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O is a water-themed stage production by Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian circus and entertainment company. The show has been in permanent residence at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, since October 1998. O, whose name is pronounced the same way as eau, the French word for "water", takes place around and above a pool of water. It features water acts such as synchronized swimming as well as aerial and ground acts. The O theatre, which is designed to resemble a 14th-century European opera house, has 1,800 seats, thus allowing the performance to be watched by 3,600 people a night since the performance usually plays twice in a given day, also designed to meet the special demands of the show. O was inspired by the "infinity and elegance of water's pure form," which pays tribute to the beauty of the theatre. A group of 150 stage technicians assist in the production of the show, the cast of which is 85 performers: international acrobats, synchronized swimmers, and divers. Some of them are former Olympic athletes. ==History== Since late October 2010, Cirque du Soleil has offered backstage tours of the O theatre. The experience allows visitors to see the backstage wings, training rooms, costume workshop, break area, underwater lighting area, and go up to a catwalk into the sound and lighting booths. Not every experience will be the same as the tour is conducted around a "regular day", so performers may or may not be training, rehearsing, or even working out. As of early 2011, O has grossed over a billion dollars since the show opened in 1998. O has received many awards, including the following: * Entertainment Design Award, best production show, 1998 * Las Vegas Review-Journal, best production show, 1999–2006 * THEA, live show category, 1999 * Prix Italia, creativity in high definition, 2009, for the documentary Flow O had its 10,000th performance on 1 September 2019. ==Set and technical information== The show has a cast of 85 acrobats, synchronized swimmers and divers performing in and above a 1.5 million-gallon pool. When maintenance needs to be performed, the pool is drained in about 12 hours to the Bellagio Lake, causing the lake's water level to rise . The pool is kept at and has an underwater speaker system and regulators that allow performers to breathe underwater. Every member of the cast is scuba-certified. The underwater stage lift was produced by Handling Specialty.Handling Specialty Turn Key Capabilities In order for the platform stage to rise and fall in the water without a wake, the rubber surface of the stage is perforated. Cold air vents under each seat help control the theatre temperature for the audience. The goal is to maintain two temperature zones in the theatre: the stage is kept at a higher temperature of , while the audience area is kept at a lower temperature of . A mesh false ceiling allows warm moist air to escape out of the top of the theatre. To minimize damage to the musical instruments, the musicians play from glass enclosures in the theatre. Some of the musical instruments used in the show are more than 100 years old. The unique string instrument heard in the soundtrack of O is an erhu, a traditional Chinese bowed string instrument. To maintain a fresh look on the performers, some performers have multiple sets of costumes so they may reappear dry despite having been in the water. Some of the costumes only have a lifespan of approximately 20 shows due to the bromide and chlorine in the water. Additional facts about the show: * Some of the props function as boats, like the umbrella that Le Vieux rides on the water. * There are 15 technicians underwater during the show, performing various tasks such as artist handling and props manipulation. * The horses that the Comets ride in the show weigh . * The clown house weighs over . * Hanging 49 feet above the stage, the carousel and téléphérique (a conveyor system) carry tons of equipment as well as performers during the show. * Most of the props that are used during the show are actually driven by the Performers who ride them. For instance, the carousel horses have a small propeller underneath their tails; they are controlled by a joystick located on the back of the horse. ==Costumes== Costumes for O drew inspiration from many sources: commedia dell'arte, the Baroque, India, the Arabian Nights, as well as Venetian courtly fashions. The costumes' silhouettes are defined by the design and are accentuated by the transparency of the selected materials and fabrics. Many costumes' base design are leotards which are then expounded upon: this includes the Zebras and Flayed Ones, among others. The Flayed Ones' leotards, for example, originally had hand-painted muscles on them, as digital screen-printing was inaccessible at the time of creation. Another special attribute critical to costumes in O is their treatment to help withstand the water and chemicals in it. To achieve this feat, roughly 40% of the costumes have been applied with a specific type of silicon sizing. In addition, the materials chosen are more durable and had to be able to both mould to the performer's body and dry quickly. Over the years the best fabric found for the costumes has been nylon mesh, which performs well either wet or dry. Additional facts regarding the costumes: * A separate room was built with timed heaters and fans to air-dry many of the costumes which cannot be tumble-dried. * Sixty loads of laundry are done nightly to wash the costumes which can be machine washed. * The swimmers' costumes are replaced every 3 months. * The Comets' costumes last for a full year. *All wigs and headpieces had to have chinstraps added. ==Music== The music of O was composed by Benoit Jutras and features a mix of classical Western and world instrumentation, including Chinese violin (erhu), bagpipes, African guitar and harp (kora), Colombian guitar, cello, ancient woodwinds and a wide variety of percussion instruments."O" - The Show - Video & Music cirquedusoleil.com. Retrieved 11-4-2009. During the show, the score is performed by a live band situated behind glass walls above and to the side of the stage. The glass protects the musicians' equipment from moisture damage. Os music was recorded at the Bellagio and released on November 24, 1998. () The album was re-released on September 6, 2005. () The songs are listed below with their corresponding act in parentheses. Album track list (and acts in the show accompanied by each song): # Jeux d'Eau (Solo and duo trapeze) # Mer Noire (Barge) # Tzelma (Interlude from bateau) # Africa (Interlude from clown act 1) # Remous (Bateau) # Svecounia (Interlude from contortion, cerceaux) # Nostalgie (Intro to russian swings) # Simcha (Character parade, Russian swings) # Gamelan (Contortion) # Ephra (Flying man and cadre) # Désert (Opening, nage, solo and duo trapeze) # Terre Aride (Fire) # O (Finale) Additional songs in the show not included on the album: * Danse (Clown act 2) (2001-present) * Debbie (Journey of Man) (Washington/solo trapeze) * Festival (Interlude from Fire) * Sur Terre (Clown act 2) (1998-2000) * Plouf (High dive) * La Glace (Clown act 1) (1998-2000) * Reda Ver.1 (Opening) (1998-2000) * Reda Ver.2 (Opening) (2001-present) * Confluence (Interlude from Cerceaux) * Merou (Washington trapeze) (1998 only) * Nenuphar (Intro to contortion) * Robinet (Clown act 1) (2001–present) * Humoresque No. 7 Opus 101 (Opening Interlude) (1998-2000) * Aurora (Opening Interlude) (2001–present) ==Filmography== In 2007, Cirque du Soleil released the film Flow (A Tribute to the Artists of "O"). The documentary was filmed in the O theatre and by the Colorado River. The film shows certain artists performing out around the river as well as on stage and provides information on the necessary technical equipment used to produce the performance. Bonus features of Flow include: performance clips, Russian swing act, technical information and film below the surface of the O pool, and information about the creation of O itself. In 2009, Flow won the Prix Italia award for the category of Creativity in High Definition.Prix Multimedia Winners The following acts were used in Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away: * Synchronised swimming * Bateau * Fire * Duo trapeze * Contortion * Aerial hoops ==References== ==External links== * * Official Bellagio site for O Category:Cirque du Soleil resident shows Category:Production shows in the Las Vegas Valley Category:Las Vegas shows
O (О о; italics: О о) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. O commonly represents the close-mid back rounded vowel , like the pronunciation of in Scottish English "go". ==History== thumb|Some old Russian typewriters like this one were manufactured without the digit 0 as the letter O could be used instead. The Cyrillic letter O was derived from the Greek letter Omicron (Ο ο). ==Form== ===Modern fonts=== In modern-style typefaces, the Cyrillic letter O looks exactly like the Latin letter O and the Greek letter Omicron . ===Church Slavonic printed fonts and Slavonic manuscripts=== Historical typefaces (like poluustav (semi-uncial), a standard font style for the Church Slavonic typography) and old manuscripts represent several additional glyph variants of Cyrillic O, both for decorative and orthographic (sometimes also "hieroglyphic") purposes, namely: * broad variant (Ѻ/ѻ), used mostly as a word initial letter (see Broad On for more details); * narrow variant, being used now in Synodal Church Slavonic editions as the first element of digraph Oy/oy (see Uk (Cyrillic) for more details), and in the editions of Old Believers for unstressed "o" as well; * variant with a cross inside (Crossed O), Ꚛ, used in certain manuscripts as the initial letter of words окрестъ 'around, nearby' (the root of this Slavonic word, крест, means 'cross') and округъ 'district, neighbourhood' with their derivatives; * "eyed" variant (Monocular O) with a dot inside (Ꙩ/ꙩ), used in certain manuscripts in spelling of word око 'eye' and its derivatives. In many other texts, including the birchbark letters, the monocular O was not used as a hieroglyph but largely as a synonym of Broad On signalling the word-initial position; * "two-eyed" variants (Binocular O) with two dots inside (Ꙫ/ꙫ or Ꙭ/ꙭ), also double "O" without dots inside were used in certain manuscripts in spelling of dual/plural forms of the words with the same root 'eye'; * "many-eyed" variant (Multiocular O), ꙮ, used in certain manuscripts in spelling of the same root when embedded into word многоочитый 'many-eyed' (an attribute of seraphim). ==Usage== In Russian, O is used word- initially, after another vowel, and after non-palatalized consonants. Because of a vowel reduction processes, the Russian phoneme may have a number of pronunciations in unstressed syllables, including and . In Macedonian the letter represents the sound /ɔ/. In Tuvan the Cyrillic letter can be written as a double vowel. ==Related letters and other similar characters== *Ο ο : Greek letter Omicron *O o : Latin letter O *0 : Digit Zero *Ё ё : Cyrillic letter Yo *Ѻ ѻ : Cyrillic letter Broad On *Ӧ ӧ : Cyrillic letter O with diaeresis *Ө ө : Cyrillic letter Oe *Ӫ ӫ : Cyrillic letter Oe with diaeresis *Ҩ ҩ : Cyrillic letter O-hook ==Computing codes== Exotic glyph variants of Cyrillic O are available only in Unicode: * broad Ѻ/ѻ: ** CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ROUND OMEGA: U+047A ** CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ROUND OMEGA: U+047B * narrow ᲂ does not just represent itself, but also used in digraph Oy/oy: ** CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER NARROW O: U+1C82 ** CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER UK: U+0478 (deprecated in favor of combination of Cyrillic letters О and у, U+041E U+0443) ** CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER UK: U+0479 (deprecated in favor of combination of Cyrillic letters о and у, U+043E U+0443 or U+1C82 U+0443) * with a cross inside (Ꚛ/ꚛ): ** CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CROSSED O: U+A69A ** CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CROSSED O: U+A69B * doubled Ꚙ/ꚙ: ** CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DOUBLE O: U+A698 ** CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DOUBLE O: U+A699 * eyed Ꙩ/ꙩ: ** CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER MONOCULAR O: U+A668 ** CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER MONOCULAR O: U+A669 * two-eyed (Ꙫ/ꙫ, Ꙭ/ꙭ): ** CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER BINOCULAR O: U+A66A ** CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BINOCULAR O: U+A66B ** CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DOUBLE MONOCULAR O: U+A66C ** CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DOUBLE MONOCULAR O: U+A66D * many-eyed ꙮ: ** CYRILLIC LETTER MULTIOCULAR O: U+A66E * combining O for Church Slavonic abbreviations (as = '(Holy) Trinity'): ** COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER O: 2DEA ==References== ==External links== * * Category:Vowel letters
O is the debut studio album by Irish musician Damien Rice, originally released on 1 February 2002, in Ireland and in the United Kingdom. The album is dedicated to Rice's friend Mic Christopher, who died of a head injury in 2001. ==Background== Damien Rice was previously a member of the band Juniper, and upon its disbandment due to changes in creative direction, he took a sabbatical in rural Italy before returning to Ireland. He would meet with his second cousin, composer David Arnold who was impressed upon hearing Rice's songs and sent Rice's demo to music publishers to no success. Frustrated, Arnold worked with Rice to set up recording equipment for a home studio to make the album independently. He describes receiving a $500 loan from his father that would be forgiven on completion of the album. The recording process included opera singers, Gregorian chants, and a heavy influence from Lisa Hannigan, at the time Rice's personal and professional partner. Rice wanted to release the album without the backing of a major record label, believing if he signed such a deal it would compromise his future work, forcing him to move in directions he did not wish to. The album was released as "CD-sized hardcover book filled with personal artwork, lyrics, and photos." In 2003, it would get distribution support from Vector Records for the global release, a then-newly established label focused on independent artists. He later described his motivation as wanting "to forget about everybody else and make the next record that we're making just for ourselves again, because there's something about being in a space where you're not thinking of other people. You're just in a moment creating music and emotion and in a space with people you feel comfortable with. And that for me is the essence of what it is that we've done and what it is we do." ==Reception== O was released to critical and public acclaim in Europe and then globally. It peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart, lasting 115 weeks on the chart, with two singles in the top 30 and "Cannonball" additionally peaking at number 9. thumb|left|Rice on tour for O at the Troubadour in 2003 In 2003, it won the Shortlist Prize for Artistic Achievement in Music, a then-prestigious award for albums that had sold less than 500,000 copies, though it would eventually go on to receive gold certification in America. The video for the song "Volcano" charted in the United States on VH1's Top 20 Video countdown in October 2003. ===Legacy=== In 2014, John Meagher of The Irish Independent described the album as, "one of the great Irish cultural success stories of the decade." In 2015, Donte Kirby of That Music Mag called it "an album that mined the vein of melancholy that comes from a relationship. If your partner just left you, if a close friend won’t pick up your calls or there’s an ache in your chest O might speak to you." In 2015, Paul Moore of Joe.IE describes the difficulty of retrospectively ranking tracks as "the whole record plays out as one incredibly atmospheric, haunting and immersive piece of music." ==Use in other media== Songs from the album are frequently featured, including use in over 37 television series and movies, and as of recently as 2017. *"The Blower's Daughter" was featured in the trailer for the 2004 Mike Nichols film Closer, as well as in the film itself. *"Cold Water" was featured in the 2003 film I Am David, in the end credits of the 2005 film Stay, also in the end credits of the final episode of the 2014 television crime thriller Prey and in the opening and closing scene of The Girl in the Café. In addition, it was featured in the 2010 French movie Little White Lies. The first bars are used to open several different scenes in aforementioned Closer. *"Delicate" was featured in the opening episode of the 2014 television drama The Affair's second season, during the ending sequence of the third episode of House M.D's second season, and during the first season of Lost. In addition, it was featured in the episode "TKO" of Money Heist. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== *Damien Rice – vocals, piano, guitar, percussion, clarinet, production *Lisa Hannigan – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Silent Night" (hidden track), piano *Vyvienne Long – cello *Mark Kelly – electric guitar, production *Shane Fitzsimons – bass guitar *Tom Osander aka Tomo – percussion, drums *Caroline "Caz" Fogerty – djembe *Doreen Curran – mezzo-soprano vocals on "Eskimo" *Nicholas Dodd – conducting *Colm Mac Con Iomaire – violin *Conor Donovan – timpani, percussion *Jean Meunier – improvisation, piano ==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== Chart (2002–2005) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) 67 Chart (2009) Peak position ===Year-end charts=== Chart (2003) Position UK Albums (OCC) 109 Chart (2004) Position UK Albums (OCC) 32 Chart (2005) Position UK Albums (OCC) 52 ==Release history== After the album's initial release and success, it was repackaged several times with additional material: *2003 – with bonus DVD *2003 – includes extended version of "Eskimo", which features "Woman Like a Man" from B-Sides, and brings the track's length to 21:42. *2004 – with extra track "Cannonball" (Remix) *2004 – double album pack: O and B-Sides *2005 – with extra tracks "Cannonball" (Remix) and "Unplayed Piano" *2018 – Deluxe and Standard vinyl editions, with 2 O "hidden" tracks and 4 B-Sides tracks ==References== Category:2002 debut albums Category:Albums produced by Damien Rice Category:Damien Rice albums Category:Vector Recordings albums Category:European Border Breakers Award-winning albums
O is the second extended play by South Korean singer Yuju. It was released by Konnect Entertainment on March 7, 2023, and contains five tracks, including the lead single "Without U". ==Background and release== On February 14, 2023, Konnect Entertainment announced Yuju would be releasing her second extended play titled O on March 7, the promotional schedule was also released on the same day. On February 16, the mood teaser video was released. On February 27, the track listing was released with "Without U" announced as the lead single. On March 1, the highlight medley video was released. Two days later, the music video teaser for lead single "Without U" was released. ==Track listing== ==Charts== Chart performance for O Chart (2023) Peak position South Korean Albums (Circle) 15 ==Release history== Release history for O Region Date Format Label South Korea March 7, 2023 CD Konnect Various ==References== Category:2023 EPs Category:Korean-language EPs Category:Konnect Entertainment EPs
O is the first full-length album from Eiko Shimamiya, it includes the hit single Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (opening from the same-titled anime). A limited edition with a DVD including the music video of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is available. The album charted for five weeks on the Oricon charts and sold 10,000 copies. ==Track listing== ==Credits== * Eiko Shimamiya: Lyrics (excepting Sora no Mahoroba) and music (excepting Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) * Kazuya Takase: Arrangement for tracks 1, 4, 7, and 11. * Tomoyuki Nakazawa: Arrangement for tracks 2 and 11. Music for track 11. * SORMA: Arrangement for tracks 6 and 8. * Maiko Iuchi: Arrangement for tracks 5 and 12. * Additional arrangement: Jyunpei Fujita, C.G mix, Yui Isshiki respectively for tracks 3, 9, and 10. Category:2006 albums Category:Eiko Shimamiya albums
O is a vowel of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, O is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter 13px|ng after having gone through the Gupta letter 13px. As an Indic vowel, O comes in two normally distinct forms: 1) as an independent letter, and 2) as a vowel sign for modifying a base consonant. Bare consonants without a modifying vowel sign have the inherent "A" vowel. ==Āryabhaṭa numeration== Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The ो sign was used to modify a consonant's value , but the vowel letter ओ did not have an inherent value by itself. ==Historic O== There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. O as found in standard Brahmi, 13px|O was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flowing forms by the Gupta 13px|O. Like all Brahmic scripts, Tocharian O 18px|O has an accompanying vowel mark for modifying a base consonant. In Kharoṣṭhī, the only independent vowel letter is for the inherent A. All other independent vowels, including O are indicated with vowel marks added to the letter A. ===Brahmi O=== The Brahmi letter O 13px|O, is probably derived from the altered Aramaic Waw 13px, and is thus related to the modern Latin F, V, U, W, Y and Greek Upsilon. Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi O can be found, most associated with a specific set of inscriptions from an artifact or diverse records from an historic period.Evolutionary chart, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol 7, 1838 As the earliest and most geometric style of Brahmi, the letters found on the Edicts of Ashoka and other records from around that time are normally the reference form for Brahmi letters, with some vowel marks not attested until later forms of Brahmi back-formed to match the geometric writing style. Brahmi O historic forms Ashoka (3rd-1st c. BCE) Girnar (~150 BCE) Kushana (~150-250 CE) Gujarat (~250 CE) Gupta (~350 CE) 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px ===Tocharian O=== The Tocharian letter 25px|O is derived from the Brahmi 13px|O. Unlike some of the consonants, Tocharian vowels do not have a Fremdzeichen form. Tocharian consonants with O vowel marks Ko Kho Go Gho Co Cho Jo Jho Nyo Ṭo Ṭho Ḍo Ḍho Ṇo 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px To Tho Do Dho No Po Pho Bo Bho Mo Yo Ro Lo Vo 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px 37px Śo Ṣo So Ho 37px 37px 37px 37px ===Kharoṣṭhī O=== The Kharoṣṭhī letter O is indicated with the vowel mark 15px|O. As an independent vowel, O is indicated by adding the vowel marks to the independent vowel letter A 15px|A. ==Devanagari O== Ō (ऒ) is a vowel of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter 13px|Ō, after having gone through the Gupta letter 13px|Ō. Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter ઓ, and the Modi letter 𑘌. ===Devanagari Using Languages=== The Devanagari script is used to write the Hindi language, Sanskrit and the majority of Indo-Aryan languages. In most of these languages, ऒ is pronounced as . Like all Indic scripts, Devanagari vowels come in two forms: an independent vowel form for syllables that begin with a vowel sound, and a vowel sign attached to base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel. ==Bengali O== Ō (ও) is a vowel of the Bengali abugida. It is derived from the Siddhaṃ letter 13px|Ō, and is marked by the lack of horizontal head line and less geometric shape than its Devanagari counterpart, ऒ. ===Bengali Script Using Languages=== The Bengali script is used to write several languages of eastern India, notably the Bengali language and Assamese. In most languages, ও is pronounced as . Like all Indic scripts, Bengali vowels come in two forms: an independent vowel form for syllables that begin with a vowel sound, and a vowel sign attached to base consonant to override the inherent /ɔ/ vowel. ==Gujarati Ō== Ō (ઓ) is a vowel of the Gujarati abugida. It is derived from the Devanagari Ō 13px|o, and ultimately the Brahmi letter 13px|o. === Gujarati-using Languages === The Gujarati script is used to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages. In both languages, ઓ is pronounced as . Like all Indic scripts, Gujarati vowels come in two forms: an independent vowel form for syllables that begin with a vowel sound, and a vowel sign attached to base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel. ===Gujarati Candra O=== Candra O (ઑ, short O) is a vowel of the Gujarati abugida. It is derived from the Devanagari Candra O, and ultimately the Brahmi letter 13px|o. ====Gujarati-using Languages==== The Gujarati script is used to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages. In both languages, ઑ is pronounced as . Like all Indic scripts, Gujarati vowels come in two forms: an independent vowel form for syllables that begin with a vowel sound, and a vowel sign attached to base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel. ==Javanese O== ==Telugu O== O (ఒ) is a vowel of the Telugu abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter 13px|O. It is closely related to the Kannada letter ಒ. Like in other Indic scripts, Telugu vowels have two forms: and independent letter for word and syllable-initial vowel sounds, and a vowel sign for changing the inherent "a" of Telugu consonant letters. Vowel signs in Telugu can interact with a base consonant in one of three ways: 1) the vowel sign touches or sits adjacent to the base consonant without modifying the shape of either 2) the vowel sign sits directly above the consonant, replacing its v-shaped headline, 3) the vowel sign and consonant interact, forming a ligature. Unlike other vowels, the O vowel sign has an alternate form in some typefaces that is used for the Gho, Jho, Mo and Yo syllables. thumb|200px|Telugu Gho and Ghō, showing the alternate forms of the vowel marks. thumb|center|550px|Telugu O vowel sign on క, ఖ, గ, ఘ & ఙ: Ko, Kho, Go, Gho and Ngo. Note that how the vowel sign interacts with the base consonant is dependent on the location of the headline, the absence of a headline, and the presence of a tail to attach to. ===Telugu Ō=== In addition, Telugu also contains a second O vowel, Ō (ఓ). It is also descended from the Brahmi letter 13px|O. It is closely related to the Kannada letter ಓ. The long Ō vowel sign generally interacts with a base consonant the same as short O, with an alternate vowel sign form in some typefaces for Ghō, Jhō, Mō and Yō. thumb|center|550px|Telugu Ō vowel sign on క, ఖ, గ, ఘ & ఙ: Kō, Khō, Gō, Ghō and Ngō. Note that how the vowel sign interacts with the base consonant is dependent on the location of the headline, the absence of a headline, and the presence of a tail to attach to. ==Malayalam O== O (ഒ) is a vowel of the Malayalam abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter 13px|O, via the Grantha letter x15px|O o. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam vowels have two forms: an independent letter for word and syllable-initial vowel sounds, and a vowel sign for changing the inherent "a" of consonant letters. Vowel signs in Malayalam usually sit adjacent to its base consonant - below, to the left, right, or both left and right, but are always pronounced after the consonant sound. ===Malayalam Ō=== Ō (ഓ, Long O) is a vowel of the Malayalam abugida. It is a variation of the regular Malayalam short O vowel that appeared after Grantha. Like other Malayalam vowels, Ō has two forms: an independent letter for word and syllable-initial vowel sounds, and a vowel sign for changing the inherent "a" of consonant letters. ==Odia O== thumb|Odia independent and vowel sign O O (ଓ) is a vowel of the Odia abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter 13px|O, via the Siddhaṃ letter x15px|O o. Like in other Indic scripts, Odia vowels have two forms: an independent letter for word and syllable-initial vowel sounds, and a vowel sign for changing the inherent "a" of consonant letters. Vowel signs in Odia usually sit adjacent to its base consonant - below, to the left, right, or both left and right, but are always pronounced after the consonant sound. No base consonants are altered in form when adding a vowel sign, and there are no consonant+vowel ligatures in Odia. ==Kaithi O== O (𑂋) is a vowel of the Kaithi abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter 13px|O, via the Siddhaṃ letter x15px|O O. Like in other Indic scripts, Kaithi vowels have two forms: an independent letter for word and syllable-initial vowel sounds, and a vowel sign for changing the inherent "a" of consonant letters. Vowel signs in Kaithi usually sit adjacent to its base consonant - below, to the left, right, or both left and right, but are always pronounced after the consonant sound. No base consonants are altered in form when adding a vowel sign, and there are no consonant+vowel ligatures in Kaithi. ==Comparison of O== The various Indic scripts are generally related to each other through adaptation and borrowing, and as such the glyphs for cognate letters, including O, are related as well. ==Character encodings of O== Most Indic scripts are encoded in the Unicode Standard, and as such the letter O in those scripts can be represented in plain text with unique codepoint. O from several modern-use scripts can also be found in legacy encodings, such as ISCII. ==References== Category:Indic letters
O was a streetcar line in Los Angeles, California. It was operated by the Los Angeles Railway and ran until 1947. ==History== The O was formed from branches of existing lines. It ran on Main Street and 8th Street then to 1st and Virgil Avenue. Service began in 1918. Two years later, and was largely cut back to only run on Main Street with the northern end also running on Sunset Boulevard, North Spring Street, and Ord Street. The route was assigned the letter designation O in 1921. The line was extended north on February 3, 1924, leaving the old route at Spring and Ord and reaching Cypress to Verdugo Road, where an interchange with the Glendale and Montrose Railway was located. This service lasted four months before the terminus was reverted to Spring and Ord. The line was extended north again on July 4, 1926 via Main Street and Mission Road to Selig Place, adjacent to Lincoln Park. An additional extension south to Florence was built during the Great Depression in 1931. This routing remained until the line was discontinued on August 3, 1947. ==Sources== ==External links== * O Line Archives — Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society * Category:Los Angeles Railway routes Category:Railway services introduced in 1918 Category:1918 establishments in California Category:1947 disestablishments in California
O is the eighth studio album by Japanese J-pop singer and songwriter Maki Ohguro. It was released on 12 December 2001 under new label EMI Japan by distributors Universal Music Japan. The album includes two previously released singles, such as "Niji wo Koete" and "Yuki ga Furu Mae ni". "Promise I Do" features backing vocals of Japanese pop singer Hikaru Utada. The album reached No. 8 on its first week on the Oricon chart, and sold 89,000 copies. ==Track listing== All tracks arranged by Takeshi Hayama. ==In media== *Niji wo Koete: commercial song of Morinaga Milk Industry's Lactoferrin Yogurt *Yuki ga Furu Mae ni: theme song for Tokyo Broadcasting System Television television drama Kochira Dai San Kaishabu *Starlight ~Utsukushii Hoshi ni Kidzukanakereba~: theme song for Tokyo Broadcasting System Television program Zone *Promise I do: commercial song of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co.'s Zena ==References== Category:Universal Music Japan albums Category:Japanese-language albums Category:2001 albums Category:Maki Ohguro albums
O is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages. == Mongolian language == Letter Transliteration Alone Initial Medial Final Ligatures Transliteration Alone Initial Medial Final * Transcribes Chakhar ; Khalkha , , and . Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter . * Indistinguishable from , except when inferred by its placement: it is only found in medial or final syllables if the initial syllable also carries it, or rarely when it carries the vowel . * = the final form used in loanwords, as in ( ). * = medial form used after the junction in a proper name compound. * Derived from Old Uyghur waw (), preceded by an aleph () for isolate and initial forms. * Produced with using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout. * In the Mongolian Unicode block, comes after and before . == Notes == == References == Category:Articles containing Mongolian script text Category:Mongolic letters Category:Mongolic languages Category:Tungusic languages
"O (Oh!)" is a song written by Byron Gay and Arnold Johnson and performed by Ted Lewis and His Band. It reached No. 13 on the U.S. pop chart in 1920. ==Other charting versions== *Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra released a version of the song which reached No. 3 on the U.S. pop chart in 1953. ==Other versions== *All-Star Trio released a version of the song as a single in 1920, but it did not chart. *Billy Murray released a version of the song as a single in 1920, but it did not chart. *Sauter-Finegan Orchestra released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1953 single "The Moon is Blue". *Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music released a version of the song as a single in 1953, but it did not chart. *Sy Oliver and His Orchestra released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1959 single "The Touch". *Bill Black's Combo released a version of the song on their 1964 album, Bill Black's Combo Goes Big Band. *Boots Randolph released a version of the song on his 1973 album, Sentimental Journey. ==References== Category:1919 songs Category:1919 singles Category:1953 singles Category:Billy Murray (singer) songs Category:Columbia Records singles Category:Capitol Records singles Category:Coral Records singles
O is the debut studio album by American R&B; singer Omarion, released on February 22, 2005 via Epic Records and Sony Urban Music. Despite featuring explicit language, the album doesn't have a Parental Advisory label on the cover. It features three singles: the title track, "Touch" and "I'm Tryna." The album entered at number one on the Billboard 200, and has sold more than 750,000 copies in the United States as of November 2008. O went on to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B; Album at the 48th Grammy Awards.Grein, Paul. "Chart Watch Extra: What A Turkey! The 25 Worst- Selling #1 Albums" . Yahoo! Music. November 21, 2008. ==Critical reception== The album received mixed reviews by critics. Billboard contributor Gail Mitchell praised the collaboration between Omarion and his producers for delivering "a healthy helping of repeat-worthy songs." Jem Aswad of Entertainment Weekly said of the record, "[T]he ballads on this solo debut have way too much whipped cream, but there are some surprisingly tough touches of funk and crunk ("Drop That Heater," the Missy-esque "Take It Off")." AllMusic editor Andy Kellman said that the album works best when the tracks are "lighthearted, summery funk ("Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa)") and have production done by the Neptunes ("Touch") and Rodney Jerkins ("Drop That Heater") instead of being overly sexual, concluding that "Had Omarion been less concerned with street credibility, realizing that it might be better to allow his young fan base to mature along with him, this debut would've been more than satisfactory." Kathi Kamen Goldmark of Common Sense Media also found the content overdone in its musings of sexual imagery, saying that it sounds "more jarring than seductive", concluding that "[T]here's a lot of potential here, if the artist can come up with some better, more subtly sexy material." ==Commercial performance== The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 182,000 copies in its first week of release. In its second week, the album dropped to number eight on the chart, selling an additional 77,000 copies. In its third week, the album fell to number 12 on the chart, selling 45,030 more copies. On March 31, 2005, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States. As of April 2012, the album has sold 765,000 copies in the United States. ==Track listing== ;Notes * signifies a co- producer * signifies an additional producer *"I Wish" featured background vocals by Omarion and Quintin Aney. *"O" featured background vocals by Tank and Eric Dawkins. *"I'm Tryna" featured background vocals by Tank and Dawkins. *"Drop That Heater" featured background vocals by Omarion and Sean Garrett. *"Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa)" featured background vocals by Charles "Charlie" Crawford and Jamie Vick. *"I'm Gon' Change" featured background vocals by Omarion, One Chance and Pierre Medor. ;Sample credits *"Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa)" contains a replay of "Electric Frog (Part II)" as written by Richard Westfield, George Brown, Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, Claydes Smith and Robert Mickens. ==Personnel== Adapted from the O media notes. * Joel Campbell – bass, keyboard * Carey Drisdom – bass * Bryan Tate – trumpet * Ryan Tate – trombone * Percy Richard, Omarion Grandberry, Marques Houston, Henley Regisford Jr., Chris Stokes – executive producers * Pharrell, Darkchild, Chris Stokes, Tank, The Underdogs, Sean Garrett, Corna Boyz, AllStar, L.T. Hutton, Paul "Scooby" Smith – producers * Sean Garrett, Pierre Medor – vocal producers * Quintin Aney, Durrell Babbs, Charles "Charlie" Crawford, Eric Dawkins, One Chance, Sean Garrett, Pierre Medor – vocal assistance * David Ashton, Andrew Coleman, Brian Garten, Jaymz Hardy Martin III, Dabling Harward, Sam Lobue II, Chris 'TEK' O'Ryan, Angelo Quaglia, Dave Russell, Brian Summer, Wassim Zreik – engineers * Kevin Mahoney – assistant engineer * Kevin "KD" Davis, Jean-Marie Horvat, Dave Russell, Dexter Simmons, Phil Tan – mixing * Justin Shtuntz, Rob Skipworth – mixing assistance * Herb Powers – mastering * Ellen To – art direction * Kimo Easterwood, Jonathan Mannion, Joaquin Palting – photography ==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== Chart (2005) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) 83 ===Year-end charts=== Chart (2005) Position US Billboard 200 96 US Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums 27 ==Certifications== ==See also== * List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2005 * List of Billboard number-one R&B; albums of 2005 ==References== Category:2005 debut albums Category:Omarion albums Category:Epic Records albums Category:Sony Urban Music albums Category:Albums produced by Rodney Jerkins Category:Albums produced by the Neptunes Category:Albums produced by the Underdogs (production team) Category:Albums produced by Sean Garrett Category:Albums recorded at Record Plant (Los Angeles)
"O" is a song by American singer Omarion. It was released on August 17, 2004, as the lead single from his debut album of the same name. "O" was the first choice for Omarion's debut single in the UK and was picked over "Touch", which was the original choice for his first UK single. The song was Omarion's first hit as a solo artist, peaking at number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also reached numbers 12 and 24 on both the Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs and Mainstream Top 40 charts respectively. The song also charted in New Zealand and the UK, peaking at numbers 18 and 47 respectively. ==Chart performance== "O" debuted at number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of January 22, 2005. Eight weeks later, it peaked at number 27 the week of March 19, 2005 and stayed there for two weeks. It stayed on the chart for twenty weeks. ==Music video== Directed by Chris Stokes (who previously directed Omarion in the 2004 film You Got Served), the video features Omarion going over to a girl's house and getting intimate with her. Intercut are scenes of Omarion dancing on the roof of an apartment with his friends, a woman or by himself. The video won the BET Award for Viewer's Choice at the BET Awards 2005. ==Live performances== Omarion first performed "O" and "Touch" at the 2005 BET Awards on July 28, 2005. The performance was Military-themed with Omarion and the dancers dressed in Army outfits. He performed the song again at the 2005 American Music Awards on November 22, 2005, as part of a medley with Bow Wow's "Like You" and "Let Me Hold You". ==Awards and nominations== The song was nominated for Choice Music: Make-Out Song at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, losing to "Oh" by Ciara featuring Ludacris. ==Track listing== UK - CD: 1 # "O" (album version) # "O" (Jiggy Joint remix) UK - CD: 2 # "O" (album version) # "O" (Jiggy Joint remix) # "O" (Urban clean remix) (featuring Ray Cash) # "O" (video) * Includes a poster ==Credits and personnel== Credits are adapted from the liner notes of O. ;Recording * Recorded and mixed at The Underlab, Los Angeles ;Personnel * The Underdogs – producer * Tank – co-producer, background vocals * Dave "Natural Love" Russell – recording, editing, mixer * Dabling "Hobby Boy" Harward – editing * Kevin Mahoney – assistant engineer * Eric Dawkins – background vocals ==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== Chart (2004) Peak position ===Year-end charts=== Chart (2005) Position US Billboard 100 91 US Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) 31 ==Certifications== ==Release history== Region Date Format(s) Label(s) United States Rhythmic contemporary · urban contemporary radio Epic ==References== Category:2004 songs Category:2004 debut singles Category:Omarion songs Category:Epic Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by the Underdogs (production team) Category:Songs written by Harvey Mason Jr. Category:Songs written by Damon Thomas (record producer) Category:Songs written by Antonio Dixon (songwriter) Category:Songs written by Eric Dawkins
o is Tilly and the Wall's third studio album, released on June 17, 2008 through Team Love Records. The album was engineered and produced by Mike Mogis. The album was released on August 30, 2008 in Australia by Dew Process. ==Content== o was preceded by the Beat Control EP, which featured the title track and "Cacophony". "Beat Control" is not included on the album, although "Cacophony" is. The first single, "Pot Kettle Black", was available to download for free from the band's official website and the Spin website. The music video premiered on Stereogum. "Chandelier Lake" and "Too Excited" were performed at various live shows prior to the album's release, including Daytrotter. The track listings initially announced for o had "Jumbler" as the title for "Alligator Skin". ==Title and artwork== The album's track listing and release date was announced on March 21, 2008. However, the album was untitled. Tilly and the Wall leaned towards naming the album o, due to its oval-shaped frame for the artwork. The album's title was officially confirmed as o on May 6, when the band posted pre-order information on their official website. The oval-shaped frames include fan-submitted artwork and handmade prints by various artists. ==Track listing== All tracks by Tilly and the Wall. # "Tall Tall Grass" – 2:57 # "Pot Kettle Black" – 2:50 # "Cacophony" – 2:27 # "I Found You" – 2:36 # "Alligator Skin" – 2:20 # "Chandelier Lake" – 4:16 # "Dust Me Off" – 2:56 # "Falling Without Knowing" – 3:05 # "Poor Man's Ice Cream" – 2:33 # "Bloodflower" – 3:12 # "Too Excited" – 3:16 # "Heartbeats" – 2:58 (bonus track) The UK edition featured the single Beat Control instead of Heartbeats as a bonus track. ==Additional musicianship and credits== *Jill Becker – stomps (2, 9) *Clark Baechle – programming (8) *Mason Brown – guitar (1, 6, 11) *Julia Bryson – stomps (2, 9), group vocals (4, 9, 11) *Craig Dee – drums (2–4, 6, 7, 10, 11) *Elsa Fellows – stomps (2, 9), taps (3) *Tyler Hottovy – trombone (4) *David Matysiak – guitar (11), group vocals (4, 9, 11) *Mike Mogis – bass (2, 3, 9, 10), keyboards (2, 4, 6–8), electric guitar (4, 5, 7, 8), talkbox guitar (2, 7), percussion (3, 5, 6, 9), Mellotron (4, 6), bells (5), chimes (6), glockenspiel (9), additional programming (8) *Dan McCarthy – accordion (9) *Darci Pressnall – stomps (2, 9) *Chris Senseney – trumpet (3–5) *Ian Simons – saxophone (3, 5) *Nate Walcott – trumpet (7) *Breanne Wilkinson – stomps (2, 9), taps (3) *Nik Fackler, Karl Houfek Elle Lien, Branden Rapp, Chris Rivera, Kacynna Tompsett – group vocals (4, 9, 11) Recorded and produced by Mike Mogis at ARC Studios, December 2007 Engineering assistance by Ian Aeillo Mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering, February 2008 Layout by Jadon Ulrich ==References== ==External links== *Tilly and the Wall official website *Tilly and the Wall on MySpace *Team Love Records Category:2008 albums Category:Tilly and the Wall albums Category:Team Love Records albums Category:Albums produced by Mike Mogis
O is a 2001 American romantic thriller film, and a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello, set in an American high school. It stars Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles, and Josh Hartnett. It was directed by Tim Blake Nelson and written by Brad Kaaya. The film contains many different styles of music, ranging from rap to opera. It was filmed in Charleston, South Carolina in the spring of 1999. Originally intended for release for October 17, 1999, it was shelved following the Columbine High School massacre; O was finally released on August 31, 2001. The film grossed $16 million at the United States box office, which was seen by distributor Lions Gate Films as a "box office success". ==Plot== During a high school basketball game, Odin James scores the basket that wins the game for his team. Later at an awards ceremony, the coach Duke Goulding presents the Most Valuable Player award to Odin for his efforts, an award he shares with his teammate Michael Cassio. In giving Odin the award, Duke passes over his son Hugo, Odin's teammate and friend. At a party celebrating the victory, Hugo plots with school outcast Roger Calhoun to go to the school's dean, Bob Brable, and tell him that Odin raped his daughter, Desi, whom Odin has been dating. Hugo promises Roger that Desi will be his after Odin is out of the way, but Roger is only a pawn in Hugo's ultimate plan to destroy Odin. Later, in another game, Odin's team wins once again. At the celebration party, Hugo engineers a fight between Roger and a very drunk Michael, who is temporarily suspended from the team. Hugo tells Michael to ingratiate himself with Desi so that she will talk to Odin on his behalf. Soon afterward, Hugo tells Odin that Michael and Desi have been spending a lot of time together, and that she may be cheating on him. Odin doesn't believe this at first, but gradually comes to suspect them. Odin questions Desi, but she calms him down and he believes her. Nevertheless, the stress of the situation drives Odin to begin using drugs. Hugo manipulates his girlfriend Emily into stealing a scarf for him that Odin gave to Desi. Hugo, in turn, gives it to Michael in hopes that Odin will believe Desi gave Michael the scarf in an effort to prove Desi is cheating on Odin. Meanwhile, Odin and Desi are having sex at a motel, during which Odin sees an image of Michael on top of Desi in the mirror; angered, he becomes very rough with Desi, to the point that she cries out for him to stop, a plea he ignores as he continues to rape her. Afterward, they lie together staring in opposite directions. After Odin assaults another student during a game in a drug-fueled rage, Hugo tells him about the scarf, convincing him that Desi is cheating on him. Enraged, Odin vows to kill her; Hugo then promises to kill Michael. Hugo, with Odin and Roger, plans to kill Michael and Desi. Hugo and Roger attempt to kill Michael in a carjacking, but it does not go as planned: Roger and Michael struggle, Hugo hits Michael with a crowbar, knocking him unconscious. Roger shoots Michael in the leg, and then Hugo turns the gun on Roger and kills him after telling him that Desi is dead. Odin and Desi are in Desi's room talking and Odin is pretending to make up with her. They are making out on the bed when suddenly Odin attacks her; Desi fights back, but he finally strangles her to death. Emily rushes into the room and sees Desi's corpse; she soon finds out what Hugo has done. She begins telling Odin that Hugo told her to steal the scarf and exposes his plot, and Hugo fatally shoots her when she refuses to be quiet. Odin finally realizes that Hugo has been manipulating him the entire time, and demands to know why; Hugo refuses to answer. When the police arrive, Odin tells them what happened and shoots himself, dying by suicide. As Hugo is taken into police custody, he says in voice over that he will have his day in the spotlight. ==Cast== * Mekhi Phifer as Odin James (based on Othello) * Josh Hartnett as Hugo Goulding (based on Iago) * Julia Stiles as Desi Brable (based on Desdemona) * Elden Henson as Roger Calhoun (based on Roderigo) * Andrew Keegan as Michael Cassio (based on Michael Cassio) * Rain Phoenix as Emily (based on Emilia) * Martin Sheen as Coach Duke Goulding (based on the Duke of Venice) * John Heard as Bob Brable (based on Brabantio) * Anthony Johnson as Dell * Rachel Shumate as Brandy (based on Bianca) == Production == Screenwriter Brad Kaaya's inspiration for the script came from Shakespeare's Othello, "the spate of suburban school shootings that rocked the country in the 1980s", and his own experiences as a black teenager attending a largely white private school. Tim Blake Nelson came across the script while filming Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line, and was offered the chance to direct based on his directorial debut Eye of God. Filming began in Charleston, South Carolina in early 1999 and wrapped that March. Dimension Films, a division of Miramax, acquired the film two days into principal photography. ==Release== The official release date was initially October 17, 1999, but was postponed following the Columbine High School massacre in April of that year. The delay was likely due to the film's themes of sex and violence in high school, as suggested by its director. Another theory is that it was held back until after the 2000 U.S. presidential election. The film was initially due to be released by Miramax but the studio passed it to Lions Gate after O's producers sued for breach of contract. The film was finally released theatrically on August 31, 2001. ==Reception== The film has received moderately positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a approval rating based on reviews, with an average score of and a consensus: "Though well-intentioned and serious in its exploration of teen violence, O is an uneven experiment that doesn't quite succeed". On Metacritic, the film achieved an average score of 53 out of 100 based on 26 reviews, signifying "mixed or average reviews". Roger Ebert gave the film 3 and ½ stars out of 4 and wrote O is "a good film for most of the way, and then a powerful film at the end, when, in the traditional Shakespearean manner, all of the plot threads come together." Ebert added, "Mekhi Phifer makes a strong, tortured Odin, and delivers a final speech, which in its heartbreaking anguish, inspires our pity much as Othello's does. Josh Hartnett showed here, years before 'Pearl Harbor,' that he is capable of subtleties and complexities that epic did not dream of." Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle also gave a positive review, writing, "The result is that a tale of teen violence takes on qualities of timelessness and universality it would not otherwise possess, while the 'Othello' story leaps out with a rare immediacy." Other reviews pointed out how the modern setting of a Shakespeare adaptation emphasizes the improbability of plot events. Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote, "In modernizing this shattering tale of love, jealousy, deceit and betrayal, screenwriter Brad Kaaya has been faithful to the play's emotions and plot mechanics, but these elements become burdens in a context that can't support them, with the result the drama’s extreme and tragic actions seem fatally under motivated." Desson Howe of The Washington Post positively cited the "hearty performances from Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles and Josh Hartnett", but wrote "Hugo's scheming comes across as convoluted and transparent." ==Awards== O was nominated for a Black Reel Award for Best Actor for Mekhi Phifer. Tim Blake Nelson also won the Golden Space Needle Award at the Seattle international Film Festival for Best Director. ==See also== * List of basketball films ==References== ==External links== * * * * * * Category:2001 films Category:2001 drama films Category:2001 independent films Category:2000s American films Category:2000s English-language films Category:2000s teen drama films Category:African-American drama films Category:American basketball films Category:American independent films Category:American teen drama films Category:Dimension Films films Category:Films about drugs Category:Films about rape Category:Films about school violence Category:Films based on Othello Category:Films directed by Tim Blake Nelson Category:Films set in boarding schools Category:Films scored by Jeff Danna Category:Films shot in South Carolina Category:Lionsgate films Category:Modern adaptations of works by William Shakespeare Category:Teen films based on works by William Shakespeare
The "O" is a gesture used predominantly at the University of Oregon (UO) in Eugene, Oregon, United States, and especially at events in which the school's athletic teams, the Oregon Ducks, are taking part. The gesture is used to show support for the team or university, and is formed by an individual matching up the fingertips of each hand after making the letter "C" with both hands. First used by University of Oregon band directors as a cue to indicate the song to be played, it gained its current meaning after a photograph of quarterback Joey Harrington appeared on the front page of The Oregonian making the "O" sign with his hands. == Origin == The gesture was first used by University of Oregon band directors, who relied on visual cues to direct the ensemble due to crowd noise. Steven Paul, who served as band director from 1983 to 1989, used the sign to prompt musicians to begin performing the fight song "Mighty Oregon". It was one of several gestures used by Paul and subsequent band directors, including Todd Zimbelman, who served as the band director from 1999 to 2005. It became popularized after a photograph of quarterback Joey Harrington making the "O" appeared on the front page of The Oregonian one day following the Civil War game in 2001. Harrington had made the gesture at the band, hoping to hear the fight song one more time. In 2014, Harrington recalled: The moment was photographed by Bruce Ely, photographer at The Oregonian, and Thomas Boyd, who worked for the Eugene Register-Guard at the time. Ely recalled, "I remember calling editors and telling them it would be a cool picture for the front page. It took off from there. I think Tom and I are the only two people that happened to be in position." Harrington displayed the gesture again at the Fiesta Bowl. == Adoption == Fans continued displaying the "O" at sporting events following the 2001 game. Nike gloves and other merchandise have been produced showing the symbol. According to John Canzano, sports writer for The Oregonian, the gesture has become "a universal non- verbal rally cry for the university". The Winter 2014 edition of the Oregon Quarterly includes a photograph of Lady Gaga "throwing the O" with a UO alumna. ==Controversy== As Oregon players began to use the gesture on the field after a good play, Fox Sports rules analyst Mike Pereira, a former NFL and college football official, indicated that he thought the use of the sign bordered on unsportsmanlike conduct, which could lead to a 15-yard penalty. Pereira later clarified his comments, indicating that the sign should be allowed, as long as it was not "prolonged" or "directed at an opponent." Teachers in an American Sign Language class at Oregon have cautioned that, since the gesture often ends up being improperly formed, it ends up having more of the spade-like shape of the sign for "vagina" rather than the letter "O". Former Ducks player LaMichael James, who took the class, avoided making the sign for fear of being misinterpreted. ==See also== * Big "O", a hillside letter representing the University of Oregon, located at Skinner Butte in Eugene, Oregon == References == Category:2001 establishments in Oregon Category:Hand gestures Category:Oregon Ducks Category:University of Oregon
ㅗ is one of the Korean hangul. The Unicode for ㅗ is U+3151. ==Stroke order== center|Stroke order in writing ㅗ Category:Hangul jamo Category:Vowel letters
In Japanese writing, the kana お (hiragana) and オ (katakana) occupy the fifth place, between え and か, in the modern Gojūon (五十音) system of collating kana. In the Iroha, they occupy the 27th, between の and く. In the table at right (ordered by columns, from right to left), お lies in the first column (あ行, "column A") and the fifth row (お段, "row O"). Both represent . Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana Normal a/i/u/e/o (あ行 a-gyō) o お オ ou oo ō おう, おぅ おお, おぉ おー オウ, オゥ オオ, オォ オー ==Derivation== お and オ originate, via man'yōgana, from the kanji 於. ==Variant forms== Scaled-down versions of the kana (ぉ, ォ) are used to express morae foreign to the Japanese language, such as フォ (fo). ==Stroke order== upright|alt=Stroke order in writing お|Stroke order in writing お upright|alt=Stroke order in writing オ|Stroke order in writing オ 200px|right|Stroke order in writing お The hiragana お is made with three strokes: #A horizontal line from left to right. #A stroke consisting of a vertical line, a small diagonal line going upwards and to the left, and an open curve heading right and downwards. #A small curved stroke on the right. 200px|right|Stroke order in writing オ The katakana オ is made with three strokes: # At the top, a horizontal stroke from left to right. # A downward vertical stroke cutting through the first stroke, with a small hook at the end facing left. # At the intersection of the first two strokes, a diagonal line going downwards and to the left. ==Other communicative representations== * Full Braille representation お / オ in Japanese Braille お / オ in Japanese Braille お / オ in Japanese Braille お / オ o おう / オー ō/ou +う / +ー chōon* When lengthening "-o" syllables in Japanese braille, a chōon is always used, as in standard katakana usage instead of adding an お / オ. * Computer encodings ==References== Category:Specific kana
O A e o Z (also known as A e o Z, or "A" e o "Z", Portuguese: The A and the Z) is an album by Brazilian rock band Os Mutantes. It was their first record without founding member Rita Lee, and marked a shift in their sound to progressive rock. Recorded in 1973, but shelved until 1992, this was Arnaldo Baptista's last studio record with the group. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== ;Os Mutantes * Arnaldo Baptista – Hammond organ L100, Mellotron M400, Hohner clavinet C, cello, lead and backing vocals * Sérgio Dias – electric (Régulus II and Fender Stratocaster) and 12-string acoustic guitars, sitar, lead and backing vocals * Liminha – bass guitar (Regulus and Rickenbacker 4001), acoustic guitar, backing vocals * Dinho Leme – drums, tabla, backing vocals == References == Category:1992 albums Category:Os Mutantes albums Category:Polydor Records albums Category:Portuguese-language albums
O Adeus de Fellini (Portuguese for Fellini's Farewell) is the debut album by Brazilian post-punk band Fellini. It was released in 1985 via independent record label Baratos Afins and re-released in CD form in 1995, with an additional live track. According to the band's frontman Cadão Volpato, the album's name is a nod to English post-punk band The Durutti Column's 1980 debut, The Return of the Durutti Column.Interview with Cadão Volpato, 2008 The track "Outro Endereço, Outra Vida" features samples of English disc jockey John Peel's voice. "Zäune" is sung by Thomas Pappon, entirely in German. ==Track listing== ==Notes== * "Funziona Senza Vapore" is also present in the compilation Não Wave, alongside another Fellini track, "Teu Inglês". It is also the name of a side project formed by Fellini's frontman Cadão Volpato in 1992. * "Rock Europeu" is also present in the compilation The Sexual Life of the Savages, alongside another Fellini track, "Zum Zum Zum Zazoeira". ==Personnel== ;Fellini * Cadão Volpato — lead vocals (on tracks 1–9) * Jair Marcos — acoustic and electric guitars * Ricardo Salvagni — drums * Thomas Pappon — bass, other instruments, lead vocals (on track 10) ;Additional personnel * Guinho — trumpet (on tracks 2, 6) * Leonor — cello (on track 10) * Teresa Berlink — female backing vocals (on track 3) ;Miscellaneous staff * Recorded in autumn 1985 in the Ônix project (8 channels), São Paulo, Brazil * Fellini and Walter Silva — cover * Luiz Carlos Calanca — phonographic production * Fellini and Pappon — production, arrangement and mixing * Luiz Carlos Calanca and Paulo Torres — remastering (cd version) * Peter Price — mix-aid ==References== ==External links== * O Adeus de Fellini at Fellini's official Bandcamp * O Adeus de Fellini at Deezer * Fellini on Baratos Afins' website * O Adeus de Fellini at Discogs * O Adeus de Fellini at Rate Your Music * O Adeus de Fellini at MusicBrainz Category:1985 debut albums Category:Fellini (band) albums Category:Portuguese-language albums
"O Amar Desher Mati" (Bengali: ও আমার দেশের মাটি) is a Bengali patriotic song written by Rabindranath Tagore. It was written against the Partition of Bengal in 1905. Indira Debi Chowdhurani provided the notation of the song. This song was included in the book named "Shawdesh". It was composed in Pilu-Baul Raga and Dadra Taal. == Legacy == The song inspired the Bengali fighters during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Bengali revolutionary Krishnagopal Chowdhury sang this song on his way to death sentence given by the British Raj on charges of sedition in 1934. The song was used in the Bengali film Ora Egaro Jon directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam. == Synopsis == The song recounts the narrative of the motherland's role as a nurturing entity towards her people, as well as the lamentable realization of their failure to reciprocate in kind. == References == == External links == * rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org (Bengali) * kotharsur.com (Bengali) Category:1905 songs Category:Bengali- language songs Category:Rabindra Sangeet Category:Songs written by Rabindranath Tagore Category:Indian patriotic songs __FORCETOC__ __INDEX__
O Amor Está no Ar is a Brazilian telenovela produced and televised by Rede Globo, March 31 to September 6, 1997, in 137 chapters. == Synopsis == The story takes place in the quiet and fictional city of Ouro Velho. Sofia Schneider (Betty Lago) is an exuberant woman of great class, intelligence, and solid ethical values inherited from her Jewish family, who emigrated to Brazil after the war. After the death of her husband, the aristocrat Victor Sousa Carvalho (Wolf Maya), Sofia takes over the business of the company Estrela Dourada, which explores water tourism in the local dam. But his mother-in-law, Úrsula (Nicette Bruno), does not accept the situation and begins a contest for control of the Sousa Carvalho family business. Ursula has an ally, the unscrupulous Alberto (Luís Melo) married to his daughter Milica (Suzana Gonçalves). The relationship is complicated by Sofia's sister, Julia Schneider (Natália do Vale), arriving from Europe to join Alberto to remove her sister from the company. Sofia has bigger problems at home. His daughter Luísa (Natália Lage), is a problematic adolescent and manipulated by her paternal grandmother. The relationship between mother and daughter gets more turbulent when they both fall in love with the same man, the aviator Léo (Rodrigo Santoro). == Cast == Actor/Actress Character Betty Lago Sofia Schneider Souza Carvalho Uchôa Natália Lage Luíza Schneider Souza Carvalho Uchôa (Lu) Rodrigo Santoro Leonardo Freitas Menezes (Léo) Eriberto Leão João Amaral Leite Luís Melo Alberto Santana Natália do Vale Júlia Schneider Nicette Bruno Úrsula Souza Carvalho Uchôa Georgiana Góes Frederica Guimarães Ribeiro (Cuca Chicotada) Oscar Magrini Pedro Olímpio Lady Francisco Candoca Guimarães Ribeiro (Candê) Nuno Leal Maia Alcebíades Guimarães Ribeiro (Guima) Tuca Andrada Vicente Souza Carvalho Uchôa Marcelo Faria Ivan Guimarães Ribeiro Ana Paula Tabalipa Camila Caco Ciocler Rabino Davi Isabela Garcia Flora Tato Gabus Mendes Filipe Schnaider Cláudia Lira Matilde Guimarães Ribeiro Monah Delacy Ester Schneider Flávio Migliaccio Peninha Suzana Gonçalves Emília Souza Carvalho / Milica Rodrigo Santiago Seabra Micaela Góes Beatriz Schneider Souza Carvalho Uchôa Lupe Gigliotti Tosca Ivan de Almeida Teobaldo Antônio Grassi Lacerda Helena Ramos Suzete Tonico Pereira Chicão (Francisco) Vera Mancini Chimbica Renato Rabello Gregório Cláudia Provedel Izabel Guimarães Ribeiro Alexandre Barbalho Dr. Machado Thierry Figueira Rodrigo Luíza Curvo Tatiana Guimarães Ribeiro Dan Stulbach Horácio Carla Fioroni Alaíde Patrick de Alencar Daniel Schneider Souza Carvalho Uchôa Elaine Mickely Carla Manitou Felipe Lucas Clara Garcia Lizete Ariela Goldman Heloísa Gilles Gwizdek Maciel ==References== ==External links== * Category:1997 Brazilian television series debuts Category:1997 Brazilian television series endings Category:1997 telenovelas Category:TV Globo telenovelas Category:Portuguese-language telenovelas
O Amor Natural is a 1996 Dutch documentary film directed by Heddy Honigmann. The film was shot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in Portuguese. == External links == * * O Amor Natural at Icarus Films Category:1996 documentary films Category:1996 films Category:Films directed by Heddy Honigmann Category:1990s Portuguese-language films Category:Dutch documentary films
O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor is a studio album by João Gilberto, released in Brazil in 1961. The Portuguese title translates to The Love, the Smile and the Flower and is taken from the original lyrics of Antônio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonça's "Meditação", which is included in the album. The album was initially released in the United States in 1960 as Brazil's Brilliant João Gilberto (Capitol ST 10280).Discogs.com - Brazil's Brilliant João Gilberto. Richard S. Ginell, writing in AllMusic, says, "This vitally important record introduced João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and thus, bossa nova to the United States in 1961, a year before Stan Getz scored a hit with "Desafinado.... Several Jobim standards-in-waiting -- "One Note Samba," "Corcovado," "Meditation," "Outra Vez"—were heard for the first time in North America on this LP."AllMusic.com - Brazil's Brilliant João Gilberto == Track listing == # Title Songwriters Length 1\. "Samba de Uma Nota Só" Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça 1:38 2\. "Doralice" Antônio Almeida, Dorival Caymmi 1:27 3\. "Só em Teus Braços" Antônio Carlos Jobim 1:48 4\. "Trevo de Quatro Folhas" (I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover Mort Dixon, Harry M. Woods, Nilo Sérgio 1:23 5\. "Se é Tarde, Me Perdoa" Carlos Lyra, Ronaldo Bôscoli 1:45 6\. "Um Abraço no Bonfá" João Gilberto 1:36 7\. "Meditação" Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça 1:46 8\. "O Pato" Jayme Silva, Neuza Teixeira 2:00 9\. "Corcovado" Antônio Carlos Jobim 1:56 10\. "Discussão" Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça 1:49 11\. "Amor Certinho" Roberto Guimarães 1:52 12\. "Outra Vez" Antônio Carlos Jobim 1:51 == Credits == * Artwork - César Gomes Villela * Photography - Francisco Pereira * Producer - Aloysio de Oliveira ==References== *Gridley, Mark. Jazz Styles: History and Analysis. 9th. NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, Print. Category:1960 albums Category:João Gilberto albums Category:Odeon Records albums
O Anjo da Noite (English: The Angel of the Night) is a 1974 Brazilian film directed by Walter Hugo Khouri and starring Selma Egrei and Eliezer Gomes. == Cast == *Selma Egrei as Ana *Eliezer Gomes as Augusto *Lilian Lemmertz as Raquel *Pedro Coelho as Marcelo *Rejane Saliamis as Carolina *Isabel Montes as Beatriz *Fernando Amaral as Rodrigo *Waldomiro Reis == Awards == Gramado Film Festival #Best Director (won) #Best Actor (won) #Best Cinematography (won) #Best Film (nominee) São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards #Best Film (won) #Best Music (won) == References == == External links == * Category:1974 films Category:1970s Portuguese-language films Category:Brazilian drama films Category:Films directed by Walter Hugo Khouri Category:Best Picture APCA Award winners Category:1974 drama films
O Antagonista is a Brazilian independent investigative journalism website aligned with the political right. == History == O Antagonista was created by journalists Diogo Mainardi and Mário Sabino on January 1, 2015. In August 2015, journalist Claudio Dantas joined as a third collaborating member. In May 2017, Felipe Moura Brasil became part of the team. According to his journalists, his proposal is to give priority to opinions contrary to what they define as "political, economic and cultural protagonism", as the name of the portal indicates. The site also featured special collaborations such as those with deceased journalist Sandro Vaia, eventually publishes videos by presenter Danilo Gentili. In March 2016, fifty percent of O Antagonista was purchased by the financial publishing company Empiricus Research. In February 2020, Felipe Moura returned O Antagonista, after leaving the site to take over Jovem Pan. == Controversies == In 2016, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva registered four complaints that became inquiries at the 17th Ipiranga Police Station, in São Paulo. Among the requests is the investigation of alleged crimes committed by journalists from O Antagonista and Veja magazine. Lula's defense said that "websites appear to exist only to attack the honor and image of the ex-president". In April 2017, journalist Paulo Henrique Amorim published on his blog Conversa Afiada a dialogue that took place when Marcelo Odebrecht was turning state's evidence. In the dialogue, Marcelo's lawyer reports to judge Sergio Moro that O Antagonista would be broadcasting a livestream of the testimony on his website. This, according to him, would undermine the private condition of the procedure determined by Moro. On April 15, 2019, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court Alexandre de Moraes ordered that a report made by O Antagonista and Revista Crusoé referring to a supposed relationship between Dias Toffoli and Marcelo Odebrecht be removed under penalty of daily fine, if not removed, of 100 thousand reais. The decision to censor the magazine's content caused criticism by organs that defend freedom of the press and expression, such as the National Association of Newspapers (ANJ), the National Association of Magazine Editors (ANER), the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism ( ABRAJI) the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) and Transparency International. The Association of Federal Judges of Brazil (AJUFE) also repudiated the decision of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, which they considered "inadmissible". Later, Alexandre de Moraes reversed his decision and revoked his own act. == See also == * Censorship in Brazil == References == Category:Brazilian websites Category:Investigative journalism Category:Brazilian news websites Category:Conservative media