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Othnielia Othnielia is a hypsilophodont dinosaur, named after its describer, Professor Othniel Charles Marsh, an American paleontologist of the 19th century. The taxon, Othnielia rex, was named by Peter Galton in 1977from a species Marsh (1877) called Nanosaurus rex.
Otho Nitcholas Otho James Nitcholas (September 13, 1908 - September 11, 1986) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in seven games, all in relief, for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. The 36-year-old rookie right-hander stood 6'0" and weighed 190 lbs.
Othonos-Amalias Avenue Othonos Amalias Avenue (Greek: Leoforos Othonis-Amalias), is Patras' major avenue running southbound one way entirely from Iroon Polytechneiou Avenue with Norman Street to Trion Navarcheiou Street with Akti Dymaion. It was partly the southbound part of the GR-9 (E55).
Otilio Galíndez Otilio Galíndez is a venezuelan composer born in Yaritagua, Yaracuy, December 13, 1935. Since short age he demonstrated musical inclinations, supported by his mother in the song and the poetry, in 1957, he was transferred to Caracas, and worked in the Central University of Venezuela, forming part of the University choir, with teachers like: Antonio Estévez, Inocente Carreño and Modesta Bor, experience that motivated his musical creation.
Otiluke In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Otiluke was an archmage, a member of the Circle of Eight, president of Greyhawk City's Society of Magi, and a member of that city's Directing Oligarchy. He was slain by Rary in 584 CY, at the close of the Greyhawk Wars.
Otira Otira is a small township seven kilometres north of Arthur's Pass in the central South Island of New Zealand. It is on the western approach to the pass, a saddle between the Otira and Bealey Rivers high in the Southern Alps.
Otira River The Otira River is located in the central South Island of New Zealand. It rises on the slopes of Mount Rolleston in the Southern Alps, and flows north for 20 km, passing through the town of Otira before joining the Taramakau River.
Otira Tunnel The Otira Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Midland Line in the South Island of New Zealand between Otira and Arthur's Pass. It runs under the Southern Alps from Arthur's Pass to Otira - a length of a little over 8500 metres.
Otis (Superman) Otis, played by Ned Beatty, is the short henchman of Lex Luthor who appears in the films Superman: The Movie and Superman II. Lacking any real intelligence or physical strength, Otis is used by Luthor primarily as a gofer.
Otis Air National Guard Base Otis Air National Guard Base (ANGB) (ICAO is KFMH) is an Air National Guard station located within the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR), a military training facility, located on the upper western portion of Cape Cod.
Otis Artis Otis Artis is an African-American former college basketball player, originally from Gary, Indiana He played collegiate ball for Texas Western College, later called UTEP; he made history when his team won an NCAA Division I Title with the first ever all African-American starting lineup under Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins in 1966.
Otis Birdsong Otis Lee Birdsong (born December 9, 1955 in Winter Haven, Florida) is an American former professional basketball player. He spent twelve seasons (1977–1989) in the NBA and appeared in four NBA All-Star Games.
Otis Blackwell Otis Blackwell (16 February 1932 – 6 May 2002) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist whose work significantly influenced rock'n'roll. Of all the songwriters of 1950s rock & roll, Otis Blackwell was one of the most talented.
Otis Dudley Duncan Otis Dudley Duncan (December 2, 1921, Nocona, Texas - November 16, 2004, Santa Barbara, California) was "the most important quantitative sociologist in the world in the latter half of the 20th century" (Leo Goodman). His book The American Occupational Structure, which received the American Sociological Association's Sorokin Award, documented how parents transmit their societal status to their children.
Otis Elevating Railway The Otis Elevating Railway was a cable funicular railroad to the Catskill Mountain House in Palenville, New York. For the first 64 years of its existence, the Catskill Mountain House was accessible only by a long stage coach from Catskill Landing on the Hudson.
Otis Elevator Company The Otis Elevator Company is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally elevators and escalators. Founded in Yonkers, New York, USA in 1853 by Elisha Otis, the company pioneered the development of the safety elevator, which used a special mechanism to lock the elevator car in place should the hoisting ropes fail.
Otis Ferguson Otis Ferguson (1907-1943) was an American writer most famous for his music and film reviews in The New Republic in the 1930s. Although he can be seen as a key predecessor to film critics like James Agee, Manny Farber, Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris, he has also been characterized by Robert Christgau as "the first rock critic"due to his appreciation of jazz] and its impact on [[popular culture.
Otis Chandler Otis Chandler (November 23 1927–February 27 2006) was best known as the publisher of the Los Angeles Times between 1960 and 1980. His family had owned the newspaper since Harrison Gray Otis founded the company in 1882.
Otis Sistrunk Otis Sistrunk (born 1946) was a professional football player who played seven seasons as a defensive lineman, from 1972 to 1978. He played his entire career with the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).
Otis Smith (basketball) Otis Fitzgerald Smith (born January 30 1964 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American former professional basketball player and current general manager of the NBA's Orlando Magic. It was with the Magic that he posted his best statistics as an NBA player, averaging in double digits in points for most of his time there.
Otis Taylor Otis Taylor (born August 11, 1942, in Houston, Texas) was an American college and professional American football player, for Prairie View A&M University and the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. Standing 6-foot-3 and weighing 215 pounds, Taylor possessed sure hands and served as a devastating upfield blocker, springing Chiefs running backs for many long runs.
Otis Williams Otis Williams (born Otis Miles on October 30, 1941, in Texarkana, Texas) is an American second tenor/baritone singer and a soul and R&B songwriter and record producer. Williams is the leader of The Temptations, a group he founded in late 1960 as The Elgins and in which he continues to perform as the sole surviving original member.
Otis Wilson Otis Ray Wilson (born September 15 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Raiders. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears.
Otis, Oregon Otis is an unincorporated community located in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States on Oregon State Route 18. It is believed that this community was named for major-general Elwell Stephen Otis (1838-1909), who was the one-time military governor of the Philippines.
Otisville Correctional Facility Otisville Correctional Facility is a medium-security state prison located in Orange County, New York, USA. Its location in Otisville facilitates transfers to the federal system prison (Federal Correctional Institution, Otisville), also in Otisville a quarter mile away.
Otjihaenamparero Otjihaenamparero is a farmstead which is 29 km from the small town of Kalkfeld, Namibia off of route D2414. Otjihaenamparero's importance is the presence of 170-200 MYA fossilized footprints, including those of a gigantic 25m long three-toed dinosaur.
Otley Otley is a town in northern England by the River Wharfe. It is part of the metropolitan borough of Leeds in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, and is within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Otley (film) Otley is a 1968 comedy thriller film in which the eponymous Gerald Arthur Otley, a hapless and light-fingered antiques dealer played by Tom Courtenay, is mistaken for a spy and grows into the part - to such an extent that the real spy played by Romy Schneider falls for him. The action - one hesitates to say plot - romps from one stereotypcial English situation to another: Rolls Royces are driven, tea is drunk, and bacon sandwiches are fried and thrown to the dogs.
Otley (UK Parliament constituency) Otley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Otley in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Otley Museum Otley Museum is housed in the Civic Centre in the town of Otley, in West Yorkshire, England. Holds a comprehensive collection of objects, artefacts and documentary material relating to the development of Otley and District since the prehistoric period: prehistoric stone tools and artefacts; archaeological collection from the excavations of the Palace of the Archbishop of York at Otley; The Otley Printers' Engineers Collection; The Urban Development Archive; Social History of Otley from the 18th Century onwards.
Otley, Suffolk Otley is a village located in the county of Suffolk, England, about eight miles north of Ipswich. The village is home to Otley Hall, a 16th century, Grade I listed house which hosts conferences and wedding receptions, and Otley College, offering vocationally focused courses in a number of areas.
Otman Bakkal Otman Bakkal (born February 27, 1985 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer of Moroccan origin who plays for FC Twente, on loan from PSV. Bakkal also plays for the Netherlands national under-21 football team.
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer (16 July 1896 – 8 August 1969) was a German human biologist and eugenicist primarily concerned with "racial hygiene" and twin research. He was the director of the "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Anthropologie, menschliche Erblehre, und Eugenik" (KWIfA) ("Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics") in Berlin and the "Institut für Erbbiologie und Rassenhygiene" ("Institute for Genetic Biology and Racial Hygiene").
Otmoor Otmoor or Ot Moor is a fenland in Oxfordshire, South England (Latitude 51:49:19 N, Longitude 01:10:47 W). Located halfway between Oxford and Bicester, it is 60 meters above sea level, and has an area of approximately 160 hectares.
Oto-Manguean languages Oto-Manguean languages (also Otomanguean) are a large family comprised of several families of Native American languages. All of the Oto-manguean languages that are now spoken are indigenous to Mexico, but Oto-Manguean languages that are now extinct were spoken as far south as Nicaragua.
Oto-Pamean languages The Oto-Pamean language group is a subdivision of the Oto-Manguean languages which includes all variants of the Otomian languages:Otomi, Mazahua, Matlatzinca and the Pamean (also called Chichimecan)languages Pame and Chichimeca Jonaz. The Oto-Pamean languages are spoken in central Mexico.
Otoacoustic emission An otoacoustic emission (OAE) is a sound which is generated from within the inner ear. Having been predicted by Thomas Gold in 1948, their existence was first demonstrated experimentally by David Kemp in 1978 and they have since been shown to arise by a number of different cellular mechanisms within the inner ear.
Otobreda 76 mm The Oto Melara 76 mm gun is a polyvalent naval artillery piece built by the Italian company Otobreda and Oto Melara. A tank-mounted version known as the Otomatic was built for the SPAAG role, although this was not put into production.
Otocinclus affinis Otocinclus affinis ("Golden Oto") is one of the smallest known suckermouth catfish, often called a 'dwarf oto'. Typically found in Southeast Brazil, this herbivorous, rheophilic, bottom-feeder only grows to around one and a half inches in length.
Otogi Otogi (known as Otogi: Myth of Demons in North America and PAL territories) is an action RPG by From Software, published by Sega for the Xbox. The game was followed by a sequel Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors a year after its release in Japan.
Otok (Vinkovci) Otok is a town in eastern Croatia, located 20 km south Vinkovci, in eastern Slavonia. The population of the town of Otok is 7,755 (census 2001), with 5,858 residents in Otok itself and 1,897 in the nearby village of Komletinci.
Otokichi was a Japanese castaway originally from the area of Onoura near Mihama, on the west coast of the Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture. He was a 14-year-old crew member on a rice transport ship bound for Edo, the Hojunmaru (宝順丸), 15 meters in length with a cargo of 150 tons and a crew of 14.
Otoko wa Tsurai yo Otoko wa tsurai yo (男はつらいよ, "It's tough being a man") is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as "Tora-san" (寅さん), a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. Spanning 48 installments (1969–95), it is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest movie series (in number of installments) in the world.
Otolaryngology Otolaryngology is the branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head & neck disorders. The full name of the specialty is otolaryngology-head and neck surgery.
Otology Otology is a branch of biomedicine which studies normal and pathological anatomy and physiology of the ear (hearing and vestibular sensory systems and related structures and functions) as well as its diseases, diagnosis and treatment.
Otomatic The Otomatic was a prototype self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, or "SPAAG", combining the chassis of a Leopard I tank with a new turret mounting the Otobreda 76 mm gun along with associated search and targeting radars and their fire control systems. Oto Melara offered it as a long-range SPAAG that outperformed systems like the Gepard and similar versions with the British Marksman turret that mounted much smaller 35 mm guns.
Otomi language The Otomi language is an indigenous language of Mexico, spoken across a number of central Mexican states by the ethnic group widely known as the Otomi but who refer to themselves as Hñähñu (or similar, depending on the language variant).Alternative autonym spellings include Ñuhu, Ñhato, and Ñuhmu.
Otomycosis Otomycosis is a fungal ear infection; a superficial mycotic infection of the outer ear canal. The infection may be either subacute or acute and is characterized by inflammation, pruritus, scaling, and severe discomfort.
Otonabee River The Otonabee River is a river that runs from Katchewanooka Lake near Lakefield, into the east side of Peterborough, Ontario (as close as 150 m to downtown), through Little Lake and down 30 km into the northwestern side of Rice Lake. The total length of the river is only 55 km, although geographically, it is a continuation of the Trent River, which drains Rice Lake at its eastern end, making the lake a widening of the combined stream.
Otoplasty Otoplasty is a type of cosmetic surgery that is used to improve the appearance of a person's external ears. This type of ear surgery is typically performed to bring ears closer to the head or reduce the size of large ears.
Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia (OSMED) is an inherited disorder of bone growth that results in skeletal abnormalities, severe hearing loss, and distinctive facial features. The name of the condition indicates that it affects hearing (oto-) and the bones of the spine (spondylo-), and enlarges the ends of bones (megaepiphyses).
Ototake Hirotada Ototake Hirotada (乙武 洋匡) (born April 6, 1976) is a Japanese sports writer from Tokyo. Born without hands and legs, he is most notable for his 1998 memoir No One's Perfect (五体不満足), which was a bestseller in Japan.
Otoya Yamaguchi Otoya Yamaguchi (山口 二矢 Yamaguchi Otoya; February 22, 1943 - November 2, 1960) was a Japanese ultranationalist best known for his assassination by wakizashi of Inejiro Asanuma on 12 October 1960 at Tokyo's Hibiya Hall during a political debate in advance of parliamentary elections.
Otozo Yamada Otozo Yamada (山田乙三) was the Captain General of the Kwantung Army during World War II and the precursory Manchurian period. He was captured by the Soviet Army at the end of World War II and was accused of involvement with human experimentation performed by the Japanese Army in Manchuria.
Otpisani Otpisani (The Written-Off) was one of the most popular TV series in SFRY which aired in late 70-s and early 80s. It has achieved legendary status, and has been re-aired seven times so far on Belgrade television.
Otranto Barrage In World War I, the Otranto Barrage was an Allied naval blockade of the Otranto Straits between Brindisi in Italy and Corfu on the Albanian side of the Adriatic Sea. The blockade was intended to prevent the Austro-Hungarian navy from escaping into the Mediterranean and threatening Allied operations there.
Otrar Otrar or Utrar (also called Farab) was a city located along the Silk Road near the current town of Karatou in Kazakhstan. Otrar was an important town in the history of Central Asia, situated on the borders of settled and agricultural civilizations.
Otrøelva The Otrøelva river is a small river in Oppland that originates from headwaters in the Fillefjell mountains to Lake Vangsmjøsa. It is a part of the Begna river watershed, joining the Begna above Lake Vangsmjøsa.
Otrechemsya ot starogo mira "Otrehchemsya ot starogo mira" are the Russian lyrics to La Marseillaise by Pyotr Lavrov, first published on July 1, 1875. The lyrics are not a direct translation of the French ones, but are rather a "Worker's Marseillaise", very radical-socialist in rhetoric.
Otro día que va and Enséñame "Otro día que va" and "Enséñame" are two latin pop songs that belong to the Mexican popular popgrop RBD's debut album Rebelde. Even though both songs weren't officially released as singles, both of them received major airplay in different cities from Mexico, like Cancún, Monterrey, Mexico City, and Guadalajara.
Otronicon Otronicon (Orlando Electronic Interactive Convention) is an electronic gaming and simulation conference. The first annual convention was held at the Orlando Science Center in Orlando, Florida in January of 2006.
Otros Aires Recognized as the fist electronic-archaeological tango band, Otros Aires mixes the first tangos and milongas records from the beginning of the last century (Gardel, Razzano, D`arienzo, etc.) with electronic sequences, melodies and lyrics of the 21st century.
Otsego High School Otsego High School is a high school in the village of Tontogany, Ohio, United States. Otsego High School is a typical conservative rural school, however the Otsego Local School District is the largest geographical school district in the state of Ohio.
Otselic River The Otselic River (aht-SIL-ik) is a tributary of the Tioughnioga River, approximately 45 mi (72 km) long, in central New York in the United States. It drains a mountainous area, mostly forested and agricultural, east of the Finger Lakes at the northern edge of the Susquehanna River watershed.
Otso In Finnish mythology Otso, Ohto, Kontio, metsän kuningas (the king of the forest), and mesikämmen (honeypaws) are some of the many rarely-uttered circumlocutory epithets for the spirit that was never directly named. Generally, the spirit of the bear was referred to as friend, brother, uncle, or forestcousin, or ways were thought up that would bypass the need to refer to the spirit at all, even indirectly.
Otsuki Fumihiko ; (15 October 1847 - 17 February 1928) was a Japanese lexicographer, linguist, and historian. He is best known for two Japanese-language dictionaries that he edited, Genkai (言海, literally "sea of words," 1891) and its successor Daigenkai (大言海, literally "great sea of words," 1932 - 1937), and for his studies of Japanese grammar.
Otsuma Kotaka Otsuma Kotaka (大妻コタカ Ōtsuma Kotaka, 1884–1970) was born on June 21 1884 in Kawashiri, Kozan Town, Sera County, Hiroshima Prefecture, the third daughter of Kumada Shojuro (熊田小十郎, Kumada Shōjūrō). After studying at Kawashiri Elementary School, Hongo Middle School, and the Kozan Needlecraft School, she found employment at a local elementary school.
Ott-Heinrich Keller Eduard Ott-Heinrich Keller (1906-1990) was a German mathematician who worked in the fields of geometry, topology and algebraic geometry. He formulated the celebrated problem which is now called the Jacobian conjecture in 1939.
Ottamthullal Ottamthullal is a type of performing arts from Kerala, India. Also known as the "poor mans Kathakali", Ottamthullal was created by the Malayali poet Kunchan Nambiar, as an alternative to the Chakyar koothu, as a protest against the prevalent socio-political structure and prejudices of the region.
Ottapalam Ottapalam is a town in Palakkad district in Kerala state, south India. Situated on the banks of the Bharathapuzha River (or Nila), Ottapalam claims a rich cultural heritage and has hosted many historic events.
Ottar Gjermundshaug Ottar Gjermundshaug was a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed in the early 1950's. He won a silver medal in the individual event at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid, New York.
Ottauquechee River The Ottauquechee River (pronounced AWT-ah-KWEE-chee) is a river, about 40 mi (65 km) long, in eastern Vermont in the United States.Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound.
Ottaviano Del Turco Ottaviano Del Turco (born November 7, 1944 in Collelongo, province of L'Aquila) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the Social Democrat ticket and sits with the Party of European Socialists group.
Ottaviano Nonni Ottaviano Nonni, called Il Mascherino (1536 - August 6, 1606) was an italian architect, sculptor and painter, born in Bologna and dead in Rome. Apprentice of Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, he was active in Emilia and in Rome, where he has been living in the rione of Borgo, in the road still bearing his name (Via del Mascherino).
Ottaviano Petrucci Ottaviano Petrucci (June 18, 1466 – May 7 1539) was an Italian printer. Petrucci is credited with producing, in 1501, the first book of sheet music printed from movable type: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons.
Ottavio Leoni Ottavio Leoni (1578-1630) was an Italian printermaker and painter renowned for his drawn portraits. His work is exhibited in world-famous museums, such as Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, USA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.
Ottavio Quattrocchi Ottavio Quattrocchi was born in Mascali, Catania, Sicily. While serving as Director of Eni, he was accused of involvement in the Bofors Scandal, the 1980s bribery scandal involving the Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors and Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and other politicians, which contributed to the defeat of the Congress Party in the 1989 elections.
Ottavio Rinuccini Ottavio Rinuccini (January 20, 1562 – March 28, 1621) was an Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist at the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. In collaborating with Jacopo Peri to produce the first opera, Dafne, in 1597, he became the first opera librettist.
Ottawa (County of) Ottawa (County of) was a federal and provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1830 to 1867, in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892, and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to at least 1919.
Ottawa ankle rules In medicine, the Ottawa ankle rules are a set of guidelines for doctors to aid them in deciding if a patient with foot or ankle pain should be offered X-rays to diagnose a possible bone fracture. Before the introduction of the rules most patients with ankle injuries would have been X-rayed.
Ottawa Bluesfest The Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Canada. While primarily focused on blues, the festival has increasingly showcased mainstream pop and rock acts in recent years.
Ottawa Board of Control The Ottawa Board of Control was an important part of the governance of Ottawa, Ontario from 1908 until 1978 when it was abolished. Through the 19th century Ottawa had been governed by a mayor and city council, but most councilors were only part time and could spend only a few hours per week on municipal issues.
Ottawa Bus Central Station The Ottawa Bus Central Station (French: Station Centrale d'Autobus Ottawa) is the primary intercity bus terminal in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's national capital city. It has the same ownership as Montreal's major bus terminal, Station Centrale d'autobus Montréal.
Ottawa Business Journal The Ottawa Business Journal is a regional business publication serving Canada's National Capital Region. Founded in 1995, it is owned by Transcontinental Media and published on a weekly basis with a circulation of 20,000 copies.
Ottawa Car Company Ottawa Car Company was a builder of streetcars for the Canadian market and was founded in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1891. It was renamed Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company in 1917 and again as Ottawa Car and Aircraft Limited in 1937.
Ottawa Centre Ottawa Centre is an urban federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. While the riding's boundaries (mainly to the south and west as the north and east borders have remained the Ottawa River and Rideau Canal, respectively) have changed over the years to account for population changes, the riding has always comprised the central areas of Ottawa, the nation's capital.
Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district) Ottawa Centre is an urban provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1968. While the riding's boundaries (mainly to the south and west as the north and east borders have remained the Ottawa River and Rideau Canal, respectively) have changed over the years to account for population changes, the riding has always comprised the central areas of Ottawa, the nation's capital.
Ottawa City Hall The current Ottawa City Hall (French: HĂ´tel de ville d'Ottawa) is the city hall of Ottawa, Canada. The downtown complex consists of two connected buildings: a modern wing located on Laurier Avenue and a 19th century heritage wing located on Elgin Street.
Ottawa Civic Centre Ottawa Civic Centre is an indoor arena located in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the current home of the Ottawa 67's of the OHL and is the former home of the Ottawa Senators of the NHL (1992-1995), the Ottawa Nationals of the WHA (1972-1973), the Ottawa Civics of the WHA (1976), and the Ottawa Rebel of the NLL (2002-2003).
Ottawa Courthouse The Ottawa Courthouse (French: Palais de justice d'Ottawa) is an Ontario provincial courthouse in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the main provincial court for the Ottawa area, and as such handles most of the region's legal affairs.
Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival The Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival, or officially the Nortel Networks Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival, is an annual festival anchored around a dragon boat race. Multicultural stage performers, exhibitors, and activities for children are including in the event.
Ottawa Folklore Centre The Ottawa Folklore Centre is an instrument and music store in Ottawa, the national capital of Canada. It mostly sells stringed instruments, such as guitars, banjos, basses, and many uncommon ethnic instruments.
Ottawa Forests and Greenspace Advisory Committee Established in 2001, the Ottawa Forests and Greenspace Advisory Committee (OFGAC) provides a forum for interested citizens and City Councillors to engage on current forest and greenspace issues in the City of Ottawa. The committee has 15 members, appointed by City Council, from all areas of the City of Ottawa.
Ottawa Fury Ottawa Fury are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 2005. 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 Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Albany, Brooklyn, Hyannis, New Rochelle, Providence, St.
Ottawa Gee Gees The Ottawa Gee-Gees are an athletic team that represents the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario in all of their sporting events. The term Gee-Gee is taken from horse racing where a Gee-Gee is the first horse out of the starting gate.
Ottawa Harlequins The Ottawa Harlequins are a Canadian rugby union team based in eastern Ontario. The team plays in the Rugby Canada Super League and draws most of its players from the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL.
Ottawa HC Ottawa HC (Hockey Club) was a hockey team which played in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (1892-1898), the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (1898-1904), the Federal Amateur Hockey League (1904-1905). They won the Canadian Amateur Hockey League in 1901 and 1903 and the Federal Amateur Hockey League in 1905.
Ottawa Health Research Institute The Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI) is a non-profit academic health research institute located in Canada’s capital city of Ottawa. The OHRI’s mission is to excel in research, education and innovative patient care.
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival The Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival has been operating each summer since 1994. In that year Julian Armour started a small festival that was to become the largest chamber music festival in the world.
Ottawa Initiative The Ottawa Initiative on Haiti or simply the Ottawa Initiative, was a conference that took place in Montreal on 31 January and 1 February 2003, to decide the future of Haiti's government, though no Haitian government officials were invited. The conference was attended by Canadian, French, and U.

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