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10 unusual facts about Omega


Omega-atracotoxin

Omega-atracotoxin is an insect-specific neurotoxin of Blue mountains funnel-web spiders whose phylogenetic specificity derives from its ability to antagonise insect, but not vertebrate, voltage-gated calcium channels.

Omega-class destroyer

This design bore similarities to Syd Mead's design of the Leonov, a fictional Russian space ship that appeared in the 1984 movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

The patrol aspect of its mission appears to be why, in the earlier season 2 episode, "All Alone In The Night", General Hague (played by Robert Foxworth) was able to call the Agamemnon (which was in the area) to help in the search of the captain who had been abducted by a group of aliens named the Streib.

The final, time saving and less problematic, design which Bryant used was partially modeled on WWII pulse engines similar to those seen on the German V-1 flying bomb.

This is a subject, relating to all the ship designs seen in Babylon 5, that has caused a great deal of, sometimes heated, debate within sections of the shows fan community.

Omega-logic

Ω-logic, a deductive system in set theory developed by Hugh Woodin

Omega: The Last Days of the World

Omega: The Last Days of the World is a science fiction novel published in 1894 by Camille Flammarion.

Ralph Holman

Ralph Holman (1917 – August 15, 2012) was a biochemist whose research focused on lipids and fatty acids, especially the Omega-3 fatty acid.

Robert Ackman

He was best known for his pioneering work on marine oils and Omega-3 fatty acid.

SALEM-Immanuel Lutheran College

The cross at the top represents the school's Christianity background; the grid (fish net) and the pearl at the centre symbolizes Tai Po at its early stages; the source of book, with pages printed Greek alphabets Alpha and Omega, can be derived from an Biblical scripture: "I (the God) am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end." (Upper part of Revelation of John, 21:6), and also indicated the thought of Christian education.


A.S. Valle Grecanica

The club was founded in 2010 through the merger of newly promoted Serie D club Omega Bagaladi (based in Bagaladi) and Eccellenza club Melitese (based in Melito di Porto Salvo).

Bounded variation

for every set \scriptstyle U\in\mathcal{O} c(\Omega), having defined \scriptstyle \mathcal{O} c(\Omega) as the set of all precompact open subsets of \Omega with respect to the standard topology of finite dimensional vector spaces, and correspondingly the class of functions of locally bounded variation is defined as

Brainbox

They had several hit singles in the Netherlands, including "Between Alpha and Omega", "Doomsday Train", Reason to Believe and "Smile".

Chirped pulse amplification

Some examples of these lasers are the Vulcan Petawatt Upgrade at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's central laser facility, the Diocles Laser at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Gekko Petawatt laser at the Gekko XII facility in the Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University, the OMEGA EP laser at the University of Rochester's Lab for Laser Energetics and the now dismantled petawatt line on the former Nova laser at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Christopher Sabat

Dragon Ball series - Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, Kami/Hero, Mr. Popo, Omega Shenron, Zarbon (Z), Recoome, Burter( Z), Jeice (Z), Shenron, Porunga, Ultimate Shenron, Super Gogeta , Moori, various

Clandestine Blaze / Deathspell Omega – Split

Clandestine Blaze / Deathspell Omega – Split is an album released by the black metal bands Clandestine Blaze and Deathspell Omega in 2001.

Con Los Ojos Cerrados

"Con Los Ojos Cerrados" (English: "With Your Eyes Closed") is the fourth or the lead single featuring Dominican singer Omega from the Spanish born-Mexican singer Belinda.

Ed Krebs

He works predominantly in monochrome and is best known for his portraiture using equipment popular in the 1960s including a 1954 Rolleiflex TLR camera, a Mamiya 645, and a Koni-Omega 6x7.

Glossary of psychiatry

The omega sign is the occurrence of a fold (like the Greek letter omega, Ω ) in the forehead above the root of the nose produced by the excessive action of the corrugator muscle.

Goodman–Nguyen–van Fraassen algebra

Let \hat{F} now be a set of subsets of \hat{\Omega}, which contains representations of all events in F and is otherwise just large enough to be closed under construction of conditional events and under the familiar Boolean operations.

Gotcha Force

Each version is based on a different tribe: Alpha - Ninja; Beta - Knuckle/Gun (Beta uses Knuckle, Beta II uses guns, Beta III uses grappling claws); Gamma - Knight; Delta - Girl; Zeta - Musha; Theta/Iota - Nurse (Iota uses a flamethrower); Lambda - Angel; Mu - Air; Nu - Tank; Sigma - Wing; Omega - Machine; Chi - Tank.

Grant O. Gale

The large "Alpha and Omega Sundial" which sits next to the Noyce Science Center on the Grinnell College campus is named in honor of Gale's wife Harriet.

HT Omega

HT Omega has a dedicated research & development division, creating equipment based on Dolby Digital and DTS technologies, marketed towards gamers and home entertainment enthusiasts.

Hyperbolic partial differential equation

To show that this quantity is conserved, integrate (**) over a domain \Omega

Joseph Reiser

Joseph Reiser was a longtime general manager of the Omega watch company.

Karatsuba algorithm

In 1960, Kolmogorov organized a seminar on mathematical problems in cybernetics at the Moscow State University, where he stated the \Omega(n^2)\,\!

Karen Sortito

For the next film in the James Bond franchise, Tomorrow Never Dies, Sortito created a $100 million promotional campaign that included tie-ins with Visa, L'Oréal, Ericsson, Heineken, Avis rental cars and Omega watches.

Lambda Tau Omega

Lambda Tau Omega (ΛΤΩ) is a multicultural sorority founded in 1988 at Montclair State College, now known as Montclair State University, in Montclair, New Jersey.

Legacy Virus

In the video game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, a side mission includes saving a S.H.I.E.L.D. Omega Base Computer (which contains research data on the Legacy Virus) from being destroyed by 3 out of 5 Super Soldiers.

Loop group

From this point of view, \Omega G is an H-space with respect to concatenation of loops.

Lotte no Omocha!

Lotte appears in Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten as the cameo character for the spell, Omega Ice.

Malefice

In 2012 they recorded a song with Everton goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann for the Jägermeister UK "Ice Cold Session", titled Omega and released on February 1, 2012.

Masami Kurumada

Saint Seiya videogames have been released for old consoles such as Famicom/NES, Game Boy and more recently for PlayStation 2, the latest released in 2011 for PlayStation 3, and a Saint Seiya Omega game for PSP was released in December 2012.

Mi-Ki Choong

The international feel was further supported by more than 12 international and world-class brand names that act as sponsors for the show which includes Mont Blanc, Audermars Piguet, Omega, Carolina Herrera Fragrance, Marc Jacobs Fragrance, Calvin Klein Fragrance, Vera Wang Fragrance, Paul Smith Fragrance, Burberry Fragance, True Fitness, The Regent Kuala Lumpur, BCBG Max Azria and Maybankard Platinum.

Minto, New Brunswick

Currently, Minto has a Tim Hortons, Twins Pizza, Silver Dragon, Omega, Station House Pub, The Sun Rise Diner and Myjakins.

Nev Fountain

He has also written several Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish Productions, including Omega, The Kingmaker, and Peri and the Piscon Paradox.

Omega Delta Sigma

Omega Delta Sigma's also provides proceeds to such organizations as Wounded Warrior Project, Support The Troops, and Toys for Tots.

Omega Pharma

Omega Pharma is a Belgian Pharmaceutical company, founded in 1987 by Marc Coucke (born 1965) and Yvan Vindevogel, both former Pharmacy students at the Ghent University.

Omega Seamaster

Daniel Craig, the current James Bond of Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall, also wears the Omega Seamaster: the Seamaster Planet Ocean and Seamaster Diver 300 M in Casino Royale, and even goes so far as to mention Omega by name in the film when questioned by Vesper Lynd.

Omega Supreme

Although no toy exists for Omega Doom, his design is based on the toy for Cybertron Menasor, with a head that resembles that of Generation 1 Omega Supreme.

Omega the Unknown

Omega the Unknown was an American comic book published by Marvel Comics from 1976 to 1977, featuring the eponymous fictional character.

Phipps Plaza

Anchored by Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, and Belk, the mall boasts a variety of luxury retailers within its tenant roster, which include Gucci, Tiffany & Co., Bally, Hugo Boss, Giorgio Armani, Omega, Rebecca Taylor, Wolford, Giuseppe Zanotti, Trina Turk, Jimmy Choo, Versace, Valentino, Elie Tahari, L.K. Bennett, Agent Provocateur, Hublot, Tory Burch, and Bottega Veneta.

Sanja Papić

She had been Omega Watches Ambassador (alongside Michael Schumacher, Anna Kournikova and Cindy Crawford), following a contract between Omega and Sanja signed in August 2003.

Sigma Delta Tau

Heather Dubrow (Omega, Syracuse University) - Actress and Real Housewife of Orange County

Simon Hurt

The issue reveals that centuries beforehand Hurt attempted to summon the demon Barbatos, but instead was confronted by the Hyper-Adapter, the hyper-dimensional creature tasked by Darkseid with overseeing Batman's voyage through history after he was struck by the villain's Omega Effect.

Submodular set function

; Mutual information : Let \Omega=\{X 1,X 2,\ldots,X n\} be a set of random variables.

The Minions of Ka

Zombie Omega, has signed a movie option with Ahmet Zappa and Christian Beranek of Monsterfoot Productions, Inc.

Ursinus College

The Ursinus College Greek community consists of six sororities, including Kappa Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Psi, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Tau Sigma Gamma, Upsilon Phi Delta, and Omega Chi, and eight fraternities, including Alpha Phi Epsilon, Beta Sigma Lambda, Delta Pi Sigma, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Kappa Sigma, Pi Omega Delta, Sigma Pi and Sigma Rho Lambda.

Vayarol

Vayarol contains Lipirolen™, a proprietary composition containing Phytosterol Esters of Omega-3 which was developed by VAYA Pharma (division of Enzymotec LTD), a specialty pharmaceutical company.The VAYA Pharma portfolio addresses three therapeutic segments: ADHD (Vayarin), Hypertriglyceridemia (Vayarol) and Memory impairment (Vayacog).

The FDA has announced the availability of a qualified health claim for reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) on conventional foods that contain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and DHA omega-3 fatty acids.

Warrior of the Lost World

As the rebels destroy the Omega patrols with their cars (Ford Taunus TCs), helicopters and tankers, the Rider manages to destroy the Megaweapon by short circuiting it, but not before his speedcycle is crushed under the truck's wheels.

Wolverine: Origins

Wolverine is briefly knocked unconscious, giving Omega Red a head start for the carbonadium, which is in Berlin.