Lennon-McCartney, as were all his songs with The Beatles).
Ob-Ugric languages The Ob-Ugric languages are a subset of the Finno-Ugric languages, specifically referring to the Khanty (Ostyak) and Mansi (Vogul) languages. They, along with Hungarian, comprise the Ugric branch of the of the Finno-Ugric languages.
Oba Chandler Oba Chandler is a serial killer that lured women out on his motorboat and attacked them out on the open water, tying them up and gagging them, then raping them. After this he always tied concrete blocks around their necks and threw them overboard.
Oba of Benin The Oba of Benin, whose person was sacred, controlled the Benin Empire, an empire surrounding the West African city of Benin (now in Nigeria), from 1170 until 1897. In 1897, the British 'Punitive Expedition' destroyed the city of Benin and exiled Oba Ovoranmwen, taking control of the area in order to establish the British colony of Nigeria.
Oba, Nigeria Oba (correctly Ọ̀bà , but also written as Òbà ), is an ancient Igbomina town in northeastern Yorubaland of Nigeria. Ọ̀bà was capital of an ancient Ọ̀bà kingdom, reputed in oral history of the region as a center of great wealth and enterprise.
Obad-Hai In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting and the default pantheon of deities for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Obad-Hai is the god of Nature, Woodlands, Hunting, and Beasts. He is often called the Shalm.
Obadiah the Proselyte Obadiah the Proselyte (born Johannes son of Dreux around 1070) was a Catholic priest who converted to Judaism. It was common practice for proselytes to choose the name "Obadiah" because of the tradition that Obadiah the prophet was an Edomite converted to Judaism.
Obafemi Awolowo Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987) was a Nigerian politician and leader, a Yoruba and native of Ikenne in Ogun State of Nigeria, who started as a regional political leader like most of his pre-independence contemporaries. He founded many organizations, including Egbe Omo Oduduwa, the Trade Unions Congress of Nigeria and the Action Group political party.
Obafemi Awolowo University Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria is a government-owned and operated Nigerian university, The university is located in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1962 as the University of Ife, and was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University in May 1987 in honor of Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987), the first Nigerian premier of the Western Region of Nigeria who was also the university's founding statesman and first Chancellor.
Obaidullah Baig Obaidullah Baig is an eminent scholar, Urdu writer/novelist, Columnist and media expert from Pakistan. He teamed up with Iftikhar Arif in 1970s & then with Ghazi Salahuddin in 1990s and won renown for the famous Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) quiz show Kasouti.
Obalno-kraška Obalno-kraška (English Littoral-Karst) is a statistical region in the south-west of Slovenia. The region is compromised out of 7 municipalities: Divača, Hrpelje-Kozina, Izola, Komen, Koper, Piran, Sežana and has an area of 1044 km².
Obalumo Ọbalúmọ̀ or Ọba'lúmọ̀ , (a contraction of Ọba Olúmọ̀), is the titular name of the founder-king of the ancient Ìsèdó-Olúmọ̀, city-state monarchy of the Igbomina-Yoruba. Ọba’lúmọ̀ is one of the ealiest Yoruba founders of the ancient city-states, monarchies and kingdoms in southwestern Nigeria.
Oban Oban (An t-Oban in Gaelic) is a resort town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, with a population of around 12,000. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people.
Oban Camanachd Oban Camanachd is one of the oldest Camanachd clubs currently playing in the Shinty leagues of Scotland, they are currently competing in the Premier League. They have a reserve team called Lochside Rovers who play in South Division 1.
Oban, New Zealand Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is located on Half Moon Bay (sometimes used as an alternative name for the town), and has air communication with Invercargill and a ferry service to Bluff.
Obando Fertility Rites Obando Fertility Rites is a Filipino dance ritual. Every year, during the month of May, to the tune of musical instruments made out of bamboo materials, the men, women and children of Obando, Bulacan, Philippines wear traditional dance costumes to dance on the streets followed by the images of their patron saints San Pascual (St.
Obasan Obasan, first published by Lester and Orpen Dennys in 1981, is a novel by the Japanese-Canadian author Joy Kogawa. It chronicles Canada's internment and persecution of its citizens of Japanese descent during World War II from the perspective of a young child.
Obata Masamori Obata Masamori (1534–1582), also known as Obata Nobusada, was one of Takeda Shingen's 'Twenty-four Generals', his most trusted commanders. He was the son of Obata Toramori, and came from western Kozuke province.
Obata, Mie Obata (小俣町; -cho) was a town located in Watarai District, Mie, Japan. On November 1, 2005 it merged with the town of Futami and the village of Misono into the city of Ise and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Obatala In Yoruba mythology, Obà tálá (alternatively Oxalá) is a creator god; he made human bodies, and his father, Olorun breathed life into them. While Olorun is considered the creator of the universe, Obalata created the world and humanity, being seen as the father of orishas and humankind.
Oakland School Oakland School is a small co-ed boarding and day school located in Boyd Tavern Keswick, Virginia that enables children who have dyslexia, learning disabilities, or organizational and study skills difficulties to reach their academic and personal potential. Oakland's mission is three-fold:
Oakland Slammers The Oakland Slammers, based in Oakland, California were members of the International Basketball League (2005-) for two seasons, and completed their second season in the league in 2006. In its first year, the team finished 5-14, good for seventh in the west, and was led by Solomon Wilkins 25.
Oakland Technical High Engineering Academy The Oakland Technical High Engineering Academy, or just the Engineering Acadamy as it's known locally, is a subset of Oakland Technical High School dedicated to "successfully teach[ing] students physics mechanics through a unique combination of academic and vocational courses."Engineering Academy information at Oaklandtech.
Oakland Terminal Railway The Oakland Terminal Railway is a switching railroad in West Oakland, California. The OTR was jointly acquired in 1943 by the Western Pacific and Santa Fe Railway to take over the Key System's freight railroad known as the Oakland Terminal Railroad.
Oakland Zoo Oakland Zoo, in the past known as the Knowland Zoo, is a zoo located in southeastern Oakland, California, United States. Oakland Zoo is relatively small for a city of its size, but has more modern displays for such a well-established zoo.
Oakland, Massachusetts Oakland is one of five primary historic neighborhoods of the city of Taunton, Massachusetts. Although these neighborhoods are not census-designated areas, they are municipally-designated populated regions of the city.
Oakleigh Cannons The Oakleigh Cannons Football Club are an Australian football (soccer) club from Oakleigh, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was formed in 1972 as the South Oakleigh Soccer Club by members of Oakleigh's Greek community.
Oakley Country Club The Oakley Country Club is a private 18 hole golf club located in Watertown, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1898 and has served such luminaries as Bobby Jones (when he was going to Harvard) and Donald Ross (who served as the club professional when he arrived from Scotland).
Oakley Haldeman Songwriter ("Here Comes Santa Claus"), composer, author and the general manager for a music publisher. He joined ASCAP in 1949, and his other popular-song compositions include "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes", "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine", "Tho' I Tried", "Pretty Mary", "Texas Polka", "Honey Child", "Vic'try Train", "Last Mile", and "Texans Never Cry".
Oakley Holidays Oakley Holidays is a charitable organisation registered in England. It is run on a voluntary, non-profit basis to provide opportunities for physical, mental, and spiritual development for young people aged between 12 and 18 years old.
Oakley protocol The Oakley Key Determination Protocol is a key-agreement protocol that allows authenticated parties to exchange keying material across an insecure connection using the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm. The protocol was proposed by H.
Oaklyn Public School Oaklyn Public School is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through ninth grade from Oaklyn, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The district consists of two separate schools within one building.
Oakmont, Maryland Oakmont, Maryland is a village and special taxing district in Montgomery County, Maryland. Chartered in 1918, the village includes both sides of Oak Place and the south side of Oakmont Avenue, across Old Georgetown Road from the National Institutes of Health, in the Bethesda, Maryland postal area.
Oakmore, Oakland, California Oakmore is a neighborhood in East Oakland, Oakland, California that is off Leimert Street and above Dimond Park. This neighborhood was built for people who worked in San Francisco and took the Key Route to work.
Oakmoss Oakmoss, also known as Evernia prunastri, is a type of lichen used extensively in modern perfumery. This lichen can be found in many mountainous temperate forests throughout the Northern Hemisphere, including parts of France, Portugal, Spain, North America, and much of Central Europe.
Oakridge (Toronto) Oakridge is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, in the Scarborough area. The neighbourhood is bordered by Victoria Park Ave to the West, Massey Creek to the North, Warden Ave to the East travelling south until Mack Ave which then extends East again to the CNR rail line which forms the Southern Border.
Oakridge (Vancouver) Oakridge is a neighbourhood in the City of Vancouver that encompasses a thriving multicultural residential and commercial area in the middle of the region, between a number of busy streets and central to all of the features of greater Vancouver. It had a population of 11,795 in 2001, 50 percent of which claimed Chinese as their mother tongue Geography ==
Oakridge Glen Oaks Cemetery Oakridge Glen Oaks Cemetery is a secular cemetery located in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Hillside. The cemetery, located at 4301 West Roosevelt Road, is adjacent to two other cemeteries, Mount Carmel Cemetery and Queen of Heaven Cemetery - both of which are Roman Catholic cemeteries operated by the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Oakridge-41st Avenue Station Oakridge-41st Avenue Station is a proposed station on the Canada Line, to be located at the intersection of West 41st Avenue and Cambie Street in Vancouver, Canada. The station is due to open in 2009, when the Canada Line opens.
Oaks d'Italia The Oaks d'Italia is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,200 metres (approximately 1 mile 3 furlongs) at the San Siro Racecourse, Milan in mid June.
Oaks Estate, Australian Capital Territory Oaks Estate is a small settlement on the Australian Capital Territory] side of the [[New South Wales|NSW-ACT border near Queanbeyan and the Molonglo River. Oaks Estate is directly connected to Queanbeyan by a bridge over the railway and was originally settled before the creation of ACT.
Oaks Christian High School Oaks Christian High School is a private non-denominational Christian school located on 18 acres in Westlake Village, CA off the US 101. Since 2000, it has been well known throughout the Ventura and Los Angeles counties for its highly ranked athletic teams, fine arts, Christian values, and academic programs.
Oaks Park (stadium) Oaks Park, also known as the Oakland Baseball Park, was a baseball stadium in Emeryville, California. It was primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Oakland Oaks Pacific Coast League baseball team.
Oaks Park, Carshalton The Oaks Park () is a public park to the south of CarshaltonCarshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. It is bounded on the south by Croydon Lane (A2022), and on the west by Woodmansterne Road; smaller roads lie to west and north.
Oaks viaduct Oaks Viaduct was the name of Britain's largest man made railway bridge that spanned the Dearne Valley, in South Yorkshire. It served first as a passenger line going from Wakefield to Barnsley through to Sheffield.
Oaks, Pennsylvania Oaks is a village located in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, PA, 18 miles (30 km) northwest of Philadelphia. Its boundaries are defined in large part by the village's position at the junction of Perkiomen Creek and the Schuylkill River, waterways that also defined much of the village's early history.
Oaksterdam Oaksterdam is a neighborhood in downtown Oakland, California where medicinal marijuana is readily, and legally, available for purchase in a variety of different cafes or clubs. According to Proposition 215, a state law passed by the voters of California, marijuana used for medical purposes is legal to buy.
Oakton Classic The Oakton Classic is an annual marching band competition held at Oakton High School in Vienna, Virginia. The 22nd Annual Oakton Classic was held on October 14, 2006, with Robinson Secondary School winning for the second year in a row.
Oakton Community College Oakton Community College is a two-year community college with campuses in Skokie, Illinois and Des Plaines, Illinois, serving five townships in northeast Cook County, Illinois. Oakton Community College opened in 1969 in former industrial buildings at Oakton and Nagle in Morton Grove, Illinois, which was closed when the Skokie and Des Plaines campuses opened.
Oaktree Capital Management Oaktree Capital Management LLC is a US investment management corporation which operates a number of investment entities commonly known as hedge funds of approximately $30 Billion. Oaktree's investment specialty is in markets where information for competitors is limited, sometimes known as "inefficient" markets.
Oakum Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibre used in shipbuilding, for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships, as well as cast iron plumbing applications. Oakum was at one time made from old tarry ropes and cordage of vessels, and its picking and preparation has been a common penal occupation in prisons and workhouses.
Oakville (electoral district) Oakville is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
Oakville (GO Station) Oakville GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located at 214 Cross Avenue in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, near the Trafalgar Road exit 118 of the Queen Elizabeth Way. VIA Rail's Oakville Station is located at 200 Cross Avenue, and directly accessible from GO's north platform.
Oakville Assembly Oakville Assembly Complex is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, occupying the same site as the Ontario Truck plant. It is the site of production for the company's minivans but is currently being renovated with a $1 billion investment to produce crossover SUVs and hybrid vehicles by 2010.
Oakville Yacht Squadron The Oakville Yacht Squadron (OYS) is a is a private yacht club based in Oakville, ON. It is one of the world's most distinguished and influential yachting institutions, and many members, both past and present have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design.
Oakwood - Vaughan Oakwood - Vaughan is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada bordered by Eglinton Avenue to the north, Dufferin Street to the west, St. Clair Avenue to the south and Arlington Avenue to the east.
Oakwood (Pittsburgh) Oakwood is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's southwest city area. It has a zip code of 15205, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 2 (West Neighborhoods).
Oakwood Baptist Church Oakwood Baptist Church is a Christian fellowship in suburban North London, UK, with ministries to all ages in the local community and a strong commitment to overseas Missions. Its Bible-based ministry centres around home groups and activities for all ages.
Oakwood Shopping Center Oakwood Shopping Center is a major shopping mall owned by General Growth Properties in the city of Gretna in the New Orleans metropolitan area. Oakwood Center fell victim to significant damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Oakwood, London Oakwood is an area on the northern edge of London and was historically the southern-most area of Enfield Chase. It is bordered on the north by Trent Park, and (moving clockwise) by World's End, Grange Park, Winchmore Hill, Southgate, East Barnet, and Cockfosters.
Oakworth Oakworth is a small village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Keighley, by the River Worth. The name "Oakworth" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area.
Oamaru Oamaru is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, and is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is 80 kilometres south of Timaru and 120 kilometres north of Dunedin, on the Pacific coast, and is connected to both by State Highway 1 and the Main South Line.
Oankali The Oankali are a race of intelligent extraterrestrial aliens in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis book trilogy (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago, also published in an omnibus edition under the title Lilith's Brood).
Oar Folkjokeopus Oar Folkjokeopus (commonly known as Oar Folk) was a Minneapolis record store that operated on the corner of Lyndale and 26th from 1972 until 2001. The store was considered one of the staples of the Minneapolis rock scene in the 1980s, along with Jay's Longhorn Bar, and became a popular hub for musicians in the Twin Cities and the Midwest.
Oarfish Oarfish are large, greatly elongated, pelagic Lampriform fish comprising the small family Regalecidae. Found in all temperate to tropical oceans yet rarely seen, the oarfish family contains four species in two genera.
Oase Oase is a restaurant located in the Donauplex, in Vienna, Austria. It offers various Arabic dishes, a wide selection of drinks and one of its main attractions being shisha], or [[hookah as it is commonly known.
Oasis (culfest) Oasis is a respected and famous college cultural festival, conducted annually by the students of Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India. Organised during the month of October, it draws more than 1500 participants from across the country despite the remote location of the college.
Oasis (film) Oasis (Hangul: ě¤ě•„시스) (2002) is South Korean director Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture. The film's plot tells about the difficult romance between a man who was just released from jail after a two and a half year sentence for involuntary manslaughter and a woman with cerebral palsy.
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, (Traditional Chinese: ç”泉香港čŞç©şćś‰é™ĺ…¬ĺŹ¸), established in February 2005, is a budget airline based in Hong Kong, with its hub at Hong Kong International Airport. Its inaugural route to London commenced service on October 26, 2006,
Oasis State Park Oasis State Park is a New Mexico State Park located north of Portales, New Mexico in Roosevelt County. It is a popular destination with nearby residents and features a small fishing lake and several sand dunes.
Oasis Trust The Oasis Trust (known as "Oasis") is a UK-based Christian registered charity. It was founded by Rev Steve Chalke in August 1985, whilst he was an assistant minister at Tonbridge Baptist Church, Kent, in order to open a hostel for homeless young people.
Oasisamerica Oasisamerica was a broad cultural area in pre-Columbian North America. It extended from modern-day Utah down to southern Chihuahua, and from the Sonoran coast on the Gulf of California eastward to the RĂo Bravo river valley.
Oat Bin Hoard The Oat Bin Hoard was a treasure trove of United States currency discovered in 1966 in an oat bin in a shed on a farm in a rural area outside of Kansas City, Missouri. The hoard consisted of approximately $40,000 in face value of old large size currency issued by the Federal government of the United States.
Oates Coast Oates Coast () is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Hudson and Cape Williams. The eastern portion of this coast was discovered in February 1911 by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, commander of the expedition ship Terra Nova during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.
Oath An oath (from Old Saxon eoth) is either a promise or a statement of fact calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually a god, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. To swear is to take an oath.
Oath Against Modernism The Roman Catholic Pope, Saint Pius X, issued the Oath against Modernism on September 1, 1910, and mandated that "all clergy, pastors, confessors, preachers, religious superiors, and professors in philosophical-theological seminaries" should swear to it. The oath continued to be taken until July of 1967 when the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith rescinded it.
Oath More Judaico The Oath More Judaico or Jewish Oath was a special form of oath, accompanied by certain ceremonies, which Jews were required to take in European courts of law until the 20th century, and which was often intentionally humiliating or dangerous. More Judaico is Latin for "on/by the Jewish custom".
Oath of allegiance An oath of allegiance is an oath whereby a subject or citizen acknowledges his duty of allegiance and swears loyalty to his monarch or country. In many modern oaths of allegiance, allegiance is sworn to the Constitution.
Oath of Allegiance (Canada) The Canadian Oath of Allegiance is to the Canadian Monarch, and not to "Canada" or the Constitution of Canada. This is because the Sovereign is vested with all executive power, and thus he or she is seen as one who "personifies the State and is the personal symbol of allegiance, unity and authority for all Canadians.
Oath of Allegiance (Ireland) The Irish Oath of Allegiance was a controversial provision in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which Irish TDs (members of the Irish parliament) and Senators were required to take, in order to take their seats in Dáil Éireann (The Chamber of Deputies) and Seanad Éireann (the Irish Senate).
Oath of citizenship (Canada) The purpose of the Oath of Citizenship, as opposed to the Oath of Allegiance, is for new Canadian citizens to pledge their loyalty not only to the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, as the personification of the State and the personal symbol of allegiance , but also to the laws and customs of their new country. The Oath recited by citizenship recipients in Canada is as follows:
Oath of enlistment The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces is administered by any commissioned officer to any person enlisting or re-enlisting for a term of service into any branch of the military. The officer asks the person, or persons, to raise their right hand and repeat the oath after him.
Oath of Fealty (novel) Oath of Fealty is a 1982 novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Set in the near future, it involves a large arcology called Todos Santos, which rises above a crime-ridden Los Angeles, but has little beyond casual contact with the city.
Oath of Succession The Act Respecting the Oath to the Succession was the oath required to be taken by all subjects, if commanded, according to the Act of Succession 1534, although the wording of the oath was not provided in this act but enacted in a new Act of 1534. It required all those asked to take the oath to recognise Anne Boleyn as King Henry VIII's lawful wife and their children leigitimate heirs to the throne.
Oath of Supremacy The Oath of Supremacy, imposed by the Act of Supremacy 1559, provided for any person taking public or church office in England to swear allegiance to the monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Failure to so swear was to be treated as treasonable.
Oath of the Horatii Oath of the Horatii (1784) is a painting by Jacques-Louis David, painted before the French Revolution, depicting the Roman salute. The theme of the painting has an extreme patriotic and neoclassical perspective; it later became a model work for future painters.
Oath of the Peach Garden The Oath of the Peach Garden (ćˇĺś’三çµçľ©) was an oath in the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by which the three warriors Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei became sworn brothers in a ceremony amid peach blossom trees. The original goal of the Peach Garden Oath was to protect the Han dynasty from the Yellow Turbans.
Oaths of Strasbourg The Oaths of Strasbourg (Modern French: les serments de Strasbourg, Modern German: die StraĂźburger Eide) is the name by which we know the pledges of allegiance taken in 842 at Strasbourg by Louis the German, son of Louis the Pious and ruler of the eastern Frankish kingdom, and by his brother Charles the Bald, ruler of the western Frankish kingdom. As well as their allegiance to each other, Louis and Charles pledged their opposition to the Emperor, their elder brother Lothair.
Oatlands Plantation Oatlands Plantation (261 acres) is a historic estate located at 20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane, Leesburg, Virginia, and now a National Trust for Historic Preservation site and National Historic Landmark. It includes a mansion, rolling farmland, and gardens and is open March 30 through December 30; an admission fee is charged.
Oatlands, Tasmania Oatlands is an important historical village in the centre of Tasmania, Australia, halfway between Hobart and Launceston on the Midlands Highway. Oatlands is considered to have the largest number of colonial sandstone buildings in any town in Australia, and many of them were built by convict labour.
Oatman, Arizona Oatman, Arizona is a mining town in the Black Mountains of Mohave County (elevation 2700'/896 m) which began as a tent camp soon after two prospectors struck a $10 million gold find in 1915, though the area had been already settled for a number of years. Oatman's population grew to more than 3500 in the course of a year.
Oaxaca The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca or simply Oaxaca is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of Mexico, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Oaxaca borders the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east.
OA&M OA&M (operations, administration, and management) is a general term used to describe the processes, activities, tools, standards, etc involved with operating, administering, and managing any system. More commonly used in the context of computer networks or computer hardware.
OAIster OAIster is a project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service. Its goal is to create a collection of freely available, previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone.
OAMP OAMP, traditionally OAM&P, stands for Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning. The term is used to describe the collection of disciplines generally, as well as whatever specific software package(s) a given company uses to track these things.
OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression The office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of the Organization of American States (OAS) was established by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in 1997 to monitor OAS member states' compliance with the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of freedom of expression.
OASIS operating system The OASIS operating system (renamed THEOS in about 1983) was originally distributed starting in 1977 by Phase One Systems of Oakland, California. THEOS operating systems have been distributed by THEOS Software Corporation in Walnut Creek, California, since 1983.
OATSIH OATSIH is the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, a division of the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing. It was set up in 1994 in the then Department of Human Services and Health to give a greater focus on the health needs of Indigenous Australians in mainstream health programs.
Oñati Oñati is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain. It has a population of approximately 10,500 and lies in a valley in the center of the Basque country.
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" is a Beatles song from double-disc album The Beatles (also known as The White Album). It is a Paul McCartney composition (although credited Lennon-McCartney, as were all his songs with The Beatles).
Ob-Ugric languages The Ob-Ugric languages are a subset of the Finno-Ugric languages, specifically referring to the Khanty (Ostyak) and Mansi (Vogul) languages. They, along with Hungarian, comprise the Ugric branch of the of the Finno-Ugric languages.
Oba Chandler Oba Chandler is a serial killer that lured women out on his motorboat and attacked them out on the open water, tying them up and gagging them, then raping them. After this he always tied concrete blocks around their necks and threw them overboard.
Oba of Benin The Oba of Benin, whose person was sacred, controlled the Benin Empire, an empire surrounding the West African city of Benin (now in Nigeria), from 1170 until 1897. In 1897, the British 'Punitive Expedition' destroyed the city of Benin and exiled Oba Ovoranmwen, taking control of the area in order to establish the British colony of Nigeria.
Oba, Nigeria Oba (correctly Ọ̀bà , but also written as Òbà ), is an ancient Igbomina town in northeastern Yorubaland of Nigeria. Ọ̀bà was capital of an ancient Ọ̀bà kingdom, reputed in oral history of the region as a center of great wealth and enterprise.
Obad-Hai In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting and the default pantheon of deities for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Obad-Hai is the god of Nature, Woodlands, Hunting, and Beasts. He is often called the Shalm.
Obadiah the Proselyte Obadiah the Proselyte (born Johannes son of Dreux around 1070) was a Catholic priest who converted to Judaism. It was common practice for proselytes to choose the name "Obadiah" because of the tradition that Obadiah the prophet was an Edomite converted to Judaism.
Obafemi Awolowo Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987) was a Nigerian politician and leader, a Yoruba and native of Ikenne in Ogun State of Nigeria, who started as a regional political leader like most of his pre-independence contemporaries. He founded many organizations, including Egbe Omo Oduduwa, the Trade Unions Congress of Nigeria and the Action Group political party.
Obafemi Awolowo University Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria is a government-owned and operated Nigerian university, The university is located in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1962 as the University of Ife, and was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University in May 1987 in honor of Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987), the first Nigerian premier of the Western Region of Nigeria who was also the university's founding statesman and first Chancellor.
Obaidullah Baig Obaidullah Baig is an eminent scholar, Urdu writer/novelist, Columnist and media expert from Pakistan. He teamed up with Iftikhar Arif in 1970s & then with Ghazi Salahuddin in 1990s and won renown for the famous Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) quiz show Kasouti.
Obalno-kraška Obalno-kraška (English Littoral-Karst) is a statistical region in the south-west of Slovenia. The region is compromised out of 7 municipalities: Divača, Hrpelje-Kozina, Izola, Komen, Koper, Piran, Sežana and has an area of 1044 km².
Obalumo Ọbalúmọ̀ or Ọba'lúmọ̀ , (a contraction of Ọba Olúmọ̀), is the titular name of the founder-king of the ancient Ìsèdó-Olúmọ̀, city-state monarchy of the Igbomina-Yoruba. Ọba’lúmọ̀ is one of the ealiest Yoruba founders of the ancient city-states, monarchies and kingdoms in southwestern Nigeria.
Oban Oban (An t-Oban in Gaelic) is a resort town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, with a population of around 12,000. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people.
Oban Camanachd Oban Camanachd is one of the oldest Camanachd clubs currently playing in the Shinty leagues of Scotland, they are currently competing in the Premier League. They have a reserve team called Lochside Rovers who play in South Division 1.
Oban, New Zealand Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is located on Half Moon Bay (sometimes used as an alternative name for the town), and has air communication with Invercargill and a ferry service to Bluff.
Obando Fertility Rites Obando Fertility Rites is a Filipino dance ritual. Every year, during the month of May, to the tune of musical instruments made out of bamboo materials, the men, women and children of Obando, Bulacan, Philippines wear traditional dance costumes to dance on the streets followed by the images of their patron saints San Pascual (St.
Obasan Obasan, first published by Lester and Orpen Dennys in 1981, is a novel by the Japanese-Canadian author Joy Kogawa. It chronicles Canada's internment and persecution of its citizens of Japanese descent during World War II from the perspective of a young child.
Obata Masamori Obata Masamori (1534–1582), also known as Obata Nobusada, was one of Takeda Shingen's 'Twenty-four Generals', his most trusted commanders. He was the son of Obata Toramori, and came from western Kozuke province.
Obata, Mie Obata (小俣町; -cho) was a town located in Watarai District, Mie, Japan. On November 1, 2005 it merged with the town of Futami and the village of Misono into the city of Ise and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Obatala In Yoruba mythology, Obà tálá (alternatively Oxalá) is a creator god; he made human bodies, and his father, Olorun breathed life into them. While Olorun is considered the creator of the universe, Obalata created the world and humanity, being seen as the father of orishas and humankind.
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