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Āraiteuru
In Māori tradition, Āraiteuru is the canoe in which brought the ancestors the Ngāi Tahu people of the South Island. The canoe was conveyed to New Zealand by the north-east wind, carrying the chiefs Kirikiri-ka-tata, Aroarokaehe, Mangaatua, Aoraki, Kakeroa, Te Horokoatu, Ritua, Ngamautaurua, Poko..
Račice
Račice is a village in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 308. It is the major rowing and flatwater canoeing venue in the Czech Republic. Račice hosted the 1993 World Rowing Championships and the 2006 European Flatwater Championships. External links [Racice Sport..
Rai
Rai may refer to: Rai (Indian), a number of related Indian legal terms and titles, with various meanings and compound formsAishwarya Rai, an Indian Bollywood actressRai (ethnic group), an ethnolinguistic group of NepalRai language - see Dhanwar languageRaï, a form of folk music, originated in Oran..
RAI
RAI (Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the Italian public service broadcaster. It operates three terrestrial television channels and three radio channels, in addition to several satellite and digital terrestrial offerings. Created as URI in 1924, it started television broadcasts on January 3, 1954. A v..
Raia
Raia may refer to: An alternative spelling of Raja, a genus of rays in the family Rajidae.Raia, a small village in Goa, India, about 6 km from Maegao on the way to Loutolim. It is famous for its church called "Our Lady of Snows". This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of ar..
Raiano
Raiano is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy ..
Raiatea
Bora Bora, Tahaa, and Raiatea from space Somewhat smaller than Tahiti, Raiatea is the second largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. The proper spelling of the name, rarely used though, in the Tahitian language is Ra’iatea, meaning: bright sky. The chief town on Raiatea is Uturo..
Raiatea Helm
Raiatea Mokihana Maile Helm (August 8, 1984) is a Hawaiian singer who accompanies herself on the ukulele. She released her debut album, Far Away Heaven, through Riptide Records in 2003. Her second, critically acclaimed, album, Sweet & Lovely was issued by her own "Raiatea Helm" label in 2005. Helm ..
Raica Oliveira
Raica Oliveira (born January 22, 1984 in Niterói, Brazil) is a fashion model, best known as one of the faces of Victoria's Secret & Dior. Contents 1 Biography2 Facts and stats3 Editorials4 Advertisement4.1 Runway5 External links Biography Shortly after winning 2n..
Raices
Raices (or Roots) (1979) is an album by Uruguyian singer/songwriter Jose Barroso. Unlike his follow up album Songs of the Latin American People (1986) (which sees Barroso at his most dynamic and experimental), Raices is, by stark contrast, a very quiet album. Relying mostly on Barroso's powerful v..
Raichand Boral
Rai Chand Boral who is commonly known as R. C. Boral (1903 - 1981) was a famous composer and is referred to by music connoisseurs as the Father of Indian Film music. Contents 1 Life and career2 Hindi Filmography3 Bengali Filmography4 External links Life and career R.C. Boral ..
Raichberg Transmitter
Raichberg transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV-transmission on the Raichberg mountain at Albstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Geographical coordinates: [48°18′21″N, 8°59′33″E]). It uses as antenna tower a 147 metre high guyed steel tube mast. Furthermore there is a free s..
Raiché Coutev Sisters
The Raiché Coutev Sisters were a small female vocal choir that performed exclusively for the soundtracks of Yoko Kanno. The group was formed by vocalists Gabriela Robin, Akino Arai, Wuyontana, and Koko Komine. They have been featured in the soundtracks for Macross Plus ("A Sai Ën"), Uncharted Wa..
Raicho
Limited express train Raicho. Limited express train Thunderbird. Raichō (雷鳥) is a limited express train that runs between Osaka and Kanazawa, Japan, using portions of the Tokaido Main Line, Kosei Line, and Hokuriku Main Line. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company. The ..
Raichu
is one of the 401 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar“[Pokemon Franchise Approaches 150 Million Games Sold]" PR Newswire Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi ..
Raichur (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Raichur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Karnataka. Members of Parliament 2004: A. Venkatesh Naik, Indian National Congress Election results See also List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha ..
Raichur district
Raichur Location of Raichur Headquarters ..
Raichur Doab
The Raichur Doab is the triangular region of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states which lies between the Krishna River and its tributary the Tungabhadra, named for the town of Raichur. ..
Raich Carter
Horatio Stratton "Raich" Carter (February 21, 1913 in Hendon, Sunderland - October 9, 1994 in Willerby, near Hull) was one of the greatest English footballers of the pre-war era. On the field, he captained Sunderland to the Football League title in 1936, at that time the youngest man ever to have c..
RAID
In computing, RAID (a redundant array of inexpensive disks, also later known as redundant array of independent disks) is a system which uses multiple hard drives to share or replicate data among the drives. Depending on the version chosen, the benefit of RAID is one or more of increased data inte..
Raid
Raid or RAID may refer to: Redundant Array of Independent/Inexpensive Disks, or RAID, a system of multiple hard drives for sharing or replicating data.Raid (insecticide), a consumer insecticide marketed by S.C. Johnson & Son.Raid (military), a sudden attack behind an enemy's lines without the inte..
Raidak
Raidak is a major river in Bhutan. The river rises in the Himalaya and empties into the Brahmaputra. ..
Raidas
Raidas or Ravidas (c.1398-c.1448), is considered one of the early north Indian poet-Sants. He was initiated by Ramananda and was the guru of Mirabai. He was a cobbler by caste (and thus a dalit (untouchable). Raidas, in the tradition of the Sant poets, wrote devotional (Bhakti) poems in secular Hin..
Raidashir
Raidashir, was the younger brother to the Persian King Ardashir I of the Sassanid Dynasty. Raidashir was a bloodthirsty warrior and his elder brother feared him. He was exiled by the King for practicing a different faith from the more popular religion in Persia at that time, Zoroastrianism. Arguably..
Raiden
For other uses of the name, see Raiden (disambiguation). Raijin, Nitenmon Gate, Taiyuin-byo Shrine, Nikko, Japan. Raiden (雷電) or Raijin (雷神) is a god of thunder and lightning in Japanese mythology; his name is derived from the Japanese words rai (雷, thunder) and den (電, lightning)..
Raidenmon
Raidenmon is a Mega Level Machine Digimon who is named after Raiden, the Japanese God of Thunder and Lightning. Raidenmon appears in Digimon World 3 and is one of the hardest boss battles in the game. Raidenmon resembles some sort of military vehicle, possibly a tank or a bomber. It has a single ey..
Raiden (arcade game)
For other meanings of the name Raiden, see Raiden (disambiguation). Raiden is a 1990 scrolling shooter arcade game by Seibu Kaihatsu. Contents 1 Description2 Legacy3 Ports4 External links Description The formula of the game is simple and typical for the era of this game. T..
Raiden (artist)
Raiden is the stage name of Chris Jarman a British techno/drum & bass DJ and producer who runs Offkey Recordings. Discography 44 Calibre Killer 20046 Ft Ditch (Kryptic Minds Remix) 20046 Ft Ditch 2003Abyss 2002All Out War 2003Arch Angel 2004Bare Knuckle Fight (Cause 4 Concern Remix) 2004Bare Knuck..
Raiden (disambiguation)
Raiden can refer to: Raiden, a figure in Japanese mythology.Raiden (Mortal Kombat) (also spelled "Rayden"), a character in the Mortal Kombat series directly based on the above figure.Raiden (Metal Gear), a character in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the PatriotsR..
Raiden (Fatal Fury)
For other meanings of the name Raiden, see Raiden (disambiguation). Raiden (ライデン, pronounced /raiden/, not /REIden/) is a video game character from the Fatal Fury series of fighting games. He is a large character wearing a blue wrestling suit and mask with a yellow lightning bolt down its..
Raiden (Metal Gear)
Raiden is a fictional character in the Metal Gear series. He is the protagonist of the Plant Chapter, the main act of [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]], and a character in [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]. His role as the protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2 was a controversial twis..
Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
Rayden redirects here. For other meanings of the name Raiden, see Raiden (disambiguation). Raiden )-()-((}})..
Raiden DX
Raiden DX is the second sequel to the arcade game Raiden. A port of this game was released for the PlayStation in Japan. External link [Raiden DX] at The Killer List of Video Games ..
Raiden Fighters 2
Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive is the second game in the Raiden Fighters series, and the fifth one in the Raiden scrolling shooter game series. There is a larger selection of aircraft to choose from, and the game keeps the same hectic pace as its predecessors. The later 'Raiden Fighters 2 -..
Raiden II
Raiden II is the sequel to the arcade game Raiden. This game expanded on the original formula with enhanced graphics and two new weapons (a Plasma Beam that can lock on to a target and Cluster Bombs, which do less damage than regular bombs but strike a larger area). This game and the original Raid..
Raiden III
Raiden III is a revival of the classic Raiden series of scrolling shooter games. It was developed by the Japanese company Moss with some assistance by Seibu Kaihatsu which produced Raiden and Raiden II, and published by Taito in 2005. The game will feature all of the original weapons and power-ups ..
Raiden Tameimon
Raiden Tameimon (雷電爲右エ門), born Seki Tarokichi (January 1767 - February 11, 1825) is considered one of the greatest sumo wrestlers in history, although he was never formally promoted to Yokozuna. Biography Raiden was born to a farmer family in a village in rural Shinano province. He is..
Raiders
A raider or raiders can refer to: Sports organizations:*The Oakland Raiders are a National Football League team based in Oakland, California.* The Canberra Raiders are a National Rugby League team based in Canberra, Australia.* The Texas Tech Red Raiders are an NCAA Division I team from Texas Tech ..
Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps
The Raiders Location Wayne, New Jersey Division Division III Founded 1990 Director Tom Maiello Championship Titles 2005 Corps Uniform Blue jacket with white and black sash, black pants, black shoes, black shako with white plume The Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps is..
Raiders of the Living Dead
Contents 1 Synopsis2 Cast3 See also4 External links Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Cast Robert Allen - Dr. CorstairsDonna Asali - Shelly GodwinCorri Burt - MichelleRobert Deveau - Morgan RandallZita Johann - Libraria..
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark, also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a 1981 adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It was the first released, though the twenty-fourth, chronologically, in a series of film and TV productions about the adventures of the heroic fictional arc..
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Atari 2600)
This article is about a video game for the Atari 2600 video game console. See Raiders of the Lost Ark for the movie of the same name. Raiders of the Lost Ark was a video game created for the Atari 2600 and based on the movie of the same name. The game was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw, who was..
Raiders of the Lost Car Park
Raiders of the Lost Car Park is a novel by British author Robert Rankin. It is the second book in the Cornelius Murphy trilogy, sequel to The Book of Ultimate Truths and prequel to The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived. It documents the continuing adventures of Cornelius Murphy and his companion Tupp..
Raider Nation
Raider Nation refers to the nationwide, perhaps global, die hard fans of the Oakland Raiders football team of the National Football League. The Raider Nation is also known for its "black hole", a specific section of the McAfee Coliseum (Sections 103, 104, 105, and 106) frequented by the rowdiest an..
Raider Painting Company
The Raider Painting Company is based out of the towns of Dover and Sherborn, Massachusetts. They provide washing and painting services for customers in the suburban Boston area at competitive prices. The company was founded in 2006 by three graduates of Dover-Sherborn High School [Official..
Raider Red
Raider Red is one of the mascots of Texas Tech University. The main mascot is The Masked Rider who rides a live horse. Raider Red is used at events where The Masked Rider is not allowed or would not be appropriate. Around the the 1971 football season, the Southwest Conference created a rule th..
Raidi
Raidi (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Tibetan: རག་སྡི་; also written Ragdi; born August, 1938) is a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in the People's Republic of China, and the most high ranking ethnic Tibetan in China...
Raidih block
Raidih block , one of the eleven administrative blocks of Gumla district, Jharkhand state, India, has a population (1991 census) of 55,641. The block is comprised of sixty-one villages. ..
Raiding
Raiding may refer to: The present participle of the verb raid, a word which itself has several meaningsThe small market town of Raiding in Austria This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may w..
Raiding (Austria)
Coat of Arms Map Basic Information Country: Austria State: Burgenland District: Oberpullendorf (OP) Area: 13.7 km² Population: 836 (15 May 2001) Population density: 64/km² Elevation: 253 m Postal Code: 7321 Coordinates: 47° 34' 0" N, 16° 31..
Raidió na Gaeltachta
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (RnaG; Irish for Radio of the Gaeltacht) is the Irish-language radio service of Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) in Ireland, and is available on 92-94FM in Ireland and via the Internet. It began broadcasting on 2 April 1972, and was the second legal radio station in Ireland..
Raidô
Raidô "ride, journey" is the suggested Proto-Germanic name of the r-rune of the Elder Futhark ᚱ. The name is attested for the same rune in all three rune poems, Norwegian Ræið Icelandic Reið, Anglo-Saxon Rad, as well as for the corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet ..
Raidou
Nationality: Japanese Gender: Male Birthdate: August 13 Age: 48 years old Blood type: AB Height: 181cm Weight: 78kg (282 lb) Measurements: B96 W102 H99 Fighting Style: Modified MugenTenshin-ryu Karate Occupation: Expelled Shinobi Favorite Food(s): Boar Nabe Hobbies: S..
Raidramon
Raidramon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. He is an Armor-level Digimon who is formed when Veemon digivolves with the Digi-Egg of Friendship. His Japanese name is Lighdramon. His evolution line is "The Storm of Friendship". Contents 1 Evolution2 Abilities2.1 A..
Raid (insecticide)
Raid Ant & Roach spray Raid is the brand name of a line of insecticides produced by SC Johnson, first launched in 1956. The initial active ingredient was the first synthetic pyrethroid, allethrin. Raid derivatives aimed at particular invertebrate species can contain other active agents such ..
Raid 2020
Raid 2020 is a NES action game that takes place in the year 2020. The object is to defeat all the drug dealers and eradicate drugs from the streets of America. However, the game is badly programmed and did not receive a wide release. In an unusual turn, even seagulls can kill the player in this game..
Raid at Cabanatuan
The Great Raid on Cabanatuan in the Philippines on 30 January 1945 by US Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas, which resulted in the liberation of more than 500 prisoners of war (POWs) from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan, was a celebrated, historic achievement involving Allied special forces..
Raid at Los Baños
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] The raid at los Baños was a miltary action in the Philippines during World War II. Los Baños, Laguna contained a Japanese-run interment and Prisoner of War (POW) camp in the Philippines. On 23 February, 1945, elements of the U.S. 11th Airborne Division parach..
RAID controller
Promise Technology Ultra33 IDE RAID controller A RAID controller is a device which manages the physical storage units in a RAID system and presents them to the computer as logical units. The controller can be internal to a computer, either as an Expansion card or embedded on the motherboard,..
Raid Gauloises
For the movie starring Anne Bancroft, see The Raid (movie). The Raid Gauloises or The Raid is considered by many to be the first modern adventure race and was first held in 1989. Its creator, Gerald Fusil, took the existing concept of long distance endurance races, and focused on the team aspects,..
Raid of Ruthven
The Raid of Ruthven was a 1582 conspiracy of several Presbyterian nobles, led by William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, against King James VI of Scotland, who was treacherously seized while a guest at the castle of Ruthven (today known as Huntingtower Castle in Perthshire), and kept under restraint fo..
Raid of the Redeswire
The Raid of the Redeswire was a border skirmish between England and Scotland on July 7 1575. It took place at the Cheviot pass which enters Redesdale, between the English Warden of the Middle Marches, Sir John Forster, and the Keeper of Liddesdale, Sir John Carmichael. Through the timely arrival o..
Raid on Bungeling Bay
This is the Commodore 64 version of Raid on Bungeling Bay. Raid on Bungeling Bay was the first video game designed by Will Wright. It was published by Brøderbund for the Commodore 64 in 1984 and the NES and MSX computers in 1985. Apart from offering a 2D overhead view of terrain which was a..
Raid on Choiseul
Solomon Islands campaign Guadalcanal – Savo I. – Eastern Solomons – Cape Esperance – Santa Cruz Is. – Naval Guadalcanal – Tassafaronga – Rennell I. – Blackett Strait – Operation Cartwheel – New..
Raid on Elizabethtown
Raid on Elizabethtown occurred on February 7, 1813, when Benjamin Forsyth and 200 men crossed the frozen St. Lawrence River to occupy the Courthouse Square in Elizabethtown, New York, seize military and public stores, free American prisoners, then capture 52 British prisoners. History On February 4..
Raid on Entebbe
Raid on Entebbe can refer to: Operation Entebbe, a military operationRaid on Entebbe, a film based on Operation Entebbe redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Raid on Entebbe (film)
Raid on Entebbe is a 1977 TV movie directed by Irvin Kershner. It is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of hostages at Entebbe Airport in Kampala, Uganda on july 4, 1976. Irvin Kershner 1950s Stakeout on Dope Street | The Young Captives 1960s Hoodlum Priest | Face..
Raid on Fort Oswego
St. Lawrence/Lake Champlain frontier 1st Sackett's Harbor – 1st Lacolle Mills – Lake Ontario - Ogdensburg – Sackett's Harbor – Chateauguay – Crysler's Farm – Fort Oswego – 2nd Lacolle Mills – Plattsburgh The Raid of Fort Oswego was a success..
Raid on Gananoque
Raid on Gananoque plaque Text from the Raid on Gananoque plaque On September 21, 1812, during the War of 1812 a United States force of some 200 regulars and militia under Captain Benjamin Forsyth attacked Gananoque. The village was an important forwarding point for supplies moving up the St...
Raid on Pickawillany
The Raid on Pickawillany is a famous event in Ohio history, and one of the events that led to the French and Indian War. On June 21 1752, the Miami Indian village of Pickawillany was attacked by 240 French allied Ottawa and Ojibwa Indians led by the métis courier du bois Charles Michel de Langlade..
Raid on the Medway
Dutch Attack on the Medway, June 1667 by Pieter Cornelisz van Soest, painted c. 1667. The captured ship Royal Charles is right of center. The Raid on the Medway, sometimes called the Battle of Medway or the Battle of Chatham, was a successful Dutch attack on English ships and dockyards that t..
Raid over Moscow
Raid Over Moscow is a computer game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum by Access Software published in Europe by U.S. Gold. It was also released with the title Raid. Released during the Cold War era, Raid Over Moscow is an action game in which the player (an American space pilot) has to stop thre..
Raid over the River
Raid over the River is a game currently being developed for the Wii and Nintendo DS by NIBRIS. The first game in the story will debut on the DS, whilst the follow-up will appear on the Wii. Contents 1 DS Version2 Wii Version3 Vehicles4 Release Date5 Sequel6 Ext..
Raiffeisen
Raiffeisen is a co-operative bank based and founded in Austria and operating throughout central and eastern Europe. "Raiffeisen" is a reference to Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, the founder of the co-operative movement of credit unions. Austria Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich (RZB), establish..
Raiffeisen Albania
The Raiffeisen Bank is currently the largest bank in Albania, with more than 60% of all retail deposits and the largest branch network. Background It was originally known as Banka e Kursimeve (Savings Bank of Albania), but following its acquisition by Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) during 2004 it wa..
Raiffeisen Observation Tower
The Raiffeisen observation tower is a 35 meter high wood specialized who tower, which is henutzt as observation tower, on the becoming baggy head with Aldorf. The Raiffeisen observation tower was established 1990. http://www2.genealogy.net/vereine/ArGeWe/wewa2/b-orte/beul/beul.htmhttp://www.heupe..
Raiffeisen Romania
Raiffeisen Romania is one of the largest banks in Romania, being part of the international Raiffeisen Bank Group based in Austria. "Raiffeisen" is a reference to Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, the founder of the co-operative movement of credit unions. ..
Raiford, Florida
Raiford is a town in Union County, Florida, United States. The population was 187 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 193 [link]. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Additional info4 External links Geography Raiford..
Raifuku Maru
Raifuku Maru, a Japanese freighter ship that allegedly "vanished" during a voyage from Boston to Frankfurt, Germany, with a cargo of wheat and a crew of thirty-eight, in April 1925 (some reports erroneously say 1921 or 1924). This case is usually cited as a part of the Bermuda Triangle mystery, but..
Raif Dizdarević
Raif Dizdarević (born 1926) was a Yugoslav politician of Bosniak ethnicity. Dizdarević was born in Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. During WWII he participated in the armed resistance in the Partisans. After the war, as a member of the Communist Party and collaborator of Josip Broz Tito, he was ..
Raigachhi
Raigachhi is a census town in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Raigachhi had a population of 6728. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Raigachhi has an average lite..
Raigad
Front view of Raigad fort, From Paachad. Raigad was the capital of Shivaji's kingdom. It is a hill fortress situated in the Raigad District of Maharashtra, India. It was constructed by Shivaji between 1657 and 1670. He was crowned King of Hindawi Swaraj, the formal name of what later develo..
Raigad district
Raigad District is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the Konkan region. The district was renamed after Raigad, the fort and former capital of the Maratha leader Shivaji, which is located in the interior forests of the district, on a west-facing spur of the Western Ghats..
Raiganj
Raiganj is the district headquarters as well as a subdivision of the district of North Dinajpur, West Bengal, India. It is very near to Darjeeling. ..
Raigarh
Raigarh is a town in Chhatisgarh state of central India. It is the administrative headquarters of Raigarh District. Before Indian Independence, Raigarh was the capital of the princely state of Raigarh. It has a population of 110,987 (agglomeration 115,740) (2001 census). Raigarh is a cultural city..
Raigarh District
Raigarh District is district of the state of Chhattisgarh, in India. Raigarh is the district headquarters. The district was formed by merging the states of princely states of Raigarh, Sarangarh, Udaipur (Dharamjaigarh) and Jashpur. Jashpur is now a separate district. External links [Raigarh ..
Raigh Roe
Dame Raigh Roe, DBE (b. December 12, 1922 in Western Australia) is a community worker and past World President of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW). In 1977 she was named Australian of the Year. External links [Associated Country Women of the World] |- style="text-align: ..
Raigmore Hospital
Raigmore Hospital is a hospital in Inverness, Scotland. It is the main hospital for Highland. Whilst there has been a hospital on the site since 1941, the current hospital has been in development since 1970. The hospital has Accident and Emergency, Radiology, Radiotherapy and Out-Patient Departme..
Raiguer
Raiguer is a district located in the north-central part of Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands of Spain. It runs parallel to the Sierra de Tramuntana district from the town of Marratxí to the town of Sa Pobla (La Puebla). Like the rest of the Mallorcan districts, it is only recognized at a geogra..
Raihan
Raihan (Fragrance of Heaven in Arabic) is a Malaysian Nasheed group originally composed of five members that took Malaysia by storm with the release of their debut album "Puji-Pujian" in October of 1996. However, on 29 August 2001, one of the founding members/header, Azhari Ahmad, died of a heart at..
RAIHN
RAIHN The Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (RAIHN) This organization, headquartered in Rochester, NY USA is one chapter of over 100 in the Interfaith Hospitality Network, now called FamilyPromise.org. External links [RAIHN] ..
RAII
RAII can refer to: newspaper Al-RaiiResource Acquisition Is Initialization ..
Raijin
Raijin can refer to: Raijin, a figure in Japanese mythology.Raijin Comics, a defunct manga publication by Gutsoon Entertainment.Raijin-Oh (Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh or The Absolutely Invincible Raijin-Oh) is an anime TV series.Raijin, a minor character from Final Fantasy VIII and Kingdom Hearts II, an..
Raijinmon
Raijinmon is a Mega Level Cyborg Digimon who is named after Raijin, the Japanese God of Thunder. Abilities Attacks Black Storm ..
Raijin Comics
Raijin Comics was a manga anthology published in North America by Gutsoon Entertainment. The comics were aimed at an older audience. The magazine was initially a weekly publication, but it later became a monthly magazine. In June 2004, the magazine stopped circulation and the brand was put "on hiat..
Raiju
Raiju ("thunder animal") is a demon from Japanese mythology. Its body is composed of either lightning or fire and may be in the shape of a cat, tanuki, monkey, or weasel. It may also fly about as a ball of lightning or fire (in fact, the demon may be an attempt to explain the phenomenon of ball ligh..
Raikal
Raikal is the mandal (sub-district) headquarters and a small town in Karimnagar District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is about 65 km from the district headquarters Karimnagar. This small town has historical significance for two things. The first is the ancient temple of Kesavanatha Swamy which was bu..
Raikod
Raikod is a community located in Andhra Pradesh. State of Andhra Pradesh | History | Politics | Capital Hyderabad Districts Adilabad • Anantapur • Chittoor • East Godavari • Guntur • Hyderabad • Kadapa • Karimnagar • Khammam • Krishna • ..
Raikot
Raikot is a city and a municipal council in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. Geography Raikot is located at [30.65° N 75.6° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Raikot]. It has an average elevation of 235 metres (770 feet). Demographics As of 2..
Raikou
The word Raikou can have several meanings: A small village in the prefecture of Ioannina, GreeceThe legendary archer and demon-queller of Japan, born Minamoto no Yorimitsu, who has given his name to various characters in anime and computer games, such as the following:Raikou, a Pokémon character. ..
Raikou (Pokémon)
is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise. It is a Legendary Pokémon, one of the three "Legendary Beasts" that are featured in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal. Raikou's name is completely derived from its Japanese name. The word Rai in Japanese means thunder. 雷光 raikou is the Japa..
Rail
Rail may refer to: Rail tracksThe rolled steel profiles used on rail tracks, see also rail profile and railway railthird railRail transportRail (magazine), a railroad-related periodical.Rail (theater), rail in theatrical lightingRail (electronics), rail in electronicsRallidae, the group of birds ca..
Rail-Head
Rail-Head is a poem by Gilbert Waterhouse. ..
RailAir
There are several RailAir coach services operating between railway stations and London Heathrow Airport. A [RailAir] coach service operates between Reading railway station and Heathrow Airport. The journey takes about 40 or 50 minutes depending on the time of day, with three coaches pe..
RailAmerica
RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE: [RRA]), based in Boca Raton, Florida, is a holding company of several short-line railroads in the United States and Canada On January 19 2006, RailAmerica announced that it has sold its holdings in Alberta to Canadian National Railway (CN) for $22 million. ..
Railay Beach
Railay Beach (Thai อ่าวไร่เลย์) is a small peninsula located between the city of Krabi and Ao Nang. Accessible only by boat due to the high limestone cliffs cutting off mainland access. These cliffs attracts rock climbers from all over the world, but the area is also popular du..
Raila Odinga
Raila Amollo Odinga (1945-) is a Kenyan politician, and was, until November 23 2005 a Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Roads, Public Works and Housing. He is the son of the first Vice President of Kenya Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. Mr Odinga is commonly called by his first name, 'Raila', due to an ..
Railbox
RailBox Company (AAR reporting marks ABOX, RBOX, TBOX, and FBOX), founded in 1974, was an effort to address a perceived boxcar shortage in the United States in the 1970s. Under the routing rules in effect at the time, cars owned by operating companies were supposed to be routed back to their ownin..
Railcar
A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coach (carriage, car), with a driver's cab at each end. The term is sometimes also used as an alt..
Raildriver
Raildriver is a desktop cab controller that replaces the keyboard for Microsoft Train Simulator and gives players the tactile feedback that prototype engineers so heavily depend on when operating real locomotives. Let's take a look at the RailDriver and see how it might affect your Train Simulator e..
Railfan
"Train spotting" redirects here. For other uses, see Trainspotting. Railfans practicing their hobby at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. A railfan or rail buff (American English), railway enthusiast (Australian/British English), or (often with a more specialized meaning, described below) trainspot..
Railfan and Railroad
Railfan and Railroad is a monthly magazine devoted to trains and railroads. Its first issue was published in 1974 under the editorship of Jim Boyd, who would remain editor into the 1990s. It is published by Carstens Publications of Newton, New Jersey, which also publishes Railroad Model Craftsman ..
Railfreight Distribution
Revised Railfreight Distribution livery, as carried by Class 90 no. 90021 at York on 3rd June 2004. Railfreight Distribution was a sector of British Rail responsible for non-trainload freight operations. It was also later responsible for freight operations through the Channel Tunnel. In 1987 ..
Railgon Company
The Railgon Company owned railroad gondola cars that could be used by multiple railroads without having to deadhead (return to their origin empty), which was required under the pre-Staggers Act regulatory regime. The Railgon Company was a cooperative owned by multiple railroads. Railgon (and the si..
Railgrinder
A railgrinder (also spelled rail grinder) is a maintenance of way railway car that is used to remove irregularities from rail tracks and restore their profile, in order to extend the life of the rails before they need to be replaced. Many forms are known, from the simple angle grinder through to th..
Railgun
For artillery running on rails, see railway gun. A railgun is a form of gun that converts electrical energy—rather than the more conventional chemical energy from an explosive propellant—into projectile kinetic energy. It is not to be confused with a coilgun (Gauss gun). The term railgu..
Railguns in science fiction
Railguns are a popular device in science fiction. However, they are rarely portrayed accurately, often being confused with coilguns or directed-energy weapons. Contents 1 Books2 Film3 Television3.1 Macross3.2 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED3.3 RahXephon3.4 Stargate Atla..
Railhead
A Railhead is a terminus of a railway line that interfaces with another transport mode, for example shipping and other sort of transportation. ..
Railion
Railion is a European (mainly German) railroad cargo carrier. Railion is the result of merging DB Cargo AG and NS Cargo NV. The company is named differently in each country: Railion Deutschland in GermanyRailion Nederland in the NetherlandsRailion Danmark in DenmarkRailion Italia in Italy since 2..
Railnews
Railnews' logo Railnews is a national monthly newspaper and news website for the British railway network. Content In contrast to rail enthusiast magazines (such as Entrain and Rail) which often concentrate on locomotives, rolling stock (see train spotting), Railnews concentrates on issues impo..
Railo
Railo is a ColdFusion compiler for translating and executing of CFML-based websites. The compiler translates the ColdFusion code into Java classes which can be executed on a Java server. Railo also comes with a runtime engine, which contains all necessary libraries for the translated code. Railo aut..
Railpage Australia
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RailPower Technologies
RailPower Technologies TSX: [P] is a Canadian company that builds environmentally friendly hybrid yard locomotives, founded by Frank Donnelly and Gerard Koldyk. Its "Green Goat" locomotives have been purchased by Canadian Pacific Railway, BNSF Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway and Un..
Railroad, Pennsylvania
Railroad is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 300 at the 2000 census. Geography Railroad is located at [39°45′24″N, 76°41′58″W] (39.756761, -76.699396)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, t..
Railroaded!
Railroaded is a black-and-white 1947 film noir directed by Anthony Mann. Plot Mobster Duke Martin (Ireland) with his beautician/bookmaker girlfriend Clara Calhoun (Jane Randolph, of Cat People fame) plot to stage an inside-job robbery of her beauty shop. Their plans go awry when Duke's partner ..
Railroader of the Year
Railroader of the Year is an annual award presented to a North American railroad industry worker by trade journal Railway Age. The award was first presented in 1964 by trade journal Modern Railroads and has continued through the magazine acquisition in 1992 to the present. Past recipients of this ..
Railroadiana
Railroadiana refers to artifacts of currently or formerly operating railways around the world. Railroadiana can include items such as: public or employee timetablespromotional or advertising materials from railway passenger servicebrakeman's or marker lanternshorns and whistleslocomotive nameplat..
Railroads connecting New York City and Chicago
For a long time, the most important railroad corridor in the United States has been between New York City and Chicago, Illinois. Each of the four major railroads in what was known as the "Official Territory", the land in the Northeast U.S. bounded roughly by the Mississippi River, Ohio River and Pot..
Railroad Advocate
The Railroad Advocate was a weekly newspaper started by Zerah Colburn, the locomotive designer and editor/publisher. The first issue appeared on November 11 1854, when it was titled the Rail Road Advocate. It later became Colburn's Railroad Advocate, and then Holley's Railroad Advocate when it was p..
Railroad apartment
A railroad apartment is a type of apartment floorplan in which there is no hallway and all the rooms are arranged in a line. The name comes from the fact that the rooms come one after the other like railroad cars. Also referred to as a "shotgun shack" or "shotgun house", which comes from the fact t..
Railroad car
A railroad car (or, more briefly, car, not to be confused with railcar), also known as an item of rolling stock, is a vehicle on a railroad (or railway) that is not a locomotive — one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. Cars can be coupled..
Railroad chronometer
Railroad chronometers (railroader's watches) were critical to the safe and correct operation of trains in the United States. A system, which relied on accurate timekeeping, called Timetable and Train Order was used to ensure that two trains could not be on the same stretch of track at the same time..
Railroad Commission Act
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. The Railroad Commission Law was a piece of United States federal legislation which created the Railroad C..
Railroad Commission of Texas
The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline and rail safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining. Established by the Texas Legislature in 1891, the commission is the state's olde..
Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co.
Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Feb. 4, 1941 Decided March 3, 1941 Full case name: Railroad Commission of Texas et al. v. Pullman Co. et al. Citations: 312 U.S. 496 Prior history: Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the..
Railroad directions
Most railroads in the U.S. use railroad directions to describe the directions that lines on their systems run, which often vary from compass directions. Typically an entire railroad system (the lines of a railroad or a related group of railroads) will describe all of its lines by only two railroad ..
Railroad earth
Railroad Earth is a roots and Americana-based jamband from rural western New Jersey. Their name stems from a Jack Kerouac poem "October in the Railroad Earth," and the band has a song by the same name. Railroad Earth's music combines elements of bluegrass, rock and roll, jazz, celtic and more, and..
Railroad ecology
Railroad ecology is a term used to refer to the study of the ecological community growing along railroad tracks. Such ecosystems have been studied primarily in Europe. Contents 1 Conditions2 Maintenance3 History4 Invasive Species5 References Conditions Railroad beds, l..
Railroad electrification in the United States
Railroad electrification in the United States comprised many different systems in many different geographical areas, few of which were connected. Despite this, there were a small number of common reasons for electrification. Streetcars and interurban systems are not within the scope of this articl..
Railroad engineer
A Locomotive Engineer or train driver is a person who operates a railroad locomotive and train. The Engineer is the person in charge of and responsible for the locomotive(s) of a railroad train. They are also in charge of the mechanical operation of the train and all train handling. They share with ..
Railroad Jerk
Railroad Jerk was a New York-based indie-rock band of the 1990s, specializing in a hard-driven blues-based sound. Their lineup changed frequently, but the stalwart members were Minnesota native Marcellus Hall (vocals, guitar) and North Carolina-bred Tony Lee (bass). The two met in Trenton, New Jerse..
Railroad Man's Magazine
One of the first specialized pulps, with stories and articles about the railroads; dropped fiction after Aug 1954. ..
Railroad Model Craftsman
Railroad Model Craftsman is an American magazine specializing in the hobby of model railroading. Its first issue was March 1933, and it was originally called Model Craftsman because it covered other areas of scale modeling as well. In April 1949 it changed its focus to model trains and changed its n..
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad number 520 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in 1993. The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, located on Route 741 just east of Strasburg, opened in 1975. It is across the street from the Strasburg Rail Road. The museum's more than 100 historic locomotives and railroad..
Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier
The Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier is located in the 1922-built Erie Railroad freight depot in North Tonawanda, New York. Operated by the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society, its mission is to preserve the railroad history of the Buffalo, New York area, once..
Railroad nicknames
The initials used to identify railroad and railway lines have often been used for humorous, disparaging or slanderous names. In a related category, portmanteaus, such as Amtrak, have also been lampooned. This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opento..
Railroad Pass
Railroad Pass has several uses including: A Railroad Pass (ticket) is a ticket that can be used to travel on a railroad, usually for a specific period of time.Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino, Nevada (Oldest casino in Clark County having opened in 1931)Railroad Pass is the name of a mountain pass in ..
Railroad plough
Railroad plough is a railroad car which supports a big plough. It is used for destruction of railroad in warfare by breaking all of its ties with the plough, so that it becomes unusable for the enemy (probably in addition to destroying its bridges and tunnels). A railroad destroyed in this way is ve..
Railroad Redoubt
The Railroad Redoubt was one of several redoubts, or small defensive earthworks, that were constructed during the American Civil War to protect the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, from Union attack. It was so named because it was constructed along a major east-west railroad track into Vicksburg. On..
Railroad Retirement Board
The Railroad Retirement Board (or RRB) is an agency of the United States government created in the 1930s which established a retirement benefit program for the country's railroad workers. Today, the RRB serves U.S. railroad workers and their families and administers retirement, survivor, unemploymen..
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 was a United States federal law that funded the reorganized bankrupt Northeast and Midwest railroads that formed Conrail in 1975. The act also authorized financial subsidies for upgrading rail facilities. It was soon succeeded by the St..
Railroad Safety Appliance Act
Modern US boxcar showing automatic coupler, air brake hose and grab bars, all mandated by the Safety Appliance Act The Safety Appliance Act is a United States federal law that made air brakes and automatic couplers mandatory on all trains in the United States. It was enacted on March 2, 1893 a..
Railroad switch
redirect [[Template:Mergefrom]] A right-hand railroad switch. A railroad switch (in North America), or (set of) points (in Britain and Australia) — in technical usage, also a turnout — is a mechanical installation enabling trains to be guided from one line of rail tracks or tramway..
Railroad terminals in New York City
The table below shows all railroad lines that have served New York City and what terminal they used. A red background indicates that the railroad owned a part or full share of the terminal. railroad Penn Station(1910-present) Grand Central(1871-present) Hoboken(1863-present) Exchange Place(1834-19..
Railroad terminals of Chicago
During the heyday of rail transportation in the first half of the twentieth century, Chicago reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity train terminals. With the decline of rail passenger service many of these facilities disappeared; today only Uni..
Railroad terminals of Cleveland, Ohio
The table below shows all railroad lines that have served downtown Cleveland, Ohio and what terminal they used. A red background indicates that the railroad owned a part or full share of the terminal. railroad Union Terminal(1930-present) Union Depot (1853-1953)Flats District street crossing (1972..
Railroad tie
Ferroconcrete sleepers A variant fastening of rails to wooden sleepers A railroad tie, cross tie, or sleeper is an oblong object used as a base for railroad tracks. Traditionally, ties have been made of wood, often heavily creosoted or, less often, treated with other preservatives (for ..
Railroad track transition curve
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Railroad Tycoon
This article is about the series of computer games. For the board game, see Railroad Tycoon (board game) Railroad Tycoon is an economic simulation and computer strategy game. There are three versions; the original Railroad Tycoon (1990), Railroad Tycoon II (1998), and Railroad Tycoon 3 (2003). Rai..
Railroad Tycoon (board game)
Railroad Tycoon is a railway-themed board game designed by Martin Wallace and Glenn Drover. The game, published in 2004 by Eagle Games, resembles a lot of Wallaces earlier railway-themed game Age of Steam with more stylistic box art and simplified rules. Contents 1 Storyline2 Gameplay..
Railroad Valley
Railroad Valley is a valley in east-central Nevada. The valley generally runs in a north-south direction, with some southern areas running southwest to northeast. The southern end of the valley begins near Gray Top Mountain (7,036 feet) and stretches north all the way to Mount Hamilton (10,745 feet)..
Railroad Wars
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. The Railroad Wars were a series of conflicts between two competing railroads in the Old West of the late 1870s. ..
Railroad worm
The railroad worm is a larva or larviform adult of beetles of the genus Phrixothrix in family Phengodidae, characterized by their unique possession of two different colors of bioluminescence. Their body can glow green, while their head can glow red; this is due to two different kinds of luciferin..
Rails Day
Rails Day is a competition which gives teams of developers 24 hours to build the best web app that they can using Ruby on Rails. The first competition was held on June 4th, 2005. External links [Rails Day 2006] ..
Rails to trails NJ
Rails to trails NJ is a listing of former railroad right-of-ways in New Jersey that have been converted to trails for public use or proposed rail trails. Established Rail Trails [Beaver Lake Rail Trail] - Former New York Susquehanna and Western Railroad Hanford Branch [Black River T..
Railtel Corporation of India
Railtel Corporation of India was created by in the fall of 2000 with four guiding focuses: i) To modernize Indian Railways’ train control, operational and safety systems and networks;ii) To create a national broadband telecom and multimedia network to supplement national infrastructure to spur gr..
RailTex
RailTex was a transportation holding company that specialized in owning and operating short line railroads across North America. Based in San Antonio, Texas, and owned by entrepreneur Bruce Flohr, the company was a leader in making unprofitable lines shed by Class I railroads into viable transporta..
Railton Special
The Railton Special, also known as the Railton Mobil Special, is a one-off motor vehicle built for John Cobb's successful attempts at the land speed record. Powered by 2 supercharged W12-block Napier Lion V11D (WD) aircraft engines[#endnote_engines], it was the first vehicle to break 400 m..
Railtour
A railtour is a nostalgic excursion using a preserved train. Train, branding and route are often chosen as to reflect a common theme, sometimes tracing an aspect of railway history. Railtours are organised both on commercial basis and as a fundraising method for railway preservation societies. Rail..
Railtown 1897
Rail town 1897, a heritage railway known as "The Movie Railroad", is located in Jamestown, California. In addition to the train rides, the Roundhouse and other exhibits, movie paraphernalia used in filming train sequences is on display. The California State Railroad Museum (CSRM), headquartered in..
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park is a historic state park near Jamestown, California that preserves 19th century railroad related monuments. External links [Official site][Official government site] ..
Railtrack
Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the tracks, signals, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and some stations of the British railway system from its formation in April 1994 until 2002. Its main operating arm, Railtrack PLC, was sold to "not for dividend" organisation Network Rail on Octob..
Railways Act 1921
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Railways Act 1993
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Railways Act 2005
The Railways Act 2005 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament concerning the regulatory structure for railways in the United Kingdom. Overview The bill was introduced and published on 25 November 2004 and received Royal Assent on 7 April 2005. The act implemented structural changes published in t..
Railways cricket team
The Railways Cricket Team (also known as the Indian Railways) has been very successful in the Ranji Trophy in recent years, although they much of their history has been spent in unsuccessful endeavours to win the tournament. Contents 1 Competition History2 Famous Players3 Current S..
Railways in Adelaide
The rail network in Adelaide, South Australia, consists of five lines and 81 stations. It is operated by TransAdelaide, and is part of the city-wide Adelaide Metro public transport system. Apart from the Glenelg Tram, Adelaide's railway system is serviced entirely by diesel railcars. All lines arou..
Railways in Melbourne
Armadale train station, on the Cranbourne-Pakenham line. This train station is similar to many other suburban train stations in Melbourne Melbourne has a long history of railway development. The city's first railway opened in 1854, when only 20 years earlier the city itself did not exist. Toda..
Railways in Mexico
Railways in Mexico contains miscellaneous information in timeline format. 2005 Kansas City Southern buys a controlling interest in Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana creating an end-to-end rail system linking the heartlands of Mexico and the United States. 2004 2003 ..
Railways in Namibia
Railways in Namibia contains miscellaneous information in timeline format. Contents 1 Timeline1.1 20061.2 20051.3 20041.4 20032 See also Timeline 2006 Construction on the project's second phase, a 59km stretch from Ondangwa to Oshikango on the Angolan border at a..
Railways in Staffordshire
The railways in Staffordshire (UK) have a long history. The decline of the railways Due to Wedgewood's pottery being moved increasingly by road transport, and both the decline in mining, qarrying and farming in general, several once-busy stations were shut down. Staffordshire's railways were redu..
Railways in Sydney
Sydney's Public Transport Trains Light Rail Buses Ferries :This article is a general one on railways in Sydney. For a specific article on the organisation responsible for running the passenger railway in Sydney, see Cityrail. Sydney, the largest city in Australia, has an extensive network of p..
Railways of Shropshire
Steam train approaching Harlescott Crossing on the Welsh Marches Line. Shropshire has a fairly large railway network, with 19 'national rail' stations, as well as the famous heritage Severn Valley Railway running along its eastern border with Worcestershire. The majority of the county's pub..
Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania
West Coast Tasmania Railways This article is a summary and lead into details about the Railways and Tramways of West Coast Tasmania. The history of the West Coast railways has fascinated enthusiasts from around the world, because of the combination of the harsh terrain in which the railways were ..
Railway Age
The title Railway Age can refer to the following Railway Age, an American railroading magazine published since 1876The Railway Age, Crewe, England - a railway museum This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to t..
Railway Air Services
Railway Air Services was a British airline formed in March 1934 by four Railway companies and Imperial Airways. The airline was an internal airline operating routes within the United Kingdom. One of the more important routes flown was between London and Scotland (Glasgow-Belfast-Manchester-Birmingh..
Railway block code
The railway block code is a system of bells used to send simple messages about train operations from one signalbox to another. For example: 1 bell - attention2 bells - train depart1 - 2 - 1 bells - light engine4 bells - passenger train3 bells - train arrive ..
Railway Children (charity)
The Railway Children is a UK-based charity that aims to help runaway children and street children throughout the World, particularly those who live around railway stations. Founded in 1995 by David Maidment, former Controller of Safety Policy at Railtrack. The charity takes its name from the Edith..
Railway Coastal Museum
The Railway Coastal Museum is a transportation museum located in St. John's, Newfoundland. It is built from the former Newfoundland Railway Station on Water Street and contains exhibits detailing the history of the Newfoundland Railway and the history of coastal water transportation in the provinc..
Railway company
A railway company or railroad company is a private company or corporation that owns a particular set of railroad tracks or trains. Historically in some countries, over a period of time, it has gone from Railway Company, then Nationalised to Government Railways, then reverted to Railway Company as..
Railway Construction Act
The Railway Construction Act (鉄道敷設法 Tetsudô Fusetsu-hô, Law No. 4 of 1892) was promulgated by the Diet of Japan on June 21, 1892, and designated government support for a network of thirty-three railway lines covering most of Japan, with the exception of Hokkaido. On April 11, 1922, the ..
Railway Digest
Railway Digest is a monthly magazine covering the railways of New South Wales, and in more recent times, the railways of Australia. It is published by the Australian Railway Historical Society, NSW Division. The first issue was published in the early 1960s. ..
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of World War I located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recogniti..
Railway electrification system
Overhead wire in Coventry, England A railway electrification system is a way of supplying electric power to electric locomotives and multiple units. Such systems can be classified by: conductor (third rail or overhead wire)voltagecurrent (DC or AC)* AC frequency; single-phase or three-ph..
Railway engines (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends)
This article lists, and also profiles, the regular Engine characters of the Television Series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. It should be noted that, while many characters have appeared in both the TV series and The Railway Series by Rev. Wilbert Awdry, only characters who have appeared in the ..
Railway Enthusiasts Society
The Railway Enthusiasts Society Inc is a New Zealand society registered under the Incorporated Societies' Act on 17 July 1958, with its principle objectives being as follows: To foster an intelligent interest in railways and in their operation and development generally.To facilitate the exchange be..
Railway Express Agency
Railway Express Agency refrigerator car #6687, a converted World War II "troop sleeper." Note the square panels along the sides that cover the former window openings. The Railway Express Agency was a rail express service, at one point the only one in the United States. Originally the American..
Railway Gazette International
Railway Gazette International is a monthly business journal covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide. Available by annual subscription, the magazine is read in over 140 countries by transport professionals and decision makers, railway managers, consultants and suppliers ..
Railway gun
:See also Railgun a weapons that propel projectiles using an electromagnetic field. A railway gun, also called railroad gun or railgun is a large artillery piece, designed to be placed on rail tracks. Many countries have built railway guns, but the best known are the large Krupp-built pieces used b..
Railway Labor Act
The Railway Labor Act is a United States federal law that governs labor relations in the railway and airline industries.. The Act, passed in 1926 and amended in 1936 to apply to the airline industry, seeks to substitute bargaining, arbitration and mediation for strikes as a means of resolving labor ..
Railway Mail Association
--Railway Mail Association-- The Railway Mail Association (RMA) was originally The National Association of Railway Postal Clerks when chartered under the laws of New Hampshire in 1898 as a fraternal beneficiary association. In 1904 the name was changed to the RMA and lasted until 1949 when the Po..
Railway Mail Service
The United States Postal Service's Railway Mail Service was a significant mail transportation service in the US during the time period from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th century. The RMS, or its successor the Postal Transportation Service (PTS), carried the vast majority of letters and pac..
Railway mail service library
The Railway Mail Service (RMS) Library is major collection of materials pertaining to en route distribution history. Incorporated in May 2003, it can assist researchers interested in route agent, seapost, Railway Post Office (RPO), and Highway Post Office (HPO) history. The collection has many un..
Railway Mania
Railway Mania is the term given to the speculative frenzy in Britain in the 1840s. It followed a common pattern: as the price of railway shares increased, more and more money was poured in by speculators, until the inevitable collapse. It reached its zenith in 1846, when no fewer than 272 Acts of Pa..
Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
The Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati owns and maintains a large collection of historic railroad equipment located on a four-acre site in Covington, Kentucky. The collection of over 80 pieces of historic equipment began in 1975 when a club of local railroad enthusiasts decided to run passenger ..
Railway nationalization
Railway nationalization refers to the act of nationalizing rail transport assets, taking them into public ownership. Several countries have nationalized part or all of their railway system at different times. Contents 1 United Kingdom2 Japan3 United States4 Canada United Kin..
Railway Nationalization Act
The Railway Nationalization Act (鉄道国有法 Tetsudô Kokuyû-hô, Law No. 17 of 1906) brought many of Japan's private railway lines under national control. The Diet of Japan promulgated the Act on March 31, 1906: it was repealed by Article 110 the Japan National Railway Reform Act of 1988, whi..
Railway Operating Division
The Railway Operating Division (ROD) was a division of the Royal Engineers formed in 1915 to operate railways in the many theatres of the First World War. It was largely composed of railway employees and operated both standard gauge and narrow gauge railways. The ROD requisitioned many diverse loc..
Railway platform
A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. Almost all stations for rail transport have some form of platforms, with larger stations having multiple platforms. The term..
Railway post office
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad #1926, a heavyweight RPO preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum. In the United States a railway post office, commonly abbreviated as RPO, was a railroad car that was normally operated in passenger service as a means to sort mail en route, in order to s..
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) is an Irish railway preservation group founded in 1964. The Society has a museum at Whitehead, Northern Ireland and runs trains on the Irish railway network. External links http://www.rpsi-online.org/..
Railway Procurement Agency
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Railway Protection Force
The Railway Protection force (RPF) is an Indian Paramilitary Force charged with protecting the Indian Railways. History and origins The RPF had its origins in 1882 when private railway companies appointed watchmen to keep guard over trains. This was inadequate. So in 1954 the government passed the ..
Railway Reserve Heritage Trail
Railway Reserve Heritage Trail, frequently referred to as the 'Bridle Trail' or 'Bridle Track,' is within the Shire of Mundaring in Western Australia. The Trail Loop (Bellevue to Bellevue via Mount Helena is 40.8 km. The Eastern extension, Mount Helena to Wooroloo is 22.5 km in length. Contents ..
Railway Rivals
Railway Rivals is a railway development-themed board game designed by Glynn and David Watts and popularised by Games Workshop in 1985. Players build railways and then run trains along them. Contents 1 Gameplay2 History3 See also4 External links Gameplay The game is in two s..
Railway signal
A signal is a mechanical or electrical device that indicates to train drivers or engineers information about the state of the line ahead, and therefore whether he or she must stop or may start, or instructions on what speed the train may go. Semaphore railway signals at the National Railway Museu..
Railway signalling
A gantry of British semaphore signals seen from the cab of a steam locomotive. Railway signalling is a system used on railways to control traffic safely, for example, to prevent trains from colliding. Trains are uniquely susceptible to collision because, running on fixed rails, they are not ..
Railway spine
Railway spine was a nineteenth-century diagnosis for the post-traumatic symptoms of passengers involved in railroad accidents. The first full length medical study of the condition was John Eric Erichsen's On Railway and Other Injuries of the Nervous System, published in 1864. For this reason, railw..
Railway Square, Sydney
Railway Square is a locality in the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The area is not a true square but is a confluence of Broadway, Lee Street, Pitt Street and George Street. The area was previously a busy nexus for the electric tramways of Sydney until the system's closure in the lat..
Railway Staff College
The Railway Staff College is the management training institute for the officers of the Indian Railways. The college trains not only newly appointed officers but also senior managers and executives. The college also trains officers of other Group A officers of the Government of India The college is ..
Railway Stakes
The Railway Stakes is a 1600 metre thoroughbred horse race under handicap conditions. The race is held at Ascot Racecourse in Perth, Australia in December. From 1894 to 1925 was run over 12 furlongs (approx. 2400m). From 1926 to 1973 was run over 8 furlongs (approx. 1600m). From 1974 to 1983 was ru..
Railway stations in Newport
There have been many railway stations in Newport, due to its importance as a port for the industrial Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire valleys. Contents 1 History2 Former suburban stations3 The future4 External links History June 18 1850 Newport High Street station on the Sout..
Railway stations in the Netherlands
There are 390 train stations in the Netherlands. Dalen station was planned to be closed in December 2004, but due to a mistake in the notification procedure it is still open. Contents 1 Categories2 Spelling conventions3 List of stations, with their official abbreviations3.1 ..
Railway stations of Hong Kong
See the following articles: List of Hong Kong MTR stationsList of Hong Kong KCRC stations ..
Railway station in Pardubice
City Pardubice (Czech Republic) is important railway network hub. The main railway station, located near the city centre, is one of largest in the country. Complete name of the station in Czech is Uzlová železniční stanice Pardubice, hlavní nádraží (freely: railway junction Pardubice, m..
Railway station layout
Luxulyan is a very basic railway station with just a raised platform and small shelter At the opposite end of the scale, major termini like London Waterloo are vast, grand buildings with many tracks At its most basic, a railway station consists of a place without any facilities where tra..
Railway station types of Germany
The railways in Germany use several codes to differentiate between various types of stops and stations. Current usage Bf – Bahnhof, defined as a place where trains may start, end or change directions, and that has at least one set ofpoints.Hbf – Hauptbahnhof, the central station of a la..
Railway stop
A railway stop is a spot along a railway line, where passengers can board and exit the train; US usage is flag stop. The term station stop is used to differentiate a stop for a station from a stop for another reason, such as an engine change or a flag stop, which is usually between two stations or..
Railway switching networks
redirect [[Template:Mergeto]] Contents 1 General Purpose2 Needs and requirements of station trackage centralization3 Routing through station4 Technical Characteristics of Centralization5 Electrical Centralization systems, projecting basics6 Computerized and Semicond..
Railway systems engineering
Railway Systems Engineering is a multi-faceted engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction and operation of all types of railway systems. It encompasses a wide range of engineering disciplines, including Civil engineering, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering, Mechanical eng..
Railway Technical Centre
The Railway Technical Centre, London Road, Derby, United Kingdom was built by the British Railways Board in the early 1960s to be its technical headquarters. It would centralise the technical services provided by the Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer (CM&EE) and would house the newly-formed R..
Railway Technical Research Institute
Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) is the Japanese railway reasearcher. RTRI was established in its current form in 1986 when the Japanese National Railways was privatised into Japan Railways. RTRI conducts research about everything related to trains, railways and their operation. It is a p..
Railway town
A railway town is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site. Examples include Cochrane, OntarioCreweGrampound Road, near Grampound in Cornwall - did not exist prior to railwaysHaywards HeathNewton Abbot - site of Great Western Railwa..
Railway Transport Court of China
Railway Transport Court of China is a Courts of Special Jurisdiction that deals with criminal matters in the Chinese national railway system. ..
Rail & Maritime Transport Union
RMTU The Rail & Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) is a trade union in New Zealand. It represents transport workers in all aspects of the transport industry; rail, road and ports. The RMTU is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and the International Transport Workers' Federati..
Rail (theater)
In theater, a rail or batten refers to a long metal pole suspended above the stage (and sometimes above the audience) from which lighting fixtures, theatrical scenery, tabs or other curtains may be hung. Usually these rails can be raised or lowered into a fly tower, both for ease of use, and to achi..
Rail accidents in Morpeth
Morpeth in Northumberland has what is reputed to be the most severe curve on any railway main line in Britain, as the track turns 90° from a northerly to an easterly direction immediately south of Morpeth Station, on an otherwise fast section of the East Coast Main Line railway (see aerial phot..
Rail adhesion
The term adhesion railway or adhesion traction describes the most common type of railway, where power is applied by driving some or all of the wheels of the train and thus it relies on the friction between a steel wheel and a steel rail. The term is particularly used when discussing mountain rail..
Rail Alphabet
A sample sign set in Rail Alphabet Rail Alphabet is a font designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert for the 1968 rebranding of British Rail. Its purpose was not just for British Rail logotypes, but also signage, train liveries, and promotional literature. While British Rail no longer ex..
Rail Band
The Rail Band is one of the most popular musical groups in the history of Malian music; the band was later known as Super Rail Band, Bamako Rail Band or, most comprehensively and formally, Super Rail Band of the Buffet Hotel de la Gare, Bamako. It was founded in 1970, sponsored by the Ministry of I..
Rail Baron
Rail Baron is a board game for 3 to 6 players. It was one of the first board games with a railroad theme, and helped establish a sub category known as train games. Rail Baron was initially published in the 1970s under the name BOXCARS by the original designers R.S. Erickson and T.F. Erickson, Jr. It..
Rail Bhavan
Rail Bhavan is the headquarters of the Indian Railways. It is located at 1, Raisina Road, New Delhi, near the Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House). The Minister of Railways sits in the Rail Bhavan, along with the Railway Board, comprising of 7 members. ..
Rail Blue
56 036 at the launch of Large Logo livery at Toton works on 9th June 1979 Rail Blue was one of British Rail's corporate colours. It was a dark, greyish blue tone which hid the effects of dirt well. Blue was introduced in various experimental forms ('Chromatic Blue' and 'Electric Blue') and w..
Rail car mover
A Trackmobile 4150. Shunting vehicle (Unimog) A rail car mover is a vehicle capable of travelling on both roads and rail tracks, and fitted with couplers for moving small numbers of railroad cars around in a rail siding or small yard. They are extensively used by railroad customers beca..
Rail circuits
Rail circuitry is a system in which, information is transmitted using the electric conductivity of track rails. Rail circuits consist of rail line, power source (works as transmitter), and track relay (works as receiver) Rail circuits play major role in electrical centralization networks (Railway S..
Rail Coach Factory
Established in 1986, the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) was the second coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways. It has manufactured around 16000 passenger coaches of 51 different types including Self Propelled passenger vehicles. This output constitutes over 35% of the total population of coaches on ..
Rail Corporation New South Wales
RailCorp logo Rail Corporation New South Wales (RailCorp) is a wholly owned corporation of the government of New South Wales, part of the New South Wales Railways. RailCorp was formed on 1 January 2004 by the merger of the former State Rail Authority (SRA) and the metropolitan functions of t..
Rail Development Corporation
The Rail Development Corporation of Pittsburgh, USA, operates short lines in several countries. Contents 1 Peru2 Mozambique3 Malawi4 See also Peru In June 2006, the Peruvian government has agreed that Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) owned by RDC, the concessionaire operati..
Rail Express Systems
Rail Express Systems livery as carried by Class 90 electric locomotive no. 90016 at London Liverpool Street on 6th March 2004. Rail Express Systems livery as carried by Propelling Control Vehicle no. 94335 stabled at Plymouth on 29th August 2003 Rail Express Systems was the sector of Bri..
Rail Fence Cipher
The Rail Fence Cipher is a form of transposition cipher that gets its name from the way in which it is encoded. In the rail fence cipher, the plaintext is written downwards on successive "rails" of an imaginary fence, starting a new column when we get to the top. The message is then read off in rows..
Rail gauge
Rail gauge Broad gauge Standard gauge Narrow gauge Dual gauge Break-of-gauge Breitspurbahn Rail tracks Tramway track [[http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit this template]] Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. Sixty p..
Rail Infrastructure Corporation
The Rail Infrastructure Corporation (RIC) is a business owned by the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for the maintenance of the railway network in rural New South Wales, Australia. RIC was established on 1 January 2001 as the "owner and maintainer of the NSW rail network". On 1 Ja..
Rail Integration System
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 May 2006. Rail Integration Systems (RI..
Rail Magazine
Rail is a British magazine on the subject of railway transport. It is published approximately twice monthly and is available in the transport sections of many British shops, especially WH Smith. Rail has been published for over 25 years and remains a leading railway magazine. It has roughly the sa..
Rail Management Corporation
Company logo Rail Management Corporation (RMC), based in Panama City Beach, Florida, is a holding company of short line railroads in the southeastern United States. History On May 26, 2005, Genesee and Wyoming (G&W) announced that it has agreed to purchase RMC's railroad operations. G&W will ..
Rail News Victoria
Rail News Victoria (often abbreviated to RNV) is a magazine published monthly in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its primary focus is railway and tramway news, events and sightings from around the state and sometimes nationally as well, where it has relevance to Victoria. There is also heavy empha..
Rail Passengers Council
logo The Rail Passengers Council and Committee (RPC, Welsh: Gyngor a Phwyllgorau Teithwyr Trenau) network was established by Parliament to protect and promote the interests of rail passengers throughout Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland, excluding Northern Ireland). The RPC is a feder..
Rail Passenger Service Act
The Rail Passenger Service Act (PL 91-518) of 1970, a United States federal law, created Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation of the United States. This organization took over passenger rail service from the private railroads, which afterwards provided only freight service, and plac..
Rail Prairie Township, Minnesota
Rail Prairie Township is a township in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 143 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 107.2 km² (41.4 mi²). 102.0 km² (39.4 mi²) of it is land and 5.2 km² (2.0 mi²) ..
Rail Road Flat, California
Rail Road Flat is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 549 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History This historic mining town, elevation 2,600 feet (788 m), was named ..
Rail Settlement Plan
The Rail Settlement Plan is the process that enables the money received from the purchase of generic, non-company specific train tickets (such as the Super Saver) to be split amongst the retailing station and the companies that run trains along the stretch of track that the ticket is valid for trave..
Rail shooter
A rail shooter or on-rails shooter is a specific form of game play in an action-based video game. In a rail shooter the player control is limited to directing where to fire a virtual gun; the player does not have direct control over the path their avatar takes from the start to the end, though they ..
Rail siding
A siding, in general rail terminology, refers to a section of track distinct from a through route such as a main line or branch line or spur. It may connect to through trackage or to other sidings at one or both ends. The distinction between sidings and other types of trackage is somewhat vague, but..
Rail Simulator
Rail Simulator is a Train Simulator currently in production for the PC, scheduled for release in 2006. It is being made by Kuju Entertainment, the company which developed Microsoft Train Simulator for Microsoft. Currently four routes have been officially announced, these are: The Somerset and ..
Rail Sim Pro
Rail Sim Pro (fully Railroad Simulator Professional Edition) is the next railroad simulator from Auran Pty. Ltd., a software firm based in Brisbane, Australia. RSP is a follow-up to Auran's popular Trainz franchise series. One common misconception is that RSP will be another installment in the..
Rail spike
In rail terminology, a spike is a large nail with an offset head that is used to secure rails or fishplates (or baseplates) to ties in the track. Spikes are driven into wooden ties either by hammering them with a spike hammer by hand, or in an automated fashion with a spiker. Many railways use l..
Rail stressing
Examples of buckling track in CWR Stressing is a technique developed in the 1960's to avert rail track problems that can occur when installing Continuous Welded Rail (CWR). When installing new rail the rail must be returned to its former temperature or length. Technique Unconstrained lar..
Rail system (firearms)
Rail systems are small pieces of metal put on any given surface on a gun to allow attachment of some sort of accessory. On them you can attach everything from laser sights to scopes and R.I.S systems. They make the mounting and dismounting of these artifacts significantly easier. Redirect [[Templ..
Rail terminology
Two rail welds in continuous welded rail in Wisconsin. Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term railroad and the British term railway (also used by other English-speaking countries outside the U.S.) is the most obvious trans-Atlantic differ..
Rail tracks
track Rail tracks are used on railways (or railroads), which, together with railroad switches (or points), guide trains without the need for steering. Tracks consist of two parallel steel rails, which are laid upon sleepers (or cross ties) that are embedded in ballast to form the railroad trac..
Rail trail
Rail trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, and/or light motorized traffic. Most are multiuse trails offering at least pedestrians and cyclists recreational access to the routes. Contents 1 History2 Conver..
Rail transit in Baltimore, Maryland
The greater Baltimore, Maryland, region is served by several rail rail-based public transit systems: The Baltimore Light Rail system, a light rail network that runs generally north-south through parts of Baltimore, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel CountyThe Baltimore Metro Subway, a rapid transit..
Rail transit in metropolitan Denver
An editor requests that a [WikiProject Mapsmap be made] for use in this article. Please see discussion on the [talk page]. The Denver-Aurora metropolitan area in Colorado has a light rail system with two lines currently in operation, both of which are run by the Regional Tra..
Rail transport
End of the single track, unelectrified line at Bad Radkersburg, Styria, Austria, quite close to the Slovenian border. Rail transport is the transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. A typical railway (or railroad) track consists of two parallel steel (or in older networks,..
Rail transportation in Okinawa
In 2005, the Okinawa Monorail is the only rail line providing rail transportation in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In the past, Okinawa Island had railroad, trolley, and horse-drawn streetcar service. Also, Minami Daito and other islands had rail lines to transport sugar cane and other commodities. ..
Rail transport by country
China, People's Republic of: see Rail transport in mainland China*Hong Kong: see Rail transport in Hong KongIndia: see Rail transport in IndiaIndonesia: see Rail transport in IndonesiaJapan: see Rail transport in JapanNew Zealand: see Rail transport in New ZealandPhilippines: see Rail transport in ..
Rail transport in Australia
Rail transport in Australia is large, comprising a total of 33,819 km (2,540 km electrified) of track. Contents 1 History1.1 Timeline1.2 19th century to early 20th century1.3 Later 20th century developments2 Australian Government Rail Funding2.1 Funding provided thr..
Rail transport in Belgium
DEMAIN... Métropolitain électrique de Belgique. Poster announcing railway electrification, around 1935. Belgium has an extensive railroad network. On May 5, 1835 the first railway in continental Europe opened between Brussels-Groendreef/Allée verte and Mechelen. Some sort of railroad or can..
Rail transport in Belize
There are no trains in Belize at present (2006). Historically, the only railroad in Belize was Stann Creek Railway constructed by United Fruit, which connected Middlesex Estate with the port of Dangriga. It operated in from 1913 till 1937 when it was abandoned. Many remains are still visible along H..
Rail transport in Canada
Map of the North American rail network (excluding the Alaska Railroad) Canada has a large and well developed railway system that today primarily transports freight. There are two major privately owned transcontinental freight railway systems, the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway...
Rail transport in Costa Rica
Railroads in Costa Rica are owned by Incofer (Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles). In 2006, Incofer operates suburban commuter trains from San José to San Pedro, Universidad Latina (4 km East) and to Pavas (6 km West), plus freight trains San José - Caldera (Pacific port, 91 km). Private co..
Rail transport in Denmark
The rail transport system in Denmark consists of more than 2,000 km of railway lines, of which the most significant main lines in Southern Denmark and the S-train network are electrified. Most traffic is passenger trains, although there is considerable transit goods traffic between Sweden and German..
Rail transport in El Salvador
At present (2006), there are no trains in El Salvador. National railroad corporation is FENADESAL (Ferrocarriles Nacionales de El Salvador), division of CEPA (Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma, port authority). It oversees 554.8 km of disused narrow-gauge (914 mm) lines connecting major cit..
Rail transport in fiction
Some examples of railways in fiction include: The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (book, film)The Railway Series featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and friends by Rev. W. Awdry (books, TV series)The Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter by J K Rowling (books, films)Polar Express (book, film)The Thirty-Nine ..
Rail transport in Germany
Rail network of Germany As of 2003, Germany had a railway network of 41,500 km. 20,140 km were electrified. The total track length was 80,250 km. Deutsche Bahn and ca. 150 private railway companies operated a total of 14,500 powered rail vehicles: 3,326 Electric locomotives5,57..
Rail transport in Great Britain
For transport in Northern Ireland, see rail transport in Ireland Class 180 multiple unit of First Great Western at speed near Yate, Bristol. Top speed is 200 km/h (125 mph) The British railway system is the oldest in the world. It consists of almost 10,274 miles (16,536 km) of standard gauge..
Rail transport in Guatemala
Guatemala has 200 miles (322 km) of narrow-gauge (914 mm) railroads as of 2006. The only line in operation goes from Guatemala City to Puerto Barrios with short branches to Guatemala City container terminal and Puerto Santo Tomás. It transports containers, steel, cement, paper and bananas between..
Rail transport in Honduras
Railroads in Honduras were built in late 19th and early 20th centuries by two competing U.S. corporations - United Fruit (Tela Railroad Company) and Standard Fruit (later nationalized). All were in the Caribbean coastal area and never reached the capital. In 1993, the combined network had 785 km. ..
Rail transport in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has an efficient train network. Public transport trains are operated by two companies, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited (MTRC) and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC). The MTRC operates the metro network of Hong Kong, while the KCRC connects the New Territories with..
Rail transport in India
This article is about the technical workings and operations of railways in India which is run by the Indian Railways. Map showing the Indian rail network and travelling times between major stations Rail transport is the most commonly used mode of long distance transportation in India. Rail op..
Rail transport in Indonesia
Most rail transport in Indonesia is on Java, which has two major rail lines that run the length of the island, as well as several minor lines. State operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia has a monopoly on rail transport, with passenger and freight service on all of the lines. There is also commuter rail ..
Rail transport in Ireland
For rail transport in Great Britain see rail transport in Great Britain Most Rail services in Ireland are provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland, and by Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. As the map below demonstrates, most routes in the Republic are radial from Dubl..
Rail transport in Italy
The first railway in Italy was the Napoli Portici line create to connect the royal palace to the seaside (1839). Nowadays the rail tracks and infrastructure are currently managed by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana ([link]) while the train and the passenger section is managed by Trenitalia,..
Rail transport in Japan
JR East commuter train on tracks above Yurakucho in Tokyo Rail transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan areas. Six Japan Railway (JR) companies, once state owned until 1..
Rail transport in mainland China
This article is on the rail transport in mainland China. See also Railways in Hong Kong, Railways in the Republic of China (Taiwan). The rail transport in mainland China is one of the largest rail networks in the world. With 70,058 km it ranks third. An historical overview of rail transport in mainl..
Rail transport in Mexico
Ferromex is located in the capital of Mexico, Mexico City (D.F., Federal District). Previously was known as "Ferrocarriles Mexicanos", and it used to provide services that included first class "Pullman" Sleepers until approximately the beginning of the 1980's. In the northern part of Mexico there ..
Rail transport in New South Wales
An XPT train, used on CountryLink services, at Central railway station, Sydney. During the 20th century the railways have always been run by a state-owned entity, which has undergone a number of different minor name changes, including New South Wales Railways and New South Wales Government Ra..
Rail transport in New Zealand
Rail transport in New Zealand Locomotives of New Zealand List of New Zealand railway lines List of Auckland railway stations List of Wellington railway stations Rail operators of New Zealand Toll Rail Veolia Auckland Tranz Metro Tranz Scenic Taieri Gorge Railway New Zealand's natio..
Rail transport in Niger
In 2005, there was no Rail Transport in Niger. However a proposal had surfaced for India to finance and build a rail connection from landlocked Niger and Burkina Faso to join seaports in Togo and Benin. See also Transport in NigerNiger ..
Rail transport in Norway
The Norwegian railway system comprises 4,058 km of standard gauge (1.435m) track of which 2,513 km is electrified and 201 km double track. There are 696 tunnels and 2760 bridges. Jernbaneverket is a state owned company which builds and maintains all railway tracks, while other companies operate t..
Rail transport in Panama
As of 2006, the only functioning railroad in Panama is Panama Canal Railway Company, successor of Panama Railway - the oldest transcontinental railroad in the world. It provides passenger and freight service between Panama City and Colón. Historically, there were also narrow gauge railroads in Chir..
Rail transport in Paraguay
Rail system in Paraguay consists of a 376 km line between Asunción and Encarnación (with a connection to Posadas, Argentina).[link] The infrastructure is administered by Ferrocarriles del Paraguay S.A. (FE.PA.S.A.), corporation established in 2002 [link]. As of 2006, all tr..
Rail transport in Queensland
Rail tranport in Queensland, has a long history, with the first line opening in 1865. The first line was surveyed while the colony was still part of New South Wales, but the colony of Queensland had separated before railway proposals became really serious. At that time, the colony had a tiny popul..
Rail transport in Saudi Arabia
Rail transport in Saudi Arabia is managed by Saudi Railway Organization. It provides freight service on three main lines, 1018 km total, which connect Riyadh with Persian Gulf ports of Dammam and Al Jubail. [link] Their passenger trains operate between Riyadh and Dammal. There are plans fo..
Rail transport in Singapore
Rail transport in Singapore exists in three main types, namely an international rail connection operated by Malaysian company Keretapi Tanah Melayu, a rapid transit system collectively known as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system operated by the two biggest public transport operators SMRT Corporat..
Rail transport in South Africa
Contents 0.1 Network0.2 Railway links to adjacent countries0.3 Gauge0.4 Data Network Total: 20,384 km (2000) (from Transportation in South Africa) Gautrain - proposed link between Johannesburg and PretoriaBlue Train - Cape Town and JohannesburgMetrorail Railway links to..
Rail transport in South Australia
South Australia was the first colony in Australia to build a railway line. It was a horse-drawn tramway from the port of Goolwa on the Murray River to an ocean harbour at Port Elliot in 1854. It was later extended to a safer harbour at Victor Harbor. This line was used to move freight between the s..
Rail transport in Sweden
Rail transport in Sweden utilises a network of 13,000 km of track, the 20th largest in the world. Construction of the first railway line in Sweden began in 1855. The major operator is the government-owned SJ AB. Contents 1 Operators2 History3 Network4 Main lines5 Railway..
Rail transport in Switzerland
Rail transport in Switzerland Network size 5,063 km Broad gauge 0 km on - m Electrified 0 km Standard gauge 3,652 km on 1.435 m :Electrified 3,641 km Narrow gauge 1,383 km on mainly 1.0 m :Electrified 1,353 km The railroads of Switzerland include standard gauge (1435 m..
Rail transport in Taiwan
TRA train passing over the Kaoping Bridge. Kaohsiung, Taiwan Taiwan has an extremely extensive network of railways (1496 km as of 2003). Though no longer as dominant as it once was, Taiwan's high population density continues to make rail transport an extremely important form of transportation..
Rail transport in the American Civil War
Contents 1 Confederate railroads2 Union railroads3 See also4 References Confederate railroads During the American Civil War, the Confederacy depended heavily on railroads to get supplies to their lines. In addition to existing railroads, which had been built mainly for economi..
Rail transport in the Philippines
Rail transport in the Philippines is a growing means of transportation for passengers and cargo in the country. Such means of transportation are used typically used for rapid transport within major cites as well as long distance travel. In Metro Manila, illegal squatters living beside the nationa..
Rail transport in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and previously consisted of Great Britain and the whole of Ireland. Rail transport systems developed independently on the two islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and most of the railway construction in the Republic of Ireland was ..
Rail transport in the United States
This section needs expansion. More details can be found at [expansion requests.] As early as the 1930s, automobile travel had begun to cut into the rail passenger market, somewhat reducing economies of scale, but it was the development of the Interstate Highway System and of commercia..
Rail transport in Victoria
Victoria's tourist railways Bellarine Peninsula Railway Daylesford Spa Country Railway Mornington Railway Puffing Billy Railway South Gippsland Railway Victorian Goldfields Railway Walhalla Goldfields Railway Yarra Valley Tourist Railway Melbourne's public transport Metlink Metcard M..
Rail transport in Western Australia
Railways in Western Australia were developed in the 19th century mainly by the Government of Western Australia. Nevertheless the private Midlands Railway Company and Great Southern Railway built lines in the wheat belt with the support of land grants. The network in southwestern Western Australia ..
Rail transport modelling
A US HO scale model railroad Model railroading (US) or Railway modelling (UK) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modeled at a reduced scale, or ratio. The scale models include rail vehicles (locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, etc.), tracks, signalling, scenery (roads, building..
Rail transport modelling scales
Model Railways are one of the most popular types of scale model. Model railway scales are standardized worldwide by many organizations and hobbyist groups. Some of the scales are recognized globally while some others are less wide-spread and in many cases, virtually unknown outside their circle o..
Rail transport modelling scales/temporary
Temporary page for "experimentation"... ... Contents 1 Scale Standards1.1 NEM1.2 NMRA1.2.1 NMRA Popular Railway Scales1.2.2 NMRA Deep Flange Scales1.2.3 NMRA Proto Scales1.2.4 NMRA Finescale1.3 British1.4 Japanese1.5 Live Steam1.6 Finescale..
Rail transport operations
Freight wagons filled with limestone await unloading, at sidings in Rugby, England A rail transport or railroad system is a complex synergy of components which may be classified into two groups: extrinsic factors and intrinsic factors. Extrinsic factors concern the geography, present and histo..
Rail usage statistics by country
Rail usage statistics by country Contents 1 Passenger rail1.1 Passenger-km of ..
Rail vehicles
Rail vehicles are vehicles capable of rolling on rail tracks. This includes: locomotivesrolling stock*Passenger cars 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 poin..
Rail Wheel Factory
Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) at Yelahanka, Bangalore is a premier manufacturing unit of Indian Railways,which is engaged in the production of wheels, axles and wheel sets of railroad wagons, coaches and locomotives for the use of the Indian Railways and select overseas customers. It was commissioned in ..
Rail yard
A rail yard, or railroad yard, is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroad cars and/or locomotives. Railroad yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping railroad cars or enigines stored off the mainline, so that they do not obstruct the flow of tra..
Rail zeppelin
Redirect [[Template:Merge]] The rail zeppelin is a railcar which resembles a zeppelin airship in appearance. It was developed by the German engineer Franz Kruckenberg in 1929. Propulsion was by means of an airplane propeller located at the rear, and only a single example was ever built. Content..
RAIM
RAIM is the abbreviation for Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring, a technology developed to assess the integrity of Global Positioning System (GPS) signals in a GPS receiver system. It is of special importance in safety-critical GPS applications, such as in aviation or marine navigation. Gener..
Raima Sen
Raima Sen (born 11 November 1979) is an Indian film actress. Biography She is the daughter of actress Moon Moon Sen and the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Her younger sister, Riya Sen is also in the Bollywood industry. Their father is Bharat Dev Varma, scion of the erstwhile roy..
Raimbaut of Orange
Raimbaut of Orange (c.1147–1173), or in Occitan Raimbaut d'Aurenga, was the lord of Orange and Omelas and a major troubadour, having contributed to the creation of trobar clus, or cryptic style, in troubadour poetry. About [forty of his works] survive, displaying a gusto for rare rhy..
Raimkul Malakhbekov
Raimkul Malakhbekov (born August 16, 1974) is a Russian boxer, who won two Olympic medals in the men's Bantamweight (54 kg) category. He also won the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1995 and 1997. ..
Raimmandhoo (Meemu Atoll)
Raimmandhoo Island Summary Belongs to Meemu Atoll Location Population 224 Length 850m Width 550m Distance from Malé 121.63km Administrative Information Island Chief Island office phone +960 6720602 Island office fax +960 6720602 Raimmandhoo (Dhivehi: ރ&..
Raimond-Roger of Foix
Raimond Roger (French: ) (died 27 March 1223) was the fifth count of Foix from the House of Foix. He was the son and successor of Roger Bernard I and his wife Cécile de Béziers. When Raimond-Roger and Arnaud, viscount of Castelbon, wished to join their possessions, the Count Ermengol VIII of Urge..
Raimondas Rumšas
Raimondas Rumšas (born 14 January, 1972 in Šilutė, Lithuania), a professional road bicycle racer since 1996, who came out of nowhere to rank third in the standings of the 2002 Tour de France. Shortly after his third place finish (which he clinched on the last day of the Tour) police discovered ..
Raimondi College
Raimondi College (高主教書院) is a school in Mid-Levels area of Hong Kong. The school is named for Timoleon Raimondi, Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong. It is the tallest high school in Hong Kong with 14 floors. Raimondi College has three linked buildings, namely Main Building, Secondary Two Buildin..
Raimondi Stela
The Raimondi Stela is a major piece of art of the Chavín culture of the central Andes. The stela is seven feet high, made of highly polished granite, with a very lightly incised design which is almost unnoticeable on the actual sculpture. For this reason, the design is best viewed from a drawing. ..
Raimondo delle Vigne
Raimondo delle Vigne (Capua, about 1330 - Nuremberg, 5 October 1399) Of the noble family delle Vigne (de Vineis), while it was student of law to Bologna, in 1350 entered in the Dominican Order in that town. It was teacher and prior in varied italian cloisters. On suggestion of The Madonna, Cathe..
Raimondo del Balzo Orsini
Raimondo del Balzo Orsini (died 17 January 1406), also known as Raimondello, a remarkable nobleman of the Kingdom of Naples. He was Count of Soleto (1382), Duke of Benevento (1385-1401), Prince of Taranto (1393-1406), Count of Lecce (1401-06), Duke of Bari, Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples, ..
Raimondo Franchetti
Baron Raimondo Franchetti has been the name of more than one Italian Baron, the most famous of whom lived from 1889 until his death in an airplane crash in the Egyptian desert in 1935. More information about him on V.Isacchini, "Il 10° parallelo - vita di Raimondo Franchetti da Salgari alla Guerr..
Raimondo Montecuccoli
Count Raimondo Montecúccoli Raimondo, Count of Montecúccoli or Montecucculi (de: Raimondo Graf Montecúccoli), (born February 21, 1608 or 1609 at the castle of Montecucculo in Modena; died October 16, 1680 at Linz) was an Austrian general who was also prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Neap..
Raimondo Tommaso D'Aronco
Raimondo Tommaso D’Aronco (1857-1932) was an Italian architect renowned for his building designs in the style of Art Nouveau. He was the chief palace architect to the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II in Istanbul, Turkey for 16 years. Contents 1 Early years2 Career3 Major works4 ..
Raimonds Pauls
Raimonds Pauls Raimonds Pauls (born January 12, 1936 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian composer and piano player who is well-known in Latvia and the former Soviet Union. Pauls was interested in music since his childhood years and attended the music school of Emils Dārziņš. In 1958, Pauls grad..
Raimonds Vējonis
Raimonds Vējonis (born June 15, 1966 in Pskov Oblast, Russia) is a Latvian politician (Green Party). He is the current Minister of the Environmental Protection and Regional Development, a position he has held since 2002. He has a Master in biology from the University of Latvia. External link �..
Raimond (crater)
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Raimond Aumann
Raimond Aumann (born October 12, 1963 in Augsburg (Oberhausen), West Germany) was a German footballer. He was a goalkeeper in the Bundesliga between 1982 and 1994, and with Bayern Munich he won six titles (in 1985, '86, '87, '89, '90 and '94). He also won the German Cup twice, before he transferred..
Raimond Gaita
Raimond Gaita (born 1946) is Professor of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University and King's College London. Books by Raimond Gaita Romulus, My Father (1998)A Common Humanity: Thinking about Love and Truth and Justice (1999)The philosopher's dog (2002)Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception..
Raimond van der Gouw
Raimond van der Gouw (or van der Goew, pronounced ray-mond-van-der-how, born March 24, 1963 in Oldenzaal, Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is perhaps most famous for the time he spent at Manchester United. Van der Gouw played for Go Ahead Eagles and Vitesse Arnhem be..
Raimon Obiols i Germà
Raimon Obiols i Germà (b. August 5, 1940, Barcelona) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), part of the Party of European Socialists. He is a high ranking-member of the PSOE Catalonia wing, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (P..
Raimon Panikkar
Raimon Panikkar (born Raimundo Pániker Alemany on November 3, 1918) is one of the most prestigious proponents of interreligious dialogue. He is a Roman Catholic priest, Hindu scholar, with close affinity to Buddhism, and a professor specialized in Comparative Philosophy of Religion. Biography Raim..
Raimo Hämäläinen
Raimo P. Hämäläinen (b. 1948, Helsinki) is a professor of Applied Mathematics and Operations Research at the Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Finland. Professor Hämäläinen is the founder and director of the Systems Analysis laboratory at TKK, and his research interests cover game theor..
Raimo Heino
Raimo Heino (1932-1995) was the designer of the Finnish 2 Euro coin. All designs feature the 12 stars of the EU and the year of imprint on the front side and a national design on the other. Heino's work shows cloudberry, the golden berry of northern Finland. Heino was a well-known designer of coins..
Raimo Helminen
Raimo Ilmari Helminen (b. March 11, 1964, in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is one of the most successful Finnish ice hockey players of all time and the most experienced player in the world in international play. He is often called "Raipe" or "Maestro" by his fans..
Raimo Ilaskivi
Raimo Ilaskivi (born May 26, 1928) is a Finnish politician . He has a doctor's degree of economics from the University of Helsinki and has also studied in the USA and in the UK. Ilaskivi is best known as the mayor of Helsinki from 1979 to 1991. He has also held management positions in several Finni..
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy
The Raimo Kilpiö Trophy is an award given each season to the SM-liiga player judged as the most sportsmanlike. It was first presented in the 1953-54 season, and in 1995 it was named in honour of Raimo Kilpiö, a Finnish player who played for 21 years between 1953 and 1977. Winners Season Pla..
Raimo Kilpiö trophy
The Raimo Kilpiö trophy is an ice hockey trophy awarded by the Finnish SM-liiga to the "gentleman player" of the season. Trophy Winners: 1953-54: Esko Rekomaa (HJK) 1954-55: Seppo Liitsola (TBK) 1955-56: Teppo Rastio (Lukko) 1956-57: Aki Salonen (TPS) 1957-58: Jouni Seistamo (Tappara) 1958-5..
Raimo Sirkiä
Raimo Sirkiä is a tenor opera singer. He lives in Oulunkylä, Helsinki, Finland. External links [Home page] ..
Raimo Summanen
Raimo Summanen (born March 2, 1962 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a former professional ice hockey forward and also a former coach of the Finnish National Team. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, 125th overall, and spent his NHL career with Edmonton..
Raimo Tuomela
Raimo Tuomela Raimo Tuomela (1940-) is Finnish philosopher. Tuomela received his first Ph.D. in 1968 (University of Helsinki) and the second one in 1969 (Stanford University). Tuomela has been full professor of philosophy (esp. methodology and philosophy of the social sciences) at the Departm..
Raimu
Raimu, was the stage name for the French actor Jules Auguste Muraire, born December 17, 1883 - died September 20, 1946. Born in Toulon in the Var département, he made his stage debut there in 1899. After coming to the attention of the then great music hall star Félix Mayol who was also from Toulo..
Raimuiro Senkitan
|} is a 13 episode anime that aired in Japan between January 5, 2003 and March 30, 2003. It's based off a hentai game by ELF, giving the series heavy doses of sexual innuendos as well as girls in both their underwear and fully nude (although covering themselves). It has two sequels Raimuiro Ry..
Raimundos
Raimundos are a popular Brazilian hardcore punk band (with influences of forró), formed in Brasília in 1987. Their biggest influence are The Ramones (hence the "Brazilianized" name), and the band suffered a loss of popularity after their leader, Rodolfo Abrantes, became an evangelical Christian. ..
Raimundo Andueza Palacios
Raimundo Andueza Palacios (1846 1900) was President of Venezuela (1890-1892), and member of the Liberal Party. Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 The presidency4 Last years Early life This lawyer, military man, politician and President of the Republic was born in Guanare, Port..
Raimundo Diosdado Caballero
Raimundo Diosdado Caballero (June 19 1740 - January 16 1830 or April 28 1829) was a Catholic miscellaneous writer, chiefly ecclesiastical. Born at Palma in the island of Majorca on June 19 1740. He entered the Society of Jesus on November 15 1752, held the chair of literature in the Jesuit College..
Raimundo Fernández Villaverde
Raimundo Fernández Villaverde y García del Rivero, Marquis of Pozo Rubio, (20 January 1848–15 July 1905) was a Spanish statesman. Early life He was born at Madrid. He studied Law at Central University of Madrid where he got the Bachelor of Arts aged 21. After reach the Doctor of Philosophy..
Raimundo Orsi
Raimundo Bibian "Mumo" Orsi (December 2, 1901 in Avellaneda – April 6, 1986) was a footballer, born in Argentina, who won the 1934 FIFA World Cup with Italy and the silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His career began in Argentina with Club Atlético Indepe..
Raimundo Pedrosa
Raimundo Pedrosa, voiced by Tom Kenny, is a fictional character from the animated television series Xiaolin Showdown. Contents 1 Character Synopsis2 Character Personality3 Character history4 Raimundo as the Xiaolin Dragon of Wind5 See also Character Synopsis Raimundo is..
Raimundo Pérez Lezama
Raimundo Pérez Lezama (born Barakaldo, Vizcaya November 29, 1922) is a Spanish/Basque footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Southampton, Arenas Club de Getxo, Atlético Bilbao, SD Indautxu, Sestao, and Spain. Lezama arrived in England, as a refugee, at the age of 14. He entered at the port o..
Raimundo Rolón
Raimundo Rolón was President of Paraguay January 30 1949 - February 27 1949. List of Presidents of Paraguay ..
Raimund Abraham
Raimond Abraham is a contemporary Austrian architect and illustrator of architectural utopias. He is the architect of the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York City. External link [Austrian Cultural Forum website] ..
Raimund Hermann Siegfried Moltke
Raimund Hermann Siegfried Moltke (1869- ) was a German writer and economist. He studied at Leipzig and at the Art Academy in Berlin and later became librarian of the Chamber of Commerce of Leipzig. He was the author of: Verse (1895)Aus Meiner Skizzenmappe (1897)Der Heilige Karl, a play (1903)Die ..
Raimund Marasigan
circa 1998 Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan aka "Lemon" "Sugar Raims" (born May 22, 1971) is a rock musician and record producer in the Philippines. The breath of his projects has made him one of the most well-respected mainstays of the Philippine rock band scene. Contents 1 Eraserhe..
Raimund Theater
The Raimund Theater is a theatre in the Mariahilf district of Vienna, Austria. Named after the Austrian dramatist Ferdinand Raimund, the theatre was built by an association of Viennese citizens and opened on 28 November, 1893 with Raimund's play Die gefesselte Phantasie. The theatre mainly prese..
Rain
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Rain falling. Rain is a form of precipitation, other forms of which include snow, sleet, hail, and dew. Rain forms when separate drops of water fall to the Earth's surface from clouds. Not all rain reaches the surface, however; some evaporates while ..
RAIN
RAIN can refer to: Channel bondingRAIN (Singer), Korean singer See also: rain 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. ..
Rain's Discography
Contents 1 Korean Albums2 Japanese Singles3 Korean Singles4 Chinese Singles5 Singles In Chronological Order Korean Albums Album # Album cover Title of release Date of release Tracklist 1st Vol 1Bad Guy May 13, 2002 雨 [Rain]악수 - Hand Shake나쁜 남�..
Rain, Hail or Shine
Rain, Hail or Shine, an album by The Battlefield Band, was released in 1998 on the Temple Records label. The total running time is 45:38. Track listings Bodachan a Gharaidh/General Macdonal/Craig an Fhithich (3:47)Heave Ya Ho (4:30)Margaret Ann/Manor Park/Trip to the Bronx (5:24)Jenny O' the Braes ..
Rain-Blo
Rain-Blo is a brand of bubble gum that come in a variety of fruit flavors, introduced by Leaf Confectionery in 1940, and acquired from Hershey Foods by Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. – They are bubble gum balls that come with fruit flavoring on the inside and color inside that matche..
Rain-in-the-Face
Rain-in-the-face Rain-in-the-Face (also known as Ito-na-gaju or Exa-ma-gozua) (c. 1835 – September 14, 1905) was a warchief of the Lakota tribe of Native Americans. He was among the Indian leaders who defeated George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at the 1876 Battle of..
Raina
Raina can refer to several things: Raina is a Hindu sub-caste mainly prevalent in north and north-eastern India. In fiction: Raina is the protagonist in George Bernard Shaw's play Arms and the Man.Raina is a minor character in the Sword of Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind. In languages: Raina..
Rainald
Rainald, Abbot of Abingdon. Rainald was a former monk of Jumièges who was King William's chaplain when he was appointed Abbot of Abingdon by him in 1084; he died in Normandy in 1097 (Kelly 2000). Reference: Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdon, part 1. Anglo-Saxon Charters 7. ..
Rainald Goetz
Rainald Maria Goetz (born 1954) is a German author, playwright and essayist. After studying History and Medicine in Munich and earning a Ph.D. in both, he soon concentrated on his writing. With his first works, especially his novel "Irre" ("Crazy" or "Mad"), published in 1983, he became a cult aut..
Rainald of Dassel
Rainald of Dassel (c. 1120 – August 14, 1167 near Rome) was archbishop of Cologne from 1159 to 1167 and archchancellor of Italy. He was preceded as archbishop by Friedrich II of Berg and succeeded by Philipp I. von Heinsberg. Biography A younger son of a rich Saxon count, Reinold I of Dassel, ..
Raina Kabaivanska
Raina Kabaivanska Raina Kabaivanska (Bulgarian: ) (born December 15, 1934) is a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the most renowned sopranos in the second half of the 20th century. Born in Burgas under the name Raina Yakimova, she graduated Opera Singing and Piano from the Bulgarian State Academ..
Raina Telgemeier
Raina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist whose works include the autobiographic webcomic Smile for Girlamatic, which now runs at [SmileComics.com], a series of self-published mini-comics called, "Take-Out", a short story in Bizarro World for DC Comics, and the graphic novel The Baby-sitt..
Rainbird
The word rainbird can mean more than one thing: Rainbird, a software label owned by Telecomsoft and later MicroproseRain Bird, an irrigation supply manufacturer This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this p..
Rainbirds
The Rainbirds was a German Band of the 1980s around the singer Katharina Franck. Their greatest hit was Blueprint. External links Official website : [www.rainbirds.com] ..
Rainblo
RainBlo is a brand of bubblegum which was introduced by Leaf Confectionary Company in 1940. It was owned by Hershey Foods Corporation until it was sold in 2003 to Farley's and Sathers Candy Company, Inc. ..
RAINBOW
RAINBOW is an album by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on December 18, 2002. This album featured more songwriting from DAI and CREA. Since LOVEppears, this album is the first studio album from her that did not break the two million mark. The single Free & Easy lost out the top daily spot to Kuraki..
Rainbow
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a nearly continuous spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc, with red on th..
Rainbow's End
For the novel by Vernor Vinge see Rainbows End Rainbow's End is the second full-length album by American Christian rock band Resurrection Band, released in 1979. Contents 1 Recording history2 Track listing3 Personnel4 Production5 Trivia Recording history Resurrect..
Rainbow, California
Rainbow is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California, United States. The population was 2,026 at the 2000 census. Geography Rainbow is located at [33°24′40″N, 117°8′57″W] (33.411213, -117.149209)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the Unit..
Rainbow, Victoria
Rainbow is a town in North West Victoria, Australia, 340 kilometres from Melbourne, in the Hindmarsh Shire. The nearest large towns are Dimboola and Nhill to the south. It has an approximate population of 560. In 1898 the railway line was extended from Jeparit to a town site named Albacutya, but th..
Rainbow-1
Rainbow-1, also known as Cablevision-1, is a commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous Earth orbit. It was launched on the 17th of July, 2003, by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Its original purpose was to transmit digital television streams for the ill-fated Voom high de..
Rainbow/PUSH
Jesse Jackson formed two non-profit organizations, Operation PUSH (People United To Serve Humanity) and the National Rainbow Coalition. The origins of Operation PUSH can be traced to a factional split in Operation Breadbasket, an affliate of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1966,..
RainbowCrack
RainbowCrack is the name of a computer program which performs password cracking. RainbowCrack differs from "conventional" brute force crackers in that it uses large pre-computed files called rainbow tables to reduce the length of time needed to crack a password drastically. RainbowCrack was develo..
Rainbowfish
The rainbowfishes are a family of small, colourful, freshwater fish that are found in northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea and some other nearby islands. The dominant rainbowfish genus and its many species derive their generic name Melanotaenia from the Ancient Greek Melano (=black) and t..
Rainbowman
Rainbowman (レインボーマン - Reinbôman) is the title superhero of the tokusatsu TV series, Rainbowman (レインボーマン - Reinbôman) sometimes known as Warrior of Love, Rainbowman (愛の戦士レインボーマン - Ai no Senshi Reinbôman). Created by Kōhan Kawauchi, this was the f..
Rainbows (song)
"Rainbows" is a song written by Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson. It was released as the eleventh track on Dennis Wilson's 1977 solo album Pacific Ocean Blue. Contents 1 Details1.1 Performers2 External links3 See also Details Written by: Dennis Wilson/Carl WilsonAlbum: Pacific O..
Rainbows End
Rainbows End (ISBN 0312856849) is a novel by Vernor Vinge. The book is set in the same universe as "Fast Times at Fairmont High," painting a picture of a world on the knife-edge of singularity (or maybe oblivion), and the conspiracy to "rescue" it from its fate. The novel leaves several open qu..
Rainbows in mythology
The rainbow, a natural phenomenon noted for its beauty and inexplicability, has been a favorite component of mythology throughout history. The Norse saw it as Bifrost, Judeo-Christian traditions signs it as a covenant with God not to destroy the world by means of floodwater. Finding a mythology th..
Rainbow (band)
Rainbow were a British progressive metal/hard rock band formed by Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former Elf lead singer Ronnie James Dio, bassist Craig Gruber, drummer Gary Driscoll, and keyboardist Micky Lee Soule. Over ..
Rainbow (disambiguation)
A rainbow is an optical or meteorological phenomenon. Rainbow may also mean: In culture: The Rainbow, a 1915 novel by British author D. H. Lawrence.Rainbow (Noon Universe) (a.k.a. Raduga), a fictional planet of the Noon Universe created by Boris and Arkady StrugatskyRainbow (television), a British..
Rainbow (Dolly Parton album)
Rainbow was a Dolly Parton album from 1987, her first after switching labels to CBS Records, after nearly two decades with RCA. The original plan was for Parton to alternate between releasing pop and country albums (rather than trying to combine the two styles on each album), but due to Rainbow's..
Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)
Rainbow is the ninth album and sixth studio album by American R&B singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on November 2 1999 (see 1999 in music) by Columbia Records. It is a collaboration-heavy album which found Carey working with a wide range of producers and artists that dominated the ..
Rainbow (movie)
Rainbow (}; }) is a 2005 Chinese film written and directed by Gao Xiaosong, starring Chen Daoming. Cast Chen Daoming - XuLi Xiaolu - RainbowDing Yongdai - ShengZheng Jun - Yang External links [Wo Xin Fei Xiang on Sina.com] ..
Rainbow (Noon Universe)
Rainbow (Радуга - pronounced: "raduga") is a fictional planet described in "Faraway Rainbow" ("Далекая Радуга") by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. This planet is a part of the so called Noon Universe and presents a planetwide experimental laboratory used by null-physicists (scientist..
Rainbow (political party)
''This page refers to the Greek political party. For the sexual activity see Rainbow party (sexuality). Party logo The Rainbow (Greek: Ουράνιο Τόξο, Macedonian/Slavic: Виножито) is a political party in Greece. It is known for its activism amongst the Slavic-speaking minori..
Rainbow (TV series)
right Rainbow was a children's television programme in the United Kingdom which ran twice weekly at 12.10pm on Tuesdays and Fridays on the ITV network from 1972 to 1992. It was intended to develop language and number skills for pre-school children. It came to an end when Thames Television los..
Rainbow 100
The Rainbow 100 was a microcomputer introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1982 to compete in the IBM PC market. This desktop unit had the video-terminal display circuitry from the VT220 in a box with both Z80 and 8088 CPUs. The Rainbow 100 was a triple-boot machine: VT220 mode, CP/M mode (..
Rainbow 7
is the seventh album by the all-girl Japanese pop supergroup Morning Musume. It is the first album to feature 7th generation member Koharu Kusumi, and was released on February 15, 2006. The album features the last single A-sides to feature founding member Kaori Iida and longtime members Rika Ishik..
Rainbow Alley Provincial Park
Rainbow Alley Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ..
Rainbow and Greens
Part of the Politics series onGreen politics Green issues Worldwide green parties (list): Global Greens · Africa · Americas · Asia-Pacific · Europe Ideas in the Global Greens Charter: ecological wisdom social justice participatory democracy nonviolence susta..
Rainbow and Magic Lantern Cinemas
Rainbow Cinemas and Magic Lantern Cinemas operate discount movie theatres across Canada. The chain was founded in 1984 in Edmonton, Alberta with 17 theatres and 77 screens. External link [Rainbow Cinemas - Magic Lantern Theatres Website] ..
Rainbow Archer
Rainbow Archer is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics universe who was primarily an adversary of the Green Arrow. He first appeared in Adventure Comics in 1958. Character history Albrecht Raines was an artist who saw very little profit from his work. To make ends meet, he began counterfeiti..
Rainbow Arts
Rainbow Arts is a gaming company developer founded in 1984 by Small Germen and it was bought out Funsoft, and eventually absorbed by THQ in 1999. In the early 90's most of the company's creative drive left to start their own development studios; Thomas Hertzler, who is now MD of Blue-Byte, and Arm..
Rainbow Bar and Grill
The Rainbow Bar and Grill is a bar and restaurant on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, adjacent to the border of Beverly Hills, California is located at 9015 Sunset. It was originally owned by film director Vincente Minnelli, at the time married to Judy Garland. It quickly became k..
Rainbow Bass
The Rainbow Bass is a 6-string fretless bass guitar owned by Les Claypool of Primus. It was made by luthier Carl Thompson and is probably his most famous creation. It is made of strips of walnut, curly maple, padauk, purple heart, ebony, and cocobolo glued in a vertical stripe pattern. ..
Rainbow Bass (guitar)
The Rainbow Bass is a 6-string fretless bass guitar owned by Les Claypool of Primus. It was made by luthier Carl Thompson and is probably his most famous creation. It is made of strips of walnut, curly maple, padauk, purple heart, ebony, and cocobolo glued in a vertical stripe pattern. ..
Rainbow Beach Provincial Park
Rainbow Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Manitoba, Canada. ..
Rainbow Bee-eater
The Rainbow Bee-eater, Merops ornatus is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. Rainbow bee-eaters are brilliantly colored birds that grow to be 7 to 8 inches in length, including the enlongated tail feathers. The upper back and wings are green in color, and the lower back and ..
Rainbow Bird and Monster Man
Rainbow Bird and Monster Man is a 2002 Australian Film, directed by Dennis K Smith, in which the film's narrator, Tony Lock, tells his life story in relation to having spent much of his early life being subjected to sexual abuse. Synopsis The story begins with Tony recalling himself as a child in t..
Rainbow Blue
Rainbow Blue was the 2004 Harness Horse of the Year. The filly won 20 of the 21 races she entered in 2004. Her victory highlights included the $310,000 Mistletoe Shalee final, the $543,543 Fan Hanover final, the $222,500 Nadia Lobell final, and the $610,000 Breeders Crown final. The bay filly is ..
Rainbow boa
A Rainbow Boa, or Slender Boa, is one of several terrestrial boas, of genus Epicrates, known for their attractive patterns. Contents 1 Distribution and Nomenclature2 Other species in the genus3 Subspecies of ''E. cenchria''4 External links Distribution and Nomenclature Rain..
Rainbow Books
For the series of U.S. government publications on computer security standards, see Rainbow Series. Optical disc authoring Optical discOptical disc imageRecorder hardwareAuthoring softwareRecording technologies* Recording modes* Packet writing Optical media types CD/CD-ROM: CD-R, CD-RWDVD:..
Rainbow Boulevard
Rainbow Boulevard is a main roadway located in southeastern Wyandotte County and northeastern Johnson County, Kansas. It runs north-south. Its northern terminus is just south of Interstate 35 at Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas. Its southern terminus at Shawnee Mission Parkway in Missi..
Rainbow Boys
Rainbow Boys is the first novel in a trilogy by Alex Sanchez, focusing on the issues gay and questioning youth face as they come of age. This book is followed by Rainbow High and Rainbow Road. Plot Summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The story foll..
Rainbow Bridge
Rainbow Bridge may refer to: Rainbow Bridge National Monument in UtahThe international Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls, United States / CanadaThe Rainbow Bridge over the port of Tokyo, JapanThe Rainbow Bridge over the Neches River in southeast Texas, USAThe Rainbow Bridge over the River Cherwell in..
Rainbow Bridge, Oxford
Rainbow Bridge (or formally but less used, High Bridge) is a curved footbridge over the River Cherwell in the University Parks, Oxford, England. The bridge is made of concrete with metal railings, in the shape of a rainbow, hence the name. The bridge was constructed in 1923–24, through a project f..
Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls)
For other articles with the words Rainbow Bridge in it, see Rainbow Bridge The Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls is a world-famous tourist site. It is a steel arch bridge of a type that has been replicated by the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge approximately 16 km (10 mi.) to the north. This is an intern..
Rainbow Bridge (pets)
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. For other articles with the words Rainbow Bridge in it, see Rainbow Bridge. An artist's rendition of the Ra..
Rainbow Bridge (soundtrack)
The Rainbow Bridge Sound Track is an album by guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, released in 1971 under the Reprise record label. It includes 8 tracks. Dolly DaggerEarth BluesPali GapRoom Full Of MirrorsStar Spangled BannerLook Over YonderHear My Train A Comin'Hey Baby References [Discography]..
Rainbow Bridge (Texas)
For other articles with the words Rainbow Bridge in it, see Rainbow Bridge. The Rainbow Bridge is a cantilever bridge crossing the Neches River in Southeast Texas (29.9805 -93.8703) just upstream from Sabine Lake. It allows Texas State Highway 87 and Texas State Highway 73 to connect Por..
Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo)
For other articles with the words Rainbow Bridge in it, see Rainbow Bridge. Rainbow Bridge viewed from Odaiba: note the loop at the far end, which brings Rinko Road and the Yurikamome New Transit from surface level to bridge level. The is a suspension bridge crossing northern Tokyo Bay betwe..
Rainbow Bridge Center
Rainbow Bridge Center was a church founded in Beaverton, Oregon by Mary Boggs and her husband Haven Boggs. Mary Morrissey (formerly Mary Boggs) makes two references to the "Rainbow Bridge" in her book "Building Your Field of Dreams"[link]: On page 112 [link] Mary Morrissey..
Rainbow Bridge Concert
The Rainbow Bridge concert was a free unpromoted concert by Jimi Hendrix and his that was held in a horse pasture, on July 30, 1970 3000 feet up the slope of Mt.Haleakala on the island of Maui in Hawaii. http://www.answers.com/topic/the-rainbow-bridge-concert-the-early-show A modest audience o..
Rainbow Bridge concert
Rainbow Bridge was a free unpromoted Jimi Hendrix concert in a horse pasture, 3000 feet up the slope of Mt. Haleakala on the island of Maui in Hawaii. A modest audience of a few hundred island hippies, surfers, and students showed up because it was rumored that Hendrix might play a free concert f..
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Rainbow Bridge National Monument ..
Rainbow Brite
Rainbow Brite was an animated television series introduced by Hallmark in 1983. The Rainbow Brite franchise generated $1 billion in retail sales of dolls, toys and other licensed products throughout the 80's. It was also aired in Japan, along with other american cartoons at the time, under the name..
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer is an animated film released on November 15, 1985 by Warner Bros., an..
Rainbow Centre
The Rainbow Centre is a voluntary welfare organisation in Singapore. It operates two special schools, the Margaret Drive Special School (MDSS) and Balestier Special School for children with special needs like autism, intellectual disability and multiple disabilities. The centre is located at Margare..
Rainbow City, Alabama
Rainbow City is a city in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 8,428. It is the birthplace of the former University of Alabama star quarterback, Brodie Croyle. Rainbow City is also the birthplace of funny woman Becky Hagedorn who is currently a staff member f..
Rainbow City (TV series)
Rainbow City is a British television series made by the BBC and shown in 1967. The series is notable for being the first British TV series to feature a black actor, Errol John, playing the lead character. John starred as John Steele, a black solicitor and the series dealt with his personal and prof..
Rainbow Coalition
Rainbow Coalition may refer to any of the following groups: The ruling Kenyan political party National Rainbow CoalitionThe second coalition of the Government of the 27th Dáil in Ireland. It consisted of Fine Gael, Labour and Democratic Left and was formed after the previous coalition of Fianna F�..
Rainbow Codes
The Rainbow Codes were a series of code names used to disguise the nature of various British military research projects from after the Second World War until 1958 when they were replaced by an alphanumeric code system. The Ministry of Supply (MoS) initiated the idea since during the war some German..
Rainbow Company
Rainbow Company is a theater company in Las Vegas, USA. The company puts on five plays a year. It won the award for best theater company in Nevada in 2004. It is one of the few companies that is student based. They build sets, make costumes and work as ushers. They are also open to designing the f..
Rainbow crow
The story of the Rainbow Crow is a Lenape legend, symbolizing the value of selflessness and service. After a long period of cold weather, the animals of the community become worried. They decide to send a messenger to the Great Sky Spirit to ask for relief. The Rainbow Crow, the most beautifully fea..
Rainbow Cup
The Rainbow Cup is a rugby union cup set to start in 2006. The teams will include several "A" sides from nations recognised as "Tier 1" by the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board, as well as the full national team of Tier 2 nation Romania. The name was also used for a proposed to..
Rainbow darter
The rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) is a native North American fish that can be found in small fast moving streams and small to medium-sized rivers. It grows to 2 to 3 inches in length. References [Etheostoma caeruleum (TSN 168378)]. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accesse..
Rainbow District School Board
Rainbow District School Board is a school board in the Canadian province of Ontario. The school board is the school district administrator for English language public schools in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, the southern Sudbury District and the Manitoulin District. Examples of schools under the Rainbo..
Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice
The Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice is a political party in Ethiopia. It was founded by Professor Mesfin Woldemariam. At the last legislative elections which were held on 15 May 2005, the party was part of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy that won 109 out of 527 sea..
Rainbow Falls Trail
The Rainbow Falls Trail is an American hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Sevier County, Tennessee. The trail ascends Mount Le Conte, the tallest [link] (and sixth highest) mountain east of the Mississippi River and passes Rainbow Falls before absorbing the Alum C..
Rainbow Family
Banner hung by the people of Richwood to welcome attendees of the nearby 2005 gathering in West Virginia The Rainbow Family of Living Light, sometimes known as the "Rainbow Tribe", is an international loose affiliation of individuals who have a common goal of trying to achieve peace and love ..
Rainbow Fish
The Rainbow Fish is a children's book written by Mark Pfister and translated into English by J. Alison James. The book is best known for its moral about the value of sharing and the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish. It was also adapted as an animated show, airing on the channel HBO..
Rainbow flag
Six color rainbow gay pride flag flying over the Castro gay village in San Francisco, June 2005 Rainbow flags at Bucharest's annual GayFest LGBT pride parade, 2005 A rainbow flag is a multi-colored flag consisting of stripes in the colors of the rainbow. The use of rainbow flags has a l..
Rainbow Gathering
"Wecome home" is a common greeting at the Rainbow Gathering. Rainbow Gatherings are freeform gatherings of individuals who come together on public lands with an expressed desire to espouse the ideas of peace, love, freedom and community while trying to live free from ideals of mainstream popu..
Rainbow George Weiss
Rainbow George Weiss (born 1940) is a fringe UK politician, standing in 13 different constituencies at the 2005 General Election. Founding his own party from the proceeds of the sale of a house in Hampstead, London which he moved into in 1969 but stopped paying rent on in 1984; remaining there as ..
Rainbow grass
Rainbow grass is a nickname given to an unknown species of grass that was discovered in 1895. According to science reports, the grass came in colors ranging from red-orange to yellow but never green. However, the factualtiy of the reports are disputed. And many skeptics theorized that the "Rainbow g..
Rainbow Greens
Rainbow Greens (in Italian: Verdi Arcobaleno) was a political party, born in 1989 following a split from Proletarian Democracy (DP). The party was led by the former leader of DP, Mario Capanna. It took part in the 1989 European Parliament elections, under the denomination 'Rainbow Greens for Europe..
Rainbow Harvest
Rainbow Harvest (born approx. 1972) is a young American actress who bears a striking resemblance to another young American actress: Winona Ryder. During the middle to late 1980s and the early 1990s, Harvest was very involved in films, always playing the roles of teenager girls on different stages o..
Rainbow High
Rainbow High is the second novel in a trilogy by Alex Sanchez, focusing on the issues gay and questioning youth face as they come of age. This book is the sequel to Rainbow Boys and followed by Rainbow Road. Plot Summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow...
Rainbow hologram
The Benton or rainbow hologram was invented in 1968 by Dr. Stephen A. Benton of MIT. Rainbow holograms can be viewed under white light illumination. The rainbow holography process includes a horizontal slot which eliminates vertical parallax and produces the familiar rainbow colors. The type of h..
Rainbow Interchange
One of two named interchanges in southeastern Florida, the Rainbow Interchange is a four-level stack interchange near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The local media have dubbed the interchange between Interstate 95 (Florida State Road 9) and Interstate ..
Rainbow in the Dark
Rainbow in the Dark was a single by Dio appearing on Holy Diver. It was numbered 13 on VH1's "Top 40 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs". ..
Rainbow Islands
Rainbow Islands is a 1987 arcade game from Taito. It is the sequel to Bubble Bobble, and the prelude to Parasol Stars. Contents 1 Premise2 Game structure2.1 Level format2.2 Bosses3 Rainbows3.1 Offensive uses3.2 Defensive uses3.3 Rainbow upgrades4 E..
Rainbow Islands Extra Version
Rainbow Islands Extra Version is a 1988 arcade game from Taito. It is a modified version of Rainbow Islands; the game is exactly the same except the stages and bosses appear in a different order. The game was included as a mode in the Mega Drive/Genesis version of Rainbow Islands. was licensed to..
Rainbow jersey
Tom Boonen, 2005 World Champion, wearing the Rainbow Jersey The Rainbow jersey is the distinctive jersey worn by the reigning world champion in a bicycle racing discipline. The jersey is predominantly white with five horizontal bands in the UCI colours around the chest. From the bottom up the ..
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Rainbow labour
Rainbow Labour is part of the New Zealand Labour Party. It started as a branch in Chris Carter's Auckland Waipareira electorate in 1997, just after Chris Carter had been narrowly defeated in the election the previous year. At about the same time, Tim Barnett, newly elected to Parliament as an open..
Rainbow Lake, Alberta
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Rainbow Lake Airport
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Rainbow Lorikeet
The Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) is a bird common to the eastern seaboard of Australia, ranging from Queensland though to South Australia. It is also found around north west Tasmania. Its habitat is rainforests, coastal bush and woodland areas. It feeds mainly on nectar and pollen ..
Rainbow Mars
Rainbow Mars is a science fiction short story collection (published in 1999) by Larry Niven, in which humans from Earth visit Mars and find it populated by the creations of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis, H.G. Wells, and Stanley G. Weinbaum - in short, all the great science fiction w..
Rainbow Media
Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision, is an entertainment company in the United States that owns the cable channels aMC, , fuse, Independent Film Channel, VOOM HD Networks, MSG Network, FSN New York, News 12 and several others. Rainbow formerly owned Bravo with NBC, before sellin..
Rainbow Mika Nanakawa
Mika Nanakawa, also known as Rainbow Mika or R. Mika for short, is a video game character from the Street Fighter fighting game series. Mika is a professional wrestler trained by the big, domineering, shinai-sporting, golf cart-riding, Yoko Harmegeddon. Story Mika's main goal is for her to be "St..
Rainbow Monkeys
Rainbow Monkeys, Rainbow Monkeys, Oh, so very round and super chunky, Bringing love wherever they go, Everyone's made of a big rainbow! Oh, red and orange, and pink and blue, Rainbow Monkeys, Rainbow Monkeys, We love you! - Rainbow Monkey jingle Rainbow Monkeys is a fictional line of children's p..
Rainbow Nation
Rainbow Nation is a term coined by the then Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu to describe post-1994 South Africa when apartheid rule officially ended after South Africa's first fully-democratic election, which saw the ANC rise to power. The phrase was elaborated upon by President Nel..
Rainbow Parakeet
Rainbow Parakeet is a manga series created by Osamu Tezuka. Original name being Nana-iro Inko (Japanese:七色いんこ), the hero is Rainbow Parakeet, a private investigator. He wears red-tinted sunglasses and a white raincoat. He is also a master of disguise to aid in his investigations. Rainbow..
Rainbow party
For the political party, see Rainbow (political party)For the sexual practice, see Rainbow party (sexuality)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..
Rainbow party (sexuality)
''This page refers to the sexual activity. For the Greek political party see Rainbow (political party). A rainbow party is purportedly a group sex event involving fellatio. The idea was first publicized on Oprah Winfrey's talk show in 2003. However, there is little evidence of teenagers actually ..
Rainbow Pitta
The Rainbow Pitta, Pitta iris is a beautifully colored bird with velvet black head and below, green upperparts, pale blue shoulder and olive green tail. It has black bill, pink legs, brown eye and reddish brown streak along each side of crown. Both sexes are similar, with female slightly smaller an..
Rainbow Play Systems
Rainbow Play Systems is a manufacturer of quality childrens play equipment which are available through a network of retail outlets throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, Spain, Panama and Italy. Starting out in 1985 in a small custom job shop in Minnesota, the company has exp..
Rainbow Prelude
Rainbow Prelude (虹のプレリュード Niji no Pureriyuudo) is a manga by Osamu Tezuka, dealing with a young French girl who meets and falls in love with Chopin, at the time where Poland was occupied by Russian troops. ..
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Rainbow Raider
Rainbow Raider is a fictional supervillain in the DC comics universe. He first appeared in the pages of The Flash in 1980. Contents 1 Character History2 Powers3 Trivia4 External links Character History As child, Roy G. Bivolo always dreamed of a career as an artist, a loft..
Rainbow Raiders
The Rainbow Raiders are a group of characters in the Flash comicbook. History After Captain Boomerang I's death, a funeral was held where every villain ever to face the Flash attended. Among the large crowd was an eclectic group of metahumans calling themselves the "Rainbow Raiders," in honor of..
Rainbow Range
The Rainbow Range may be one of two mountain ranges in Canada, one in the Rocky Mountains around Mount Robson on the border between B.C. and Alberta, the other northeast of Bella Coola, British Columbia in the Coast Mountains: Rainbow Range (Coast Mountains)Rainbow Range (Rocky Mountains) This is ..
Rainbow Range (Coast Mountains)
The Rainbow Range is on the western edge of the Chilcotin Plateau, adjoining the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains to the south, and the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains to the north. In some classification systems it is considered part of the Coast Mountains and has been assigned here in ..
Rainbow Range (Rocky Mountains)
The Rainbow Range is a small subrange of the Park Ranges subdivions of the Continental Ranges of the Rocky Mountains on the border between Alberta and British Columbia in Mount Robson Provincial Park. It is only about 1900 km² (730 sq mi) in area. Its highest summit, and the highest in the Canadi..
Rainbow Records
A Rainbow record Rainbow Records was a record label based in the United States of America in the 1920s which featured recordings of Christian gospel music, hymns, and spirituals. Rainbow Records were made by the Rodeheaver Record Company of Chicago, Illinois, which in turn was owned by trom..
Rainbow retreats
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Rainbow Road
Rainbow Road may refer to: Rainbow Road (novel), a 2005 children's novel by Alex SanchezRainbow Road, a circuit from F-Zero X and the Mario Kart seriesRainbow Road (song), written by Donnie Fritts and Dan Penn, recorded by several musicians, including Steve Goodman, Arthur Alexander, and Joan Baez ..
Rainbow Road (novel)
Rainbow Road is the last novel in a trilogy by Alex Sanchez, focusing on the issues gay and questioning youth face as they come of age. It is a sequel to Rainbow High. Rainbow Road In the third book of the series Jason, Kyle, and Nelson take a cross country roda trip were they encounter: Gay bashe..
Rainbow Room
For the Los Angeles nightclub, see Rainbow Bar and Grill. The Rainbow Room is a well-known upscale restaurant on the sixty-fifth floor of the GE Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It first opened on October 3, 1934, and since then has been extensively renovated and expanded. It features a..
Rainbow S.r.l.
Rainbow S.r.l. is an Italian animation studio that is best known for being the producers of the popular Winx Club series. External link [Rainbow Creative Entertainment official website] ..
Rainbow Sandals
Rainbow Sandals logo Rainbow Sandals Inc. was established in 1974 in San Clemente, California by Jay "Sparky" Longley. The company specializes in both men's and women's leather flip-flops. When Longley first started making sandals, he was assembling 10 pairs per day out of leather and Malaysi..
Rainbow sardine
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Rainbow Sash
LGBT movements  Around the world ·   · · Opposition · Violence The Rainbow Sash movement is an organization created by and comprised of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Catholics who believe they should be able to receive Holy Communion. It was reportedly found..
Rainbow Series
For the compact disc standards series, see Rainbow Books. The Rainbow Series (sometimes known as the Rainbow Books) is a series of computer security standards published by the United States government in the 1980s and 1990s. These standards describe a process of evaluation for trusted systems. In..
Rainbow Serpent
Australian Aboriginal rock painting of the "Rainbow Serpent". The Rainbow Serpent (also known as the Rainbow Snake) is a major mythological being for Aboriginal people across Australia, although the creation stories associated with it are best known from northern Australia. The Rainbow Serpen..
Rainbow Serpent Festival
Large Electronic music art and lifestyle festival, located in Victoria, Australia Primarily psychedelic trance music but other genres of electronic music (and occasionally the other type) played in the smaller stages, as well as workshops etc. The name Rainbow Serpent comes from the Aboriginal drea..
Rainbow Shops
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Rainbow Six
For the novel, see Rainbow Six (novel). For the first computer game, see Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. Rainbow Six is fictional character John Clark's position as director of the counter-terrorist unit Rainbow that debuted in the 1998 novel Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy. The book was adapted into a successf..
Rainbow Six (novel)
For information on the Rainbow Six series, see Rainbow Six. Rainbow Six is a techno-thriller novel written by Tom Clancy. It focuses on John Clark, Ding Chavez, and a fictional multi-national counter-terrorist squad named Rainbow, rather than Jack Ryan and national politics. The novel was inspired ..
Rainbow skink
The Rainbow skink (Lampropholis delicata) is a skink of the genus Lampropholis native to Australia but also accidentally introduced to and breeding in the Taranaki region of New Zealand. Rainbow skinks are the only introduced reptile that has successfully established itself outside of captivity i..
Rainbow slender wrasse
The rainbow slender wrasse (Suezichthys arquatus) is a wrasse of the genus Suezichthys, found in New Caledonia, New South Wales in Australia, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the north east coast of New Zealand, in reef areas at depths of between 5 and 100 metres. Its l..
Rainbow smelt
Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) is a anadromous species of fish inhabiting rivers and coastal areas of North America from New Jersey to Labrador on the east coast and from Vancouver Island to the Arctic Ocean on the west coast. It has been introduced to the Great Lakes and from there has made its ..
Rainbow Springs, Florida
Rainbow Springs, Florida Rainbow Springs is a first-magnitude artesian spring formation in Marion County, Florida, several miles north of the city of Dunnellon, Florida. Rainbow Springs is the focal point of Rainbow Springs State Park. The spring formation is the fourth-largest in Florida, ..
Rainbow Springs State Park
Rainbow Springs State Park is a 1,000 acre (4 km²) Florida State Park located on U.S. 41, three miles north of Dunnellon, Florida. Activities include swimming, snorkeling, canoeing and kayaking, and wildlife viewing. Among the wildlife of the park are gray squirrels, otter, turtles, alligators an..
Rainbow squid
The rainbow squid, a fictional animal from the television series The Future Is Wild, was a giant carnivorous squid. When hunting it could change colour and camouflage well. It was nearly at the top of the food chain but still was disturbed and hunted by the pack-hunting sharkopaths. In 200,000,000..
Rainbow Stage
Rainbow Stage is Canada's longest-surviving outdoor theatre, located in the natural setting of Kildonan Park in north Winnipeg, Manitoba History It opened 7 July 1954 presenting operettas and musicals using local performers. In 1956 the Winnipeg Summer Theatre Association was founded to administ..
Rainbow Sun Francks
Rainbow Sun Francks as Lt. Aiden Ford in Stargate Atlantis Rainbow Sun Francks (born December 3, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an actor and songwriter. He is the son of actor/musician Don Francks and dancer Lili Francks, and the brother of Cree Summer. For a brief time he was an on-air ..
Rainbow table
A rainbow table is a special type of lookup table offering a time-memory tradeoff used in recovering the plaintext password from a ciphertext generated by a one-way hash. A common application is to make brute force attacks against hashed passwords more feasible. A rainbow table is constructed by bu..
Rainbow trout
The rainbow trout, redband trout, or steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of trout native to the Pacific Ocean and in North American rivers and lakes west of the Rocky Mountains. It also is native to parts of East Asia. Rainbow trout are now worldwide in distribution and are a highly prized..
Rainbow Tunnel
Rainbow tunnel may refer to: The Waldo Tunnel in Marin County, CaliforniaThe Light Tunnel in the McNamara Terminal at the Detroit Metro AirportThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish ..
Rainbow Valley
A paperback edition of Rainbow Valley. Rainbow Valley (1919) is the seventh book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. In this book Anne Shirley is married with six children, but the book focuses more on her new neighbor, the new Presbyterian minister John Meredith, as ..
Rainbow Wahine
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Rainbow Warrior
Rainbow Warrior II Rainbow Warrior is the name of a series of ships operated by Greenpeace. The first ship was sunk by the French foreign intelligence agency (DGSE) in Auckland harbour, New Zealand, on 10 July 1985. The current ship using the name was launched in 1989. Contents 1 The ..
Rainbow Warriors
The University of Hawaii Warriors, University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, or University of Hawaii Rainbows are the team names of the men's sports programs at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Prior to the year 2000, the University of Hawaii's mens teams were all referred to as the Rainbow War..
Rainchildren
Rainchildren was a progressive folk band that performed mainly in the Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia areas. Although they had a large and active local fan base, the band broke up in October of 1998. Rainchildren's music was mainly acoustic rock, with two guitarists (Marty Shaughnessy & Steve..
Raincoast Books
Raincoast Books is a Canadian book publishing company. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company produces a range of fiction and non-fiction titles for both adults and children. The company is noted for using high amounts of recycled paper in their publishings. Founded by Mark Stanton and A..
Raincoat
Raincoat is also the name of a 2004 Hindi film. The raincoat, a garment worn to protect the upper body from rain, is a compromise between fashion and utility. Colourless transparent vinyl raincoat Important styles of raincoat, often associated with particular manufacturers, include: M..
Raincoat (film)
Raincoat is a 2004 Hindi movie directed by Rituparno Ghosh, starring Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai. It tells the story of two lovers, separated by destiny, who meet again one day. This encounter allows each to realize the truth about the lives they are living. Synopsis Raincoat is a story of small ..
Raindance Communications
Raindance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: RNDC), is a US company that provides online meeting, web conferencing and teleconferencing services. Its products include "Raindance Seminar Edition", "Raindance Meeting Edition", "Raindance Web Conferencing Pro", "Raindance Reservationless Conferencing", and ..
Raindance Film Festival
The Raindance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the United Kingdom. [link] The festival was established in 1992 to celebrate and support British film making and has gone on to feature such successes as Pulp Fiction, The Blair Witch Project, Capturing the Friedman..
Raindancing
Raindancing is the title of the second solo music recording/album of singer Alison Moyet. Track listing Weak in the Presence of BeautyOrdinary GirlYou Got Me WrongWithout YouSleep Like BreathingIs This Love?Blow Wind BlowGlorious LoveWhen I Say (No Giveaway)Stay References http://www.alisonmoyet..
Raindirk Audio
Founded in 1973[Raindirk official website - 30 year anniversary page], Raindirk Audio Ltd is a manufacturer of high-end, pro-audio equipment used in both recording studios and live sound reproduction. Raindirk's first console was sold to former Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan's Kingsway Stud..
Raindom
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Raindrops
This article is about the dance music single. For the drop of water, see raindrop. "Raindrops" is a dance music song released in 2006, the first international hit by the relatively new production team Stunt. Produced in the United Kingdom by Pete Kirtley and Mark Dowling, its synthesizer-based rhyt..
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States in January, 1970. It is known as a very happy, optimistic song. B. J. Thomas had the first number-one hit of the 1970s, when it took the top spot on January 3. It was written by Hal David a..
Raine
For people named Raine, see Raine (surname) Raine is an emulator for arcade games. In its current version, 0.43.2, Raine can emulate over 300 arcade games. History The emulator began life when a programmer named [[User:Antiriad|Antiriad]] started an emulator for a single arcade game, Rainbow Isla..
Raine's foundation school
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Raine's Foundation School
Raine's Foundation School is a Church of England foundation school in East London. It started in 1719 when Henry Raine, a rich man who lived in Wapping, decided to create a school where poor children can get an education for free. In 1719, "the Lower School" opened. It has moved overtime and now has..
Raine, comtesse de Chambrun
Raine, comtesse de Chambrun was born Raine McCorquodale on September 9, 1929, the only child of the celebrated romance novelist Dame Barbara Cartland and her first husband, Alexander McCorquodale, an Army officer who was an heir to a printing fortune. Throughout her life, she has variously held titl..
Rainelle, West Virginia
Rainelle is a town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,545 at the 2000 census. Geography Rainelle is located at [37°58′11″N, 80°46′2″W] (37.969639, -80.767210)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bur..
Rainer
The name Rainer comes from the Germanic name Reginar, composed of the two elements ragin ("advice") and heri ("army"). The name was brought to Britain by the Normans. Cognates: German: Rainer. Scandinavian: Ragnar. Danish: Regner. French: Rainier. Italian: Raniero. Spanish: Rainerio. ..
Rainer-Wurz.com
Rainer-Wurz.com is an international mountain bike team owned and run by former MTB rider Markus Rainer and current Formula One driver Alexander Wurz. The team was formed in 1995 as Rainer Bike Team by Markus after he retired from top-line riding after a severe accident at the United States World Cup..
Rainer Arnold
Rainer Arnold (born June 21, 1950 in Stuttgart) is a German politician and member of the SPD. ..
Rainer Atzlinger
Rainer Atzlinger (1961) is an award-winning Austrian industrial designer, known for his work on machinery and industrial components. Born in 1961, Rainer Atzlinger visited the school of mechanical engineering HTBLA Vöcklabruck , and after working as a mechanical engineer at Silhoutte Model Glass..
Rainer Barzel
Rainer Candidus Barzel (born June 20 1924 in Braunsberg, East Prussia)) is a German CDU Politician. He served as Chairman of the CDU from 1971 and 1973 and ran as the CDU's candidate for Chancellor of Germany in the 1972 federal elections, losing to Willy Brandt's SPD. The 1972 election is commonly..
Rainer Bloess
Rainer Bloess is a member of Ottawa City Council. He represents Ward 2 - Innes covering some of the city's eastern suburbs. He was originally a member of the city council of Gloucester, being elected to that council in 1994 on a cost cutting platform. He lives in the suburban community of Blackbu..
Rainer Bonhof
Rainer Bonhof (born March 29, 1952 in Emmerich, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former German footballer. Contents 1 Biography2 Honors2.1 German national team2.2 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach2.3 Valencia CF Biography Bonhof became (at that time) Germany's youngest World Cha..
Rainer Brüderle
Rainer Brüderle (born June 22, 1945 in Berlin) is a German politician and member of the FDP. External link [Official Website] () ..
Rainer Ganahl
Rainer Ganahl is an artist living in New York City whose work addresses language, learning systems, media and politics. He has recently exhibited his most comprehensive solo-exhibition at Wallach Gallery (Columbia University). External links http://www.ganahl.info ..
Rainer Hertrich
Rainer Hertrich is one of the two current CEOs of EADS, and also head of the group's Aeronautics Division. He was born December 6th 1949 and studied business administration at the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Nuremberg after an apprenticeship at Siemens. He began his career..
Rainer Karlsch
Rainer Karlsch (b.1957), is a German historian and author. He studied economic history at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He graduated in 1986 as a Doctor of Economics. From 1992-1994, assistant to the Historical commission on Berlin (Historischen Kommission zu Berlin). From 1995-1998, assis..
Rainer Kattel
Rainer Kattel (born 24 March 1974) is an Estonian academic and science administrator; he is an expert on innovation as well as political philosophy. Kattel was born in Tartu, Estonia, and attended the University of Tartu and, for several years, the University of Marburg, Germany, on a DAAD scholars..
Rainer Knopff
Rainer Knopff is a writer, professor of political science at the University of Calgary, Canada, and member of a group known as the Calgary School. He has gained notoriety for his views about the influence of judicial decisions on Canadian public policy. ..
Rainer Ludwig Claisen
Rainer Ludwig Claisen (January 14, 1851 – January 5, 1930) was a famous German chemist best known for his work with condensations of carbonyls and sigmatropic rearrangements. He was born in Cologne as the son of a jurist and studied chemistry at the university of Bonn (1869), where he became a..
Rainer M. Schröder
Rainer Maria Schröder, born 1951 in Rostock, is a German author of historical mystery novels for children. He studied many different trades, including that of an opera singer. Since 1977 he has been a freelance journalist in Germany and the US. The backgrounds of his stories are all well researc..
Rainer Maria
For the poet, see Rainer Maria Rilke 300px Rainer Maria is a rock band originally from Madison, Wisconsin, currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. They are categorized in the emo/screamo/indie rock genre of music, and defined by MTV as an "emo trio." Named after the German poet Rainer Mari..
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke in a portrait by Paula Modersohn-Becker Rainer Maria Rilke (4 December, 1875 – 29 December, 1926) is generally considered the German language's greatest 20th century poet. His haunting images tend to focus on the problems of Christianity in an age of disbelief, solitud..
Rainer Rupp
Rainer Rupp (born 1945 in Saarlouis, Germany) was a top spy who worked under the pseudonyms Mosel and later Topas for the GDR in the NATO headquarters in Brussels from 1977 until 1989, releasing documents of the highest importance to the Eastern Bloc. Rupp grew up in West Germany with strong leftis..
Rainer Schmidt
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Rainer Schmidt (skier)
Rainer Schmidt (born August 1 1948). is a former East German ski jumper who won the Olympic Bronze Medal in the Large Hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. He competed from 1972 to 1976. External link [FIS Profile] ..
Rainer Schönfelder
Rainer Schönfelder (born June 13, 1977) is an Austrian skier who won the 2003-2004 men's World Cup slalom title. Career Born in Bleiburg, Carinthia, Austria, Schönfelder made his debut in the 1995-1996 season, finishing 115th in the overall rankings. He quickly began to excel in the slalom event..
Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler (born April 25, 1976) is a professional tennis player from Germany. He began playing tennis at the age of ten. He currently resides in Switzerland. He is currently 82nd in the ATP rankings. Contents 1 Career2 Grand Slam singles finals2.1 Runner-ups (1)3 Tit..
Rainer Seifert
Rainer Seifert (born on December 10, 1947 in Wiesbaden) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German squad that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He played 122 international matches for West Germany, participated in two Hockey World Cu..
Rainer W. Kühne
Rainer W. Kühne (born 1970 May 23) is a German physicist. His most important theory is a 1997 modification of quantum electrodynamics (QED) which predicts a second kind of photon (the so-called "magnetic photon") and a second kind of light (the so-called "magnetic photon rays"). He suggests that ..
Rainer Weiss
Rainer (Rai) Weiss is professor of physics emeritus at MIT. Early life and education Weiss was born in Berlin, Germany; his youth was spent in New York City. He studied at MIT, receiving his B.S. in 1955 and Ph.D. in 1962. He taught at Tufts University in 1960-62, was a postdoctoral scholar at Pri..
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Fassbinder redirects here. For other names related to Fassbinder, see Fass (onomastics). Rainer Werner Fassbinder (May 31, 1945 – June 10, 1982) was a German movie director and actor, one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema. Contents 1 Biography2 Major..
Rainer Wieland
Rainer Wieland (b. February 19, 1957, Stuttgart) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Baden-Württemberg. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. ..
Rainer Zitelmann
Rainer Zitelmann (born 1957 in Frankfurt) is a German historian, journalist and management consultant. Life Zitelmann studied history and political sciences at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt and completed his doctorate in 1986 under Prof. Dr. Karl Otmar Freiherr von Aretin with t..
Rainer Zobel
Rainer Zobel Rainer Zobel (born November 3, 1948 in Wrestedt) is a former German football (soccer) player and current football coach. He was playing in Bayern Munich during 1970s. In 2005, he was the head coach of Iranian football giant club Persepolis. ..
Raines
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Raines Law
Raines Law was passed on March 23, 1896, in New York. It restricted the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday to hotels. The alcohol had to be served during a meal, or in the bedrooms of the hotel. State statutes allowed that any business was considered a hotel if it had 10 rooms for lodging and ser..
Rainevivian
Raine Vivian, is an industrial/rock band written, and performed solely by A. Raine Vivian. Raine Vivian, was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and lived in Chicago for two years before moving back to his hometown. You can stream and download music by this artist at [www.rainevivian.com] --> ..
Rainey Bethea
Rainey Bethea (October 16 1909[#endnote_birthday] – 14 August 1936) was the last person to be publicly executed in the United States. A black male, who was about 26 years old, he confessed to the rape and murder of a 70-year-old white woman named Lischia Edwards, and was publicly hanged i..
Raine (surname)
Raine is a surname, and may refer to Craig Raine, English poetJames Raine, historianKathleen Raine, English poetNancy Greene Raine, Canadian skierRandy Raine-Reusch, Canadian musicianRichard Raine, pseudonym of pseudonym of British novelist Raymond Harold Sawkins Raines Annie Raines, American music..
Raine Island, Queensland
Raine Island is a small island situated about 120 km east-north-east of Cape Grenville, Cape York Peninsula in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia. --> It is just off the eastern edge of the continental shelf, next to a shipping channel known as the Raine Island Entrance and Pa..
Raine Maida
Raine Maida in Canadian music magazine Chart (March 2003) Raine Maida was born Michael Raine Maida on February 18, 1970 in Weston, Ontario. He is the front man of the Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace. He dropped the 'Michael' in his name in order to avoid confusion with Mike Turner, the band..
Raine Sage
Raine Sage (known in the Japanese version as Refill Sage) is a fictional character in Tales of Symphonia, a video game by Namco. Raine is Genis Sage's older sister, and also Iselia's school teacher. Raine is a white mage. When she first starts out, she only knows the basic healing ability "First..
RainFall (band)
RainFall is a cuban heavy metal band. They have two songs recorded on demo, named "Dark Side Of Love" and "The Witch". They are from Ciudad de La Habana. ..
Rainfaux Studios
Rainfaux Studios is an independent film production company created by Nate Holbrook and Brandon Keszler. The company was founded with the intention of providing a central area where the two could collaborate. Holbrook's directing and cinematography lead the creation aspect of the company, while Kesz..
Rainflow-counting algorithm
Figure 1: Uniform alternating loading The rainflow-counting algorithm (also known as the "rain-flow counting method") is used in the analysis of fatigue data in order to reduce a spectrum of varying stress into a set of simple stress reversals. Its importance is that it allows the application..
Rainford
Rainford is a village in North West England, just north of the town of St Helens in Merseyside. It has a population of approx. 10,000. It forms a Civil Parish and ward within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens. No-one really knows how old Rainford is, but the name of the village is in the Domesd..
Rainford Junction
Rainford Junction is a small village in St Helens Merseyside that has grown up around Rainford railway station and the former Junction of Liverpool and Bury Railway Skelmersdale Branch and St. Helens Railway. ..
Rainford railway station
Rainford railway station is situated in the village of Rainford Junction, Merseyside, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail. History It was originally built as Rainford Junction at the junction of the Liverpool and Bury Railway, the Skelmersdale Branch and..
Rainforest
''This article is about the rainforest in general. For more specific information, see Temperate Rainforests article or the Tropical Rainforests article. The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. A rainforest, or a wet forest, is a fores..
Rainforest (album)
Rainforest (1989) is an album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. The inspiration for this album came when Rich traveled through the rainforests of the American Pacific Northwest. Seeing the lush beauty of that environment contrasted by the devastation caused by clear-cut logging filled ..
Rainforest Action Network
The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is an environmental organization based in San Francisco, California, USA. The organization was founded by Randy Hayes in 1985. RAN campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace throu..
Rainforest Alliance
The Rainforest Alliance is an NGO with many offices worldwide. It was founded in 1988. The organization's mission is "to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior". The Rainforest Alliance acts as..
Rainforest Cafe
Rainforest Cafe is a themed restaurant chain owned by Landry's Restaurants, Inc. of Houston, Texas. Description The restaurant is decorated to resemble some features of a rain forest, including plant growth, mist, robotic animals and bug life. Automated water sprinklers, set to specific patterns..
Rainforest Schmainforest
"Rainforest Schmainforest" is episode 301 of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on April 7, 1999. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Miss Stevens is in Mr. Garrison's class recruiting students for a tree saving choir to..
Rainham
Places called Rainham include: Rainham, London, EnglandRainham, Medway, Kent, England See also: Raynham 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..
Rainham, London
Rainham is a place in the London Borough of Havering in East London. It is a suburban development located 13.6 miles (21.9 km) east of Charing Cross. Rainham is a medium sized town with a population of around 30,000. Schools in Rainham include The Chafford, Parsonage Farm Primary School and Rainh..
Rainham, Medway
redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]]Rainham is a town in the Medway unitary authority in South East England. It is about 39 miles (63 km) from London and lies on Watling Street, the ancient Roman road between London and Canterbury, which is now the A2. The town is surrounded by countryside a..
Rainham (Kent) railway station
This article is about the Kent railway station. For the London railway station, see Rainham railway station. The station building at Rainham Rainham (Kent) railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, between Gillingham and Newington. Train services are provided by Southeastern...
Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve
Rainham Marshes is an RSPB nature reserve adjacent to the Thames Estuary in Purfleet, Thurrock east of London. Currently, the reserve is not open to the public. It is due to open in Autumn 2006. The site is a former Ministry of Defence firing range and is currently still deemed unclear of unexplod..
Rainham railway station
This article is about the London railway station. For the Kent railway station, see Rainham (Kent) railway station. Rainham station is located in Rainham, in the London Borough of Havering in East London. The station is in Zone 6. The station is managed and passenger train services are provided b..
Rainham Town F.C.
Rainham Town F.C. was a football club based in England. They were the founding members of the Delphian League in 1951. In the 1977-78 season, they reached the 5th round of the FA Vase. However, in 1994, they resigned from the Isthmian League Division Two and their records were expunged. They subsequ..
Rainhard Fendrich
Rainhard Jürgen Fendrich (born 27 February 1955 in Wien) is an Austrian singer. He is one of the most successful musicians of the so-called music " Austropop." Rainhard Fendrich writes and sings songs in "Wiener-dialekt" - Viennese slang. He was immortalised locally, and is massively famous throu..
Rainhead
A rainhead is a device used in roof plumbing for the capture of storm water run off from the roof guttering of a building. Rainheads are commonly contructed from sheet metal. They comprise a box of varying shape and size which is open at the top and has one or more outlets to which storm water pipe..
Rainhill
Rainhill is a suburb of St Helens, Merseyside, England. It forms a civil parish. It was formerly a separate village, then part of Prescot parish and Whiston Rural District. The history of Rainhill is recorded from Norman Times, however the name Rainhill is believed to come from the Old English per..
Rainhill railway station
redirect [[template:UK stations]]Rainhill railway station serves the town of Rainhill, Merseyside, England. It is situated on the northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. The station, and all trains serving it, are oper..
Rainhill Trials
The Rainhill Trials were an important competition in the early days of steam locomotive railways, run in October of 1829 near Rainhill (just outside Liverpool). When the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was approaching completion, the directors of the railway ran a competition to decide whether sta..
Rainiai massacre
The Rainiai massacre (Lithuanian: ) was the mass murder of between 70 and 80, Lithuanian political prisoners by the NKVD, with help from the Red Army, in a forest near Telšiai, Lithuania, during the night of June 24-25 1941. It was one of many similar massacres carried out by Soviet forces in Lithu..
Rainier
The name Rainier can refer to the following: Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano and national park 54 miles southeast of Seattle, Washington, USA named for British Rear Admiral Peter RainierSeveral Princes of Monaco, all of the House of Grimaldi: Rainier I, Rainier II, Rainier IIIMount Rainier, a place i..
Rainier, Oregon
Rainier is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,687 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History Rainier was founded on the banks of the Columbia River in 1851 by Charles E. Fox and was originally ..
Rainier, Washington
Rainier is a town in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,492 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History In 1941, Rainier was described as "...served by the Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Milwaukee, S..
Rainier Beach, Seattle, Washington
Rainier Beach is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the US state of Washington. The neighborhood is located in the far southeastern corner of the city along Lake Washington. Home to Mapes Creek and city parks Beer Sheva Park and Kubota Garden, its main throughfares are Rainier and Renton Ave..
Rainier Brewing Company
1907 Rainier ad in the Pacific Monthly Rainier Brewing Company (1884 - 1999) was a Seattle, Washington company that brewed Rainier Beer, a very popular brand in the Pacific Northwest. While the beer enjoys near iconic status, it is no longer brewed in Seattle, nor is the company owned locally..
Rainier cherry
Rainier is a cultivar of cherry. The Rainier was created in 1952 at Washington State University, as a cross between the Bing and Van cultivars. Rainiers are sweet cherries with creamy-yellow flesh. The cherries are very sensitive to temperature, wind, and rain. About 1/3 of a Rainier cherry orcha..
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III Reign 9 May, 1949 - 6 April, 2005 Predecessor Louis II of Monaco Successor Albert II of Monaco Spouse Grace Kelly Issue Caroline, Princess of Hanover Albert II of Monaco Princess Stéphanie Royal House Grimaldi Father Pierre d..
Rainier I of Monaco
Rainier I of Monaco (born 1267 - died 1314) was, in fact, the first sovereign Grimaldi ruler of the area now known as Monaco. He also holder the title of Lord of Cagnes. The oldest of the three sons of Lanfranco Grimaldi, French Vicar of Provence, by his wife, Aurelia del Carretto (who later remarr..
Rainier Square
Rainier Square is an underground shopping mall in Seattle, Washington. It extends from Rainier Tower to One Union Square (both above ground). References External links [Shopping mall][virtual tour at VR Seattle] ..
Rainier Tower
--> Rainier Tower is a 40-story skyscraper (29 stories occupied, the rest pedestal) in the Metropolitan Tract of Seattle, Washington at 1301 Fifth Avenue. It was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, who also was architect of the World Trade Center in New York City (as well as of the IBM Building, which ..
Rainier Valley, Seattle, Washington
Rainier Valley Rainier Valley is a neighborhood in Seattle located east of Beacon Hill; west of Mount Baker, Seward Park, and Leschi; south of the Central District and First Hill; and north of Rainier Beach. The valley is centered on Rainier Avenue South, its main (northwest- and southeast-b..
Rainier View, Seattle, Washington
Rainier View Rainier View is a residential neighborhood in the southeast corner of Seattle, Washington. It is bounded by S. Bangor Street on the north, 51st Avenue S. on the west, S. Juniper Street on the south, and 59th Avenue S. on the east. The city of Tukwila, Washington abuts Rainier Vi..
Rainier Wolfcastle
Rainier Wolfcastle on his short-lived Fox talk show Up Late with McBain accuses his booing audience of being homosexuals in The Simpsons episode "Cape Feare." Rainier Wolfcastle (voiced by Harry Shearer) is a fictional character featured in the television cartoon The Simpsons. He is a German-..
Rainie Yang
Rainie Yang Cheng Lin (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; born June 4, 1984) is a popular female star in Taiwan. She was in the band "4 in Love" (now disbanded). Now she is famous as an actress in teen dramas, a co-host in the long-running variety show Guess, and a singer for her debut My Intuition...
Raining Again
"Raining Again" is a single by the American musician Moby. It was released only in Mainland Europe (on 23 May 2005) by Mute Records and Australia (on 6 June 2005) by EMI Music Australia. The single is taken from Moby's 2005 album Hotel and contains five track/versions not featured on the album. O..
Raining animals
Raining animals is a relatively common meteorological phenomenon, with occurrences reported from many countries throughout history. The animals most likely to drop from the sky in a rainfall are fish and frogs, with several types of birds coming second. Sometimes the animals survive the fall, notori..
Raining Blood
"Raining Blood" is a song from thrash metal band Slayer's third album, Reign in Blood. It was issued as a single by Def Jam. The song begins with the sounds of thunder and rain, and eventually cuts into one of thrash metal's most recognizable guitar riffs. The song was covered by Tori Amos on the..
Raining Down Diamonds
Raining Down Diamonds is an album by musician Jandek released in 2005 on Corwood Industries (#0780). Track listing "What Things Are""I Stared""It's Forever""You Ancient""Take My Will""New Rendezvous""Your Visitor" Notes Raining Down Diamonds is the 42nd Jandek release. Following the style of Th..
Raining Pleasure
Raining Pleasure is a four-piece band that hails from Patras, the largest town in southern Greece. Having recorded their first demo in the early 1990s, Raining Pleasure quickly became a major Greek indie band. Their debut album 'Memory Comes Back' (1996) was released for the respected indie label ..
Rainis
Rainis (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Jānis Rainis) was the pseudonym of Jānis Pliekšāns (b. September 11, 1865 - d. September 12, 1929), a poet, playwright, translator, and politician who is considered to be the greatest Latvian writer. He was married to Aspazija (pseudonym of Elza Pliek..
Rainlendar
Rainlendar is an open-source computer application that displays a calendar on the desktop. It also can maintain events and a to-do list. It is popular because it uses few system resources when running, and supports "skins" or GUI changes. Because of the ability to be skinned, it has become a ..
Rainmaker (disambiguation)
Rainmaker may refer to: The Rainmaker (play), by N. Richard Nash*The Rainmaker (1956 film) starring Burt Lancaster*Der Regenmacher, 1980 German television remake*The Rainmaker (1982), John Frankenheimer's television remakeThe Rainmaker (John Grisham), a book*The Rainmaker (1997 film), starring Matt..
Rainmaker (song)
"Rainmaker" is the 37th single released by Iron Maiden. It is the second single from their most recent studio album Dance of Death. The song was largely written by long-time guitarist Dave Murray. The rainmaker concept was started by vocalist Bruce Dickinson who one day said in the rehearsal studi..
Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects
Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects was founded in 1979 as the pioneering post house, Gastown Productions. Rainmaker has been an important contributor to British Columbia's dynamic film production community for more than a quarter century. Today, Rainmaker is a world class operation serving an in..
Rainmaker Digital Effects
"Rainmaker" redirects here. For , see . Rainmaker Digital Effects, more commonly just Rainmaker is a special effects studio located in Vancouver. They have been running for 27 years, and have created special effects scenes for films such as I, Robot and The DaVinci Code, as well as television serie..
Rainmaker Mountain
Rainmaker Mountain is the name of a mountain located near Pago Pago. The average annual rainfall on the mountain is around 200 inches. The mountain is a National Natural Landmark designated in 1972. ..
Rainmaking
Rainmaking refers to the act of attempting to artificially induce or increase precipitation, usually to stave off drought. It takes two basic forms: In some societies, rain dances or other rituals have attempted supernaturally to increase rainfall. Though there is no scientific basis for the belief..
RAINMAN
For the 1988 film, see Rain Man. RAINMAN, which stands for Remote Automated INformation MANager, is the proprietary publishing language of America Online (AOL). RAINMAN code is used to create forums and pages on the AOL service by AOL and content partners of the company. Although many consider RA..
RAINN
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is a national U.S. anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the U.S. National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE. RAINN's toll-free, confidential and anonymous hotline service uses the area code of the caller's phone number to auto..
Rainn Wilson
Rainn Wilson, born January 20, 1968, is an American character actor who appears as mildly sociopathic Dwight Schrute on The Office (US). He also appeared as the eccentric Arthur Martin on HBO's Six Feet Under. He appeared in the hit shows NUMB3RS and Entourage in 2005 as a sleazy entertainment j..
Rainout
Rainout is fallout by rain (as the name suggests). The rainclouds of the rainout are often formed by the particles of a nuclear explosion itself and because of this, the decontamination of rainout is more difficult than "regular" fallout, especially if it was caused by a nuclear explosion in the Sea..
Rainout (baseball)
In baseball, a rainout refers to a game that is cancelled or stopped in progress due to rain. Generally, Major League Baseball teams will continue play in light to moderate rain but will suspend play if it is raining heavily or if there is standing water on the field. Games can also be delayed or ..
Rainow
Rainow is a small village in Cheshire, UK near Macclesfield and Bollington. It sits on the River Dean. Surrounded by farmland, Rainow is bleak in winter and has an annual Church Fete with tea marquee, tug of war between the local pubs and a fell race up Kerridge Hill that overlooks the village. Th..
Rainow Primary School
Rainow Primary School is a primary school and is the only school in the village of Rainow. It has a large playing field, used for the annual 'Sports Day', a medium sized playground and a large Dining Hall adjacent to the kitchen. The school caters for years reception through to year 6. [Rainow..
Raino of Tusculum
Raino, also Rayno, Ranulf, or Reginulf (died before 1167), was the last count of Tusculum from an unknown date when he was first associated with his elder brother, Jonathan, to his own death. His father, Ptolemy II, died in 1153. His mother was Bertha, illegitimate daughter of Henry V, Holy Roman Em..
Rainsborough Camp
Rainsborough Camp is an iron age fort located in South Northamptonshire, England, between the villages of Croughton and Charlton. Grid reference ..
Rainsburg, Pennsylvania
Rainsburg is a borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 146 at the 2000 census. Geography Rainsburg is located at [39°53′43″N, 78°30′57″W] (39.895258, -78.515948)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bure..
Rainshadow
A Rainshadow is an area which is unusually dry due to nearby geographic features. A rainshadow is usually caused by a mountain range, but can be caused by other things as well, although to a much lesser degree. Rainshadows can be observed in the western United States and also in southern central So..
Rainsong
Rainsong is an acoustic guitar manufacturer currently based in Woodinville, Washington, and originally based in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. The company makes high-end graphite bodied acoustics and acoustic electrics, with current and past graphite body models including nylon string guitars, 12-string guita..
Rainstick
Traditional Style Cactus Rainstick A rainstick is a long, hollow tube which is filled with small baubles such as beads or beans and has small pins arranged helically on its inside surface. When the stick is upended, the beads fall to the other end of the tube, making a sound reminiscent of a ..
Rainsville, Alabama
Rainsville is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 4,499. Geography Rainsville is located at [34°29′32″N, 85°50′43″W] (34.492258, -85.845316)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city ..
Rainsville, Indiana
Rainsville is a small town in Pine Township, Warren County, Indiana, platted on April 16, 1833 by Isaac Rains. A post office was established on February 5, 1836 and closed on September 15, 1904. Geography Rainsville is located at 40°24'57" North, 87°18'56" West (40.415833, -87.315556)[Geogr..
Rains Brook
Rains Brook is a brook and tributary of the River Leam. The source of the brook is near Kilsby in Northamptonshire, it then runs west in the valley south of Rugby and forms the border between Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. It then runs south-west to Kites Hardwick where it joins the River Leam. ..
Rains County, Texas
Rains County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population is 9,139. Its county seat is Emory6. The county is named for Emory Rains, a Texas state legislator (however, the county seat, named Emory, is not named for Rains). Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent..
Rains Independent School District
The Rains Independent School District is a school district based in Emory, Texas. Rains ISD has four schools: Rains Elementary School, Rains Intermediate School, Rains Junior High School, and Rains High School. See also List of school districts in Texas External links [Rains Independent Schoo..
Rainton Gate
Rainton Gate is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated between Durham and Houghton-le-Spring, next to West Rainton. ..
Raintown
Raintown is the debut album of Scottish pop band Deacon Blue. The album, largely written by lead singer Ricky Ross, was released in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1987. It proved a commercial success and has to date sold around a million copies, peaking in the UK album chart at 14 and remaining in t..
Raintree County
Raintree County is a novel by Ross Lockridge, Jr.. It tells the story of a small-town Midwestern teacher and poet who meets and falls in love with a beautiful Southern belle; however, her emotional instability leads to the destruction of their marriage. The novel was made into a 1957 film starring ..
Rainulf Drengot
Rainulf Drengot (also Ranulph, Ranulf, or Rannulf) was a Norman adventurer and the first count of Aversa (1030–1045). When one of Rainulf's numerous brothers, Osmond, was exiled by Richard I of Normandy for the murder of one of his kin, Rainulf accompanied him and his brothers, Gilbert Buat..
Rainulf Trincanocte
Rainulf II, called Trincanocte, was the third count of Aversa (1045-1048), the cousin and nephew respectively of his immediate predecessor Asclettin and Rainulf Drengot, the founder of their family's fortunes in the Mezzogiorno. There was a succession crisis after the premature death of Asclettin an..
Rainwater Basin
Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District ..
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of rain from roofs or from a surface catchment for future use. The water is generally stored in rainwater tanks or directed into mechanisms which recharge ground water. This is appropriate in many parts of the world, such as western Britain, China, ..
Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium
Rainwater Observatory OrganizationFrench Camp Academy LocationFrench Camp, Mississippi, United States Coordinates[°′″N, °′″W] Altitudemeters (feet) Webpage[] Telescopes Unnamed Telescope Unknown size reflector Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium is an edu..
Rainwater tank
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a [WikiProject Countering systemic biasworldwide view].Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the [talk page]. Some of the rainwater tanks around CERES Community Environment Park, in Mel..
Rainworth
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. Rainworth is a village in No..
Rainworth Miners Welfare F.C.
Rainworth Miners Welfare F.C. is a football club formed in 1922 and based near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The club (also sometimes styled as Rufford Colliery F.C.) spent the greater part of their existence in the Notts Alliance, winning that league no less than 10 times, including a recor..
Rainydawg
Rainydawg Radio is the University of Washington's student run Internet radio station. It was created because the previous student run radio station was sold to the Experience Music Project as KEXP. Rainydawg has a strong focus on local music of the Pacific Northwest, and plays nothing but local mus..
Rainy Davis
Rainy Davis is a singer, songwriter, producer most famous for her album and single "Sweetheart". Later to be recorded by Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey. Rainy Davis a well versed writer & producer also happens to an entrepenauer and the founder of Rainysongs Entertainment Company. From era to era..
Rainy Days (song)
"Rainy Days" Single by Thomas Gergich Single Released 2005 Single Format Genre Rock, Pop Song Length ?:?? Record label Little Red Button Records Writers Thomas Gergich Producer Chart Positions 1 Thomas Gergich single chronology "Rainy Days"(2005) Charts Chart Peakposition Au..
Rainy Dayz
"Rainy Dayz" Single by Mary J. Blige & Ja Rule From the albumNo More Drama Released 2002 Format CD maxi single12" Maxi Single Length colspan="2" valign="top" Genre R&B Label Geffen Writers Irving LorenzoJefferey Atkins Producers Irv Gotti Director David Palmer Chart Positions #12 (US..
RAINY DAY 2005 Tour
Rain is currently on a RAINY DAY 2005 Tour which started in Seoul and will travel to Tokyo and Hong Kong. He is creating and showcasing fresh new spectacles at every single concert, and tickets are selling out quickly as a result. His first solo concert in Japan last summer, entitled "Rainy Day J..
Rainy Day Assembly
Rainy Day Assembly is the debut album of singer/songwriter Tess Wiley. ..
Rainy Day Books
Rainy Day Books is an independent bookstore in Fairway, Kansas a midtown suburb of Kansas City, Kansas, and one of the leading independent bookstores in the United States. It was founded on November 4, 1975 and is owned and operated by Vivien Jennings. Rainy Day Books is open 6 days a week, every ..
Rainy Day Women
'Rainy Day Women #12 & #35' is a song by Bob Dylan and the opening track of his 1966 album, Blonde On Blonde. The song follows a recurring theme of 'everybody must get stoned', and there is some debate as to whether this is a marijuana reference. Many people believe that the song actually refers t..
Rainy Lake
Rainy Lake (French: lac à la Pluie) is a relatively large lake (345 sq mi or 894 sq km) that straddles the border between the United States and Canada. The Rainy River issues from the left side of the lake and is used to make hydroelectricity in the US town of International Falls, which is situat..
Rainy Lake, Minnesota
Rainy Lake is an unorganized territory in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,469 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 1,002.8 km² (387.2 mi²). 906.9 km² (350.2 mi²) of it is lan..
Rainy Mountain
Rainy Mountain is a rounded hill standing northwest apart from the main Wichita Mountains in Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was a prominent landmark for the Plains Indians on the southern plains. Rainy Mountain Creek, flowing northeastward from Rainy Mountain, was a favored winter camp for the Plains ..
Rainy Night in Georgia
"Rainy Night in Georgia" is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1962 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. In 1969, Benton was returning to music after over four years out of the spotlight and at a new record label, Atlantic Records. Brought to the attention of producer Jerry Wexler,..
Rainy River
Rainy River can refer to: The Rainy River (Minnesota-Ontario) that forms part of the United States-Canada border between Minnesota and OntarioRainy River, Ontario, a small Canadian town named for the above riverThe Rainy River (Michigan), United States, tributary of the Black River (Michigan)The Ra..
Rainy River, Ontario
The Canadian town of Rainy River is situated on the Ontario-Minnesota border, along the Rainy River opposite Baudette, Minnesota, USA and southeast of the Lake of the Woods along Highway 11. It has a population of 1000. External links [Town of Rainy River] ..
Rainy River (Minnesota-Ontario)
The Rainy River (French: rivière à la Pluie) is a river, approximately 85 mi (140 km), that forms part of the U.S.-Canada border separating northern Minnesota and northwestern Ontario. It issues from the west side of Rainy Lake (French: lac à la Pluie) and flows generally west-northwest, between..
Rainy River District, Ontario
Rainy River District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1885. It is the only division in Ontario that lies completely in the Central time zone. Its seat is Fort Frances. Population 2003 Postcensal estimate 22,343Munici..
Rainy River Water Aerodrome
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Rainy Season (Stephen King)
Rainy Season is a short horror story by Stephen King, first published in an anthology titled Midnight Graffiti, and later included in King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection. Plot A young husband and wife on summer vacation rent a house in a small town called Willow, Maine, only to be warne..
Rainz
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Rain (1932 film)
Rain is a 1932 Pre-Code film directed by Lewis Milestone. The film stars Joan Crawford as prostitute Sadie Thompson and Walter Huston as a conflicted missionary whose morals start decaying. Beulah Bondi played his wife. External links ..
Rain (disambiguation)
The word rain refers to many things: Rain is a form of precipitation in which liquid drops of water fall toward the surface of the earth. Contents 1 Computing2 Films3 Games4 People5 Fictional character6 Places7 Songs8 Other Computing RAIN in computer netwo..
Rain (Erasure song)
"Rain" is a song by British synth pop duo Erasure. It appears on their eighth studio album Cowboy. The song was released in the UK by Mute Records as the album's third single, although with multiple remixes, bonus material and an extended playing time, the "Rain" release could be considered an E..
Rain (film)
For the 1932 film of the same name, see Rain (1932 film). Rain is a 2001 film directed by Christine Jeffs. A debut film by Jeffs, it is released in 2001 in New Zealand and an international release in 2002. It concerns the coming of age of 13-year-old Janey. Contents 1 Credits1.1 Writ..
Rain (Lech)
Rain (also: Rain am Lech) is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Lech, close to its confluence with the Danube, 11 km east of Donauwörth. ..
Rain (Madonna song)
"Rain" was the fifth (and final, in the US) single from Madonna's 1992 album Erotica. Released the summer of 1993, it peaked at a respectable #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart. While some may have seen this chart position as a disappointment, it was a noticeable jump from the preceding sin..
Rain (Mortal Kombat)
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Rain (singer)
Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon (born on 25 June 1982 in Seoul) is a male Korean R&B and pop singer. He has become well-known throughout East Asia as a leading star of the Korean wave: Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, and Thailand . He has been called the "Asian Usher" or the "Asian Justin Tim..
Rain (song)
"Rain" is the title of a number of different songs: "Rain" — a 1966 single by The Beatles."Rain" — a 1976 song by the rock band Status Quo"Rain" — the fifth single from Madonna's 1992 album Erotica."Rain" — a song by the heavy metal band Samael on the 1996 album Passage."Rai..
Rain (The Beatles song)
"Rain" is a song by The Beatles, first released in 1966. The song was released alongside "Paperback Writer" as a double A-side single on 30 May 1966 in the United States and 10 June 1966 in the United Kingdom (see 1966 in music). "Rain" is not featured on an original album and was not released as ..
Rain / Bridge Over Troubled Water
"Rain / Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the second single to be released by 2004 Australian Idol runner up, Anthony Callea. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
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Rain barrels
Contents 1 Benefits of Water Barrels2 Rainwater Appropriation and the Law3 External links3.1 Building Water Barrels3.2 Initiatives Benefits of Water Barrels Rain barrels used to be common, but for decades they were rarely seen in the suburbs. Today rain barrels are gaini..
Rain beetle
The rain beetles (Pleocoma) are a genus of beetles found in the Far West of North America. They spend most of their lives underground, emerging in response to rain or snow, thus the common name. Formerly classified in the Geotrupidae, they are currently assigned to their own family Pleocomidae, co..
Rain Bird
For other uses of "Rain Bird" and "Rainbird", see Rainbird. Rain Bird Corporation is a large privately held manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, based in Glendora, California. Rain Bird had its origins in 1932 when California citrus grower Orton Englehardt developed the..
Rain Bird (legend)
The Rain Bird in Native American legend was a bird who brought rain. A Rain Bird design is used in some Native American pottery. The name was borrowed by the Rain Bird Corporation to name their sprinkler. ..
Rain Boy
Rain Boy (Marco Polo) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute assigned to Gambit's training squad. His first appearance was in X-Men (2nd series) #171. Rain Boy lost his mutant powers after the M-Day and possibly died during the e..
Rain check
A rain check is an informal agreement by a merchant to a customer to provide an item the merchant has run out of at a later date for the item's current price, or (in a more literal sense) to provide a service at a later date which cannot currently be provided due to rain or other inclement weather. ..
Rain Dances
Rain Dances is a 1977 progressive rock album by Camel. Like its predecessors, it was released with Deram Records. But unlike previous Camel albums, it included Caravan co-founder Richard Sinclair, who did much to make the sound on this album, considered some of the best of Camel's all-time work. Th..
Rain dancing
A rain dance is a ceremonial dance that is performed in order to invoke rain and to ensure the protection of the harvest. Rain dances can be found in many cultures, from Ancient Egypt to certain Native American tribes and could still be found in the 20th century Balkans, in a ritual known as Papar..
Rain Day
A rain day is the term used to describe continuous rain over a 24 hour period. Its usage differs from rainy day which does not mean continuous rain. Rain days are common in places which have a monsoon season such as India. Rain days in these parts may extend over a couple of days. Rain Day is also ..
Rain Dogs
Rain Dogs is an album by Tom Waits, released in August of 1985 (see 1985 in music). Like all of Waits's albums, Rain Dogs was not a major financial success, but again, like many of his albums, Rain Dogs received mostly positive reviews. Conceived partially as a follow-up to Swordfishtrombones, t..
Rain Down
Rain Down is the six album produced by PlanetShakers. Track listing (CD) Running After YouCloser To YouBigRain DownTo You I SingOut Of MeEverything's ChangedAll Of My DaysEnter InCould I EverI Believe PlanetShakers Discography Studio Albums: Arise - Always and Forever - Rain Down - Open Up the ..
Rain Drift
A rain drift is a motoring maneuver performed in the rain. This type of drift is easier then a drift on dry pavement because the rain is a barrier between the asphalt and the wheels, therefore causing a loss in friction. With this limited traction, the rear tires will slide. This is dangerous for ..
Rain Drops
It Can’t Rain All The Time is the fourth album by pop singer Hilary Duff. Track Listing Rain Drops (Introduction)It Can’t Rain All The TimeAlternative LifeBeside MeYour Empty HeartInterludeTime Goes OnEnter My WorldDon't Know MeThe SourceAssistance feat. Haylie DuffHow Did You Find Me..
Rain EP
Rain (EP) is 40 Below Summer's second recorded CD, this time being an EP. It was self-released about September 9, 2000, and only a mere 75 copies were pressed. Track listing "Falling Down""Endorphins""Letter To God""Jonesin""Faces" Personnel Max Illidge – VocalsJoey D'Amico – GuitarJor..
Rain fade
In satellite communications, rain fade refers to the absorption of a microwave Radio Frequency (RF) signal by rain or snow, and is especially prevalent in frequencies above 11 GHz. It also refers to the degradation of a signal caused by the electromagnetic interference of the leading edge of a storm..
Rain Fall Down
"Rain Fall Down" is a song from The Rolling Stones' 2005 album A Bigger Bang. It was released on December 5 2005 as the second single from the album (see 2005 in British music) and reached #33 in the UK. Musically, the song is a basic, funk/disco number underscored by a raw, "Miss You" style groo..
Rain Fell Within
Rain Fell Within was a symphonic metal band from Virginia, United States. They are known for their atmospheric sound with female soprano lead vocals. Contents 1 History2 Members3 Releases4 External links History Rain Fell Within was formed in October, 1996 by vocalist Dawn De..
Rain follows the plow
Rain follows the plow is the conventional name for a now-debunked theory of climatology that was popular throughout the American West during the late 19th century. The basic premise of the theory was that human habitation, in particular agriculture through homesteading, effected a permanent change i..
Rain From The Sun
Rain From The Sun is an album created by Native Funk, who is also known today as Anybody Killa. The album was created in 2000. The album is 41:04 in length. Tracks IntroSoloIs It RealInterviewBoom - 3:38Cloned Images (Feat. Lavel)Takin' Over feat dagoTrue TalesGuillatine (feat HaLfBrEEd)State of..
Rain From The Sun Re-Release / Rattlesnake EP
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Rain garden
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Rain gauge
Standard Rain Gauge Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge Recorder Close up of a Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge Recorder chart A rain gauge is a type of instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid or solid (snow, sleet, hail) precipitation over a se..
Rain Lover
Rain Lover was a champion Australian racehorse, who holds the record for the Melbourne Cup over 2 miles of 3.19.1 minutes (the race distance was changed to 3200 metres in 1972). He won the cup twice, in 1968 and 1969, ridden by the jockey Jim Johnson. ..
Rain LU
Rain is a commune in the Hochdorf district, Lucerne canton, Switzerland. ..
Rain Mako
Rain Mako (born August 26, 1976 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a former female boxer who currently lives in Melbourne, Australia. Mako helped popularize women's boxing in Oceania: while boxing is still considered by most to be a male sport, women's boxing has enjoyed a raise in popularity since 1..
Rain Man
Rain Man is an Academy Award-winning 1988 film which tells the story of an abrasive, selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his father has left all of his estate to an autistic savant brother, Raymond, whom Charlie never knew he had. The movie stars Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt, Dust..
Rain Mikamura
Rain Mikamura (レイン・ミカムラ) is a fictional character in the anime and manga Mobile Fighter G Gundam. Rain Mikamura is the sweet and gentle, but also clever and tough young woman who is Domon Kasshu's partner, best friend and mobile suit engineer. She's a brilliant girl who helps Domon ..
Rain Ocampo
Resident Evil film character Rain Ocampo First Apperance Resident Evil Portrayed By Michelle Rodriguez Age 23 Gender Female Relations None Current Status Deceased (Due to T-virus infection) Rain Ocampo is a fictional character from the Resident Evil. Rain was played by..
Rain of a Thousand Flames
Rain of a Thousand Flames is a miniature album released by Rhapsody in 2001. It tells a part of the "Emerald Sword Saga", but it is a parallel episode that is not essential to the story. The album was released at a reduced price and is considered a stop gap between the band's main releases. Trackl..
Rain of Gold
Rain of Gold is Victor Villaseñor's 1991 New York Times bestseller which tells the story of his own parents who were undocumented immigrants from Mexico. Two families escaping from Revolution torn Mexico to the relative safety of the United States have parallel experiences centered around their mo..
Rain on Me
Rain on Me is a single released by R&B singer Ashanti in 2003 from her second album Chapter II. ..
Rain Or Shine
Rain Or Shine is the name of a 1986 hit single by British pop group Five Star, peaking at UK #2 in September of that year and later becoming their biggest-selling 7 inch with over 250,000 sales recorded. It was held off the top spot for three weeks by British pop band The Communards with the year'..
Rain Paint
Rain Paint is a Finnish Gothic Metal band formed in 2002. They released their first album, Nihil Nisi Mors, to critical acclaim in 2002[[Citing sources citation needed]], and their second, Disillusion Of Purity, in 2006. The band is composed of the following members: Mr. A (A..
Rain Parade
The Rain Parade were a band active in the Paisley Underground scene in Los Angeles in the 1980s. Its founding members, brothers David Roback (guitar) and Stephen Roback (bass guitar), had been in a band called the Unconscious with Susanna Hoffs (who went on to lead the most famous of the Paisley Und..
Rain Phoenix
Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix, a.k.a. Rainbow Phoenix, is an American actress/musician born on March 31, 1973 in Crockett, Texas. Phoenix's Irish-Spanish father, John Bottom, and Bronx-born Jewish mother, Arlyn Sharon Dunetz, joined the Children of God cult in the late 60's and became missionaries, trave..
Rain Pryor
Rain Pryor (born July 16, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and comedian, and the daughter of half African American, half Puerto Rican comedian Richard Pryor, and his second wife, Jewish American Shelley Bonus. She has joked that while growing she felt "proud, but guilty abou..
Rain Quail
The Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica is a species of quail found in South Asia. References BirdLife International (2004). [Coturnix coromandelica]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 06 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species ..
Rain Queen
--> The Modjadji or Rain Queen is the hereditary queen of Balobedu, the people of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Rain Queens are a matrilineal line of women who are believed to have special powers, including the ability to control the clouds and rainfall. Currently there is no ruling Rain..
Rain Rain Go Away
"Rain, Rain, Go Away" is a short children's rhyme: Rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day. There are several longer versions, the most common of which is: Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day. Rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day. Little Johnny wants to play, In the mead..
Rain sensor
A rain sensor or rain switch is a switching device actuated by rainfall. There are two main types of rain sensors. The first is a water conservation device connected to an automatic irrigation system that causes the system to shut down in the event of rainfall. The second is a device used to protect..
Rain shadow
A rain shadow (or more accurately, precipitation shadow) is a dry region on the surface of the Earth that is leeward or behind a mountain with respect to the prevailing wind direction. A rain shadow area is dry because, as moist air masses rise to top a mountain range or large mountain, the air c..
Rain Shower
"Rain Shower", also "Shower" or "Sonagi," is a Korean short story written by Korean writer Hwang Sun-won in 1959. "Rain Shower" is a translation of the Korean title “Sonagi.” Sonagi is a brief but a heavy rain shower that suddenly comes down usually on a hot afternoon. In Hwang’s story, the ra..
Rain Tree Crow
Rain Tree Crow was the name used by Japan (excluding Rob Dean) when they briefly reformed for this one-off project. The majority of the material on their eponymous album was written as a result of group improvisations, there were no pre-rehearsals and the songs are a hybrid of the experimental styl..
Rain Without Thunder
Rain Without Thunder is a 1993 movie directed by Gary Bennett and starring Betty Buckley and Jeff Daniels. Set in the future where abortion is outlawed in the US, a mother and daughter are put on trial for murdering a fetus. Featured cast Actor Role Betty Buckley Beverly Goldring Kathari..
RaiOh/DaiRaiOh
RaiOh and DaiRaiOh are fictional giant robots from the Japanese video game series Super Robot Wars. Thus far, they have only appeared in Super Robot Wars Alpha 3. Contents 1 Description2 Technical and historical3 DGG-XAM3 LIOH \"RaiOh\" Specifications4 DGG-XAM3C Dynamic Ligh..
Raion
See rayon for the textile. A raion (or rayon) (Russian and Ukrainian: райо́н; Belarusian раён; Azeri: rayon, Latvian: rajons) is one of two kinds of administrative subdivisions in languages of some post-Soviet states: a subnational entity and a subdivision of a city. In these senses the t..
Raionul Anenii Noi
Raionul Anenii Noi is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Anenii Noi. As of January 1, 2005, its population was 81,700. It is located 50 km east of Chişinău, the capital. There are two restaurants and a few factories in Anenii Noi. Transport is available to Anenii every half hour from Chişin..
Raionul Basarabeasca
Raionul Basarabeasca is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Basarabeasca. As of January 1 2005, its population was 29,000. Ethnic Bulgarians form the majority of the population in the district. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Căl..
Raionul Briceni
Raionul Briceni is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Briceni. The other major city is Lipcani. As of January 1 2005, its population was 77,800, making it the fifth largest raion in Moldova. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călă..
Raionul Cahul
Raionul Cahul is a district in southern Moldova. Its seat is Cahul. As of January 1, 2005, its population was 119,200. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dub�..
Raionul Călăraşi
Raionul Călăraşi is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Călăraşi. As of January 1 2005, its population was 75,100. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubă..
Raionul Cantemir
Raionul Cantemir is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Cantemir. As of January 1 2005, its population was 60,000. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubăsari |..
Raionul Căuşeni
Raionul Căuşeni is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Căuşeni. The other major city is Căinari. As of January 1 2005, its population was 90,600. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | ..
Raionul Cimişlia
Raionul Cimişlia is a district in southern Moldova. Its seat is Cimişlia. As of January 1, 2005, its population was 60,900. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Dr..
Raionul Criuleni
Raionul Criuleni is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Criuleni. As of January 1 2005, its population was 72,200. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubăsari | E..
Raionul Donduşeni
Raionul Donduşeni is a district in northern Moldova, bordering Ukraine. Its seat is Donduşeni. In Donduseni, The PCRM received 55% of the vote in the 2005 national elections. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 46,300. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Br..
Raionul Drochia
Raionul Drochia is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Drochia. As of January 1 2006, its population was 86,400. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubăsari | Edi..
Raionul Dubăsari
Raionul Dubăsari is a district in Moldova. As of January 1 2005, its population was 34,000. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubăsari | Edineţ | Faleşti | F..
Raionul Edineţ
Raionul Edineţ is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Edineţ. The other major city is Cupcini. As of January 1, 2005, its population was 81,200. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criule..
Raionul Făleşti
Raionul Făleşti is a district of Moldova. Its seat is Făleşti. As of January 1 2005, its population was 89,800. It borders Romania, in Western Moldova. The Communist party received 56 % of the votes at the 2005 election here. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabea..
Raionul Floreşti
Raionul Floreşti is a district in northern Moldova, bordering Ukraine. Its seat is Floreşti. The other major cities are Ghindeşti and Mărculeşti. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 89,200. In Floresti, the PCRM received 54% of the votes in the 2005 national election. Subdivisions of ..
Raionul Glodeni
Raionul Glodeni is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Glodeni. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 60,800. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubăsari | Edi..
Raionul Hînceşti
Raionul Hînceşti is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Hînceşti. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 119,800. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubăsar..
Raionul Ialoveni
Raionul Ialoveni is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Ialoveni. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 97,800. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubăsari | E..
Raionul Leova
Raionul Leova is a district in southwestern Moldova, bordering Romania. Its seat is Leova. The other major city is Iargara. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 51,100. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | ..
Raionul Nisporeni
Raionul Nisporeni is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Nisporeni. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 65,000. For more info's check [www.nisporeni.com] Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimi�..
Raionul Ocniţa
Raionul Ocniţa is a district in northeastern Moldova. Its seat is Ocniţa. The other major cities are Otaci and Frunză. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 56,600. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Ci..
Raionul Orhei
Raionul Orhei is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Orhei. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 116,200. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubăsari | Edine�..
Raionul Rezina
Raionul Rezina is a district in eastern Moldova, on the western bank of the Dniester river. Its seat is Rezina. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 48,000. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | ..
Raionul Rîşcani
Raionul Rîşcani is a district in western Moldova, bordering Romania. Its seat is Rîşcani. The other major city is Costeşti. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 69,300. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşe..
Raionul Sîngerei
Raionul Sîngerei is a district in northern Moldova. Its seat is Sîngerei. The other major city is Biruinţa. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 87,100. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | C..
Raionul Şoldăneşti
Raionul Şoldăneşti is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Şoldăneşti. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 42,200. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dub..
Raionul Soroca
Raionul Soroca is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Soroca. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 94,800. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubăsari | Edine..
Raionul Ştefan Vodă
Raionul Ştefan Vodă is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Ştefan Vodă. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 70,600. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dub..
Raionul Străşeni
Raionul Străşeni is a district in Moldova. Its seat is Străşeni. The other major city is Bucovăţ. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 88,900. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni..
Raionul Taraclia
Raionul Taraclia (Bulgarian: Тараклийски уезд or Тараклийски район) is a county (raion) in Moldova. Its seat is Taraclia. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 43,100, 66% of whom were ethnic Bulgarians. The county covers an area of 1,022 km² and has the lowest pop..
Raionul Teleneşti
Raionul Teleneşti is a district in central Moldova. Its seat is Teleneşti. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 70,000. External links [Results of parliamentary elections 2005] Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călă..
Raionul Ungheni
Raionul Ungheni is a district in central Moldova, bordering Romania. Its seat is Ungheni. The other major city is Corneşti. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 110,800. Subdivisions of Moldova Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni ..
Raippaluoto Bridge
Raippaluoto bridge is the highest bridge in Finland. It connects the mainland and Raippaluoto island in Mustasaari. Bridge is 1045 meters long and two supporting pylons are both 82,5 meters high. External links [Pictures from mustasaari.fi] ..
Raipur
Raipur [pronunciation] ([Media helphelp]·[info]) (Hindi: रायपुर) is the capital city of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. The population is 605,131 (agglomeration 922,559) (2001 census). The city is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur District. I..
Raipur District
Raipur is the name of a district in Chhattisgarh, India. The district is rich in mineral resources. There are many wild life sanctuaries and sight seeing places worth visiting. Contents 1 Location2 Administration3 History4 Culture5 External links Location It is situated ..
Raipur Rani
Raipur Rani is a census town in Panchkula district in the Indian state of Haryana. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Raipur Rani had a population of 7027. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Raipur Rani has an average literacy r..
Rairangpur
Rairangpur is a place in India situated at about 85 kilometers from district headquarters of Baripada. The Khadkhai Dam is a local attraction nearby. ..
Rais
Rais (Urdu: رئیس ) is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. ..
RAIS
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Servers (RAIS) Like Google pizza tray server farms with velcro bundled storage and other hardware. More likely just "Biege" clone x86 computers with built-in video and ethernet. References P. C. Wong and Y. B. Lee, "Redundant array of inexpensive servers (RAIS) for o..
Raisani
Raisani is a Brahui tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. The most influential tribe among the Brahui tribes are the Raisanis. The leader of each tribe is called Sardar. The Raisani tribal chief is called the Chief of Sarawan. ..
Raisa Gorbachyova
Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Raisa Gorbachyova and Mikhail Gorbachyov 8 December, 1987. Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova (Russian: Раи́са Макси́мовна Горбачёва), née Titarenko (Титаре́нко) (5 January, 1932 – 20 September, 1999) was a major fundraiser for pre..
Raisa Smetanina
Raisa Petrovna Smetanina (Russian:Раиса Петровна Сметанина)(born February 29 1952 in village Mokhcha, Komi ASSR) is a former Soviet/Russian Nordic ski-ing champion. She is the first woman in history to win 10 Winter Olympic medals (Stefania Belmondo is the second.). Smetanina..
Raisdorf
Raisdorf is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 9 km southeast of Kiel. ..
Raise
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. At 883 m (2897 ft), Raise is the 12th highest mountain in the Lake District, according to Wainwright's list. It stands on the long chain of hills known as the Helvellyn range; the summit of Helvellyn itself lies about 2.5 km to south. Rai..
Raise!
Raise! is an album by Earth, Wind & Fire. It was produced by the band´s leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions and it was published in 1981. Production Assistants were Verdine White and Larry Dunn. Other interesting facts are for instance, that it was dedicated to "The Creator" "Our Guiding L..
Raised-cosine filter
‹ The [Template messagestemplate] below has been proposed for deletion. See [Templates for deletion#Template:templates for deletion] to help reach a consensus on what to do. › Non standard name for "Linear analog electronic filter" template The raised-cosine fil..
Raised (phonetics)
In phonetics, a raised sound is articulated with the tongue or lip raised higher than some reference point. In the International Phonetic Alphabet this is indicated with the uptack diacritic [  ̝]. Raised vowels In the case of a vowel, raising means that the vowel is closer. F..
Raised beach
Although this raised beach at Rhossili (Wales) is now used for farmland, it provides evidence of a glacioeustatic rise in the land of this area. A Raised beach is an emergent coastal landform. Raised beaches are beaches or wave cut platforms raised above the shore line by a relative fall in ..
Raised bed gardening
Raised bed gardening is a form of gardening in which the soil is formed in 3-4 foot (1.0-1.2m) wide beds, which can be of any length. The soil is about 0.5-1 foot (15-30cm) above the surrounding soil, sometimes enclosed by a frame generally made of wood or concrete blocks, and enriched with compost ..
Raised by Another
"Raised by Another" is the tenth episode of the first season of Lost. The episode focus on Claire's background. It was directed by Marita Grabiak and written by Lynne E. Litt, and first aired on December 1, 2004 on ABC. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow..
Raised cosine
In mathematics, the raised cosine is a function commonly used in wireless communications: [\mathbf(\omega) = \left \ 1/f_0, & \left|\omega\right| \le \omega_1 \\ \\ \frac \left[1 + cosleft(fracright)right], & \omega_1 < \left|\omega\right| < \omega_2 \\ \\ 0, & \left|\omega\right| ..
Raised cosine distribution
In probability theory and statistics, the raised cosine distribution is a probability distribution supported on the interval [[mu-s,mu+s]]. The probability density function is [f(x;\mu,s)=\frac\left[1+cosleft(frac,piright)right]\,] for [\mu-s \le x \le \..
Raised Fist
Raised Fist is a Swedish hardcore band formed in 1993. The name "Raised Fist" came as an idea from the Rage Against the Machine song "Know Your Enemy", where part of the lyrics are as follows: "Born with an insight and a raised fist..." The band has become more successful over the years, with its ..
Raised floor
Raised floors are used in office buildings with a high requirement for servicing, such as IT data centers, and carry cables, electrical supply, and sometimes air conditioning, server racks, or desks in landscaped office areas. Raised floors are usually liftable floor panels on a gridded layout of ..
Raised flooring
A data center with typical raised flooring panels. Raised flooring refers to a type of flooring that is found usually in data centers and telecommunications environments. Raised flooring provides easy access to the cables run underneath. These floors are similar to suspended ceilings, b..
Raised on Radio
Journey's ninth album, Raised on Radio, was released in May of 1986 on the Columbia Records label. Following their two most successful albums, lead singer Steve Perry decided to take more control over the band's direction. Ross Valory and Steve Smith were fired from the band. The two were repla..
Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake
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Raised pavement marker
The orange markers separate opposing traffic lanes. The blue marker denotes a fire hydrant on the left sidewalk. A raised pavement marker, also known as a Botts' dot, delineator, Stimsonite Markers, or simply a reflector, is a safety device used on roads in the United States, Australia as wel..
Raised ranch (house)
A form of residential architecture where a furnished basement lain in a home's mostly or completely above ground foundation serves as an additional floor. The common result is a two story version of a Ranch-style house. See also Split level ..
Raised the bar
The popular expression "Raise the Bar" is used in the same context as the term New standard, which means to do a better job of something than someone else. ..
Raisen
Raisen is a town in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It is the administrative headquarters of Raisen District. Raisen takes its name from massive Fort. This fort is built on a sandstone hill, at the foot of which settles the town. The name is probably a corruption of Rajavasini or Rajasayan, t..
Raisen District
Raisen District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of India. The town of Raisen is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bhopal Division. It is situated between the latitude 22 47' and 23 33' north and the longitude 77 21' and 78 49' east and is bounded in the west by Sehore Distric..
Raise (disambiguation)
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A raise or Raise is a term which can have several meanings: Raise is the name of the 12th highest mountain in the Lake District on the north-west coast of EnglandA raise is a shaft in a mine which joins two levels. See raise borer..
Raise and give
Raise and Give (or 'RAG') is generally the name assigned to the fundraising arm of university student unions in England and Wales. Members meet regularly to discuss ways of making money for local and national causes, usually preferring those which affect students directly. For more information, ch..
Raise borer
A raise borer is a machine used in mining for drilling a circular hole or shaft between two levels of a mine. The borer is set up on the upper level of the two levels to be connected. A small-diameter hole is bored to the level required, using a conventional drill bit - the diameter of this hole is ..
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
Raise High the Roof Beam, Young Carpenters is the second in the Glass Family series written by J D Salinger. It was originally published by The New Yorker magazine. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Like many of the other Glass family stories, Raise High..
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction was a 1963 book by J. D. Salinger. It was the #3 selling book of 1963. It contained the following two short stories: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters[[Seymour: An Introduction]] ..
Raise My Kids
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. Raise My Kids is a New Zealand reality show that gives couples a chance to "raise" children and practise their..
RAISE specification language
RAISE (Rigorous Approach to Industrial Software Engineering) was developed as part of the European ESPRIT II LaCoS project in the 1990s, led by Dines Bjørner. It consists of a set of tools based around a specification language (RSL) for software development. It is especially espoused by UNU-IIST in..
Raise the Death
Raise the Death is an album of the Colombian Thrash metal band, Athanator recorded in 2002. It includes new versions of old songs of the band and also new songs. After several unsuccessful attempts to reunite, Athanator finally manages to record this album with a new line-up conformed by the origin..
Raise the Pressure
Raise The Pressure is Electronic's sophomore album. It was released in 1996 by Bernard Sumner of New Order and Johnny Marr, most well-known for The Smiths. Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk also co-wrote several tracks. Track listing "Forbidden City" (4.03)"For You" (4.52)"Dark Angel" (5.30)"One day" (4.3..
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern (Simplified Chinese: 大红灯笼高高挂; Traditional Chinese: 大紅燈籠高高掛; pinyin: Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà; literally "Hang High the Big Red Lantern") is a 1991 Chinese film, directe..
Raise the Roof
For the unsuccessful British TV game show from 1995, see Raise the Roof (Game Show) Raise the Roof is a construction strategy card game for 2 to 4 players. The game is played by drawing cards in turn and playing them to build your house. Room cards used to build your house range in value from 100 ..
Raise the Roof (Game Show)
Raise the Roof was an unsuccessful British television game show which ran for one series in 1995, produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV and hosted by Bob Holness. It was one of the first game shows to exploit the lifting of the Independent Broadcasting Authority's prize limits, by giving away a ..
Raise the Titanic!
Raise the Titanic is the name of a 1976 novel by Clive Cussler, and a film directed by Jerry Jameson released in 1980 The film's tagline is Once they said God Himself couldn't sink her. Then they said no man on earth could reach her. Now, you will be there when we... RAISE THE TITANIC! The film..
Raise Your Fist and Yell
Raise Your Fist and Yell was the 1987 release by Alice Cooper. It features the track "Prince of Darkness", which is featured very briefly in the John Carpenter film of the same name, in which Cooper has a cameo as a murderous vagrant. The song can be heard on the walkman of one of his victims. ..
Raise Your Spirit Higher
Raise Your Spirit Higher is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was released on January 27, 2004 and was a North American re-release of the group's latest album, Wenyukela (Raise Your Spirit Higher) of 2003. The album was expected to have (and it did have) a..
Raise Your Spirit Higher - Wenyukela
Raise Your Spirit Higher - Wenyukela is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was released on March 5, 2003 and was the British release of the group's South African album of the same name. It was later re-released in North America in 2004. The album was expect..
Raise Your Voice
Raise Your Voice is an American drama film that was released in 2004 (see 2004 in film), originally pitched as a "Christian Music Project". It was directed by Sean McNamara (director), and stars Hilary Duff. Oliver James, David Keith, and Dana Davis co-star. The film tells the story of a teen from..
Raisin
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a [WikiProject Countering systemic biasworldwide view].Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the [talk page]. For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Raisins are dried grapes. Raisins ca..
Raisina Bengali Senior Secondary School
Raisina Bengali Senior Secondary School (founded 1925) is an English medium school located near Vidhan Shabha(Central Delhi) New Delhi, India. The school offers education up to higher secondary level and has over 2500 students. It has a sprawling campus and students come from all parts of Delhi. B..
Raisina Hill
The Raisina Hill is the most prized estate in Edwin Lutyens' Delhi. The Rashtrapati Bhavan, India's Presidential palace, stands tall at Raisina Hill, flanked by the Secretariat building housing the Indian Prime Minister's Office and several other important ministeries. Other important buildings and ..
Raising
In Transformational Grammar and other derived grammatical frameworks, raising is the name given to a construction in which a linguistic element that belongs semantically to subordinate clause is found as a constituent of a higher clause. For example, in Jack seems to be very popular, the noun phras..
Raisinghnagar
Raisinghnagar is a city and a municipality in Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Geography Raisinghnagar is located at [29.54° N 73.45° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Raisinghnagar]. It has an average elevation of 160 metres (524 feet)...
Raising (metalwork)
Raising is a metalworking technique whereby a sheet of metal is formed into a bowl or other hollow object by repeated sequences of hammering and annealing of the metal, thereby stretching it into the desired shape. This technique was used in creating medieval armour, and is also used to create fine..
Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona is a 1987 Coen Brothers comedy film starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, and Randall "Tex" Cobb. Not a blockbuster at the time of its release, it has since achieved the status of a cult film. Typical Coen Brothers fare, the eccentr..
Raising Cain
Raising Cain is a 1992 film starring John Lithgow. The 95-minute movie was directed by Brian De Palma, and is rated R. The film also stars Steven Bauer and Frances Sternhagen. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Raising Cain is a psychological thriller t..
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers is a chain of fast-food restaurants founded by Todd Graves and Craig Silvey on August 26, 1996. The restaurant chain offers fried chicken fingers as its only main course. Contents 1 Menu2 Name3 Cane's Sauce4 History5 External links Menu ..
Raising card
A raising card is a brush with metal bristles, used in cloth- and woolmaking to raise the nap of the cloth. The process is called carding. Earlier, the fruit pods of teasel plants were used for the purpose. ..
Raising Dad
Raising Dad was a U.S. television series directed by Andy Ackerman and Dana De Vally Piazza, starring Bob Saget, Kat Dennings, Beau Wirick and Brie Larson. It aired on WB from September 2001 until May 2002. External Links ..
Raising Helen
Raising Helen is a 2004 American comedy/drama film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. It stars Kate Hudson, Joan Cusack and John Corbett. Contents 1 Synopsis2 Plot3 Cast4 Production Notes5 Quotes6 External links Synopsis Helen..
Raising Hell
Raising Hell is a 1986 (see 1986 in music) album by old school rappers Run-D.M.C.. Their breakthrough album, Raising Hell trumped standing perceptions of commercial viability for hip hop groups, achieving triple-platinum status and receiving critical attention from quarters that had previously ig..
Raising Hell (video)
Raising Hell is the name of a video released (1993) by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, filmed in England and broadcast on television live. The concert was the last to feature vocalist Bruce Dickinson (until he returned to the band in 1999). The band played on stage in conjunction with horror ..
Raising of Lazarus (Sebastiano del Piombo)
The Raising of Lazarus Sebastiano del Piombo, 1517-1519 Oil on canvas, 381 × 299 cm National Gallery, London The Raising of Lazarus is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Sebastiano del Piombo. In 1516 the archbishop of Narbonne, Giulio de' Medici, commissioned a Raisi..
Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring
"Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring" is a mnemonic device for remembering a particularly important keystroke sequence in Linux. In the event of a total system freeze up, this is the failsafe way to safely reboot a near-frozen computer. Contents 1 Usage2 Meaning3 See Also4&n..
Raising the Flag at Ground Zero
Raising the Flag at Ground Zero is a famous photograph by Thomas E. Franklin of the Bergen Record, taken on September 11, 2001. The picture shows a firefighters raising the American Flag ground zero of the World Trade Center following the September 11, 2001 attacks. The official name for the photo..
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal / The Associated Press Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an iconic photograph taken on February 23, 1945 by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the Flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi dur..
Raising verb
In linguistics, a raising verb is a verb with an argument that is a verb and one or more arguments that are nouns, such that one of the noun arguments is semantically an argument not of the raising verb, but of the verb argument. For example, in "He seemed to do that," seemed is a raising verb, whe..
Raising Victor Vargas
Cast Victor Rasuk as Victor Judy Marte ..
Raisins (South Park episode)
"Raisins" is episode 714 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on December 10, 2003. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The boys are playing football when Bebe tells Stan that his girlfriend Wendy is breaking up with him. St..
Raisinville Township, Michigan
Raisinville Township is a township in Monroe County, Michigan, United States. The population was 4,896 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 126.0 km² (48.6 mi²). 124.8 km² (48.2 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) o..
Raisin (disambiguation)
Raisin can refer to: Raisin, a dried grape.Raisin, a dark purple color (the color of a raisin)Raisin (musical), the musical version of the play A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry.Raisins (South Park episode), a South Park episode. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] pa..
Raisin (musical)
Raisin was a musical theatre adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun, and was first performed on Broadway on October 18, 1973. Raisin ran for 847 performances, closing on December 8, 1975. Raisin won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1974. Cast Ernestine Jackson (Ruth Younge..
Raisin bombers
Raisin Bombers (German Rosinenbomber) was the name Berliners gave to the transport aircraft of the Western Allies, which brought in supplies to the western half of the city of Berlin during the Berlin Blockade in 1949. The name was spawned from the fact that some pilots started voluntarily to do s..
Raisin Bowl
The Raisin Bowl was an annual series of five post-season American college football bowl games played at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno, California, from 1946 to 1949. The first four games were played on January 1, the last on December 31. The games pitted a California team against an at-large team. ..
Raisin Bran
A Raisin Bran box Raisin bran is a breakfast cereal generally consisting of wheat bran flakes mixed with raisins. It is manufactured by several companies under a variety of brand names including General Mills' Total Raisin Bran and Raisin Nut Bran; and Kraft Foods' Post Raisin Bran. Skinner'..