OPA
Encyclopedia
Government
- Office of the Pardon AttorneyOffice of the Pardon AttorneyThe Office of the Pardon Attorney, in consultation with the Attorney General of the United States or his designee, assists the President of the United States in the exercise of executive clemency as authorized under Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution. Under the Constitution, the President's...
, an agency of the United States Department of JusticeUnited States Department of JusticeThe United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated... - Office of Price AdministrationOffice of Price AdministrationThe Office of Price Administration was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941. The functions of the OPA was originally to control money and rents after the outbreak of World War II.President Franklin D...
, a United States government office set up by President Roosevelt to stabilize prices and rents after the outbreak of World War II - Ontario Power AuthorityOntario Power AuthorityThe Ontario Power Authority is an independent, non-profit corporation established through the Electricity Restructuring Act, 2004...
, a government agency in Canada
International agreements
- Ouagadougou Peace Agreement, that put an end to the Ivorian Civil War
- Outward Processing ArrangementOutward Processing ArrangementThe Outward Processing Arrangement concerns the textile industry in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China. It states that Hong Kong manufacturers can subcontract subsidiary and finishing processes to mainland factories, as long as the "major transformation" of the garment takes place in...
, a trade agreement between Hong Kong and mainland China
Laws
- Obscene Publications Act 1959Obscene Publications Act 1959The Obscene Publications Act 1959 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament that significantly reformed the law related to obscenity. Prior to the passage of the Act, the law on publishing obscene materials was governed by the common law case of R v Hicklin, which had no exceptions...
, an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom - Oil Pollution Act of 1990Oil Pollution Act of 1990The Oil Pollution Act was passed by the 101st United States Congress, and signed by President George H. W. Bush, to mitigate and prevent civil liability for future oil spills off the coast of the United States....
, a United States law
Medicine
- Oropharyngeal airwayOropharyngeal airwayAn oropharyngeal airway is a medical device called an airway adjunct used to maintain a patent airway. It does this by preventing the tongue from covering the epiglottis, which could prevent the person from breathing...
, a device used to keep the upper respiratory airway open - Out-patient appointments
- Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma, a disease of the lungs in sheep and goats, also known as JaagsiekteJaagsiekteJaagsiekte is a chronic and contagious disease of the lungs in sheep and goats first described in 1865. Its name derives from Afrikaans and means "Chasing Sickness" such that animals afflicted with the disease are in respiratory distress as if they are out of breath from being chased. It is also...
Music
- "OPA", a song by Giorgos AlkaiosGiorgos AlkaiosGiorgos Alkaios is a Greek recording artist. His career began in 1989 after appearing on a Greek reality show. Following a brief period of stage acting, Alkaios dedicated himself to music. His first single, "Ti Ti", made him popular in Greece. His distinctive musical style fuses Greek and Oriental...
& Friends competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Eurovision Song Contest 2010The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...
for GreeceGreece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Greece, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, selected the song "Opa" sung by Giorgos Alkaios & Friends as their entry, by a national selection on 12 March 2010....
. - "Opa OpaOpa Opa"Opa Opa" is a song originally performed by Notis Sfakianakis from his second album Ise Ena Pistoli in 1992. It was written and produced by singer Giorgos Alkaios years earlier, and is one of Sfakianakis' most notable of his early works...
", a song by Notis SfakianakisNotis SfakianakisPanagiotis Sfakianakis is a Greek singer of laika music, who is one of the most commercially successful artists of all time in Greece and Cyprus. Sfakianakis began his career in 1985, opening at nightclubs for other artists. He was discovered by Sony Greece and released his debut album Proti Fora...
, later covered by both AntiqueAntique (duo)Antique was a Greek singing duo consisting of Elena Paparizou and Nikos Panagiotidis originating from Sweden which combined Greek popular music and lyrics with a Nordic dance pop beat. Both Paparizou and Panagiotidis were born and raised in Sweden by Greek parents...
and Despina VandiDespina VandiDespina Malea , known by her stage name Despina Vandi , is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, West Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six years old and she later enrolled at the University of Thessaloniki, but eventually dropped out to begin a career in...
. - "Opa (band)Opa (band)Opa was an american Jazz fusion band formed by uruguayan integrants . Started in 1970s, the band released whose two albums in U.S. :Goldenwings and Magic Time ,...
", Brazilian jazz group - Opa OpaMera Me Ti Mera (album)Mera Me Ti Mera or Opa Opa is the name of an album by Greek musical group Antique...
, an alternative name to the album Mera Me Ti MeraMera Me Ti Mera (album)Mera Me Ti Mera or Opa Opa is the name of an album by Greek musical group Antique...
by AntiqueAntique (duo)Antique was a Greek singing duo consisting of Elena Paparizou and Nikos Panagiotidis originating from Sweden which combined Greek popular music and lyrics with a Nordic dance pop beat. Both Paparizou and Panagiotidis were born and raised in Sweden by Greek parents...
. - Opa! (Bato) is a Melbourne, Australia based Balkan Brass Orchestra.
Other
- Office of Price Administration (WWII)
- Oligo Pool Assay, a SNP genotypingGenotypingGenotyping is the process of determining differences in the genetic make-up of an individual by examining the individual's DNA sequence using biological assays and comparing it to another individual's sequence or a reference sequence. It reveals the alleles an individual has inherited from their...
platform from IlluminaIllumina (company)Illumina, Inc. is a company incorporated in April 1998 that develops, manufactures and markets integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and biological function. Using its technologies, the company provides a line of products and services that serve the sequencing, genotyping and... - Online Privacy AllianceOnline Privacy AllianceThe Online Privacy Alliance was a cross-industry coalition of more than 80 global companies and associations, including some of the biggest names in e-commerce, formed in 1998 with the aim of providing a unified voice for companies in the Internet industry to contribute to the definition of...
, a coalition of Internet companies - Ordre des Palmes Academiques, an Order of Chivalry of France for academics and cultural and educational figures
- Open Platform ArchitectureOpen Platform ArchitectureOpen Platform API or "OPA" is the name of the EMP -developed Mobile Phone platform used across Sony Ericsson phones in Europe....
, a software interface from Ericsson Mobile Platforms for use internally in cellular phones - Optical parametric amplifierOptical parametric amplifierAn optical parametric amplifier, abbreviated OPA, is a laser light source that emits light of variable wavelengths by an optical parametric amplification process.-Optical parametric generation :...
, a method to amplify laser light - Oracle Policy AutomationOracle Policy AutomationIn computing, Oracle Policy Automation is a suite of software products for modeling and deploying business rules within enterprise applications. Oracle Corporation acquired OPA in December 2008 when it purchased Australian software company RuleBurst Holdings, then trading as Haley...
, an enterprise applications suite - Oregon Potters AssociationOregon Potters AssociationThe Oregon Potters Association is not-for-profit group of clay artists working in Oregon and southwest Washington, United States.The OPA seeks to bring its members together with the public, galleries, businesses, publications and arts agencies locally, nationally and globally...
, not-for-profit group of clay artists - Opa, the nickname of Dorus RijkersDorus RijkersTheodorus "Dorus" Rijkers was a famous Dutch lifeboat captain and folk hero, most famous for his sea rescues of 487 shipwrecked victims over a total of 38 rescue operations, and at least 25 before joining the lifeboat-service....
, Dutch lifeboat-captain who rescued over 500 people in the course of his career - OPA co., ltd. (Oriental Park Avenue), a Japanese clothing retailer
- OPA, a mixture used in chemical weapons such as M687M687The M687 is an American 155 mm binary sarin chemical weapon artillery shell. The design was standardized in 1976 and production began on December 16, 1987 at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Pine Bluff, Arkansas...
- ortho-phthalaldehydePhthalaldehydeo-Phthalaldehyde or ortho-phthalaldehyde is the chemical compound with the formula C6H42. Often abbreviated OPA, the molecule is a dialdehyde, consisting of two formyl groups attached to adjacent carbon centres on a benzene ring...
, a chemical compound - Opa, DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
or GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
informal word for grandfather - Opa! PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
interjection of surprise, astonishment - Opa!, Greek word of cheer, used in multiple countries with Greek influence including GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, CyprusCyprusCyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
, AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
, BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, and IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. - Opa!, a film starring Matthew ModineMatthew ModineMatthew Avery Modine is an award-winning American actor. His film roles include Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, the title character in Alan Parker's Birdy, high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest, football star turned spy Alec McCall in Funky Monkey and the...
and Agni Scott. - Postnominal letters used by the Anglican Order of PreachersAnglican Order of PreachersThe Anglican Order of Preachers is an Anglican religious order commonly referred to as "Dominicans". The order was founded in the late 1990s by the Reverend Jeffery Mackey O.P.A. in the United States. It includes both men and women, married and single, ordained and lay. The brothers and sisters...
(Ordo Praedicatorum Anglicanus) - Owners Protecting Agents (in shipping)