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Off
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. This article is about the switching state. For the uses of "off" in cricket, see off side. For Ciwan Haco's latest album, see Off(album). Off is one of two possible states for a binary switch, the other being on. This distinction a..
OFF!
OFF! is an insect repellent brand from SC Johnson. Products Clean Feel - OFF! product which is not oily or greasy. Its active ingredient is picaridin. External Links [OFF! official site] ..
Off*beat
|} Off*beat is an original English-language manga authored by Jennifer Lee Quick. It is both licensed and published by Tokyopop, with one volume currently available, published September 2005. The second volume is expected in the Fall of 2006. A live presentation of the first chapter is available ..
Off-axis optical system
An off-axis optical system is an optical system in which the optical axis of the aperture is not coincident with the mechanical center of the aperture. The principal applications of off-axis optical systems are to avoid obstruction of the primary aperture by secondary optical elements, instrument ..
Off-balance-sheet
Off balance sheet usually means an asset or debt or financing activity not on the company's balance sheet. It could involve at lease or a separate subsidiary or a contingent liability such as a letter of credit. ..
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. Off-Broadway theatres (venues) are those with 100 to 499 seats. The classification of theatres is governed by language in Actors' Equity contracts, rather ..
Off-budget enterprise
Off-budget enterprises (OBEs, or special districts) are a type of government in the United States, the UK and the EU. OBEs use public funds to further public (as in education) or private (as in economic revitalization) interests. Regulated by various state and federal laws, they operate outside the..
Off-by-one error
An off-by-one error in computer programming is an avoidable error in which a loop iterates one too many or one too few times. Usually this problem arises when a programmer fails to take into account that a sequence starts at zero rather than one (as with array indexes in some languages), or makes mi..
Off-case arguments
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Off-Centre Television
Off-Centre Television is a television show produced in Vancouver, BC. Taking its roots from shows like Saturday Night Live and the Tom Green Show, Off-Centre Television is a mish mash of variety, celebrity interviews and sketch comedy. ..
Off-color humor
The term off-color humor (also known as dirty jokes or blue humor) is used to describe various "dirty" jokes, prose, poems, black comedy and skits that deal with topics that are considered to be in poor taste or overly vulgar by the prevailing morals in a culture. Most commonly labelled as "off-col..
Off-course navigation
Off course navigation is used to account for unknown variables in course to allow you to find your destination. Principally used prior to the introduction of electronic navigation it allows one to find one's destination despite the unknown factors - generally - the accuracy of the course steered o..
Off-hook
In telephony, the term off-hook has the following meanings: The condition that exists when a telephone or other user instrument is in use, i.e., during dialing or communicating. Note: off-hook originally referred to the condition that prevailed when telephones had a separate earpiece (i.e., recei..
Off-hook tone
The off-hook tone (also receiver off-hook tone or off-hook warning) is a telephony signal used to alert a person that they have accidentally left the telephone off-hook for an extended period, effectively disabling the telephone line. North America In the North American Numbering Plan a quad-frequ..
Off-key
The term off-key is a Colloquialism spreading quickly across the south of England, originating in Tilehurst, Berkshire off-key is used to express something that was not expected and positive, for example "the rave was off-key" would refer to a more than pleasant pill session down the local discoteq..
Off-label use
Off-label use is the practice of prescribing drugs for a purpose outside the scope of the drug's approved label, most often concerning the drug's indication. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires numerous clinical trials to prove a drug's safety and efficacy in treati..
Off-licence
"Off-licence" is a term used in the Commonwealth and Ireland for a shop licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises, as opposed to a bar or public house which is licensed for consumption at the point of sale. The distinction between an off-licence and a pub is analogous to ..
Off-line
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In telecommunication, the term off-line has the following meanings: 1. Pertaining to the operation of a functional unit when not under the direct control of the system with which it is associated. Note 1: Off-line units are ..
Off-line storage
Off-line storage is a computer storage medium which must be inserted into a storage drive by a human operator before a computer can access the information stored on the medium. Examples include floppy disks, optical discs, and magnetic tape. Alternatively, off-line storage is a media library system ..
Off-model
Off-model describes a cartoon character drawn somewhat out of true with the original source material or model sheets. Off-model drawings are commonly done by both sloppy, inattentive artists and by cartoonists wishing to parody another franchise but not wishing to incur a lawsuit or commit copyright..
Off-network
Off-Network Syndicated series are those programs which have already appeared on a commercial network and are now available for reruns. Most off-network syndicated programs are scheduled to air at the same time, five days a week (Monday through Friday). This is called "stripping." Some popular off-..
Off-Off-Broadway
Off-Off-Broadway refers to plays or musicals performed in New York City in smaller theatres than (professional) Broadway productions or (still professional) off-Broadway productions. Off-off-Broadway theaters are defined as theaters that have fewer than 100 seats. The shows can range from quite pro..
Off-Ramp
Off-Ramp is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe who first appeared in the Young Heroes in Love series. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Character history The character Off-Ramp first appeared (like all members of the Young Heroes) in a DC..
Off-road
Landrover Defender 90 Offroading The term Off-Road refers to a driving surface which is not conventionally paved such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks and other natural terrain. These terrains can sometimes only be traveled by vehicles designed for off-road driving (such as heavy..
Off-roading
Off Roading is a recreational pursuit popular among a small sub-section of the owners of four wheel drive vehicles. As the name suggests, it involves driving in areas that would be considered challenging to inaccessible in other vehicle types. There are numerous categories of off roading, with ..
Off-road duathlon
Off-road duathlon is a form of duathlon, where the competitors have to go through a trail-running stage and a mountain-biking stage. Off-road duathlons are distinguished from conventional duathlons in that the terrain for the cycling and running stages are generally unpaved, rough, and very steep a..
Off-road racing
Offroad racing is a format of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles (including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buggies) compete in races through off-road environments. In North America there are several formats. One format is a race across the desert, such as the famous Baja 1..
Off-road transport
Off-road transport is a vehicle specially designed such that it can be used on a wider variety of surfaces than purposely designed roads. External links [Off-road transport in the context of tree-felling from the University of New Brunswick] ..
Off-road triathlon
Off-road triathlon is a form of triathlon, or three-stage race, consisting of a swim stage, mountain-biking stage, and a trail-running stage. Off-road triathlons are distinguished from conventional triathlons in that the terrain for the cycling and running stages are generally unpaved, rough, and v..
Off-road vehicle
An off-road vehicle is considered to be any type of vehicle which is capable of driving off paved or gravel surface. It is generally characterized by having caterpillar tracks or large tires with deep, open threads and a flexible suspension. Infrequently, a stricter definition that includes all vehi..
Off-sale
Off-sale or off-licence refers to the sale of an alcoholic beverage intended for consumption away from the establishment. This is opposed to on-sale or on-licence where alcoholic beverages are consumed on-site, as in pubs, bars and restaurants. Many on-licenced premises also permit off-sales. In N..
Off-side rule
A computer programming language is said to adhere to the off-side rule if in it the scope of declarations (a block) is expressed by their indentation, i.e., blocks are formed (indicated) via indentation. The term and the idea are attributed to Peter Landin, and the term can be seen as a pun on the ..
Off-speed pitch
In baseball, an off-speed pitch is a pitch thrown at a slower speed than a fastball. Breaking balls and changeups are the two types of off-speed pitches. The goals of off-speed pitches vary. Some are to get the batter off balance, have him swing early, and to make the fastball seem faster to the ..
Off-stream
Off-stream refers to a water body or system that is not located in a streambed or does not receive significant natural flows. For example, instead of moving water between lakes, an offstream pumped-storage hydroelectric system could use two large tanks of water. Another example is a reservoir that i..
Off-the-air
In telecommunication, the term off-the-air has the following meanings: In radio communications systems, pertaining to a station that is completely shut down, i.e., that is not transmitting any signal, not even an un-modulated carrier wave.In a radio station, pertaining to a particular source of mo..
Off-the-grid
This page refers to the ecological construction method. For the Stargate SG-1 episode of the same name, see Off the Grid (Stargate SG-1) The term off the grid refers to a method of construction that relies on renewable energy sources rather than traditional public utility sources provided by the ut..
Off-the-record messaging
Off-the-record messaging, commonly referred to as OTR, is a cryptographic protocol that provides strong encryption for instant messaging conversations. OTR uses a combination of the AES symmetric-key algorithm, the Diffie-Hellman key exchange, and the SHA-1 hash function. In addition to authenticati..
Off-track betting
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Off-year elections
In American politics, an off-year election is generally considered to be the general elections held in odd-numbered years. These elections rarely feature any election to a national office, no state legislative elections, and very few gubernatorial elections. On the ballot are many mayors, a wide v..
Offa's Dyke
Offa's Dyke (in Welsh, Clawdd Offa) is a massive linear earthwork, roughly following some of the current border between England and Wales. In places, it is up to 65 feet (20 m) wide (including its surrounding ditch) and 8 feet (2.5m) high. In the 8th century it formed some kind of delineation betwee..
Offa's Dyke Path
Offa's Dyke Path is a long distance footpath along the Welsh-English border. Opened in 1971, is one of the country's premier National Trails and draws visitors from throughout the world. Much of the 283 km (177 miles) long route either follows or keeps close company to the remnants of the 8th centur..
Offal
Scrapple sandwich at the Delaware state fair Offal is the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of organs, but includes most internal organs other than muscles or bones. Depending on the cultural context, offal may be considered as wa..
Offaly Express
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. The Offaly Express along wi..
Offaly GAA
The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Uíbh Fhailí) or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Offaly. Separate county boards are also responsible for the Offaly inter-..
Offa of Angel
For the later king of Mercia, see Offa of Mercia. Offa (or Alavivaz Olauus) (? - c. 456) was the 4th-great-grandfather of Creoda of Mercia; he may also be a great-grandson of Odin. Offa's son was Angeltheow. He was the most famous hero of the early Angles (Anglii in Latin). His name and story are..
Offa of Essex
Offa was King of Essex until 709, when he abdicated in order that he may take up life in a monastery in Rome along with Cenred, King of Mercia. He was the son of Sigeheard of Essex, and according to some sources St. Osyth (though Bede, a contemporary, makes no mention of her). In his Historia eccle..
Offa of Mercia
For the earlier king of Angeln, see Offa of Angeln. Offa (died July 26/29, 796) was the King of Mercia from 757 until his death. Prior to the rise of Wessex in the 9th century, he was arguably the most powerful and successful of the Anglo-Saxon kings, effectively ruling much of Britain south of ..
Offbeat
Offbeat may refer to: Offbeat (percussion group), a highschool percussion group from Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaBack beat, a musical term[[Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip]], a compilation album from the Red Hot AIDS Benefit SeriesOff Beat (label), a large German label for electronic underground musicOffbe..
Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip
Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip is a compilation album from the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series. It combines elements of ambient, spoken word, and trip hop to expand the ideas of artistic collage and spiritual transcendence of "the Beats". The album is an offshoot of a larger project called The Beat Expe..
Offbeat (percussion group)
Offbeat is a percussion group located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which is comprised of high school students from Glebe Collegiate Institute. The group's Director, Pierre Massie, started the group at Osgoode Township High School in 1997, basing it off of the internationally renowned Stomp theatre an..
Offboard
An offboard circuit is one that is not connected to a main circuit board in an electronic system. For example, a computer graphics card is one of the components essential to the proper operation of the computer, but it is not directly attached to the motherboard like a RAM module or CPU. The term m..
OffByOne (band)
OffByOne was a San Diego rock band that toured extensively throughout the nation. They played with the likes of Maroon 5,Yellowcard, Sugarcult, Unwritten Law, Fishbone, Jewel and Fall Out Boy. The members were Jordan Brownwood, Trevor Easter, Marc Gould, Jon Bishop and Clayton Heinzel. Recorded f..
Offcell
Offcell is an EP released by indie rock band Pinback. Track listing "Microtonic Wave""Victorious D""Off Cell""B""Gray Machine" ..
Offchurch
Offchurch is a village and civil parish in the centre of Warwickshire, England, east of Leamington Spa. It was home to Offa, who was King of Mercia from 757 to 796. King Offa had a church built in the village (hence the name Offchurh, which comes from "Offa's Church"). This church has since gone, ..
Offchurch Bury
Offchurch Bury is a manor house located one mile to the north west of the village of Offchurch, Warwickshire, England. It was originally built in the 17th century, but most of the current house dates from the 19th century. It is still occupied and not open to the public. ..
Offcutts
Offcutts is a group of Melbourne based musicians. The group draws musical influence from a wide range of genres including the likes of The Beatles, Prince, James Brown, Daft Punk, and Motley Crue. They have released several EPs and have a full length album soon to be released in 2006. External link..
Offenbach
Offenbach can refer to: The city Offenbach in Hesse, Germany.The district of Offenbach in Hesse.The municipality and Verwaltungsgememeinschaft Offenbach an der Queich in the district Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.The composer Jacques Offenbach.The Quebec rock band Offenbach. ..
Offenbach, Hesse
Offenbach is a city in Hessen, Germany, located on the river Main. Its geographical location is [50°06′N 8°41′E]; its population is 119.233 (2002). The city is part of the Rhein-Main metropolitan area. Offenbach was a center of the leather industry, which has however declined in th..
Offenbach-Bieber
Bieber is a village situated in Hesse, Germany, with a total population of 14,761 as of 2004. Since 1938 it has been a part of Offenbach. Its geographical location is 50.089 north 8.803 east. Bieber is part of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main-System with two S-Bahn stations: one near the centre of the villa..
Offenbach (band)
Offenbach is a Canadian blues rock band, initially active from 1969 to 1985. Following a successful reunion tour in 1996, the band released a new album in 2005. Contents 1 History2 Post-breakup3 Reunion4 Discography5 External links History Formed in Montreal in the late..
Offenbach (district)
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Offenbach an der Queich
Offenbach an der Queich is a village and a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Queich, approx. 6 km east of Landau. Offenbach an der Queich is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Offenbach a..
Offenburg
Offenburg is also the German name of Baia de Arieş in Romania. Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With over 50,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city, and also the capital of the Ortenaukreis. Contents 1 Geography2 History3 Government3.1&nb..
Offences Against The Person Act 1861
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Offender Aid and Restoration
Offender Aid and Restoration is an organization in Richmond, Virginia devoted to helping those who have been incarcerated to gain and maintain employment. According to OAR, some of the benefits of hiring OAR clients is that they are: Eager to workHave received job readiness trainingHave a variety of..
Offender Assessment System
This article is about Offender Assessment System which measures the risks and needs of criminal offenders under their supervision. For OASys the German supplier of convertible tops please look for OASys (Automotive) OASys is the abbreviated term for the Offender Assessment System, used in the Engla..
Offender profiling
Offender profiling, or more scientifically, psychological profiling, is a behavioral and investigative tool that helps investigators to profile an unknown subject ("unsub") or offender(s). Offender profiling is also known as criminal profiling, criminal personality profiling, criminological profilin..
Offenhauser
Offenhauser was a racing engines manufacturer that operated from 1933 to 1983. The Offenhauser engine, familiarly known as the "Offy", was developed by Fred Offenhauser and his employer Harry Arminius Miller, after having spent some time maintaining and repairing a 1913 Peugeot Grand Prix car of th..
Offense
Offense or offence (see -ce/-se) may refer to: Offense (law), a violation of the penal lawOffense (sports)Offense (policy debate) refers to an argument which does more than mitigate another argumentOffense (etiquette), an untasteful thought, emotion, action or other behaviour This is a [disamb..
Offense (law)
In law, an offense (or offence) is a violation of the penal law. See also crimefelonymisdemeanorinfractionindictable offencesummary offence ..
Offense (policy debate)
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Offense (sports)
In sport, offense (American English) or offence (British English and Canadian English) is the action of attacking or engaging an opposing team with the objective of scoring points or goals. The term may also refer to the tactics involved in offense, or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is off..
Offensief
Offensief (Dutch for "offensive") is a Trotskyist organisation that operates within the Dutch Socialist Party in an entryist fashion. Offensief is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. Offensief was founded as Inter in 1977. It originally operated within in the Dutch Labor Party (..
Offensive
Offensive may relate to In sports, computer and video gaming, or combat; the team which is attacking, pitching or moving forward.In language or morals, terms and concepts which are unacceptable to some people, such as swearing and profanity.In fashion (etiquette), an unfashionable thought, emotion,..
Offensive coordinator
An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a football team in the National Football League (or at others levels of American football) who is in charge of the offense. This position aids the head coach by designing and scripting plays, delegating work to offensive position coaches dur..
Offensive counter air
Offensive Counter-Air (OCA) is a military term for the suppression of an enemy's military air power by destroying or disabling the aircraft on the ground and/or destroying or crippling the runways and other infrastructure necessary to operate them. Offensive counter-air strikes have been used sinc..
Offensive counter air attack
Offensive Counterair [OCA] operations include attacks on air bases. Aircraft on air bases are often more concentrated and vulnerable than they are in flight, and destroying them at their bases may be much easier than destroying them in aerial combat. Attacks on bases crowded with aircraft c..
Offensive jihad
There are two types of armed religious warfare in Islam, namely the defensive jihad and the offensive jihad. This article discusses offensive jihad as a concept in Islamic law. (For discussion of aspects of jihad not related to warfare, see the main article, jihad.) Offensive jihad is the wagin..
Offensive marketing warfare strategies
In marketing and strategic management, marketing warfare strategies are a type of marketing strategy that uses military metaphor to craft a businesses strategy. See marketing warfare strategies for background and an overview. Offensive marketing warfare strategies are a type of marketing warfare st..
Offensive philosophy (American football)
The approach to offense in American and Canadian football has splintered and evolved in the 100 years in which the modern form of the sport has existed. Many philosophies exist about deploying a team's 11 players, including: Contents 1 Run and shoot offense1.1 Formation1.2 Criticis..
Offensive realism
In international relations, offensive realism is a variant of realism. Like realism, offensive realism looks at states as rational players who are the primary actors in world affairs. Offensive realism predicts that anarchy on the world stage allows states to expand, and that states will exploit op..
Offensive Specialist
Offensive Specialist (OS) is a player in Arena football whose role is solely on offense. This is opposed to most of the players on the field for an Arena Football team, which have to play both offense and defense, until they are subbed for. ..
Offensive tackle
In American football, the offensive tackle is a part of the offensive line. There is an offensive tackle on each side of the center, designated as the left and right tackles. They are lined up on the line of scrimmage, to the outside of the guards and to the inside of any tight ends that might be in..
Offensive team
The offensive team or offense in American football or Canadian football, is the team that begins a play from scrimmage in possession of the ball. A play usually begins with the quarterback taking a snap from the center, and then either handing off to a back, passing to a receiver or a back, or runni..
Offensive terms per nationality
There are numerous offensive terms given to people, depending on their nationality. Many of these have a pejorative association, some are considered as racist. See also List of ethnic slurs. Contents 1 Americans2 Argentinians3 Arabs4 Australians5 Austrians6 Azers7&n..
Offer
Offer may mean: Settlement offer, an offer to end a civil lawsuit out of courtTender offer, an offer to buy company stock from existing stockholders under specific conditionsAsk price (or offer price), the price a seller is willing to accept for a particular goodspecial offer, a kind of sales prom..
Offerdal Court District
Offerdal Court District, or Offerdals tingslag, was a district of Jämtland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas. ..
Offering
Offering can mean any of the following: An offering is a collection of donations during worship. See also alms, tithe, charity, gift and virtue. An offering can mean a religious sacrifice of animal or human life. A securities offering is regulated by the Securities Act of 1933. See also Initial pub..
Offerings
Offerings may refer to: The plural of OfferingOfferings (VAS album), the debut album by group VAS (band) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly t..
Offerings: A Worship Album
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Offerings (VAS album)
Offerings is the second album by VAS, with guests Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Steve Stevens, and Hans Christian. On Offerings, vocalist Azam Ali and percussionist Greg Ellis take one step beyond the repertoire of Indian-flavored, hymn-like songs created on their widely adored debut CD Sunyata. Again Ali..
Offerings II: All I Have To Give
Offerings II: All I have To Give is a 2003 album by Third Day. This is the second installment of the Offerings worship series by Third Day. It provides a signature blend of contemporary worship favorites destined to become classics. It features live worship moments captured from the Come Together ..
Offerle, Kansas
Offerle is a city in Edwards County, Kansas, United States. The population was 220 at the 2000 census. Geography Offerle is located at [37°53′28″N, 99°33′35″W] (37.891067, -99.559646)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the cit..
Offerman, Georgia
Offerman is a city in Pierce County, Georgia, United States. The population was 403 at the 2000 census. Geography Offerman is located at [31°24′29″N, 82°6′44″W] (31.408105, -82.112110)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the cit..
Offerton
Offerton could be Offerton, DerbyshireOfferton, Greater ManchesterOfferton, Tyne and Wear This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred you here, you might want to go b..
Offerton, Greater Manchester
Offerton is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It has one high school - Offerton High School. Offerton OS Grid Reference: ..
Offerton Estate
The Offerton Estate is an estate and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England, situated to the south-east of Stockport town centre. The parish boundaries exclude the area of Offerton Green, further to the east. The parish was established on April 1, 2002..
Offertorium (Gubaidulina)
Offertorium (Russian Жертвоприношение) is a concerto for violin and orchestra composed by Sofia Gubaidulina in 1980 and revised in 1982 and 1986. It was dedicated to Gidon Kremer, who in touring with it around the world brought Gubaidulina to international attention. The work is cen..
Offertory
Offertory (from the ecclesiastical Latin offertorium, French offertoire, a place to which offerings were brought), the alms of a congregation collected in church, or at any religious service. Offertory has also a special sense in the services of both the English and Roman churches. It forms in bot..
Offer and acceptance
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Offer curve
In economics an offer curve shows the quantity of one type of product that an agent will export ("offer") for each quantity of another type of product that it imports. Consider an agent in a general equilibrium (e.g. an Edgeworth box). Assume that agent has a fixed known budget and known preferenc..
Offer in compromise
The Offer in Compromise (or OIC) program is an Internal Revenue Service program which allows qualified individuals with an unpaid tax debt to negotiate a settled amount that is less than the total owed in order to clear the debt. One of three conditions must be met in order to qualify for considera..
Offer of judgment
The Offer of Judgment rule is a tort reform law aimed at controlling unnecessary litigation. Under this rule, if a settlement offer is made in a tort claim for money, the offer is rejected and the final court decision is less favorable than the final offer that was made, then the party who rejected..
Offer of the Albanian Crown to Victor Emmanuel III.
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] The throne of Albania was "offered" to Victor Emmanuel III of Italy by the Albanian Constituent Assembly after Italy's occupation of Albania and automatically deposed the former king Zog of Albania . The offer of the crown is in translation: "The National Constit..
Offham (disambiguation)
There are three villages named Offham in England: Offham, East Sussex near LewesOffham, Kent near West MallingOffham, West Sussex near Arundel..
Office
For other uses, see (disambiguation). An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referri..
Office.com
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Office.com can variously be called collaboration software, an Intranet, or a Groupware program. It i..
Officegate
The Officegate scandal was a controversy surrounding then Scottish First Minister Henry McLeish in 2001. It resulted in his resignation from the post. While McLeish was a Westminster MP between 1987 and 1998, before the advent of devolution, he sub-let his constituency office in Glenrothes, Fife, b..
OfficeJet
OfficeJet is the brand name for a suite of small inkjet multifunction printers (meaning they include the printer and a flatbed scanner for printing, scanning, copying and faxing capabilities in one device) sold by Hewlett Packard. See also List of Hewlett-Packard products HP Officejet 6110HP Office..
OfficeMax
OfficeMax (NYSE: [OMX]), is an office supplies retailer founded in 1988 and headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. It is the third-largest office supplies retailer in the USA, behind Staples and Office Depot. The company was acquired by Boise Cascade in 2003, and has undergone numerous inter..
Officer
Officer may refer to: Holders of an office Academia Chief Academic Officer · Sabbatical officer Military Officer (armed forces) ..
Officer, Victoria
Officer is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. The suburb is named after the Officer family, who were early settlers in the area. A timber industry was established, and by 1870 timber was being transported from the railways sidings named O..
Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936
Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was established in 1936, with the preamble stating: Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the establishment by each maritime country of a minimum requirement of..
Officers of the County of Tripoli
As in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Tripoli had a smattering of offices: seneschal, constable, marshal, chamberlain, and chancellor. These were the Great Officers of the County of Tripoli by office: Contents 1 Seneschal2 Constable3 Marshal4 Chamberlain5 ..
Officers of the Kingdom of Cyprus
The Kingdom of Cyprus, as an offshoot of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, maintained many of the same offices, such as: seneschal, constable, marshal, chamberlain, and chancellor. The Officers of the Kingdom of Cyprus from its founding through the thirteenth century were: Contents 1 Seneschal2&n..
Officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
There were six major officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem: constable, marshal, seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and chancellor. The first four of these made up the Grand Offices. At certain times there were also bailiffs, viscounts, and castellans. Essentially these offices developed from the typical..
Officers of the Night
The Officers of the Night were a Florentine court that focused particularly on sodomy and pederasty, and also related misdemeanours such as prostitution in Florence, Italy from 1432 until its closure on December 29, 1502. The organization consisted of six elected members, based on annual votes - an..
Officers of the Principality of Antioch
The Principality of Antioch mirrored the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in it selection of great offices: seneschal, constable, marshal, butler, chamberlain, and chancellor. The Officers of the Principality of Antioch are as follows: Contents 1 Seneschal2 Constable3 Marshal4 Bu..
Officers Training Corps
The Officers Training Corps (OTC) is a part of the British Army that provides military leadership training to students at British universities. Its members are classed as Officer Cadets and are members of the Territorial Army, paid when on duty. They can gain appointments to Junior Under Officer and..
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of a military or naval service who holds a position of responsibility. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position. Commissioned off..
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Officer Buckle and Gloria is the name of the 1995 story and main characters of the story by Peggy Rathmann that won the 1996 Caldecott Medal. It talks about a police officer (Officer Buckle) getting a dog named Gloria. Until that time, whenever Officer Buckle tried to tell schools about safety but e..
Officer Cadet
Officer Cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become commissioned officers. The term Officer Trainee is used interchangeably in some countries. Some countries refer to naval officer cadets as midshipmen, although in other countries this means something slightly different. ..
Officer Candidate
USN Officer Candidate insignia Officer Candidate is a rank in some militaries of the world that is an appointed position while a person is in training to become an officer. More often than not, an Officer Candidate is a civilian who has applied to join the military directly as an officer. Of..
Officer Candidates Class
Officer Candidate Course (OCC) is a 10-week training program at the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidates School, located at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. OCC and the Platoon Leaders Class are the principal means through which college seniors and recent graduates become Marine ..
Officer Candidate School
In the United States armed forces, Officer Candidate School (OCS) or the equivalent is a training program for non-commissioned officers, soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and recent college graduates to earn commissions as officers. The courses generally last from ten to seventeen weeks and includ..
Officer Candidate School (U.S. Army)
The United States Army's Officer Candidate School (OCS), located at Fort Benning, Georgia that provides training to become a commissioned officer. Officer candidates must be either prior enlisted members of any rank, or they must be civilian college graduates who have completed basic training. Atten..
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Officer Commanding
The Officer Commanding (OC) is the commander of a sub-unit or minor unit (smaller than battalion size) in British and Commonwealth military usage. Normally an Officer Commanding is a company, squadron or battery commander (typically a Major). However, the commanders of independent units of smaller ..
Officer Designate
Officer Designate (OF(D)) is a term used in the NATO rank scale, and comes below OF-1. Ranks designated as OF(D) include: Midshipman in the British Royal Navy.Oberfähnrich in the German Bundeswehr (army) and Luftwaffe (air force).Oberfähnrich zur See in the German Deutsche Marine (navy)Aspirante-..
Officer Gertalin
Gertalin is a fictional anthropomorphic dog of indeterminate species created for the animated Disney television series Tale Spin. He was a uniformed patrolman in the Cape Suzette police force. Gertalin appeared in two episodes of the show. In Vowel Play, he assisted Detective Thursday during Thursd..
Officer Kronk
Officer Kronk is an episode of The Emperor's New School. Plot Yzma, the dirty rotten trickster, tells Kronk to become hall patrol so that she can capture Kuzco. So Kronk wears his uniform, just trying to get Kuzco in trouble. And Yzma also says that he has three chances to be rude until he goes to ..
Officer of arms
Banners bearing heraldic badges of several officers of arms at the College of Arms in London. An officer of arms is a person appointed by a sovereign or state with authority to perform one or more of the following functions: to control and initiate armorial mattersto arrange and participate in..
Officer of the court
The generic term Officer of the court applies to all those who, in some degree in function of their professional or similar qualifications, have a legal part—and hence legal and deontological obligations—in the complex functioning of the judicial system as a whole, in order to forge justice ou..
Officer of the day
At smaller military installations where no provost marshal has been assigned, the officer of the day is a detail rotated each day among the unit/post's commissioned officers to oversee security, guard, and law enforcement considerations. Even if the officer has never served as an MP or is not quali..
Officer of the Deck
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Officer of The Salvation Army
An officer of The Salvation Army is a Salvationist who is a minister of the Christian denomination, having been trained and commissioned to service and leadership and given a quasi-military rank. While attending a College for Officer Training, which is equivalent to a seminary, the trainees or stu..
Officer railway station, Melbourne
Officer is a railway station the Pakenham railway line in Melbourne, Australia. The station is 51 km from Flinders Street Station and is in Metcard Zone 3. It is unmanned. Officer is one of the few stations in Melbourne that still retain a rural feel. Station Navigation Pakenham line Prev..
Officer South, Victoria
Officer South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. Shire of CardiniaAll Melbourne suburbs NW Officer NE W Officer South E SW S SE Suburbs of the Shire of Cardinia Bayles | Beaconsfield | Upper Beaconsfield | Beenak | Bunyip |..
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Offices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
This article discusses the organizational and administrative structure of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (actually, "Republic of the Two Nations" — in Polish, Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów; in Lithuanian, Abiejų Tautų Respublika or sometimes Žečpospol..
OfficeVision
OfficeVision is an IBM proprietary office support application that runs on IBM's VM operating system and its user interface CMS. (Other platform versions were available, OV/MVS and OV/400 among them, but were not popular.) OfficeVision/VM provides e-mail, shared calendars, and shared document storag..
Officeworks
Officeworks is an Australian office supplies store, which was established in the early 1990s by Coles Myer. Officeworks is based on the US chain Office Depot, using their concept as a one stop office store. Officeworks' popularity and profits have increased remarkably over time, with new stores c..
Office (band)
For other uses of this term, see Office (disambiguation). Office is a Chicago based rock band whose song, "Wound Up", has recently been featured as the Single of the Week on the iTunes Music Store. Their self-released album, Q&A, is now availabe via the iTunes Music Store. Office's had a strin..
Office (disambiguation)
An office is a room or area designed to make administrative work easier in companies and organizations. Office may also refer to: The Office, a television programOfficeMax, an office supplies retailer acquired by Boise Cascade in 2003Office, a Chicago based band that primarily plays rock musicDepa..
Office action
An office action, in United States trademark law, is the name given to the rejection of an application to register a trademark issued by an examiner for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Typically, an office action will comprise one or both of two elements. The first element is the cate..
Office Administration
Office Administration is a set of day-to-day activities related to financial planning, billing and recordkeeping, personnel, and physical distribution and logistics, within a Business. ..
Office and Professional Employees International Union
OPEIU The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) is a United States labor union representing more than 150,000 white-collar workers in the public and private sector in the United States. OPEIU has locals in all 50 American states, Puerto and the District of Columbia. The u..
Office Assistant
Clippit asking if you need help The Office Assistant is a feature included in Microsoft Office starting with Office 97, and has been dubbed "Clippy" or "Clippit" after its default animated paperclip representation. However, Clippit is actually the default assistant's official name. This featur..
Office Automation
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Office By Example
Office by example (OBE) is a sequel to QBE, described in publications by Moshe Zloof of IBM in the early 1980s but apparently never implemented. This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is [Foldoc licenselicensed] under the GFDL..
Office chair
With the advent of railroads in the mid-1800’s, businesses began to expand beyond the traditional model of a family business with little emphasis on administration. Additional administrative staff was required to keep up with orders, bookkeeping, and correspondence as businesses expanded their se..
Office Cherifien des Phosphates
Office Cherifien des Phosphates (Acronym:OCP) is the national Moroccan phosphates company. It is the world biggest exporter of phosphates and derivatives. OCP is a State-owned company established in 1920. The company is responsible of the production and the selling of the whole Moroccan phosphorite..
Office classification
Office classification numbers were classifications assigned to telephone company offices before the breakup of AT&T in 1984. The numbers indicated an office's hierarchical function in the U.S. public switched telephone network. The following class numbers were used: Class 1: Regional Center (RC)..
Office Controller
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. The Office Controller was an architectural concept of the early to mid-1980s. The concept was used by PABX manuf..
Office Depot
Office Depot (NYSE: [ODP]), is one of the world's largest office supply retail store chains, with over 1,000 stores worldwide in 23 countries. It has a strong catalog and e-commerce operations which cater to both the general public and to large corporate clients. It is headquartered in..
Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
The Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF) was the national agency charged, between 1964 and 1974, with providing public radio and television in France. In France, the public monopoly on broadcasting was established in 1945 when the Radiodiffusion française (RDF) was formed. From..
Office etiquette
Office Etiquette is the set of written and unwritten rules of conduct that make an office run smoothly. Office Etiquette is different from Business Etiquette in that Office Etiquette usually applies to interacting with coworkers whereas Business Etiquette is for interacting with external contacts su..
Office for Fair Access
The Office for Fair Access is a non-departmental public body responsible for ensuring that any university or higher education institution in England which plans to charge variable tuition fees from the academic year 2006/7 has in place an acceptable plan to promote equitable access among its underg..
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), or OHIM (Spanish: OAMI or Oficina de Armonizacion del Mercado Interior, German: HABM or Harmonisierungsamt für den Binnenmarkt, French: OHMI or Office de l'Harmonisation dans le Marché Intérieur, Italian: UAMI or Uff..
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture, in short OMA, is the Rotterdam based architecture firm of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. The firm was founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis. Contents 1 Founding2 OMA in the 1980s3 21st..
Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the government executive agency charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of the United Kingdom at national and local levels. For historical reasons, it incorporates the General Register Offic..
Office for Special Assignments
Office for Special Assignments (in Swedish: Kontoret för Särskild Inhämtning, or KSI) is a part of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service and also one of the most secret parts of the Swedish Armed Forces. Their main assignment is to recruit secret agents to gather intelligence. ..
Office for Standards in Education
Ofsted logo The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial government department, established in 1993 under the Education (Schools) Act 1992. It is responsible for inspecting the standards of independent and state schools, local education authorities, child day care and c..
Office for Strengthening Unity
The Office for Strengthening Unity (Persian: دفترِ تحکیمِ وحدت), created in 1979, is a progressive Iranian student organization, supporting democracy and secularism in Iran. The group was the most important supporter of President Mohammad Khatami in his first term. However they becom..
Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants
The Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants is responsible for annually reviewing whether suspected terrorists detained by US forces.still posed a threat. It is the follow-on to the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. ..
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a United Nations organisation that was formed in December 1991 from General Assembly Resolution 46/182. The resolution was designed to strengthen the UN response to complex emergencies and natural disasters by creating the Department ..
Office Furniture Dealers Alliance
The Office Furniture Dealers Alliance (OFDA) is a division of the Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association (IOPFDA), a trade association for resellers of office furniture and office products. It is based in Arlington, Virginia. External link [Official site.] ..
Office Genuine Advantage
Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) is a program currently (as of 2006-05-03) being piloted by Microsoft similar to Windows Genuine Advantage in that it requires users of the Microsoft Office software to validate their copy of Microsoft Office. The program does not appear to be in full force as of just ..
Office hoteling
Office hoteling (or often just hoteling) is modern office paradigm where office workers don't have their own offices, cubicles, or even desks, and instead they have to reserve whatever space or resources they think they will need ahead of time. Office hoteling was conceived in 1994 by Ernst & Young..
Office International des Epizooties
The Office International des Épizooties (OIE, World Organisation for Animal Health) is an international intergovernmental organisation founded in 1924. In May 2001, the OIE had 158 member countries. Its headquarters in Paris, France. The OIE's claimed missions are: to guarantee the transparency o..
Office international Nansen pour les réfugiés
The Office International Nansen pour les Réfugiés, was an organization of the League of Nations, which was internationally in charge of refugees from war areas from 1930 to 1939. It received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1938. History The Office International Nansen pour les Réfugiés was established..
Office in a Small City
Office in a Small City is a 1953 painting by the great American realist painter Edward Hopper. It depicts a man sitting in a corner office surveying the landscape outdoors. The style is reminiscent of many of Hopper's works in that it depicts loneliness and beauty in a uniquely stark yet pleasing fa..
Office Killer
Office Killer is a movie directed by Cindy Sherman. It was released in 1997. It stars Carol Kane and David Thornton. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Dorine is called upon to do late work; her computer breaks down and she asks the help of a co-work..
Office lady
An office lady, often abbreviated OL (Japanese: オーエル), is a female office worker in Japan who performs generally white collar (or, some would say, pink collar) tasks such as serving tea and secretarial or clerical work. Like many unmarried Japanese, OLs often live with their parents into the..
Office management
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Office manager
An office manager shall be an employee charged with the general administrative responsibilities of any given office of a corporation. At the least this means responsibility for all paperwork, including its filing and retention over time, and the supervision of the staff doing it. It will include p..
Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales
The Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aerospatiales ("National Office of Aerospatial Studies and Research", ONERA) is a French national research institution dedicated to the study of aerospace problems (flow mechanics, materials and structures, information processing, physics). It owns larg..
Office national des forêts
The Office national des forêts, or ONF, is a public establishment of the National Government of France charged with the management of national forests. External links () [Official site] ..
Office of AIDS Research
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. The NIH Office of AIDS Rese..
Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
The Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse at the American Medical Association (AMA) was established by the temperance-oriented Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with an initial grant of $5 million, followed by more substantial funding. As a national program office of the foundation, it establlished a..
Office of Atoms for Peace
The Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) of Thailand Thai name: สำนักงานปรมาณูเพื่อสันติ Location: Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Chatuchak district, Bangkok Overview: Originally established in 1961 as the Office of Atomic Energy for Peace, the OAP serves as th..
Office of CBP Air
Mission The mission of CBP Air and Marine is to protect the American people and critical infrastructure by using an integrated and coordinated air and marine force to detect, interdict, and prevent acts of terrorism arising from unlawful movement of people, illegal drugs and other contraband moving..
Office of Censorship
The Office of Censorship was an emergency wartime agency set up on December 19, 1941 to aid in the censorship of all communications coming into and going out of the United States. Government records show that the First War Powers Act, approved on December 18, contained broad grants of Executive aut..
Office of Civilian Defense
Office of Civilian Defense was a United States federal emergency war agency set up May 20, 1941 by Executive Order 8757 to co-ordinate state and federal measures for protection of civilians in case of war emergency. Its two branches supervised protective functions such as blackouts and special fire ..
Office of Civil Defense
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense from 1961-64. It was replaced by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. It is one of the predecessor agencies that was replaced by the Federal Civil Defense Author..
Office of Commercial Space Transportation
The Office of Commercial Space Transportation is a division of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that approves any commercial rocket launch operations—that is, any launches that are not classified as model, amateur, or "by and for the government." The office also regulat..
Office of Community Development
The Office of Community Development (OCD) is a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development activities. OCD operates community development programs and initiatives throughout rural America and provides technical support to USDA-Rural Development's community development staff in off..
Office of Community Planning and Development
The Community Planning and Development agency within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers the grant programs that help communities plan and finance their growth and development, increase their capacity to govern, and provide shelter and services for homeles..
Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training
The Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training is part of the Environmental Protection Agency. External links [Official page] ..
Office of Criminal Investigations
The Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) is a relatively small but important part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. OCI was launched in 1992 in response to growing concern over counterfeit drugs, "snake oil salesmen", food and drug tampering and a variety of other health care offenses. ..
Office of Economics, Environmental Analysis and Administration
The Office of Economics, Environmental Analysis, and Administration (OEEAA) operates in the USA in connection with railroads. It is part of the United States Department of Transportation. It is responsible for the economic, cost, financial, engineering, and environmental analyses in cases before th..
Office of Economic Adjustment
The Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) is the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) primary source for assisting communities that are adversely impacted by Defense program changes, including base closures or realignments, base expansions, and contract or program cancellations. To assist affected commu..
Office of Economic Opportunity
The Office of Economic Opportunity was the agency responsible for administering most of the War on Poverty programs created as part of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society legislative agenda. Programs such as VISTA, Job Corps, Community Action and Head Start (though that progr..
Office of Emergency Management
An Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is an agency at the local, state or national level that holds responsibility of comprehensively planning for and responding to all manner of disasters, whether man-made or natural. An OEM may also be requested to provide consequence management for large specia..
Office of Fair Trading
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Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Dept. of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Established: 1977 Secretary: Elaine L. Chao Deputy Assistant Secretary: Charles E. James, Sr. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Adm..
Office of Federal Financial Management
The Office of Federal Financial Management is part of the United States Office of Management and Budget. ..
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) is charged with ensuring the capital adequacy and financial safety and soundness of two government-sponsored enterprises -- the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)...
Office of Field Operations
The Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, manages an operating budget of $2.2 billion and directs the activities of more than 25,000 employees, including more than 19,000 CBP Officers and Agriculture Specialists, and oversees the programs and operations at 20 Field Operatio..
Office of Film and Literature Classification
More than one country has an organisation called the Office of Film and Literature Classification. For Australia, see Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia)For New Zealand, see Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation..
Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia)
The Office of Film and Literature Classification is a statutory classification body which provides day to day administrative support for the Classification Board which classified films, computer games and publications in Australia, and the Classification Review Board which reviews films, computer ga..
Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand)
The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) is the government agency in New Zealand that is responsible for classification of all films, videos, publications, and some video games in New Zealand. It was created by the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 (FVPC Act) and..
Office of Force Transformation
OFT Banner The United States Office of Force Transformation (OFT) was established when President George W. Bush took office in 2001. This new Department of Defense office was established to strengthen and transform the military into a more effective 21st century force by identifying and leve..
Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (or OFAC) is an office of the United States Department of the Treasury that administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists, international narcotics traf..
Office of Francophone Affairs
The Office of Francophone Affairs in the Canadian province of Ontario is responsible for the provision of government services to Franco-Ontarian citizens and communities. Under the province's French Language Services Act, the provincial government provides French language services if a community or..
Office of Frontier Security
The Office of Frontier Security (commonly referred to by its acronym OFS) is a fictional government agency which appears in David Weber's Honorverse series of military science fiction novels. Established by the Solarian League as an agency with the mission to promote stability and order in the syst..
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), working for the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA), is the government regulator for the electricity and downstream natural gas markets in Great Britain. It was formed by the merger of the Office of Electricity Regulation (OFFER) and Office..
Office of Global Programs
The Office of Global Programs (OGP) is a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) run under the auspices of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). The purpose of the OGP is to oversee the NOAA Climate and Global Change (C&GC) Program. The OGP assists N..
Office of Government Commerce
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is an organisation in the government of the United Kingdom. It is charged with tasks that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of business procedures for the government. The OGC reports to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, a junior position in the Brit..
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, also popularly known by its acronym OHA, is a semi-autonomous entity of the State of Hawaii charged with the administration of 1.8 million acres (7,300 km²) of royal land held in trust for the benefit of native Hawaiians. Created by the 1978 Hawaii State Const..
Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
The Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC) is part of the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs from 24 January 2006. The Minister for the OIPC is Mal Brough. It is responsible for implementing and overall coordination of Australian Governm..
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), is an office of the United States Government that Congress established in the 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act. OIRA is located within the Office of Management and Budget, which is an agency within the Executive Office of the President. It is st..
Office of Insular Affairs
The Office of Insular Affairs is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that manages several United States possessions. Currently, it has administrative responsibility for coordinating federal policy in the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Common..
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a part of the United States Department of the Treasury and is responsible for the receipt, analysis, collation, and dissemination of foreign intelligence and foreign counterintelligence information related to the operation and responsibilities of the Depart..
Office of Intelligence Liaison
The Office of Intelligence Liaison was an office of the United States Government. It was created on May 5, 1977 by the CIA, the NSA and the Department of Commerce. Its task was to handle foreign intelligence of interest to the Department of Commerce. In 1993, the existence of the office was reveale..
Office of Intelligence Policy and Review
The Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (OIPR) is a staff agency within the United States Department of Justice. This government agency handles all Justice Department requests for surveillance authorizations under the terms of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, advises the Attorne..
Office of International Treasury Control
The Office of International Treasury Control (OITC) is a controversial entity which claims to be associated with the United Nations and the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. Its high-profile interventions in local economic affairs have attracted public controversy in Ecuador, F..
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs
The Office of Interparliamentary Affairs is an office of the United States House of Representatives that is responsible for working with "parliamentarians, officers, or employees of foreign legislative bodies" to organize official visits to the House of Representatives. Created in 2003 by the Legis..
Office of Justice Programs
The Office of Justice Programs (or OJP) is the branch of the United States Department of Justice that focuses on crime prevention through research and technology development, assistance to state and local law enforcement and criminal justice agencies through grants, and assistance to crime victims...
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (or OJJDP) is an office of the United States Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs. OJJDP sponsors research, program, and training initiatives; develops priorities and goals and sets policies to guide federa..
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare is an agency of the United States National Institutes of Health that enforces and sets guidelines for animal testing and research. The purpose of the agency is to make sure that all testing on vertebrates is done with the intent of finding a direct result from the..
Office of Legal Counsel
The Office of Legal Counsel is an American government legal office in the U.S. Department of Justice. The Office of Legal Counsel assists the Attorney General in his function as legal advisor to the President and all the executive branch agencies. The Office drafts legal opinions of the Attorney G..
Office of Manpower Economics
The Office of Manpower Economics is a non-statutory body set up to provide an independent Secretariat for each of the six Pay Review Bodies and the Police Negotiating Board and Police Advisory Board for England & Wales. It is funded by the Department for Work and Pensions. Review Bodies The OME su..
Office of Migrant Education
The Office of Migrant Education (OME) within the U.S. Department of Education administers grant programs that provide academic and supportive services to the children of families who migrate to find work in the agricultural and fishing industries. OME also administers several contracts and special i..
Office of Military Commissions
The Office of Military Commissions was established in February 2004 to administer the Guantanamo military commissions President Bush wanted to try suspected terrorists held in the American prison in the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay. Bush had announced his administration's intent to try suspected..
Office of National Assessments
The Office of National Assessments (ONA) is an Australian government intelligence agency responsible for the analysis of intelligence. The ONA reports directly to the Prime Minister of Australia. As of 2005, ONA had 60 staff, including 40 analysts. ONA is a strategic intelligence producer, in that ..
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1988 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act. Its stated goal is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives to eradicate illicit drug use, manufact..
Office of Naval Intelligence
The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) was established in the United States Navy in 1882 in the wake of the American Civil War. The ONI was established to "seek out and report" on the advancements in other nations' navies. ONI's position as the naval intelligence arm began in earnest when the Unite..
Office of Naval Intelligence (Halo)
This article discusses the fictional organization within the Halo universe. For the organization within the United States Navy, see Office of Naval Intelligence. The Office of Naval Intelligence, more commonly known by its abbreviation, ONI, is a Naval intelligence agency of the United Nations Spa..
Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves
The United States Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves is part of the US Department of Energy. It was established in 1912 to monitor and analyse the US's oil shale reserves. ..
Office of Naval Research
ONR Logo The Office of Naval Research (ONR), headquartered in Arlington, Virginia (Ballston), is an office of the U.S. Navy that carries out scientific research to support the Navy and national security. The ONR, as it is frequently referred to, runs the Naval Research Lab (or NRL), the ONR Gl..
Office of Net Assessment
The United States Department of Defense's Office of Net Assessment was created in 1973. It operates as an internal think tank for the Deparment. Andrew Marshall was named its first director, a position he still holds. Staff members have included: David S. YostJohn Milam, strategic analyst.Donald ..
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
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Office of Ocean Exploration
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Office of Personnel Management
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Office of Policy Coordination
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Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
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Office of Price Administration
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Office of profit
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Office of Public and Indian Housing
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Office of Public Diplomacy
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Office of Public Health and Science
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Office of Public Sector Information
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Office of Public Works
The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for Irish Government and historic buildings in the Republic of Ireland. The agency also provides election, procurement and printing services for government. The office also historically had responsibility for drainage schemes and other large civil and ..
Office of Racial Policy
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Office of Rail Regulation
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Office of Research Integrity
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Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)
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Office of Science and Technology
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Office of Science and Technology Policy
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Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Office of Scientific Intelligence
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Office of Scientific Investigation and Research
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Office of Scientific Research and Development
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Office of Secure Transportation
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Office of Special Affairs
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Office of Special Investigations
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Office of Special Plans
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Office of State Revenue (New South Wales)
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Office of Strategic Influence
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Office of Strategic Influence (album)
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Office of Strategic Services
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Office of Surface Mining
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Office of Technology Assessment
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Office of Technology Policy
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Office of the Attorney General (New Brunswick)
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Office of the Chief Actuary
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Office of the Chief Electoral Officer New Brunswick
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Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland
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Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
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Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
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Office of the Dead
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Office of the Duke of Edinburgh
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Office of the Duke of York
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Office of the Earl of Wessex
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Office of the Employment Advocate (Australia)
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Office of the Federal Register
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Office of the future
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Office of the Gene Technology Regulator
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Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
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Office of the Information Commissioner
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Office of the Integrity Commissioner (Ontario)
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Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
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Office of the Law Revision Counsel
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Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
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Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines
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Office of the Pardon Attorney
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Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to Government
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Office of the Permanent Secretary
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Office of the Permanent Secretary (Scotland)
The Office of the Permanent Secretary (OPS) is the most senior civil service department of the Scottish Executive. It is headed by the Permanent Secretary John Elvidge, who replaced Sir Muir Russell in July 2003. The Office is made up of: Office of the First MinisterMinisterial Support Group: Cabi..
Office of the President
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Office of the Prime Minister (Canada)
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Office of the Princess Royal
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Office of the Prince of Wales
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Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations
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Office of the Revenue Commissioners
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Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge
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Office of the Secretary of Defense Net Assessment (OSD)
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Office of the Secretary of Homeland Defense Identification Badge
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]The Office of the Secretary of Homeland Defense Identification Badge is a military badge of the United States Coast Guard which is currently under development by the Department of Homeland Security. Upon completion and issuance, the Office of Secretary of Homeland ..
Office of the Secretary of Transportation Identification Badge
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Office of the Special Counsel
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Office of the Supervising Architect
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Office of the United States Trade Representative, or USTR, is an arm of the executive branch of the United States government that falls within the Executive Office of the President. It is responsible for the United States' international trade policy at bilateral and multilateral levels. The he..
Office of Thrift Supervision
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury, is the primary regulator of federal savings associations (sometimes referred to as federal thrifts). Federal savings associations include both federal savings banks and federal savings and loans. Th..
Office of War Mobilization
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Office Olympics
The Office episode "Office Olympics" The placing medalists in "Office Olympics" Episode No. 9 Airdate October 4, 2005 Writer(s) Michael Schur Director Paul Feig List of all The Office episodes... "Office Olympics" is the third episode of the second season of the television ser..
Office on Violence Against Women
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Office politics
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Office québécois de la langue française
The Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) (Quebec Office of the French language) was established on March 24, 1961 along with the Quebec ministry of Cultural affairs. Its mandate was enlarged by the 1977 Charter of the French Language, which also established two other organizations: the ..
Office Space
Office Space is a 1999 comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge, partially based on his 1991 animated short films named after the character Milton. Though it pokes fun at work life in a typical software company during the late 1990s (there's a reference to writing code for the Y2K bug), the ..
Office suite
In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office application suite or productivity suite is a software suite intended to be used by typical clerical and knowledge workers. The components are generally distributed together, have a consistent user interface and usually can interact with each ..
Office supplies
Office supplies is the generic term that refers to all supplies regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, from private citizens to governments, who works with the collection, refinement, and output of information (colloquially referred to as "paper work"). The term includes s..
Office Supply
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Office Vision
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Office Web Components
Office Web Components (OWC) is a collection of web components included in Microsoft Office 2000, XP and 2003. They can be plugged into web pages and Visual Basic forms. The following components are included: SpreadsheetChartspacePivot chartData source component External links Microsoft Development..
Office Workstations
Office Workstations Ltd was bought in 1989 by Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) of Japan and became Panasonic OWL. Since then they have been developing software to support next generation consumer electronics. They are a key player in the development of DVD technology, Digital Television, next ..
Office Workstations Limited
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Official
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Officialdom
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Officially Dead
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Official (American football)
In American football, an official is a person who has some responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. They are traditionally clad in a black-and-white striped shirt, white pants with a black belt, and black shoes. During professional and college football games, sev..
Official (disambiguation)
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Official (ice hockey)
American Hockey League referee Dean Morton In ice hockey, an official is a person who has some responsibility in enforcing the rules or maintaining the order of the game. There are two categories of officials, on-ice officials, who are the referees and linesmen that enforce the rules during ga..
Official Airline Guide
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Official Album: Walt Disney World Resort Celebrating 100 Years of Magic (2001 CD)
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Official Baseball Rules
The Official Baseball Rules govern all professional play in the United States and Canada. The rules are published in book form in North America by The Sporting News, and are available online. Many amateur and youth leagues use the "OBR" with only a few modifications for safety. External link Majo..
Official Bootleg
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Official Bootleg CD
Official Bootleg CD - Live at the Tim Sims Theatre is a Canadian comedy album, performed by The Frantics comedy troupe. It contains largely new material (the only exceptions are "Einstein Song", and "Dutch Cowboys", which derive from their Frantic Times radio series), used in their "Older But Wide..
Official Bootleg V.1
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Official Cash Rate
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Official Code of Georgia
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Official cover
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Official Development Assistance
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Official Dreamcast Magazine
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Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
The Official Dreamcast Magazine was a video game magazine published by Dennis Publishing in the United Kingdom between 1999 and 2001. The magazine featured news, reviews, previews and features on Sega Dreamcast games. The magazine held the official magazine license for the Dreamcast in the UK and..
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)
The Official Dreamcast Magazine was a video game magazine for the Sega Dreamcast published in the United States of America. The magazine ran twelve issues from the September 1999 Dreamcast launch to March/April 2001, shortly after Dreamcast was discontinued. Each issue came with a GD-ROM with d..
Official Dreamcast Web Forum
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Official English movement
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Official Films
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Official game
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Official gold reserves
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Official Guide of the Railways
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Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
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Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australian involvement in the First World War. The series was edited by C.E.W. Bean, who also wrote six of the volumes, and was published between 1920 and 1942. The first seven volumes deal with the Australian..
Official History of Australia in the War of 1939–1945
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1939–1945' is a 22 volume series covering Australia's involvement in the Second World War. The series was published by the Australian War Memorial between 1952 and 1977. Most volumes in the series were edited by Gavin Long, who also wrote three vo..
Official IRA
The term Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA refers to one of the two organisations - the other being the Provisional Irish Republican Army - that emerged from the split in the then Irish Republican Army in 1969-70. Both organisations continued to refer to themselves as the Irish Republic..
Official Journal of the European Patent Office
The Official Journal of the European Patent Office is a monthly trilingual publication of the European Patent Office (EPO). It contains "notices and information of a general character issued by the President of the European Patent Office, as well as any other information relevant to [the Euro..
Official Journal of the European Union
The Official Journal of the European Union is the gazette of record for the European Union. It has been published since the entry into force of the Nice Treaty on 1 February 2003. It is published in each of the 20 official languages of the member states. The Official Journal superseded the earlier O..
Official Journal of the Federation
The Official Journal of the Federation (Spanish: Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF), published daily by the government of Mexico, is the main governmental journal in Mexico. The contents of current issues express legally the political, economic and social institutions in Mexico at the presen..
Official language
An official language is a language that is given a privileged legal status in a state, or other legally-defined territory. Most typically, the official language will be in line with the language used by the principal nation or ethnic group within the state. The law in many states requires that gove..
Official Languages Act
Official Languages Act can refer to: the Official Languages Act (1969) and (1988) passed in Canada to enshrine official bilingualism.the Official Languages Act 2003, passed in the Republic of Ireland to promote official services provided in the Irish language. This is a [disambiguationdisambi..
Official Languages Act (Canada)
The Official Languages Act of 1969 is an Act of Parliament that recognizes English and French as the official languages of Canada. The 1988 act is a new and improved version of the Official Languages Act of 1969, which was one of the major consequences of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Bi..
Official Languages Act 2003
The Official Languages Act 2003 is an Act of the Oireachtas of the Republic of Ireland. The act sets out the use of the Irish language by public bodies, sets up the office of An Coimisinéir Teanga and revokes the official status of English placenames in Gaeltacht areas. External links () [Off..
Official Language Act
The Official Language Act of 1974, also known as Bill 22 is an act of the National Assembly of Quebec which made French the sole official language of Quebec, a province of Canada. It was ultimately supplanted by the Charter of the French Language (also known as Bill 101) in 1977. The legislation wa..
Official Live: 101 Proof
Official Live: 101 Proof is a live album released by Pantera on July 29, 1997. The first fourteen tracks are live recordings of previously released studio album songs from their first four albums (starting with Cowboys from Hell); the last two songs, "Where You Come From" and "I Can't Hide," were ..
Official Live Bootleg/The Beard is Out There
Official Live Bootleg is the third album and first live album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard. It was released in 1996, with a European release under the title The Beard is Out There in 1998. The original North American release consisted of the four tracks from the band's debut a..
Official Manual State of Missouri
The Official Manual - State of Missouri (often referred to simply as The Missouri Blue Book) is biennial publication from the Missouri Secretary of State. The Blue Book was first publish in 1889 and is currently in its 65th edition. It contains historical, political, and statistical information ..
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Official Monster Raving Loony Party Leader Alan "Howling Laud" Hope Founded 1983 Headquarters 9 Newtown, Honley, Nr Holmfirth, W. Yorks, HD9 6PQ. Political Ideology Insanity, Satire, Pragmatism, Existentialism Political Position Left-right International Affiliation E..
Official Multiculturalism Act
The Act for the Preservation and Enhancement of Multiculturalism in Canada was passed in 1988, with minor organizational amendments since that time (Multiculturalism & Citizenship Canada, 1991). Its stated objectives are to: a) recognize and promote the understanding that multiculturalism reflects ..
Official names of South Africa
South Africa has eleven official languages, which is second only to India. These languages include English, Afrikaans and the nine Bantu languages with official status since 1994. These include the Nguni languages, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sindebele, and Swazi, and the Sotho languages, which include Setsw..
Official names of the USSR
The official names of the USSR in the languages of the Soviet Republics and other languages of the USSR where as follows (presented in the constitutional order). Language AbbreviationUSSR Full nameUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics Short nameSoviet Union Russian СССР Союз Сове�..
Official names United States
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Official National Front
The Official National Front was the leading movement within the British National Front during the 1980s and stood opposed to the Flag Group. Their supporters were known as the Political Soldiers. Members included Nick Griffin, Derek Holland, Patrick Harrington and David Kerr. The ONF refused to cont..
Official native american musicians
Official Native American Musicians List Official Native American Musicians List and Indian Arts and Craft Act of 1990 This is a list of Native American musicians who can prove their Indian blood and who are members of recognized tribes and are considered Native American by law, followed by the Ind..
Official Observer Coordinator
The Official Observer Coordinator is an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) section-level leadership official, appointed by the Section Manager (SM), for two related purposes: to supervise the maintenance monitoring work of the section Official Observers, and to coordinate special Amateur Auxiliary e..
Official Opposition (Canada)
Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (French: L'Opposition Loyale de Sa Majesté) in Canada is usually the largest parliamentary opposition party in the House of Commons that is not in government either on its own or as part of a governing coalition. This is usually the second-largest party in a legisla..
Official Opposition (India)
Official Opposition is a term used to designate the political party securing the largest number of seats in the Lower House of parliament (Lok Sabha), and which is not part of the ruling party or coalition. Oppositions from 1952 1977 - 1980: Indian National Congress1989 - 1991: Indian National Cong..
Official Opposition (New Zealand)
The Official Opposition in New Zealand is usually the largest political party or coalition which is not a member of the ruling government. This means that the political party, while still involved with the political process in New Zealand, they do not have ministers or their supporters in a positi..
Official Opposition (UK)
Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, or the Official Opposition in the United Kingdom is the largest opposition party in the House of Commons. This is usually the second-largest party, as the largest party will form the government. The role of the Opposition is to examine the government's proposals fo..
Official opposition frontbench (UK)
The frontbench of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official spokesmen of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. Currently the parliamentary Conservative Party is Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition ..
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (British Columbia)
The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet is listed below. Members are drawn from the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Portfolio Shadow Minister Leader of the Opposition Carole James (2005–) Opposition Caucus Chair Jenny Kwan (2005–) Opposition House Leader Mike Farn..
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (Canada)
The members of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (Canada) are more commonly refer to as Opposition Critics and direct their attacks on the minister's of the current government of Canada. The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet in the 39th Canadian parliament is listed below. Members are drawn..
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (UK)
The Official Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet (normally referred to simply as 'The Shadow Cabinet') is, in British parliamentary practice, a group of members from Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition whose job it is to scrutinise their opposite numbers in government and come up with alternative policies..
Official party status
Official party status refers to the Canadian practice of recognizing political parties. There are two forms of recognition. Recognition by Elections Canada allows parties (even if they have no parliamentary seats) to participate in federal elections and to benefit from electoral financing laws. ..
Official PlayStation Magazine
Official PlayStation Magazine (often abbreviated to OPM) is an international video game magazine published by Ziff Davis Media focusing on PlayStation culture, including gaming on the original PlayStation, the PlayStation 2, the PlayStation 3, and the PlayStation Portable. Staff The current staff o..
Official Portraits
Official Portraits is a book published by Berlin Press in 2004. In 2004, a team of Berlin Press contributors, led by David Brown sent an open letter fax to the embassies of all 191 member states of the United Nations General Assembly, requesting they provide an official portrait of their nation's ..
Official position
Arts and Letters Magazine is a quarterly print publication and mirror website covering news, politics, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, essay, photography, art, and illustration. First published in 2002, the publication consists mostly of articles that have been published elsewhere in little known an..
Official Preppy Handbook
Cover of The Official Preppy Handbook The Official Preppy Handbook is a tongue-in-cheek "reference guide" written by Lisa Birnbach, it describes an aspect of North American culture she styles as prepdom. In addition to insights on prep school life, it illuminates many aspects of upper class, o..
Official Receiver
The Official Receiver (usually abbreviated OR) is the name of a statutory office holder in England and Wales. An officer of the Insolvency Service, he is also an officer of the court to which he is attached. The OR is therefore answerable to the courts for carrying out the courts' orders and for f..
Official Records of the American Civil War
The Official Records of the American Civil War or often more simply the Official Records or ORs, constitute a unique, authentic, and comprehensive collection of first-hand accounts, orders, reports, and correspondence drawn from War and Navy Department records of both Confederate and Union governmen..
Official residence
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Official scorer
In the game of baseball, the official scorer is a person appointed by the league to record the events on the field and to send this official record of the game back to the league offices. The official scorer never goes on the field (he typically watches from the press box), and in some cases the pe..
Official script
contradict itself.Please see the discussion on the [talk page]. An official script is a script that is specifically designated to be official in the constitutions or other applicable laws of countries, states, and other territories. Akin to an official language, an official script i..
Official Seal of the President of Ireland
([larger version]) The Official Seal of the President of Ireland (Irish: Séala Oifigeamhail Uachtarán na hÉireann) was presented to the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde and every subsequent president, to be affixed to every "...order, commission, warrant, or other instru..
Official Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand
The Official Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand is a senior member in the household of the Governor-General of New Zealand. He is responsible for the staff supporting the Governor-General (stewards, cooks etc), and works with the Clerk of the Executive Council of New Zealand in carry..
Official Secrets Act
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Official Secrets Act 1923
For other similar Acts around the world, see Official Secrets Act. The Official Secrets Act 1923 is India's anti-espionage act held over from British colonisation. It states clearly that any action which involves helping an enemy state against India. It also states that one cannot approach, inspect..
Official Sinn Féin
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Official Solicitor
Official Solicitor is a term which relates to two different and relatively old offices of British government. It was an office that represented the Crown, which is an institution that stands in place of a written constitution. The monarch is the representative of the Crown as head of state and the O..
Official Soundtrack Album: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure
Official Soundtrack Album: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure is the soundtrack for the Islands of Adventure theme park in Universal Orlando. There have been 3 editions of the soundtrack. Contents 1 1999 Release2 1999 Special Edition3 2000 Release4 Notes 1999 Release Out ..
Official Star Trek Fan Club
The Official Star Trek Fan Club is an arm of Paramount that is designed to give fans of the Science Fiction classic Star Trek an officially sanctioned 'Fan Club'. Members receive a certificate, six editions of the Star Trek Communicator magazine (which has been available at most newstands and comic..
Official Table of Drops
The Official Table of Drops, published by the British Home Office, is a manual used to calculate the correct length of rope for the long drop hangings. Following a series of failed hangings including those of John 'Babbacombe' Lee, Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare led a committee in 1888 to discover..
Official tartans in Canada
Canada's provinces and territories (except for Nunavut), as well as many other divisions in Canada, have officially recognized tartans. Tartans were first brought to Canada by Scottish settlers, and in 1959, New Brunswick was the first province to adopt an official tartan. The official provincial ..
Official text copyright
Official texts, as defined in the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, are texts of a legislative, administrative and legal nature and the official translations of such texts. The Convention indicates that it shall be left to the discretion of each member country of t..
Official vandalism
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Official World Golf Rankings
The Official World Golf Rankings are a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four Major Championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, which are The PGA TOUR, t..
Official Xbox Magazine
June 2006 issue of Official Xbox Magazine Official Xbox Magazine is a monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch time of the Xbox. It is bundled with a disk that includes game demos and videos. It features previews, reviews, and cheat codes for Xbox games. O..
Officiant
An officiant is someone who officiates at (i.e. leads) a service of Christian worship that is not the Eucharist. While a celebrant at the Eucharist must be ordained, the same is not true of an officiant at another service. ..
Officinal
Officinal is a term applied in medicine to drugs, plants and herbs, which are sold in a chemist or druggist shop, and to medical preparations of such drugs, et cetera, as are made in accordance with the prescriptions authorized by the pharmacopoeia. In the latter sense, modern usage tends to supe..
Officina Typographica
Officina Typographica (Latin for printing office) was a constellation located east of Sirius. It was created by Johann Bode in the late eighteenth century. It was used at least in one other star atlas, but quickly fell out of use. Typography Officina is a family of serif fonts. External links http..
Officine Meccaniche
Officine Meccaniche (OM) was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1899 in Milan as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche. The inception of the company had resulted from the merger of two companies,Grondona Comi & C and Miani Silvestri & C. Originally, OM manufactured railway st..
Officious
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Officious intermeddler
Is a person who voluntarily, and without request or pre-existing legal duty, interjects herself into the affairs of another, then seeks renumeration for services or reimbursement. Example: Person "A" leaves for vacation for two weeks during the summer. Person "B" mows "A"s lawn. "B" requests paym..
Officio Assassinorum
In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Officio Assassinorum is an Imperial agency that trains and employs different assassin temples to further the goals of the Imperium of Man. Although the Inquisition strikes fear in the hearts of all Imperial citizens, loyal and corrupt alike, the deadly..
Officio Sanctissimo
Officio Sanctissimo (On The Church in Bavaria) was an Encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII in 1887. It recalled the continuous history of Catholicism in BavariaParagraphs 2 and 3, [Officio Sanctissimo] and praised the populations resistance to the Kulturkampf."as Our predecessor, Pius IX.,..
Officium
Topics in Roman government Roman Kingdom Roman Republic Roman Empire Principate Dominate Western Empire Eastern Empire Ordinary magistrates: PraetorQuaestorPromagistrate AedileTribuneCensorGovernor Extraordinary magistrates: Magister EquitumConsular tribune DictatorTriumviriDecemviri Offi..
Officium Triste
Officium Triste is a Doom metal band from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. They refer to their style often as Rotterdoom. It is largely inspired by bands like My Dying Bride and early Anathema. But the last album is more melodic and slower. The vocals are mostly intelligible death grunts but with occasio..
Offinso District
Offinso District Region Ashanti Region District type Ordinary District Chief Executive Collins Ntim Capital Offinso Area 1,451 km² Population (2002) 138,190 ISO 3166 GH-AH-OF The Offinso District is a district of Ghana in the Ashanti Region. Sources [Districts of Ghana] ..
Offkey Recordings
Offkey Recordings is a European Techno/Drum and Bass record label run by Raiden (artist) (aka Jarman). Launched in 2005 after 2 years of planning, it brings a unique blend of Techno, and Drum and Bass to the scene. Artists Raiden (artist)PropagandaTemper D & K-FireProdeLethal & KhanageMatt Tako Se..
Offlaga
Coat of arms Map Statistics Region: Lombardy Province: Brescia Location: ..
Offline browsing
Many modern web browsers have a mode called offline browsing, where links to web pages are redirected to local copies in a temporary folder. The local copies are generally created automatically in the browser's cache and deleted automatically. Many web browsers allow the user to explicitly set speci..
Offline editing
Offline editing in film and television production is the process by which the raw footage is copied, and edited, without affecting the camera original film or tape. Once a programme has been completed in offline, the original media will be conformed, or on-lined, in the Online editing stage. It is..
Offline Explorer
Offline Explorer is a program which scans a webpage and downloads all files linked to it, with customizable filters. The form of the 'link' could be other pages linked to the one page, and image, sound, movie, animation, or archive file used or linked to, as well as any incorporated JavaScript, CSS..
Offline mail reader
Offline mail readers are computer programs that allow users to read electronic mail or other messages (for example, those on bulletin boards) with a minimum of connection time to the server storing the messages. This is accomplished by the server packaging up multiple messages into a compressed file..
Offline Messenger
Offline Messenger (OM) is a free closed-source service/bot for MSN Messenger that allows users to send message(s) to a contact who is offline. The messages are saved in the server until the user signs back in. When they do, the bot automatically will send the message to the user. Development OM was..
Offline reader
An offline reader (sometimes called an offline navigator) is computer software that downloads e-mail, newsgroup posts or web pages, making them available when the computer is not connected to the Internet. Offline readers are useful portable computers and dial-up access. ..
Offload
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OffOn
OffOn is a 1972 experimental film created by Scott Bartlett. It is most notable for being one of the first examples in which film and video technologies were combined. The nine minute film combines a number of video loops which have been altered through re-photography or video colorization, and ut..
Offord Cluny
Offord Cluny is a small village in Cambridgeshire, England. It is approximately equidistant from the neighbouring towns of Huntingdon and St Neots, and 2 miles from the larger village of Buckden. It is the twin village of Offord D'arcy, though they both have their own parish councils. Council tax ra..
Offramp
Offramp is the Grammy Award winning third album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 1982. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1983. Contents 1 Track listing2 Personnel3 Charts4 Awards Track listing "Barcarole" (Mays/Metheny/Vasconcelos) (3:18..
Offroading
Off-road is a type of driving that involves driving off paved roads for recreational purposes.Offroad racing is a form of motorsport which takes place off paved roads. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to ..
Offset
The term offset may refer to: Offsets – Layers of plants in the plant nursery businessOffset dish antenna – A type of satellite dishOffset printingOffset (computer) – A number indicating the distance (displacement) from the start of a data structure object and up to a given elem..
Offsets
See offset for reference to Computer terminology. Offsets are layers of plants in the plant nursery business. They are clones of the mother plants ("hens and chicks"), meaning that they have the same genetic code. Offsets form when meristem regions of plants, such as axillary buds or homologous ..
Offset (computer)
''This article describes the computer science term. In computer science, an offset within an array or other data structure object is an integer indicating the distance (displacement) from the beginning of the object up until a given element or point, presumably within the same object. The concept o..
Offset Alpine fire
The Offset Alpine fire is an incident in Australia's recent history that is still subject to investigation and speculation, amid suspicions that the printing plant was burnt down as part of an insurance fraud. It has gained attention because of the high profile of individuals involved. In 1992 a co..
Offset dish antenna
An offset dish antenna is a type of satellite dish. It is so called because the antenna feed is offset to the side of the reflector, in contrast to a typical circular parabolic antenna where the feed is in front of the center of the reflector. The offset dish antenna still uses a parabolic dish ..
Offset mortgage
An Offset mortgage is a type of mortgage common in the United Kingdom used for the purchase of domestic property. The key feature of an offset mortgage is the ability to reduce the interest charged by offsetting a credit balance against the mortgage debt. For example, if the mortgage balance is £..
Offset printing
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Offset quadrature phase-shift keying
Offset quadrature phase-shift keying (OQPSK) is a variant of phase-shift keying modulation using 4 different values of the phase to transmit. It is sometimes called 'Staggered quadrature phase-shift keying (SQPSK). Taking four values of the phase (two bits) at a time to construct a QPSK symbol c..
Offset Software
Offset Software is made up of 19 developers, primarly Sam, Travis and Trevor who formerly worked for S2 Games, a development team of seven who created the award winning game [[Savage: The Battle for Newerth]]. The game won the grand prize at the Independent Games Festival in 2004. Currently the co..
Offset time
In optical burst switching, offset time is the time between the burst header/control packet. The offset time used in one-way reservation schemes allows the network time to schedule the burst and setup resources prior to burst arrival is sent into the network. The offset time can be varied to allow ..
Offshoot (plant)
Offshoots are lateral shoots that are produced on the main stem of a plant. Offshoots formed at the base of the stem are known as basal offshoots. ..
Offshore
Offshore has two principle meanings: Physical - in the sea away from the shore; not on the shoreline but out to sea.Financial - a relative term generally applied to low tax jurisdictions on "off-shore" islands - hence the association with the physical meaning. Many of these islands encourage the f..
Offshore (novel)
Offshore (1979) is a novel by Penelope Fitzgerald. It won the Booker Prize for that year. It recalls her time spent on boats in Battersea by the Thames. ..
Offshore balancing
Offshore balancing is a strategic concept used in realist analysis in international relations. The term describes a strategy where a great power uses favored regional powers to check the rise of potential hostile powers. It arguably permits a great power to maintain its power without the costs of la..
Offshore bank
An offshore bank is a bank located outside the country of residence of the depositor, typically in a low tax jurisdiction (or tax haven) that provides financial and legal advantages. These advantages typically include some or all of strong privacy (see also bank secrecy, a principle born with the ..
Offshore company
An offshore company is one which does not conduct substantial business in its country of incorporation. They are sometimes known as non-resident companies. Contents 1 Benefits2 Features of offshore companies3 Types of company4 Merger5 Relocation of companies6 Offsho..
Offshore construction
Offshore construction is the installation of structures and pipelines in a marine environment for the production and transmission of oil and gas. Construction in the offshore environment is a dangerous activity and where possible the construction is modular in nature with the individual modules bein..
Offshore Festival
The Offshore Festival was a camp-out rock and alternative music festival held during Easter at a farm near Torquay, Victoria, Australia in the late 1990s, 2000 and 2001. It was run by the same organisers as the Falls Festival, held at nearby Lorne on New Year's Eve. It interlinked with the major Rip..
Offshore Financial Centre
Whilst there is no precise definition of what amounts to an Offshore Financial Centre (or OFC), the term is usually meant to refer to low-tax, lightly regulated jurisdictions which specialise in providing the corporate and commercial infrastructure to facilitate the use of those jurisdictions for th..
Offshore foundation
An offshore foundation is simply a conventional foundation that is formed under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction, such as Liechtenstein or Panama. Like conventional foundations they are a tax-free entity, just with less "red tape" and reporting requirements. Foundations are mainly used for altru..
Offshore fund
An offshore fund is a collective investment scheme domiciled in an Offshore Financial Centre, for example British Virgin Islands, Luxembourg, Cayman Islands or Dublin. Contents 1 Advantages2 Regulation3 Criticism4 See also Advantages Offshore funds offer eligible investors ..
Offshore Industry Liaison Committee
The Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) is a trade union set up in the United Kingdom in response to the deaths of 167 workers on the Piper Alpha platform on July 6,1988. Their deaths would be followed by the death of another worker on the Ocean Odyssey oil rig on September 22, 1988. The curr..
Offshore investment
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Offshore lighthouse
There are two lighthouses in the German Bay which have been built on non-solid grounds offshore: Roter Sand (Leuchtturm)Alte Weser (Leuchtturm) ..
Offshore magic circle
The offshore magic circle refers to a number of law firms practicing in offshore jurisdictions which are considered to be amongst the leaders in the field. The terms is adopted as an imitation of the more well-recognised London Magic Circle law firms. The concept of an offshore magic circle was fi..
Offshore outsourcing
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Offshore Patrol
The Offshore Patrol (Mosquito Fleet) was a rudimentary navy, intended for inshore defenses only, called for by the Philippine National Assembly in its National Defense Act of 1935. This act called for the creation, by 1946, of a force of 36 torpedo boats (PT) which were to be built and designed by B..
Offshore powerboat racing
Offshore powerboat racing is racing by large, ocean-going powerboats, typically point-to-point racing. Probably the largest, most powerful racing machines of all, the extreme expense of the boats and the fuel required to participate make it an expensive and elite sport. In Europe, Middle East & As..
Offshore radio
Offshore radio refers to the practice of radio broadcasting from ships or fixed maritime structures, usually in international waters. The majority of offshore broadcasters have been pirate radio stations, using seaborne broadcasting as a means to circumvent national broadcasting regulations, but the..
Offshore Software Product Development
Offshore software product development is primarily a means of leveraging an organization's resources and infusing new thought, skills and expertise, while reducing time to market. Offshore Software product development is the obvious remedy to the current market scenario where technology, skills and ..
Offshore structure
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Offshore structure has two principal meanings: Financial, with reference to ..
Offshore Super Series
The [Offshore Super Series (OSS)] is an [offshore powerboat racing] organization founded in December 2003 by 30 of the top offshore race boat teams in the USA. The teams were dissatisfied with the way their sport was going. Before the founding of OSS, the offshore racing spor..
Offshore trust
An offshore trust is simply a conventional trust that is formed under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction. Generally offshore trusts are similar in nature and effect to their onshore counterparts; they involve a settlor transferring (or 'settling') assets (the 'trust property') on the trustees to ..
Offshoring
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Offshoring IT Services
--> Section>sections].Please format the article according to the guidelines laid out at[Manual of Style]. Offshoring can be defined as relocation of business processes to another country, especially a country overseas. This includes any business process such as production, manu..
Offside
Offside, off-sides, off-side or off side can refer to: A rule in a number of field sports to regulate aspects of player positioning* Offside law (football) in association football (soccer)* One of the penalties in American and Canadian football* Offside (rugby)* Offside (ice hockey)Off side, the si..
Offside (football)
Offside is a Law in football (soccer) which effectively limits how far forward attacking players may be when involved in play. Simply put, a player cannot gain an advantage by waiting for the ball with only the goalkeeper or last defender between him and the goal. Contents 1 Application1.1..
Offside (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, play is said to be offside if a player on the attacking team enters the attacking zone before the puck itself enters the zone, whether it is being carried by a teammate or otherwise sent in across the blue line. When an offside violation occurs, the linesman blows play dead, and a f..
Offside (rugby)
The offside rule in Rugby Union Offside rules in Rugby Union are particularly complex to the casual observer. Often the only indication that they have been infringed occurs when the referee blows the whistle. This, therefore, is only a basic attempt to explain offside in the context of rugby unio..
Offside (TV Show)
"Offside" is a Comedy/Football TV show aired on BBC Scotland and presented by Scottish Football journalist Tam Cowan. "Only an Excuse" star Jonathan Watson also contributes to the show, previously producing the "Only a Wee Excuse" section of the show which was replaced by the "Week that Wisnae" sket..
Offspring
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. In biology, offspring are the product of reproduction, a new organism produced by one or more parents. Human offspring (descendants) are referred to as children (without reference to age, thus one can refer to a parent's "minor children" or "adult children..
Offspring (Angel episode)
Contents 0.1 Summary0.2 Expanded overview1 Production details1.1 Music2 Continuity2.1 Timing Summary While Angel and the crew research a prophecy predicting the imminent arrival of a being who may have a profound impact on the world, Darla, pregnant and angry, arr..
Offspring (comics)
Offspring (Ernie O'Brian) is a fictional comic book superhero in the DC universe. He is the son of Plastic Man, and has the same stretching powers as his father. Offspring's first appearance was in a one-shot issue of the same name, a spin-off of the miniseries The Kingdom. Offspring later appear..
Offspring (disambiguation)
Offspring may refer to one of the following. Offspring, the product of reproduction, a new organism produced by one or more parents. Human offspring (descendants) are referred to as children.The Offspring, a band.* The Offspring, an album by The Offspring.Offspring, a BBC Radio 4 programme, an ear..
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Offutt Air Force Base
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Off (album)
Off is the latest album of Kurdish artist Ciwan Haco. It has been released in april 2006 in Europe. It features 13 songs, including the electro-pop Li hêviya te and several ballads. All songs are mainly sung in the Kurdish language, although a small part of the song "Li hêviya te" that features br..
Off and Running
Cover of "Off and Running" VHS Off and Running is an American film starring singer and actress Cyndi Lauper. She stars as a mermaid-themed lounge singer who gets involved with a caring but troubled man. Because of his involvement with horse racing and breeding (and consequent mafia ties) he i..
Off Beat Cinema
Off Beat Cinema is a two-hour hosted movie show that airs on television stations throughout North America late at night and features "the Good, the Bad, the Foreign..." but mostly cult movies like Night of the Living Dead, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and even more art house fare like The Thi..
Off book
Off book is a theater/acting term meaning that the actor no longer needs the script to rehearse a play; the material is now memorized. Conversely on-book means the actor still requires the script in order to rehearse the play. During the rehersal project for a play, a date will often be set for t..
Off break
Bowling Techniques [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Bowling strategyFast bowling*Seam bowling *Swing bowling Spin bowling*Left-arm orthodox *Left-arm unorthodox *Leg spin *Off spin *Finger spin *Wrist spin Deliveries Full toss/BeamerFast bowling*Bouncer*Indipper*Inswinger*Leg cut..
Off By One
This article deals with the Computer program. For information on the programming bug visit Off by one error.Off By One is a free and small (1.2 MB) web browser for Microsoft Windows and is a completely self-contained, stand-alone application with no dependencies on any other browser or browser compo..
Off Centaur Productions
Off Centaur Productions was the first "commercial" filk label. Like many other filk labels the name was a pun (see also Wail Songs). For a short period of time, Off Centaur produced high quality recordings of some of Filk's best performers. The company split over severe creative differences. Off Ce..
Off Centre
Off Centre was an American television comedy created by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, and Danny Zuker. Heavily promoted as "from the guys who brought you American Pie", the show was centered around the lives of two friends, British stud Euan Pierce (played by Sean Maguire) and play-it-safe American Mike..
Off Course
Off Course was one of Japan's most influential rock bands. It was formed in the early 1969 by Kazumasa Oda (小田和正). They broke up in 1989 after their February 26 farewell performance at Tokyo Dome. One of their most famous songs is YES-YES-YES. Discography Singles Gunshuu no Naka de / Hi..
Off cutter
Bowling Techniques [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Bowling strategyFast bowling*Seam bowling *Swing bowling Spin bowling*Left-arm orthodox *Left-arm unorthodox *Leg spin *Off spin *Finger spin *Wrist spin Deliveries Full toss/BeamerFast bowling*Bouncer*Indipper*Inswinger*Leg cut..
Off Grid Living
Off Grid Living refers to a self-sufficient lifestyle where the participant's home is not connected to any outside electricity or water supplies. It can also mean only consuming home-grown food products. Typically the home will be situated near a natural source of water which can also be used for ..
Off He Goes (song)
Off He Goes Dead Man Walking Released: 1996 For Studio Album: No Code Tracks: 1. Off He Goes Written by: Vedder On Piano: Brendan O'Brien 2. Dead Man previously unreleased Written by: Vedder Comment: Released on vinyl in U.S. On CD in Australia Produced by: Brendan O'Brien and Pearl Jam ..
Off Kilter
Off Kilter is a fast paced, progressive, Celtic-rock band that blends many different styles of music into one undefinable sound. Consisting of five members from ethnically diverse backgrounds, Off Kilter brings a new twist to Celtic music. Off Kilter was formed in the 1990s. Their first album, Off K..
Off Limits
"Off Limits" is a 1988 film set during the Vietnam War starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines and directed by Christopher Crowe. The name of the film was changed to Saigon when it was released throughout the rest of the world. Plot synopsis Although set during the war the tale is more of a whod..
Off Minor
Three-fifths of the New York screamo band Saetia formed Off Minor after Saetia broke up in 1999. The lineup consists of Steve Roche on drums, Jamie Behar on guitar, Kevin Roche on bass. Matt Smith played bass on their first release (a split LP with I Am the Resurrection) but left to focus on Hot Cro..
Off of
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Off on a comet
Off on a comet is an 1887 science-fiction novel of Jules Verne. Its original title is [Hector Servadac]. The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and attracts a few small chunks of it. Some forty people of various nations and ages, who were on these islands, hav..
Off our backs
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. off our backs (sometimes referred to by its initials, oob) is a radical feminist periodical published in Washington, D.C.. It has been publi..
Off Parole
Off Parole is a 1996 album by Rappin' 4-Tay. The Executive Producer was Frank Hudson Jr. (Franky J.) and the co-producer Gary Hudson (Lil' Fly). Tracklist I Paid My DuesNew Trump ft. Lil' FlyA Lil' Some'em Some'emCheck Ya SelfAin't No Playa (Playaz Sh*t) ft. PassionNever Talk Down ft. Too $hort &..
Off road park
An Off-Road Vehicle Park is an area of land that may be accessed by all terrain vehicles such as 4x4 Vehicles including Jeeps, Hummers, Chevrolet Blazers, Ford Broncos, Pickup Trucks, ATVs, and many other types of off-road vehicles. In the United States these areas might be U.S. National Parks, ..
Off side
In cricket, the off side is one half of the field. A cricket field is notionally divided into two halves, along a line running down the long axis of the pitch. In normal batting stance, the striking batsman stands side on to the bowler. The off side is the half of the field in front of the batsman...
Off spin
Bowling Techniques [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Bowling strategyFast bowling*Seam bowling *Swing bowling Spin bowling*Left-arm orthodox *Left-arm unorthodox *Leg spin *Off spin *Finger spin *Wrist spin Deliveries Full toss/BeamerFast bowling*Bouncer*Indipper*Inswinger*Leg cut..
Off Tackle
An off-tackle run is a play in which the running back runs to the outside of a tackle through a hole created by the tackle and tight end. The fullback lead blocks and attempts to block the outside linebacker. The back also has the option of running to the outside of the tight end and some off-tack..
Off theory
Off theory is a bowling tactic in the sport of cricket. The term off theory is somewhat archaic and seldom used any more, but the basic tactic still plays a part in modern cricket. Off theory involves concentrating the line of the bowling attack just outside the off stump. This area is often referr..
Off the Alley
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Off the Alley was a starting point for many punk rock bands throughout the 1980s and 1990s located on Chicago's..
Off the ball
Off the ball (or OTB) is a term used in football in England, usually associated with a players movement when not in possession of the football. It can also be used for incidents that happen not involving the ball, like a fight or a late challenge. If a referee does not see an OTB incident, then his..
Off the Beat
Off the Beat is a collegiate a cappella group at the University of Pennsylvania that specializes in using the human voice to recreate the percussive sound of modern alternative rock. Riding the tide of modern popular music popularized by the Tufts Beelzebubs, Off The Beat has become one of the most..
Off The Beaten Track (album)
Off The Beaten Track is a compilation album by The Stranglers, collecting various tracks which were originally only available as the A or B-sides to various 7" vinyl singles. Track listing Go Buddy GoTop SecretOld CodgerManinwhiteRok It to the MoonLove 30Shut UpWalk On ByVietnamericaMean to MeCruel..
Off The Beatle Track
Off The Beatle Track is a 1964 album by George Martin & His Orchestra. It's the first of a series of albums by Martin featuring instrumental arrangements of Beatle songs. It is also the first LP Martin released under his own name. This album was issued on a CD by One Way Records. Track listing..
Off The Charts
The second full album by The Briefs, released in both the US and the UK in 2003 on CD, and gatefold and white vinyl. Track listing Outer Space (Doesn't Care About You)(Looking Through) Gary Glitters EyesAin't It The TruthPiss On The YouthTear It In TwoWe AmericansWho Made You So Smart?22nd Centur..
Off the Deep End
Off the Deep End is the seventh album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1992. This is also Al's first self-produced album, after six albums with Rick Derringer. The album cover is an elaborate parody of the Nirvana album Nevermind's cover (see 1992 in music). The lead-off song, "Smells Like Nirv..
Off the derech
Sociologically, "off the derech" (literally, "off the path") is a term used by Orthodox Jews to describe someone who has intentionally stopped practicing frumkeit. The phrase is often applied to rebellious teenagers. ..
Off the Desk
Off The Desk was recorded on Fairport Convention's Winter Tours during 2004 and 2005 and the double CD features many tracks previously unavailable as live recordings. Over the Falls.Adieu, Adieu.Happy Man.Canny Capers.Willow Creek.Genesis Hall.Over the Next Hill.Portmeirion.My Love is in America...
Off the Grid (Stargate SG-1)
"Off the Grid" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. Contents 1 Plot2 Quotes3 Notes4 External links Plot } While investigating the nature of an addictive corn-like crop grown on an alien ..
Off the Ground
Off the Ground is a Paul McCartney album released in 1993. As his first studio album of the 1990's, it is also the follow-up to the acclaimed Flowers in the Dirt from 1989, and bears many similarities with its predecessor. When the sessions for the album began in the fall of 1991, McCartney deci..
Off The Hook
Off The Hook is a hacker-oriented weekly radio program hosted by Emmanuel Goldstein (also known as Eric Corley). It airs every Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time in New York City on the community radio station WBAI 99.5 FM. It is simulcast online via streaming MP3 and over shortwave radio by ..
Off the Hook (Catscratch Comic)
"Off the Hook" is a comic about a the cartoon series, Catscratch. Date Released: December 2005 Length: 2 Pages (1 page; both sides filled up) Summary: Waffle catches a big fish, and Mr. Blik is jealous. So Mr. Blik and Gordon decide to help Blik, but Mr. Blik ends up getting zapped. ..
Off The Hook²
Off The Hook² is a New Zealand hip-hop and R&B compilation album released in 2003. Track listing Air Force One - NellyBump, Bump, Bump - B2K featuring P. DiddyJenny from the Block - Jennifer Lopez featuring Styles and JadakissCleaning Out My Closet - EminemHell Yeah - Ginuwine featuring BabyThug..
Off The Leash
Off The Leash (also known as OTL) is a quirky and hilarious manga created by Shishidou Takamitsu with tons of pokes at Japanese and American pop culture. It has recently come out in Japan but hasn't made its way over to the states just yet.(Recommended for fans of FLCL and Excel Saga) Plot The ser..
Off the Map
Off The Map is a traveloge written by Hibikina Chickena and Kika Kat. It was originally a self-published zine and was later published and sold in both zine and book form by the CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective. The following is the description offered from the CrimethInc. "Cyberian Market" page: ..
Off the Map (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
In 2001, 2 years after the release of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 7th studio album, Californication, the DVD Off The Map was released. The DVD runs as a full concert, but is in fact edited to include parts of many concerts performed as part of their Californication tour, from 1999 through to some..
Off the Rack (TV series)
Off The Rack was a comedy television series that aired on ABC between 1984 and 1985. The series was originally directed by Noam Pitlik. It´s taping location was the Warners Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, which knows that the ABC network is joined by Warner Bros. Television network. ..
Off the Record
Off the Record may refer to "Off the record", a term related to journalism sourcingOff The Record (TV series), a sports chat show on Canadian television network TSNOff the Record (Irish TV series), an Irish television seriesOff the Record (band), a Californian punk rock bandOff the Record (Sweet alb..
Off the Record (Jesse McCartney album)
Off The Record (2005) is a mini-album by American pop singer Jesse McCartney. It consists of five live acoustic tracks recorded for Stripped- Raw and Real and a remix of single "She's No You" featuring rapper Fabolous and produced by Chad Hugo of The Neptunes. The original versions of all the tracks..
Off the Record (Sweet album)
Off The Record is a 1977 album by Sweet. Original album track listing released on RCA Records:- "Fever Of Love""Lost Angels""Midnight To Daylight""Windy City""Live For Today""She Gimme Lovin'""Laura Lee""Hard Times""Funk It Up" All tracks written and produced by Sweet. Line up Brain Connolly - L..
Off The Record (TV series)
Off The Record is a Canadian sports television program hosted by Michael Landsberg on TSN. Commonly abbreviated as OTR, the show is a talk/debate style program, modeled after Politically Incorrect and features Michael Landsberg with up to four guests. The show has been known to feature a one-on-one..
Off the Road
Off the Road: My Years With Cassady, Kerouac and Ginsberg (New York, Morrow, 1990) is a book by Carolyn Cassady, wife of Neal Cassady. It tells her side of events famously chronicled in the works of Jack Kerouac. ISBN 014015390X External links: [Pages from this book displayed on Amazon]..
Off the shelf
In finance When buying things, "Off the shelf" refers to products that have already been designed and made, compared to "made to measure" ("one-off", "custom-built", "custom made", etc.) which refers to products that have to be made to a special order. Off the shelf products are generally cheaper ..
Off the Shelf Festival
The Off the Shelf Festival of Writing and Reading takes place in Sheffield, United Kingdom during the last 2 weeks of October each year. It is organised by the Performing and Community Arts Section of Sheffield City Council with support from Arts Council England and several commercial companies. The..
Off the wagon
A horse-drawn wagon initiated the idiom a derivative of "off the wagon," which as of the early 1900's has meant to swear off drinking alcoholic beverages. The "wagon" in "on the wagon" refers to an icon of North America's past, the water wagon. Before roads were routinely paved, municipalities would..
Off the Wall
Off the Wall Album by Michael Jackson Released August 10 1979 Recorded December 4, 1978 – July 7, 1979, Los Angeles Genre Disco/funk/R&B/soul Length 42:16 (Original Version) 60:17 (Special Edition) Label Epic Producer Quincy Jones U.S. Certification 7 x Platinum Professional r..
Off the Wall (radio)
Off the Wall is a radio show that airs every Tuesday night at 6:00 p.m. EST on WUSB 90.1 FM, "Long Island's largest non-commercial, free-form radio station." It is hosted by Emmanuel Goldstein, the nom de plume of Eric Corley, publisher of [[2600: The Hacker Quarterly]]. The show is similar to an..
Off the Wall (song)
"Off the Wall" was the third hit from singer Michael Jackson's album Off the Wall. Released in Spring 1980, the Rod Temperton-composed number made a third top-ten single for Jackson, eventually making four top-ten singles from the album; Jackson was the first person to accomplish this. The song i..
Of Freaks and Men
Of Freaks and Men (Russian: Про уродов и людей; Pro urodov i lyudej) is a 1998 Russian film directed by Aleksei Balabanov. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Filmed entirely in sepia tone and set in turn of the century Russia, the story is..
½ Off
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. ½ Off is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. It is played for a cash priz..

 

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