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On My Own (album) On My Own is rapper Crunchy Black's debut solo album, released on September 19, 2006. The album was previously slated to be titled From Me to You 1 The Hard Way and had been in the works for years, having been alluded to at least since 2003.
On My Own (song) "On My Own" was a hit duet by singers Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald when it was released as a single in 1986. It was released from LaBelle's first platinum album, Winner in You and was written and produced by Burt Bacharach and his former wife Carole Bayer Sager.
On My Way to Paradise On My Way to Paradise is a novel by Dave Wolverton and was published in 1989 by Bantam Books. It is set in the far future depicting a man who is running from an everchanging and frightening world of war and politics.
On Nature's Trail On Nature's Trail was a television show produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting in Owings Mills, Maryland in 1978. The show featured Elmer and Jean Worthley observing and discussing plants growing at different locations in Baltimore County, Maryland.
On Numbers and Games On Numbers and Games is a mathematics book by John Horton Conway. The book is a serious mathematics book, written by a preeminent mathematician, and is directed at other mathematicians; although its topic is thoroughly serious, it is developed in a most playful and unpretentious manner.
On Old Age On Old Age was an essay written by Cicero in 44 BC on the subject of aging and death. In addition to its profound subject matter, it has remained popular because its clear and beautiful language have made it a useful example for teaching Latin to students.
On Our Backs On Our Backs was the first women-run erotica magazine and the first magazine to feature lesbian erotica for a lesbian audience. The magazine was first published in 1984 by Debi Sundahl and Myrna Elana, with the contributions of Susie Bright, Nan Kinney, Honey Lee Cottrell, Dawn Lewis, Happy Hyder, Tee Corinne, Jewelle Gomez, Judith Stein, Joan Nestle, Pat Califia, Morgan Gwenwald, Katie Niles, Noreen Scully, Sarita Johnson, and many others.
On Paradise Drive : How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense On Paradise Drive is the second book written by moderate conservative New York Times commentator David Brooks, four years after his first book, Bobos in Paradise. Using a similar style, his second work seeks to make a connection between the oft-maligned material strivings of middle-class Americans and a more profound focus on one's future, which he believes to be deeply ingrained in American society.
On Play Patterns On Play Patterns is a Q and Not U EP that was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in January 2002 and released on Dischord Records in April 2002 on both CD and 7" formats. It was produced and engineered by Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara.
On Point On Point is a two-hour call-in radio show hosted by Tom Ashbrook and produced by Boston, Massachusetts' WBUR. It is distributed to over 60 public radio stations across the United States by National Public Radio; in Boston, it is broadcast from 10:00 a.
On Raglan Road "On Raglan Road" is a well-known 1946 poem by Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh named for Raglan Road in Dublin, Ireland. It was also intended by Kavanagh to serve as lyrics to the traditional Irish air "The Dawning of the Day.
On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez ("Let's calm down and drink fresh in Saint-Tropez") (1987) is the last movie made by French film-maker Max Pécas. It is also the last one of his "Saint-Tropez" trilogy.
On Safari On Safari was a children's game show series set in the jungle that was produced by Television South, and aired on the ITV network for 4 seasons from 1982 until 1985. The show was hosted by Christopher Biggins and, for the first season, was co-hosted by future EastEnders actress Gillian Taylforth.
On Shaw Ming On Shaw Ming is a Singapore shooter who shot to fame when he unexpectedly won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He finished in a three-way tie with favourite Samaresh Jung of India and Gregory Yelavich of New Zealand on 578 points.
On Site with Thomas Jack and the Pack is a direct-to-video release for the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series, much like the movie: Calling All Engines. These thirteen episodes feature the return of the Sodor Construction Company, better known as The Pack, their first appearance since Season 6.
On Spec On Spec is a digest-sized, perfect-bound, Canadian quarterly magazine publishing stories and poetry in science fiction, fantasy, and allied genres. It started publishing in 1989, and is based in Edmonton, Alberta.
On Sphere-Making On Sphere-Making is the title of a lost work by Archimedes, mentioned by Pappus of Alexandria. It is believed to have described the construction of orreries or astronomical clocks akin to the Antikythera mechanism.
On the Air Live with Captain Midnight On the Air Live with Captain Midnight is a 1979 movie directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian with Tracy Sebastian as Marvin Ziegler, aka Captain Midnight, who runs his own pirate radio station and become an underground cult hit.
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" is a popular song which refers to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It was written for the 1946 movie, The Harvey Girls, where it was sung by Judy Garland.
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (October 1520) was the second of the three major treatises published by Martin Luther in 1520, coming after the Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (August 1520) and before On the Freedom of a Christian (November 1520). It was a theological treatise, and as such was published in Latin.
On the Bondage of the Will On the Bondage of the Will (Latin, De Servo Arbitrio, literally, "Concerning Bound Choice"), by Martin Luther, was published in December 1525. It was his reply to Desiderius Erasmus's De Libero Arbitrio or On Free Will, which had appeared in September 1524 as Erasmus's first public attack on Luther, after being wary about the methods of the reformer for many years.
On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (Danish: Om Begrebet Ironi med stadigt Hensyn til Socrates) is Søren Kierkegaard's university thesis paper that he submitted in 1841. This thesis is the culmination of three years of extensive study on Socrates, as seen from the view point of Xenophon, Aristophanes, and Plato.
On the Double (film) On The Double is a 1961 film, directed by Melville Shavelson, who also wrote the screenplay with Jack Rose. It stars Danny Kaye who plays, as in many of his films, two roles - in this case, an American soldier and a British General.
On the Downside On the Downside is an EP by the San Diego, California band Counterfit, released by Alphabet Records in 2000. It was the band's first EP, recorded shortly after the members had relocated to San Diego from Fairfield County, Connecticut.
On the Edge On the Edge is a 2001 motion picture directed by John Carney and starred Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson and Stephen Rea. It tells the story of a young Irishman named Jonathan Breech and his stay in a psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who impact greatly on his life.
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient ReasonIn German, Ăśber die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde was originally published as a doctoral dissertation in 1813. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer revised this important work and re-published it in 1847.
On the Freedom of a Christian On the Freedom of a Christian was the third of Martin Luther’s major reforming treatises of 1520, appearing after his Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (Aug. 1520) and the work Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, (October 1520).
On the Freedom of the Will On the Freedom of the Will was an essay presented to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences in 1839 by Arthur Schopenhauer as a response to the academic question that they had posed. They had asked "Is it possible to demonstrate human free will from self-consciousness?
On the Genealogy of Morals On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic (translation of Zur Genealogie der Moral: Eine Streitschrift, also translated On the Genealogy of Morality or Toward a Genealogy of Morals), is a polemical work of philosophy by Friedrich Nietzsche first published in 1887.
On the Good Ship Lollipop "On the Good Ship Lollipop" was the trademark song of child actress Shirley Temple. Temple first sang it in the 1934 movie Bright Eyes - coincidentally, at the 1934 Academy Awards she received an honorary statuette.
On the Grind (album) On The Grind is the 3rd album release by Big Noyd released by Monopolee Records, a company he founded. The album was worked on primarily by Noyd alone with the goal of it being directly for his fans with less reliance on Mobb Deep.
On the Jewish Question "On the Jewish Question" (German: "Zur Judenfrage") is an essay by Karl Marx written in autumn 1843 and first published in February 1844 in the Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher. It is one of Marx’s earliest essays.
On the Jews and Their Lies On the Jews and Their Lies () is a treatise written in January 1543 by Martin Luther, the German theologian, in which he advocated harsh persecution of the Jewish people, including that their synagogues and schools be set on fire, prayerbooks destroyed, rabbis forbidden to preach, homes razed, and property and money confiscated. Luther argued that Jews should be shown no mercy or kindness,Michael, Robert.
On the Leyline On The Leyline is the forth coming album from Ocean Colour Scene to be released sometime in March/April of 2007. To this point, few details about this album have been released although some songs have been played at the Christmas UK Tour
On the Liberty of the Rodians On the Liberty of the Rodians (Greek:) is one of the first political orations of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes. It was delivered in 351 BC, probably after the First Philippic, and constitutes one of the initial political interventions of Demosthenes.
On the Little Street in Singapore On A Little Street In Singapore is a jazz song written by Peter De Rose and Billy Hill. Though now obscure, it had some measure of popularity in the 1930s and 40s, marked by a number of high-profile performances.
On the Lot On the Lot is the title of a recently-announced upcoming reality show competition produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. The show, which will air on FOX, will feature filmmakers competing in weekly elimination competitions, with the ultimate prize of a million dollar development deal at DreamWorks.
On the Nameless Height On The Nameless Height (Russian: "На безымянной выŃоте" [Na bezymyannoi vysote]) is a Russian-Belarusian film set in the Second World War, about the relationship between Soviet officer Kolya Malakhov (Alexey Chadov) and sniper Olga Pozdneyeva (Victoria Tolstoganova). Malakhov is accompanied by his military translator.
On the Nature of Things [his didactic poem, the Roman philosopher and poet Lucretius] argued (among many things) that everything in the universe is composed of tiny atoms moving about in an infinite void, rather than being the creation of deities as was common belief.
On the Navy On the Navy ( Greek:) is the first political oration of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes. It was delivered in 354 BC and constitutes one of the initial political interventions of Demosthenes.
On the Night On the Night is the third live album by Dire Straits, after Alchemy and Live at the BBC, which was released in 1995, but recorded much earlier. It features many of their later hits, including the successful singles "Walk Of Life" and "Money for Nothing.
On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude Über die Anzahl der Primzahlen unter einer gegebenen Größe (Usual English translation: On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude) is a seminal 8-page paper by Bernhard Riemann published in the November 1859 edition of the Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akadademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Although it is the only paper he ever published on number theory, it contains ideas which influenced thousands of researchers during the late 19th century and up to the present day.
On the Peace On the Peace ( Greek:) is one of the most famous political orations of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes. It was delivered in 346 BC and constitutes a political intervention of Demosthenes in favor of the Peace of Philocrates.
On the Personality Cult and its Consequences On the Personality Cult and its Consequences (), commonly known as the Secret Speech or the Khrushchev report, was a report to the 20th Party Congress on February 25 1956 by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, in which he denounced the actions of Joseph Stalin.
On the Plurality of Worlds On the Plurality of Worlds (1986) is an influential book by the philosopher David Lewis that defends the thesis of modal realism, "the thesis that the world we are part of is but one of a plurality of worlds," as he writes in the Preface, "and that we who inhabit this world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds." The book is divided into four chapters.
On the Radio (Donna Summer song) "On the Radio" is a single by Donna Summer released in 1979. It was written for the soundtrack to the film Foxes and included on Summer's first international compilation album On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2.
On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 On The Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 is a double compilation album released by Donna Summer in 1979. It was her fourth consecutive double album, and also made her the first person ever to take three consecutive double albums to the Number One spot on the U.
On the Razzle "On the Razzle" is a euphemism often used in the British press to describe the actions of a celebrity who has drunk, or is about to drink, a considerable amount of alcohol. A night "on the razzle" does not carry completely negative connotations; it is only used to describe someone as having enjoyed themselves.
On the Razzle (play) On the Razzle is Tom Stoppard's 1981 adaptation of Johann Nestroy's Viennese play Einen Jux will er sich machen (roughly, "He Will Have His Way"). Nestroy's play already had been adapted by Thornton Wilder twice: the first version, entitled The Merchant of Yonkers (1938), was far more faithful to the original material, but the second version, renamed The Matchmaker, added the crucial character of Dolly Gallagher Levi, who later became the heroine of the Jerry Herman musical hit, Hello, Dolly!.
On the Record (musical revue) On the Record (sometimes referred to as Disney's On the Record) is a jukebox musical revue featuring many classic songs from a variety of live action and animated films and television series produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Broadway musical plays produced by Walt Disney Theatrical, and even Disneyland attractions. This theatrical celebration of 75 years of Disney music tells the story of four singers recording a greatest hits album in a magical recording studio.
On the Ride (Concert DVD) On The Ride is a live concert filmed in Los Angeles in 2005, and released in 2006 to help promote the Aly & AJ album Into The Rush. The film was written, produced and stars sisters Alyson Michalka and Amanda Michalka, along with also being directed by Alyson Michalka.
On the Road On the Road is a novel by Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. This largely autobiographical work, written as a stream of consciousness and based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America, is often considered a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation that was inspired by jazz, poetry, and drug experiences.
On the Road (The String Cheese Incident) On the Road is the name given to the String Cheese Incident's taping project that exhaustively documents almost all of their live concerts and presents a refined version of each show's soundboard matrix mix in a three-disc set (also occasionally two or four, depending on a show's length). Starting with their spring 2002 tour, the band has released nearly every concert they have played through their independent record label, SCI Fidelity.
On the Road Again (Canned Heat song) "On the Road Again" is a song by the blues group Canned Heat released as a single in August 1968. It reached the top ten on the Top 40 popular music charts and appeared on their 1968 album Boogie with Canned Heat, as well as the 1969 compilation The Canned Heat Cookbook.
On the Run (Pink Floyd song) "On the Run" is the third trackThe track number depends upon the edition of the album; some releases merge the two tracks "Speak to Me" and "Breathe," for instance. from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon.
On the Soul On the Soul (Greek (Perì Psūchês), Latin De Anima) is a major treatise by Aristotle, outlining his philosophical views on the nature of living things. His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by the different life-processes those organisms go through.
On the Street Where You Live "On the Street Where You Live" is a song from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady which later garnered great popularity as a single release. It features music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and has been recorded on many occasions by a variety of performers (including Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, David Whitfield, and Richard Clayderman since its publication in 1956.
On the Sunny Side of the Street "On the Sunny Side of the Street" is a 1930 song composed by Jimmy McHugh, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Having become a jazz standard, it was played (usually as an instrumental) by such greats as Dave Brubeck, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Errol Garner, and Count Basie.
On the Television On the Television was the cable network Nick at Nite’s first attempt at original late-night programming. The sketch comedy show, can be described as a saterical television critic show in the style of Siskel and Ebert.
On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection is the title of a joint presentation of two scientific papers to the Linnean Society of London on 1 July 1858; On The Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type by Alfred Russel Wallace and an Extract from an unpublished Work on Species from Charles Darwin's Essay of 1844, together with an Abstract of a Letter from Darwin to Asa Gray. This was the first publication of the Darwin – Wallace theory of evolution by natural selection.
On the Track of Unknown Animals On the Track of Unknown Animals is a cryptozoological book by French author Bernard Heuvelmans that was first published in 1958. On the Track of Unknown Animals discusses cryptoids from all over the world including Yeti, "The Giant Anaconda" and many others.
On the Transmigration of Souls On the Transmigration of Souls, for orchestra, chorus, children’s choir and pre-recorded tape is a composition by composer John Adams commissioned by The New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center’s Great Performers (and an anonymous but well known New York family) shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks. The music was premiered by the New York Philharmonic on 19 September 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall.
On the Waterfront On the Waterfront is an American 1954 film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen, and it has become a standard of its kind. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and stars Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden and Lee J.
On the Way Down "On The Way Down" is the debut single of Ryan Cabrera released from his 2004 studio album Take It All Away. Won 2006 ASCAP Pop Award for most performed song of that year Co-written with hitmakers Curt Frasca] and [[Sabelle Breer, the team behind hits for Stacie Oricco and Avril Lavigne.
On the Way to Cape May "On The Way To Cape May" is a song that was written by Maurice "Buddy" Nugent according to BMI and the The Philadelphia Inquirer. It circulated from one band to another around the South Jersey shore area in the second half of the 20th Century.
On to Victory "On to Victory" is the recognized fight song for the University of New Hampshire, typically played by the UNH Wildcat Marching Band and UNH Pep Band. Originally titled "The Line Up", it was written by Florence V.
On The Edge Church On The Edge Church (also known as "On The Edge") is an evangelical Christian church in Sumter, South Carolina that was launched in the summer of 2006. On The Edge is a Purpose Driven, Emergent Church with focus on the unchurched and individuals seeking a non-traditional church.
On The Make On The Make is an alternative rock/alternative metal band from Winchester, Massachusetts, a small town in the northern Greater Boston area. They blend melodic hard rock with harsher metal elements, such as heavy breakdowns, occasional screaming, and low tunings (often using 7-string guitars).
On The Might Of Princes Since their inception in 1998, Long Island, NY band On The Might Of Princes has been creating their own dynamic sound, fusing melody and technical madness, all intertwined through dramatic guitar progressions, fast leads, a tight rhythm section and their notably introspective lyrics. On The Might Of Princes have already made a name for themselves through consistent touring including some festival shows, such as Hellfest and Magicfest.
On The Moon Anything can happen On The Moon (shortened to On The Moon) is a Flash cartoon series animated by Peter Murray Hill of Auriol Productions and available on the website Weebl's Stuff. Written by Hill (aka Peabo), Jonti Picking (aka Weebl) and more often than not, Chris Vick (aka Skoo), the series is set on the Moon, and concerns the bizarre life of the satellite's inhabitants.
On The Nameless Height (song) On The Nameless Height (Russian: "На безымянной выŃоте") was one of the Soviet songs during the World War II. The text was written by Mikhail Matusovskiy in 1963 and music by Veniamin Basner.
On The Road With Ellison Volume 1 First released in 1983 as an extremely limited edition vinyl album, On The Road With Ellison Volume 1 was reissued on CD in 2001 by Deep Shag Records. The CD features liner notes written by Harlan specifically for the release.
On The Road With Ellison Volume 2 Released in 2004 by Deep Shag Records, On The Road With Ellison Volume 2 is a collection of humorous and thought provoking moments from the vaults of Harlan Ellison. The CD features a new essay written by Harlan for this release.
On Thorns I Lay On Thorns I Lay is a metal band founded in 1992 in Athens, Greece, under the name of "Phlebotomy". At their beginning, they had a style that was close to doom metal, but, little by little, it evolved towards gothic metal, emphasizing melancolic themes or alternately, in the way of the band Theatre of Tragedy, having cavernous masculine voices and soprano feminine voices.
On Top (film) Með allt á hreinu is an Icelandic musical comedy from 1982, directed by Icelandic director ĂgĂşst Guðmundsson. The film, which has achieved cult status in Iceland, tells the story of two bands (one all-male and one all-female) who go on a tour together and then become engaged in a rivalry, which ends when the leaders of the two bands fall in love.
On Top of Spaghetti "On Top of Spaghetti" is a well-known folk song and children's song written and originally performed by folk singer Tom Glazer in 1963. The song is sung to the tune of "On Top of Old Smoky", based on a version heard from his own children in Westchester County, New York (Simon 128).
On water reaction On water reactions are a group of organic reactions that take place as an emulsion in water and that exhibit an unusual reaction rate acceleration compared to the same reaction in an organic solvent or compared to the corresponding dry media reaction. This effect has been known for many years but in 2005 researchers in the group of K.
On War Vom Kriege (complete text available here) is a book on war and military strategy by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz, written mostly after the Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, and published posthumously by his wife in 1832. It has been translated into English several times as On War (complete 1873 text available here).
On Yixing Tea Pot On Yixing Tea Pot(éłçľˇčŚ—ĺŁ¶çł» Yangxian Min Hu Xi) is a book about Yixing tea pot written by Ming dynasty author Zhou Gaochi(周é«čµ·) ca 1640. In this book, Zhou provided a detail account on the origin and history of Yixing tea pot, followed by and account of the great masters and their disciples.
On Your Own (The Verve song) "On Your Own" is a song by British rock band The Verve, and is featured on their second album, A Northern Soul. It was released 12 June 1995 as the second single from the album charting at #28 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1995 in British music).
On Your Way Home There's a little more electric instrumentation here on On Your Way Home than in her two preceding bluegrassy albums, Mountain Soul and Bluegrass & White Snow, giving the album a more modern (and commercial) flavor, but not to the degree of most current so-called "country" music. It's still very down-homey, but has the popular appeal that Patty Loveless's albums have always had.
On-Board Data Handling The On-Board Data Handling (OBDH) subsystem of a Spacecraft is the subsystem which carries and stores data between the various electronics units and the ground segment, via the Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TTC) subsystem.
On-glaze decoration In-glaze is a method of decorating ceramic articles, where the decoration is applied after it has been glazed. When the ware is fired, or re-fired in the case of twice fired ware, the colours fuse into the glaze and so the decoration becoming durable.
On-line and off-line The terms on-line and off-line have specific meanings with respect to computer technology and telecommunication. The concepts have however been extended from their computing and telecommunication meanings into the area of human interaction and conversation.
On-line book An on-line book is an eBook that is available online through the Internet, whether or not distributed free. It differs from an ebook, because many eBooks are released in formats to be directly inserted into a reader, such as a CD.
On-Line Isotope Mass Separator The On-Line Isotope Mass Separator, also known as the ISOLDE Radioactive Ion Beam Facility, is a particle physics facility located at CERN on the PS Booster. It started operating in 1967 and was rebuilt twice with major upgrades in 1974 and 1992.
On-Media Voice Acting Division On-Media Voice Acting Division (Korean:ě¨ëŻ¸ë””ě–´ 성우극회) is one of entertainment major national South Korean voice actor company. It is particularly famous for its Anime and Movie, Documentary, other Broadcasts.
On-off keying On-off keying (OOK) is a type of modulation that represents digital data as the presence or absence of a carrier wave. In its simplest form, the presence of a carrier for a specific duration represents a binary one, while its absence for the same duration represents a binary zero.
On-ride camera An on-ride camera is a camera mounted along side the track of a roller coaster (or a similar ride) that automatically photographs all of the riders on passing trains. They are usually mounted at the most intense part of the ride, resulting in the funniest possible pictures.
On-screen clichés On-screen clichés are frequently used (and often hackneyed) narrative tropes, devices, plots, settings and characters that can be found on television and in film. This article comprises a general list of such clichés, and most mentioned within this article can be and usually are applicable to both live-action and/or animated film and television.
On-screen keyboard An on-screen keyboard, or virtual keyboard, is a graphical computer keyboard that enables people with physical disabilities to use a computer. If a person is not able to push the keys on an ordinary keyboard, he or she can push the keys on a virtual keyboard (picture) shown on the screen.
On-to-Ottawa Trek The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a 1935 social movement of unemployed men protesting the dismal conditions in federal relief camps scattered in remote areas across Western Canada. The men lived and worked in these camps at a rate of twenty cents per day before walking out on strike in April 1935.
On-topic A contribution is on-topic if it is within the bounds of the current discussion and off-topic if not. The terms are normally used in the context of mailing lists, discussion groups, discussion forums, bulletin boards, newsgroups, and wikis.
On-The-Fly Calibration An On-The-Fly Calibration (OTFC) system calibrates data when a user's request for the data is processed so that users can obtain data that are calibrated with up-to-date calibration files, parameters, and software.
On-U Sound Records On-U Sound Records is an English record label best known for releasing its own unique flavour of dub music since the 1980s. The label is owned by producer Adrian Sherwood and home to acts such as Tackhead, Dub Syndicate, African Head Charge, The London Underground, Little Annie, Creation Rebel, Mark Stewart, Gary Clail, New Age Steppers, Audio Active, Asian Dub Foundation, and others.
On2 Technologies On2 Technologies (), formerly known as "The Duck Corporation", is a small publicly-traded company (on the American Stock Exchange) that designs proprietary video codec technology. Some of its codec designs are known as VP3, VP4 VP5, TrueMotion VP6, and TrueMotion VP7.
Ona Grauer Ona Grauer is a Mexican-born Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of the Ancient Ayiana in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. Her mother worked as a caterer on MacGyver which also starred Stargate SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson.
Ona JukneviÄŤienÄ— Ona JukneviÄŤienÄ— (born April 28, 1955 in Trakai) is a Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party; part of the European Democrat Party and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Ona Zee Ona Zee (born Ona Zimmerman on March 3, 1954 in Los Angeles, California , USA) is an American porn star and model. She is sometimes credited as Joanna Collins , Ona Simms , Ona Simms Wiegells , Ona Simms Wiegers or Ona Z.
Ona, West Virginia Ona is a small unincorporated community along US 60 (the old Midland Trail) in Cabell County, West Virginia. It is situated roughly half-way between the towns of Barboursville to the west and Milton to the east.
On My Own (song) "On My Own" was a hit duet by singers Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald when it was released as a single in 1986. It was released from LaBelle's first platinum album, Winner in You and was written and produced by Burt Bacharach and his former wife Carole Bayer Sager.
On My Way to Paradise On My Way to Paradise is a novel by Dave Wolverton and was published in 1989 by Bantam Books. It is set in the far future depicting a man who is running from an everchanging and frightening world of war and politics.
On Nature's Trail On Nature's Trail was a television show produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting in Owings Mills, Maryland in 1978. The show featured Elmer and Jean Worthley observing and discussing plants growing at different locations in Baltimore County, Maryland.
On Numbers and Games On Numbers and Games is a mathematics book by John Horton Conway. The book is a serious mathematics book, written by a preeminent mathematician, and is directed at other mathematicians; although its topic is thoroughly serious, it is developed in a most playful and unpretentious manner.
On Old Age On Old Age was an essay written by Cicero in 44 BC on the subject of aging and death. In addition to its profound subject matter, it has remained popular because its clear and beautiful language have made it a useful example for teaching Latin to students.
On Our Backs On Our Backs was the first women-run erotica magazine and the first magazine to feature lesbian erotica for a lesbian audience. The magazine was first published in 1984 by Debi Sundahl and Myrna Elana, with the contributions of Susie Bright, Nan Kinney, Honey Lee Cottrell, Dawn Lewis, Happy Hyder, Tee Corinne, Jewelle Gomez, Judith Stein, Joan Nestle, Pat Califia, Morgan Gwenwald, Katie Niles, Noreen Scully, Sarita Johnson, and many others.
On Paradise Drive : How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense On Paradise Drive is the second book written by moderate conservative New York Times commentator David Brooks, four years after his first book, Bobos in Paradise. Using a similar style, his second work seeks to make a connection between the oft-maligned material strivings of middle-class Americans and a more profound focus on one's future, which he believes to be deeply ingrained in American society.
On Play Patterns On Play Patterns is a Q and Not U EP that was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in January 2002 and released on Dischord Records in April 2002 on both CD and 7" formats. It was produced and engineered by Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara.
On Point On Point is a two-hour call-in radio show hosted by Tom Ashbrook and produced by Boston, Massachusetts' WBUR. It is distributed to over 60 public radio stations across the United States by National Public Radio; in Boston, it is broadcast from 10:00 a.
On Raglan Road "On Raglan Road" is a well-known 1946 poem by Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh named for Raglan Road in Dublin, Ireland. It was also intended by Kavanagh to serve as lyrics to the traditional Irish air "The Dawning of the Day.
On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez ("Let's calm down and drink fresh in Saint-Tropez") (1987) is the last movie made by French film-maker Max Pécas. It is also the last one of his "Saint-Tropez" trilogy.
On Safari On Safari was a children's game show series set in the jungle that was produced by Television South, and aired on the ITV network for 4 seasons from 1982 until 1985. The show was hosted by Christopher Biggins and, for the first season, was co-hosted by future EastEnders actress Gillian Taylforth.
On Shaw Ming On Shaw Ming is a Singapore shooter who shot to fame when he unexpectedly won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He finished in a three-way tie with favourite Samaresh Jung of India and Gregory Yelavich of New Zealand on 578 points.
On Site with Thomas Jack and the Pack is a direct-to-video release for the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series, much like the movie: Calling All Engines. These thirteen episodes feature the return of the Sodor Construction Company, better known as The Pack, their first appearance since Season 6.
On Spec On Spec is a digest-sized, perfect-bound, Canadian quarterly magazine publishing stories and poetry in science fiction, fantasy, and allied genres. It started publishing in 1989, and is based in Edmonton, Alberta.
On Sphere-Making On Sphere-Making is the title of a lost work by Archimedes, mentioned by Pappus of Alexandria. It is believed to have described the construction of orreries or astronomical clocks akin to the Antikythera mechanism.
On the Air Live with Captain Midnight On the Air Live with Captain Midnight is a 1979 movie directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian with Tracy Sebastian as Marvin Ziegler, aka Captain Midnight, who runs his own pirate radio station and become an underground cult hit.
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" is a popular song which refers to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It was written for the 1946 movie, The Harvey Girls, where it was sung by Judy Garland.
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (October 1520) was the second of the three major treatises published by Martin Luther in 1520, coming after the Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (August 1520) and before On the Freedom of a Christian (November 1520). It was a theological treatise, and as such was published in Latin.
On the Bondage of the Will On the Bondage of the Will (Latin, De Servo Arbitrio, literally, "Concerning Bound Choice"), by Martin Luther, was published in December 1525. It was his reply to Desiderius Erasmus's De Libero Arbitrio or On Free Will, which had appeared in September 1524 as Erasmus's first public attack on Luther, after being wary about the methods of the reformer for many years.
On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (Danish: Om Begrebet Ironi med stadigt Hensyn til Socrates) is Søren Kierkegaard's university thesis paper that he submitted in 1841. This thesis is the culmination of three years of extensive study on Socrates, as seen from the view point of Xenophon, Aristophanes, and Plato.
On the Double (film) On The Double is a 1961 film, directed by Melville Shavelson, who also wrote the screenplay with Jack Rose. It stars Danny Kaye who plays, as in many of his films, two roles - in this case, an American soldier and a British General.
On the Downside On the Downside is an EP by the San Diego, California band Counterfit, released by Alphabet Records in 2000. It was the band's first EP, recorded shortly after the members had relocated to San Diego from Fairfield County, Connecticut.
On the Edge On the Edge is a 2001 motion picture directed by John Carney and starred Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson and Stephen Rea. It tells the story of a young Irishman named Jonathan Breech and his stay in a psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who impact greatly on his life.
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient ReasonIn German, Ăśber die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde was originally published as a doctoral dissertation in 1813. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer revised this important work and re-published it in 1847.
On the Freedom of a Christian On the Freedom of a Christian was the third of Martin Luther’s major reforming treatises of 1520, appearing after his Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (Aug. 1520) and the work Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, (October 1520).
On the Freedom of the Will On the Freedom of the Will was an essay presented to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences in 1839 by Arthur Schopenhauer as a response to the academic question that they had posed. They had asked "Is it possible to demonstrate human free will from self-consciousness?
On the Genealogy of Morals On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic (translation of Zur Genealogie der Moral: Eine Streitschrift, also translated On the Genealogy of Morality or Toward a Genealogy of Morals), is a polemical work of philosophy by Friedrich Nietzsche first published in 1887.
On the Good Ship Lollipop "On the Good Ship Lollipop" was the trademark song of child actress Shirley Temple. Temple first sang it in the 1934 movie Bright Eyes - coincidentally, at the 1934 Academy Awards she received an honorary statuette.
On the Grind (album) On The Grind is the 3rd album release by Big Noyd released by Monopolee Records, a company he founded. The album was worked on primarily by Noyd alone with the goal of it being directly for his fans with less reliance on Mobb Deep.
On the Jewish Question "On the Jewish Question" (German: "Zur Judenfrage") is an essay by Karl Marx written in autumn 1843 and first published in February 1844 in the Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher. It is one of Marx’s earliest essays.
On the Jews and Their Lies On the Jews and Their Lies () is a treatise written in January 1543 by Martin Luther, the German theologian, in which he advocated harsh persecution of the Jewish people, including that their synagogues and schools be set on fire, prayerbooks destroyed, rabbis forbidden to preach, homes razed, and property and money confiscated. Luther argued that Jews should be shown no mercy or kindness,Michael, Robert.
On the Leyline On The Leyline is the forth coming album from Ocean Colour Scene to be released sometime in March/April of 2007. To this point, few details about this album have been released although some songs have been played at the Christmas UK Tour
On the Liberty of the Rodians On the Liberty of the Rodians (Greek:) is one of the first political orations of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes. It was delivered in 351 BC, probably after the First Philippic, and constitutes one of the initial political interventions of Demosthenes.
On the Little Street in Singapore On A Little Street In Singapore is a jazz song written by Peter De Rose and Billy Hill. Though now obscure, it had some measure of popularity in the 1930s and 40s, marked by a number of high-profile performances.
On the Lot On the Lot is the title of a recently-announced upcoming reality show competition produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. The show, which will air on FOX, will feature filmmakers competing in weekly elimination competitions, with the ultimate prize of a million dollar development deal at DreamWorks.
On the Nameless Height On The Nameless Height (Russian: "На безымянной выŃоте" [Na bezymyannoi vysote]) is a Russian-Belarusian film set in the Second World War, about the relationship between Soviet officer Kolya Malakhov (Alexey Chadov) and sniper Olga Pozdneyeva (Victoria Tolstoganova). Malakhov is accompanied by his military translator.
On the Nature of Things [his didactic poem, the Roman philosopher and poet Lucretius] argued (among many things) that everything in the universe is composed of tiny atoms moving about in an infinite void, rather than being the creation of deities as was common belief.
On the Navy On the Navy ( Greek:) is the first political oration of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes. It was delivered in 354 BC and constitutes one of the initial political interventions of Demosthenes.
On the Night On the Night is the third live album by Dire Straits, after Alchemy and Live at the BBC, which was released in 1995, but recorded much earlier. It features many of their later hits, including the successful singles "Walk Of Life" and "Money for Nothing.
On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude Über die Anzahl der Primzahlen unter einer gegebenen Größe (Usual English translation: On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude) is a seminal 8-page paper by Bernhard Riemann published in the November 1859 edition of the Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akadademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Although it is the only paper he ever published on number theory, it contains ideas which influenced thousands of researchers during the late 19th century and up to the present day.
On the Peace On the Peace ( Greek:) is one of the most famous political orations of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes. It was delivered in 346 BC and constitutes a political intervention of Demosthenes in favor of the Peace of Philocrates.
On the Personality Cult and its Consequences On the Personality Cult and its Consequences (), commonly known as the Secret Speech or the Khrushchev report, was a report to the 20th Party Congress on February 25 1956 by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, in which he denounced the actions of Joseph Stalin.
On the Plurality of Worlds On the Plurality of Worlds (1986) is an influential book by the philosopher David Lewis that defends the thesis of modal realism, "the thesis that the world we are part of is but one of a plurality of worlds," as he writes in the Preface, "and that we who inhabit this world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds." The book is divided into four chapters.
On the Radio (Donna Summer song) "On the Radio" is a single by Donna Summer released in 1979. It was written for the soundtrack to the film Foxes and included on Summer's first international compilation album On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2.
On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 On The Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 is a double compilation album released by Donna Summer in 1979. It was her fourth consecutive double album, and also made her the first person ever to take three consecutive double albums to the Number One spot on the U.
On the Razzle "On the Razzle" is a euphemism often used in the British press to describe the actions of a celebrity who has drunk, or is about to drink, a considerable amount of alcohol. A night "on the razzle" does not carry completely negative connotations; it is only used to describe someone as having enjoyed themselves.
On the Razzle (play) On the Razzle is Tom Stoppard's 1981 adaptation of Johann Nestroy's Viennese play Einen Jux will er sich machen (roughly, "He Will Have His Way"). Nestroy's play already had been adapted by Thornton Wilder twice: the first version, entitled The Merchant of Yonkers (1938), was far more faithful to the original material, but the second version, renamed The Matchmaker, added the crucial character of Dolly Gallagher Levi, who later became the heroine of the Jerry Herman musical hit, Hello, Dolly!.
On the Record (musical revue) On the Record (sometimes referred to as Disney's On the Record) is a jukebox musical revue featuring many classic songs from a variety of live action and animated films and television series produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Broadway musical plays produced by Walt Disney Theatrical, and even Disneyland attractions. This theatrical celebration of 75 years of Disney music tells the story of four singers recording a greatest hits album in a magical recording studio.
On the Ride (Concert DVD) On The Ride is a live concert filmed in Los Angeles in 2005, and released in 2006 to help promote the Aly & AJ album Into The Rush. The film was written, produced and stars sisters Alyson Michalka and Amanda Michalka, along with also being directed by Alyson Michalka.
On the Road On the Road is a novel by Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. This largely autobiographical work, written as a stream of consciousness and based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America, is often considered a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation that was inspired by jazz, poetry, and drug experiences.
On the Road (The String Cheese Incident) On the Road is the name given to the String Cheese Incident's taping project that exhaustively documents almost all of their live concerts and presents a refined version of each show's soundboard matrix mix in a three-disc set (also occasionally two or four, depending on a show's length). Starting with their spring 2002 tour, the band has released nearly every concert they have played through their independent record label, SCI Fidelity.
On the Road Again (Canned Heat song) "On the Road Again" is a song by the blues group Canned Heat released as a single in August 1968. It reached the top ten on the Top 40 popular music charts and appeared on their 1968 album Boogie with Canned Heat, as well as the 1969 compilation The Canned Heat Cookbook.
On the Run (Pink Floyd song) "On the Run" is the third trackThe track number depends upon the edition of the album; some releases merge the two tracks "Speak to Me" and "Breathe," for instance. from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon.
On the Soul On the Soul (Greek (Perì Psūchês), Latin De Anima) is a major treatise by Aristotle, outlining his philosophical views on the nature of living things. His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by the different life-processes those organisms go through.
On the Street Where You Live "On the Street Where You Live" is a song from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady which later garnered great popularity as a single release. It features music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and has been recorded on many occasions by a variety of performers (including Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, David Whitfield, and Richard Clayderman since its publication in 1956.
On the Sunny Side of the Street "On the Sunny Side of the Street" is a 1930 song composed by Jimmy McHugh, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Having become a jazz standard, it was played (usually as an instrumental) by such greats as Dave Brubeck, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Errol Garner, and Count Basie.
On the Television On the Television was the cable network Nick at Nite’s first attempt at original late-night programming. The sketch comedy show, can be described as a saterical television critic show in the style of Siskel and Ebert.
On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection is the title of a joint presentation of two scientific papers to the Linnean Society of London on 1 July 1858; On The Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type by Alfred Russel Wallace and an Extract from an unpublished Work on Species from Charles Darwin's Essay of 1844, together with an Abstract of a Letter from Darwin to Asa Gray. This was the first publication of the Darwin – Wallace theory of evolution by natural selection.
On the Track of Unknown Animals On the Track of Unknown Animals is a cryptozoological book by French author Bernard Heuvelmans that was first published in 1958. On the Track of Unknown Animals discusses cryptoids from all over the world including Yeti, "The Giant Anaconda" and many others.
On the Transmigration of Souls On the Transmigration of Souls, for orchestra, chorus, children’s choir and pre-recorded tape is a composition by composer John Adams commissioned by The New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center’s Great Performers (and an anonymous but well known New York family) shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks. The music was premiered by the New York Philharmonic on 19 September 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall.
On the Waterfront On the Waterfront is an American 1954 film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen, and it has become a standard of its kind. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and stars Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden and Lee J.
On the Way Down "On The Way Down" is the debut single of Ryan Cabrera released from his 2004 studio album Take It All Away. Won 2006 ASCAP Pop Award for most performed song of that year Co-written with hitmakers Curt Frasca] and [[Sabelle Breer, the team behind hits for Stacie Oricco and Avril Lavigne.
On the Way to Cape May "On The Way To Cape May" is a song that was written by Maurice "Buddy" Nugent according to BMI and the The Philadelphia Inquirer. It circulated from one band to another around the South Jersey shore area in the second half of the 20th Century.
On to Victory "On to Victory" is the recognized fight song for the University of New Hampshire, typically played by the UNH Wildcat Marching Band and UNH Pep Band. Originally titled "The Line Up", it was written by Florence V.
On The Edge Church On The Edge Church (also known as "On The Edge") is an evangelical Christian church in Sumter, South Carolina that was launched in the summer of 2006. On The Edge is a Purpose Driven, Emergent Church with focus on the unchurched and individuals seeking a non-traditional church.
On The Make On The Make is an alternative rock/alternative metal band from Winchester, Massachusetts, a small town in the northern Greater Boston area. They blend melodic hard rock with harsher metal elements, such as heavy breakdowns, occasional screaming, and low tunings (often using 7-string guitars).
On The Might Of Princes Since their inception in 1998, Long Island, NY band On The Might Of Princes has been creating their own dynamic sound, fusing melody and technical madness, all intertwined through dramatic guitar progressions, fast leads, a tight rhythm section and their notably introspective lyrics. On The Might Of Princes have already made a name for themselves through consistent touring including some festival shows, such as Hellfest and Magicfest.
On The Moon Anything can happen On The Moon (shortened to On The Moon) is a Flash cartoon series animated by Peter Murray Hill of Auriol Productions and available on the website Weebl's Stuff. Written by Hill (aka Peabo), Jonti Picking (aka Weebl) and more often than not, Chris Vick (aka Skoo), the series is set on the Moon, and concerns the bizarre life of the satellite's inhabitants.
On The Nameless Height (song) On The Nameless Height (Russian: "На безымянной выŃоте") was one of the Soviet songs during the World War II. The text was written by Mikhail Matusovskiy in 1963 and music by Veniamin Basner.
On The Road With Ellison Volume 1 First released in 1983 as an extremely limited edition vinyl album, On The Road With Ellison Volume 1 was reissued on CD in 2001 by Deep Shag Records. The CD features liner notes written by Harlan specifically for the release.
On The Road With Ellison Volume 2 Released in 2004 by Deep Shag Records, On The Road With Ellison Volume 2 is a collection of humorous and thought provoking moments from the vaults of Harlan Ellison. The CD features a new essay written by Harlan for this release.
On Thorns I Lay On Thorns I Lay is a metal band founded in 1992 in Athens, Greece, under the name of "Phlebotomy". At their beginning, they had a style that was close to doom metal, but, little by little, it evolved towards gothic metal, emphasizing melancolic themes or alternately, in the way of the band Theatre of Tragedy, having cavernous masculine voices and soprano feminine voices.
On Top (film) Með allt á hreinu is an Icelandic musical comedy from 1982, directed by Icelandic director ĂgĂşst Guðmundsson. The film, which has achieved cult status in Iceland, tells the story of two bands (one all-male and one all-female) who go on a tour together and then become engaged in a rivalry, which ends when the leaders of the two bands fall in love.
On Top of Spaghetti "On Top of Spaghetti" is a well-known folk song and children's song written and originally performed by folk singer Tom Glazer in 1963. The song is sung to the tune of "On Top of Old Smoky", based on a version heard from his own children in Westchester County, New York (Simon 128).
On water reaction On water reactions are a group of organic reactions that take place as an emulsion in water and that exhibit an unusual reaction rate acceleration compared to the same reaction in an organic solvent or compared to the corresponding dry media reaction. This effect has been known for many years but in 2005 researchers in the group of K.
On War Vom Kriege (complete text available here) is a book on war and military strategy by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz, written mostly after the Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, and published posthumously by his wife in 1832. It has been translated into English several times as On War (complete 1873 text available here).
On Yixing Tea Pot On Yixing Tea Pot(éłçľˇčŚ—ĺŁ¶çł» Yangxian Min Hu Xi) is a book about Yixing tea pot written by Ming dynasty author Zhou Gaochi(周é«čµ·) ca 1640. In this book, Zhou provided a detail account on the origin and history of Yixing tea pot, followed by and account of the great masters and their disciples.
On Your Own (The Verve song) "On Your Own" is a song by British rock band The Verve, and is featured on their second album, A Northern Soul. It was released 12 June 1995 as the second single from the album charting at #28 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1995 in British music).
On Your Way Home There's a little more electric instrumentation here on On Your Way Home than in her two preceding bluegrassy albums, Mountain Soul and Bluegrass & White Snow, giving the album a more modern (and commercial) flavor, but not to the degree of most current so-called "country" music. It's still very down-homey, but has the popular appeal that Patty Loveless's albums have always had.
On-Board Data Handling The On-Board Data Handling (OBDH) subsystem of a Spacecraft is the subsystem which carries and stores data between the various electronics units and the ground segment, via the Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TTC) subsystem.
On-glaze decoration In-glaze is a method of decorating ceramic articles, where the decoration is applied after it has been glazed. When the ware is fired, or re-fired in the case of twice fired ware, the colours fuse into the glaze and so the decoration becoming durable.
On-line and off-line The terms on-line and off-line have specific meanings with respect to computer technology and telecommunication. The concepts have however been extended from their computing and telecommunication meanings into the area of human interaction and conversation.
On-line book An on-line book is an eBook that is available online through the Internet, whether or not distributed free. It differs from an ebook, because many eBooks are released in formats to be directly inserted into a reader, such as a CD.
On-Line Isotope Mass Separator The On-Line Isotope Mass Separator, also known as the ISOLDE Radioactive Ion Beam Facility, is a particle physics facility located at CERN on the PS Booster. It started operating in 1967 and was rebuilt twice with major upgrades in 1974 and 1992.
On-Media Voice Acting Division On-Media Voice Acting Division (Korean:ě¨ëŻ¸ë””ě–´ 성우극회) is one of entertainment major national South Korean voice actor company. It is particularly famous for its Anime and Movie, Documentary, other Broadcasts.
On-off keying On-off keying (OOK) is a type of modulation that represents digital data as the presence or absence of a carrier wave. In its simplest form, the presence of a carrier for a specific duration represents a binary one, while its absence for the same duration represents a binary zero.
On-ride camera An on-ride camera is a camera mounted along side the track of a roller coaster (or a similar ride) that automatically photographs all of the riders on passing trains. They are usually mounted at the most intense part of the ride, resulting in the funniest possible pictures.
On-screen clichés On-screen clichés are frequently used (and often hackneyed) narrative tropes, devices, plots, settings and characters that can be found on television and in film. This article comprises a general list of such clichés, and most mentioned within this article can be and usually are applicable to both live-action and/or animated film and television.
On-screen keyboard An on-screen keyboard, or virtual keyboard, is a graphical computer keyboard that enables people with physical disabilities to use a computer. If a person is not able to push the keys on an ordinary keyboard, he or she can push the keys on a virtual keyboard (picture) shown on the screen.
On-to-Ottawa Trek The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a 1935 social movement of unemployed men protesting the dismal conditions in federal relief camps scattered in remote areas across Western Canada. The men lived and worked in these camps at a rate of twenty cents per day before walking out on strike in April 1935.
On-topic A contribution is on-topic if it is within the bounds of the current discussion and off-topic if not. The terms are normally used in the context of mailing lists, discussion groups, discussion forums, bulletin boards, newsgroups, and wikis.
On-The-Fly Calibration An On-The-Fly Calibration (OTFC) system calibrates data when a user's request for the data is processed so that users can obtain data that are calibrated with up-to-date calibration files, parameters, and software.
On-U Sound Records On-U Sound Records is an English record label best known for releasing its own unique flavour of dub music since the 1980s. The label is owned by producer Adrian Sherwood and home to acts such as Tackhead, Dub Syndicate, African Head Charge, The London Underground, Little Annie, Creation Rebel, Mark Stewart, Gary Clail, New Age Steppers, Audio Active, Asian Dub Foundation, and others.
On2 Technologies On2 Technologies (), formerly known as "The Duck Corporation", is a small publicly-traded company (on the American Stock Exchange) that designs proprietary video codec technology. Some of its codec designs are known as VP3, VP4 VP5, TrueMotion VP6, and TrueMotion VP7.
Ona Grauer Ona Grauer is a Mexican-born Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of the Ancient Ayiana in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. Her mother worked as a caterer on MacGyver which also starred Stargate SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson.
Ona JukneviÄŤienÄ— Ona JukneviÄŤienÄ— (born April 28, 1955 in Trakai) is a Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party; part of the European Democrat Party and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Ona Zee Ona Zee (born Ona Zimmerman on March 3, 1954 in Los Angeles, California , USA) is an American porn star and model. She is sometimes credited as Joanna Collins , Ona Simms , Ona Simms Wiegells , Ona Simms Wiegers or Ona Z.
Ona, West Virginia Ona is a small unincorporated community along US 60 (the old Midland Trail) in Cabell County, West Virginia. It is situated roughly half-way between the towns of Barboursville to the west and Milton to the east.
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