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Occult The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to the 'knowledge of the secret' or 'knowledge of the hidden' and often popularly meaning 'knowledge of the supernatural', as opposed to 'knowledge of the visible' or 'knowledge of the measurable', usually referred to as science. The term is sometimes popularly taken to mean 'knowledge meant only for certain people' or 'knowledge that must be kept hidden', but for most practicing occultists it is simply the study of a deeper spiritual "reality" that extends beyond pure reason and the physical sciences.
Occult Crimes Taskforce Occult Crimes Taskforce is a comic book series created by New York City born actress Rosario Dawson. Originally set to be published by IDW Publishing but instead it's set to be published in 2007 by 12 Gache Comics.
Occulting disk A small disk used in a telescope to block the view of a bright object in order to allow observation of a fainter one. The coronagraph, at its simplest, is an occulting disk in the focal plane of a telescope, or in front of the entrance aperture, that blocks out the image of the solar disk, so that the corona can be seen.
Occulture Occulture is a portmanteau of the words "occult" and "culture" and is typically used to describe the many overlapping subcultures made up of those who study the occult, alternative religion, magick, consciousness exploration and Fortean phenomena, and the paranormal. In a broader sense, occulture may be simply understood as the hidden side of culture.
Occupation (Battlestar Galactica) Occupation is the season premiere of the third season of Battlestar Galactica. In between season 3 and season 2's finale, Lay Down Your Burdens, occurs the webisodic shorts series Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance.
Occupation (protest) An occupation, as an act of protest, is the entry into and holding of a building, space or symbolic site. As such, occupations often combine some of the following elements: a challenge to ownership of the space involved, an effort to gain public attention, the practical use of the facilities occupied, and a redefinition of the occupied space.
Occupation Magazine Occupation Magazine (Hebrew מגזין הכיבוש) is an Israeli online publication, updated daily, collecting information and commentary in English and Hebrew concerning the Palestinian Occupied Territories.
Occupation of Ä°zmir The Occupation of Ä°zmir (Smyrna) is the Greek rule in Smyrna district by Greek forces by High Commissioner Aristidis Stergiadis aligned with partitioning of the Ottoman Empire by the Allies after the Armistice of Mudros, before which no military hostilities between Greece and the Ottoman Empire existed during World War I. The occupation was considered by some Turkish sources as the catalyst for the Turkish national movementMustafa Kemal Pasha's speech in Ankara in November 1919 from "Soylev ve demecler".
Occupation of Baltic Republics The occupation of Baltic Republics generally refers to the occupation of the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) by the Soviet Union, then Nazi Germany, and then Soviets again during World War II, and to the Soviet presence in the Baltics from 1945 until the re-establishment of their independence. Russia continues to maintain the Soviet Union liberated the Baltic states.
Occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany Occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany. When the Soviet Union invaded Poland on September 17 1939, following the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact's secret protocol, much of what had been Eastern Poland was annexed to Byelorussian SSR.
Occupation of Denmark Germany's occupation of Denmark was commenced by Operation WeserĂĽbung 9 April 1940, and lasted until the German forces withdrew at the end of World War II following their surrender to Allied forces on 5 May 1945. Contrary to the situation in other countries under German occupations during the war, most Danish institutions continued to function relatively unaffected until 1943.
Occupation of Istanbul The Occupation of Istanbul (Constantinople) was a military occupation, November 13 1918 - October 1923, of the capital of the Ottoman Empire after the Armistice of Mudros of World War I by the Triple Entente forces. The occupation had two stages.
Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945 Occupation of Latvia refers to the military occupation and the rule over Latvia by two external powers: first, by the USSR from June 1940 to 1941, then the subsequent occupation by Nazi Germany 1941-1944, and finally its reoccupation by the USSR beginning in 1944 through the end of World War II. Latvia, its neighbours, most Western European countries as well as the USA never recognized Soviet annexation of the Baltic States de jure, and thus view the occupation as one that continued until the de facto restoration of sovereignty the Republic of Latvia in its territory in 1991.
Occupation of Nicaragua The United States occupied Nicaragua from 1909-1933 and intervened in the country several times before that. The American interventions in Nicaragua were designed to prevent the construction of a trans-isthmian canal by any nation but the USA.
Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Starting with the invasion of April 9, 1940, Norway was under military occupation of German forces and civil rule of a German commissioner in collaboration with a Pro-German puppet government. The occupation ended May 10, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe.
Occupation of Palestine The term occupation of Palestine almost always refers to the post-1967 Israeli occupation of territories, outside the Green Line (Israel), a hotly disputed issue in the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel does not refer to its control over certain of these territories as occupation.
Occupation of The Shire The Occupation of the Shire occurred during the year 3019 (1419 in the Shire reckoning) of the Third Age of Middle Earth. It was orchestrated by the wizard Saruman and carried out by his henchmen during his absence.
Occupation of Vojvodina, 1941-1944 The Occupation of Vojvodina (a region in modern Serbia) from 1941 to 1944 was carried out by Nazi Germany, Horthy's Hungary and Independent State of Croatia. During World War II, in 1941, Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Yugoslavia.
Occupation statute The Occupation Statute of Germany (German: Besatzungsstatut) of April 10, 1949 specified the roles and responsabilities of the newly created German government and the Allied High Commission in West Germany. It was drawn up by American, British, and French representatives and was in rule until the Treaties of Paris came into power on May 5, 1955.
Occupation: Foole Occupation: Foole is the fourth album released by United States comedian George Carlin. It was recorded on March 2 and 3, 1973 at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, California, and released in October of that year.
Occupational crime Occupational crime is crime that is committed through opportunity created in the course of legal occupation. Thefts of company property, vandalism, the misuse of information and may other activities come under the rubric of occupational crime.
Occupational disease An occupational disease is any recognized chronic ailment that is known to occur in a given body of workers in a given industry at a rate far higher than occurs in the general population, and includes diseases that are only known among workers in a given industry and no-where else (such as Black Lung Disease among coal miners). It excludes occupational hazards that are of a traumatic nature that are common in an industry (such as falls by roofers).
Occupational lung disease These are a specific branch of Occupational Diseases concerned primarily with work related exposures to harmful substances, be they dusts or gases, and the subsequent pulmonary disorders that may occur as a result. Substances known to cause lung disease include coal dust, Asbestos, Silicon (which is usually in the form of quartz) and Barium.
Occupational Medicine Specialists of Canada The Occupational Medicine Specialists of Canada (OMSOC) is a non-profit organization representing occupational medicine specialists created in 2006 and is based in Ottawa, Canada. It is the National Speciality Society for occupational medicine specialists in Canada and a member of the Federation of National Specialty Societies of Canada.
Occupational Outlook Handbook The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a publication of the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics that includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings, and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations. The Handbook is released biennially with its companion publication the Career Guide to Industries.
Occupational psychosis Occupational psychosis is the concept that one's occupation or career makes that person so biased that they could be described as psychotic. Especially common in tight occupational circles, individuals can normalize ideas or behaviours that seem absurd or irrational to the external public.
Occupational safety and health Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. As a secondary effect OSH may also protect employers, customers, suppliers, and members of the public who may experience an impact from the workplace environment.
Occupational science Occupational science is an interdisciplinary field in the social and behavioral sciences dedicated to the study of humans as occupational beings. As used here, the term "occupation" refers to the goal-directed activities that characterize human time use over the span of each day and over the course of lifetimes.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It was created by Congress under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M.
Occupied Canada Occupied Canada is a fictional alternate history of the Dominion of Canada since 1863 as described in Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 series of novels. Though a brief account of Canada before the Occupation is given, the main portion of this page is devoted to the American Empire period in Canadian history.
Occupied territories Occupied territory is territory — another's sovereign territory — that has been conquered by war, or invaded. It is distinguished from a colony where there is no war, conquest (meaning military), or sovereignty of the territory.
Ocean acidification Ocean acidification is the name given to the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by their uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Between 1751 and 2004 surface ocean pH is estimated to have decreased from approximately 8.
Ocean and Coastal Law Journal The Ocean and Coastal Law Journal is a student run legal journal at the University of Maine School of Law. It concentrates on environmental issues related to "domestic and international use of the sea and seashores.
Ocean Acoustic Tomography Ocean Acoustic Tomography is a technique used to study average temperatures over large regions of the ocean. By measuring the time it takes sound to travel between known source and receiver locations, the speed of sound can determined; the solution for sound speed from acoustic travel times
Ocean Acres, New Jersey Ocean Acres is a census-designated place and unincorporated area split between Barnegat Township and Stafford Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 13,155.
Ocean Avenue (Santa Monica) Ocean Avenue is a road in Santa Monica, California that starts at the residential Adelaide Drive on the north end of Santa Monica and ends at Pico Boulevard. Ocean Avenue is the westernmost street in Santa Monica, and for most of its course it runs parallel to the Palisades Park, whose bluffs overlook the Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica State Beach.
Ocean Biogeographic Information System The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) is a web-based access point to information about the distribution and abundance of living species in the ocean. It originated in an idea and prototype system developed at Rutgers University by a team led by Dr.
Ocean colonization Ocean colonization is the theoretical practice of building structures to allow humans to live permanently in areas of Earth covered in water; whether floating on the surface of the ocean, secured to the ocean floor, or somewhere in between.
Ocean current An ocean current is any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of ocean water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans. The currents are generated from the forces acting upon the water like the earth's rotation, the wind, the temperature and salinity differences and the gravitation of the moon.
Ocean City Barons Ocean City Barons are an American soccer team, founded in 1997. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Charleston, Fredericksburg, Reading, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Wilmington and Woodbridge.
Ocean City High School Ocean City High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Ocean City, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Ocean City School District. Students from the Corbin City, Sea Isle City and Upper Township school districts attend Ocean City High School as part of sending/receiving relationships.
Ocean Colour Scene (album) Ocean Colour Scene is the eponymous 1992 debut album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene. It was released during the early Britpop era with far less critical interest than their highly successful second album Moseley Shoals.
Ocean Colour Scene Anthology Anthology s a 2003 album by Ocean Colour Scene (OCS), the 3-CD and 50 track album contains all of their hits, selected highlights of their B-sides combined with some new tracks. Both OCS and their manager Chris Cradock were not happy about this album's release, believing their old label were "cashing in on the fanbase".
Ocean Colour Scene Live At Birmingham Academy Ocean Colour Scene Live at Birmingham Academy is a live performance by British rock group Ocean Colour Scene. It was recorded while they played at Birmingham Academy, during the bands short Christmas tour in 2006.
Ocean Cruising Club Ocean Cruising Club is an international organization for long distance cruisers based in the UK and founded in 1954. Membership primarily by invitation and based largely on ocean sailing accomplishment or ambition.
Ocean Drilling Program The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) was an international cooperative effort to explore and study the composition and structure of the earth's ocean basins. ODP, which began in 1985, was the direct successor to the highly successful Deep Sea Drilling Project initiated in 1968 by the United States.
Ocean Drive (Lighthouse Family album) Ocean Drive was the debut album released by UK duo Lighthouse Family in March 1996 on Polydor. The album produced one Top 10 hit (Lifted) and three Top 20 hits (Ocean Drive, Goodbye Heartbreak and Loving Every Minute).
Ocean Drive (New Jersey) Ocean Drive is a series of local roads in southern New Jersey, connecting Atlantic City to Cape May along barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean. It is made of the following roads, and includes all five toll bridges owned by the Cape May County Bridge Commission.
Ocean Dumping Act The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act or Ocean Dumping Act was one of several key environmental laws, passed by the US Congress in 1972. It brought under EPA regulation and license the dumping of sewage sludge, industrial waste, biological agents, medical waste, NBC, and radioactive waste, into the territorial waters of the United States.
Ocean Dumping Ban Act The Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988 (§ 2030) is a United States federal law passed in 1988 that amended the Ocean Dumping Act of 1972. Formerly, ocean dumping was regulated and curtailed by license; this act made the dumping of those materials simply illegal as of 1992.
Ocean energy The oceans have a tremendous amount of energy and are close to many if not most concentrated populations. Some believe that ocean power will provide a substantial amount of new renewable energy around the world.
Ocean FM Ocean is a British independent local radio station serving South Hampshire, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight primarily for Portsmouth and Southampton. Originally called Ocean Sound it plays popular adult contemporary (AC) music together with hourly local news and information.
Ocean Heights 2 Ocean Heights 2 is a supertall skyscraper under construction located in the Dubai Marina of Dubai. It will be the second, taller tower of the Ocean Heights residential complex featuring another supertall, Ocean Heights 1.
Ocean Highway Ocean Highway was a designation established early in the 20th century for a combination of roadways and water-crossings for motor vehicles which would generally traverse as close as possible to the Atlantic Ocean along the East Coast of the United States from Jacksonville, Florida to New York City. The Ocean Highway concept predated the creation of the Interstate Highway System beginning in the 1950s, and in many states the highways and byways of coastal routes from Florida to New York City still carry the name.
Ocean liner An ocean liner is a passenger ship or passenger-cargo ship which transports people and often freight from one port to another along regular trans-oceanic routes according to a schedule. The term also refers to vessels designed to engage in such trades, even if temporarily used for other purposes (such as on cruises or as troopships).
Ocean Nourishment Ocean Nourishment is the purposeful introduction of nutrients to the upper ocean to increase the marine food chain and to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (see Jones and Young). The marine food chain is based on photosynthesis by marine phytoplankton which combine carbon with inorganic nutrients to produce organic matter.
Ocean of Wisdom Ocean of Wisdom, born March 8, 1997 is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse, bred by the Niarchos family, who are also responsible for champion race horses such as Bago, Dream Well, Miesque, Six Perfections and Divine Proportions.
Ocean Observations Panel for Climate The Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC) is one of the Science Panels of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). It is charged with making recommendations for a sustained global ocean observing system for climate in support of the goals of its sponsors.
Ocean Odyssey The Ocean Odyssey is a self-propelled, semi-submersible drilling rig which was rebuilt as a mobile spacecraft launch platform and is currently used by Sea Launch for equatorial Pacific Ocean launches. It works in concert with the Sea Launch Commander assembly and control ship.
Ocean One Ocean One is a 367 metre (1,204 feet) tall supertall skyscraper with 91 floors and 587 rooms under construction at Jomtien Beach in Pattaya, Thailand. Construction of Ocean One commenced in 2006 and is expected to be completed in 2009.
Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong The Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong (OPCFHK 香港海洋公園保育基金) is the conglomerate of the former Ocean Park Conservation Foundation (OPCF) and The Hong Kong Society for Panda Conservation (HKSPC) established under the Ocean Park Corporation, with effect from 1 July 2005. It is a registered charitable non-govermental organization.
Ocean Park Hong Kong Ocean Park Hong Kong () is a theme park in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. The marine-themed amusement park covers the area of Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan, and is Hong Kong's very own theme park.
Ocean Park, Puerto Rico Ocean Park is an affluent suburb of San Juan, Puerto Rico which has a popular wide ocean beachChristopher Hall, Puerto Rico's San Juan is a charming combination of busy street life and blissful beaches, SFGate, March 11, 2001. Offshore reefs prevent large waves reaching the beach.
Ocean Parkway (Long Island) Ocean Parkway is a limited-access roadway that traverses a length of the barrier beaches of south Long Island, servicing a number of parks there, including Jones Beach State Park and Captree State Park. It is unsigned New York State Reference Route 909D.
Ocean Phantom The Ocean Phantom is an example of fictional creature which scientists from The Future Is Wild hypothesize could evolve within in 100 million years. The Ocean Phantom is a huge sea creature that visits the algal reef, approximately 30 feet long and 13 feet wide.
Ocean Ranger The ODECO Ocean Ranger was a semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit that sank in Canadian waters on 15 February 1982. It was drilling an exploration well in the Grand Banks area, 267 kilometres (166 miles) east of St.
Ocean Reef Road, Perth Ocean Reef Road is an arterial east-west road in Perth, Australia. It is located within the northern suburbs of Perth, from Ocean Reef in the west, to Wangara in the east, with a portion travelling northwards along the coast to Iluka.
Ocean Songs Ocean Songs is the fourth major album by the Australian] [[post-rock trio, Dirty Three. A special release was issued by their UK record label, Bella Union, in 2005 that contained the original album along with a live DVD.
Ocean Spray (cooperative) Ocean Spray is an agricultural cooperative of growers of cranberries and grapefruit headquartered in Middleborough/Lakeville, Massachusetts. It currently has 750 member growers (in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, Florida, British Columbia and other parts of Canada).
Ocean Spray (song) Ocean Spray was released by Manic Street Preachers on June 4 2001 and was the third single to be released from the Know Your Enemy album. All three members of the band - James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire - share the writing credits.
Ocean State Job Lot Ocean State Job Lot is a chain of approximately 80 discount stores operating in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. The chain is known for its eclectic variety of goods; a product in stock one week may be completely absent the next, never to return again.
Ocean turbidity Ocean turbidity is a measure of the amount of cloudiness or haziness in sea water caused by individual particles that are too small to be seen without magnification. Highly turbid ocean waters are those with a large number of scattering particulates in them.
Ocean Township High School Ocean Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Ocean Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Ocean Township School District. It serves Oakhurst, Wanamassa, Wayside, West Allenhurst, Loch Arbour, and Shadow Lawn Manor.
Ocean Township School District (Monmouth County, New Jersey) The Township of Ocean School District is a comprehensive consolidated public school district serving students from two communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves nearly 4,500 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Ocean Township and from the tiny village of Loch Arbour.
Ocean Township School District (Ocean County, New Jersey) The Ocean Township School District is a community public school district that serves students from Ocean Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States which serves 2,727 students in Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade.
Ocean Transportation Intermediary An Ocean Transportation Intermediary (OTI) is licensed by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to be an ocean freight forwarder, a non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC), or an ocean freight forwarder and NVOCC. This definition is provided per the FMC.
Ocean University of China The Ocean University of China (中 国 海 洋 大 学 ), especially renowned for its marine sciences and fishery sciences, is one of the key comprehensive universities under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It consists of such branches of learning as science, engineering, agronomy (fishery), economics, literature, medical science (pharmaceutics), philosophy and law.
Ocean View Elementary School The following schools are officially called Ocean View Elementary School. Often they are unofficially and incorrectly shown as "Oceanview" instead of the correct "Ocean View" (with a space).
Ocean View Elementary School (Albany, California) Ocean View Elementary School is a grade K-5 elementary school in Albany, Alameda County, California. Opened in 1999, it is operated by the Albany Unified School Districtschool has several specialists including a speech pathologist, a psychologist, an occupational therapist, an adaptive physical education teacher, and an English as an additional language] teacher.
Ocean View Elementary School (Norfolk, Virginia) Ocean View Elementary School is an American public primary school in the community of Ocean View in the city of Norfolk, Virginia. It teaches grades one through five, in addition to its Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs for younger children.
Ocean View, Berkeley, California Ocean View was the name of an unincorporated town which today is the western part of the city of Berkeley, California. It was also, briefly (1908-9) the name of what is now Albany, California, just north of Berkeley.
Ocean View, Virginia Ocean View, Virginia is a community in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States. It has several miles of shoreline on the Chesapeake Bay to the north, and is bordered by Willoughby Spit on the west and the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in the independent city of Virginia Beach on the east.
Ocean Village Ocean Village is a UK-based cruise ship operator, running as a subsidiary company of P&O Cruises UK. The company was launched in 2003, targeting families and those looking for casual dress codes and fun events as opposed to formal dining.
Ocean Village (ship) Ocean Village, (formerly Sitmar FairMajesty, Star Princess and Arcadia) is a cruise ship operating for the Ocean Village brand of P&O Cruises. For other ships with these names see Arcadia (disambiguation) and Star Princess.
Ocean Way Recording Ocean Way Recording is the name of a series of recording studios in Hollywood, California and Nashville, Tennessee. Ocean Way Studios are very well known in the recording industry due to some of the high profile albums that have been made there.
Ocean's Deadliest Ocean's Deadliest is the final nature documentary made by Steve Irwin before his death, which occurred during filming. It aired in the United States on January 21, 2007, on Animal Planet and Discovery Channel as a simulcast event.
Ocean's Thirteen Ocean's Thirteen is intended to be the sequel to the 2004 film Ocean's Twelve, which was the sequel to the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven, which in turn was a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film Ocean's Eleven. Director Steven Soderbergh has stated that this will be the final "Ocean's" installment, making it a trilogy.
Oceana (non-profit group) Oceana was founded in 2001 as an international marine conservation and advocacy organization and, in 2002, merged with the American Oceans Campaign, which was co-founded in 1987 by actor/activist Ted Danson. Oceana campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans.
OceanaGold OceanaGold, or Oceana Gold Limited is a gold mining company, based in Australia, but with the principal mine being at Macraes in New Zealand, with mines at Reefton, New Zealand and Didipio Valley in the Philippines under development. It was created out of the mining interests of GRD Ltd.
Oceanair Oceanair was an airline that used to fly out of Puerto Rico. It competed on domestic routes with Prinair, and on routes to the Virgin Islands with Prinair, and with Aero Virgin Islands, using propeller airplanes.
Oceanarium The term oceanarium is not well defined. It can either mean a marine mammal park such as Marineland of Florida or a large-scale aquarium presenting an ocean habitat with marine animals, especially large fish (e.
Oceania Oceania (sometimes Oceanica) is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands and usually including Australia—in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The exact scope of Oceania is defined variously, with interpretations normally including Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and various islands of the Malay Archipelago.
Oceania (journal) The Australian academic journal Oceania was founded in 1930. It publishes contributions in the field of social and cultural anthropology, and its primary regional orientation is to the peoples of Oceania, primarily comprising Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia and southeast Asia.
Oceania Broadcasting Network Oceania Broadcasting Network (also known as OBN, or by its call letters A3M-TV 7) is a Tongan free-to-air television station, privately owned by Christopher Racine, and operated by members of the Tokaikolo Christian Fellowship.
Oceania Club Championship 2000-01 The 2000-01 Oceania Club Championships was held in January 2001. The tournament was designed to decide the Oceania Football Confederation's entrant into the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, however that Club World Championship tournament was cancelled by FIFA.
Oceania Club Championship 2006 The Oceania Club Championship is organised by the Oceania Football Confederation to ascertain the champions of Oceania. The 2006 event was held in Albany, New Zealand and was the final playing of the tournament before being replaced by the OFC Champions League.
Oceania ecozone Oceania is the smallest of the world's terrestrial ecozones, and unique in not including any continental land mass. The ecozone includes the Pacific Ocean islands of Micronesia, the Fijian Islands, and most of Polynesia (with the exception of New Zealand).
Oceania Football Confederation The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six "continental" confederations of international football. It promotes the game in Oceania and allows the member nations to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.
Oceania Handball Nations Cup The Oceania Handball Nations Championship, also called Pacific Cup, is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Oceania, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Oceania champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Championship.
Oceanian pound The pound was a currency issued by the Japanese occupiers of former British and Australian territories and colonies between 1942 and 1945. These included Kiribati, Nauru, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.

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