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Orvil Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical) Orvil Township was a township that existed in Bergen County, New Jersey. The township was created on April 20, 1885, from the western portion of Washington Township and the southern portion of Hohokus Township.
Orville Alton Turnquest Sir Orville Alton Turnquest, GCMG , QC , LL.B (born July 19, 1929) was the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Bahamas from 1992 to 1994, and the governor-general of the Bahamas from January 3 1995 until his retirement on November 13 2001.
Orville Coast Orville Coast () is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying west of Ronne Ice Shelf between Cape Adams and Cape Zumberge. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this coast for Capt.
Orville H. Platt Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 - April 21, 1905) was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Washington, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and graduated from the Gunnery Academy in Washington.
Orville Hodge Orville Hodge (born October 1, 1904, Anderson, Indiana - sometime after early 1975) was the Auditor of Public Accounts (predecessor to the office of Comptroller) of the state of Illinois from 1953 to 1956. During his term of office he embezzled at least 2.
Orvin Orvin is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the district of Courtelary, in an area called the Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois in French), which sits between the canton of Jura and the German-speaking part of the canton of Bern.
Orwell Award The NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language (the Orwell Award for short), established in 1975 and given by the NCTE Committee on Public Doublespeak, recognizes writers who have made outstanding contributions to the critical analysis of public discourse.
Orwell Park School Orwell Park School is a renowned British preparatory school in the rural Suffolk village of Nacton, founded in 1868. The school is set in more than 100 acres of parkland overlooking the River Orwell and accepts pupils from the age of 8 through to 13, although the associated 'pre-prep', Orwell Park Junior School, has, since 1995, accepted children from age 3.
Orwell Rolls in His Grave Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a 2004 documentary film written and directed by Robert Kane Pappas. It examines the current and past relationships between the media, the US government and corporations, analyzing the possible consequences of the concentration of media ownership.
Orwellian Orwellian describes a situation, idea, or condition that George Orwell identified as being inimical to the welfare of a free-society. An attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past (including the "unperson"--a person whose past existence is expunged) practiced by modern repressive governments.
Oryahovo Oryahovo (, Romanian: Rahova) is a port city in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located in a hilly country on the right bank of the Danube, a few kilometres downstream from where the Jiu flows into the Danube on Romanian territory.
Oryahovo Heights Oryahovo Heights (Oryahovski Vazvisheniya o-'rya-hov-ski v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya) are the ice-covered heights of elevation 340m extending 6km in N-S direction in central and eastern Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica. They are linked to Snow Peak to the SE by two saddles separated by a small nameless ice dome described first by Àlex Simón from the Spanish Antarctic Programme.
Oryoki Ōryōki (Jp: 応量器) are nested bowls, usually made of lacquered wood, that are used in an intricate, formal style of serving and eating meals practiced in Zen temples. A set of ōryōki consists of three or more bowls, into which a diner's food is placed.
Oryx An Oryx is one of three or four large antelope species of the genus Oryx, typically having long straight almost upright or swept back horns. Two or three of the species are native to Africa, with a fourth native to the Arabian Peninsula.
Oryx and Crake Oryx and Crake is a novel with dystopian elements by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Like The Handmaid's Tale, the book is often categorized as science fiction novel, but Atwood herself prefers to label it speculative fiction and "adventure romance" because it does not deal with things that have not been invented yetAtwood, 2004: 513.
Oryx/Pecos Oryx/Pecos is a proprietary operating system developed from scratch by Bell Labs beginning in 1978 for the express purpose of running AT&T's large-scale PBX switching equipment. The operating system was first used with AT&T's flagship System 75, and until very recently, was used in all variations up through and including Definity G3 (Generic 3) switches, now manufactured by AT&T/Lucent Technologies spinoff Avaya.
Oryxmon Oryxmon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Mammal Digimon and the Armor Digivolved form of Gatomon when she uses the Digi-Egg of Hope. She is enchanted with magical energy and can use the ancient jewellery decorating her body to drive spirits away.
Oryza Oryza is a genus of 15-20 species of grasses in the subfamily Oryzoideae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. They are tall wetland grasses, growing to 1-2 m tall; the genus includes both annual and perennial species.
Orzeł class submarine The Orzeł class was a short series of modern submarines built in Dutch shipyards for the Polish Navy in the 1930s. Initially the design was to be built in the United Kingdom, but the price proposed was too high and the British Admiralty announced that building a fast submarine with over 20 knots of surface speed was technically impossible.
Orzeł incident The Orzeł incident refers to a World War II incident in which the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł escaped from internment in Tallinn, Estonia, and eventually made her way to the United Kingdom during the World War II. International law required all military ships to be interned by neutral parties, and her escape caused Estonian neutrality to be questioned by the Soviet Union and Germany.
Orzo Orzo (from Latin hordeum) is Italian and means "barley," but in common usage in the United States, orzo is understood to mean rice-shaped pasta, slightly smaller than a pine nut. It is frequently used in soups.
ORACLE (computer) The ORACLE or Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine, an early computer built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. As with all computers of its era, it was a one of a kind machine that could not exchange programs with other computers (even other IAS machines).
ORACLE (teletext) ORACLE (supposedly from "Optional Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics") was a commercial teletext service first broadcast on ITV in 1974 and later on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, finally ending on both channels at 23:59 GMT on 31 December 1992.
ORBIS International ORBIS International is an international non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) focusing on prevention of blindness and the treatment of eye diseases in developing countries. It is best known for its "flying eye hospital", presently a McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
ORDVAC [ORDVAC or Ordnance Discrete Variable Automatic Computer, an early computer] built by the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois for the Ballistics Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann, which came to be known as the von Neumann architecture. The electrical engineers at The University of Illinois were the first to complete a computer implementation based upon this design, and that first computer was ORDVAC.
ORION (network) ORION (the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network) is a Research and Education (R&E) computer network in Ontario, Canada. It connects Ontario's research institutions, including every university, most colleges, several teaching hospitals, and a few school boards to one another and to the global grid of R&E networks using high-speed optical fibre.
ORJUNA ORJUNA, the Organizacija Jugoslavenskih Nacionalista/Organization of Yugoslav Nationalists, was a political organization during the 1920s in Yugoslavia. It was created in 1921 in Split from a fusion of pre-war youth organizations and was originally called Jugoslavenska Napredna NacionalistiÄŤka Omadina/Yugoslav Progressive Nationalist Youth.
ORP Bielik (Kobben class) ORP Bielik is one of four Kobben class submarines in service with the Polish Navy. The vessel and its sister ships were built in the period 1964 - 67 by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke GmbH in Emden, Germany for the Royal Norwegian Navy.
ORP BĹ‚yskawica ORP BĹ‚yskawica was a Grom-class destroyer serving in the Polish Navy during World War II, currently preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia. It is the only ship of the Polish Navy awarded with the Virtuti Militari medal, as well as oldest preserved destroyer in world.
ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski The ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski (Pendant 272) is one of two Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigates in the Polish Navy. Formerly serving in the US Navy as USS Clark (FFG-11), after her transfer to Poland she was named for Kazimierz Pulaski, an American Revolutionary War hero in the United States and an independence hero in Poland.
ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko The ORP Kościuszko (Pendant 273), former USS Wadsworth (FFG-9) is one of two Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigates in the Polish Navy. It is named for Tadeusz Kościuszko, an American Revolutionary War hero in the United States and an independence hero in Poland.
ORP Grom ORP Grom (Thunder) was one of two Grom-class destroyers serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. The lead ship of her class, she was laid down in 1935, commissioned in 1937 and lost in battle on May 4, 1940 in Ofotfjord near Narvik during the Norwegian campaign.
ORP Gryf (Hansa class) ORP Gryf (Hansa class) was a Polish schoolship of the Polish Navy, a second vessel to bear that name. It was built in German-occupied Denmark in early 1945, shortly before the end of World War II and initially named after Irene Oldendorf.
ORP Kontradmirał Xawery Czernicki ORP Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki is a multitask logistic support ship of the Polish Navy. The ship's design was based on a hull of the 130 class degaussing station planned by the Construction Bureau of the Refurbishing Shipyard in Gdańsk.
ORP Orzeł ORP Orzeł was a Orzel-class submarine serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. Built at the Dutch shipyard De Schelde, she was laid down 14 August 1936, launched on 15 January 1938, and commissioned on 2 February 1939.
ORP Sęp ORP Sęp was a Orzel-class submarine serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. Built at the Dutch shipyard Rotterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij, she was laid down in November 1936, launched on 17 October 1938, and commissioned on 16 April 1939.
ORP Sokół ORP Sokół (Falcon) was a U-class submarine (ex HMS Urchin (N97)) built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. Shortly after launching in September of 1940 she was to be commissioned by the Royal Navy as the HMS Urchin, but instead was leased to the Polish Navy due to a lack of experienced submarine crews.
ORP Sokół (Kobben class) The ORP Sokół formerly known as HNoMS Stord is one of four Kobben class submarine of the Polish Navy. The vessel was built by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke GmbH in Emden, Germany (known there as the Type 207) for the Royal Norwegian Navy as the KNM Stord (S308).
ORP Warszawa (modified Kashin class) ORP Warszawa (Polish for Warsaw, Pendant 271), formerly Smelyi - Valiant) was a large rocket destroyer of the Polish Navy, one of the last ships of the modified Kashin class. She was built in the 61st Communard's Shipyard in Nikolayev, Soviet Union, for the Soviet Navy.
ORP Wilk ORP (Okręt Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - "Polish Republic Naval Ship") Wilk was a French-built mine-laying submarine which saw service in the Polish Navy from 1931 to 1951. Her name meant "Wolf" in Polish.
Os Amigos (Assomada) Os Amigos (Portuguese meaning "our friends", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Us Amigus, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: Os Amigos) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the island's largest town of Assomada in the central part of the island of Santiago.
Os Flagelados do Vento Leste Os Flagelados do Vento Leste (Portuguese meaning The Victims Of The East Wind, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Us Flageladus du Bentu Lesti, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: O Flagelados do Vent' Leste) is a Capeverdean novel published in 1959 by Manuel Lopes. The novel was one of the most popular, it was adapted into a movie directed by AntĂłnio Faria in 1987.
Os Grandes Portugueses Os Grandes Portugueses (The Greatest Portuguese) is a public poll currently being held, having started in October 2006 and schedulled to end in March 2007, by the public broadcasting company, RTP. The series is based on BBC's 100 Greatest Britons.
Os Maias Os Maias ("The Maias", Maia being the name of a fictional family) is one of the greatest realist novels of the Portuguese author José Maria Eça de Queirós, also known under the old-fashioned spelling Eça de Queiroz.
Os Paralamas do Sucesso Os Paralamas do Sucesso is a Brazilian rock band, formed in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1970s and still active as of 2006. From its very beginning, the band combined rock with ska, influenced by The Police in the early '80s.
Osa class missile boat The Osa class is the Nato reporting name for a group of Fast attack craft, developed for the Soviet Navy in the early 1960's. The Soviet designation is Project 205 (Проект 205) and Project 205U (Проект 205У) Tsunami.
Osa Conservation Area Osa Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in Costa Rica, on the southern Pacific coast region. It contains two National Parks, and numerous Wildlife refuges and other types of nature reserve.
Osadnik Osadniks (, "settler/settlers") was the Polish loanword used in Soviet Union for veterans of the Polish Army that were given land in the Kresy (Western Belarus and Western Ukraine) territory ceded to Poland by Polish-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty of 1921 (and again occupied by the Soviet Union in 1939).
Osage Hills The Osage Hills are a small range of hills in Mayes County, Oklahoma, west of Pryor. The Osage Hills, or commonly just The Osage, also refers to the broader rolling open tallgrass prairie and Cross Timbers encompassing Osage County and surrounding areas.
Osage Indian murders Osage Indian Murders - Between 1921 and 1923 over a dozenpeople on the Osage Indian Reservation] died under suspicious circumstances. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation became involved after the Department of Interior wrote to Director William J.
Osage Plains The Blackland Prairies and Cross Timbers are located to the west and south of the Flint Hills. This vegetatively complex region of intermixed prairie and scrubby cedar-mesquite woodland extends into north-central Texas.
Osage River The Osage River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 360 mi (579 km) long, in central Missouri in the United States. The largest river entirely in Missouri, it drains a rural area of 15,300 sq mi (39,600 km²) on the north edge of the Ozark Mountains west to east across Missouri, with its watershed stretching into eastern Kansas.
Osage Treaty The Osage Treaty was signed on November 10, 1808 between the United States federal government and the Osage Nation. Jean Pierre Chouteau, a fur trader and treaty negotiator, managed to convince the Osage to sell their claim to large portions of the Missouri Territory.
Osage-orange The Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera) is a plant in the mulberry family Moraceae. It is also known as mock orange, hedge-apple, horse-apple, hedge ball, bois d'arc, bodark (mainly in Oklahoma & Texas), and bow wood.
Osaka Abenobashi Station Osaka Abenobashi Station (大éŞéżé¨é‡Žć©‹é§…, -eki) is a train station on the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line located in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is also called "Abenobashi Station" (ă‚ăąă®ć©‹é§…).
Osaka Bay Osaka Bay (大éŞćąľ Osaka-wan) is a bay in western Japan. As an eastern part of the Inland Sea, it is separated from the Pacific Ocean by the Kii Channel and from the neighbor western part of the Inland Sea by the Akashi Strait.
Osaka Broadcasting Corporation Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC, 大éŞć”ľé€ć ŞĺĽŹäĽšç¤ľ) is an AM radio station of NRN in Osaka, Japan, and it is known as "Radio Osaka (ă©ă‚¸ă‚Şĺ¤§éŞ)". It is also a company of Sankei Shimbun Group in Fujisankei Communications Group.
Osaka Castle is a castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. Originally called Ozakajo, it is one of Japan's most famous castles, and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Osaka Gakuin University Osaka Gakuin University (also Osaka Gakuin Daigaku or Osaka Graduate University) is a mid-aqsized, mid-level liberal arts university located in Suita, Japan. The university focuses on law, economics, and international studies, but provides a wide array of subjects for study.
Osaka International Peace Center (Peace Osaka) Peace Osaka shares the lessons of the tragedy of war and the importance of peace. Focus is upon Osaka and the devastation of the city in WWII, personal accounts, Japan's role in war and its invasion of China, Korea and South East Asia.
Osaka Marathon The Osaka International Ladies Marathon is an annual marathon race for women over the classic distance of 42km and 195 metres held in the city of Osaka, Japan. The first edition of the event took place on January 24, 1982, and was won by Italy's Rita Marchisio.
Osaka Monorail Main Line is the monorail route of the Osaka Monorail which connects Osaka Airport Station in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Senri-chuo Station in Suita, Minami-Ibaraki Station in Ibaraki, Dainichi Station in Moriguchi, and Kadoma-shi Station in Kadoma.
Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (大éŞĺ¸‚交通局, ĹŚsaka-shi KĹŤtsĹ«-kyoku) is an organization of transportation in Osaka City, Japan. The organization operates municipal subways, city buses, and New Tram.
Osaka Outer Loop Line The Osaka Outer Loop Line (大éŞĺ¤–環状線 ĹŚsaka-soto-kanjĹŤsen) is a railway line under construction by the West Japan Railway Company. The line will connect Shin-Osaka Station in northern Osaka to Kyuhoji Station in Yao City, forming an arc around the eastern suburbs of the city.
Osaka school massacre The Osaka School Massacre took place on June 8, 2001, at Ikeda Elementary School, an elite primary school affiliated with Osaka Kyoiku University in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. At 10:15 that morning, 37-year-old former janitor Mamoru Takuma entered the school armed with a kitchen knife and began stabbing numerous school children and teachers.
Osaka Securities Exchange The (Hercules: 8697) is the second largest securities exchange in Japan, in terms of amount of business handled. The Nikkei 225 Futures, introduced at the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1988, is now an internationally recognized futures index.
Osaka University of Arts is a private arts university located in Kanan], [[Minamikawachi District, Osaka|Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as , changing its name to in 1957, and then to in 1964.
Osaka-jo Hall Osaka-jo Hall (sometimes referred to in full English translation as Osaka Castle Hall) is a large, multipurpose indoor arena in the Kyobashi area of Osaka, Japan. It is used for some sports, such as judo championships, and is popular for concerts with many international pop and rock music acts.
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto ĹŚsaka-KĹŤbe-KyĹŤto(Greater Osaka) is a metropolitan area that is centered on the cities of Osaka in the Osaka prefecture, Kobe in the Hyogo prefecture, and Kyoto in the Kyoto prefecture. This area has a population (as of 2000) of 18,644,000 over an area of 11,170 square kilometersThe centre of this metropolitan area is Osaka City.
Osakeyhtiö Osakeyhtiö, directly translated as "share corporation", is the Finnish equivalent of Limited company (Ltd or LLC) or Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH). It is abbreviated to Oy or OY which comes either before or after the company's name, often with the Swedish version Ab or AB (aktiebolag).
Osama Eldawoody Osama Eldawoody is a US citizen with a nuclear engineering degree who volunteered to work as a paid New York City Police Department informant to work undercover in Mosques in the New York area. His work broke up a terrorist plot to blow up the Herald Square Subway Station and Macy's Herald Square Department Store, one of the largest in the World.
Osama Nazir Born in Bahawalpur Pakistan, Osama Nazir (Urdu: عسما نزير) is accused of involvement with several attacks against Christian churches in Murree and Taxila, as well as an attempt on President Musharraf's life.
Osamu Dazai ; (19 June 1909 – 13 June 1948) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. He is noted for his ironic and gloomy wit, his obsession with suicide, and his brilliant fantasy.
Osamu Dezaki (also known as ) is a Japanese director of anime born on November 18, 1943 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. He is known for his distinct visual style which makes use of split-screen, stark lighting, and freeze frame.
Osamu Higashio (b. Wakayama May 18, 1950) was a Japanese baseball player who played for the Nishitetsu Lions (1969-1972), Taiheiyo Club Lions (1973-1976), Crown Lighter Lions (1977-1978), Seibu Lions (1979-1988), and manager of Seibu Lions (1996-2002).
Osamu Tezuka's Star System Over the course of his career, the mangaka Osamu Tezuka reused the same characters in different roles in different stories. For instance, the "actor" Shunsaku Ban or Shunsuke Ban, who played the detective in Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis, also played Astro Boy's teacher in Astro Boy.
Osamu Watanabe Osamu Watanabe (Japanese: 渡辺 é•·ć¦) is a Japanese Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and arguably the most successful freestyle wrestler from any nation. Born in 1940, he attended Chuo University during a time when they were viewed as one of Japan's dominant collegiate wrestling programs.
Osanobua Osanobua , is the name for God almighty in Edo language, it is often abbrevated as Osa, which is commonly integrated into modern Edo names, like esosa, which means God,s goodness or gift, eghosa ,God,s time, etc.
Osawatomie Brown Osawatomie Brown is a play about John Brown's struggle with pro-slavery forces in Kansas which brought him national attention and made him a hero to many Northern abolitionists. With only two dozen men he successfully defended the free-soil town of Osawatomie, Kansas (on August 30) against an attack of about 400 men, earning him the nickname "Osawatomie Brown.
Osaze Odemwingie Peter Odemwingie has an interesting background which makes him a truly international talent. Born in Tashkent, his mother is Russian, his father Nigerian, but he has chosen to pledge his allegiances to the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
Osazone Osazones are a class of carbohydrate derivatives found in organic chemistry formed when sugars are reacted with phenylhydrazine. The famous German chemist Emil Fischer developed and used the reaction to identify sugars whose stereochemistry differed only at one chiral carbon.
Osbat al-Ansar Osbat al-Ansar (League of the Partisans) is a Lebanon-based sunni fundamentalist group established in the early 1990s which professes the Salifi form of Islam. The organization is largely based in Ain al-Hilweh].
Osbert of Dunblane Osbert (†1231) was an early 13th century cleric who held the position of Bishop of Dunblane (Scotland). A mandate for a new election was issued in January 1226 after the presumed resignation of Osbert's predecessor Radulf.
Osborn Deignan Osborn Warren Deignan (24 February 1877 – 16 April 1916) was an enlisted sailor and later a Warrant Officer in the United States Navy. He received America's highest military decoration - the Medal of Honor - for actions in the Spanish-American War.
Osborn Engineering Osborn Engineering, officially Osborn Architects & Engineers, is an architectural and engineering firm noted mostly for designing sports stadiums. More than 100 stadiums have been designed by Osborn, including such famous parks as Fenway Park in Boston, Yankee Stadium in New York, Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and numerous minor league, collegiate, and major league sports facilities in all sports.
Osborn wave Osborn waves (also known as camel-hump sign, late delta wave, hathook junction, hypothermic wave, J point wave, K wave, H wave or current of injury) are usually observed on the electrocardiogram of people suffering from hypothermia, though they may also occur in people with high blood levels of calcium (hypercalcemia), brain injury, vasospastic angina, or ventricular fibrillation. Osborn waves are positive deflections occurring at the junction between the QRS complex and the ST segment.
Osborn, Ohio Osborn was a town (no longer existing) located near the Haddix Road-Ohio 235 intersection at the northern edge of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in what is now the flood-prone basin of the Huffman Dam in the U.S.
Osborne Osborne, along with Osbourne and Osborn, is an adaptation of Asbjørn, an old Norse (viking) name which is pronounced "oosbern." In Norse, the name means "God Bear", which is most likely a reference to the colossal Ursus spelaeus, an ancient bear that roamed the plains of Europe and died out about 10,000 years ago after the end of the last ice age.
Osborne (computer retailer) Osborne was also the name of the largest and most successful computer retailer in Australia. Whilst there is no known relationship to the American Osborne Computer Corporation, they prominantly displayed the Osborne 1 in many of their retail locations.
Osborne Brothers The Osborne Brothers, (Sonny Osborne and Bobby Osborne) were an influential and popular Bluegrass act which came to prominence in the 1950s. They are probably best known for the song Rocky Top recorded in 1967.
Osborne effect The Osborne effect is exhibited when a company's revelation of information about future products results in customers not purchasing (or delaying purchases of) the current offering. Its origin is a purported suicidal marketing mistake made by the Osborne Computer Corporation in the 1980s when its announcement of a successor to its Osborne 1 system led to a sharp reduction in sales, and the delay of the successor system created a revenue vacuum from which the company did not recover.
Osborne Executive The Osborne Executive was the planned successor of the already commercially successful Osborne 1, released in April, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation. The Executive was a collection of the good features from the Osborne 1 and fixes of it's predessors flaws.
Osborne Memorial Laboratories The Osborne Memorial Labs were built in the late 1800s as the home for biology at Yale University. In the past, they contained both Zoology and Botany, in the two wings on Sachem Street and Prospect Street (address: 165 Prospect St.
Osborne Reef Osborne Reef is an artificial reef off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida constructed of a 50-foot diameter circle of concrete jacks. In the 1970s, the reef was the subject of an ambitious project for expansion utilizing old discarded tires.
Osborne Stadium Osborne Stadium was the home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1935 until 1952. It was located just west of the Manitoba Legislative Building (where the Great-West Life building currently lies) and sat 7,800 fans.
Osborne, South Australia Osborne is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 19km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Outer Harbor, Taperoo and North Haven.
Osbourn High School Osbourn High School is a secondary school for grades 9-12 located in Manassas, Virginia, United States and the sole high school of the Manassas City Public Schools system. The school gained attention for the sex scandal that occurred November of 2005.
Osbourne Fleming Osbourne Berlington Fleming (born February 18, 1940) is the chief minister of Anguilla. He has held that post since March 6 2000, three days after the United Front, a conservative coalition which includes Fleming's Anguilla National Alliance won parliamentary elections, gaining at least 4 of the 7 seats.
Osbourne judgment In the United Kingdom in 1909 the Osbourne judgment ruled that trade unions could not raise funds for political purposes, a move which threatened one of Labour's main funding sources. This was especially detrimental to the Labour party as it supporters were generally poorer than other political parties.
Oscar (Irish mythology) Oscar(oscara = Deerlover) in Irish mythology was the warrior son of OisĂn and a fairy woman called Niamh, who also bore his sister, Plor na mBan. OisĂn, in turn, was the son of the epic hero Fionn mac Cumhail.
Orville Alton Turnquest Sir Orville Alton Turnquest, GCMG , QC , LL.B (born July 19, 1929) was the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Bahamas from 1992 to 1994, and the governor-general of the Bahamas from January 3 1995 until his retirement on November 13 2001.
Orville Coast Orville Coast () is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying west of Ronne Ice Shelf between Cape Adams and Cape Zumberge. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this coast for Capt.
Orville H. Platt Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 - April 21, 1905) was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Washington, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and graduated from the Gunnery Academy in Washington.
Orville Hodge Orville Hodge (born October 1, 1904, Anderson, Indiana - sometime after early 1975) was the Auditor of Public Accounts (predecessor to the office of Comptroller) of the state of Illinois from 1953 to 1956. During his term of office he embezzled at least 2.
Orvin Orvin is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the district of Courtelary, in an area called the Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois in French), which sits between the canton of Jura and the German-speaking part of the canton of Bern.
Orwell Award The NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language (the Orwell Award for short), established in 1975 and given by the NCTE Committee on Public Doublespeak, recognizes writers who have made outstanding contributions to the critical analysis of public discourse.
Orwell Park School Orwell Park School is a renowned British preparatory school in the rural Suffolk village of Nacton, founded in 1868. The school is set in more than 100 acres of parkland overlooking the River Orwell and accepts pupils from the age of 8 through to 13, although the associated 'pre-prep', Orwell Park Junior School, has, since 1995, accepted children from age 3.
Orwell Rolls in His Grave Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a 2004 documentary film written and directed by Robert Kane Pappas. It examines the current and past relationships between the media, the US government and corporations, analyzing the possible consequences of the concentration of media ownership.
Orwellian Orwellian describes a situation, idea, or condition that George Orwell identified as being inimical to the welfare of a free-society. An attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past (including the "unperson"--a person whose past existence is expunged) practiced by modern repressive governments.
Oryahovo Oryahovo (, Romanian: Rahova) is a port city in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located in a hilly country on the right bank of the Danube, a few kilometres downstream from where the Jiu flows into the Danube on Romanian territory.
Oryahovo Heights Oryahovo Heights (Oryahovski Vazvisheniya o-'rya-hov-ski v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya) are the ice-covered heights of elevation 340m extending 6km in N-S direction in central and eastern Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica. They are linked to Snow Peak to the SE by two saddles separated by a small nameless ice dome described first by Àlex Simón from the Spanish Antarctic Programme.
Oryoki Ōryōki (Jp: 応量器) are nested bowls, usually made of lacquered wood, that are used in an intricate, formal style of serving and eating meals practiced in Zen temples. A set of ōryōki consists of three or more bowls, into which a diner's food is placed.
Oryx An Oryx is one of three or four large antelope species of the genus Oryx, typically having long straight almost upright or swept back horns. Two or three of the species are native to Africa, with a fourth native to the Arabian Peninsula.
Oryx and Crake Oryx and Crake is a novel with dystopian elements by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Like The Handmaid's Tale, the book is often categorized as science fiction novel, but Atwood herself prefers to label it speculative fiction and "adventure romance" because it does not deal with things that have not been invented yetAtwood, 2004: 513.
Oryx/Pecos Oryx/Pecos is a proprietary operating system developed from scratch by Bell Labs beginning in 1978 for the express purpose of running AT&T's large-scale PBX switching equipment. The operating system was first used with AT&T's flagship System 75, and until very recently, was used in all variations up through and including Definity G3 (Generic 3) switches, now manufactured by AT&T/Lucent Technologies spinoff Avaya.
Oryxmon Oryxmon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Mammal Digimon and the Armor Digivolved form of Gatomon when she uses the Digi-Egg of Hope. She is enchanted with magical energy and can use the ancient jewellery decorating her body to drive spirits away.
Oryza Oryza is a genus of 15-20 species of grasses in the subfamily Oryzoideae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. They are tall wetland grasses, growing to 1-2 m tall; the genus includes both annual and perennial species.
Orzeł class submarine The Orzeł class was a short series of modern submarines built in Dutch shipyards for the Polish Navy in the 1930s. Initially the design was to be built in the United Kingdom, but the price proposed was too high and the British Admiralty announced that building a fast submarine with over 20 knots of surface speed was technically impossible.
Orzeł incident The Orzeł incident refers to a World War II incident in which the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł escaped from internment in Tallinn, Estonia, and eventually made her way to the United Kingdom during the World War II. International law required all military ships to be interned by neutral parties, and her escape caused Estonian neutrality to be questioned by the Soviet Union and Germany.
Orzo Orzo (from Latin hordeum) is Italian and means "barley," but in common usage in the United States, orzo is understood to mean rice-shaped pasta, slightly smaller than a pine nut. It is frequently used in soups.
ORACLE (computer) The ORACLE or Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine, an early computer built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. As with all computers of its era, it was a one of a kind machine that could not exchange programs with other computers (even other IAS machines).
ORACLE (teletext) ORACLE (supposedly from "Optional Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics") was a commercial teletext service first broadcast on ITV in 1974 and later on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, finally ending on both channels at 23:59 GMT on 31 December 1992.
ORBIS International ORBIS International is an international non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) focusing on prevention of blindness and the treatment of eye diseases in developing countries. It is best known for its "flying eye hospital", presently a McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
ORDVAC [ORDVAC or Ordnance Discrete Variable Automatic Computer, an early computer] built by the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois for the Ballistics Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann, which came to be known as the von Neumann architecture. The electrical engineers at The University of Illinois were the first to complete a computer implementation based upon this design, and that first computer was ORDVAC.
ORION (network) ORION (the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network) is a Research and Education (R&E) computer network in Ontario, Canada. It connects Ontario's research institutions, including every university, most colleges, several teaching hospitals, and a few school boards to one another and to the global grid of R&E networks using high-speed optical fibre.
ORJUNA ORJUNA, the Organizacija Jugoslavenskih Nacionalista/Organization of Yugoslav Nationalists, was a political organization during the 1920s in Yugoslavia. It was created in 1921 in Split from a fusion of pre-war youth organizations and was originally called Jugoslavenska Napredna NacionalistiÄŤka Omadina/Yugoslav Progressive Nationalist Youth.
ORP Bielik (Kobben class) ORP Bielik is one of four Kobben class submarines in service with the Polish Navy. The vessel and its sister ships were built in the period 1964 - 67 by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke GmbH in Emden, Germany for the Royal Norwegian Navy.
ORP BĹ‚yskawica ORP BĹ‚yskawica was a Grom-class destroyer serving in the Polish Navy during World War II, currently preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia. It is the only ship of the Polish Navy awarded with the Virtuti Militari medal, as well as oldest preserved destroyer in world.
ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski The ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski (Pendant 272) is one of two Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigates in the Polish Navy. Formerly serving in the US Navy as USS Clark (FFG-11), after her transfer to Poland she was named for Kazimierz Pulaski, an American Revolutionary War hero in the United States and an independence hero in Poland.
ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko The ORP Kościuszko (Pendant 273), former USS Wadsworth (FFG-9) is one of two Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigates in the Polish Navy. It is named for Tadeusz Kościuszko, an American Revolutionary War hero in the United States and an independence hero in Poland.
ORP Grom ORP Grom (Thunder) was one of two Grom-class destroyers serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. The lead ship of her class, she was laid down in 1935, commissioned in 1937 and lost in battle on May 4, 1940 in Ofotfjord near Narvik during the Norwegian campaign.
ORP Gryf (Hansa class) ORP Gryf (Hansa class) was a Polish schoolship of the Polish Navy, a second vessel to bear that name. It was built in German-occupied Denmark in early 1945, shortly before the end of World War II and initially named after Irene Oldendorf.
ORP Kontradmirał Xawery Czernicki ORP Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki is a multitask logistic support ship of the Polish Navy. The ship's design was based on a hull of the 130 class degaussing station planned by the Construction Bureau of the Refurbishing Shipyard in Gdańsk.
ORP Orzeł ORP Orzeł was a Orzel-class submarine serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. Built at the Dutch shipyard De Schelde, she was laid down 14 August 1936, launched on 15 January 1938, and commissioned on 2 February 1939.
ORP Sęp ORP Sęp was a Orzel-class submarine serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. Built at the Dutch shipyard Rotterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij, she was laid down in November 1936, launched on 17 October 1938, and commissioned on 16 April 1939.
ORP Sokół ORP Sokół (Falcon) was a U-class submarine (ex HMS Urchin (N97)) built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. Shortly after launching in September of 1940 she was to be commissioned by the Royal Navy as the HMS Urchin, but instead was leased to the Polish Navy due to a lack of experienced submarine crews.
ORP Sokół (Kobben class) The ORP Sokół formerly known as HNoMS Stord is one of four Kobben class submarine of the Polish Navy. The vessel was built by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke GmbH in Emden, Germany (known there as the Type 207) for the Royal Norwegian Navy as the KNM Stord (S308).
ORP Warszawa (modified Kashin class) ORP Warszawa (Polish for Warsaw, Pendant 271), formerly Smelyi - Valiant) was a large rocket destroyer of the Polish Navy, one of the last ships of the modified Kashin class. She was built in the 61st Communard's Shipyard in Nikolayev, Soviet Union, for the Soviet Navy.
ORP Wilk ORP (Okręt Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - "Polish Republic Naval Ship") Wilk was a French-built mine-laying submarine which saw service in the Polish Navy from 1931 to 1951. Her name meant "Wolf" in Polish.
Os Amigos (Assomada) Os Amigos (Portuguese meaning "our friends", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Us Amigus, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: Os Amigos) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the island's largest town of Assomada in the central part of the island of Santiago.
Os Flagelados do Vento Leste Os Flagelados do Vento Leste (Portuguese meaning The Victims Of The East Wind, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Us Flageladus du Bentu Lesti, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: O Flagelados do Vent' Leste) is a Capeverdean novel published in 1959 by Manuel Lopes. The novel was one of the most popular, it was adapted into a movie directed by AntĂłnio Faria in 1987.
Os Grandes Portugueses Os Grandes Portugueses (The Greatest Portuguese) is a public poll currently being held, having started in October 2006 and schedulled to end in March 2007, by the public broadcasting company, RTP. The series is based on BBC's 100 Greatest Britons.
Os Maias Os Maias ("The Maias", Maia being the name of a fictional family) is one of the greatest realist novels of the Portuguese author José Maria Eça de Queirós, also known under the old-fashioned spelling Eça de Queiroz.
Os Paralamas do Sucesso Os Paralamas do Sucesso is a Brazilian rock band, formed in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1970s and still active as of 2006. From its very beginning, the band combined rock with ska, influenced by The Police in the early '80s.
Osa class missile boat The Osa class is the Nato reporting name for a group of Fast attack craft, developed for the Soviet Navy in the early 1960's. The Soviet designation is Project 205 (Проект 205) and Project 205U (Проект 205У) Tsunami.
Osa Conservation Area Osa Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in Costa Rica, on the southern Pacific coast region. It contains two National Parks, and numerous Wildlife refuges and other types of nature reserve.
Osadnik Osadniks (, "settler/settlers") was the Polish loanword used in Soviet Union for veterans of the Polish Army that were given land in the Kresy (Western Belarus and Western Ukraine) territory ceded to Poland by Polish-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty of 1921 (and again occupied by the Soviet Union in 1939).
Osage Hills The Osage Hills are a small range of hills in Mayes County, Oklahoma, west of Pryor. The Osage Hills, or commonly just The Osage, also refers to the broader rolling open tallgrass prairie and Cross Timbers encompassing Osage County and surrounding areas.
Osage Indian murders Osage Indian Murders - Between 1921 and 1923 over a dozenpeople on the Osage Indian Reservation] died under suspicious circumstances. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation became involved after the Department of Interior wrote to Director William J.
Osage Plains The Blackland Prairies and Cross Timbers are located to the west and south of the Flint Hills. This vegetatively complex region of intermixed prairie and scrubby cedar-mesquite woodland extends into north-central Texas.
Osage River The Osage River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 360 mi (579 km) long, in central Missouri in the United States. The largest river entirely in Missouri, it drains a rural area of 15,300 sq mi (39,600 km²) on the north edge of the Ozark Mountains west to east across Missouri, with its watershed stretching into eastern Kansas.
Osage Treaty The Osage Treaty was signed on November 10, 1808 between the United States federal government and the Osage Nation. Jean Pierre Chouteau, a fur trader and treaty negotiator, managed to convince the Osage to sell their claim to large portions of the Missouri Territory.
Osage-orange The Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera) is a plant in the mulberry family Moraceae. It is also known as mock orange, hedge-apple, horse-apple, hedge ball, bois d'arc, bodark (mainly in Oklahoma & Texas), and bow wood.
Osaka Abenobashi Station Osaka Abenobashi Station (大éŞéżé¨é‡Žć©‹é§…, -eki) is a train station on the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line located in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is also called "Abenobashi Station" (ă‚ăąă®ć©‹é§…).
Osaka Bay Osaka Bay (大éŞćąľ Osaka-wan) is a bay in western Japan. As an eastern part of the Inland Sea, it is separated from the Pacific Ocean by the Kii Channel and from the neighbor western part of the Inland Sea by the Akashi Strait.
Osaka Broadcasting Corporation Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC, 大éŞć”ľé€ć ŞĺĽŹäĽšç¤ľ) is an AM radio station of NRN in Osaka, Japan, and it is known as "Radio Osaka (ă©ă‚¸ă‚Şĺ¤§éŞ)". It is also a company of Sankei Shimbun Group in Fujisankei Communications Group.
Osaka Castle is a castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. Originally called Ozakajo, it is one of Japan's most famous castles, and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Osaka Gakuin University Osaka Gakuin University (also Osaka Gakuin Daigaku or Osaka Graduate University) is a mid-aqsized, mid-level liberal arts university located in Suita, Japan. The university focuses on law, economics, and international studies, but provides a wide array of subjects for study.
Osaka International Peace Center (Peace Osaka) Peace Osaka shares the lessons of the tragedy of war and the importance of peace. Focus is upon Osaka and the devastation of the city in WWII, personal accounts, Japan's role in war and its invasion of China, Korea and South East Asia.
Osaka Marathon The Osaka International Ladies Marathon is an annual marathon race for women over the classic distance of 42km and 195 metres held in the city of Osaka, Japan. The first edition of the event took place on January 24, 1982, and was won by Italy's Rita Marchisio.
Osaka Monorail Main Line is the monorail route of the Osaka Monorail which connects Osaka Airport Station in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Senri-chuo Station in Suita, Minami-Ibaraki Station in Ibaraki, Dainichi Station in Moriguchi, and Kadoma-shi Station in Kadoma.
Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (大éŞĺ¸‚交通局, ĹŚsaka-shi KĹŤtsĹ«-kyoku) is an organization of transportation in Osaka City, Japan. The organization operates municipal subways, city buses, and New Tram.
Osaka Outer Loop Line The Osaka Outer Loop Line (大éŞĺ¤–環状線 ĹŚsaka-soto-kanjĹŤsen) is a railway line under construction by the West Japan Railway Company. The line will connect Shin-Osaka Station in northern Osaka to Kyuhoji Station in Yao City, forming an arc around the eastern suburbs of the city.
Osaka school massacre The Osaka School Massacre took place on June 8, 2001, at Ikeda Elementary School, an elite primary school affiliated with Osaka Kyoiku University in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. At 10:15 that morning, 37-year-old former janitor Mamoru Takuma entered the school armed with a kitchen knife and began stabbing numerous school children and teachers.
Osaka Securities Exchange The (Hercules: 8697) is the second largest securities exchange in Japan, in terms of amount of business handled. The Nikkei 225 Futures, introduced at the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1988, is now an internationally recognized futures index.
Osaka University of Arts is a private arts university located in Kanan], [[Minamikawachi District, Osaka|Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as , changing its name to in 1957, and then to in 1964.
Osaka-jo Hall Osaka-jo Hall (sometimes referred to in full English translation as Osaka Castle Hall) is a large, multipurpose indoor arena in the Kyobashi area of Osaka, Japan. It is used for some sports, such as judo championships, and is popular for concerts with many international pop and rock music acts.
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto ĹŚsaka-KĹŤbe-KyĹŤto(Greater Osaka) is a metropolitan area that is centered on the cities of Osaka in the Osaka prefecture, Kobe in the Hyogo prefecture, and Kyoto in the Kyoto prefecture. This area has a population (as of 2000) of 18,644,000 over an area of 11,170 square kilometersThe centre of this metropolitan area is Osaka City.
Osakeyhtiö Osakeyhtiö, directly translated as "share corporation", is the Finnish equivalent of Limited company (Ltd or LLC) or Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH). It is abbreviated to Oy or OY which comes either before or after the company's name, often with the Swedish version Ab or AB (aktiebolag).
Osama Eldawoody Osama Eldawoody is a US citizen with a nuclear engineering degree who volunteered to work as a paid New York City Police Department informant to work undercover in Mosques in the New York area. His work broke up a terrorist plot to blow up the Herald Square Subway Station and Macy's Herald Square Department Store, one of the largest in the World.
Osama Nazir Born in Bahawalpur Pakistan, Osama Nazir (Urdu: عسما نزير) is accused of involvement with several attacks against Christian churches in Murree and Taxila, as well as an attempt on President Musharraf's life.
Osamu Dazai ; (19 June 1909 – 13 June 1948) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. He is noted for his ironic and gloomy wit, his obsession with suicide, and his brilliant fantasy.
Osamu Dezaki (also known as ) is a Japanese director of anime born on November 18, 1943 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. He is known for his distinct visual style which makes use of split-screen, stark lighting, and freeze frame.
Osamu Higashio (b. Wakayama May 18, 1950) was a Japanese baseball player who played for the Nishitetsu Lions (1969-1972), Taiheiyo Club Lions (1973-1976), Crown Lighter Lions (1977-1978), Seibu Lions (1979-1988), and manager of Seibu Lions (1996-2002).
Osamu Tezuka's Star System Over the course of his career, the mangaka Osamu Tezuka reused the same characters in different roles in different stories. For instance, the "actor" Shunsaku Ban or Shunsuke Ban, who played the detective in Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis, also played Astro Boy's teacher in Astro Boy.
Osamu Watanabe Osamu Watanabe (Japanese: 渡辺 é•·ć¦) is a Japanese Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and arguably the most successful freestyle wrestler from any nation. Born in 1940, he attended Chuo University during a time when they were viewed as one of Japan's dominant collegiate wrestling programs.
Osanobua Osanobua , is the name for God almighty in Edo language, it is often abbrevated as Osa, which is commonly integrated into modern Edo names, like esosa, which means God,s goodness or gift, eghosa ,God,s time, etc.
Osawatomie Brown Osawatomie Brown is a play about John Brown's struggle with pro-slavery forces in Kansas which brought him national attention and made him a hero to many Northern abolitionists. With only two dozen men he successfully defended the free-soil town of Osawatomie, Kansas (on August 30) against an attack of about 400 men, earning him the nickname "Osawatomie Brown.
Osaze Odemwingie Peter Odemwingie has an interesting background which makes him a truly international talent. Born in Tashkent, his mother is Russian, his father Nigerian, but he has chosen to pledge his allegiances to the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
Osazone Osazones are a class of carbohydrate derivatives found in organic chemistry formed when sugars are reacted with phenylhydrazine. The famous German chemist Emil Fischer developed and used the reaction to identify sugars whose stereochemistry differed only at one chiral carbon.
Osbat al-Ansar Osbat al-Ansar (League of the Partisans) is a Lebanon-based sunni fundamentalist group established in the early 1990s which professes the Salifi form of Islam. The organization is largely based in Ain al-Hilweh].
Osbert of Dunblane Osbert (†1231) was an early 13th century cleric who held the position of Bishop of Dunblane (Scotland). A mandate for a new election was issued in January 1226 after the presumed resignation of Osbert's predecessor Radulf.
Osborn Deignan Osborn Warren Deignan (24 February 1877 – 16 April 1916) was an enlisted sailor and later a Warrant Officer in the United States Navy. He received America's highest military decoration - the Medal of Honor - for actions in the Spanish-American War.
Osborn Engineering Osborn Engineering, officially Osborn Architects & Engineers, is an architectural and engineering firm noted mostly for designing sports stadiums. More than 100 stadiums have been designed by Osborn, including such famous parks as Fenway Park in Boston, Yankee Stadium in New York, Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and numerous minor league, collegiate, and major league sports facilities in all sports.
Osborn wave Osborn waves (also known as camel-hump sign, late delta wave, hathook junction, hypothermic wave, J point wave, K wave, H wave or current of injury) are usually observed on the electrocardiogram of people suffering from hypothermia, though they may also occur in people with high blood levels of calcium (hypercalcemia), brain injury, vasospastic angina, or ventricular fibrillation. Osborn waves are positive deflections occurring at the junction between the QRS complex and the ST segment.
Osborn, Ohio Osborn was a town (no longer existing) located near the Haddix Road-Ohio 235 intersection at the northern edge of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in what is now the flood-prone basin of the Huffman Dam in the U.S.
Osborne Osborne, along with Osbourne and Osborn, is an adaptation of Asbjørn, an old Norse (viking) name which is pronounced "oosbern." In Norse, the name means "God Bear", which is most likely a reference to the colossal Ursus spelaeus, an ancient bear that roamed the plains of Europe and died out about 10,000 years ago after the end of the last ice age.
Osborne (computer retailer) Osborne was also the name of the largest and most successful computer retailer in Australia. Whilst there is no known relationship to the American Osborne Computer Corporation, they prominantly displayed the Osborne 1 in many of their retail locations.
Osborne Brothers The Osborne Brothers, (Sonny Osborne and Bobby Osborne) were an influential and popular Bluegrass act which came to prominence in the 1950s. They are probably best known for the song Rocky Top recorded in 1967.
Osborne effect The Osborne effect is exhibited when a company's revelation of information about future products results in customers not purchasing (or delaying purchases of) the current offering. Its origin is a purported suicidal marketing mistake made by the Osborne Computer Corporation in the 1980s when its announcement of a successor to its Osborne 1 system led to a sharp reduction in sales, and the delay of the successor system created a revenue vacuum from which the company did not recover.
Osborne Executive The Osborne Executive was the planned successor of the already commercially successful Osborne 1, released in April, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation. The Executive was a collection of the good features from the Osborne 1 and fixes of it's predessors flaws.
Osborne Memorial Laboratories The Osborne Memorial Labs were built in the late 1800s as the home for biology at Yale University. In the past, they contained both Zoology and Botany, in the two wings on Sachem Street and Prospect Street (address: 165 Prospect St.
Osborne Reef Osborne Reef is an artificial reef off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida constructed of a 50-foot diameter circle of concrete jacks. In the 1970s, the reef was the subject of an ambitious project for expansion utilizing old discarded tires.
Osborne Stadium Osborne Stadium was the home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1935 until 1952. It was located just west of the Manitoba Legislative Building (where the Great-West Life building currently lies) and sat 7,800 fans.
Osborne, South Australia Osborne is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 19km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Outer Harbor, Taperoo and North Haven.
Osbourn High School Osbourn High School is a secondary school for grades 9-12 located in Manassas, Virginia, United States and the sole high school of the Manassas City Public Schools system. The school gained attention for the sex scandal that occurred November of 2005.
Osbourne Fleming Osbourne Berlington Fleming (born February 18, 1940) is the chief minister of Anguilla. He has held that post since March 6 2000, three days after the United Front, a conservative coalition which includes Fleming's Anguilla National Alliance won parliamentary elections, gaining at least 4 of the 7 seats.
Osbourne judgment In the United Kingdom in 1909 the Osbourne judgment ruled that trade unions could not raise funds for political purposes, a move which threatened one of Labour's main funding sources. This was especially detrimental to the Labour party as it supporters were generally poorer than other political parties.
Oscar (Irish mythology) Oscar(oscara = Deerlover) in Irish mythology was the warrior son of OisĂn and a fairy woman called Niamh, who also bore his sister, Plor na mBan. OisĂn, in turn, was the son of the epic hero Fionn mac Cumhail.
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