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Olivia MFSK Olivia/MFSK is an amateur-radio teletype protocol designed to work in difficult (low signal-to-noise ratio plus multipath propagation) conditions on shortwave bands. The signal can still be properly copied when it is buried 10 dB below the noise floor (i.
Olivia Newton Bundy Brian Tutunick (born March 311968) is an American musician more famously known as Olivia Newton Bundy and was the bassist and co-founder of the rock group Marilyn Manson until 1990, when he was replaced by Gidget Gein His stage name was created by mixing the names of Olivia Newton-John, singer; and Ted Bundy, serial killer.
Olivia Trinidad Arias Olivia Trinidad Arias (born 18 May 1948 in Mexico) is the widow of George Harrison, former member of The Beatles. They were married on 2 September 1978, following George's divorce with Pattie Boyd, and had one son together, Dhani Harrison - born August 1, 1978.
Olivia Zechner Olivia Zechner (born 11/29/1981) is an Austrian Ultralight Pilot who won the European Championship in 2002 (Hungary) and was second in the World Championships 2003 (England). As part of the Austrian team she also won Bronze in Hungary, 2002.
Olivier de Clisson Olivier de Clisson (1326 – April 23, 1407), nicknamed "The Butcher", was a French soldier, the son of the Olivier de Clisson who was put to death in 1343 on the suspicion of having wished to give up Nantes to the English.
Olivier de kersauson Olivier de Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only de Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20th July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass,” as he calls it.
Olivier de Kersauson Olivier de Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only de Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20th July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass,” as he calls it.
Olivier Dassault Olivier Dassault (born 1 June 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French politician, currently serving as a deputy in the French National Assembly. He is also the son of Serge Dassault and grandchild of Marcel Dassault.
Olivier Ihl Olivier Ihl is a French professor of political science, the director of the Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble and CERAT (Centre de recherche sur le Politique, l'Administration, la Ville et le Territoire – Research Center for Political, Administrative, Urban and Territorial Studies).
Olivier Kapo Olivier Kapo fullname Narcisse-Olivier Kapo-Obou (born September 27, 1980 in Abidjan, CĂ´te d'Ivoire) is a French international, Ivorian-born football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays for Levante UD, on loan from Juventus F.C..
Olivier Karekezi Olivier Karekezi (born 25 May 1983) is a Rwandan footballer, currently playing for Helsingborgs IF in the Swedish Premier Division. He is an attacking midfielder or forward and a popular player among the Helsingborg fans.
Olivier Le Cour Grandmaison Olivier LeCour Grandmaison (September 19, 1960, Paris) is a French historian. He is a professor of political science at the Evry-Val d'Essonne University and also teach at the Collège International de Philosophie, and mainly works on colonialism issues.
Olivier Levasseur Olivier Levasseur (Calais, 1680 or 1690 - Réunion, 7 July 1730), was a pirate, nicknamed La Buse or La Bouche (The Buzzard) in his early days, called thus because of the speed with which he threw himself on his enemies.
Olivier Messiaen Olivier Messiaen (; December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11, and numbered Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré among his teachers.
Olivier Milloud Olivier Milloud (born 9 December, 1975) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also played for the French national team, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad.
Olivier Monterrubio Olivier Monterrubio (born August 8, 1976 in Gaillac) is a French football player, who currently plays for Stade Rennais FC. He is an accomplished left winger, but he has also been featured as a striker and attacking midfielder in the past.
Olivier Rouyer Olivier Rouyer (born December 1, 1955 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle) is a former football striker from France, who earned seventeen international caps (two goals) for the French national team during the late 1970s, early 1980s. A player of AS Nancy, he was a member of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
Olivier Roy Olivier Roy (born 1949) is a research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a lecturer for both the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP). Since 1984, he has acted as a consultant to the French Foreign Ministry.
Olivier Strelli Olivier Strelli born Nissim Israel is a Belgian fashion designer, who put Belgium on the fashion map, is the son of Greek Jews from the island of Rhodes. His family migrated to Congo in the early 20th century.
Olivine The mineral olivine (also called chrysolite and, when gem-quality, peridot) is a magnesium iron silicate with the formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4. It is one of the most common minerals on Earth, and has also been identified on the Moon, Mars, and comet Wild 2.
Olivium Outlet Center Olivium Outlet Center, opened on April 1, 2000, is a modern outlet shopping mall located in the working class district of Zeytinburnu in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established by a joint venture of the companies Emintaş and İleri Mensucat being the first in its category as an outlet center in Istanbul and the biggest in Turkey.
Olivo Olivo is the oldest olive grove in Wairarapa, New Zealand. Situated three kilometres outside of Martinborough, the grove currently has 1200 olive trees of the Barnea, Manzanillo, Leccino and Frantoio varieties.
Olivone Olivone is a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Olivone would merge with Aquila, Campo Blenio, Ghirone and Torre to form a new municipality to be called Blenio.
Olla podrida Olla podrida is a popular dish in Spain and Galicia. It dates back to the Middle Ages, when it was called olla poderida, where poderida meant "powerful" ("olla" refers to stew or to the stew pot), referring to the powerful ingredients that it included, or because only the rich powerful could get near this dish.
Ollamh Fodhla Ollamh Fodhla, son of Fiacha Finscothach, was a legendary High King of Ireland. His given name was Eochaid, and he was called Ollamh Fodhla because he was a learned ollamh (master, professor) and the king of Fodla, a poetic term for Ireland.
Ollantaytambo Ollantaytambo is a town in southern Peru, located in the district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamba, Cusco region. It is approximately 60 km to the northwest of the city of Cusco, situated at an altitude of 2792 meters above sea level.
Olle Helander Olle Helander born 2nd August 1919, died 15 April 1976, born in Stockholm, Swedish music journalist, author, producer and presenter of radio and TV. From 1950 he was head of jazz at Sveriges Radio and 1956 took the initiative to Radiobandet.
Olle Nordin Olle Nordin (born 23 November 1949 in Delaryd) is a Swedish football coach and former player. He was capped 19 times for the national team and played at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but he is best remembered for his coaching merits.
Olle Schmidt Torsten Olof "Olle" Fredrik Schmidt (born July 22, 1949, in Skärv, Skaraborg County) is a Swedish politician. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Swedish Liberal People's Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, between 1999 and 2004, and again since 2006.
Ollerton and Boughton Ollerton and Boughton is a civil parish and town in Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. It consists of the village of Ollerton, along with the New Ollerton development and the nearby Boughton.
Olley v. Marlborough Court Hotel Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel [1949] 1 KB 532 is a famous English case on exclusion clauses in contract law. The case stood for the proposition that a representation made by one party cannot become a term of a contract if it was made after the agreement was made.
Olli Hokkanen Olli Mikko Hokkanen (born January 15, 1987, Mikkeli) is a young man from Mikkeli, Finland, who became an internet phenomenon in Finland after failing his attempt to drink 1.5 litres of Coca-Cola on Ennätystehdas ("record factory") television show.
Olli Huttunen Olavi "Olli" Huttunen (born August 4, 1960 in Kajaani) is a Finnish football coach and former goalkeeper. He is currently the head coach of Finnish Veikkausliiga club FC Haka and the goalkeeping coach of the Finnish national team.
Olli Jokinen Olli Jokinen (born December 5, 1978 in Kuopio, Finland) is a professional ice hockey centre. He has been the captain of the Florida Panthers since 2003, and broke the team record for most game-winning goals (24) on October 21, 2006.
Olli Lounasmaa Olli Lounasmaa (August 20, 1930, Turku - December 27, 2002, Goa, India) was a Finnish academician and physicist at the Helsinki University of Technology. He was known for his research in low temperature physics, especially for experimental proof of the superfluidity of helium-3 and also for his work in the field of magnetoencephalography.
Olli Malmivaara Olli Malmivaara (born March 13 1982 in Kajaani, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks as their fourth-round pick, #117 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Ollie (skateboarding trick) The ollie is an aerial skateboarding trick, invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand and later adapted to the flat ground by Rodney Mullen. The ollie serves as a basis for many other skateboarding tricks, such as the kickflip, heelflip and pop-shove it.
Ollie Brown Ollie Lee "Downtown" Brown (born February 11, 1944 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) was a Major League Baseball Outfielder from 1965 to 1977. He played for the San Francisco Giants and was the first draft choice for the expansion San Diego Padres.
Ollie Campbell Ollie Campbell (born March 5 1954) was an Irish rugby union player from 1976 to 1984. He was educated at Belvedere College, a famous Irish rugby school, where his natural talent at rugby, especially his goal-kicking, shone through.
Ollie Cole Ollie Cole Birthplace: Kells, County Meath, Ireland, is singer and lead guitarist with Irish rock band Turn (band). Cole is perhaps best known for his skilled songwriting and technical proficiency with the guitar.
Ollie Harrington Oliver Wendell Harrington (February 14, 1912-November 2, 1995) was an African-American editorial cartoonist. Considered by many to be the greatest African-American cartoonist, he was an outspoken advocate against racism and for civil rights in the United States.
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss was a 1988 TV movie following the family from A Christmas Story on their annual vacation to Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss, a set of cabins by a lake in Michigan. Ralph, now fourteen, secures a summer job moving furniture along with his friends Flick and Schwartz, thereby risking missing the family vacation.
Ollie Impossible An Ollie Impossible is a skateboarding trick which was first performed by freestyler Rodney Mullen in the early 1980s. The Impossible gained tremendous popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s (along with Pressure Flips), especially in street skating.
Ollie McGill Oliver "Ollie" McGill (born 2 November, 1982) is an Australian fusion musician best known for his role as the keyboard player and backing vocalist for The Cat Empire. McGill is also a member of several other Melbourne based bands, such as The Genie, a fusion band, The Conglomerate, a modern jazz quartet, Peakin' Duck, The Future and 77.
Ollie Olsen Ollie Olsen (born 1958, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian composer, synthesist and sound designer who has been producing and performing rock, electronic and experimental music for the past thirty years. He is probably best known in the mainstream for his collaboration with Michael Hutchence, Max Q in 1989.
Ollie Smith Oliver James Smith (born 14 August 1982 in Leicester) is a rugby union footballer who plays for Leicester Tigers and England usually at outside centre and occasionally inside centre or wing. He sees himself as a centre who has enough pace to deliver on the wing if required.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Ollie's Bargain Outlet is a chain of retail stores that was founded in 1982 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The chain now has over 40 locations throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.
Olly Croft Olly Croft, OBE (born November 17, 1929) is a darts administrator and the founder of the British Darts Organisation. He is one of the most influential protagonists in darts having set up the World Professional Darts Championship and ran the BDO since its inception in 1973.
OllyDbg OllyDbg is a free proprietary 32-bit assembler level analysis debugger written by Oleh Yuschuk for Microsoft Windows. The software is gaining popularity among the software cracking community as an alternative to the now-discontinued SoftICE, mainly because it places emphasis on binary code analysis, such as executable files or libraries, useful when source code is not available (as is often the case when cracking software).
Olmaliq Olmaliq (also known as Almalyk), is a city (2004 pop est 138,000) in the Toshkent Province of central Uzbekistan, approximately 65 km east of Tashkent. It is located at latitude 40° 50' 41N; longitude 69° 35' 54E; at an altitude of 585 meters.
Olman In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the Olman are a fictional race of humans . They inhabit the southern fringes of the Flanaess and are primarily a tribal people, though in the past they commanded a great empire.
Olmec The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, roughly in what are the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Their immediate cultural influence, however, extends beyond this region (Olmec artwork has been documented as far as El Salvador).
Olmec alternative origin speculations In part because the Olmecs developed the first Mesoamerican civilization and in part because so little is known of the Olmecs (relative, for example, to the Maya or Aztec), a wide number of Olmec alternative origin speculations have been put forth. Although several of these speculations, particularly "Olmec as Africans", have become well-known within popular culture, they are not considered credible by the vast majority of Mesoamerican researchers.
Olmec figurine This article on the Olmec figurine describes a number of archetypical figurines produced by the Formative Period inhabitants of Mesoamerica. While many of these figurines may or may not have been produced directly by the Olmec people, they bear the hallmarks and motifs of Olmec culture.
Olmec mythology The mythology of the Olmec people significantly influenced the social development and mythological world view of Mesoamerica. As there is no surviving direct account of Olmec religious belief, much remains unknown on the subject.
Olmeca Olmeca is a genus of bamboo known from southern Mexico and comprising 2 species. Both have large fleshy fruits - a characteristics unique among New World bamboos, and rhizomes with long necks, very open clumps.
Olmedo de Camaces Olmedo de Camaces is a village and large municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 95 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 151 people.
Olmo As with many Italian bicycle racers, after his retirement Giuseppe Olmo began building bicycles in the 1930s. Many of the conventional bikes now marketed by the Olmo company are "built to Olmo specifications" rather than manufactured in house, but the company continues to develop and build high end Road racing and MTB frames using titanium and carbon Fibre.
Olmos-Marañon Route The Olmos-Marañon highway, also called Transcontinental road, tries to join the marine zone of the Pacific coast with a navigable point of the Marañon river – the Sarameriza. This place is located further down the pongo de Manseriche.
Olmstead v. United States Olmstead v. United States, , is a 1928 opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the Court reviewed whether the use of wiretapped private telephone conversations, obtained by federal agents without judicial approval and subsequently used evidence, constituted a violation of the defendant’s rights provided by the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
Olmsted Air Force Base Olmsted Air Force Base (1918-1969) grew to 11,400 civilian employees in 1969, when it was decommissioned and turned over the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Olmsted Air Force Base then became Harrisburg International Airport.
Olmsted Amendment The Olmsted Amendment was a modification to the Foraker Act of 1900, and became law on July 16, 1909. The law was designed to modify several perceived weaknesses in Puerto Rico's government at the request of President William Howard Taft and Governor Regis Henri Post.
Olmsted Brothers The Olmsted Brothers company was an influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. (1870-1957), who had inherited the nation's first landscaping practice from their father, Frederick Law Olmsted.
Olmsted Island Olmsted Island is a small island in the middle of the Potomac River in Maryland near Great Falls named after Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.. The island is a part of C & O Canal National Historical Park, located across the river from Great Falls Park.
Olmsted Park Olmsted Park is a linear park in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, and a part of Boston's Emerald Necklace of connected parks and parkways. Originally named Leverett Park, in 1900 it was renamed to honor its designer, Frederick Law Olmstead.
Olmsted Point Olmsted Point, located in Yosemite National Park, is a viewing area like Glacier Point that offers an amazing view looking South-West into Yosemite. One is able to see the back side of Half Dome (where people climb the cables) and Tenaya Canyon.
Olney Central College Olney Central College is a community college located in Olney, Illinois. It confers two-year associates degrees and technical certificates, and also offers on-line four year degrees through its affiliation with Franklin University.
Olney Friends School Olney Friends School is a small, Quaker, college preparatory school that was founded in 1837 in Belmont County, Ohio. It was first built in the area of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, but when the building caught fire and burned to the ground it was rebuilt a few miles away in Barnesville, Ohio.
Olney interpretation The Olney interpretation (also known as Olney Declaration) was United States Secretary of State Richard Olney's interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine when a border dispute occurred between British Guiana and Venezuela. Olney claimed that the Monroe Doctrine gave the United States authority to mediate border disputes in the Western Hemisphere.
Olney Transportation Center The Olney Transportation Center is a SEPTA bus terminal and the last Broad Street Line subway station before the Fern Rock Transportation Center terminus. Trains in the other direction go to South Philadelphia.
Olney's lesions Olney's Lesions, also known as NMDA Receptor Antagonist Neurotoxicity (NAN), are a form of brain damage theorized to be caused by high doses of dissociative anaesthetics, particularly those referred to as "noncompetitive NMDA-channel-blockers" such as ketamine, phencyclidine, and dextromethorphan.http://www.
Olney, Milton Keynes Olney is a small market town in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England, with a population of around 6,000 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse, very close to the borders with Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire and equidistant from Northampton, Bedford and Milton Keynes itself.
Olney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Olney is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is roughly bounded by the Roosevelt Boulevard to the south, Tookany Creek to the east, Godfrey Avenue to the north, and the railroad right-of-way west of Sixth Street to the west.
Olneyville, Providence, Rhode Island Olneyville Square is an area of Providence, Rhode Island, defined by the intersection of Westminster Street, Broadway, Plainfield Street, and Manton Avenue. It was a center of manufacturing in the early 1900s, and is currently a working class neighborhood with a significant immigrant population.
Olodum Olodum is a cultural group based in the black community of Salvador, the capital city of the state of Bahia, Brazil. One of many similar groups in the city (and elsewhere in Brazil), it offers cultural activities to young people, largely centered around music; it also offers theatrical productions and other activities.
Olof (II) Björnsson Olof Björnsson (ca 970 - 975), was a semi-legendary Swedish king, who according to Hervarar saga and the Styrbjarnar þáttr SvĂakappa ruled together with his brother Eric the Victorious. He was the father of Styrbjörn Starke, and he died of poison during a meal.
Olof of Sweden Olof of Sweden or Olof Skötkonung/Skottkonung (Old Icelandic: Óláfr sænski, Old Swedish: Olawær skotkonongær) was the son of Eric the Victorious and Sigrid the Haughty. He was probably born in the latter part of the 960s and he succeeded his father ca 994.
Olof Palme assassination The assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden, took place on Friday, February 28, 1986, in Stockholm, Sweden, at 23:21 Central European Time (22:21 UTC). Palme was fatally wounded by gunshots while walking home from a movie theatre with his wife Lisbet Palme on the central Stockholm street Sveavägen.
Olof Palme International Center The Olof Palme International Center is a Swedish organization with ties to the national labour movement, working with international development co-operation and the forming of public opinion surrounding international political and security issues. The centre's areas of interest include workers' and tenants' rights, education, and the improvement of international relations.
Olof Swartz Olof Peter Swartz (September 21, 1760, Norrköping, Sweden – September 19, 1816, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes.
Olof von Dalin Olof von Dalin (1708-1763), the Swedish poet, was born on 29 August 1708 in the parish of Vinberg in Halland, where his father was the minister. He was closely related to Andreas Rydelius, the philosophical bishop of Lund, and he was sent at a very early age to be instructed by him – Linnaeus being one of his fellow-pupils.
Olof Wallqvist Olof Wallqvist (1755- April 30, 1800), Swedish statesman and ecclesiastic, was ordained in 1776, became Doctor of Philosophy in 1779, court preacher to Queen Louisa Ulrica in 1780, and bishop of Växjö in 1787.
Olofström Municipality Olofström Municipality, or Olofströms kommun, is a municipality of Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Osby Municipality, Kristianstad Municipality, Bromölla Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Karlshamn Municipality, Tingsryd Municipality, and Älmhult Municipality.
Olokun Olokun is considered the patron orisa of the descendants of Africans that were carried away during the Maafa, or what is sometimes referred to as the Transatlantic Slave Trade or Middle Passage. Olokun works closely with Oya (Deity of Sudden Change)and Egungun (Collective Ancestral Spirits) to herald the way for those that pass to ancestorship, as it plays a critical role in Death (Iku), Life and the transition of human beings and spirits between these two existences.
Olomouc Olomouc () (local Haná dialect Olomóc, German Olmütz, Polish Ołomuniec, Latin Eburum or Olomucium) is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis of Moravia.
Olomouc Region Olomouc Region (Czech: OlomouckĂ˝ kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia (Morava) and in a small part of the historical region of Silesia (Slezsko). It is named after its capital Olomouc.
Olomouc Summer Institute Olomoucká letnà škola - Olomouc Summer Institute is a project resembling students from all over the world each year, at the beginning of July, in Olomouc, the Czech Republic. The project began in 1994 and in a time span of 11 years it evolved continuously.
Olongapo Volunteers The Olongapo Volunteers was a former professional basketball team in the Metropolitan Basketball Association in 2002. The Volunteers enjoyed success in their only season in the league, making the semifinals of the tournament.
Olorotitan Olorotitan is a genus of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur that hails from the Late Cretaceous Tsagayan Formation beds located in Kundur, Amur Region, Far Eastern Russia. The remains, consisting of a nearly complete skeleton, were described by Godefroit et al.
Olost Olost de LluçanĂ©s is a small village of 1193 people, situated on a plain 669 meters above sea level at 20 km from Vic in the center of the ancient shire or comarca of the Lluçanès, at present in the comarca of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In the center of the village stands the beautiful church of Santa MarĂa d'Olost of monumental size, with a large façade and two bell towers.
Olowe of Ise Olowe of Ise (born circa 1875, died circa 1938) is considered to be the most important 20th century artist of the Yoruba people of what is today Nigeria, Africa. He was a wood sculptor and master innovator in the African style of design known as oju-ona.
Olry Terquem Olry Terquem (1782–1862) was a French mathematician, best known for his work in geometry, where he proved Feuerbach's theorem about the nine-point circle of a triangle. As one of the editors of the Nouvelles Annales, he published in 1842 the second analytical proof of the theorem, that the nine-point circle touches the incircle and the excircles of a triangle.
Olsen Field Olsen Field is a baseball stadium in College Station, Texas, that is home to the Texas A&M baseball program. The stadium was dedicated on March 21, 1978, and is named in honor of Pat Olsen, a 1923 graduate of Texas A&M University and a former baseball player of the famed New York Yankees.
Olsen Gang The Olsen Gang (Danish: Olsen-banden, Norwegian: Olsenbanden, Swedish: Jönssonligan, German: Die Olsenbande) is a fictional Danish criminal gang in the movies of the same name. The gang's leader is the criminal genius and habitual offender Egon Olsen.
Olsen Racela Rodericko Cesar Escueta Racela or Olsen Racela (born November 1, 1970 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is considered as one of the best point guard in the league today.
Olsenbanden tar gull In this Norwegian Olsen-gang movie from 1972, the gang is now up to finding an old bunker from World War 2, in the southern parts of Norway. after the leader Egon has found a map leading to the old General's treasure, a suitcase of dollar bills and a safe containing gold bars.
Olshanski Olshanski (, ) was a Lithuanian princely family from Alšėnai (Halshany, ГальŃаны), Belarus, which used to be a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. During the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries the family was Orthodox by faith and Ruthenian by language.
Olsi Rama Olsi Rama (born 1969) is a scientific researcher and associate manager at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan. Olsi Rama is the son of Kristaq Rama (1932-1998), a well known Albanian sculptor and the brother of Edi Rama, the mayor of Tirana and the Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania.
Olst-Wijhe Olst-Wijhe is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, eastern Netherlands. It borders the Overijssel municipalities of Zwolle to the north, Raalte to the north and east and Deventer to the south; and the Gelderland municipalities of Voorst, Epe and Heerde to the west.
Olswang Olswang is a UK-based law firm, based in London with offices in Reading and Brussels. Founded in 1981, with a history of strength in intellectual property and media law, it now has over 75 partners and 250 lawyers, and offers a full spectrum of legal expertise with a particular focus on the media, communications, technology and property industries.
Olivia Newton Bundy Brian Tutunick (born March 311968) is an American musician more famously known as Olivia Newton Bundy and was the bassist and co-founder of the rock group Marilyn Manson until 1990, when he was replaced by Gidget Gein His stage name was created by mixing the names of Olivia Newton-John, singer; and Ted Bundy, serial killer.
Olivia Trinidad Arias Olivia Trinidad Arias (born 18 May 1948 in Mexico) is the widow of George Harrison, former member of The Beatles. They were married on 2 September 1978, following George's divorce with Pattie Boyd, and had one son together, Dhani Harrison - born August 1, 1978.
Olivia Zechner Olivia Zechner (born 11/29/1981) is an Austrian Ultralight Pilot who won the European Championship in 2002 (Hungary) and was second in the World Championships 2003 (England). As part of the Austrian team she also won Bronze in Hungary, 2002.
Olivier de Clisson Olivier de Clisson (1326 – April 23, 1407), nicknamed "The Butcher", was a French soldier, the son of the Olivier de Clisson who was put to death in 1343 on the suspicion of having wished to give up Nantes to the English.
Olivier de kersauson Olivier de Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only de Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20th July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass,” as he calls it.
Olivier de Kersauson Olivier de Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only de Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20th July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass,” as he calls it.
Olivier Dassault Olivier Dassault (born 1 June 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French politician, currently serving as a deputy in the French National Assembly. He is also the son of Serge Dassault and grandchild of Marcel Dassault.
Olivier Ihl Olivier Ihl is a French professor of political science, the director of the Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble and CERAT (Centre de recherche sur le Politique, l'Administration, la Ville et le Territoire – Research Center for Political, Administrative, Urban and Territorial Studies).
Olivier Kapo Olivier Kapo fullname Narcisse-Olivier Kapo-Obou (born September 27, 1980 in Abidjan, CĂ´te d'Ivoire) is a French international, Ivorian-born football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays for Levante UD, on loan from Juventus F.C..
Olivier Karekezi Olivier Karekezi (born 25 May 1983) is a Rwandan footballer, currently playing for Helsingborgs IF in the Swedish Premier Division. He is an attacking midfielder or forward and a popular player among the Helsingborg fans.
Olivier Le Cour Grandmaison Olivier LeCour Grandmaison (September 19, 1960, Paris) is a French historian. He is a professor of political science at the Evry-Val d'Essonne University and also teach at the Collège International de Philosophie, and mainly works on colonialism issues.
Olivier Levasseur Olivier Levasseur (Calais, 1680 or 1690 - Réunion, 7 July 1730), was a pirate, nicknamed La Buse or La Bouche (The Buzzard) in his early days, called thus because of the speed with which he threw himself on his enemies.
Olivier Messiaen Olivier Messiaen (; December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11, and numbered Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré among his teachers.
Olivier Milloud Olivier Milloud (born 9 December, 1975) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also played for the French national team, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad.
Olivier Monterrubio Olivier Monterrubio (born August 8, 1976 in Gaillac) is a French football player, who currently plays for Stade Rennais FC. He is an accomplished left winger, but he has also been featured as a striker and attacking midfielder in the past.
Olivier Rouyer Olivier Rouyer (born December 1, 1955 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle) is a former football striker from France, who earned seventeen international caps (two goals) for the French national team during the late 1970s, early 1980s. A player of AS Nancy, he was a member of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
Olivier Roy Olivier Roy (born 1949) is a research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a lecturer for both the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP). Since 1984, he has acted as a consultant to the French Foreign Ministry.
Olivier Strelli Olivier Strelli born Nissim Israel is a Belgian fashion designer, who put Belgium on the fashion map, is the son of Greek Jews from the island of Rhodes. His family migrated to Congo in the early 20th century.
Olivine The mineral olivine (also called chrysolite and, when gem-quality, peridot) is a magnesium iron silicate with the formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4. It is one of the most common minerals on Earth, and has also been identified on the Moon, Mars, and comet Wild 2.
Olivium Outlet Center Olivium Outlet Center, opened on April 1, 2000, is a modern outlet shopping mall located in the working class district of Zeytinburnu in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established by a joint venture of the companies Emintaş and İleri Mensucat being the first in its category as an outlet center in Istanbul and the biggest in Turkey.
Olivo Olivo is the oldest olive grove in Wairarapa, New Zealand. Situated three kilometres outside of Martinborough, the grove currently has 1200 olive trees of the Barnea, Manzanillo, Leccino and Frantoio varieties.
Olivone Olivone is a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Olivone would merge with Aquila, Campo Blenio, Ghirone and Torre to form a new municipality to be called Blenio.
Olla podrida Olla podrida is a popular dish in Spain and Galicia. It dates back to the Middle Ages, when it was called olla poderida, where poderida meant "powerful" ("olla" refers to stew or to the stew pot), referring to the powerful ingredients that it included, or because only the rich powerful could get near this dish.
Ollamh Fodhla Ollamh Fodhla, son of Fiacha Finscothach, was a legendary High King of Ireland. His given name was Eochaid, and he was called Ollamh Fodhla because he was a learned ollamh (master, professor) and the king of Fodla, a poetic term for Ireland.
Ollantaytambo Ollantaytambo is a town in southern Peru, located in the district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamba, Cusco region. It is approximately 60 km to the northwest of the city of Cusco, situated at an altitude of 2792 meters above sea level.
Olle Helander Olle Helander born 2nd August 1919, died 15 April 1976, born in Stockholm, Swedish music journalist, author, producer and presenter of radio and TV. From 1950 he was head of jazz at Sveriges Radio and 1956 took the initiative to Radiobandet.
Olle Nordin Olle Nordin (born 23 November 1949 in Delaryd) is a Swedish football coach and former player. He was capped 19 times for the national team and played at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but he is best remembered for his coaching merits.
Olle Schmidt Torsten Olof "Olle" Fredrik Schmidt (born July 22, 1949, in Skärv, Skaraborg County) is a Swedish politician. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Swedish Liberal People's Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, between 1999 and 2004, and again since 2006.
Ollerton and Boughton Ollerton and Boughton is a civil parish and town in Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. It consists of the village of Ollerton, along with the New Ollerton development and the nearby Boughton.
Olley v. Marlborough Court Hotel Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel [1949] 1 KB 532 is a famous English case on exclusion clauses in contract law. The case stood for the proposition that a representation made by one party cannot become a term of a contract if it was made after the agreement was made.
Olli Hokkanen Olli Mikko Hokkanen (born January 15, 1987, Mikkeli) is a young man from Mikkeli, Finland, who became an internet phenomenon in Finland after failing his attempt to drink 1.5 litres of Coca-Cola on Ennätystehdas ("record factory") television show.
Olli Huttunen Olavi "Olli" Huttunen (born August 4, 1960 in Kajaani) is a Finnish football coach and former goalkeeper. He is currently the head coach of Finnish Veikkausliiga club FC Haka and the goalkeeping coach of the Finnish national team.
Olli Jokinen Olli Jokinen (born December 5, 1978 in Kuopio, Finland) is a professional ice hockey centre. He has been the captain of the Florida Panthers since 2003, and broke the team record for most game-winning goals (24) on October 21, 2006.
Olli Lounasmaa Olli Lounasmaa (August 20, 1930, Turku - December 27, 2002, Goa, India) was a Finnish academician and physicist at the Helsinki University of Technology. He was known for his research in low temperature physics, especially for experimental proof of the superfluidity of helium-3 and also for his work in the field of magnetoencephalography.
Olli Malmivaara Olli Malmivaara (born March 13 1982 in Kajaani, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks as their fourth-round pick, #117 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Ollie (skateboarding trick) The ollie is an aerial skateboarding trick, invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand and later adapted to the flat ground by Rodney Mullen. The ollie serves as a basis for many other skateboarding tricks, such as the kickflip, heelflip and pop-shove it.
Ollie Brown Ollie Lee "Downtown" Brown (born February 11, 1944 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) was a Major League Baseball Outfielder from 1965 to 1977. He played for the San Francisco Giants and was the first draft choice for the expansion San Diego Padres.
Ollie Campbell Ollie Campbell (born March 5 1954) was an Irish rugby union player from 1976 to 1984. He was educated at Belvedere College, a famous Irish rugby school, where his natural talent at rugby, especially his goal-kicking, shone through.
Ollie Cole Ollie Cole Birthplace: Kells, County Meath, Ireland, is singer and lead guitarist with Irish rock band Turn (band). Cole is perhaps best known for his skilled songwriting and technical proficiency with the guitar.
Ollie Harrington Oliver Wendell Harrington (February 14, 1912-November 2, 1995) was an African-American editorial cartoonist. Considered by many to be the greatest African-American cartoonist, he was an outspoken advocate against racism and for civil rights in the United States.
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss was a 1988 TV movie following the family from A Christmas Story on their annual vacation to Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss, a set of cabins by a lake in Michigan. Ralph, now fourteen, secures a summer job moving furniture along with his friends Flick and Schwartz, thereby risking missing the family vacation.
Ollie Impossible An Ollie Impossible is a skateboarding trick which was first performed by freestyler Rodney Mullen in the early 1980s. The Impossible gained tremendous popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s (along with Pressure Flips), especially in street skating.
Ollie McGill Oliver "Ollie" McGill (born 2 November, 1982) is an Australian fusion musician best known for his role as the keyboard player and backing vocalist for The Cat Empire. McGill is also a member of several other Melbourne based bands, such as The Genie, a fusion band, The Conglomerate, a modern jazz quartet, Peakin' Duck, The Future and 77.
Ollie Olsen Ollie Olsen (born 1958, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian composer, synthesist and sound designer who has been producing and performing rock, electronic and experimental music for the past thirty years. He is probably best known in the mainstream for his collaboration with Michael Hutchence, Max Q in 1989.
Ollie Smith Oliver James Smith (born 14 August 1982 in Leicester) is a rugby union footballer who plays for Leicester Tigers and England usually at outside centre and occasionally inside centre or wing. He sees himself as a centre who has enough pace to deliver on the wing if required.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Ollie's Bargain Outlet is a chain of retail stores that was founded in 1982 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The chain now has over 40 locations throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.
Olly Croft Olly Croft, OBE (born November 17, 1929) is a darts administrator and the founder of the British Darts Organisation. He is one of the most influential protagonists in darts having set up the World Professional Darts Championship and ran the BDO since its inception in 1973.
OllyDbg OllyDbg is a free proprietary 32-bit assembler level analysis debugger written by Oleh Yuschuk for Microsoft Windows. The software is gaining popularity among the software cracking community as an alternative to the now-discontinued SoftICE, mainly because it places emphasis on binary code analysis, such as executable files or libraries, useful when source code is not available (as is often the case when cracking software).
Olmaliq Olmaliq (also known as Almalyk), is a city (2004 pop est 138,000) in the Toshkent Province of central Uzbekistan, approximately 65 km east of Tashkent. It is located at latitude 40° 50' 41N; longitude 69° 35' 54E; at an altitude of 585 meters.
Olman In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the Olman are a fictional race of humans . They inhabit the southern fringes of the Flanaess and are primarily a tribal people, though in the past they commanded a great empire.
Olmec The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, roughly in what are the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Their immediate cultural influence, however, extends beyond this region (Olmec artwork has been documented as far as El Salvador).
Olmec alternative origin speculations In part because the Olmecs developed the first Mesoamerican civilization and in part because so little is known of the Olmecs (relative, for example, to the Maya or Aztec), a wide number of Olmec alternative origin speculations have been put forth. Although several of these speculations, particularly "Olmec as Africans", have become well-known within popular culture, they are not considered credible by the vast majority of Mesoamerican researchers.
Olmec figurine This article on the Olmec figurine describes a number of archetypical figurines produced by the Formative Period inhabitants of Mesoamerica. While many of these figurines may or may not have been produced directly by the Olmec people, they bear the hallmarks and motifs of Olmec culture.
Olmec mythology The mythology of the Olmec people significantly influenced the social development and mythological world view of Mesoamerica. As there is no surviving direct account of Olmec religious belief, much remains unknown on the subject.
Olmeca Olmeca is a genus of bamboo known from southern Mexico and comprising 2 species. Both have large fleshy fruits - a characteristics unique among New World bamboos, and rhizomes with long necks, very open clumps.
Olmedo de Camaces Olmedo de Camaces is a village and large municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 95 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 151 people.
Olmo As with many Italian bicycle racers, after his retirement Giuseppe Olmo began building bicycles in the 1930s. Many of the conventional bikes now marketed by the Olmo company are "built to Olmo specifications" rather than manufactured in house, but the company continues to develop and build high end Road racing and MTB frames using titanium and carbon Fibre.
Olmos-Marañon Route The Olmos-Marañon highway, also called Transcontinental road, tries to join the marine zone of the Pacific coast with a navigable point of the Marañon river – the Sarameriza. This place is located further down the pongo de Manseriche.
Olmstead v. United States Olmstead v. United States, , is a 1928 opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the Court reviewed whether the use of wiretapped private telephone conversations, obtained by federal agents without judicial approval and subsequently used evidence, constituted a violation of the defendant’s rights provided by the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
Olmsted Air Force Base Olmsted Air Force Base (1918-1969) grew to 11,400 civilian employees in 1969, when it was decommissioned and turned over the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Olmsted Air Force Base then became Harrisburg International Airport.
Olmsted Amendment The Olmsted Amendment was a modification to the Foraker Act of 1900, and became law on July 16, 1909. The law was designed to modify several perceived weaknesses in Puerto Rico's government at the request of President William Howard Taft and Governor Regis Henri Post.
Olmsted Brothers The Olmsted Brothers company was an influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. (1870-1957), who had inherited the nation's first landscaping practice from their father, Frederick Law Olmsted.
Olmsted Island Olmsted Island is a small island in the middle of the Potomac River in Maryland near Great Falls named after Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.. The island is a part of C & O Canal National Historical Park, located across the river from Great Falls Park.
Olmsted Park Olmsted Park is a linear park in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, and a part of Boston's Emerald Necklace of connected parks and parkways. Originally named Leverett Park, in 1900 it was renamed to honor its designer, Frederick Law Olmstead.
Olmsted Point Olmsted Point, located in Yosemite National Park, is a viewing area like Glacier Point that offers an amazing view looking South-West into Yosemite. One is able to see the back side of Half Dome (where people climb the cables) and Tenaya Canyon.
Olney Central College Olney Central College is a community college located in Olney, Illinois. It confers two-year associates degrees and technical certificates, and also offers on-line four year degrees through its affiliation with Franklin University.
Olney Friends School Olney Friends School is a small, Quaker, college preparatory school that was founded in 1837 in Belmont County, Ohio. It was first built in the area of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, but when the building caught fire and burned to the ground it was rebuilt a few miles away in Barnesville, Ohio.
Olney interpretation The Olney interpretation (also known as Olney Declaration) was United States Secretary of State Richard Olney's interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine when a border dispute occurred between British Guiana and Venezuela. Olney claimed that the Monroe Doctrine gave the United States authority to mediate border disputes in the Western Hemisphere.
Olney Transportation Center The Olney Transportation Center is a SEPTA bus terminal and the last Broad Street Line subway station before the Fern Rock Transportation Center terminus. Trains in the other direction go to South Philadelphia.
Olney's lesions Olney's Lesions, also known as NMDA Receptor Antagonist Neurotoxicity (NAN), are a form of brain damage theorized to be caused by high doses of dissociative anaesthetics, particularly those referred to as "noncompetitive NMDA-channel-blockers" such as ketamine, phencyclidine, and dextromethorphan.http://www.
Olney, Milton Keynes Olney is a small market town in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England, with a population of around 6,000 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse, very close to the borders with Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire and equidistant from Northampton, Bedford and Milton Keynes itself.
Olney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Olney is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is roughly bounded by the Roosevelt Boulevard to the south, Tookany Creek to the east, Godfrey Avenue to the north, and the railroad right-of-way west of Sixth Street to the west.
Olneyville, Providence, Rhode Island Olneyville Square is an area of Providence, Rhode Island, defined by the intersection of Westminster Street, Broadway, Plainfield Street, and Manton Avenue. It was a center of manufacturing in the early 1900s, and is currently a working class neighborhood with a significant immigrant population.
Olodum Olodum is a cultural group based in the black community of Salvador, the capital city of the state of Bahia, Brazil. One of many similar groups in the city (and elsewhere in Brazil), it offers cultural activities to young people, largely centered around music; it also offers theatrical productions and other activities.
Olof (II) Björnsson Olof Björnsson (ca 970 - 975), was a semi-legendary Swedish king, who according to Hervarar saga and the Styrbjarnar þáttr SvĂakappa ruled together with his brother Eric the Victorious. He was the father of Styrbjörn Starke, and he died of poison during a meal.
Olof of Sweden Olof of Sweden or Olof Skötkonung/Skottkonung (Old Icelandic: Óláfr sænski, Old Swedish: Olawær skotkonongær) was the son of Eric the Victorious and Sigrid the Haughty. He was probably born in the latter part of the 960s and he succeeded his father ca 994.
Olof Palme assassination The assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden, took place on Friday, February 28, 1986, in Stockholm, Sweden, at 23:21 Central European Time (22:21 UTC). Palme was fatally wounded by gunshots while walking home from a movie theatre with his wife Lisbet Palme on the central Stockholm street Sveavägen.
Olof Palme International Center The Olof Palme International Center is a Swedish organization with ties to the national labour movement, working with international development co-operation and the forming of public opinion surrounding international political and security issues. The centre's areas of interest include workers' and tenants' rights, education, and the improvement of international relations.
Olof Swartz Olof Peter Swartz (September 21, 1760, Norrköping, Sweden – September 19, 1816, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes.
Olof von Dalin Olof von Dalin (1708-1763), the Swedish poet, was born on 29 August 1708 in the parish of Vinberg in Halland, where his father was the minister. He was closely related to Andreas Rydelius, the philosophical bishop of Lund, and he was sent at a very early age to be instructed by him – Linnaeus being one of his fellow-pupils.
Olof Wallqvist Olof Wallqvist (1755- April 30, 1800), Swedish statesman and ecclesiastic, was ordained in 1776, became Doctor of Philosophy in 1779, court preacher to Queen Louisa Ulrica in 1780, and bishop of Växjö in 1787.
Olofström Municipality Olofström Municipality, or Olofströms kommun, is a municipality of Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Osby Municipality, Kristianstad Municipality, Bromölla Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Karlshamn Municipality, Tingsryd Municipality, and Älmhult Municipality.
Olokun Olokun is considered the patron orisa of the descendants of Africans that were carried away during the Maafa, or what is sometimes referred to as the Transatlantic Slave Trade or Middle Passage. Olokun works closely with Oya (Deity of Sudden Change)and Egungun (Collective Ancestral Spirits) to herald the way for those that pass to ancestorship, as it plays a critical role in Death (Iku), Life and the transition of human beings and spirits between these two existences.
Olomouc Olomouc () (local Haná dialect Olomóc, German Olmütz, Polish Ołomuniec, Latin Eburum or Olomucium) is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis of Moravia.
Olomouc Region Olomouc Region (Czech: OlomouckĂ˝ kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia (Morava) and in a small part of the historical region of Silesia (Slezsko). It is named after its capital Olomouc.
Olomouc Summer Institute Olomoucká letnà škola - Olomouc Summer Institute is a project resembling students from all over the world each year, at the beginning of July, in Olomouc, the Czech Republic. The project began in 1994 and in a time span of 11 years it evolved continuously.
Olongapo Volunteers The Olongapo Volunteers was a former professional basketball team in the Metropolitan Basketball Association in 2002. The Volunteers enjoyed success in their only season in the league, making the semifinals of the tournament.
Olorotitan Olorotitan is a genus of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur that hails from the Late Cretaceous Tsagayan Formation beds located in Kundur, Amur Region, Far Eastern Russia. The remains, consisting of a nearly complete skeleton, were described by Godefroit et al.
Olost Olost de LluçanĂ©s is a small village of 1193 people, situated on a plain 669 meters above sea level at 20 km from Vic in the center of the ancient shire or comarca of the Lluçanès, at present in the comarca of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In the center of the village stands the beautiful church of Santa MarĂa d'Olost of monumental size, with a large façade and two bell towers.
Olowe of Ise Olowe of Ise (born circa 1875, died circa 1938) is considered to be the most important 20th century artist of the Yoruba people of what is today Nigeria, Africa. He was a wood sculptor and master innovator in the African style of design known as oju-ona.
Olry Terquem Olry Terquem (1782–1862) was a French mathematician, best known for his work in geometry, where he proved Feuerbach's theorem about the nine-point circle of a triangle. As one of the editors of the Nouvelles Annales, he published in 1842 the second analytical proof of the theorem, that the nine-point circle touches the incircle and the excircles of a triangle.
Olsen Field Olsen Field is a baseball stadium in College Station, Texas, that is home to the Texas A&M baseball program. The stadium was dedicated on March 21, 1978, and is named in honor of Pat Olsen, a 1923 graduate of Texas A&M University and a former baseball player of the famed New York Yankees.
Olsen Gang The Olsen Gang (Danish: Olsen-banden, Norwegian: Olsenbanden, Swedish: Jönssonligan, German: Die Olsenbande) is a fictional Danish criminal gang in the movies of the same name. The gang's leader is the criminal genius and habitual offender Egon Olsen.
Olsen Racela Rodericko Cesar Escueta Racela or Olsen Racela (born November 1, 1970 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is considered as one of the best point guard in the league today.
Olsenbanden tar gull In this Norwegian Olsen-gang movie from 1972, the gang is now up to finding an old bunker from World War 2, in the southern parts of Norway. after the leader Egon has found a map leading to the old General's treasure, a suitcase of dollar bills and a safe containing gold bars.
Olshanski Olshanski (, ) was a Lithuanian princely family from Alšėnai (Halshany, ГальŃаны), Belarus, which used to be a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. During the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries the family was Orthodox by faith and Ruthenian by language.
Olsi Rama Olsi Rama (born 1969) is a scientific researcher and associate manager at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan. Olsi Rama is the son of Kristaq Rama (1932-1998), a well known Albanian sculptor and the brother of Edi Rama, the mayor of Tirana and the Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania.
Olst-Wijhe Olst-Wijhe is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, eastern Netherlands. It borders the Overijssel municipalities of Zwolle to the north, Raalte to the north and east and Deventer to the south; and the Gelderland municipalities of Voorst, Epe and Heerde to the west.
Olswang Olswang is a UK-based law firm, based in London with offices in Reading and Brussels. Founded in 1981, with a history of strength in intellectual property and media law, it now has over 75 partners and 250 lawyers, and offers a full spectrum of legal expertise with a particular focus on the media, communications, technology and property industries.
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