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Owen Glynne Jones Owen Glynne Jones (1867–1899) was a British rock-climber and mountaineer. He established many new routes in the Lake District and elsewhere, often climbing with George and Ashley Abraham, brothers who photographed the climbs for posterity.
Owen Gun The Owen Gun, which was known officially as the Owen Machine Carbine, was an Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn (Evo) Owen in 1939. It was the main submachine gun used by the Australian Army during World War II.
Owen Hall Owen Hall ((born Dublin, 10 April 1853, died Harrogate, 9 April 1907) was the pen name of 19th and early 20th century theatre critic James Davis when writing for the stage. He wrote the librettos for several very successful shows, including A Gaiety Girl, The Geisha and A Greek Slave.
Owen Hart Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler. He was born in Calgary, Alberta, the youngest of 12 children, all of whom were involved with wrestling in some way; the most famous of his brothers being Bret Hart.
Owen Holland Owen Holland is currently a professor of computer science at the University of Essex in the UK. Previously, he has held faculty positions at Caltech, University of Bielefeld, Starlab and the University of the West of England.
Owen Chamberlain Owen Chamberlain (July 10, 1920 – February 28, 2006) was a prominent American physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1959 with his collaborator Emilio Segrè for their discovery of the antiproton, a fundamental particle.
Owen Chase Owen Chase (1798-1869) First Mate of the whale ship Essex, that was struck and sunk by a sperm whale on November 20, 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex,.
Owen Johnson Owen McMahon Johnson (August 27, 1878- January 27, 1952) was an American writer best remembered for his stories and novels cataloguing the educational and personal growth of the fictional character Dink Stover.
Owen Jones (architect) Owen Jones (15 February 1809 - 19 April 1874) was a British architect, decorative artist, author and educator. Through his efforts to publish his findings on the historic use of colour in decoration, he also became one of the pioneers of chromolithography.
Owen Josephus Roberts Owen Josephus Roberts (May 2, 1875 – May 17, 1955) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court for fifteen years. He also led the fact-finding commission that investigated the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Owen Lovejoy Owen Lovejoy (January 6, 1811 – March 25, 1864) was an American lawyer, Congregationalist minister, abolitionist, Republican and congressman. Lovejoy was a platform speaker in support of Lincoln in the Lincoln - Douglas Debates.
Owen Luder Owen Luder, CBE, (born 7 August 1928) is a British architect who designed a number of notable and sometimes controversial buildings in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s. He is a former president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Owen Marshall Owen Marshall (Owen Marshall Jones) (born 1941) is a New Zealand short story writer and novelist. He was born in the North Island town of Te Kuiti, the third son of a Methodist minister, but grew up in the South Island.
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law was a television series starring Arthur Hill as a lawyer in a small town in California, who defends his clients with the help of his young assistants (played, amongst others, by David Soul, later of Starsky and Hutch and Lee Majors, The Six Million Dollar Man). Majors, in fact, co-starred in the series concurrently with his appearances in early episodes of Six Million Dollar Man.
Owen Merton Owen Heathcote Grierson Merton, RBA (1887–1931) was a New Zealand-born British painter. His paintings display an interest in the Post-Impressionist representational style, primarily through watercolor landscapes and seascapes.
Owen Moore Owen Moore (December 12, 1886 - June 9, 1939) was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. Along with his brothers Tom and Matt, he emigrated to America and they all went on to successful careers in motion pictures in Hollywood, California.
Owen Nares Owen Ramsay Nares (11 August 1888 in Maiden Erlegh, Berkshire, England - 30 July 1943, Brecon, Wales.) had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star.
Owen Nolan Owen Liam Nolan (born February 12, 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish Canadian professional hockey player who is currently playing for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League. He also played for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, San Jose Sharks and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Owen Oglethorpe Owen Oglethorpe (died 1559) was an English priest. He was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire (where he later founded a school) and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was elected a fellow in 1526 and received his MA in 1529 and his DD in 1536.
Owen Pallett Owen Pallett (born September 7, 1979) is a violinist and singer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the principal member of the band Final Fantasy, which is essentially a solo project, although Leon Taheny is also credited as drummer and engineer.
Owen Paris Owen Paris is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe first portrayed by Warren Munson and then by Richard Herd. He appears in the Star Trek: Voyager episodes "Persistence of Vision" and "Thirty Days".
Owen Paul Owen Paul (born Owen Paul McGee, 1 May 1962, in Glasgow), is a Scottish singer, best known in the UK for his 1986 hit single, "My Favourite Waste Of Time". The track featured an appearance from future Thunder bass player Mark 'Snake' Luckhurst.
Owen Roe O'Neill Eoghan Rua Ó Néill, anglicised as Owen Roe O'Neill (c. 1590–1649) ("Red Owen"), was a seventeenth century soldier and one of the most famous of the O'Neill family of Ulster.
Owen Rutter An early 20th Century traveler, Owen Rutter wrote at least eight books including The Scales of Karma, Pirate Wind (1930), Pagans of North Borneo (1929) and Through Formosa: An Account of Japan's Island Colony (1923). Accompanied by his wife (who also took many of the phototgraphs for his books), Rutter traveled around the globe, making extended stops in Borneo, Hong Kong, Taiwan (formerly known as Formosa), Japan, Canada and the United States among other places.
Owen Temple Owen Temple (born September 4, 1976 in Kerrville, Texas) is a country music singer/songwriter. Temple began performing music while living in Dallas, Texas and he continued writing and performing songs in Austin, Texas where he attended the University of Texas at Austin.
Owen Thomas Edgar Owen Thomas Edgar (June 17, 1831 - September 3, 1929) was, according to data from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the last surviving US veteran of the Mexican-American War. He enlisted in the navy as a 2nd-class apprentice on February 10, 1846, and was discharged August 8, 1849.
Owen Tudor Owain ap Maredudd (or Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur or Owen Tudor) (c. 1400 - February 2, 1461) was a Welsh soldier and courtier, directly descended from The Lord Rhys but remembered only because of his role in founding the Tudor dynasty and for his relationship with Catherine of Valois, widow of King Henry V of England.
Owen Valley Community High School Owen Valley Community High School is a high school] located in [[Spencer, Indiana with 978 students and more than 75 faculty members. Built in 1971, OVHS is the result of a consolidation of several smaller schools located within Owen County.
Owen Wansbrough-Jones Sir Owen Haddon Wansbrough-Jones KBE, CB (born 1906, Long Stratton, Norfolk, England, died 1983, Long Stratton), was a leading academic chemist and soldier whose career included serving as Chief Scientist to the British Ministry of Supply.
Owen Willans Richardson Sir Owen Willans Richardson (April 26, 1879 - February 15, 1959) was a British physicist, a professor at Princeton University from 1906 to 1913, and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 "for his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him".
Owen Wister Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer of western novels. Owen Wister was born of old money in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a number of place names around Philadelphia can be traced back to the Wister family.
Owen's Market Owen's Market is a chain of grocery stores located in northern Indiana, owned by the Kroger corporation. As of late 2006 there were five Owen's Market locations, in the Indiana communities of Huntington, Ligonier and Warsaw.
Owenism Owenism is a term used to represent the Utopian socialist philosophy of Robert Owen, and derivations thereof. Perhaps the most notable organization of Owenites was their unsuccessful project at New Harmony, which they intended to construct as a utopia.
Owens Corning Owens Corning Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois.
Owens Lake Owens Lake is a large dry lake in eastern California's Owens Valley, located about 5 miles south of Lone Pine, California. Unlike most dry lakes in the Basin and Range Province (which have been dry for thousands of years), Owens held significant water until 1924, fed by the Owens River.
Owens Park BOP The Owens Park BOP (Big Old Party) is a night held in Owens Park every Friday in the Owens Park tower's ball room for students of the University of Manchester. The BOP generally has a theme and is free for all residents of Owens Park but has a charge of ÂŁ3.
Owens River The Owens River is a river in eastern California in the United States, approximately 120 mi (193 km) long. It drains into an arid ranching basin, called the Owens Valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Owens River Gorge The Owens River Gorge is a steep 10 mi (16 km) canyon on the upper Owens River in eastern California in the United States. The canyon is located at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains in southern Mono County, along the stretch of the river where it exits the Long Valley near its source and enters the north end of Owens Valley.
Owens Valley Owens Valley is the arid ranching valley of the Owens River in southeastern California in the United States. The valley is approximately 75 mi (120 km) long, trending north-south, and is bounded by the Sierra Nevada on the west and the Inyo and White Mountains on the east.
Owens Valley Radio Observatory The Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) is a radio observatory located near Bishop, California, approximately 250 miles north of Los Angeles on the east side of the Sierra Nevada. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology.
Owens, Virginia Owens is a small unincorporated crossroads community located in King George County, Virginia at the intersection of Dahlgren Road, Windsor Drive, and Owens Drive. Virginia State Routes 218 and 206 meet at this intersection, with 206 going east towards U.
Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC), located in Owensboro, KY, is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It was formed in 1999 from the consolidation of Owensboro Community College (est.
Owl (comics) The Owl, real name Leland Owlsley, is a mutant supervillain who frequently menaces Daredevil and other heroes in Marvel Comics' universe, notably Spider-Man and the Black Cat. The character first appeared in Daredevil (1st series) #3 (August 1964).
Owl Club The Owl Club is a remarkable remnant of the Victorian period of Cape Town, South Africa, being a gentleman’s dining club formed in 1894 to provide a social meeting-place for those with an interest in the liberal arts and science. The members are entertained and informed by a strong tradition of excellent speakers and a high standard of music.
Owl Creek Mountains The Owl Creek Mountains (highest point, 9,665 ft/2,946 m) are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains in central Wyoming in the United States, running E-W to form a bridge between the Absaroka Range to the northwest and the Bridger Mountains to the east. The range forms the boundary between the Bighorn Basin to the north and the Shoshone Basin to the south.
Owl Magazine Owl Magazine is a popular Canadian children's magazine founded in 1976. Aimed at those between the ages of 9 and 13, it is published ten times per year, including (since 2001) a summer issue in a smaller 'digest' format.
Owl Moon Owl Moon (ISBN 0-399-21457-7) is a 1987 book by Jane Yolen, illustrated by by John Schoenherr. The book won many awards, most notably being the Caldecott Medal for its illustrations, and has appeared on the show Reading Rainbow.
Owlerton Stadium Owlerton Stadium is a greyhound racing track in Owlerton near Hillsborough in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and also home to the Sheffield Tigers Speedway team. It is operated by the A & S Leisure Group, the majority shareholder of which is Dave Allen.
Owlflight Owlflight by Mercedes Lackey is the first novel in a new trilogy in her Valdemar/ Velgarth universe. Set in the years after the Mage Storms series it concentrates on an unhappy young orphan named Darian being brought up in a secluded village by the local mage after his parent's death.
Owlfly Owlflies are dragonfly-like insects with large bulging eyes and long knobbed antennae. They are not true flies, but rather neuropterans in the family Ascalaphidae, and as such are more closely related to beetles.
Owls (band) Originally named The Civil War, Owls were an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois, from 2001-2002. The band was formed by the original lineup of seminal experimental indie rock band Cap'n Jazz soon after its second breakup (the first came in 1994); Cap'n Jazz guitarist Davey von Bohlen, who played in the band's second incarnation, had gone on to found influential emo band The Promise Ring and did not participate in Owls.
Owlshead Mountains The Owlshead Mountains are located at the southern end of Death Valley National Park near the border of the Fort Irwin Military Reservation in eastern California, USA. The range lies north of the Granite Mountains and northwest of the Avawatz Mountains.
Own goal An own goal occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents.
Own the Podium - 2010 Own the Podium - 2010, or À nous le podium en 2010! in French, is a Canadian sport technical program launched in January 2005 to prepare Canada to become the top winter sporting nation in the world by 2010 — when Canada will host the next Winter Olympics.
Owned "Owned" (often typed in leet speak among gamers) is an internet slang word used commonly in gaming circles to acknowledge a form of superiority through the downfall of another group, be it another gaming clan, or a single user. This can be in the context of winning an online game, a debate on a forum, or attaining a successful hacking, as well as the signature to a rebuttal, such as "You got owned!
Owned-and-operated station In the television industry (especially in North America), an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as O&O) usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a station from an affiliate, whose ownership lies elsewhere other than the network it is linked to.
Owner free filing system The Owner Free Filing System (OFF System) is a peer-to-peer distributed file system though which all shared files are represented by randomized data blocks. The system is referred to as a brightnet to contrast its method of operation with that of private file sharing systems known as darknets.
Owner occupied Owner occupied is a classification of UK housing tenure as described by the Department for Communities and Local Government, a UK government department that has amongst its remit the monitoring of the UK housing stock.
Owner-operator An owner-operator is a type of business owner, who typically works and runs their own business. An owner-operator will usually be responsible for day-to-day operations, such as inventory, finances, labor control, etc.
Owning the Future Owning the Future: Ideas and Their Role in the Digital Age is the name of a "knowledge symposium" held in the Indian capital of New Delhi in August 2006, aimed at focusing on alternative ways of looking at sharing knowledge and concepts like "intellectual property".
Owon Jang Seung-eop (1843 - 1897), (better known by his pen name Owon), was a painter of the late Joseon Dynasty in Korea. His life was dramatized in the award-winning 2002 film Chwihwaseon directed by Im Kwon-taek.
Owsla An Owsla is a group of physically strong or clever, well-trained rabbits who guard and defend a warren in Richard Adams' book Watership Down. The Owsla's primary purpose is to enforce rules and laws made by the warren's chief rabbit, or rah.
Owyhee Desert The Owyhee Desert is an arid region of canyons, volcanic rock, sagebrush and grass, approximately 14,000 square miles (36,260 km²) in area, in northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon in the western United States. It is located on the south edge of the Columbia Plateau southwest of Boise, Idaho, stretching east from the Santa Rosa Range with a mean elevation of approximately 5300 ft (1600 m).
Owyhee River The Owyhee River is a tributary of the Snake River, approximately 200 miles (320 km) long, flowing through northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon in the western United States. It drains a remote area of the arid plateau region on the north edge of the Great Basin, rising in northeastern Nevada and flowing generally northward along the Oregon-Idaho border region to the Snake River.
OWASP The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an open-source project dedicated to finding and fighting the causes of insecure software. The OWASP Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that supports and manages OWASP projects and infrastructure.
OWL/TV OWL/TV is a children's educational television series that aired on the CBC, and then later on CTV, from 1985 to 1994. Its focus is nature and science discovery, emphasizing to viewers how they can have an impact on their own environment.
OWLF OWLF is the name of the fictional precision pheromone detection system (a network of modular detectors), which was used by the character Keyes and his men in their effort to track and capture the titular alien character in the science fiction film Predator 2.
Ox gall Ox gall is gall, usually obtained from cows, that is mixed with alcohol and used as the wetting agent in marbling, engraving, lithography, and watercolor painting. It is a greenish-brown liquid mixture containing cholesterol, lecithin, taurocholic acid, and glycoholic acid.
Ox Hill Battlefield Park Ox Hill Battlefield Park is a site in Fairfax, Virginia where the Battle of Chantilly (Confederate name Battle of Ox Hill) was fought during the American Civil War, the only major battle of the war fought in Fairfax County. The battlefield is now a public park adjacent to suburban developments and the Fairfax Towne Center shopping center, and is maintained by the Fairfax County Park Authority.
Ox tongue The ox tongue spear (langue de boeuf) was a type of broad-headed double edged halberd that was used in Europe during the 15th century. Some designs had protrusions from the middle or base of the blades making the head similar in profile to a partisan.
Ox Tales Ox Tales is a anime series originally created in Japan and then translated for the European and North American television market. the show was based on the Dutch comic strip created by Wil Raymakers and Thijs Wilms.
Ox-Head and Horse-Face Ox-Head () and Horse-Face () are two fearsome guardians of the Underworld in Chinese mythology, where the dead face judgement (and punishment) prior to reincarnation. As indicated by their names, one has the head of an ox, and the other has the head of horse.
Ox-wagon The Ox-wagon (Afrikaans: Ossewa) was a traditional form of transport, especially in Southern Africa. The first recorded use of an ox-wagon was around 1670, but they continued to be used up to modern times, concurrently with cars.
Oxacillin Oxacillin sodium (Bactocill®) is a beta-lactam antibiotic in the penicillin class. It has been used particularly in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, and resistant strains may be called oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA).
Oxaeinae Oxaeinae are an exclusively American subfamily of the bee family Andrenidae, consisting of large (13-26 mm), fast-flying bees, often with large eyes. There are only two constituent genera, Oxaea and Protoxaea, with a total of 19 described species ranging from the United States to Argentina.
Oxalidaceae The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, is a small family of eight genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 900 species in the genus Oxalis (wood sorrels). Members of this family typically have divided leaves, the leaflets showing "sleep movements", spreading open in light and closing in darkness.
Oxaliplatin Oxaliplatin is a platinum-based chemotherapy drug in the same family as cisplatin and carboplatin. It is typically administered in combination with fluorouracil and leucovorin in a combination known as FOLFOX for the treatment of colorectal cancer.
Oxalis corniculata Yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis corniculata), also known as procumbent yellow sorrel, is a somewhat delicate-appearing, low-growing, herbaceous plant in the family Oxalidaceae. It has a narrow, creeping stem that readily roots at the nodes.
Oxalis stricta Oxalis stricta, the Common Yellow Woodsorrel, is an annual plant native to North America, growing in woodlands, meadows, and in disturbed areas. Erect when young, this plant later becomes decumbent as it lays down, and branches regularly.
Oxaloacetic acid Oxaloacetic acid, also known as oxosuccinic acid or oxalacetic acid, is a four-carbon dicarboxylic acid appearing as an intermediate of the citric acid cycle and gluconeogenesis. In vivo, oxaloacetate (the ionised form of oxaloacetic acid) is formed by the oxidation of L-malate, catalysed by malate dehydrogenase, and reacts with Acetyl-CoA to form citrate, catalysed by citrate synthase.
Oxalobacter formigenes Oxalobacter formigenes is an oxalate-degrading anaerobic bacterium which colonizes the large intestine in humans. Research is being conducted on its use as a treatment to prevent the formation of calcium-oxalate kidney stones.
Oxamniquine 'Oxamniquine' is "an anthelmintic with schistosomicidal activity against Schistosoma mansoni, but not against other Schistosoma spp. Oxamniquine is a potent single-dose agent for treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infection in man and it causes worms to shift from the mesenteric veins to the liver where the male worms are retained; the female worms return to the mesentery, but can no longer release eggs.
Oxana Fedorova Oxana Fedorova (Oksana Fyodorova, Оксана Федорова in Russian) (born December 17, 1977) is a Russian Miss Universe winner (dethroned), police officer, television hostess, actress, and UNICEF representative.
Oxana Malaya Oxana Malaya (Оксана Малая) (born November 1983) was found as an 8-year-old feral child in Ukraine in 1991, having lived most of her life in the company of dogs. She picked up a number of dog-like habits and found it difficult to master language.
Oxana Skaldina Oxana Skaldina Russian: Оксана Скалдина Oksana Skaldina (born 24 May, 1972 in Zaporozhye, Ukraine) is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started gymnastics at age 5, her first coach was Liudmillla Koval but, she soon moved to the Kiev rhythmics school of Albina and Irina Deriugina.
Oxandrolone Oxandrolone (Oxandrin) is an anabolic steroid created by Searle Laboratories under the trademark Anavar, and introduced into the US in 1964. It is taken orally, and unlike other steroids delivered in this manner, most of which are Class II steroids, the majority of its effects are due to reaction with the androgen receptor.
Oxanion hole An oxanion hole is a pocket in the structure of an enzyme which stabilizes a deprotonated oxygen or alkoxide, often by placing it close to positively charged residues. This can contribute to binding affinity in two ways:
Oxaprozin Oxaprozin (brand name: Daypro®) is a nonnarcotic, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), used to relieve the inflammation, swelling, stiffness, and joint pain associated with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Chemically, it is a propionic acid derivative.
Oxazole Oxazole is the parent compound for vast class of heterocyclic aromatic organic compounds. These are azoles with an oxygen and a nitrogen separated by one carbon Heterocyclic Chemistry TL Gilchrist, The Bath press 1985 ISBN 0-582-01421-2.
Oxbow Elementary Oxbow Elementary is a small school in the township of White Lake, Michigan. It is located at 100 Oxbow Lake Road, ZIP code is 48386 It has grade levels K-5 and is therefore considered an "Elementary School".
Oxbow lake An oxbow lake is a type of lake which is formed when a wide meander from a stream or a river is cut off to form a lake. They are called oxbow lakes due to the distinctive curved shape that results from this process.
Oxbridge rivalry The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, collectively known as Oxbridge, are the two oldest and most famous universities in Britain. Both were founded more than 750 years ago, and between them have produced a large number of Britain's most prominent scientists and politicians, as well as noted figures in many other fields.
Oxburgh Hall Oxburgh Hall is a stately home in Oxborough, Norfolk, England (map coordinates ), belonging to the National Trust. The house has been continuously inhabited by the Bedingfeld family since its construction in 1482.
Oxdown Gazette The Oxdown Gazette was a fictional newspaper used by the National Council for the Training of Journalists for its regional and local journalism exams. Since the1970s, trainee journalists would have to write reports on fires, floods, rail crashes and fatal accidents in the imaginary town of Oxdown.
Oxeiae The Oxeiae or Oxeias or Oxiés or Scrofés are the group of southern islands in the Echinades chain, which itself forms a portion of the Ionian Islands of Greece. The name comes from the chief island of Oxeia.
Oxen of the Sun In Greek mythology, The Oxen of the Sun were the beloved cattle of the sun-god Helios pastured on the island of Trinacria. The actual herds consisted of 350 cattle and 350 sheep according to Homer's The Odyssey.
Oxenholme Lake District railway station Oxenholme Lake District railway station is a railway station in Oxenholme, near Kendal in Cumbria. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line and is also the start of the Windermere Branch Line to Windermere.
Oxenstierna Oxenstierna, an ancient Swedish noble family, the origin of which can be traced up to the middle of the 14th century, which had vast estates in Sudermannia and Uplandia, and began to adopt its armorial designation of Oxenstierna ("Ox-forehead", stierna has the double meaning of "star") as a personal name towards the end of the 16th century. Its most notable members include the following:
Oxeye daisy The oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) also known as the marguerite is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia. It is one of a number of plants to be called by the common name daisy.
Oxfam Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 independent, non-profit, secular, community-based aid and development organizations who work with local partners in over 100 countries worldwide to reduce poverty, suffering, and injustice. It is a member of the OneWorld Network, which seeks to "promote sustainable development, social justice, and human rights.

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