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"Rachel" haircut
The "Rachel" haircut was a layered shag hairstyle with straightened hair worn by Jennifer Aniston in the 1990s sitcom Friends and named after her character, Rachel Green. The style is claimed to have been created by Aniston's hairstylist, Chris McMillan. The Rachel became wildly popular among young ..
R.A.C.L.A.
R.A.C.L.A. is a Romanian hip hop band. It was founded in 1993 and they released their first album in 1995, which was one of the first in Romania. Their founding came after a big hip hop concert at the Europa Nova, the first hip hop TV channel in South Eastern Europe. ..
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
The Rt. Hon. R.A. Cross Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, GCB GCSI PC (30 May, 1823–8 January, 1914) was a British statesman and Conservative politician. He was born in Red Scar, near Preston, Lancashire. He first came to prominence as Home Secretary in Disraeli's second gov..
RAC
RAC or Rac can refer to: Acronyms RAC is the acronym of: RAC plc, a British motorist's organisationRAC Foundation, a British motoring advocacy groupRadio Amateurs of Canada, an association of Canadian amateur radio operators.Real Application Clusters, is a cluster database sold by the Oracle corp..
Rac1
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RACA
Raca / RACA can refer to: raca, a Biblical term of Aramaic origin meaning vain, empty, worthless. It is only found in Matthew 5:22. The Jews used it as a word of contempt. It is derived from a root meaning "to spit." RACA, the Royal Automobile Club of Australia. Rača, a town and municipality in Se..
Racah (crater)
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Racaille
"Racaille" and its verlan form "caillera" is a French derogatory term that roughly means rabble (although some translate it as riff-raff or dregs) and has been specifically associated in France since the nineties with some young residents (minor offenders in particular) of the poor banlieues or citĂ..
Racak incident
The Racak incident (also called the Racak massacre or Racak operation) was a clash in the Kosovo village of Racak on January 15 1999 between Yugoslav security forces and Kosovo Liberation Army guerillas, in which 45 Albanians died. Outside Yugoslavia, the deaths were widely blamed on the actions of..
Racal
Racal Electronics plc was a British defence electronics firm purchased by Thomson-CSF (now Thales Group) in 2000. History Racal was created in 1950 as Racal Ltd, the name being derived from the partners Raymond Brown and George Calder Cunningham. The first factory was located in Isleworth, West Lo..
Raccard
a raccard in the village of Fiesch, Vallis (Switzerland) Raccards are traditional granaries that can be found in parts of the Swiss, Italian and French Alps. These structures are built above ground and are supported by wooden stilts. A circular stone slab, forming an overhang, is intercalat..
Raccolta
Raccolta is the first collection of work from Vivaldi. ..
Racconigi
Racconigi is a town of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo, 40 km south of Turin, and 50 km north of Cuneo by rail. History Main sights It has a royal chateau built in 1570, with a large park laid out in 1755 by the French gardener Molard from designs by Le Notre, and enlarged in 1..
Racconto
In literature, Racconto and flashback mean almost the same thing. However, the Racconto doesn't take the narrative back in time so suddenly, and it's longer and more detailed than a flashback. See also flashback (literary technique)back-story ..
Raccoo-oo-oon
Raccoo-oo-oon is an american noise/tribal band from Iowa City, Iowa. Members include Ryan, Andrew, Shawn, and Daren. They are about to kick off their May/Summer tour, with many new releases. Meaning Shawn: Raccoo-oo-oon got its name from the spirit animal the Raccoo-oo-oon, a large often times whi..
Raccoon
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Raccoons are mammals in the genus Procyon of the Procyonidae family. Raccoons are unusual for their thumbs, which (though not opposable) enable them to open many closed containers (such as garbage cans) and doors. They are intelligent omnivores with a reput..
Raccoon (disambiguation)
A raccoon (sometimes racoon) is a mammal native to the Americas. Raccoon may also refer to: Raccoon City, a fictional metropolis depicted in Capcom's survival horror video-game series Resident EvilRaccoon Creek (New Jersey), a tributary of the Delaware RiverRaccoon Dog, a canine also known as tanu..
Raccoon City
Resident Evil location [[Image:Raccoon City.jpg Raccoon City Establishment Date Before 1968 Location Midwestern United States Population 100,000+ Transporatation Transit System Operated By Umbrella Corporation Used As Pharmaceutical Research Famous Locations Arklay Mountai..
Raccoon Creek
Raccoon Creek may refer to: Raccoon Creek (New Jersey), a tributary of the Delaware River in southern New JerseyRaccoon Creek State Park, PennsylvaniaRaccoon Creek, a creek in Maquoketa Caves State Park, Iowa This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation&..
Raccoon Creek (New Jersey)
Raccoon Creek (also called the Raccoon River) is a tributary of the Delaware River in southern New Jersey in the United States. It rises to the west of Glassboro, and flows east, meeting Cartwheel Brook at Wrights Mill. Just below, it is impounded to form Gilman Lake. It turns to the north and is a..
Raccoon Creek State Park
Raccoon Creek State Park is located in Pennsylvania, about 30 miles from the city of Pittsburgh. It offers numerous activities such as hiking, swimming, camping, fishing, and boating. Contained within the 7,572 acre park is the 101 acre "Racoon Lake." External links [Raccoon Creek State Par..
Raccoon Dog
''This article deals with the wild animal; see tanuki for this animal in folklore and popular culture. '' The Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides, with "nycto-" = Gr. "night," "ereutes" = Gr. "wanderer," "procyon" = "raccoon," "-oides" = Gr. "-oid") is a member of the canid family although it is ..
Raccoon eyes
Raccoon eye or periorbital bruising or is a sign of basal skull fracture. It results from blood from skull fracture tracking down into the soft tissue around the eye. It may also be referred to as panda eyes, especially in the UK. External links [Trauma.org imagebank: Raccoon eyes]Herbel..
Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant
Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant is a pumped-storage hydroelectric underground power station. It is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant is located near Chattanooga in the U.S. state of Tennessee. External links [TVA: Raccoon Mountain Pu..
Raccoon Police Department
The Raccoon Police Department (R.P.D.) is a fictional law-enforcement agency that appears in Capcom's Resident Evil survival horror franchise. The police station is situated in the heart of Raccoon City. Contents 1 History1.1 Arklay mountains incident1.2 Raccoon City Outbreak2&nb..
Raccoon River
The Raccoon River is a tributary of the Des Moines River in central Iowa in the United States. As measured from the longest of its three forks, it is 200 mi (322 km) long. Via the Des Moines River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. During the Great Flood of 1993, the Raccoon..
Raccoon Township, Pennsylvania
Raccoon Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,397 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 49.9 km² (19.3 mi²). 48.0 km² (18.5 mi²) of it is land and 1.9 km² (0.7 mi²) of ..
Racdu
Racdu is shorthand for rec.arts.comics.dc.universe, a Usenet group for fans of DC Comics' stories and characters. The two main ways of accessing it and posting to it are through NNTP connections and by means of the Google Usenet Archive. External links [Google Usenet Archive of RACDU] ..
Race
This article may benefit form being shortened by the use of [Summary stylesummary style]. Summary style moves large sections to sub-articles summarized in the main article. For other uses, including athletics events and other speed competitions, see Race (disambiguation). The term race dis..
RACE
RACE can refer to: Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe, a program launched in 1988 by the Commission of the European CommunitiesRapid Amplification of cDNA Ends, a molecular biology techniqueRailways of Australia Container Express is a slightly wider version o..
Race, milieu, and moment
Race, milieu, and moment were the three aspects of the literary critic and sociologist Hippolyte Taine's attempt at a scientific account of literature. Taine used these words in French (race, milieu et moment); the terms have become widespread in literary criticism in English, but are used in thi..
Race-blind
Race-blind (sometimes called Color-blind in a pun with color blindness) is a term describing activities undertaken and services provided without regard to the racial characteristics of those who participate in an activity or receive a service. In race-blind operations, there is no use of racial dat..
Race: The Reality of Human Difference (Book)
Race: The Reality of Human Difference is a popularized sociology book, in which authors Vincent Sarich (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley) and Frank Miele (senior editor of SKEPTIC MAGAZINE) argue for the reality of race. It was published by Westview Press..
Racecar Is Racecar Backwards
Racecar Is Racecar Backwards is the debut album by the British rock band, Reuben. Tracklisting No-One Wins The WarHorror ShowStuck In My ThroatOh The ShameFall Of The BastilleFreddy KreugerTonight My Wife Is Your WifeEating Only ApplesOur SongLet’s Stop Hanging OutMissing FingersSong For Satur..
Raceconflicts
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Racecourse (KCR)
Racecourse (馬場站) is a station on the KCR East Rail of Hong Kong. It was opened in 1983 and used only on race days and special days held in Sha Tin Racecourse. There are single journey tickets to the station available separately. It is linked with Sha Tin and University stations, and is a paral..
Racecourse Ground
The Racecourse Ground (Y Cae Râs in Welsh) is a stadium located in Wrexham, North Wales. Football and rugby union matches are the venue's most common events. It is the home ground of Wrexham A.F.C. The Racecourse is the largest stadium in North Wales, and consequently is sometimes used for Wales..
Racegun
A racegun is a type of handgun, shotgun, or rifle that has been modified for accuracy, speed, and reliability. Used primarily in IPSC and similar styles of competition, raceguns are typically based on common guns and modified to function the best within a certain set of rules, such as weight, size, ..
Racejuice
Racejuice [www.racejuice.org] is a non-profit image hosting project dedicated solely to automotive enthusiasts. Users may upload automotive related photos for sharing with other Racejuice users or allowing them to link their photos to any other websites on the internet. The Racejuice proj..
Raceland
Raceland may refer to: Raceland, KentuckyRaceland, LouisianaRaceland (Race track)This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Raceland, Kentucky
Raceland is a city in Greenup County, Kentucky, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,355 at the 2000 census. Raceland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649. Contents 1 Geography2&..
Raceland, Louisiana
Raceland is a census-designated place and town located on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The population was 10,224 at the 2000 census. Geography Raceland is located at [29°43′21″N, 90°36′19″W] (29.722576, -90.605172)[Geographic references#1GR1]. Acc..
Raceland (Race track)
Raceland was a horse racing track located in Raceland, Kentucky (known as Chinnville before the track was built). Founded by Jack O. Keene, who also created the Lexington, Kentucky track Keeneland, the race track operated from 1924 until 1928, when financial difficulties forced its closure. \"The ..
Raceme
This inflorescence of the terrestrial orchid Spathoglottis plicata is a typical raceme. A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis m..
Racemic
In chemistry, a racemate is a mixture of equal amounts of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule, such a mixture is called racemic. The first known racemate was 'racemic acid', which Pasteur found to be a mixture of the two enantiomeric isomers of tartaric acid. Contents 1 ..
Racemic acid
Racemic acid is an old name for an optically inactive or racemic form of tartaric acid. It is an equal mixture of two mirror-image isomers (enantiomers), optically active in opposing directions. Its sodium-ammonium salt is unusual among racemic mixtures in that during crystallization it can sepa..
Racemization
In chemistry racemization refers to partial conversion of one enantiomer into another. Chiral molecules have two forms (at each point of asymmetry) which differ in their optical characteristics: the levorotatory form (the (−)-form) will rotate the plane of polarization of a beam of light to the l..
Racemobambos
Racemobambos is a genus of bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae) and the sole genus of its subtribe, the Racemobambodinae. The genus comprises about 16 species, confined to the montane forests of Malesia (included the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands). Taxonomy This genus inc..
Racer
Racer may refer to: Racer (simulator), a free racing simulator available onlineRacer (snake), the name for several genra of snakesRACER system, a knowledge representation systemRacer (Kennywood), a wooden racing roller coaster at Kennywood Park This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] pa..
Racerback
A racerback is a type of women's swimsuit design common today among competitive swimwear and incorporated into some types of women's clothing. The racerback was first developed in 1928 by the Speedo company to give athlete swimmers greater flexibility and movement. ..
Racer (Kennywood)
The Racer is a wooden roller coaster located at Kennywood Park, in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. It is a racing, moebius loop coaster; only one of three in the world. Contents 1 Beginnings2 Rebirth3 Layout4 External links Beginnings The Kennywood Racer was fi..
Racer (simulator)
Racer (in full: Racer Free Car Simulation) is a free racing simulator that runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Although Racer started out as a driving simulator, it also has features that are usually seen in racing games, such as racing against AI cars, or against human opponents in m..
Racer (snake)
Racer snake can refer to several genera of snakes, encompassing some 27 distinct species: Genus Coluber*Species Coluber bholanathi, - Sharma's Racer.*Species Coluber constrictor, - eastern racers, mostly found in the US.*Species Coluber constrictor priapus, - Southern Black RacerGenus Drymobius, ..
Racer Arena
Racer Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Murray, Kentucky. The arena opened in 1954 and holds 5,500 people. It was home to the Murray State University Racers (men) and Lady Racers (women) basketball teams before they moved to the Regional Special Events Center in 1998; today, it hosts the Lady Racers..
RACER system
The RACER system (Renamed ABox and Concept Expression Reasoner) is a knowledge representation system that implements a highly optimized tableau calculus for a very expressive description logic (DL). It offers reasoning services for multiple TBoxes and ABoxes (as defined in DL). The system implements..
Racer X
Racer X is a U.S. heavy metal band formed in 1985 in Los Angeles, California. The name is both a reference to a character in Speed Racer, and the speed that was an integral part of their music. Virtuoso, neoclassical guitar playing was the main focus of their style. The group was founded by guita..
Races
Races may mean: RaceRacing This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Races, Rescues, and Runaways & Other Thomas Adventures
Races, Rescues and Runaways & Other Thomas Adventures is a VHS released in USA with episodes from the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV series. Narrated by Alec Baldwin. Episodes included Toby and the FloodPut Upon PercyHorrid LorryBye George!Something in the AirOliver's FindMusic Video-Acciden..
Races and species in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
This is a list of races, fauna and flora featured in various incarnations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Contents 1 Races1.1 Betelgeusians1.2 Blagulon Kappans1.3 Dentrassi1.4 Dolphin..
Races in The Belgariad
The world of The Belgariad by David Eddings is populated by a number of humanoid fantasy races. This setting is shared by The Malloreon, Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress. Most of the races are humans of various ethnic backgrounds, mostly grouped into nation states. Some of the specie..
Races in the Elenium
Below is a list of major races in The Elenium, a series of fantasy novels by David Eddings. The same races also appear in the sequel to The Elenium, The Tamuli. redirect [[Template:Listdev]] Contents 1 Elenes2 Styrics3 Zemochs4 Trolls and Ogres Elenes Primary occupants of the ..
Races in the Warcraft universe
This is an alphabetical list with the major and minor races in the Warcraft universe — a fictional universe in which a series of games and books are set. Although some of the races and creatures have been featured in earlier Warcraft games, most make their first appearance in the MMORPG World of ..
Races of Bas-Lag
This is a list of the races of British author China Mieville's created world, Bas-Lag. These races feature in novels including Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council. Contents 1 Human races1.1 Humans1.2 Remade1.3 Thanati1.4 Vampir2 Other major races2.1&nbs..
Races of Final Fantasy
This is a list of the particularly intelligent races found in the Final Fantasy series of games. For a list of Final Fantasy monsters, fiends, and otherwise less intelligent races , see the Final Fantasy bestiary. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details about variou..
Races of The Elder Scrolls
Contents 1 Mer1.1 Aldmer1.2 Altmer1.3 Ayleid1.4 Bosmer1.5 Chimer1.6 Dunmer1.7 Dwemer1.8 Falmer1.9 Maormer1.10 Orsimer2 Human2.1 Breton2.2 Imperial2.3 Nede2.4 Nord2.5 Redguard2.6 Akaviri Men3 Akaviri3.1&n..
Racetam
Racetams are a class of nootropic drugs that share a pyrrolidine nucleus. The racetams are understood to work by activating glutamate receptors that are colocalized with cholinergic receptors, thus increasing the firing of the latter. The racetams consequently increase memory capacity by nearly the ..
Racetickets.com 200
The racetickets.com 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that takes place at California Speedway. Past Winners: 2006 Mark Martin2005 Steve Park2004 Todd Bodine2003 Ted Musgrave2002 Ted Musgrave2001 Ted Musgrave2000 Kurt Busch1999 Jack Sprague1998 Jack Sprague1997 Mike Bliss Previous rac..
RaceTrac
RaceTrac Petroleum is a discount brand of gasoline and chain of convenience stores situated across the United States. The company has the following description of themselves on their website. RaceWay Petroleum is a sub-division of RaceTrac. RaceWay operates a discount brand of gasoline and a chain ..
Racetrack (game)
This page is about the paper and pencil game. For the facility used to conduct races, see Race track. Racetrack is a paper and pencil game of unknown origins, played by two or more players. It is also known under names such as Vector Formula, Vector rally or Vector race, or Graph racers, Paper and..
Racetrack Playa
Satellite image of Racetrack Playa. The Last Chance range is on the left, Cottonwood Mountains to the right of the light-colored playa surface. Racetrack Playa is a seasonally dry lake (a playa) located in the northern part of the Panamint Mountains in Death Valley National Park, California, U...
Racetraitor
Racetraitor (1995-1999) was an explosively political metalcore band from Chicago, Illinois who managed to get on the covers of both Maximum Rock N' Roll and Heartattack before releasing a note of music. Known for calling audience members "crackers" and for espousing radical beliefs influenced by bla..
Raceway
Raceway may refer to: Race track, a purpose-built facility for the conducting of racesAn enclosed channel holding electrical wiringRaceway is also a brand of gasoline sold by RaceTracThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an r..
Raceway pond
A raceway pond is a long, relatively shallow open-pond made up of channels that wind around, sometimes in the pattern of an automotive raceway, though many ponds look like a very simple maze if looked at from above. Raceway ponds use paddle wheels to agitate the water and give it a direction of flo..
Racey
Racey was a British pop group formed in 1976 by singer Phil Fursdon and Clive Wilson. The group was formerly known as 'Alive 'n' Kickin'". Racey scored a series of hit singles in Britain, Australia and New Zealand including Lay Your Love On Me and Some Girls. Their Smash and Grab album sold about ..
RACE (automobile association)
The Real Automóvil Club de España (RACE) is the Spanish equivialent of the American Automobile Association(AAA) in the United States of America or the Automobile Association (AA) in the United Kingdom. The club was formed in 1903 to provide roadside service to drivers in Spain. Along ..
RACE (biology)
This article is about the molecular biology technique, for alternate meanings, see RACE RACE, 5' RACE or Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends, is a molecular biology technique used to amplify the 5' ends of cDNA by a special PCR reaction. In particular, it is used to clone 5' UTR fragments of specific c..
Race (biology)
In biology, a race is any inbreeding group, including taxonomic subgroups such as subspecies, taxonomically subordinate to a species and superordinate to a subrace and marked by a peculiar profile of latent factors of hereditary traits. Examples of race include: The key lime and the Mexican lime, ..
RACE (container)
Railways of Australia Container Express or RACE is a slightly wider version of the standard ISO shipping container able to take 2 Australia Standard Pallets side by side. ..
Race (disambiguation)
Race may refer to one of the following: Classification* Race, a population of humans distinguished from other populations.* Race (historical definitions), historical definitions of grouping of humans.* Race (biology) deals with race as a general biological classification.* Race (fantasy) deals with..
RACE (Europe)
This article is about European research program, for alternate meanings, see RACE RACE or Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe, a program launched in 1988 by the Commission of the European Communities to pave the way for Integrated Broadband Communications in Eu..
Race (fantasy)
Fantasy [edit] Fantasy media Fantastic artFantasy artFantasy authorsFantasy comicsFantasy fiction magazinesFantasy filmsFantasy literatureFantasy operasFantasy televisionGenre studies History of fantasyFantasy subgenresFantastiqueFantasy themes* Quests & ArtifactsFantasy racesFantasy ..
Race (historical definitions)
Map of skin-color distribution for "native populations" collected by Renato Biasutti prior to 1940. The pigmentation is graded in the "von Luschan scale". The definition of race, before the development of evolutionary biology, was that of common lineage—a vague concept interchangeable ..
Race (United States Census)
Snapshot: Race in the U.S. Census The 7th federal census, in 1850, asked for Color[link] and gave the choices: whiteblackmulatto The 10th federal census, in 1880, asked for Color[link] and gave the choices: whiteblackmulattoChineseIndian The 22nd federal census, in 2000, had ..
Race (VTA)
Race is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The station consists of a single platform with a single trackway. Trains from both directions arrive on the same track. Race is served by the Mountain View-Winchester light rail line. Contents 1 ..
Race - Spin-out - Cryptogram (Videopac game)
Cover of manual This is cartridge number 1 in the official Magnavox/Philips line of games for the Philips Videopac. It contains three games: Race, Spin-out, and Cryptogram. It is also called in other countries Speedway/Spin-out/Cryptologic. Race Race is a fairly simple game where you control a..
Race Across America
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Race Against Hate
The Race Against Hate is a 5,000 Meter Race/Run/Walk held annually by the Ricky Byrdsong Foundation in order to raise money for its continuing operations as well as raise awareness for the foundation. Recent years have included celebrities such as Diann Burns and Benny the Bull. The event has grown..
Race and crime
As of 2001, the chances of going to prison in percentages for various demographic groups An observed correlation between race and crime has been noted in a number of countries. This has prompted controversy regarding the possible causes and social effects, and regarding which actions sho..
Race and Economics
Race and Economics is a book by Thomas Sowell that analyzes the relationship between race and wealth in the United States, specifically, that of blacks. He makes three basic arguments. First, he examines the economic impact of slavery, in the United States, the West Indies, and elsewhere. He disti..
Race and intelligence
2005}} has reviewed the results of both achievement and IQ tests and finds reason to believe that the Black-White gap in g may have shrunk from 1.2 sd to 1 sd. Race and intelligence is a controversial area of intelligence research studying the nature, origins, and practical consequences of ..
Race and intelligence (Accusations of bias)
Race and intelligence Public controversy | Media portrayal | Utility of research | Accusations of bias Average test score gaps among races | Culture only or partially genetic explanation? | References ..
Race and intelligence (Average gaps among races)
Approximate cumulative IQ distributions in the U.S. based on Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IQs for Whites (mean = 101.4, SD = 14.7) and Blacks (mean = 86.9, SD = 13.0) from (Reynolds, Chastain, Kaufman, & McLean, 1987, p. 330); distributions for Hispanics (mean = 91) and Asians (mean = 106) ..
Race and intelligence (Culture-only or partially-genetic explanation)
. Speculations about innate differences in intelligence between ethnic groups have occurred throughout history. Aristotle in the 4th century B.C. and Cicero in the 1rst. century B.C. disparaged the intelligence of the northern Europeans of the time, as did the Moors in Iberia in the 11th century...
Race and intelligence (Media portrayal)
Some researchers argue media coverage of intelligence-related research is often inaccurate and misleading. Snyderman and Rothman (who don't conduct research related to race and intelligence) conducted a study of this phenomenon in 1988, drawing from their 1987 survey of expert opinion of intelli..
Race and intelligence (Public controversy)
The Mismeasure of ManThe Bell Curve Points made by supporters and opponents Points made by supporters IQ differences among individuals of the same race reflect (1) real, (2) functionally/socially significant, and (3) substantially genetic differences in the general intelligence factor. A consens..
Race and intelligence (References)
Full bibliography for the race and intelligence article series: Race and intelligence Public controversy | Media portrayal | Utility of research | Accusations of bias Average test score gaps among races | Culture only or partially genetic explanation? | References A Akey JM, Eberle MA..
Race and intelligence (Utility of research)
The position that what is good bears on inquiries into what is has been criticized by Harvard University microbiologist Bernard Davis as the "moralistic fallacy", an implied converse of the naturalistic fallacy, see Davis 1978. Some researchers in the field of race and intelligence argue that s..
Race and multilocus allele clusters
Racial distinctions are generally made on the basis of skin color, facial features, inferred ancestry, national origin and self-identification. Ongoing debate exists over the merit of the concept of 'race', especially from the perspective of genetics. Many scientists argue that common racial clas..
Race and Slavery in the Middle East
right Race and Slavery in the Middle East: an Historical Enquiry is a 1990 book written by the British historian Bernard Lewis. The book details the Islamic history of slavery in the Middle East from its earliest incarnations until its abolition in the various countries of the region. Thou..
Race Around the World
Race Around the World was an Australian documentary series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1997 and 1998. It was based on a Canadian television series. Both seasons were hosted by Richard Fidler, a former member of the Doug Anthony All Stars comedy group. Contents 1 P..
Race baiter
Race baiter is a derogatory term applied to an individual who "plays the race card" by claiming that everything negative that happens to them or other members of their respective racial group is the direct result of oppressive racism. This term generally has very negative connotations in that it of..
Race baiting
Race baiting is the act of using racially derisive language, actions or other forms of communication to anger or intimidate a person or groups of people, or to make those persons behave in ways that are inimical to their personal or group interests. The term race in this context can be construed ve..
Race Bannon (disambiguation)
Race Bannon is a cartoon character in the animated series "Jonny Quest." Race Bannon may also refer to: David "Race" Bannon, a pseudonym for a fradulent Interpol agent arrested for criminal impersonation and other charges.This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles ..
Race card
Playing the race card is an idiomatic phrase, referring to an allegation raised against a person who, the accuser feels, has unnecessarily brought the issue of race or racism into a debate so as to obfuscate the matter. It is a metaphorical reference to card games in which a trump card may be used t..
Race Car Patrol
The Race Car Patrol are a team of four Autobot Micromasters in the Transformers Universes released in 1989. They are the most well known team in the U.S. for appearing in the Marvel comics, they are quite known in Japan as they appeared in the Transformers Zone TV series. Contents 1 Generat..
Race Committee
A Race Committee is responsible for organizing and running a sailboat regatta. The responsibilities of this committee include informing participants, ensuring the venue is set up and ready, holding a Skippers' Meeting (usually on the morning of the first day of racing), running the actual race, and..
Race Differences in Intelligence
This page is about a book. For general discussion see Race and intelligence. Race Differences in Intelligence: An Evolutionary Analysis is a 2006 book by Richard Lynn representing the largest collection and review of the global cognitive ability data, by nine global regions,Lynn derives these gr..
Race Face
Race Face Performance Products is a mountain bike component manufacturer. Their primary markets are XC and Downhill riding. Products Cranksets: Deus, Atlas, Diabolus, Evolve XC and Evolve DH.Stems: Deus, Diabolus, Evolve XC and Evolve DH.Seatposts: Next, Atlas, Diabolus and Evolve.Headsets: Deus an..
Race for Life
Race for Life is a fundraising event that has been held annually since 1994. Race for Life is a race in which only women take part. The money raised by participants goes toward Cancer Research UK, the major supporter of breast cancer research in the UK. There are many individual events all across..
Race for the Cure
Race for the Cure is a series of road races run to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and to raise awareness about breast cancer. Started by Nancy Brinker in 1983 in Dallas, Texas, the race has grown into the largest series of road races around the world. As of 2002, there were..
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
Promotional poster for Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown is a 1977 animated film produced by United Feature Syndicate for Paramount Pictures, directed by Bill Melendez and Phil Roman, and based on the Peanuts comic strip. Voice cast Duncan Watson - Charlie Br..
Race Game
This article is about the paper and pencil game. For the game played on The Price Is Right, please see Race Game (The Price is Right pricing game). Race Game is a pencil and paper game, involving the pencil flick action. The game On a sheet of paper (e.g. A4 size) draw the outline of a circle. I..
Race Game (pricing game)
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Race Game is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. It is played for four pri..
Race hazard
A race hazard or race condition is a flaw in a system or process whereby the output of the process is unexpectedly and critically dependent on the sequence or timing of other events. The term originates with the idea of two signals racing each other to influence the output first. Race hazards can..
Race impersonation
Race impersonation is the act of wearing clothing and/or appropriating a particular race/ethnic group commonly associated with minorities within a particular society. ..
Race in biomedicine
contradict itself.Please see the discussion on the [talk page]. The role of race in biomedicine is actively debated among biomedical researchers. Several questions are considered: can the concept of "race" be considered valid?When should race be taken into account when studying ..
Race In The City
Race In The City pits teams of two against each other in a fun checkpoint-based tour of Toronto. At the start of the race teams are given a clue to reach the first checkpoint, as well as a question to answer or a challenge to complete once they get there. When they reach the checkpoint and answer th..
Race movie
The race movie or race film was a cinematic genre which existed in the United States between about 1915 and 1945. It consisted of films produced for an all-black audience, featuring black casts. In all, approximately five hundred race films were produced. Of these, fewer than one hundred remain...
Race of a Thousand Camels
Race of a Thousand Camels is an album by bĂ´a, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). During the release of this album, the band had six members (Alex Caird, Ben Henderson, Jasmine Rodgers, Steve Rodgers, Lee Sullivan and Paul Turrell). The third track, Duvet, became popular after being used as th..
Race of Champions
The Race of Champions is an international motorsport event held at the end of each year, featuring national teams consisting of racing and rally drivers. The race was organized in 1988 by Michèle Mouton and Fredrik Johnson. Every year has featured an individual champion, and many have featured oth..
Race of Champions (Brands Hatch)
, '' The Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One motor race held at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, United Kingdom between 1967 and 1983. It often attracted high quality entries from the Formula One World Championship. The first race was won by Dan Gurney. The last running of the even..
Race of Jesus
A of articles on Jesus and Christianity Christology Chronology Miracles Names and titles Parables Relics Non-religious aspects Background Historicity Language Race Perspectives on Jesus Christian views New Testament Jesus Seminar Historical Jesus Jewish view Islamic view Religious views ..
Race of Stars
Race of Stars is a kart race with celebrities on a street circuit located in the Historic Center of the city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. The race is organised by the Formula Smiles Foundation as a fundraising event. Pilots of world-wide motoring such as Formula One, CART, IRL and Formula 3000 ..
Race of the Century
The Race of the Century was the name given to the encounter between Waverley Star and Bonecrusher in the W S Cox Plate of 1986. The two horses cleared the rest of the field, and each put its nose in front. Bonecrusher prevailed by a neck. The Cox Plate of 1986 is one of the most replayed versions ..
Race queen
Race Queens Ayu Suzuki (L), Machi Shirakawa, Kaori Wakana, and Miho Takagi of the Japanese racing outfit Bandoh Racing. A race queen is a Japanese term for a type of promotional model found as part of a pit crew in certain kinds of motor racing, such as F1 races. The first usage of promotion..
Race relations
Race relations is the area of sociology that studies the social, political, and economic relations between races at all different levels of society. This area encompasses the study of racism, and of complex political interactions between members of different groups. ..
Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints
This article is about the third edition of Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints; for the first edition see [[Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints (1996)|Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints (1996)]]; for the second edition see [[Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints (2001)|Race Relations: Opposing Viewpo..
Race Replica
A Race Replica is a street motorcycle available to the public that mirrors in style and to a lesser extent performance the motorcycles raced on the track. Some "Race Reps" go so far as to be offered with sponsor decals. Sometimes signified by a suffix RR in the name. IE Honda CBR900RR. ..
Race riot
A race riot or racial riot is an outbreak of violent civil unrest in which race is a key factor. Such riots often reflect anger among racial minority groups that are regarded as socio-economically deprived, and often such anger is directed at law enforcement agencies who are perceived to unfairly ta..
Race Riot
''This article is about the animated movie. For other meanings see race riot. Race Riot is a 1929 animated short subject, featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The short concerns Oswald trying to convince his horse, Mopey, to run in a horse race and win it. The cartoon is noted for being the first e..
Race Rocks Lighthouse
Race Rocks lighthouse is in British Columbia, Canada, located at [48°18′N 123°32′W]. It is 16 km (10 miles) SW of Victoria and is at the south tip of Vancouver Island. The lighthouse is run by Lester B. Pearson College. It was first activated on Boxing Day in 1860. ..
Race Rocks Marine Protected Area
The Race Rocks Marine Protected Area is an ecological marine reserve in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Started in 1978 as a marine science project by the students of Lester B. Pearson College under the supervision and guidance of their teachers, Garry Fletcher and Marks McAvity, it has now become a Can..
Race Rock Light
Race Rock Light is a lighthouse on Race Rock Reef, southwest of Fishers Island, New York. The reef is a dangerous set of rocks off the coast of Fishers Island on Long Island Sound and was the site of many shipwrecks. Race Rock Light was built between 1871 and 1878. Designed by Francis Hopkinson ..
Race science
Race science and racial science are phrases that refer to the scientific study of race from a biological, sociobiological, or evolutionary perspective. Such study is often controversial, and in contemporary usage, the phrases are generally only used by critics, often accusing such research of scien..
Race the fray
Race The Fray are an Australian independent four-piece rock band that have a pro-creative style that is all their own. Known locally as The Fray, word of mouth was a great ally for this independent band during their early days. Now, the band has toured Australia and has quickly built a loyal follo..
Race the Sun
Race the Sun is a 1996 dramedic movie, mainly starring Halle Berry and James Belushi. It is loosely and imprecisely based on the true story of the 1990 Konawaena High School Solar Car Team which finished 18th in the World Solar Challenge, besting numerous corporate and university teams, and becomi..
Race to Berlin
The Race to Berlin refers to the competition of Allied generals during the final months of World War II to enter Berlin first. Soviet general Georgy Zhukov was the general to have soldiers in Berlin first. General Dwight Eisenhower was unable to reach Berlin first, due to the failure of Operation ..
Race to G-Phoria
Race to G-Phoria is an annual program on the G4 television network. It follows the scripted (green screen produced) road trip. Whatever team of G4 hosts arrive at the G-Phoria award show first will host the show. The special began in 2005. 2005 teams: Adam Sessler of X-Play and Carlton "Big C" Lewi..
Race to Space
Race to Space (2002) is an American family/drama film. Tagline: Together they surprised America and made history. Plot The film takes place during the 1960's space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Dr. Wilhelm von Huber (James Wood), a top NASA scientist, relocates to Cape Can..
Race to the bottom
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Race to the courthouse
"Race to the courthouse" is an informal name given to a form of "forum shopping" where both parties are allowed to file a lawsuit in a favorable court. See also Declaratory judgmentPeanut butter and jelly sandwich (an example of "race to the courthouse" of patent litigation) ..
Race to the North
The Race to the North is the name given to two summers in the late 19th century when British passenger trains belonging to different companies would literally race each other from London to Scotland. The first Race to the North was between day trains from London to Edinburgh in 1888, and the second..
Race to the Right
Race to the Right is a radio show on KYCR AM 1570 (Patriot II--Eagan, MN) The show started in September 2004 with funding from Collegians For A Constructive Tomorrow (University of Minnesota's chapter of CFACT), Students for Family Values and Getouttatownonline.com, and ran every other Sunday for 9..
Race to the Sea
This article is about World War One trench warfare. For the American Civil War campaign, see Sherman's March to the Sea Course of the "Race to the Sea" showing dates of encounters and highlighting the significant battles. The "End of the Line": the Western Front reaches the sea near Nieuwpo..
Race to the top
The phrase race to the top was coined in response to "race to the bottom", a phrase current in anti-globalization circles. It is a process by which competition leads to the progressive improvement of goods and services provided to consumers. One example of the "race to the top" is the success of th..
Race track
Horseracing track, Happy Valley Racecourse of The Hong Kong Jockey Club About the paper and pencil game, see Racetrack. A race track (or 'racetrack'), is a purpose-built facility for the conducting of races. This racing can be of animals (eg. horseracing or greyhound racing), human-operated ..
Race traitor
Race traitor is a derogatory term which is used by racists and/or activists (of any race) for those who are members of their own race, but who don't share their views, or who work (or are perceived as working) against the vested interests of their race, or who have intimate relationships with member..
Race Traitor (publication)
Race Traitor is also a quarterly journal founded in 1992 by John Garvey and Noel Ignatiev. Its stated mission is "to serve as an intellectual center for those seeking to abolish the white race." The journal and its community of activists act in close (if sometimes contentious) relation with the fiel..
Race walking
Men's 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. The man on the far right is illegally "lifting". Race walking, sometimes referred to as speedwalking, is a special long-distance race event in athletics in which the participants must walk. It is distingu..
Race war
The term Race war is a slang term, referring to developing hostilities between ethnic groups divided on the basis of race. The term may refer to specific violent acts or to general overt or covert hostilities between ethnic groups; compare ethnic warfare. White Racialism The concept of a 'race war..
Race War Kingdoms
Race War Kingdoms (RWK) is a web browser-based massively multiplayer online game. Contents 1 Overview2 Gameplay2.1 Leveling2.2 Classes2.3 Kingdoms2.4 Beasts3 Character Upgrades4 Acumen Inquest5 Related Links Overview RWK in its current form has exist..
Race Wong
Race Wong (黃婉伶, Wong Yuen-Ling) was born on September 7 1982 in Malaysia and is now a Singapore permanent resident. Wong is a member of a Hong Kong-based pop music group 2R alongside her sister Rosanne Wong. Profile Name: Race Wong Yuen-Ling (黃婉伶)Date of Birth: September 7 1982Height: 1..
Race X
Race X is a hostile alien race featured in the computer game series Half-Life by Valve Software. They appear only in the [[Half-Life: Opposing Force|Opposing Force]] expansion pack, and very little is revealed about them. Race X aliens appear late in the timeline of Half-Life, a few hours before Gor..
Racha
Racha (Ratcha is a more correct spelling) (Georgian: რაჭა, Rača) is a historic province in Georgia, in the mountainous northwestern part of the country. Comprising the present-day districts of Oni and Ambrolauri, it is included in the region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti. It is bord..
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti is a region in northwestern Georgia which includes the historical provinces of Racha, Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti (i.e., Lower Svaneti). It covers an area of 4,954 km² and has a population of 50,969 (2002 census). It is the most sparsely populated region in the cou..
Rachad Chitou
Rachad Chitou is a Beninese football player who, as of 2004 was playing for Dragons de l'OuĂŠmĂŠ. He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to qualify for the next round. ..
Rachael (disambiguation)
Rachael (pronounced RAY-chel) is a given name for a female. It originated from the Hebrew name רָחֵל. Biblical characters Rachael, also spelled Rachel, mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible People with the name Rachael Ana Voog, born Rachael Olson, an American singer-songwrit..
Rachael Beck
Rachael Beck is an Australian stage and television actress. She was born 9 February, 1971 in Sydney, New South Wales. Beck's best known role is that of Martin Kelly's niece Sam on the popular sitcom Hey Dad...!. She has also starred in the Australian stage productions of The Sound of Music (taking ..
Rachael Bella
Rachael Bella Rachael Bella born (March 13, 1984) is an up and coming actress probably best known for her role as Becca Kotler in the movie The Ring. She has also appeared in other various movies and television shows, such as [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]], and Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Rachael Flatt
Rachael Flatt (July 21 1992 in San Diego, USA), is a young American figure skater, starting in Ladies category. She's been living and practicing in Colorado Springs, grew up in Del Mar, California, and represents the Broadmoor Skating Club. Her coaches are Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin, Becky Bradley..
Rachael Grinham
Rachael Grinham (born 22 January 1977, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia) is a professional squash player from Australia. She won the British Open in 2003 and 2004, and was runner-up at the World Open in 2005. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in 2004. Rachael's younger sister Natalie Grinham i..
Rachael Harris
Rachael Harris on The Daily Show Rachael Elaine Harris (born 1968 in Worthington, Ohio) is an American actress and comedian. She graduated from Worthington High School and went on to graduate from Otterbein College, majoring in theater. She has also performed with the Los Angeles improv troupe..
Rachael Henley
[[Image: Rachaelhenley.jpg|right|thumb|245px|Rachael Henley as Lucy Pevensie in [[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]].]] Rachael Henley is a British actress, who was born in England in 1988 to Mike and Helen Henley. Rachael was broug..
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint MBE (born 11 June 1939, in Wolverhampton) is probably the best known female cricketer in England. She was a member of the English women's cricket team from 1960 to 1982. She was captain of England from 1966 to 1978, and was unbeaten in six Test series. She was captain when Engla..
Rachael Lampa
Cover of 2006 album Blessed: The Best of Rachael Lampa. Rachael Maureen Lampa is a female American singer, born January 8, 1985 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was discovered at a Christian seminar at 14. Contents 1 Childhood2 Album Backgrounds3 Trivia4 External links Chil..
Rachael Leigh Cook
Cook on the cover of FHM Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress. She came to fame after her role in the 1999 teen romantic comedy, She's All That, and has since mostly appeared in lower-profile films. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Career1.3&n..
Rachael Lillis
Rachael Lillis is an American actress and voice actress. She was born in Niagara Falls, New York on July 8 1978. She has an extensive rĂŠsumĂŠ of voice work but is most known for her work as Utena in the series Revolutionary Girl Utena. Rachael Lillis also has many voice roles in the PokĂŠmon serie..
Rachael MacFarlane
Rachael MacFarlane (born March 21, 1976) is an American voice actress and sister of Seth MacFarlane, creator and star of the Fox Network animated series, Family Guy and American Dad!. Rachael was born in Kent, Connecticut. Among her best known voice roles are: Mindy and Eris the Goddess of Discord..
Rachael Ray
Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968 on Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an Emmy-winning television personality and author who hosts at least four different programs on cable television's Food Network: 30 Minute Meals, $40 a Day, Inside Dish, and Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels. She has authored a ser..
Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels
Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels is a television show based on cook Rachael Ray (30 Minute Meals) and her travels around the world (somewhat similar to her 2002 Food Network show, $40 a Day). You see her tasting different types of food the world has to offer. The show airs on the Food Network. Her fourt..
Rachael Ray (TV series)
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Rachael Sage
Rachael Sage is an American songwriter. She was born in New York City and studied drama and ballet, before switching to music. She has released seven albums, as of April 2006, on her own label, MPress Records, and regularly tours both North America and Europe. She has opened for and toured with a ..
Rachael Scdoris
Rachael Scdoris (born February 1, 1985 in Bend, Oregon) is an American dog musher and cross country runner who became the first legally blind person to compete in the 1,049+ mile (1,600 km) Iditarod dog sled race across the U.S. state of Alaska. Scdoris was born with congenital achromatopsia, an un..
Rachael Stirling
Stirling as the vicar's wife in the 2004 TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Vicarage Rachael Atalanta Stirling (born May 30, 1977 in London) is a British actress best known for her performance as Nancy Astley in the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet and also for being the daughter..
Rachael Taylor
Rachael Taylor (born July 11, 1984) is an Australian actress. Having appeared in a number of United States productions - such as telemovies about Natalie Wood and the making of Dynasty (where she played Catherine Oxenberg), and the horror movies Man-Thing and See No Evil - she played Sasha Forbes..
Rachael wooding
Rachael Wooding is an actress who frequents the West End and touring musical theatre scene. Born 27th September 1978, Wooding grew up in near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. She has performed in many shows including Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany), Cats (also in Germany), Fame (Aldwych Theatre, ..
Rachael Worby
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Rachael Yamagata
Rachael Yamagata Rachael Yamagata (born September 23 1978) is a singer-songwriter. She plays piano and has a dark, smokey alto, garnering frequent comparisons to Fiona Apple. Contents 1 Biography2 College-hopping3 Bumpus and solo career4 ''Happenstance''5 Discograp..
Rachael Yamagata Ep
EP is a 2003 Album by Rachael Yamagata released by BMG. All songs and Lyrics were written by her except These Girls which was also written by Chris Holmes. The Ep is produced by Malcom Burn except the song Collide which is produced by Doug Mcbride Tacklist Collide (appeared also on Steroscope by Bu..
Rachakonda
Rajaconda's is a fort in India. Its history dates back to the 14th century A.D., when it was constructed by Singama Nayak, the founder of a new clan of kings (previously serving the Kakatiya rulers as military commanders since the 2nd century A.D) and governing the territory of Rajaconda. The kings..
Rachana
Rachana is a common hindu name meaning "creation". Can also be spelt Rachna. Originated from Sanskrit. ..
Rachel
For alternate uses, see Rachel (disambiguation) or Rachael (disambiguation) Rachel (Hebrew: , Russian: , also spelled Rachael) "Ewe," also "innocence and gentility of a rose" and may mean "lovely". Standard Hebrew Raḥel, Tiberian Hebrew Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl) is the sec..
Rachel's
Rachel's is an American post-rock group formed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1991 by guitarist Jason Noble, violist Christian Frederickson, and pianist Rachel Grimes. The group's work is strongly influenced by classical music, particularly that of the Romantic period, and its instrumentation reflects th..
Rachel's Tomb
--> Rachel's Tomb is a holy site of high significance to Judaism and is located in Northern Judea (Southern West Bank) just outside of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo at the northern entrance to Bethlehem along what was once the Biblical Bethlehem-Ephrath road. The town of Bethlehem had expanded..
Rachel, Nevada
Rachel is an unincorporated portion of Lincoln County, Nevada. As the closest habitation to the Nellis Air Force Range and Area 51, Rachel enjoys a modest celebrity, particularly among aviation enthusiasts and UFO hunters. The town lies approxomately three hours drive north of Las Vegas along Neva..
Rachel, Rachel
Rachel, Rachel is a 1968 film which tells the story of a repressed school teacher, living with her mother, who suddenly gets a man in her life. It stars Joanne Woodward, James Olson, Kate Harrington, Estelle Parsons, Donald Moffat, Terry Kiser, Bernard Barrow and Geraldine Fitzgerald. The movie wa..
Rachelim
Rachelim (Hebrew: ) is an Israeli settlement east of Ariel in the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council on the Samarian part of the West Bank. It is situated on Road 60, between Kfar Tapuach and Eli (town). The yishuv also lies adjacent to the Palestinian towns of Yatma and Kabalan. About 35 ..
Rachelle Ann Go
Rachelle Ann Go (born August 31, 1986) is a Filipina singer and model. She rose to prominence after winning the second season of the reality show Star For A Night renamed as Search For A Star, hosted by music superstar Regine Velasquez. She has since gone to have established a very successful record..
Rachelle Boone-Smith
Rachelle Boone-Smith (born June 30, 1981) is an American sprint athlete. She won the 200 metres silver medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. Prior to the 2005 World Championships she had competed only in one international major event, namely the 2004 World Indoor Championships where ..
Rachelle Ferrell
Rachelle Ferrell (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and musician, renowned for her six and a half octave vocal range. Although she has had some success in the mainstream R&B, pop, gospel, and classical music scene, she is most noted for her talents as a contemporary jazz sing..
Rachelle Waterman
Rachelle Ann Monica Waterman, aka smchyrocky, (born August 26, 1988) is a teenage girl from Craig, Alaska who was charged with the first degree murder of her mother - though her trial resulted in a hung jury 10-2 in favour of acquittal, and a mistrial was subsequently declared. The case received a ..
Racheltjie de Beer
Rachel de Beer (1831 - 1843) (sometimes known by the diminutive form, Racheltjie) is an Afrikaner heroine, who offered up her life at the age of 12 in order to save that of her brother. In the winter months of 1843 Rachel was part of a trek from the Orange Free State to the south-eastern Transvaal...
Rachel (actress)
Portrait of Mlle Rachel by William Etty, 1840s Elisabeth Rachel Félix, better known only as Rachel, was a theatre actor. She was born on 21 February 1821 in Mumpf, Aargau, Switzerland, and died on 3 January 1858 in Le Cannet. Born Élisa Félix in Mumpf, Aargau, Switzerland, the daughter of ..
Rachel (Animorphs)
Rachel is a fictional character from the sci-fi book series Animorphs. Her last name is never explicitly mentioned in the books, but her relation to her cousin Jake makes it possible if not probable that it is Berenson, like his. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details..
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Rachel (Nuklear Age)
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Rachel (Sword of Truth)
Rachel is a fictional character in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. Description Rachel is a young girl and was a playmate of Princess Violet, the daughter of Queen Milena of Tamarang. She had short hair (like most non-royalty in the Midlands), which was cut jagged while she lived in th..
Rachel Adler
Dr. Rachel Adler is Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Judaism and Gender at the School of Religion, University of Southern California and the Hebrew Union College Rabbinical School at the Los Angeles campus. Dr. Adler was one of the first theologians to integrate feminist perspecti..
Rachel Alejandro
Rachel Alejandro is a Filipino singer and actress. Biography Rachel Alejandro first entered the world of showbiz at the age of 12, when she was a host on the popular TV show "That's Entertainment." At 15, following her successful TV stint, Rachel recorded her first album, Just A Minute, for Alpha R..
Rachel Ames
Rachel Ames, at right, with co-star John Beradino, in a still from General Hospital. Rachel Ames (born November 2, 1929 in Portland, Oregon) is an American actor. As of summer 2006, she has the distinction of being the longest-running performer on American Broadcasting Company's longest-runni..
Rachel and the Stranger
Rachel and the Stranger was a black-and-white 1948 western film starring Loretta Young, William Holden, and Robert Mitchum. The Norman Foster-helmed film was one of the few to address the role of women in the pioneer west, as well as portray early America's indentured servant trade. Despite its lo..
Rachel Annand Taylor
Scottish poet, 1876-1960, born in Aberdeen. Today little known, she was admired by Richard Aldington and D. H. Lawrence. She was included in Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse, 1917. Works Poems (1904)Rose and Vine (1908)The House of Fiametta (1909)Aspects of the Itali..
Rachel Aziani
Rachel Aziani (born November 21 1968) is an American amateur porn star known for her large breasts. She has posed for both softcore and hardcore pictorials and videos on her own web site and many others. Aziani's husband "Buzz" is her only male costar. Buzz originally photographed female models f..
Rachel B. Noel
About Rachel B. Noel Rachel Bassette Noel was born on January 15, 1918 in Hampton, Virginia. Mrs. Noel's parents were both college graduates. Her father, A.W.E. Bassette, Jr., was a lawyer. Her parents instilled in her the importance and value of a good education. Mrs. Noel graduated with a bachelo..
Rachel Barr
Rachel Barr, Ph.D. is on the faculty of Georgetown University. In 2005, Barr became part of the Sesame Beginnings Advisory Board, which included other "national child development and media experts".↑  Education includes a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, Diploma in Clinical Psychology, and..
Rachel Barrett
Rachel Barrett is a fictional character on NBC's daytime drama Passions. Rachel has been played by Sharon Wyatt from December 30th, 2005 and will leave the soap after only seven months. Contents 1 Character History2 Family2.1 Siblings2.2 Nephews & Nieces2.3 Other Relative..
Rachel Beer
Rachel Beer (1858-1927), granddaughter of David Sassoon, was editor of The Observer (1890-1904) and owner-editor of The Sunday Times (1893-1904). She was the first female editor of a national newspaper and the only editor of two national newspapers simultaneously. She was an inhabitant of Royal Tun..
Rachel Bell
Rachel Bell is a British actress with a series of television credits to her name. She has been associated as a long-running character with three series: Margaret Holmes in Grange Hill (1997-2002); Edith Pilchester in The Darling Buds of May (1991-1993); and Louise, the overbearing chair of the div..
Rachel Bevan
Rachel Bevan is a Northern Ireland architect. She is a member of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects, and serves on its Council as Sustainability Convenor. She is the wife of Tom Woolley, Professor in Architecture at the Queen's University of Belfast and member of the Architects Registration Boa..
Rachel Bilson
Rachel Bilson Rachel Sarah Bilson (born August 25, 1981)RachelBilson.com and Bilson's State of California birth certificate confirm her full name as "Rachel Sarah Bilson" and her birth date as August 25th is an American actress. After making her screen debut in several 2003 television programs..
Rachel Blake
"Rachel Blake" is a fictional character featured in the ABC web-based alternate reality game The Lost Experience, also known by the hacker alias "Persephone". History On May 2nd 2006 the Hanso Foundation website (www.thehansofoundation.org) fell under attack from a hacker known only as "Persephon..
Rachel Blanchard
Rachel Blanchard playing Nancy in Peep Show Rachel Louise Blanchard (born March 19, 1976 in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian actress. Her career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial, and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian childrens show The Kids of Degrassi Street. Blanchard i..
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941), American poet and essayist, is known as a feminist critic and scholar with a special interest in modernist and contemporary poetry. DuPlessis teaches English and Creative Writing at Temple University and is the author of Writing Beyond the Ending: Narrative Stra..
Rachel Blumberg
Rachel Blumberg is a Portland, Oregon native, and luminary of many locally based indie pop bands, including Boycrazy, Norfolk & Western, The Minders (briefly), M Ward and The Decemberists, as well as making many contributions to Portland's indie pop scene - for example, she created the first post on..
Rachel Bluwstein
Rachel Bluwstein Sela (alternatively: Rahel Blubstein) (September 20, 1890 - April 16, 1931) was a Hebrew lyric poet of the Zionist settlement years, generally referred to by her pseudonym, Rachel or Rachel the poet (Hebrew: רחל המשוררת). Contents 1 Biography2 Poetry3 ..
Rachel Bolan
Rachel Bolan (born February 9, 1966) was born James Southworth. He is the bass player of New Jersey metal band, Skid Row. He founded the band in 1986 with guitarist Dave "The Snake" Sabo. Rachel has appeared as a vocalist on two of KISS guitarist Ace Frehley's solo albums, and also formed Prunella S..
Rachel Boston
Boston on Brides magazine. Rachel Boston (born May 9, 1982 in Signal Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tennessee) won the title of Miss Tennessee Teen USA in 1999, and competed in the Miss Teen USA Pageant, advancing into the top 10. Rachel recently starred in the NBC series American Dreams, which ..
Rachel Bubar Kelly
Rachel Bubar Kelly (November 22, 1922 — January 14, 2002) was the Prohibition Party candidate for United States Vice President in the 1996 presidential election as the running mate of Earl F. Dodge. Dodge had in the past been the running mate of her brother Ben Bubar. Kelly was a graduate of Col..
Rachel Caine
Rachel Caine is a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror novels. Conrad also publishes media tie-in novels as Julie Fortune. Published works The Weather Warden series# Ill Wind (2003, ISBN 0451459520)# Heat Stroke (2004,..
Rachel Campbell-Johnston
Rachel Campbell-Johnston is the The Times newspaper's chief art critic, and has held this position since 1995. ..
Rachel Carruthers
Rachel Carruthers (c. 1970-1989) is a fictional character featured in the films [[Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers]] (1988), [[Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers]] (1989), both of which are sequels to what is probably the most influential slasher film, John Carpenter's Halloween (1..
Rachel Carson
Carson's Government Photo (1940s) Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-born zoologist and marine biologist whose landmark book, Silent Spring, is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement. Silent Spring had an im..
Rachel Carson Bridge
Rachel Carson Bridge is the official name of the Ninth Street Bridge over the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Named for the naturalist Rachel Carson, a Pittsburgh native, it is one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters, the others being the Roberto Clemente Brid..
Rachel Carson Homestead
Rachel Carson Homestead is a National Register of Historic Places building in Springdale, Pennsylvania, 18 miles northeast of Pittsburgh along the Allegheny River. It is a five-room farmhouse which was the birthplace and childhood home of Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book Silent Spring launched the m..
Rachel Carson Middle School
Rachel Carson Middle School is a middle school in Herndon, Virginia. The school is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. It is named after the ecologist Rachel Carson. It is has been a School To Watch in Virginia for many years. It opened in the 1998-1999 school year. Students attend either Westfi..
Rachel Carter
Rachel Carter is a theater director in the Oklahoma City drama scene. She has recently accepted the position of Associate Artistic Director for the Oklahoma City Theatre Company. Her directorial efforts have won awards and garnered critical acclaim. Carter was born in Searcy, AR in the mid 1970s..
Rachel Chagall
Rachel Chagall is an actress who was born Rachel Levin on November 24, 1952. She chose to be billed as Rachel Chagall because there was already another Rachel Levin in the industry. Chagall is undoubtedly best known for her role as the dimwitted sidekick, Valerie Toriello ("Val"), on the hit series..
Rachel Cheung
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Fourteen- year- old Rachel Cheung wai- ching was born in Hong Kong and is now studying Form 3 at Maryknoll Con..
Rachel Cohn
Rachel Cohn is an author of teen novels. Her first publication was in 2002. She has had at least one new book published each year since then. Gingerbread (2002) (p)Pop Princess (2003)Shrimp (2005)Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2006) External Links [Preview Chapter of Pop Princess] ..
Rachel Coriolis
Rachel Coriolis is a popular character in the Wing Commander video game universe. In Wing Commander III and [[Wing Commander: Prophecy]], the character of Rachel is played by Ginger Lynn Allen. She is one of two possible love interests for Christopher Blair (played by Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame..
Rachel Corrie
Rachel Corrie Rachel Corrie (April 10, 1979–March 16, 2003) was a member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled as an activist to the Gaza Strip during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. She was killed when she tried to obstruct an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Caterpillar D9 bulldo..
Rachel Cox
Rachel Cox is a young british actress who played Louise Mitchell in Eastenders. She played her from 2001 to 2004 when the character left the show.  This television-related article is a [Stub#Ideal_stub_articlestub]. You can [Stubhelp] Wikipedia by [http://encycl.opent..
Rachel Crothers
Rachel Crothers (December 12, 1878, Bloomington, Illinois, USA—July 5, 1958, Danbury, Connecticut) was a prolific and successful American playwright and theater director, known for her well crafted plays. External links ..
Rachel Davies
Rachel Davies is a British actress, with numerous television credits to her name. She has played leading roles in the following series: The Cuckoo Waltz, Making Out, Emmerdale, Nice Guy Eddie and Linda Green. She appeared in the acclaimed single drama Hillsborough. Guest roles on TV include: Z C..
Rachel Dax
Rachel Dax is a British actor who currently resides in Cardiff. She has appeared in many UK television roles, including as Stevie, a prison officer in the BBC Wales sitcom High Hopes. She has also had parts in the current series of Doctor Who, in Casualty, the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm and A470...
Rachel Dear
Rachel Dear (born 12 May, 1982) is an English lyric-soprano. She currently resides in Bedforshire, UK (United Kingdom). Biography Rachel Dear, a.k.a. The English Rose, is a 24-year-old lyric soprano who has created a reputation for dramatically convincing performances of works ranging from the 1..
Rachel Dennison
Rachel Dennison (born August 31, 1959) is an American actress. She was born Rachel Parton in Franklin, Tennessee, the youngest of twelve children born to Robert Lee Parton and Avie Lee Owens. Her siblings are Willadeene Parton, David Parton, Denver Parton, superstar country singer and actress Dolly..
Rachel DeWoskin
Rachel DeWoskin (b. 1972) is a screen actress and author. DeWoskin was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, where she attended the alternative Community High School. The daughter of a Sinology professor at the University of Michigan, she majored in English and studied Chinese at Columbia University..
Rachel de Queiroz
Rachel de Queiroz (November 17, 1910–November 4, 2003) was a Brazilian author and journalist. She began her career in journalism in 1927 and entered the literary world with the novel O Quinze in 1930. It was recently made into a film.[link] In 1964 she became Brazil's representative to t..
Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre
Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre (October 24 1929) is a British peeress, daughter of the 4th Viscount Hampden and a sister-in-law of Alec Douglas-Home. On July 26 1951, she married Hon. William Douglas-Home, son of the 13th Earl Home. They had four children: Hon. James Thomas Archiba..
Rachel Dratch
Rachel Dratch in character as Debbie Downer. Rachel Susan Dratch (born February 22, 1966 in Lexington, Massachusetts) is an American comedian, most famous for her role on Saturday Night Live, where she was a cast member from 1999 to 2006. Contents 1 Education2 Second City3 Sa..
Rachel Duguay
redirect [[Template:Importance]] Rachel Duguay was a member of the famous Los Angeles, USA group The Groundlings. She also wrote for the acclaimed FOX show Cedric the Entertainer Presents. External links ..
Rachel Ehrenfeld
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld is an author who writes on terrorism and corruption-related topics. She has lectured on these issues in many countries, and has advised banking communities, law enforcement agencies, and governments, including the U.S. Defense Department's Threat Reduction Agency. She testified ..
Rachel Elizabeth
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Rachel Ellenstein
Rachel Ellenstein is a fictional character from the universe of Highlander movies, portrayed by actress Sheila Gish. Rachel Ellenstein is one of three characters from the Highlander universe to appear in both movie and TV series continuity (the others being Connor MacLeod and Heather MacLeod. In ..
Rachel Elnaugh
Rachel Elnaugh (born 12 December 1964) is a British entrepreneur, who came to prominence as a judge on the BBC Two TV series Dragons' Den. She was the founder and former Chief Executive of the UK company Red Letter Days, which provides unusual "experience" gifts such as tank driving, record product..
Rachel Entwistle
Rachel Elizabeth Entwistle (nĂŠe Souza) (December 14, 1978 – January 20, 2006) was the wife of Neil Entwistle, an unemployed British computer programmer. Rachel, along with her infant daughter, Lillian, were found in bed, shot to death in the master bedroom of their rented home in Hopkinton, ..
Rachel Ewald
Rachel M. Ewald is the founder and chairwoman of Foster Care Support. The Foster Care Support Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides clothing, equipment, and toys to foster children throughout the state of Georgia, free of charge for those raised on basic state per-diem. In 1997,..
Rachel Field
Rachel Field (born September 19, 1894; died March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and author of children's fiction. She is best known for her Newbery Medal winning novel for young adults, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, published in 1930. Field was also a successful author of adult fiction..
Rachel Foster Avery
Rachel Foster Avery (1858–1919) was a corresponding secretary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association during the late 19th century. ..
Rachel Friend
Rachel Friend (born January 8, 1970) is an Australian actress. From 1988 to 1990 she played the role of Bronwyn Davies on popular soap opera Neighbours. Other roles have included the movies The Quest (1986) and Golden Fiddles (1991). In 1990, she won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress. ..
Rachel Fuller
Rachel Fuller is a British musician. She is currently a successful independent artist, webcast host and sometime collaborator with rock legend and partner Pete Townshend. Born in Ipswich, England in July of 1976, Fuller later moved with her family to Southend-on-Sea. She started playing piano at t..
Rachel Fuller Brown
Rachel Fuller Brown (November 23, 1898 - January 14, 1980) was an American. Shew was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor of Arts in history and chemistry from Mount Holyoke College in 1920. She received her PhD in organic chemistry and bacteriology in 1933 from the Univer..
Rachel Garrett
Mean anomaly (M) Physical characteristics Dimensions Surface area Volume Mass Density (ρ) Surface gravity Escape velocity Rotation period Rotation velocity Obliquity Right ascensionof north pole Declination Absolute magnitude Albedo..
Rachel Gatina
Rachel Gatina is a fictional character on One Tree Hill, played by Danneel Harris. She was the new girl in season 3 and Brooke Davis's former long time rival, fighting over Lucas Scott. Rachel and Mouth fall for each other, but Rachel finds herself in love with Nathan Scott's uncle Cooper. This art..
Rachel Gibson
Alias character Rachel Gibson Gender Female Affiliation(s) The Shed APO Held ranks The Shed analyst APO field agent Current status Active Portrayed by Rachel Nichols Rachel Gibson is a character played by Rachel Nichols in the spy-fi television series Alias. Biography ..
Rachel Gordon
Rachel Gordon (born 1976) is an Australian actress. She is a 1996 graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, Australia. Since her graduation, she has combined stage acting with various roles in Australian television, and is best known for her role as Detective Senior Co..
Rachel Goswell
Rachel Goswell (born May 16 1971 in Fareham, England) is a singer-songwriter who was a vocalist with shoegazing pioneers Slowdive. Following Slowdive's dissolution, Goswell joined Slowdive alumni Neil Halstead and Ian McCutcheon to form Mojave 3, an indie pop/dream pop outfit. This new outfit al..
Rachel Grant
Rachel Louise Grant De Longueuil, more commonly known as Rachel Grant, (born 1977) is an actress and model. She is most famous for her role as a minor Bond girl in the film Die Another Day and as Nina, the hostess of horror show Sci-fright. In addition to her acting roles she was also the body do..
Rachel Grate
Rachel Grate (b. May 3, 1986, Camarillo, California) is a American television (and sometimes film) actress who is probably best known for her role on the short-lived US TV series First Monday as main charcter Joseph Novelli's daughter Beth. She has also appeared on shows such as Step by Step, ER, S..
Rachel Green
Rachel Greene in Season 8 Rachel Karen Green (born May 5th, 1970) is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994-2004), played by Jennifer Aniston. Her last name, though commonly referred to as "Green" is actually spelled "Greene" as seen in a few episodes. [..
Rachel Griffiths
Rachel Griffiths as Brenda Chenowith from Six Feet Under. Rachel Griffiths (born 4 June, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia), is a film and television actress. Although her name is Welsh, she is actually of Irish Catholic extraction, and has an uncle on her mother's side who is a Jesuit priest, and..
Rachel Gurney
Rachel Gurney (March 5 1920 - November 24 2001) was an English actress who is best known for playing the lovely Lady Marjorie Bellamy on the LWT classic Upstairs Downstairs. She also starred on other TV shows such as Lost Empires (1986) and Fall Eagles (1974). Gurney married Denys Rhodes in 1946 but..
Rachel Haden
Rachel Haden (born New York City, October 11, 1971) is one of the triplet daughters of free jazz bassist Charlie Haden, famous for his jazz career with Ornette Coleman. In the early 1990's, Rachel played bass guitar for that dog., a band that also included her sister Petra. Her sister Tanya also..
Rachel Harris
Rachel Harris (born March 15, 1979 in Perth, Western Australia) is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she finished in fifth position in the 800m Freestyle, and in fifth spot as well in the ..
Rachel Harrison
Rachel Harrison (born 1966) is an American sculptor and photographer. She was born in New York, New York. References ["Carnegie International - Rachel Harrison"]["Museum of Modern Art: New Photography 14"] External links [Greene Naftali Gallery][Galerie Christian ..
Rachel Harvey
At 9:45 p.m. on 1 October 1999 the Jersey-registered fishing vessel Rachel Harvey struck rocks 200 yards off Peninnis Head in the Isles of Scilly in stormy seas. St Mary's Lifeboat and a search-and-rescue Sea King helicopter from RNAS Culdrose attended the scene. The lifeboat picked up all six cre..
Rachel Hayward
Rachel Hayward is a Canadian actress. Born and raised in Toronto, Rachel began pursuing a serious acting career in her early twenties. As a child and teen, she was involved in modeling and commercials but always though she would become a doctor. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art, havin..
Rachel Haywire
Rachel Haywire is a published writer who is also known for forming and fronting an all female industrial noise band from Brooklyn called Nuclear Riot Party. ..
Rachel Hetherington
Rachel Hetherington (born 23 April 1972 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales) is an Australian professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour, which she joined in 1997. She competed as Rachel Teske from 2001-04. She has won eight LPGA Tour events and she finished in the top ten on th..
Rachel Hiew
Rachel Hiew (born in London, England), is a singer and an actress who currently resides in Berlin, Germany. She is most famous for playing the character of Sylvia Weng-Chung in 1992, on the popular soap opera, EastEnders. She is also sister to leading British poker player Graham Hiew. ..
Rachel Hindley
Rachel Hindley is a female badminton player of New Zealand. She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she lost in the first round to Nathalie Descamps of Belgium 4-11, 11-9, 9-11. She reached the second round of the women's doubles event (partne..
Rachel Hirschfeld
Anime Roles Angel Tales (TV) as Lulu the FrogHaibane Renmei (TV) as HanaR.O.D the TV as Anita KingRumiko Takahashi Anthology (TV) as Hizuki FuwaThe Melody of Oblivion (TV) as Red Hair Girl; [+ unlisted credits] ..
Rachel Hudson
Rachel Hudson was a British murder victim who was murdered by her in-laws in 2004. The court tried and convicted five members of the family (dubbed "the family of hell" by the media) in December 2005. External links [BBC article on the initial finding of the victim][BBC article on co..
Rachel Hunter
Rachel Hunter Height 5 ft 11 in ( 1.80 m ) Weight 63 kg ( 130 lb ) Measurements 36C/D-24-35 Dress size 6-8 (US); 36-38 (EU) Shoe size 10 (US); 42 (EU} Eye color Blue Hair color Blonde Nationality New Zealand Rachel Hunter (b. September 9, 1969 in Auckland, New Z..
Rachel Hunter (author)
Rachel Hunter was an English novelist of the early 19th century. Works Letitia (1801)The History of the Grubthorpe Family (1802)The Unexpected Legacy (1804)Family Annals (1807)The Schoolmistress (1811) ..
Rachel Hurd-Wood
Hurd-Wood in 2006's An American Haunting. Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood (born 17 August 1990) is an English actress. Contents 1 About Her2 Career3 Filmography4 External links About Her Rachel Hurd-Wood was born in London, England, to Philip and Sarah Hurd-Wood. Rachel, her y..
Rachel Jackson
Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson. Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson (June 15 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of the 7th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson. Prior to her marriage to Jackson, when she was 17 years old, she had married Cap..
Rachel JeĂĄn Marteen
Rachel JeĂĄn Marteen is an American model and actress. She was born on January 31, 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in August, 1995 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. In May, 1999, she was featured in a memorable pictorial shot on safari in..
Rachel Jones
Rachel Jones (born March 29, 1974) is the current producer of The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. Having originally produced the old Saturday show, Jones joined the team in September 2003. She replaced Will Kinder, who moved on to work on children's programmes before he returned as day..
Rachel Jordan
Rachel Jordan (born May 8, 1968) is a British artist and a member of the Stuckists art group. Rachel Jordan was born in Essex and attended the University of Sheffield (1986–90), where she majored in French and Hispanic Studies. She then went to the London City Lit for a Fine Art course. In ..
Rachel Joynt
Rachel Joynt (Born 1966 in County Kerry) is an Irish sculptor who has created some prominent Irish public art. She graduated from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 1989 with a degree in sculpture. Rachel Joynt is preoccupied by the historical texture of place and in her work she o..
Rachel Kempson
Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave (28 May, 1910 – 24 May, 2003) was an English actress, best known as the wife of Sir Michael Redgrave and mother of his actor children, Vanessa, Lynn and Corin. Rachel Kempson was born in Dartmouth, England and trained at RADA before joining the Royal Shakespeare ..
Rachel kice
RACHEL KICE A self-described, “cultural performance artist,” Rachel Kice (RKice) is best known for joining popular music artists on stage, where she starts and completes an acrylic on canvas painting. RKice joins the rhythms of concerts and cultural gatherings, applying paint to spinning can..
Rachel Kimsey
Rachel Kimsey (born August 28, 1978 in Tustin, California) is an American actress. Kimsey portrayed Mackenzie Browning on the soap opera The Young and the Restless since March 2005 but was let go from the soap after only a year. Her final airdate will be May 17, 2006. Television Filmography The You..
Rachel Kinski
Rachel Kinski is a fictional character on the Australian soap Neighbours, and is played by Caitlin Stasey. She first appeared in late 2005 along with her brother Zeke and currently remains on the show. Rachel is Alex Kinski's daughter, and sister of Zeke and Katya. Rachel and her brother were home..
Rachel Laurin
Rachel Laurin, Canadian organist and composer (Saint-Benoit, 1961) Rachel Laurin leads a brilliant dual career as organist and composer. A disciple of Raymond Daveluy, it is with this teacher that she received her essential training. Her concert activities have allowed her to perform in major C..
Rachel Levy
Rachel Levy was killed at age 17 on March 29, 2002 when a teenage Palestinian female suicide bomber, wearing a belt of explosives around her waist, blew herself up at the entrance to a supermarket in Jerusalem's Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood on March 29, 2002. [link]. The killings gained wi..
Rachel Lomax
Rachel Lomax became Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on July 1 2003. Before joining the Bank, she was Permanent Secretary of the Department for Transport. Between 1999 and 2002 she held the same position at the Department for Work and Pensions (previously the Department of Social Security) a..
Rachel Lowe
Rachel Lowe born in 1977, attended the University of Portsmouth in order to earn a law degree. As a student she had a part time job as a taxi driver which is when she came up with the idea of the game "Destination Portsmouth" that lead onto "Destination London" which is now one of the top selling ga..
Rachel Luttrell
Rachel Luttrell is an actress who was born in Tanzania, Africa, but raised in Canada. She played Veronica Beck in the CBC series Street Legal and later appeared in guest roles on ER, Charmed, Forever Knight and other television series. She currently plays Teyla Emmagan, an alien warrior on Stargat..
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow (b. 1973) is the host of The Rachel Maddow Show on Air America Radio, which airs live on weekdays from 7am to 9am Eastern Time as the second part of Air America Mornings. Contents 1 Education2 Radio career3 Television career4 Personal life5 External links..
Rachel Marsden
Publicity photo of Rachel Marsden, April 2004 '' Rachel Marsden (born December 2, 1974) is a Canadian media personality and political commentator, known for her blunt conservative positions and for her involvement in several scandals. She is currently a columnist for the Toronto Sun whose col..
Rachel Mayer
Rachel Mayer was an American figure skater. She competed in ice dance with Peter Breen at the 1992 Winter Olympics. They skated their original dance to "Saak-I-Jaarven" and their free dance to the soundtrack of Doctor Zhivago. [link] Mayer later married and changed her name to Rachel Maye..
Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams (born October 7, 1976) is a Genie Award-nominated Canadian actress. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Career1.3 Personal life1.4 Awards/Achievements2 Filmography3 External links Biography Early life McAdams was born in London, Ontario, and gr..
Rachel McLish
Rachel McLish Rachel McLish (born Raquel Livia Elizondo on June 21, 1958 in Harlingen, Texas) is an American female bodybuilder. She was winner of the inaugural Ms. Olympia competition in 1980, was sponsored by Dynamics Health Equipment Manufacturing Corporation and was also the Ms. Olympia w..
Rachel McTavish
Rachel McTavish is a journalist and occasional presenter on ITV London's regional news programme, London Tonight, and regularly anchors the national ITV Morning News. She was a regular presenter on the ITV News Channel until it closed in 2005, and most notably was on air when the twin towers were a..
Rachel Melvin
Rachel Melvin as Chelsea Benson. Rachel Melvin (born February 9, 1985 in Elmhurst, Illinois) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Chelsea Benson on the NBC soap opera Days Of Our Lives since May 2005. The character was introduced as Abigail Deveraux's (Ashley Benson) be..
Rachel Miner
Rachel Miner (born July 29, 1980 in New York City, New York, USA) is a Broadway, film and television actress. A third generation Miner in show business, she is the daughter of director/teacher Peter Miner and the granddaughter of director/producer Worthington Miner and actress Frances Fuller. She br..
Rachel Moore
Rachel Moore, known as in Japan, is a fictional character in the anime and manga Case Closed (known in Japan as Detective (Meitantei) Conan). Rachel is the childhood friend of Jimmy Kudo (Shin'ichi Kudo) and the daughter of private detective Richard Moore (Kogoro Mori) and Eva Kadan (Eri Kisaki), ..
Rachel N. McCubbin
Rachel N. McCubbin of Hopkinsville, Kentucky was one of the United States presidential electors, 2004, representing the second congressional district of Kentucky. McCubbin is a policy analyst for the Family Foundation of Kentucky and a speaker and writer for the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D..
Rachel Nabors
Rachel Nabors is an American cartoonist, artist, and graphic novelist, best known for her serialized comic, "Rachel the Great", as well as her two graphic novels, 18 Revolutions and Crow Princess. Nabors was born on March 9th, 1985, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She left public school in the fifth g..
Rachel Nichols
Rachel Nichols is the name of: Rachel Alexander Nichols, a reporter for ESPN and the Washington Post.Rachel Emily Nichols, an American actress who stars in Alias and The Inside. ..
Rachel Nichols (actress)
[[Image:Rachel Nichols.jpg|frame|right|Rachel Nichols in [[Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd]]]] Rachel Emily Nichols (born January 8, 1980) is an American actress, currently known for her film work and for her portrayal of CIA agent Rachel Gibson on the ABC television series Alias. Contents ..
Rachel Nichols (reporter)
''This article is about the reporter; for the actress, see Rachel Nichols (actress). Rachel Alexander Nichols is an ESPN reporter and Page2 columnist. She has previously worked for the Washington Post and Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Nichols attended Northwestern University. Several blogs and..
Rachel Notley
Rachel Notley is a well-known labour and political activist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Notley's legal career has focused on labour law, with a specialty in workers' compensation advocacy and workplace health and safety issues. Notley is currently a candidate for the Alberta New Democrats no..
Rachel Oakes Preston
Rachel (Harris) Oakes Preston (2 March 1809-1 February 1868) was a Seventh Day Baptist who persuaded a group of Adventist Millerites to accept Saturday, instead of Sunday, as the Sabbath. This Sabbatarian group organized as Seventh-day Adventists in 1863. Born in Vernon, VT, Rachel, daughter of Sy..
Rachel Paiement
Rachel Paiement (born 1955 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario) is a former Canadian musician and songwriter. Paiement, a franco-ontarian, was a singer and songwriter for the band CANO in the 1970s. She also appeared as a guest musician on albums by Bruce Cockburn and Connie Kaldor. She once recorded a comm..
Rachel Paine
Rachel Paine (born March 16, 1973 in England) is an American fetish and bondage model. In 1998 she began BDSM modeling and first appeared in bondage magazines and videos by Lyndon Distributors Limited in 2001. She currently lives in New York with bondage rigger Michael Viking. Selected works Mo..
Rachel Perry
Rachel Perry (born January 20, 1976 in Brockville, Ontario) is a Canadian TV personality currently working in the United States. The former MuchMusic VJ is the host of All Access on VH1, and is the narrator for Web Junk 20. She was also the co-host of VH1's short lived reality show Strip Search. Unt..
Rachel Petrie
Rachel Jane Petrie (born April 21, 1971 in Ashburton, New Zealand) is a former field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ..
Rachel Plencner
Rachel Plencner was a contestant on the American version of the CBS reality show Big Brother 6, which aired in 2005, and was seen by over 8 million viewers at a time[link]. Prior to the show Rachel was a horse breeder from Parker, Colorado. Big Brother 6 [Spoiler warningSpoiler w..
Rachel Plummer
Rachel Plummer was a member of the Parker clan that settled on the frontier of the "Comancheria" in Texas in the 1830s. She was captured at Parker's Fort1 by a Native American raiding party, mostly Comanche, on May 19, 1836 at the age of seventeen during what has come to be called the "Fort Parker m..
Rachel Pollack
Rachel Pollack (born 1945) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and Tarot expert. Her book 78 Degrees of Wisdom is considered one of the best texts on the Tarot, and she has created her own Tarot deck called "Shining Woman Tarot," which was later updated and renamed "Shining T..
Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman (born 11 December, 1960, Haslemere, England) is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first woman composer to win an Academy Award (for Emma, 1996). She later received praise for her scores to the films The Cider House Rules (1999), The Legend of Bagger Vance (..
Rachel Proctor
Rachel Proctor is an American country music singer and songwriter. Contents 1 Biography2 Discography2.1 Albums2.2 Singles2.3 Music videos3 External links Biography Rachel Proctor is a native of Charleston, West Virginia. She is the daughter of a nursing assistan..
Rachel Reynolds
Rachel Reynolds is an American model and actor, and is currently one of "Barker's Beauties" on the game show The Price Is Right. In 2002 she was one of the finalists in the search to replace Brooke Burke as the host of Wild On!. She is married to former LSU quarterback Josh Booty. External link..
Rachel Riddell
Rachel Riddell (born September 5, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian water polo goaltender. She is a student at Loyola Marymount University. She was part of the 4th place women's water polo team at the 2003 world championships in Barcelona, Spain. ..
Rachel Rivera
Rachel Rivera is a voice actress and has had roles in different anime, including the title role in Petite Princess Yucie. Rachel Rivera Anime Roles Fenice - Eden's BowyYucie - Petite Princess Yucie ..
Rachel Roberts
Rachel Roberts may refer to: Rachel Roberts (British actress) (1927 – 1980)Rachel Roberts (Canadian actress) (born 1978)Rachel Roberts (author) ..
Rachel Roberts (British actress)
Rachel Roberts (September 20, 1927–November 26, 1980) was a Welsh actress. An actress of fervour and passion, Rachel Roberts gave forthright performances in two key films of the 1960s. After a Baptist upbringing (which she rebelled against), followed by the University of Wales and RADA, she was..
Rachel Roberts (Canadian actress)
Rachel Roberts (born March 4, 1978 in Vancouver) is a Canadian model and actress. She has appeared in numerous ad campaigns, most notably for Biotherm. She began to work for big names, doing Elle, Vogue, Glamour and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue of 2000. Signing on to be skin-care line Bioth..
Rachel Rotten
Rachel Rotten (Born on October 8, 1983) is an American pornographic actress. Rotten’s career began when she and boyfriend, Rob Rotten, sent their photos out to various adult film agencies. She generally works with her boyfriend. She did her first lesbian scene with Jenna Jameson in The Devil in M..
Rachel Ruysch
Rachel Ruysch, "Still-Life with Bouquet of Flowers and Plums" Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) was a Dutch artist who specialized in still-life paintings of flowers. She was born in The Hague, Netherlands, but moved to Amsterdam with her family when she was three, and worked there for much of her li..
Rachel Ryan
"Penny Morgan" redirects here. For the Montana state representative, see Penny Morgan (politician). Rachel Ryan (born Serena Robinson on August 22 1961 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is an American porn actress who appeared in over 100 adult videos between 1985 and 1992. She had many pseudonyms, inclu..
Rachel Saint
Rachel Saint (1914-1994) was an evangelical Christian missionary from the United States who worked in Ecuador. Contents 1 Biography2 Works3 Film4 References5 External links Biography Rachel Saint was born in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. She attended the Philadelphia School ..
Rachel Saunders
Rachel Saunders (born 1984) is a beauty queen who has held the title Miss Kansas USA 2005 and competed at Miss USA. Robinson, who hails from Tonganoxie, Kansas attended Tonganoxie High School and later Johnson County Community College and the University of Kansas. She has enrolled in a variety of..
Rachel Schill
Rachel Schill (born June 9, 1982 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian softball centre fielder. She started softball at age 10, and has attended Simon Fraser University. She was a part of the Canadian Softball team who finished 9th at the 2002 World Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and part o..
Rachel Scott
Rachel Joy Scott (August 5 1981 – April 20 1999) was the first victim of the Columbine High School massacre. She has since been the subject of several books. Some Christians in the United States consider her a martyr. Scott lived near Littleton, Colorado, where she attended Columbine High Sch..
Rachel Seiffert
Rachel Seiffert was born in 1971 in Oxford to German and Australian parents, and was brought up bilingually. Her first novel, 'The Dark Room' (2001), was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won a Betty Trask Award in 2002. She followed this up with a book of short stories, 'Field Study', in 2004...
Rachel Shelley
Rachel Shelley (born on 25 August ????) is a Swindon-born English actress. She graduated from Sheffield University with a B.A. Hons in English and Drama. She played the character Elizabeth Russell in the film Lagaan and, since 2005, plays Helena Peabody on the television show The L Word. External ..
Rachel Sherman
Rachel Sherman was born in 1975. She holds an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. Her short stories have appeared in McSweeney's, Open City, Post Road, Conjunctions, n+1, and Story Quarterly, among other publications, and in the book ''[[Full Frontal Fiction: The Best of Nerve Anthology]]. He..
Rachel Shukert
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Rachel Shukert (b. May 3, 1980) is a playwright and performer of Jewish-American descent, born in Omaha, Nebrask..
Rachel Siewert
Senator Rachel Siewert (b. November 4, 1961) is an Australian politician from the Australian Greens. She was elected to represent the State of Western Australia in the Senate at the 2004 federal election. The other Green elected at that election was Christine Milne. Reference [Rachel Siewert..
Rachel Simmons
Rachel Simmons (born in 1974) is an American author of the book Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. The book was made into a TV film starring Alexa Vega and it was also on the New York Times Best Seller list. External links [Official Site] ..
Rachel Simon
Rachel Simon (born 1959 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American writer of both fiction and non-fiction. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1981, and published her first book, a collection of short stories, in 1990. She followed this with a novel, a self-help book for writers, and a memoir. In ..
Rachel Simons
Rachel (Ray) Simons (1914 - 12 September 2004) is a legendary South African communist and trade unionist who helped draft the Women's Charter. She was born in Latvia as Rachel Alexander and immigrated to Cape Town in 1929. In the 1930s she was active in the communist and trade union movements and wa..
Rachel Skarsten
Rachel Skarsten (born April 23, 1985 in Toronto) is a Canadian actress. Skarsten studied ballet in Toronto Royal Academy of Dance and instrumental music at Claude Watson School for the Arts where she was the featured cellist in the orchestra. Later she was hired to play Bess in the television se..
Rachel Snow
Rachel Snow (born 30 September 1987) is an American actress and the granddaughter of late actress Ann Howard. Snow has starred in Lizzie McGuire three times, twice as the same character and friends, amongst other programs such as Phil of the Future. The first film she appeared in was Matilda i..
Rachel Spears
''Rachel Spears was born May 13, 1983. She is most known as 2005 - 2006's Miss Black Connecticut, a beauty pageant in honor of minorty women in the U.S. The same year (2005), during the Connecticut Giants Semi-Pro Football game against the Empire State Titans, she appeared as Miss Black Connec..
Rachel Speght
Rachel Speght (1597 - ?) was a poet and polemicist. She was the first Englishwoman to identify herself, by name, as a polemicist and critic of gender ideology. Speght, a feminist and a Calvinist, is perhaps best known for her tract, A Mouzell for Melastomus (London, 1617). It is a prose refutation ..
Rachel Squire
Rachel Anne Squire (July 13, 1954 – January 5, 2006) was a British politician. She was Labour Member of Parliament for Dunfermline West and then Dunfermline and West Fife in Scotland from 1992 until her death after a long series of illnesses. Unusually for a Member of Parliament sitting for a Sc..
Rachel stamp
Rachel Stamp Rachel Stamp is an British rock band formed in London 1994 to fight what it saw as bland, conformist music. Rachel Stamp have gained a cult following across the United Kingdom and beyond through constant touring and a string of critically acclaimed independent releases. Thei..
Rachel Stamp
Rachel Stamp is a band formed in London in 1994. Their debut album, "Hymns For Strange Children" was released in 2000, followed by "Oceans Of Venus" two years later. Contents 1 Members1.1 Current1.2 Past2 Biography3 Discography4 External links Members Current Dav..
Rachel Sterling
Rachel Sterling (b. November 11, 1979, in Corpus Christi, Texas) is an American model, actress and dancer. She is of Mexican, Korean and Apache descent. Sterling has appeared in the Italian edition of Vogue as well as various lad mags, including Maxim, Stuff, FHM, and the May 2006 issue of Playbo..
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens (born April 9, 1978) is an English singer and an occasional actress and model. Formerly with the successful pop group S Club 7, she has now launched a solo recording career. After a successful audition Stevens became a member of the British pop group S Club 7, selling sixteen..
Rachel Stevens discography
This article presents the solo discography of Rachel Stevens, the British singer. Contents 1 Studio albums and compilations2 Singles3 Miscelleanous3.1 Promo singles3.2 Soundtracks3.3 Compilations3.4 B-sides4 Unreleased songs5 See also6 Notes and r..
Rachel Stevens filmography
This page includes the filmography of British singer-actress Rachel Stevens. Films Year Title Character 1989 Taking a Stand (television film) 1999 [[S Club 7: Back to the Fifties]] (television film) Rachel (herself) 1999 [[S Club 7: Boyfriends & Birthdays]] (television film) Rachel (he..
Rachel Stewart
Rachel Stewart is a Scottish singer and dancer and one of the founding members of electro-pop group Beauty School who first came to attention in 1997 when she toured with the electronic music group Fluke. History Around 1997 with the release of their Risotto, Fluke adopted a character from the Wi..
Rachel Stuart
Rachel Stuart is a Jamaican-Canadian model and actress. She is a former Miss CaraĂŻbes and Miss Jamaica. She is best known for her work as host of two programs on BET, the Black Entertainment Television network: Caribbean Rhythms, a music video show showcasing musicians from Caribbean nations; an..
Rachel Summers
Rachel Summers (currently calling herself Rachel Grey in honor of her mother) is a Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, she first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981). She is the daughter of the X-Men Cyclops a..
Rachel Sweet
Rachel Sweet on the cover of her single, "B-A-B-Y". Rachel Sweet (born July 28, 1962 in Akron, Ohio) is an American singer and actress. She began recording country music in 1976, but with little success. Switching to rock and roll, she signed to the British Stiff Records label and released ..
Rachel Szalay
Rachel Szalay is an Australian actress and artist. She has an acting diploma from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. As well as other stage roles, Rachel Szalay appeared in the stage production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" as "Cecily Cardew", with..
Rachel Ter Horst
Rachel Ter Horst (born March 20th 1973 in Enschede, Netherlands) is a buxom, Dutch adult magazine model who began modelling when she was nineteen, when she posed as a Page 3 girl (or "Starbird") for Britain's The Daily Star. Once she started, however, her career in men's magazines skyrocketed, culmi..
Rachel Thomas
Rachel Thomas (February 10, 1905 - February 8, 1995), was a Welsh character actress, well-known to film and television audiences. Born in the village of Alltwen, near Neath, Wales, she appeared in such classic films as The Proud Valley (1940) with Paul Robeson, Blue Scar (1949) and Tiger Bay (1959)..
Rachel Ticotin
Rachel Ticotin (born November 1, 1958) is an Hispanic-American film and television actress. Ticotin was born in the Bronx, New York to a Russian Jewish father and a Puerto Rican mother, who immigrated to New York from Puerto Rico in the early 1950s in search of a better way of life. She settled d..
Rachel Trachtenburg
Rachel PiĂąa Trachtenburg (born December 10, 1993 in Seattle, Washington) is a musician and singer from New York City. Rachel is a drummer and vocalist in the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, a band she is a member of along with her parents, Jason and Tina. Jason and Tina began taking their..
Rachel True
Rachel True (born November 15, 1966 in New York, New York) is an American actress. She developed a love of acting as a child watching performances of her stepmother, actress Verona Barnes. During her youth she honed her skills by participating in different plays. In 1991, True had an appearance..
Rachel Unitt
Rachel Unitt (born June 5, 1982 in Walsall, England) is an English football player. She currently plays as a left back for England Women and Everton Ladies. Originally hailing from the Midlands, Rachel started her footballing career with Wolves Women. She signed for Everton Ladies in 2003 after a s..
Rachel V. Walker
Rachel V. Walker was a slave who, in 1836, sued for her freedom from John Walker in the Missouri Supreme Court, and won. ..
Rachel Vail
Rachel Vail, born July 25, 1966 is an American author of children's and young adult books. She was born in Manhattan, grew up in New Rochelle, New York, and is a graduate of Georgetown University. Her debut novel Wonder won an Editor's Choice award from Booklist in 1991, and in 1992 her second novel..
Rachel Veltri
Rachel Veltri (born 26 February, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress and model. Veltri came to prominence on the television show, For Love or Money. To coincide with the release of [[American Pie: Band Camp]], she posed nude for Playboy magazine in the December 2005 issue. Filmograp..
Rachel Victoria
Rachel Victoria is a young American actress, with notable appearances in Millennium in the epsiode Antipas as Divina, biological daughter of the evil Lucy Butler, as Sonia in the second revival of The Twilight Zone in the episode Burned as Sonia, and in the mini-series adaptation of Dean Koontz's So..
Rachel Wacholder
--> Rachel Wacholder, born June 15, 1975 in Laguna Beach, California is a model and beach volleyball player. She is currently the No. 2 seed on the AVP tour along with her partner, beach volleyball veteran Elaine Youngs. During the 2005 AVP tour, Wacholder and Youngs dealt top-seeded Kerri Walsh a..
Rachel Ward
Rachel Claire Ward (born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, September 12 1957), granddaughter of the Third Earl of Dudley, is an English actress (and more recently, a director) who has made most of her career in Australia. She attended the Byam Shaw School of Art in London before leaving at 16 to bec..
Rachel Weil
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since April 2006. Rachel Weil (1959- ) is a ..
Rachel Weisz
Weisz at a press conference for Enemy at the Gates at the 2001 Berlinale, photo by Michael Weiner Rachel Weisz (surname pronounced [vaÉŞs] or "vice") (born 7 March 1971) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning, and BAFTA-nominated English actress. Contents 1 Biography1.1&..
Rachel Whetstone
Rachel Whetstone was Political Secretary to former Conservative leader, Michael Howard. She is now European head of communications for search-engine company Google. Together with partner Steve Hilton, she is a godparent to the child of David Cameron, the current leader of the Conservative party. ..
Rachel White
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Rachel Lane White was born on 1989-05-16 in Munich, Germany. Her mom, Ramona Barkley-Mockler, an heiress to Mockler Beverages, and her father, Kenneth White, an oil tycoon moved frequently from their homes in Russia, Ireland, and the United States while Rachel li..
Rachel Whitear
Rachel Whitear (1979 - May 2000) was a British student from Ledbury, Herefordshire who died following a heroin overdose. Her death in May 2000 led to a large-scale anti-drugs campaign in Britain, particularly in secondary schools, when her parents allowed a police photograph to be shown publicly..
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread CBE (born 1963) is a British artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts, and first woman to win the Turner Prize. She is one of the so-called Young British Artists, and exhibited at the Royal Academy's Sensation exhibition in 1997. She is probably..
Rachel Yankey
Rachel Yankey MBE (born November 1, 1979 in London) is an English football player. She plays for the English side Arsenal, and for the England national team. She plays as a Forward, and wears the number 14 for Arsenal and the number 11 for England. Contents 1 Career2 Honours3 M..
Rachel Z
Rachel Carmel Nicolazzo (born 28 December 1962 in Manhattan), better known as Rachel Z, is a jazz pianist. Rachel Z was raised into a musical family. With an opera singing mother, Z began voice lessons at the mere age of two, and took piano lessons when she was seven. In her mid-teens, Rachel disco..
Rachel Zadok
Rachel Zadok is a writer and a Whitbread First Novel Award nominee (2005). She is a graduate of the Certificate in Novel Writing course, run by the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning at City University, London. Zadok was born in South Africa in 1972 to a South African mother and an Israel..
Rachel Zolf
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Rachel Zolf is a contempora..
Rachida Brakni
Rachida Brakni (born February 15 1977, Paris) is a French actress. Filmography Chaos (2001) See also Cinema of France External links ..
Rachid Azzouzi
Rachid Azzouzi (born 10 January, 1971 in FĂŠs) is a Moroccan football player. He played for several clubs, including MSV Duisburg, Fortuna KĂśln and Greuther FĂźrth, all in Germany. He played for the Morocco national football team and was a participant at the 1992 Olympic Games, 1994 FIFA World C..
Rachid Ben Ali
Rachid Ben Ali (*1975, Taza, Morocco) is a controversial dutch painter of Moroccan descent. Biography and work Aged 15 his parents sent him to the Netherlands where he studied at the academies of Rotterdam and Arnhem, later he attended the Polytechnic of the Arts in Antwerp, Belgium. He lives and w..
Rachid Boudjedra
Rachid Boudjedra (b. 1941) is an Algerian writer and educator who has published numerous poems, essays and novels. Before 1982, these were generally in French, but since then he has concentrated on writing in Arabic.[link] He was born in AĂŻn BeĂŻda, Algeria, where he was active in the ind..
Rachid Daoudi
Rachid Daoudi (born 21 February, 1966) is a retired Moroccan football player. He played for several clubs, including Wydad Casablanca and Al Ain FC in the United Arab Emirates. He played for the Morocco national football team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. ..
Rachid El Basir
Silver medal 1992Barcelona Athletics Men's 1500 metres Rachid El Basir (born October 4, 1968) is a Moroccan middle distance runner who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres. This achievement came as a great surprise as a El Basir had not qualified for the fin..
Rachid Matta
Rachid Matta is a Lebanese engineer and mathematician. He claims to have proven the Euclid's 5th postulate, which is generally considered impossible to be proven. Matta studied mathematics in Lebanon, getting a degree in 1960. He continued studying in France, becoming graduated in civil engineering..
Rachid Neqrouz
Rachid Neqrouz (born 10 April, 1972) is a Moroccan football defender, who played mostly for Young Boys Bern in Switzerland and AS Bari in Italy. He played for the Morocco national football team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. ..
Rachid O
Rachid O is a Morrocan writer, born in Rabat in 1970. After studying in Morocco, he went to live in France. He currently writes mainly about the equilibrium between the Muslim world and homosexuality. Bibliography 1995 : L'enfant ĂŠbloui, Gallimard1996 : Plusieurs vies, Gallimard1998 : Chocolat ch..
Rachid Ramda
Rachid Ramda (born 1970, also known as "Abou Farès") is suspected of financing the 1995 terror bombings in French public transportation systems. In 1993, Ramda was sentenced to the death penalty in Algeria in abstentia for a terrorist attack at the airport of Algiers, which had killed 9 and wounde..
Rachid Sfar
Rachid Sfar, the former Prime Minister of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, was born on September 11, 1933 at Mahdia, the ancient Fatimite capital of Tunisia. He is the son of the Destourian leader Tahar Sfar, an associate of Bouguiba and co-founder of the Neo-Destourian Tunisian Nationalist Part..
Rachid Taha
--> Rachid Taha (born 1958 in Oran, Algeria) is an Algerian and French musician. His music is influenced by many different styles such as raĂŻ, techno, rock and punk. Based in Paris, France where he began his solo career after his beginnings as the leader of the French rock band "Carte de SĂŠjour",..
Rachid Taha Live
Rachid Taha Live is a live album from Algerian raï artist Rachid Taha, released in 2001 by Barclay. It was produced and arranged by Steve Hillage, and recorded during a concert at L'Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, March 11th, 2001. Track list "Menfi" – 6:05"Nokta" – 6:39"Ida" – 6:23"Ya Raya..
Rachilde
Rachilde was the nom de plume of Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, a French author who was born February 11, 1860 in PĂŠrigueux, PĂŠrigord, Second French Empire and died April 4, 1953. She is considered to be a pioneer of anti-realistic drama and a participant in the Decadence movement. Her significant ..
Rachis
Rachis type barley Rachis is also the alternate spelling of Ratchis, king of the Lombards, 744-749. The rachis is the main axis of the inflorescence, or spike, of wheat and other cereals, to which the spikelets are attached. It is also the part of the petiole that the pinnae are attached to..
Rachitrema
Rachitrema remains were found in France by two independent collectors, towards the end of the nineteenth century. They were only isolated bone fragments. The result of such minimal findings is that the classification of this creature is uncertain. It has variously been described as a dinosaur and..
Rachi (Achaia), Greece
Rachi or Rahi (Greek: Ράχη), rarely Rakhi, is a village located 100 m north of the present spot of GR-1/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos). Rachi is part of the municipality of Movri. The village is part of the community of Sageika. Rachi is located 1 km east of Sageika and west of Sageika..
Rachman Halim
Halim, Rachman, Born in 1953. Forbes listed in 2006 with Net Worth: $1.7 billion Gudang Garam clove cigarettes manufacturer in Indonesia. He travels by helicopter, plays golf and live secretly in mysterious East Java. External links Forbes [link] ..
Rachmastrivka (Hasidic dynasty)
Rabbi Yochanan Twersky of Rachmastrivka (1903-1982) Rachmastrivka is the name of a group within Hasidic Judaism. It is an offshoot of the Chernobyl dynasty. The dynasty originated in a town in Ukraine. They are led by two Rebbes: one located in Borough Park, New York and the other in Jerusa..
Rachnavi
Rachnavi (also called Jhangochi and Jangli) is the oldest and purest dialect of the Punjabi language. It is spoken throughout a widespread area, starting from Khanewal at both ends of Ravi and Chenab to Gujranwala district. This entire area has almost the same traditions, customs and culture. The Ra..
Racho Petrov
Racho Petrov (Bulgarian: ) (1861-1942)was a leading Bulgarian general and politician. A talented soldier, Petrov was appointed to be Chief of General Staff at the age of 24 and was Minister of Defence at 27 [link]. During the First World War he served as Chief of the 4th Army. As a polit..
Rachub
Rachub is a small village of about 700 people in Dyffryn Ogwen (Ogwen Valley), Gwynedd, Wales, about half a mile away from the nearby, larger village of Bethesda. Contents 1 Origins2 Day to day life3 See also4 External links Origins The name Rachub is thought to have come fro..
Rach Gia
Rach Gia is a capital city of Kien Giang Province, Vietnam. It is located at around [10°1′0″N, 105°4′60″E], on the coast of Gulf of Thailand. ..
Rach Gia Airport
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Raci
For other meanings, see Raci/RACI and Rac/RAC (disambiguation pages) Raci (Раци, Rác, Ratzen, Ratzians, Rasciani) was a name used to designate Serbs, Bunjevci, and Šokci in Middle Ages and the early modern times. The name was primary used by Hungarians and Germans. The name is derived from ..
Racialism
Racialism is an emphasis on race or racial considerations[link]. Sometimes racialism refers to the controversial belief in the existence and significance of racial categories. Racialism was very common throughout Europe, North America, and Australia through the 18th and 19th centuries, and..
Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006
The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (citation 2006 c. 1) which creates an offence of inciting (or 'stirring up') hatred against a person on the grounds of their religion. The Act was the Labour Government's third attempt to bring in this offe..
Racial classification of Indian Americans
Racial classification of Indian** immigrants by the U.S. judiciary ([source]) Year Case Judgement Rationale 1909 In re Balsara probably not White congressional intent 1910 U.S. v. Dolla White ocular inspection of skin 1910 U.S. v. Balsara White scientific evi..
Racial comedy
Racial comedy refers to comedy that purports to identify humorous differences between the various races of humans. It is a source of controversy, since racial comedy can be used to marginalise and exploit minority races. In earlier times, racial comedy was used to entrench racist policies such as A..
Racial demographics of the United States
The United States is a very diverse country racially. According to the 2000 census, the United States has 31 ethnic groups with at least one million members each, with numerous others represented in smaller amounts. Contents 1 Racial groups2 Evolution2.1 Majority group2.2 Mi..
Racial Discrimination Act 1975
The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 is a statute passed by the Parliament of Australia under the Government of former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. This Act makes racial discrimination unlawful in Australia. The Racial Discrimination Act overrides inconsistent State or Territory legislation, ma..
Racial fetishism
In academic discourse, racial fetishism is a postcolonialist term found in the writings of authors such as Homi Bhabha, Anne McClintock and Kobena Mercer. The term combines elements of the Freudian psychoanalytic fetish and the Marxist commodity fetish, and is used in the context of British and Fren..
Racial formation
Racial formation is a theory by Michael Omi and Howard Winant which posits that the concept of race is socially constructed along two interrelated dimensions of institutional structures and practices of signification. The meaning of race, in its instituational and symbolic dimensions, is the result ..
Racial grouping
There is an active debate among biomedical researchers about the meaning and importance of race in their research. The primary impetus for considering race in biomedical research is the possibility of improving the prevention and treatment of diseases by predicting hard-to-ascertain factors on the..
Racial Harmony Day
Racial Harmony Day (Chinese: 种族和谐日) is celebrated annually on 21 July in Singapore. The event is to commemorate a racial riot which took place on 21 July 1964. Racial Harmony Day also represents a day for schools to reflect on, and celebrate Singapore's success as a racially harmonious n..
Racial Holy War
RAcial HOly WAr (RAHOWA) is the belief that white people should unite and undertake a holy war against Jews and non-whites. The concept was first put forward by Ben Klassen, founder of the Church of the Creator (later renamed the World Church of the Creator and after a lawsuit over its namesake, the..
Racial hygiene
Racial hygiene (often labeled a form of "scientific racism") is the selection, by a government, of the putatively most physical, intellectual and moral persons to raise the next generation (selective breeding) and a close alignment of public health with eugenics. In the past, this has been done by u..
Racial integration
Children at a parade in North College Hill, Ohio Racial integration, or simply integration includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation). In addition to desegregation, integration includes goals such as leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity..
Racial Integrity Act of 1924
The Racial Integrity Act of 1924 of Virginia, United States, was a law that had required the racial makeup of persons to be recorded at birth, and prevented marriage between "white persons" and non-white persons. The law was the most famous ban on miscegenation in the United States, and was overturn..
Racial Justice Sunday
Racial Justice Sunday is observed by British Christian churches on the second Sunday of September. It began in 1995. On September 11, 2005, special celebrations were held in Cardiff, Glasgow, and London for the tenth anniversary of the holiday. ..
Racial liberalism era
Racial liberalism is an era in American history during the 1940s that is considered by many historians as the precursor to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Contents 1 Causes2 Basic tenets3 Limits4 References Causes Historians contend that the era of racial l..
Racial memory
Racial memory, more commonly known as genetic memory, refers to the discredited hypothesis that an organism lays down knowledge and experiences during its life time, that are in turn is carried or hardwired into its descendants, without the need of actual contact or communication. Racial memory..
Racial polarization
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Racial polarization is the process whereby a population, the individuals of which have varying degrees of diversity in their ancestry, is divided into separate, and distinct (from each other) racial groups. An example is the case of the demographics of Bermuda. Be..
Racial policy of Nazi Germany
The Holocaust Early elements Racial policy · Nazi eugenics · Nuremberg Laws Euthanasia · Concentration camps (List) Jews Nazi Germany, 1933 to 1939 Pogroms: Kristallnacht, Iaşi, Jedwabne, LwĂłw Ghettos: Warsaw, ŁódĹş, LwĂłw, KrakĂłw,Theresienstadt Einsatzgruppen:..
Racial Preservation Society
The Racial Preservation Society was a right-wing pressure group opposed to immigration and in favour of white supremacy in the United Kingdom in the 1960s. The movement was led by a number of former members of the British Union of Fascists, including Ted Budden, Alan Hancock and Jimmy Doyle, and fun..
Racial profiling
Race in the profile of a persons considered likely to commit a particular crime or type of crime (see Offender Profiling). Towards the end of the 20th century in the United States, the practice fell into disfavor with the general public as abuses by law enforcement came to light. Race riots have als..
Racial purity
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Racial purity is the belief that people of different race should not intermarry or reproduce, purportedly to pr..
Racial quotas
Racial quotas in employment and education are numerical requirements for hiring, promoting, admitting and/or graduating members of a particular racial group. These quotas are determined by governmental authority and are backed by governmental sanctions. Advocates of affirmative action programs in..
Racial realism
Racial realism is a term used for either of two directly opposed positions, both motivated by the durability and social importance of racial distinctions: The view that racial distinctions are socially constructed but enduringly important because dominant social forces continually reinforce them. T..
Racial riots of Singapore
Racial riots in Singapore are punishable by law. Under the Sedition Act this is defined as "creating distrust and animosity between the races, and we will act according to the law" according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Notable racial riots include the Maria Hertogh Riots in 1950, (which invo..
Racial segregation
The Rex Theatre for Colored People, Leland, Mississippi, June 1937 This entry is related to, but not included in the Political ideologies series or one of its sub-series. Other related articles can be found at the [[Portal:Politics#Political theories and ideologies|Politics Portal]]. Racial se..
Racial segregation in the United States
Racial segregation in the United States is the history of separation, or racial segregation, of facilities, services, and opportunities, such as housing, education, employment, and transportation—along racial lines. The expression refers primarily to the legally or socially enforced separation o..
Racial separatism
Racial spearatism refers to a belief that people of different races should live apart. It can be used in either the sense of: Racial segregation - in which people of different races live in the same place but where interaction is limited Racialism - in which people of different races remain in thei..
Racial steering
In real estate, racial steering is the act of steering prospective homebuyers to neighborhoods which have residents of mostly their same racial background. It is extremely controversial, being a form of (sometimes well-intentioned[[Citing sources citation needed]]) racial segr..
Racial transformation
Racial transformation is the process by which someone changes their appearance with respect to race, either from their current race to another race or to a new category. These changes are currently done though a variety of methods including surgery or chemical treatments. Racial transformation is ..
RacibĂłrz
Racibórz (-Polish, Czech: Ratiboř, German: Ratibor) is a town in southern Poland with 65,100 inhabitants (1995) situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998). The name Racibórz is of Slavic origin and comes from the name of Duke Racibor, the city..
Racid Belkacem
Racid Belkacem is a 32 year old Dutch national and a friend of Mohammed Bouyeri, the murderer of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh. Belkacem was arrested in a street in Whitechapel on 22 June 2005 on request of the Dutch government. Belkacems name arose in an investigation about people smuggling in the..
Racija
Racija is a punk rock band from Slovenia. In English their name translates to police raid. Discography Restavracija Za Vse Generacije (translation Restaurant for all Generations)Rdeci Alarm (1998) (translation Red Alert)Agenti (1999) (translation Agents) ..
Racine
Geography Racine is also the name of several communities in the United States of America: Racine, MinnesotaRacine, MissouriRacine, OhioRacine, West VirginiaRacine, Wisconsin, the largest RacineRacine County, Wisconsin Arts and music Racine is the name of dramatist Jean Racine.Racine is the name of..
Racine, Minnesota
Racine is a city in Mower County, Minnesota in Racine Township. The population was 355 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 355 people, 121 hous..
Racine, Missouri
Racine is an unincorporated community in Newton County, Missouri. It is located on Missouri State Highway 86 about 6 miles west of Neosho and ten miles south of Joplin. Some homes, a post office, a fire station, and a couple of businesses are located here. ..
Racine, Ohio
Racine is a village in Meigs County, Ohio, along the Ohio River. The population was 746 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 See also4 External links Geography Racine is located at [38°58′10″N, 81°54′55″W] (38.969465, -81.915296)[..
Racine, West Virginia
Racine is an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia. The post office was opened on December 10, 1881, having been named by an early settler for the former home of his parents in Racine, Ohio. External links ..
Racine, Wisconsin
Racine is a city in Racine County, Wisconsin, along Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River[link]. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 81,855. It is the county seat of Racine County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Contents 1 Geography2 Demogra..
Racine County, Wisconsin
Racine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 188,831. Its county seat is Racine6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 Demographics3 Cities and towns4 External links Geography According to the U.S. Census Burea..
Racine Dominican Sisters
The Congregation of Sisters of St. Dominic of St. Catherine of Siena is a Catholic religious order for women.The order was founded in 1862 in Racine, Wisconsin in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.The mother house is in Racine. Sister Rose Thering, professor of Catholic-Jewish dialogue at the Seton Hall ..
Racine Legion/Tornadoes
The Racine Legion was a professional American football team based in Racine, Wisconsin of the National Football League from 1922 to 1924. The team then operated as the Racine Tornadoes in 1926. In 1915 the Racine Regulars formed Wisconsin's first important semi-pro team. They primarily played ag..
Racine Megacycle Club
The Racine Megacycle Club is an organization of amateur radio operators in Southeastern Wisconsin. The club operates the amateur radio station W9UDU. First organized in 1927, the Racine Megacycle Club is one of the oldest amateur radio clubs in Wisconsin. The club was first affiliated with the Ameri..
Racine Raiders
Racine Raiders Year founded: 1953 Mascot Logo City Racine, Wisconsin Team Colors Cardinal, Silver and Black Head Coach Jordan Kopac League/Conference Affiliations Racine Raiders (1953-present) |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" | colspan="2" | Titles |- | colspan="2" | |- |- bgco..
Racine Township, Minnesota
Racine Township is a township in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 445 at the 2000 census. The largest town in the township is Racine with a population of 355 people. The rest of the township is unincorporated. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History3..
Racine Zoological Gardens
The Racine Zoo, situated on 32 acres on the shore of Lake Michigan, is home to more than 70 species of animals. The Racine Zoo's animal collection focuses on native Wisconsin animals and animals from around the world. Masai giraffes, black rhinos, Amur tigers, orangutans, and snow leopards are som..
Racing
This article is about the speed competition. For the Argentinian football club, see Racing Club; for the Spanish football club see Racing de Santander. Offshore inflatable racing (Thundercat class) at Ilfracombe, north Devon, England.These boats can reach 60mph Air racing:Hungarian aer..
Racingpaperplanes
Racingpaperplanes is a swedish/american band in the alternative country/singer-songwriter genre, featuring Richard Wilson (Vocals, guitar, banjo, drums, keyboards etc) and Glen Gilbert (Guitars, lapsteel, backing vocals). They have used alot of session musicians live and on record. Most notably Kall..
Racing bicycle
An aluminum racing bicycle made by Raleigh and built using Shimano components. It uses a semi-aerodynamic wheelset with low spoke count. A racing bicycle made by Cyfac using shaped aluminum and dual carbon fiber chain- and seat-stays. It uses Campagnolo components. A racing bicycle is..
Racing boots
Similar to touring boots, racing boots are a variety of motorcycle boot designed specifically for riding a motorcycle on hard pavement (either the street or a race track) and are usually between 10 and 14 inches in height and made from a combination of leather, metal, plastic and/or man-made composi..
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club de Avellaneda is a football team based in the Avellaneda barrio (neighbourhood) of the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its colors are light blue and white vertical stripes. Founded on March 25, 1903, Racing has won seven professional local championships (1949, 1950, 1951,..
Racing Club de France
Racing Club de France can refer to: the former name of MĂŠtro-Racing rugby union clubthe former name of Racing Club de Paris football club redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Racing Club de Paris
Racing Club de Paris is a football club based in Paris. These days the club can be generally found playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs, or a tier higher or lower. The halcyon days of the club were in the 1930s and 40s. Honours French Division 1 Winner 1936 French Cup Winner 1936, 1939, ..
Racing Club HaĂŻtien
Racing Club HaĂŻtien is a Haitian football club, one of the most successful in the country's history. The club plays its home games in Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The club has won the most league championships in Haitian club history, 10, winning in 1937/38, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1953..
Racing Club Portuense
Racing Club Portuense is a football team based in El Puerto de Santa MarĂ­a in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1928, its plays in Segunda DivisiĂłn B - Group 4. Her stadium is Estadio JosĂŠ del Cubillo with capacity of 8,600 seaters. Seasons 2004/2005: Tercera DivisiĂłn 3rd2005/..
Racing Club Warwick F.C.
Racing Club Warwick Football Club is a football club based in Warwick, Warwickshire, England. Contents 1 History2 Crest3 Home Ground4 Supporters5 Statistics and records6 Current squad7 Famous players8 Managers9 Honours10 References11 Extern..
Racing Culverland
Racing Culverland CF, sometimes abbreviated to Racing, is a British football club based in Exeter, Devon. Their home kit is a racing green shirt, black shorts and scarlet socks. History The club was founded in 1777 by seven brothers living in what was once Exeter's "British quarter", near today'..
Racing Demon
Racing Demon can refer to two things: Another name for the card game NertzRacing Demon (play), a play by David Hare This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point..
Racing Demon (play)
Racing Demon is a 1990 play by British playwright David Hare. Part of a trio of plays about British institutions, it focuses on the Church of England, and tackles issues such as gay ordination, and the role of evangelism in inner-city communities. The play debuted at the National Theatre, and was me..
Racing Destruction Set
Racing Destruction Set is a car racing and motocross computer game written by Rick Koenig, with art by Connie Goldman and music by David Warhol and published in 1985 by Electronic Arts. It was developed for the Commodore 64 computer system. A version for the Atari 8-bit family of computers was als..
Racing de Ferrol
Racing Club de Ferrol (founded in 1917) is a Spanish football team from the city of Ferrol, Galicia near the port of A CoruĂąa in north-western Spain. The colours of the club have always been green shirts with white shorts, though during the early years of existence they used to have green and w..
Racing de Santander
Real Racing Club de Santander, sometimes abbreviated to Racing, is a Spanish Primera DivisiĂłn football club based in Santander. Their home kit is white shirt, green shorts and white socks. Santander was founded in 1909 by Eduardo Pineda e. Contents 1 Trophies2 2006/07 Squad2.1 ..
Racing Drones
The Racing Drones are a racing team in the movie series Hot Wheels AcceleRacers. Originally created by the Accelerons, the Racing Drones have no compassion for their human adversaries. With an endless army of deadly vehicles and drivers, the Drones are bent on completing the Racing Realms and obta..
Racing Dynamics
Racing Dynamics is the trademark of Racing Dynamics S.p.A., an Italian tuning company specialising in BMW Group motorcars. The company was founded in 1980 in Milan, Italy by Federico Pavoncelli, who is the creative force behind the brand. Racing Dynamics S.p.A. holds the unique distinction of bein..
Racing FC Union Luxembourg
Racing Football Club Union Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Racing Football Club Union LĂŤtzebuerg), usually abbreviated to Racing FC, is a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It was formed in 2005 as an amalgam of three clubs from Luxembourg City: CA Spora Luxembourg, Union..
Racing flags
--> The green flag The solid green flag is usually displayed to indicate the start of a race. It is often also shown at the end of a caution period or a temporary delay to indicate that the race is restarting. Sometimes it is displayed by default when no other flags are appropriate. Therefore..
Racing flats
Racing flats, spikes or simply flats, are lightweight athletic shoe designed to serve only the purpose of the particular competition. They are used in Track and Field events and differ for dash, short-, middle- and long-distance or field events, such as throwing. The shoes are normally modeled in a..
Racing for Holland
Racing for Holland is a Dutch motor racing team started by Jan Lammers in 2001. The team is initially specialised in endurance races such as 24 hours of Le Mans and FIA sportscars series. The team is now also participating in the A1 Grand Prix as the A1 Team The Netherlands. Sportscar racecar Racin..
Racing Frogs
This image was unnecessary--> Racing Frogs is a "Quick Fix" Massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) developed and run by Wacky Web Fun Ltd. in association with Iogen Ltd. as an accompaniment to the book 'Frog City and the Racing Frogs' by Julian Patrick. Taking little more than a few minutes eve..
Racing game
A racing game is any game that involves competing in races through a surrogate playing piece or vehicle, either getting it from one point to another or completing a number of circuits in the shortest time. Many board games can be said to be racing games, such as Snakes and ladders, Cribbage or For..
Racing Mars
"Racing Mars" is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Contents 1 Plot synopsis2 Arc significance3 Production details4 Trivia5 External link Plot synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending d..
Racing Plast Burträsk
Racing Plast Burträsk (RPB) was a Swedish company in Burträsk that made racing cars and kit cars. It was founded in 1965 by Kjell Lindskog. Formula Vee cars Starting in 1966 the company produced two Formula Vee cars, Broke that was a copy of the American Beach Car and Dolling FVe that was a desi..
Racing Post
The Racing Post is a British daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper. It is owned by Trinity Mirror. In 1998 the much older paper the Sporting Life was merged with the Racing Post. An annual Racing Post Chase is held at Kempton Park. The Soccerbase website is also run und..
Racing Post Trophy
The Racing Post Trophy is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1 mile at Doncaster Racecourse in late October. It was first run in 1961 as the Timeform Gold Cup, sponsored by Timeform, and was subsequently known as th..
Racing roller coaster
A racing roller coaster consists of two coasters that travel along parallel tracks to simulate a race between the trains. The trains run along the tracks with just a few feet between them. They are often close enough for riders to reach out and slap hands with riders on the opposite train. Severa..
Racing Rules of Sailing
rules can get complicated The Racing Rules of Sailing govern the conduct of yacht racing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, model boat racing, dinghy racing and virtually any other form of racing around a course with more than one vessel while powered by the wind. A new revision is published every fou..
Racing shell
In watercraft, a shell or racing shell is an extremely narrow, and often disproportionately long, rowing boat specifically intended for racing or exercise. It is semi-circular in cross-section in order to reduce drag to a minimum. This makes them unstable and liable to tip. Being able to balance, ..
Racing silks
Racing silks are the colorful shirts worn by horse-racing jockeys. ..
Racing Stripes
The title of the movie is a parody. For an article on the design element used on racecars since the 1950s—see Go-faster stripes. Racing Stripes is a 2005 adventure/comedy movie, directed by Frederik Du Chau. It is similar in the style to the 1995 movie Babe, in that the protagonist is a talking..
Racing stripes
For the filmFor automotive racing stripesThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Racing the Night
Racing the Night is an episode from the first season of the television series ''Crusade. Plot synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The crew visits a planet once home to a civilisation wiped out by the same plague as the one the Drakh left on Ea..
Racing UK
Racing UK is a subscription-only channel similar to attheraces, airing races from courses not shown on attheraces. (In 2004, racecourses were given the choice which to sign up to.) Unusually, it does not appear in the BARB audience ratings or in the list of channels for Sky's EPG lineup on Novembe..
Racing Victoria Limited
Racing Victoria Limited, as the governing Principal Racing Authority, has responsibilities to develop, encourage, promote and manage the conduct of thoroughbred racing in the State of Victoria, Australia. It assumed this responsibility, from the Victoria Racing Club, on 19 December 2001. It was est..
Racing with Jesus
Racing with Jesus is a sponsorship program for born-again Christian race car drivers. Morgan Shepherd, Bob Schact, and Stuart Kirby are among those who have participated in it. ..
Racing with the Moon
Racing with the Moon is a 1984 film starring Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, and Nicolas Cage. ..
Racino
Racino is a portmanteau for a combined race track and casino. In some cases, the gambling is limited to slot machines, but many locations are beginning to include table games such as blackjack, poker, and roulette. In 2003, Joe Bob Briggs described the economic motivation of race track owners to c..
Racin Gardner
Racin Gardner (born February 25, 1972 in Buellton, California), is a former ARCA driver who raced in the 1996 Indianapolis 500 for Dick Simon/Scandia. He retired from racing in the late 90's and is now a stunt driver for television and motion pictures. ..
Racionais MC's
Racionais MC's (Mano Brown, Ice Blue, Edy Rock and DJ KL Jay) are one of the earliest and most prolific Brazilian hip hop groups. The themes of their music center on calling attention to the marginalized Black population of the Brazil's favelas (slums). The group has accused the Brazilian media o..
Raciosa Islands
Raciosa is a group of uninhabited islands near the Canary Islands, and are governed by Spain. ..
Racism
An African-American man drinks out of the "colored only" water cooler at a racially segregated street car terminal in the United States in 1939. Racism refers to various belief systems maintaining that the essential value of an individual person can be determined according to a perceived or a..
Racism and health
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Contents 1 Racism and Psychosomatics2 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder3 Hypertension4 Coronary Heart Disease5 References Racism and Psychosomatics Racism is a belief in the inferiority of a person caused by prejudice against their ethnic ..
Racism by country
Contents 1 Racism by Country2 Austria3 Bulgaria4 Canada4.1 Canadian History4.2 More recently in Canada5 Finland6 France7 Germany8 Greece9 India10 Indonesia11 Ireland12 Italy13 Japan14 Netherlands15 New Zealand16&n..
Racism Explained to My Daughter
Racism explained to my daughter (by Tahar Ben Jelloun, 1998, ISBN 88-7754-206-3) is a book in which the author, during a demonstration against an immigration law in Paris, answers his daughter's questions about the reasons for racism. The author's intent was to explain, with this book,the modern "t..
Racism in Asia
Nanjing Anti-African protests Ethnic issues in Japan ..
Racism in mass media
Racism in the mass media is common, particularly in cinema and television, where some ethnic groups, in particular black people, are frequently subject to stereotyping. Contents 1 United States2 Europe3 Latin America4 See also United States Blacks and other minority group..
Racism in the United States
An African-American drinks out of a water cooler designated for use by "colored" patrons in 1939 at a streetcar terminal in Oklahoma City. Racism in the United States has been a major issue in the country since before its founding. Historically dominated by a settler society of religiously and..
Racist love
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Raci (disambiguation)
Raci or RACI can refer to: Raci, a name used to designate Serbs, Bunjevci, and Ĺ okci in Middle Ages and the early modern times. RACI diagram, a diagram which is used to describe the roles and responsibilities of various teams or people in producing project terminal elements. This is a [disamb..
RACI diagram
A RACI diagram is used to describe the roles and responsibilities of various teams or people in producing project terminal elements. It is an acronym formed from the four participatory roles that it describes: Responsible (Those that get the job done, the resources)Accountable (Those that take th..
RACJA Polskiej Lewicy
REASON of Polish Left (RACJA Polskiej Lewicy, RACJA, RACJA PL) is a left wing anti-clerical political party in Poland. It was registered on August 8, 2002 as the Anticlerical Progress Party REASON (Antyklerykalna Partia Postępu RACJA, APP RACJA, APP Racja, APP, APPR) and acquired its current na..
Rack
Things known as a Rack include: Crowned rack of lamb and similar cuts of beef or porkRack railway.Rack and pinion, a type of gear arrangement used for steering an automobile.Rack (torture), a torture device. This is the original meaning.An open framework used to store things in or hold things up.R..
Racked
Racking is the process of siphoning the wine off the lees to allow clarification and aid in stabilization. A Racking Hose or tubing is used and can be attached to a Racking Cane to make this task easier. A Racking Hose is a flexible, clear plastic hose, usually 3/8 inch in inner diameter, used to s..
Racket
Racket may mean: Racket (crime), a systematised element of organized crimeRacket (or racquet), a sporting implementRacquets (sport), a ball gameRacket (movie) (1997)Racket: a 19th C. variation on the Waltznot to be confused with rackett (a Renaissance woodwind instrument) This is a [disambigua..
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (commonly referred to as RICO Act or RICO) is a United States federal law which provides for extended penalties for criminal acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. RICO was enacted by section 901(a) of the Organized Crime Co..
Racketeer Rabbit
Racketeer Rabbit is a 1946 animated short film in the Looney Tunes series produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. It stars Bugs Bunny, who duels with a pair of gangsters, Rocky and Mugsy forerunners who resemble Edward G. Robinson (Rocky, not to be confused with the aforementioned Rocky) and Peter L..
Racketlon
Racketlon is the sport in which you challenge your opponent in each of the four racket sports table tennis, squash, badminton and tennis. A racketlon match contains four sets, one in each sport. Each set is played to 21 points, much like in table tennis, but the total winner of a racketlon match is ..
Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two rackets events were contested. Only British players entered the competitions. Medal table Position Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Great Britain 2 2 3 7 Medal summary Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's singles Evan Noel Great Br..
Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's doubles
The men's doubles competition was one of two rackets events held as part of the Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Contents 1 Results1.1 Standings1.2 Matches2 Sources Results Standings Place Players Nation 1 John Jacob Astor Vane Pennell Great Brit..
Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's singles
The men's singles competition was one of two rackets events held as part of the Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Contents 1 Results1.1 Standings1.2 Bracket2 Sources Results Standings Place Name Nation 1 Evan Noel Great Britain 2 Henry Leaf ..
Rackett
The Renaissance Rackett is a double reed wind instrument related to the bassoon. Despite a relatively low tone, the rackett is actually quite small (the tenor rackett is only 4 1/2 inches in height, yet its lowest note is F, two octaves below middle C). This is achieved through its ingenious constru..
Racket (crime)
Racket is an illegal business, usually run as part of organized crime. Engaging in a racket is called racketeering. Several forms of racket exist. The best-known is the protection racket, in which criminals demand money from businesses in exchange for the service of "protection" against crimes that..
Racking
Racking is the process of siphoning the wine or beer off the lees to allow clarification and aid in stabilization. A racking hose or tubing is used and can be attached to a racking cane to make this task easier. A Racking Hose is a flexible, clear plastic hose, usually 3/8 inch in inner diameter, u..
Racking bend
The racking bend is a knot for joining two ropes of different diameter. "Racking" refers to the figure-of-eight weaving that binds the bight of the larger rope together. See also List of bend knots ..
Rackith
Rackith is a community in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The community belongs to the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Kemberg whose seat is in the town of Kemberg. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Location1.2 Constituent communities2 History3 ..
Racko!
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Racks and quandles
In mathematics, a rack or a quandle is a set with a binary operation satisfying axioms analogous to the three Reidemeister moves of knot diagram manipulation. While studied primarily in a knot theoretic context, they can be viewed as algebraic constructions in their own right. Contents 1 Hi..
Rack (billiards)
A rack is the name given to a frame (usually wood or plastic) used to organize billiard balls at the beginning of a game. Rack may also be used as a verb to describe the act of setting billiard balls in starting position in billiards games (usually, but not always, using a physical rack), as well as..
Rack (Buffyverse)
Rack Jeff Kober as Rack First appearance 'Wrecked' Last appearance 'Two to Go' Created by Joss Whedon Statistics Name Rack Status Deceased Species Human Affiliation Self-employed Notable powers Rack is a powerful warlock, capable of manipulating dark magics in order to: Perform clo..
Rack (torture)
The rack is a term for certain physical punishment devices. Contents 1 Torture Device1.1 Description1.2 Early use1.3 Use in feudal Britain1.4 Myth of the Inquisition Rack2 Other Punitive Positioning Contraptions3 Medical Uses of the Rack4 Sources Torture D..
Rack and pinion
Rack and pinion animation A rack and pinion is a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. The circular pinion engages teeth on a flat bar - the rack. Rotational motion applied to the pinion will cause the rack to move to the side, up to the limit of its travel. The ra..
Rack lift
A rack lift is a type of elevator which comprises of a cage attached to vertical rails afixed to the walls of a tower or shaft and which is propelled up and down by means of an electric motor which drives a pinion gear that engages a rack gear which is also attached to the wall between the rails. ..
RACK protein
RACK is an acronym for Receptor for Activated C-Kinase and is responsible for the binding of active forms of the protein kinase C family of enzymes. See also RICK, Receptor for Inactive C-Kinase. ..
Rack railway
Track with Von Roll system rack. functioning of the rack and pinion Schneeberg cog railway steam locomotive, with tilted boiler, on level track A cog railway, rack-and-pinion railway or rack railway is a railway with a special toothed rack rail or rack mounted on the railroad tie..
Rack Railway Stuttgart
The Stuttgart Rack Railway (Zahnradbahn in German) is a rack railway in Stuttgart, Germany. It is the only urban rack railway in Germany and is powered by electricity. Affectionately called "Zacke" by the residents of Stuttgart, the line was opened on 23 August 1884 and connects the urban distr..
Rack unit
A rack unit is a unit of measure used to describe the height of a server, network switch or other similar device mounted in a 19-inch rack. One rack unit is 44.45 mm (1.75 in). One rack unit is commonly designated as "1U"; similarly, 2 rack units are "2U" and so on. The size of a piece of rac..
Raclette
Raclette Country of origin Switzerland,France Region, town Valais, Savoie,Franche-ComtĂŠ,Brittany Source of milk Cows Pasteurized No Texture uncooked, semi-firm,pressed Aging time 3-6 months Certification AOC 2003 Raclette is both a type of cheese and ..
Racloir
A racloir is a name given by archaeologists to a certain type of flint tool made by prehistoric peoples. It is created from a flint flake and looks like a large scraper. As well as being used for scraping hides and bark, it may also have been used as a knife. Racloirs are most associated with the ..
Raclopride
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Racon
Racon signal as seen on a radar screen. This beacon appears to transmit the letter "K" in Morse code. A Racon is a type of radar transponder commonly used to mark maritime navigational hazards. The word is an acronym for RAdar beaCON. When a racon receives a radar pulse, it responds with a si..
Raconteur
A raconteur is a person known for telling amusing stories and anecdotes. Raconteur may also refer to: The Raconteurs, an American rock band This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to ..
Racoon
This article is about the Dutch band Racoon. For the animal see Raccoon. For other uses, see Raccoon (disambiguation)''. Racoon is a Dutch rock band, formed in 1997. Their first big appearance was at the 1999 Noorderslagfestival, after which the record companies stood in line to make the band an ..
Racor
Racor (est. 1969) is a division of the Parker Hannifin Corporation. Racor offers fuel, oil, engine-air, water, transmission, crankcase ventilation, and hydraulic filtration solutions at every flow rate, in any application. External links [Racor][Parker Hannifin Corporation]&..
Racosperma
Racosperma is a genus of shrubs and trees of belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the Pea Family Fabaceae, first described from Africa by C. F. P. Martius in 1829. There are roughly 980 species native to Australia: about 10 do not occur in Austrlaia, chiefly spread around the dry tropical to..
Racovian Catechism
The Racovian Catechism (pol. Katechizm Rakowski) is a nontrinitarian statement of faith from the 16th century. It was published by the Polish Brethren in 1605, and subsequently translated into other languages. [Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum][Katechizm Rakowski - provisional edition ..
RacĂł CatalĂ 
RacĂł CatalĂ  is a web portal not associated to any political or cultural organization which aims to be an information point for the whole Catalan Countries. The website contains news, opinions and forums about social activities of different groups and people mainly in favour of Catalan independenti..
Racquel
Racquel may refer to: Racquel Darrian, a brunette adult film actress This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Racquel Darrian
Racquel Darrian (born Kelly Jackson on July 21, 1968) is a American adult film actress. Born in Kansas, Darrian moved to California with her family when she was 7 years old. She started her career as a nude model for publications such as Penthouse and Playboy, posing for lesbian-themed photoshoot..
Racquet
Squash racquet and ball Racquetball racquet and ball Real tennis racquets and balls A racquet (or racket) is a sports implement consisting of a handled frame with an open hoop across which a network of cord is stretched. It is used for catching or striking a ball in such games as ..
Racquet-tails
The genus Prioniturus contains nine parrot species found in the Philippines and Indonesia. They are easily distinguished from all other parrots by their elongated central tail feathers with the bare shaft and spatula at the end. The following species are recognized: Prioniturus montanus (Luzon R..
Racquetball
Racquetball racquet and ball Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. It was invented by Joe Sobeck in 1949 incorporating rules from squash and handball. Unlike many other racquet sports, the walls, floor, and even ceiling of the rac..
Racquets
Racquets may refer to: The plural of Racquet, a piece of sporting equipment.Racquets, an indoor sport using long wooden racquets and a small, hard ball. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, yo..
Racquets (sport)
For the inidividual piece of sports equipment, see Racquet. For the illegal business, see Racket (crime). R. P. Keigwin (right) with AEJ Collins the College's racquets team at Clifton College circa 1902 Racquets (American English) or rackets (British English) is an indoor racquet sport played..
Racquet and Tennis Club
The Racquet and Tennis Club is located at 370 Park Avenue, between East 52nd and 53rd Streets, New York, New York. Building Racquet and Tennis Club Designed by McKim, Mead, and White in an eclectic, Italian Renaissance style, the Racquet and Tennis Club building is representative of the ornat..
Racquet Club of Chicago
The Racquet Club of Chicago is a prestigious private athletic club at 1365 North Dearborn Street in Chicago Illinois, within the Gold Coast Historic District. The classical revival building was designed by architect Andrew Nicholas Rebori, constructed in 1923. The Racquet Club currently features ..
Racquet Club of Philadelphia
redirect[[Template:Portal]]The Racquet Club of Philadelphia is the city's premiere squash, real tennis, and racquets facility. Incorporated in 1889 by 22 prominent Philadelphians, the club evolved through several locations until building its current facility in 1907. The clubhouse, designed by leg..
Racquet sport
Racquet Sports are sports where players use racquets to hit a ball or other object. (Real) TennisLawn TennisRacquetsSquash (Racquets)RacquetballBadmintonTable tennisSquash TennisLacrosseStickĂŠSoft tennisTennis PoloLotball ..
Racquet the Skunk
[[Jungle Jam and Friends: The Radio Show!]] character Racquet the Skunk Played by ? Gender Male Distinguishing symbol ? Favorite activity Playing badminton Motto/Common phrase "God only made one YOU." Place of residence Unknown. Family members Racquet the Skunk is one ..
Racso and the Rats of NIMH
Racso and the Rats of NIMH book cover Racso and the Rats of NIMH is the sequel to the popular book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, written by Jane Leslie Conly. It continues the story after the rats move to Thorn Valley. When this story takes place, the Rats of NIMH have developed a self-..
Racter
:More than iron, more than lead, more than gold I need electricity. :I need it more than I need lamb or pork or lettuce or cucumber. :I need it for my dreams. ::: -- Allegedly written by Racter, from The Policeman's Beard is Half Constructed Racter was an artificial intelligence computer program t..
RACV
The RACV or Royal Automobile Club of Victoria was founded in 1903 as a mutual organisation dedicated to the use and enjoyment of motor vehicles by Victorians. It remains today a mutual organisation providing services such as car insurance, personal and car loans, home insurance, driving instructio..
RACV Energy Breakthrough
The RACV Energy Breakthrough is a joint initiative of the Country Education Project, the Central Goldfields Shire Council and the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV). The breakthrough is an exciting program designed to provide opportunities for students, teachers, parents and local industr..
RAC Foundation
The RAC Foundation is a charity establised in 1991 as a part of RAC plc. After the de-merger of the RAC from the Royal Automobile Club the organisation became involved in researching and promoting issues of safety, mobility, economics and the environment related to motoring. Source: [RAC Fou..
RAC plc
The RAC tower in Bradley Stoke near Bristol, at the junction of the M4 and M5 motorways. An RAC roadside-assistance van in 2004. RAC plc is a UK-based motoring organisation, originally formed by the Royal Automobile Club to assist members with roadside and other motoring services. The..
RAC Rally
The RAC Rally is the best-known motor rally in the UK. It is a round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The forerunner of the RAC Rally was the 1932 Torquay rally which was the first major rally of the modern era in Great Britain. The 341 competing cars were unmodified. Ten starting points spre..
RAC Research
To meet Wikipedia's and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require [Cleanupcleanup].The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the..
Racławice
Racławice is a village located in Little Poland, Poland. It became famous after a victorious Battle of Raclawice (1794) in the Kościuszko Uprising. See also The Racławice Panorama ..
Racławicka (Warsaw Metro)
Racławicka is one of the Warsaw Metro stations. It is named after the Racławicka street that runs above the station, which in turn was named after the town of Racławice and the battle that took place there in 1794. Preceding station:Pole Mokotowskie ''' Warsaw Metro (Line I)''' Following st..
Ra Cailum
Ra Cailum Fast Facts Ship TypeBattleship Class:Ra Cailum Launched:Universal Century 0093 Ship Fate:Unknown, presumed decommissioned General Characteristics Displacement:Unknown Length:487 meters Beam:165 meters Draft:Unknown Armament:2-barrel main gun x 42-barrel secondary gun x 22missile launche..
Ra Cailum class battleship
Ra Cailum class mobile battleship Fast Facts Ship TypeBattleship Class:Ra Cailum Launched:Universal Century 0093 Class Fate:Retired sometime between UC 0153 and UC 0223 General Characteristics Displacement:Unknown Length:487 meters Beam:165 meters Draft:Unknown Armament:2-barrel main gun x 42-barr..

 


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