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Odedi * The Odedi Cettia haddeni is a bird species in the Old World Warbler family, described as new to science in 2006 from the Crown Prince Range on the island of Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea.
Odell Hale Odell Hale (August 10, 1908 - June 9, 1980) was a major league baseball second baseman in the 1930s and early 1940s, primarily for the Cleveland Indians. Though he was born Arvel Odell Hale, baseball encyclopedias listed him simply as Odell Hale, which stuck with him as well as the nickname "Bad News".
Odell Jones Odell Jones born January 13, 1953 in Tulare, California was a Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1975, 1977-78 and 1981), Seattle Mariners (1979), Texas Rangers (1983-84), Baltimore Orioles (1986) and Milwaukee Brewers (1988).
Odell School, North Carolina Odell School is a community in northwestern Cabarrus County, North Carolina, named for Odell School, an elementary school that is part of the Cabarrus County Schools system. The township occupies an area between Huntersville and Concord.
Odell's Odell’s is a supplier of popcorn topping and popping products to the concession industry in the Americas. The company’s concession product line includes a Real butter topping, a margarine topping and a variety of popping oils.
Odell, New Hampshire Odell is a township located in Coos County, New Hampshire, USA. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part of any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited).
Odell, Oregon Odell is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. It was named for an early pioneer, William Odell a native of Tennessee by way of California, who settled in the area in 1861.
Odem Odem (Hebrew: אודם) is an Israeli cooperative moshav situated in the northern part of the Golan Heights. It is located on Mount Odem, at a height of 1,090 meters above sea level, making it the second highest town in Israel.
Oden Oden () is a Japanese winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku and processed fish cakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured dashi broth. Ingredients vary according to region and between each household.
Oden Bowie Oden Bowie (November 10, 1826 – December 4, 1894), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 34th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1869 to 1872, and the first to be elected under the Maryland Constitution of 1867. He also served in the Maryland State Senate from 1867-1869.
Odendaalsrus Odendaalsrus is the oldest gold mining town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State Province in South Africa. It started out in 1912 as a ramshackle collection of farms and a central church that became a town.
Odendisa Runestone The Odendisa Runestone (), sometimes called the Hassmyra Runestone, is a rune stone erected at Hassmyra, Västmanland, Sweden. The stone contains a poem in fornyrðislag and is one of few rune stones raised for a woman.
Odense Municipality Odense Municipality, (Danish: Odense Kommune) is a Danish municipality (Danish: kommune) in Funen County on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 304 km², and has a total population of 186.
Odense University Odense University, now Syddansk Universitet Odense (or SDU Odense in abbreviated form), has been part of the University of Southern Denmark since 1998 of which it forms the biggest campus. It is the university of Odense, Denmark's third largest city, and the island of Funen.
Odeon Leicester Square The Odeon Leicester Square is a cinema which occupies the centre of the eastern side of Leicester Square, London, dominating the Square with its huge black polished granite facade and high tower displaying its name. Blue neon outlines the exterior of the building at night, making a dramatic presence on the West End.
Odeon of Herodes Atticus The Herodes Atticus Odeon was built in 161 by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla, on the south slope of the Acropolis hill. It was originally a steep-sloped amphitheater with a three-storey stone front wall and a wooden roof, and was used as a venue for music concerts.
Odeon Theatre The Odeon Theatre (Teatru Odeon in Romanian) is a theatre in Bucharest, Romania, located on Calea Victoriei, and is one of the best-known performing arts venues in Bucharest. As an institution, it descends from the Teatrul Muncitoresc CFR GiuleĹźti, founded 1946; it moved to its current location, the Sala Majestic, in 1974.
Oder River The Oder (Odra) is a river in Central Europe. It begins in the Czech Republic and flows through western Poland, later forming the northern 187 km of the border between Poland and Germany, part of the Oder-Neisse line.
Oder-Havel Canal The Oder-Havel Canal is a German canal built between 1908 and 1914, originally known as the Hohenzollern Canal. It runs from the town of Szczecin on the Oder River between Germany and Poland to the Havel River, a tributary of the Elbe, near Berlin.
Oder-Spree Oder-Spree is a Kreis (district) in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the district Märkisch-Oderland, the district-free city Frankfurt (Oder), Poland, the district Spree-Neiße and Dahme-Spreewald, and the Bundesland Berlin.
Oderbruch The Oderbruch is a region along the river Oder between the towns Oderberg and Bad Freienwalde in the north and Lebus in the south. Its maximum extent from north to south is about 56 km, from east to west about 15 km.
Oderick turner Oderick Turner (born December 7, 1986 in New Jersey) is an American football wide receiver and currently playing for the Pitt Panthers football team. In 2005, Williams was considered a top 5 recruit for the quarterback position.
Oderturm Der Oderturm is a 24-story high-rise office building in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, built between 1968 and 1976. It is arguably the tallest structure in Brandenburg, with a mobile telephony mast reaching 95 meters; however, its roof height of 89 m is one meter less than that of the Stern-Plaza in Potsdam, built in 1998.
Oderus Urungus Oderus Urungus is both a character and an alter-ego, played by Dave Brockie, in the rock band GWAR. He appears as an intergalactic humanoid barbarian with devil horns and a meaty looking face, and always carries around a long sword named "Lick" (the name was shortened from "Unt Lick," which was used in Phallus in Wonderland).
Odessa College Odessa College is a public two-year college based in Odessa, Texas serving the people of Ector County and the Permian Basin. It opened in 1952, and currently enrolls around 5,000 students annually in its university-parallel and oocupational/technical courses, and 11,000 students annually in its Basic Education, Continuing Education, and Community Recreation courses.
Odessa Cubbage Colonel Odessa Cubbage is a minor character in the first-person shooter computer game, Half-Life 2, appearing briefly in a Highway 17 (Chapter 7) level of the game. Cubbage is part of the Resistance against the Combine, speaking in distinct Received Pronunciation.
Odessa massacre The Odessa massacre was the extermination of Jews in Odessa and surrounding towns in Transnistria during the autumn of 1941 and the winter of 1942 in a series of massacres and killings during the Holocaust by German and Romanian forces. Depending on the definition, it can either refer to the events of October 22 - October 24, 1941 in which between 25,000 and 34,000 Jews were shot or burned alive, or to the murder of well over 100,000 Ukrainian Jews in the town and the areas between Dniestr and Bug rivers, over the course of the Romanian and German occupation.
Odessa Numismatics Museum Odessa Numismatics Museum is the first Ukrainian historical museum of new type whose tasks became studying the history of coinage and money circulation of the Ukrainian state and also preservation and demonstration the major historical relics belonging to ancient history and culture of the Northern Black Sea Region and Rus-Ukraine.
Odessa Silverberg Odessa Silverberg (オデッサ・シルバーバーグ, Odessa Shirubābāgu) is a character in Konami's role playing game Suikoden. She was the original founder and leader of the Toran Liberation Army, an anti-Imperial Movement.
Odessa-Brody pipeline The Odessa-Brody pipeline is a 674 km long crude oil pipeline between the Ukrainian cities of Odessa at the Black Sea, and Brody near the Ukrainian-Polish border. The pipeline is operated by Ukrtransnafta, the Ukraine's state-owned oil pipeline company.
Odessi Odessi is a trio of producers Leama of Leama & Moor, and Mick Parks and Mick Wilson of Tilt. They are well known for their singles "Moments of Space", "Beautiful Malika", and "Over Again".
Odet The Odet is a river in western France (Finistère department), which runs from Saint-Goazec (near Leuhan, in the Montagnes Noires of Brittany) into the Atlantic Ocean at Bénodet. Bénodet is being given its name from the river (Ben means river mouth in Breton.
Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec (1485 – August 15, 1528) was a French military leader. He gained the reputation of a gallant and able soldier, but this scarcely seems to be justified by the facts; though he was always badly used by fortune.
Odette Kahn Odette Kahn was a judge at the historic Paris Wine Tasting of 1976. A leading authority on wine, she was editor of the Revue du Vin de France (Review of French wine and of Cuisine et Vins de France (Food and Wines of France).
Odette Lapierre Odette Lapierre (born January 28, 1955 in Breakeyville, Quebec) is a former long-distance runner from Canada, who competed in the women's marathon at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. After having finished in 11th place (2:30:56) in Seoul, South Korea she ended up in 19th place (2:46.
Odeyar The Odeyar dynasty (also spelt Wodeyar/Wadiyar-by the British and the Royal family members themselves and but the correct spelling as per Kannada is Odeyar) was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore from 1399 to 1947, until the independence of India from British rule and the subsequent unification of British dominions and princely states into the Republic of India.
Odi massacre The Odi massacre was an attack carried out by the Nigerian military on the predominantly Ijaw town of Odi in Bayelsa state. Prior to the massacre, in the days beginning with November 4, 1999, seven members of the Nigerian police were murdered near Odi.
Odic force The Odic force (also called Od [õd], Odyle, Önd, Odes or Odems) is the name given in the mid-19th century to a hypothetical vital energy or life force by Baron Carl von Reichenbach (1788-1869), an accomplished chemist (known for his analysis of creosote, waxy paraffin, and phenol).
Odie Cleghorn James Ogilvie "Odie" Cleghorn (Born - September 19 1891 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Died - July 13 1956 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was a Canadian professional ice hockey Right Winger, linesman and referee who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Pirates. He won a Stanley Cup in 1924 with Montreal.
Odigo Messenger Odigo Messenger was an instant messaging service. For a short time in 2004 Odigo Messenger allowed users to use the service to talk to users in other IM networks, but the feature was discontinued at the beginning of 2005, presumably for legal reasons.
Odile Defraye Odile Defraye (or Odiel Defraeye; 14 July 1888 - 21 August 1965) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time.http://www.
Odilon Polleunis Odilon Polleunis, nicknamed Lon, (born May 1, 1943) was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the national team between 1968 and 1975, starting in a 1-2 friendly win against the Netherlands on April 7, 1968.
Odin class submarine The Odin class submarine or O class was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920's. The Prototype HMS Oberon was followed by 2 ships originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six modified boats ordered for the RN.
Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics (Odin for short) were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.
Odin in popular culture Odin (or Woden, and in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian: Oden) appears frequently as a character in works of popular culture. Sometimes, the reference is oblique, and odinic characters may exhibit attributes of Odin (such as lack of an eye), without the connection being made explicit.
Odin Langen Odin Elsford Stanley Langen (January 5, 1913 – July 6, 1976) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 5, 1913; attended the public schools; attended Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1933 and 1934; engaged in farming in Kittson County, near Kennedy, Minnesota; associated with Production Marketing Administration in Kittson County, Minnesota, 1935 – 1950; member of Kennedy (Minnesota) School Board, serving as president, 1948 – 1950, South Red River Town Board 1947 – 1950, and the Minnesota House of Representatives 1950 – 1958, serving as Republican leader in 1957 and 1958; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress; Administrator of the Packers and Stockyards Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture from January 1971 to April 1972, when he resigned; resumed farming pursuits in Kenn
Odin Lowe Odin Lowe is a character from the fictional Gundam timeline After Colony Era, appearing in the manga Gundam Wing: Episode Zero. According to production notes, he was modelled after French actor Jean Reno, particularly his appearance in The Professional.
Odinist Fellowship The Odinist Fellowship was the name of an early Odinist organization, founded by Else Christensen and her husband Alex Christensen in Canada in 1969. There also exists a British group called the Odinist Fellowship, which has recognition as a registered charity in the UK.
OdinstĂĄrnet OdinstĂĄrnet (The Odin Tower) was an observation tower located on Bolbro Bakke (Bolbro Hill) in Odense, Denmark. The tower, 177 metres tall, was built in 1934-35 using spare materials from the construction of the first Little Belt Bridge and opened on 29 May, 1935.
Odious debt Odious debt, in international law, is debt that is incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the interest of the state. Such debts are thus considered by this doctrine to be personal debts of the regime that incurred them and not debts of the state.
Odissi Odissi (or Orissi) is the traditional style of dance which originated in the temples of the state of Orissa in Eastern India, where it was performed by the devadasis. It is one of the oldest surviving forms of dance, with depictions of Odissi dancing dating back as far as the 1st century BC.
Odium theologicum The Latin phrase Odium theologicum, literally meaning "theological hatred", is the name given to the particular rancor and hatred generated by disputes over theology. The atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell explained odium theologicum in the following way:
Odle Middle School Odle Middle School, home of the Vikings, is a public middle school in Bellevue, Washington. The school is part of the Bellevue School District, and is named for Frank Odle, who taught for there 55 years before retiring in 1968.
Odma The Open Document Management API was an effort to standardize an API to be used by desktop applications on Microsoft Windows to interface with back-end, server based document management systems (DMS). Version 1.
Odo I, Count of Blois Odo I (also spelled Eudes, c.950 – 12 March 996), Count of Blois, Chartres, Rheims, Troyes, Meaux, Provins, Châteaudun, and Omois, was the son of Theobald I of Blois and Luitgard, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.
Odo II, Count of Blois Odo II (; 983 – 15 November 1037), Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Provins, Rheims, and Tours from 1004 and Count of Troyes and Meaux (as Odo I) from 1022, was the son of Odo I of Blois and Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy. His career was spent in endless feudal warfare with his neighbours and suzerains, whose territories he tried to annex, and in a quest for a crown in Italy and Burgundy.
Odo of Bayeux Odo of Bayeux (c. 1036 – February, 1097, Palermo Norman bishop] and English earl, was the half-brother of [[William I of England|William the Conqueror, and was for a time second only to the king in wealth and power in England.
Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill (20 February 1829 – 25 August 1884), known as Lord Odo Russell between 1872 and 1881, was a British diplomat and ambassador and the first British ambassador to the German Empire. He was born in Florence in 1829 into the Russell family, one of England's leading Whig/liberal aristocratic families.
Odoardo Beccari Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian naturalist perhaps best known for discovering the titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878.
Odology Odology is the science or study of roads and motorways, from the Greek word odos or hodos, meaning road. The word odology was coined by the geographer John Brinckerhoff Jackson in Discovering the Vernacular Landscape, and refers to their cultural, economic and spiritual meaning.
Odom Inlet Odom Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet 9 miles long, between Cape Howard and Cape MacDonald along the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered by members of the US Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored this coast from East Base both by land and from the air in 1940, and named for Howard Odom, radio operator at the East Base.
Odontamblyopus Odontamblyopus is a genus of gobies with five described species found in mud bottom coastal and estuarine habitats from Pakistan eastward to Japan. They have long, slender bodies and are commonly called eel gobies or worm gobies.
Odontamblyopus lacepedii Odontamblyopus lacepedii is a species of eel goby found in muddy-bottomed coastal waters in China, Korea and Japan. This long, slender fish can usually be distinguished from all its congeners by its long caudal fin and large number (20+) of caudal vertebrae.
Odontamblyopus rebecca Odontamblyopus rebecca is a species of eel goby recently described from 37 specimens collected from a fish market in Haiphong, Vietnam. This long, slender fish (up to 140 mm standard length) can be distinguished from its congeners by the large number (40+) of rays in the pectoral fin and the absence of barbels on its chin.
Odontamblyopus roseus Odontamblyopus roseus is a species of eel goby found in muddy-bottomed coastal waters along the west coast of India. This long, slender fish can be distinguished from its congeners by the chocolate-brown distal margins of the dorsal and anal fins (all similar species have concolorous fins) and the bony top of the skull, without a covering of muscles.
Odontamblyopus rubicundus Odontamblyopus rubicundus is a species of eel goby found in muddy-bottomed coastal waters from the east coast of India to Myanmar. This long, slender fish can usually be distinguished from all its congeners by its very long caudal fin.
Odontamblyopus tenuis Odontamblyopus tenuis is a species of eel goby found in muddy-bottomed coastal waters from Pakistan to Myanmar. This long, slender fish can be distinguished from its congeners by the large number (45+) of rays in the pectoral fin and the presence of a large number of small barbels on its chin.
Odontoblast An odontoblast is a biological cell of neural crest origin that is part of the outer surface of the dental pulp, and whose biological function is dentinogenesis, which is the creation of dentin, the substance under the tooth enamel. The odontoblasts secrete dentin throughout life, which may be an attempt to compensate for natural wearing down of the enamel.
Odontoblast process An odontoblast process is an extension of a cell called an odontoblast, which forms dentin in a tooth. The odontoblast process forms during dentinogenesis and results from a part of the odontoblast staying in its location as the main body of the odontoblast moves toward the center of the tooth's pulp.
Odontode Odontodes, or dermal teeth, are hard structures found on the external surfaces of animals or near internal openings. They are comprised of a soft pulp surrounded by dentine and covered by a mineralized substance such as enamel, a structure similar to that of teeth.
Odontoglossum Odontoglossum, first named in 1816 by Karl Sigismund Kunth, is a genus of about 100 orchids, belonging to the alliance Oncidium, subtribe Oncidiinae, tribe Maxillareae, subfamily higher Epidendroideae (formerly Vandoideae).
Odontognathae Odontognathae is an extinct superorder of birds found widely in Kansas. The superorder was originally proposed by Alexander Wetmore, who attempted to link fossil birds with the presence of teeth, specifically of the orders Hesperornithiformes and Ichthyornithiformes.
Odontogriphus Odontogriphus (literally "toothed riddle") is a genus of relatively large animals from the middle Cambrian fossil deposits of the Burgess Shale in British Columbia. Growing as large as 12 centimetres long, Odontogriphus is a dorsoventrally flattened bilaterian, oval in shape, with a ventral U-shaped mouth surrounded by small protrusions.
Odor An odor or odour (see spelling differences) is a chemical dissolved in air, generally at a very low concentration, which we perceive by the sense of olfaction. Odors are also called smells, which can refer to both pleasant and unpleasant odors.
Odor detection threshold The Odor detection threshold is lowest concentration of a certain odor compound that is perceivable by the human sense of smell. The thresholds of a chemical compound is determined in part by its shape, polarity, partial charges and molecular weight.
Odostomellinae Odostomellinae is one of eleven currently recognised subfamilies of the gastropod family Pyramidellidae; Odostomiinae, Turbonillinae, Chrysallidinae, Cingulininae, Cyclostremellinae, Sayellinae, Syrnolininae, Eulimellinae, Pyramidellinae, Odostomellinae and Tiberiinae. Odostomellinae was introduced by E Saurin in 1959 and includes the genera Odostomella and Heviera.
Odostomiinae Odostomiinae is one of eleven currently recognised subfamilies of the gastropod family Pyramidellidae; Odostomiinae, Turbonillinae, Chrysallidinae, Cingulininae, Cyclostremellinae, Sayellinae, Syrnolininae, Eulimellinae, Pyramidellinae, Odostomellinae and Tiberiinae. Odostomiinae was introduced by P.
Odotope theory Odotope Theory, also known as Weak-Shape Theory, is a leading neurophysiological theory of how the sense of smell functions. The model is analogous to a molecular Braille: it is propsed that any number of the roughly 1000 different protein-based smell receptors in the nose binds to only certain parts of a smellable molecule, and thus a few hundreds of different receptors can, through combinatorial explosion, theoretically recognize an infinite number of distinct smells.
Odour of Sanctity The Odour of Sanctity, according to the Catholic Church, is commonly understood to mean a specific scent (often compared to flowers) that emanates from the bodies of saints, especially from the wounds of stigmata. It is usually spelled using British orthography because the American spelling, "odor," is often associated with unpleasant or offensive smells.
Odra (magazine) Odra (Oder, means in German Odra- a Polish-German river)- is a well-established social-cultural Polish monthly journal which has the reputation of an opinion-maker. It is now edited by Mieczysław Orski and has been published in Wrocław for 40 years in the unchanging form of a 140-page journal.
Odricks Corner, Virginia Odricks Corner is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA. Odricks Corner lies north of the Dulles Toll Road (Virginia State Route 267) at the intersection of Spring Hill and Lewinsville Roads.
Odrysian kingdom The Odrysian kingdom was a union of Thracian tribes that endured between the 5th century BC and the 3rd century BC. It consisted largely of present-day Bulgaria, spreading to parts of Romania, northern Greece and Turkey.
Odsal Odsal is two miles outside the village of Wibsey, which is part of the metropolitan district of Bradford in West Yorkshire and in the historic borders of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Odsal is famous as the home of the four time Super League champions the Bradford Bulls.
Odsal Stadium Odsal Stadium is a stadium situated in Bradford in the northern English county of West Yorkshire. The venue is used for Rugby league and is currently the home ground of the Bradford Bulls and has been ever since 1934.
Odsey Odsey is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire close to the border with Hertfordshire near the town of Baldock. It contains a hotel and has a main line railway station (Ashwell and Morden) with direct train links to Cambridge and London.
Odsherred Odsherred is a peninsula in the north-western part of the island Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. Odsherred is stretching from the Sjællands Odde in the north-west to the now drained fjord Lammefjorden in the south, covering an area with a wide range of the most typical Danish landscapes such as long sandy beaches, small rolling hills and much farming.
Odsherred municipality As of January 1, 2007 Odsherred municipality will, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), come into existence as a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Denmark. It will consist of the (what are currently existing, but on January 1 2007) former municipalities of Dragsholm, Nykøbing-Rørvig, and Trundholm municipalities.
Oduduwa Oduduwa (sometimes contracted as Odudua, Oòdua) is generally assumed to be the ancestor of the Yoruba kings. Oral traditions of the Oyo recount the coming of Oduduwa from the east, sometimes understood by Muslim sources as the "vicinity" or direction of Mecca, but more likely signifying the region of Ekiti- and Okunland in northeastern Yorubaland/central Nigeria.
Odus Odus is a fictional continent of Norrath in the EverQuest universe. Odus is the smallest and least populated continent of Norrath, and home to the Erudites, a breakaway faction of them called the Heretics, and the cat-like humanoid race the Kerra.
Odysseas Androutsos Odysseas Androutsos (also Odysseus Androutsos, Greek: Οδυσσέας Ανδρούτσος) was a hero of the Greek War of Independence. He was born in Ithaca in 1788, however his family was from the village of Livadates in Phthiotis prefecture.
Odysseas Dimitriadis Odysseas Dimitriadis (1908 - 2005) was a Greek and at the same time Soviet classical music conductor. During his 70 year carrier, Odysseas had conducted a number of the world's leading orchestras, as well as being a main conductor of Georgia, USSR state orchestra and the Bolshoy Theatre orchestra.
Odysseas Elytis Odysseas Elytis (Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης) (November 2 1911-March 18 1996) was a Greek poet, considered as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Greece. Although his original family name was Alepoudelis, he became famous with the pseudonym 'Elytis'.
Odysseus Unbound According to Robert Bittlestone's Odysseus Unbound (2005), written with the assistance of Professor James Diggle of Cambridge University and Professor John Underhill of the University of Edinburgh, Paliki, a peninsula of Kefalonia, is the location of Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
Odysseus Yakoumakis Odysseus Yakoumakis (born 1956) is a Stuckist artist, painter and illustrator, based in Athens, Greece. He is the founder of the first Greek Stuckist group, The Romantic Anonymous Fellowship, and organiser of the first international Stuckist group show in Greece, Under the Cover of Romantic Anonymity]Under the Cover of Romantic Anonymity".
Odysseus' scar (Auerbach) "Odysseus' Scar" is the first chapter of Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, an anthology of essays by German-Jewish philologist Erich Auerbach. It examines the differences between the two types of realism embodied by Homer's Odyssey and the Old Testament.
Odyssey (Belfast) The Odyssey is a large sports and entertainment centre situated at Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was jointly funded by the Millennium Commission (49%), the Laganside Corporation (11%), the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (18.
Odyssey (fictional town) Odyssey is the fictional setting for the Christian-themed radio program Adventures in Odyssey. Though its exact size is never specified, it can be inferred from numerous Adventures in Odyssey episodes that Odyssey has a population between 40,000 and 55,000 (it was published as 34,770 circa 1990).
Odyssey (WBEZ) Odyssey is a daily talk show of ideas produced by WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. Hosted by Gretchen Helfrich, Odyssey explored topics ranging from religion in the public sphere to reasoning about risk; pacifism to post-national identity; memory to Microsoft; societal views on mental health to the state of marriage.
Odyssey Con Odyssey Con or OddCon is a general-interest Science Fiction Convention held every spring in Madison, Wisconsin. The convention features guests, panel discussions, demonstrations, film reviews, art work, and musical acts.
Odyssey Engine The Odyssey Engine is a computer game engine developed by BioWare and has exclusively been used to create three dimensional computer role-playing games. The engine is BioWare's third license-able engine, after the Infinity Engine and the Aurora Engine.

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