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Ojo
Ojo may refer to: * Ōjō, a Japanese Buddhist term referring to rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha *Ojo, a curious red bear cub who has a wild imagination and is good friends with Treelo on '' Bear in the Big Blue House'' * ''Ojo'' (comic), a 5-part comic book series by Sam Kieth * Ojo (name) a Yoruba preordained name * Ojo (surname) * Ojo, Lagos State, a local government area in Lagos State, Nigeria * Ojo the Lucky, an Oz book series character {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ojo, Lagos State
Ojo is a Local Government Area and town in Lagos State, Nigeria. Lagos State University is located there. Ojo is located on the eastern section of the Trans–West African Coastal Highway, about 37 km west of Lagos. It is part of the Lagos Metropolitan Area. Ojo is a primarily residential township although it contains some major markets including Alaba International Market, Alaba livestock market (Alaba Rago), the old Lagos International Trade Fair complex, and Iyana-Iba market. It also houses the divisional headquarters of 81 division Nigerian Army and Navy Town. South of the town (across Badagry creek), the rest of the local government is sparsely populated and consists of mangrove swamps and sandy beaches. Some of these beaches are holiday spots in the festive season. Wildlife mostly consists of reptiles, rodents and birds including crocodiles, iguanas, monitor lizards and squirrels. Whales and dolphins have been known to visit the coastal areas.Some towns there are Iba, Ig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Kieth
Sam Kieth (born January 11, 1963) is an American comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Maxx'' and ''Zero Girl''. Career Comics Kieth's first published work was "a story in the back of a Comico comic" when he was "about seventeen"; it was "about a killer rabbit named Max the Hare".'' Wizard: The Guide to Comics'' #2, October 1991; "Future Stars"; p. 121 He came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner's ''Mage'', and a year later as the inker of ''Fish Police''. In 1989, he penciled the first five issues (the " Preludes & Nocturnes" story arc) of writer Neil Gaiman's celebrated series '' The Sandman'' and collaborated with Alan Grant on a Penguin story in ''Secret Origins Special'' #1. He illustrated two volumes of writer William Messner-Loebs' ''Epicurus the Sage'', drew an ''Aliens'' miniseries for Dark Horse Comics, and drew ''The Incredible Hulk'' #368, which led to drawing numerous covers for ''Marvel Comics Presents''. In 1993, Kieth left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōjō
The term Ōjō ( ja, 往生) is a term in Japanese Buddhism for rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha. Sometimes the term is expressed as . The subject of how to obtain birth in the Pure Land remained an important question throughout Japanese Buddhist history even until today. The Nara Schools The early Nara Buddhism schools provided different opinions as to how to obtain rebirth in the Pure Land, though in some cases, such as the Hossō school taught that icchantikas (people who committed the Five Grave Acts) could not obtain rebirth ever. Other schools taught that while accessible to all, the rituals involved were difficult, or that rebirth was not desirable. Tendai and Shingon Early sects, particularly the Tendai and Shingon sects relied on esoteric texts, or interpretations of the Contemplation Sutra to develop rituals and visualizations of rebirth in the Pure Land. Genshin, a Tendai monk, wrote the ''Ōjōyōshū'' in which he described the horrors of Hell i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear In The Big Blue House
''Bear in the Big Blue House'' is an American children's television series created by Mitchell Kriegman and produced by Jim Henson Television for Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney preschool television block. Debuting on October 20, 1997, it aired its last episode on April 28, 2006. Reruns of the program continued to air on Playhouse Disney until May 6, 2007. In 2004, The Jim Henson Company sold the rights to the show, including characters, content library and copyrights, to The Walt Disney Company; it is now owned by The Muppets Studio, a subsidiary of Disney that also owns, and is named after, The Muppets characters and copyrights. Plot Bear lives in the Big Blue House where he is caregiver for his friends Ojo, a bear cub; Tutter, a mouse; Treelo, a lemur; otters Pip and Pop; and narrator Shadow. He and his friends have many adventures together. Those normally include solving problems, sharing, cooperating with each other, and developing social/life skills. Each episode opens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ojo (comic) , an Oz book series character
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Ojo may refer to: *Ōjō, a Japanese Buddhist term referring to rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha *Ojo, a curious red bear cub who has a wild imagination and is good friends with Treelo on ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' * ''Ojo'' (comic), a 5-part comic book series by Sam Kieth *Ojo (name) a Yoruba preordained name *Ojo (surname) *Ojo, Lagos State, a local government area in Lagos State, Nigeria *Ojo the Lucky Ojo is a character from the fictional Oz book series by L. Frank Baum. Jack Snow, ''Who's Who in Oz'', Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; p. 148. History He first appeared in ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz''. Ojo is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ojo (name) , an Oz book series character
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Ojo may refer to: *Ōjō, a Japanese Buddhist term referring to rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha *Ojo, a curious red bear cub who has a wild imagination and is good friends with Treelo on ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' * ''Ojo'' (comic), a 5-part comic book series by Sam Kieth *Ojo (name) a Yoruba preordained name *Ojo (surname) *Ojo, Lagos State, a local government area in Lagos State, Nigeria *Ojo the Lucky Ojo is a character from the fictional Oz book series by L. Frank Baum. Jack Snow, ''Who's Who in Oz'', Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; p. 148. History He first appeared in ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz''. Ojo is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba Culture
Distinctive cultural norms prevail in Yorubaland and among the Yoruba people.Kola Abimbola, Yoruba Culture: ''A Philosophical Account'', Iroko Academic Publishers, 2005. Art Sculpture The Yoruba are said to be prolific sculptors, famous for their terra cotta works throughout the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries; artists have also shown the capacity to make artwork out of bronze. Esiẹ Museum is a museum in Esiẹ ;a neighbouring town to Oro in Irepodun, Kwara. The museum was the first to be established in Nigeria when it opened in 1945. It once housed over a thousand tombstone figures or images representing human beings. It is reputed to have the largest collection of soapstone images in the world. In modern times, the Esie museum has been the center of religious activities and host a festival in the month of April every year. Textile Weaving is done on different types of looms in order to create hundreds of different patterns. Adire and Aso Oke are some of the popular texti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ojo (surname)
Ojo is a Nigerian surname of Yoruba origin. Notable people with the name include: * Funso Ojo (born 1991), Belgian football player * Kim Ojo (born 1988), Nigerian football midfielder * Michael Ojo (born 1989), Nigerian-American basketball player * Michael Ojo (1993–2020), Nigerian-American basketball player *Onome Ojo (born 1977), Nigerian-American football player *Sheyi Ojo (born 1997), English football player *Tessy Ojo (born 1971), Nigerian-British charity executive *Topsy Ojo (born 1985), English rugby union player * Ronke Ojo (born 1974), Nigerian movieactress{{Surname, Ojo *Benjamin Ojo Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ... (born 2000) Yoruba-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
