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Rap
Rap may refer to: Hip hop music, a musical genre also known as rap music or simply rap.Pop rap, (sometimes referred to as hip pop) is is the name given to a style of hip hop that has a strong pop music influences.Rapping (MCing), a form of rhythmically delivered rhyming lyrics; one of the four elem..
RAP
RAP may mean: In music, RAP stands for Rhyhtm And PoetryIn telecommunications, a Radio Access Point is an element of the single channel radio access which is collocated with a trunk node. It is used to establish a radio link with mobile subscriber sets and a line link to the trunk node switchIn tel..
Rap-A-Lot Records
Rap-A-Lot Records is a Houston, Texas based hip hop record label. The label was found by James Smith(A.K.A. J Prince) in the mid-1980's and it was the first successful southern rap label focusing on gangsta rap. Rap-A-Lot Records Parent company J. Prince Records Founded 1986 Founder..
Rap-fu
Rap-fu is a portmanteau of the words "rap" and "kung-fu." It is a humourous although sometimes derisive term applied to the genre of Hollywood movies that pair a martial arts action star with a rapper. Movies in this genre include Romeo Must Die (2000) starring Jet Li and DMX, Exit Wounds (2001) sta..
Rapa
Rapa could mean: Rapa is another name for the plant rapeseed (Brassica napus).Rapa is also a freguesia in Portugal.Rapa Iti is an island in French Polynesia, the southernmost of the Austral Islands. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the sam..
Rapacuronium
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. Rapacuronium bromide (Raplon®, Organon) is a rapidly acting, non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker used in..
Rapadura
Rapadura is the Portuguese name for a traditional candy common in Latin American countries such as Brazil and Venezuela (where it is known as papelón) and the Caribbean. It is essentially pure dried sugarcane juice, in the form of a brick, and is largely produced on site at sugarcane plantations i..
Rapaille Partij
The Rapaille Partij was a Dutch political party in Amsterdam of the 1920s. It was against the duty to vote and tried to blow up democracy. Main themes for the party were: Abolition of the duty to vote, free fishing and hunting in the Vondelpark and a few daily alcoholic drinks from the city for ever..
Rapakivi granite
Rapakivi granite is a hornblende-biotite granite containing large rounded crystals of orthoclase mantled with oligoclase. The name has come to be used most frequently as a textural term where it implies plagioclase rims around orthoclase in plutonic rocks. Rapakivi is Finnish for rotten or crumbly r..
Rapala
Rapala is a Finnish company that manufactures fishing lures and other fishing related products. Their most popular product is a balsa wood minnow imitation lure. Other Rapala products include crankbaits, jigging lures, lipless crankbaits, surface poppers, fillet knives, fishing rods, reels, and va..
Rapallo
This is about a Ligurian commune, see Rapallo for a resort on the Adriatic coast. > Statistics Region: Liguria Province: Genoa Location: Website: [www.comune.rapallo.ge.it] As of 2003 it counts approximately 34,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Tigullio Gulf and ..
Rapallo Conference
The Rapallo Conference was convened by the allied powers of World War I, on the fifth of November 1917 in Rapallo, Italy, following their defeat by Germany at the Battle of Caporetto. The conference resolved to form a Supreme Allied Council at Versailles to co-ordinate allied plans and actions. The..
Rapanos v. United States
Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S. (2006), was a United States Supreme Court case challenging the Clean Water Act. It was the first major environmental case heard by the newly-appointed Chief Justice, John Roberts and Associate Justice, Samuel Alito. The Supreme Court heard the case on February 21,..
Rapanui
This article is about the native inhabitants of Easter Island. For information on the island itself, see Easter Island. The Rapanui (or Rapa Nui) are the native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean (the island itself is also called Rapa Nui). Today, Rapanui people make up 60..
Rapan language
Rapan is the language of Rapa, in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia. It is classified as an East Central Polynesian language, along with the Marquesic and Tahitic languages. The language is sufficiently different from the rest of the languages in this group as to warrant its own category wi..
Rapar
Rapar is a city and a municipality in Kachchh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Geography Rapar is located at [23.57° N 70.63° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rapar]. It has an average elevation of 79 metres (259 feet). References ..
Rapateaceae
Rapateaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists. The APG II system, of 2003 also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots. This represents a slight change from th..
Rapator
Rapator (meaning "plunderer"), also known as Walgettosuchus was a genus of theropod dinosaur from Australia. It lived during the Early Cretaceous and grew to as much as 9 meters in height. It was originally named by Friedrich von Huene in 1932, and its discovery is based on his discovery of a sing..
Rapatronic camera
The rapatronic camera is a high-speed camera capable of recording still images of rapidly-changing subject matter. The first rapatronic cameras were developed by Dr. Harold Edgerton in the 1940s and were used to photograph nuclear explosions just milliseconds after detonation. Exposure times we..
Rapa Iti
Rapa or Rapa Iti as it is sometimes called in more recent years (to distinguish it from "Rapa Nui", one name for Easter Island), is the largest and only inhabited island of the Bass Islands. An older name for the island is Oparo[link] Rapa Iti is located at [27°35′00″S, 144°20�..
Rapa Nui (film)
Rapa Nui is a 1994 film directed by Kevin Reynolds. It is produced by Kevin Costner and Barrie M. Osborne, among others. The plot is based on the legends of Easter Island, Chile. Main cast Jason Scott Lee – NoroEsai Morales – MakeSandrine Holt – Ramana External links ..
Rapa Nui language
The Rapa Nui language (also Rapanui) is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island. It forms its own subgroup within that classification: this means that Rapa Nui on one hand and Central Eastern Polynesian (the Marquesic languages, Rapan and the Tahitic languages) on the other, compris..
Rapcore
Rapcore is a musical genre that fuses many elements of hip hop music with the instrumentation and some of the vocals of punk and/or heavy metal, and sometimes with funk-style beats. The term is also used to refer to the substyles of rap-rock and rap-metal. History Rapcore developed in the mid ..
RAPD
RAPD experiment RAPD stands for random amplification of polymorphic DNA. It is a type of PCR reaction, but the segments of DNA that are amplified are random. The scientist performing RAPD creates several arbitrary, short primers, then proceeds with the PCR using a large template of genomic DNA..
Rape
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Raped (band)
Raped is a female band from Phoenix, Arizona (U.S.A.). The band made in 2003, a little tour called The Bith of Deformity with Racant, also from U.S.A. In 2004, Raped released the Tantrums EP, and now are working at their debut album, that will be called I'd Marry the Devil. Band members Lori Brav..
Rapelay
Rapelay レイプレイ is a 3D hentai game made by Illusion. It was developed in April 04, 2006 for PC and marketed on April 20, 2006. The game consists of a good 3D engine, and you mainly use mouse control. Unlike illusion's previous games, Rapelay allegedly has more re-play value and is mu..
Rapelje, Montana
Rapelje is a small farming and ranching community in south central Montana. The high school is well-known for its successful six-man football team. There is a community cafe and post office in town. ..
Rapeman
Rapeman was an American rock music group founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989. Personnel were: Steve Albini (formerly of Big Black) on guitar and vocalsDavid Wm. Sims (formerly of Scratch Acid) on bassRey Washam (formerly of Scratch Acid and Big Boys) on drums In an interview, Albini reported that..
Rapeseed
Rapeseed (Brassica napus), also known as Rape, Oilseed Rape, Rapa, Rapaseed and (one particular cultivar) Canola, is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family). The name is derived through Old English from a term for turnip, rapum (see Brassica napobras..
Rapetosaurus
The discovery of the Rapetosaurus, known by the single species Rapetosaurus krausei (pronounced rah-PAY-too-SORE-us KROW-sie, and meaning "Krause's mischievous giant lizard") marks the first time a titanosaur has been recovered with an almost perfectly intact skeleton, complete with a matching sku..
Rape (disambiguation)
Rape may refer to: Rape is forced sexual activity, for rape as a medical emergency, see sexual assault.Rape (word). The word "rape" and its meanings.The domesticated crop plant called rape, see rapeseed.For the former administrative division of Sussex, see Rape (district).Rape, a poem by Adrienne R..
Rape (district)
A rape was a traditional sub-division of the county of Sussex in England. Their origin is unknown, but they appear to predate the Norman Conquest. The Victoria History of the County of Sussex is organised by these divisions. Etymology One suggested origin of the word is in the Icelandic territo..
Rape (In the Heat of the Night)
Rape is an episode in the television series In the Heat of the Night. Aired on October 24, 1989, Rape was the first episode of the third season to be aired. ..
Rape (poem)
Rape is a poem by Adrienne Rich. Rape describes the plight of a woman who has been raped forced to seek justice from a callous and patronizing male-dominated world. As in many of Rich's poems, Rape highlights the struggle of women against sexism and its sometimes cruel consequences, and can be see..
Rape (word)
This article is about the word "rape". For the concept of rape, see rape. Originally, the word rape was akin to rapine, rapture, raptor, and rapacious, and referred to the more general violations, such as looting, destruction, and capture of citizens that are inflicted upon a town or country during..
Rape and punishment
Contents 0.1 Punishment of assailants0.2 Punishment of victims0.2.1 Rape and cultural views0.3 Rape as punishment Punishment of assailants Most societies consider rape to be a grave offense, and punish it accordingly. Punishment for rape in most countries today is imprisonment..
Rape and Representation
A collection of essays edited by Lynn A. Higgins and Brenda R. Silver (1991), Rape and Representation "explores how cultural forms in Western society construct and reinforce social attitudes that encourage sexual violence. The contributors argue that literature reflects a patriarchal representati..
Rape by gender
Contents 0.1 Rape of females by males0.2 Rape of males by males0.3 Rape of males by females0.4 Rape of females by females Rape of females by males The rape of females by males (male-female) is the best known and most reported form of rape in the United States. According to RAI..
Rape Crisis Centers
Contents 1 Rape Crisis Centers2 Outreach3 Law Enforcement4 Prosecution Rape Crisis Centers Rape Crisis Centers evolved in order to help victims of rape, sexual abuse, and other forms of sexual violence. Also referred to as Sexual Assault Centers, RCCs serve a number of pur..
Rape culture
Rape culture is a term used to denote a culture in which rape and other sexual violence is common and in which prevalent attitudes, norms, practices, and media condone, normalize, excuse, or encourage rape or other violence against women. Within the paradigm, acts of "harmless" sexism are commonly ..
Rape fantasy
A rape fantasy is a sexual fantasy about participating in a rape, a fictional story about a rape, or an acted-out scene of pretend rape between consenting adults. Contents 1 Fantasy2 Fiction3 Roleplay4 See also5 Notes6 References7 External links Fantasy Rape fa..
Rape Me
"Rape Me" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the fourth song on, and the second single (along with "All Apologies") from their 1993 album, In Utero. Contents 1 History2 Meaning3 Other versions4 Covers5 Chart Positions6 Accolades7 References H..
Rape of Belgium
The Rape of Belgium (August 1914) was a disputed event during World War I in which Germany invaded the neutral nation of Belgium as a component of its Schlieffen Plan. This violated the Treaty of London, 1839 that German foreign minister Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg dismissed as a "mere scrap o..
Rape of the Bastard Nazarene
Rape of the Bastard Nazarene is the first album by British satanic death metal/black metal band Akercocke, released in 1999. The band released the album on their own record label, Goat of Mendes Records. The album can also be found on the Plastic Head and Black Lotus distribution labels and as an Ea..
Rape of the Fair Country
Rape of the Fair Country is a novel by Alexander Cordell, first published in 1959. It is the first in Cordell's "Mortymer Trilogy". The book has been translated into seventeen languages. Cordell's style and subject matter are reminiscent of Richard Llewellyn's How Green Was My Valley. [Sp..
Rape on college campuses
In the United States, students are allegedly most vulnerable to rape on college campuses during the first few weeks of the freshman and sophomore years. Most of the victims are women. Rape is defined as the crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse, oft..
Rape pornography
Rape pornography is a genre of pornography involving the depiction of rape. It is illegal in many jurisdictions. For example, in Australia it is rated "Refused Classification" (RC). Despite this, it is widely available on the Internet. Some feminists and social conservatives argue that it encourage..
Rape reporting
Underreporting According to the 1999 United States National Crime Victimization Survey, only 39% of rapes and sexual assaults were reported to law enforcement officials. For male rape, less than 10% are believed to be reported. The most common reasons given by victims for not reporting rapes are the..
Rape shield law
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Rape van
Rape van is a colloquial term used to describe a van or similar vehicle with characteristics that make it well suited for use in enabling the user to carry out the rape of victims. These include: an absence of windows along the body of the van, or windows that are heavily tinted, curtained or painte..
Raphael
This article is about the Renaissance artist. For other uses, please see Raphael (disambiguation). Self-portrait by Raphael. Raphael or Raffaello (April 6 1483 – April 6, 1520) was a master painter and architect of the Florentine school in the Italian High Renaissance, celebrated for the per..
Raphaël, Comte de Casabianca
Raphaël, Comte de Casabianca (1738 - 1825), French general, was descended from a noble Corsican family. In 1769 he took the side of France against Genoa, then mistress of the island. In 1793, having entered the service of the revolutionary government, he was appointed lieutenant-general in Corsica..
Raphaelle Peale
Raphael Peale (February 17, 1774 – March 25, 1825) is considered the first professional American painter of still-life. Paele was born in Philadelphia as the son of Charles Willson Peale, a famous portraitist. Major works Image:Raphaelle Peale 001.jpg|"Venus Rising from the Sea — A Deception"..
Raphael (archangel)
For other uses, see Raphael (disambiguation). redirect[[Template:Portal]] The Archangel Raphael Raphael (Standard Hebrew רפאל, "God has healed") is the name of an archangel of Judaism and Christianity, who performs all manner of healing. The Hebrew word for a doctor of medicine is Rophe con..
Raphael (disambiguation)
The word Raphael can refer to: Raphael (1483–1520) a famous Italian Renaissance painterRaphael (archangel), a Seraph and an Archangel in Judaism and ChristianityRaphael of Brooklyn (1860–1915), a Saint in the Christian Orthodox tradition.Raphael Kalinowski (1835–1907), a Polish Sa..
Raphael (Japanese Rock group)
Raphael was a Japanese rock group, in the genre of Visual Kei. Contents 1 Members2 History3 Discography3.1 Albums3.2 Singles4 External links Members YUKI - Vocals - In his early years, Yuki was a member of a boys' choir.華月 (Kazuki) - Guitar - Main composer and ..
Raphael (singer)
Don Rafael Martos Sánchez, Ilustrísimo Señor de la Orden de Cisneros, Comendador de Isabel La Católica, and known worldwide as Raphael, is one of the best known singers from Spain. His wide-range voice, added to his flamboyant stage personna has entertained and engaged people worldwide for mo..
Raphael (TMNT)
Raphael (original movie incarnation) Raphael (or "Raph"), a fictional character, is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). His bandanna is red (his favorite color), and he carries two sai. His personality is usually aggressive or sullen, and he tends to be the "rebel." He is named ..
Raphael Armattoe
Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe (1913-1953) was a Ghanaean doctor, author and poet. He was nominated for the 1948 Nobel Prize for physiology (for reseach into the abochi drug against human parasites). He was also a noted campaigner for Togoelse independence. He wrote essays and, in his late 30's, be..
Raphael Badius
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. Raphael Badius was a Floren..
Raphael Berdugo
Raphael Berdugo (1747 - 1821) son of Rabbi Mordecai Berdugo was a dayan, a scholar, and one of the greatest rabbis of Morocco. Raphael was respected by his contemporaries, and his decisions continue to be a source of inspiration to Moroccan rabbis. Has was an excellent speaker with a great natur..
Raphael Bergmann
Raphael Bergmann is the founder and original leader of the London, Ontario based neo-Nazi Northern Alliance. Before he started the Northern Alliance, Bergmann had been an associate of Ernst Zundel and claimed Heritage Front founder Wolfgang Droege as an early influence. He also spoke at two gather..
Raphael Cartoons
The Raphael Cartoons are seven tapestry cartoons made by the High Renaissance painter Raphael. They are part of a set of ten cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo X for tapestries destined for the famous Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Palace. The seven cartoons were probably completed in 1516 and must ha..
Raphael Cilento
Sir Raphael West Cilento (2 December, 1893 - 14 April, 1985), an important Australian medical doctor and administrator, was born in Jamestown, South Australia. Although he was determined from an early age to study medicine, it seemed at first that he would be thwarted in doing so, because of sheer l..
Raphael Clarke
Raphael Clarke (born September 24, 1985) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He made his debut for St. Kilda in Round 17, 2004 against Essendon. He is the brother of Xavier Clarke. External links [ profile] on [Saints.com.au][ statistics&..
Raphael Cloquell
Raphaël Cloquell (1956 - ) is a sedevacantist Catholic bishop from Filderstadt, Germany. He was ordained a priest on July 5, 1987 in Toulouse, France by Jean Laborie and consecrated bishop on October 24, 1996 at Karlsruhe, Germany by Oliver Oravec. Bishop Cloquell has retired to private life and ..
Raphaël Confiant
Raphaël Confiant (born January 25, 1951) is a Martiniquan writer known for his literary commitment towards Creole literature. Biography Raphaël Confiant was born in 1951 in Lorrain, Martinique. He studied English and Political Science at the University of Provence (now l'Institut d'études politi..
Raphael Corrino
Crown Prince Raphael Corrino is a fictional historical figure in the Prelude to Dune series, and an ancestor to the Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV. History According to most historians, Prince Raphael was one of the most brilliant politicians and scholars of House Corrino, and to quote Earl D..
Raphael Drives 'em Wild (TMNT 1987 episode)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 SeasonSeptember 10, 1990 - ? List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes Episodes: Plan 6 from Outer SpaceTurtles of the JungleMichaelangelo Toys AroundPeking TurtleShredder's MomFour Turtles and a BabyTurtlemaniacRondo in New YorkPlanet of the TurtlesName Th..
Raphael Fabretti
Raphael Fabretti (1618 - January 7, 1700) was an Italian antiquary. Born at Urbino in Umbria, he studied law at Cagli and Urbino, where he took his doctorate at the age of eighteen. While in Rome he attracted the notice of Cardinal Lorenzo Imperiali, who employed him successively as treasurer and a..
Raphaël Fejtö
Raphaël Fejtö (born September 17, 1974) French-born actor who co-stared in Louis Malle's semi-autobiographical 1987 movie Au revoir, les enfants. ..
Raphael Finkel
Raphael Finkel is a professor of computer science at the University of Kentucky, who compiled the first version of the Jargon File. He is the author of An Operating Systems Vade Mecum, a textbook on operating systems, and Advanced Programming Language Design, an introductory book on programming par..
Raphaël Haroche
Raphaël Haroche (born 7 November 1975 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France) is a French singer who performs under the name Raphael. His father is Russian and his mother is from Argentina. He began his public career with the song "Sur la route" (On the road), a duet with Jean-Louis Aubert. ..
Raphael Holinshed
Raphael Holinshed (died c. 1580) was an English chronicler, whose work, commonly known as Holinshed's Chronicles, was one of the major sources used by William Shakespeare for a number of his plays. Relatively little is known about Holinshed. He is thought to have come from Cheshire, but lived in L..
Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School
Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School is a coeducational state integrated composite school teaching Years 1 to 15 in Belmont, Lower Hutt. It provides a Waldorf education, the curriculum being based on the philosphies of Rudolf Steiner. Contents 1 Philosophy2 Curriculum3 Community4&..
Raphael Ibanez
Raphael Ibanez (born 17 February 1973 in Dax in France) is a French rugby union footballer. He is a hooker. Ibanez began his playing career in his home town of Dax before moving to Perpignan and Castres. He made his debut against Wales in 1996 and went on to win 72 caps for his country, including..
Raphael Isaiah Azulai
Raphael Isaiah Azulai was a rabbi in Ancona, where he died about 1830. He was a son of Chaim Joseph David Azulai. One of his daughters married Abraham Pardo, son of the renowned rabbi David Pardo; and her grandson Moses Pardo was rabbi of Alexandria from 1871 to 1888. He was the author of a number o..
Raphael J. Musto
Raphael John Musto (Born March 30, 1929) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Raphael Musto was born in Pittston Township, Luzerne County, PA. He served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953. He graduated from Kings College in Wilkes-Barre, PA in 197..
Raphaël Jacquelin
Raphaël Jacquelin (born 8 May 1974) is a French golfer. He turned professional in 1995. After beginning his career on the Challenge Tour he graduated to the European Tour in 1997. He won on the European Tour for the first time at the 2005 Madrid Open, which was his 238th tour start. His best Order ..
Raphael Jeune
Raphael Jeune (born 1975) is a road bicycle racer from France. He is a former rider at the Danish professional cycling team, CSC-Tiscali (now Team CSC). He came to the team as a neo-pro in 2001 and left the team one year later, in 2002. External links Photo: http://www.laszlo-bodrogi.com/images/jeu..
Raphael Kalinowski
'' Saint Raphael Kalinowski of St. Joseph Born September 1, 1835, Vilnius Died November 15, 1907, Wadowice Venerated in Discalced Carmelites Order Beatified 1983, Krakow Canonized November 17, 1991, St. Peter's Basilica Feast November 19 This page is about the Polish Saint Raphael Kalinow..
Raphael Kaulla
Jacob Raphael Kaulla (d. May 1, 1810, Hechingen) was a German court banker; born at Buchau on the Feder-See about the middle of the eighteenth century. By a decree dated June 27, 1806, King Frederick of Württemberg, "in view of the various services that the Kaulla family has rendered to the countr..
Raphael Kuhner
Raphael Kuhner (1802-1878) was a German classical scholar. He was born at Gotha, educated at Göttingen, and from 1824 to 1863 taught in the Hanover Lyceum. He published an edition of the Tusculananœ Disputatationes of Cicero (1829; fifth edition, 1874). His large Greek Grammar (two v..
Raphael Lemkin
Rafael Lemkin, father of the term genocide Rafael Lemkin (June 24, 1900 – August 28, 1959) was a lawyer of Polish-Jewish descent. Before World War II, Lemkin was interested in the Armenian Genocide and campaigned in the League of Nations to ban what he called "barbarity" and "vandalism"..
Raphael Louis Zengel
150px Raphael Louis Zengel VC , MM (November 11, 1894 - February 27, 1977) was an American recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details Zengel was twenty three ye..
Raphael M. Robinson
Raphael Mitchel Robinson (November 2 1911, National City California - January 27 1995. Berkeley California) was an American mathematician. Born in National City, California, Robinson was the youngest of four children of a lawyer and a teacher. He was awarded the BA (1932), MA (1933), and Ph.D. (193..
Raphael Maklouf
Raphael Maklouf (born 10 December 1937) is a sculptor, best known for designing the effigy of Queen Elizabeth used on Commonwealth coinage from 1985 to 1997. Maklouf was born in Jerusalem, emigrating with his family to the United Kingdom after the Second World War. He attended the Camberwell Schoo..
Raphael Manfredi
Raphaël Manfredi has been the author of many open-source programs since 1990. He is currently the main software architect of gtk-gnutella but has also made numerous contributions to Perl. External links [The people behind Eiffel: Raphaël Manfredi] ..
Raphael Meldola
Raphael Meldola (19 July, 1849-16 November, 1915) was a British chemist. He was Professor of Organic Chemistry in the University of London, 1912-5. He was President of the Entomological Society , 1895-1897; the Chemical Society, 1905-1907; Society of Dyers and Colourists, 1907-1910; Society of Che..
Raphael Méndez
Rafael Méndez (b. March 26, 1906, d. September 15, 1981) was a Mexican-American trumpet soloist. As a young boy, Méndez performed as a trumpeter and guitarist for Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution. Méndez moved to the United States in 1926, where he soon gained success as a freelance ..
Raphaël Nadé
Raphaël Nadé (born 18 October 1980) and can be French or Ivory Coast nationality and plays for Carlisle United in attack or midfield. He started his carrer at non league Welling before joning Woking and then make his big Football League move to Brunton Park at the start of the season he was a regu..
Raphael Nadjari
Raphael Nadjari (born 1971 in Marseille, France) is a French writer and director for film and television. In 1993, Nadjari started working for French television as a writer and director. In 1997, he wrote the television screenplay Le P'tit Bleu, which was directed by Francois Vautier for ARTE as p..
Raphael of Brooklyn
Saint Raphael of Brooklyn (November 20, 1860 - February 27, 1915) was born as Raphael Hawaweeny in Damascus, Syria. He was educated at the Patriarchal School in Damascus, the Greek Patriarchal School of Orthodox Theology in Halki Island (Church of Constantinople), Turkey, and at the Theological Acad..
Raphael Patai
Raphael Patai was a Hungarian-Jewish ethnographer and anthropologist of the mid to late twentieth century. He was born Ervin Gyorgy Patai in Budapest, Hungary on November 1910. His parents were Edith Ehrenfeld Patai and Joszef Patai. His father Joszef was a famous academic and the author of numero..
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée (born August 9 in Rives, 1974) is a French biathlete. 174cm (5'9"), 70kg (154lbs, 11st). He is married to fellow biathlete Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée from Norway. They have a daughter, Emma, together. They have a flat in La Chapelle En Vercors, France, but live mostly in Halands..
Raphael Pumpelly
Raphael Pumpelly (1837 – 1923) was an American geologist and explorer. Invited by the respective governments, he surveyed parts of Japan and China. He made the first extensive survey of the Gobi Desert, and explored Mongolia and Siberia. Later he was Professor of Mining Science at Harvard U..
Raphael Raven
Raphael Raven Raphael Raven is a member of the Raven species that first appeared in the video game [[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]] as a villain. The Raven species appeared several times in [[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]] as generic enemies, walking around small spheres, imply..
Raphael Ravenscroft
Raphael Ravenscroft is a saxophone player whose performing credits include work with ABBA, America, Kim Carnes, Marvin Gaye, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Bonnie Tyler and most famously Gerry Rafferty, performing the iconic saxophone solo on "Baker Street". The piece played by Ravenscroft..
Raphaël Reclus
Raphaël Reclus (born in 1973 in Paris) is a French author best known for his detective and fantastic novels. ..
Raphael Rooms
The Stanze di Raffaello (Italian for "Rooms by Raphael") in the Palace of the Vatican are papal apartments with frescoes painted by the Italian artist Raphael and his workshop. The Rooms were originally intended as a suite of apartments for Pope Julius II. He commissioned the relatively young arti..
Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq Raphael Saadiq (born Charlie Ray Wiggins on May 14 1966 in Oakland, California) is an acclaimed American music artist. He is a singer, songwriter and record producer associated with the neo soul music movement. Saadiq has been playing music since the age of six. Back in the 1..
Raphaël Salem
Raphaël Salem (born November 7, 1898 in Saloniki (now Thessaloniki), Greece, died June 20, 1963 in Paris, France), was a Greek-Jewish (of Sephardic origin) mathematician after whom are named the Salem numbers and whose widow founded the Salem Prize. Contents 1 Biography2 Personal3 ..
Raphael Samuel
Raphael Samuel (London, 1934-December 9, 1996) was a Marxist historian born to Jewish parents. He later joined the Communist Party. He founded the History Workshop movement at Ruskin College, Oxford, where he was a teacher in 1967. Samuel's archive is held at Bishopsgate Library. External link �..
Raphael Schecter
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. Raphael Schecter was a Czec..
Raphael Semmes
Raphael Semmes (September 27, 1809 – August 30, 1877) was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865. During the American Civil War he was captain of the famous commerce raider CSS Alabama, taking a record fifty-five prizes. Late ..
Raphael Smith
Raphael Schrire Smith born Cape Town, South Africa November 291973 (first name pronounced to rhyme with "playful") is a screenwriter and songwriter living in London, United Kingdom. He studied law and Jewish Civilisation at the University of Cape Town. He also holds an MA in screenwriting from the N..
Raphael Sobiehrd-Mnishovsky
Raphael Sobiehrd-Mnishovsky of Sebuzin and of Horstein (1580 – 1644) was a Bohemian lawyer and writer, who held various secretarial, diplomatic, and judicial posts under Rudolf II, Mathias, Ferdinand II, and, Ferdinand III. Mnishovsky was also a cryptographer, and is associated with the myst..
Raphael Sonenshein
Raphael J. Sonenshein (born 1949) is a professor of political science at California State University, Fullerton. Teaching at the college since 1982, Sonenshein holds a bachelors in public policy at Princeton University and a doctorate in political science from Yale University. His books, [[Polit..
Raphael Sorel
Raphael Sorel (ラファエル・ソレル　Raphael Sorel) is a fictional character designed for the Soul Series of fighting games. Raphael made his first appearance in Soul Calibur II and returns for Soul Calibur III. Contents 1 Biography2 Weapons3 Stages4 Character Analys..
Raphael Soriano
Raphael Soriano, FAIA, (August 1 1904–July 21 1988) was an influential architect and lecturer who helped define a style of modern architecture that came to be known as "California modernism." Soriano pioneered the use of modular prefabricated steel and aluminum structures and units in resident..
Raphael Soyer
Raphael Soyer (1899, Borisoglebsk, Tambov - 1987, New York) was Russian-born US painter. His brothers Moses Soyer and Isaac Soyer were painters. External links [link][link][link][link] ..
Raphael Tuck
Raphael Herman Tuck (5 April 1910–1 July1982) was a British Labour Party politician and an academic and lawyer. Tuck was educated at St. Paul's School and at the universities of London, Cambridge and Harvard. A political scientist and lawyer, he was constitutional advisor to the Premier of Ma..
Raphael Tuju
Raphael Tuju (born 1959) is a Kenyan politician. When the National Rainbow Coalition took power in 2003, Tuju became information minister. By 2005 he had become well-known for his feud with roads minister Raila Odinga. He was believed to be in danger of losing his political career, but on December ..
Raphael von Koeber
Raphael von Koeber (January 15, 1848 in Nizhny Novgorod - June 14, 1923 in Yokohama) was a notable German-Russian teacher of philosophy at the University of Tokyo. He was born a Russian but his father was German. He studied in Jena with Rudolf Christoph Eucken and worked for 21 years at the Univers..
Raphaël Wicky
Raphaël Wicky (born April 26, 1977 in Leuggern) is a Swiss footballer, who currently plays for Hamburger SV. He is a defensive midfielder who can also play in defence. Wicky has played for FC Sion, Werder Bremen and Atlético de Madrid. He was part of the Swiss national teams at Euro 96 and Euro ..
Raphah
Raphah - tall - is a name in the Bible. (1.) A Benjamite, the son of Binea (1 Chr. 8:2, 37), a descendant of Saul. (2.) Margin of 1 Chr. 20:4, 6, where "giant" is given in the text. (3.) Hebrew Word: (Strong Corcondance Entry No.7503 Meaning:to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened,..
Raphana
Raphana (also known as Abila), in present-day Syria, was a city of the Decapolis. It is thought to lie north of Umm Qais in the Abilene plain. The city was the base camp of the Roman legions Legio III Gallica and of Legio XII Fulminata. References [Decapolis tour reference] ..
Raphanobrassica
Raphanobrassica includes all intergeneric hybrids between the genera Raphanus (radish) and Brassica (cabbages, etc). The name comes from the combination of the genus names for radish and cabbage. Some botanists prefer the alternative name Brassicoraphanus. The first Raphanobrassica or "rabbage", a ..
Raphanus
Raphanus is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. Two or three species are currently classified in Raphanus. They include the cultivated radish, Raphanus sativus, the common wild radish or jointed charlock, R. raphanistrum. Some authors accept the podding or rattail radish, R...
Raphe
In general, a raphe (pronounced "RAY-fee") is a seam. It is most commonly used when describing diatoms, seeds, and human anatomy. In the field of anatomy, the term refers to a continuous ridge of tissue. There are several different significant raphes: The perineal raphe extends from the anus, thro..
Raphew Reed Jr
Raphew T. Reed Jr. is an American hurdler and double gold medal winner at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the T42-T46 (amputees) category. He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His right arm did not fully develop when the amniotic band wrapped around the arm and suffocated it. He started running..
Raphe nuclei
The raphe nuclei (Latin for 'the bit in a fold or seam') is a moderate-size cluster of nuclei found in the brain stem, and releases serotonin to the rest of the brain. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants are believed to act at these nuclei. Contents 1 Anatomy1.1&nbs..
Raphia
Raphia may mean: Raphia, the genus of raffia palmsRafah, a town in GazaBattle of Raphia, fought in Gaza, 217 BC 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 dir..
Raphick Jumadeen
Raphick JumadeenWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Slow left-arm orthodox Tests First-class Matches 12 99 '''Runs scored 84 604 Batting average 21.00 8.50 100s/50s 0/1 0/2 Top score 56 56 Balls bowled 3,140 ? Wickets 29..
Raphidae
The Raphidae is a family of extinct flightless birds, part of the order Columbiformes, comprising the genera Pezophaps and Raphus. The former comprised the species Pezophaps solitaria (the Rodrigues Solitaire); the latter Raphus cucullatus (the Dodo). Recent genetic evidence tends to support the..
Raphides
Raphides are needle-shaped crystals of calcium carbonate or calcium oxalate found in specialized plant cells called idioblasts. It is believed that the raphides are a defense mechanism against plant predators, as they are likely to tear the soft tissues of the throat or esophagus of a plant predator..
Raphine, Virginia
Raphine is an unincorporated community in Rockbridge County in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. The name "Raphine" came from an old Greek word "raphis", meaning "to sew." It was chosen in honor of James Edward Allen Gibbs (1829-1902), a local farmer who patented the first chain-stitch single-th..
Rapho
redirect [[Template:Disambig]]Rapho (agency), a French photo agency, hiring Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis, Ergy Landau and BrassaïRapho Township, Pennsylvania..
Raphoe
Raphoe is a town in eastern County Donegal, Ireland. Unusually for the Republic of Ireland, it has a majority Presbyterian population. It has come under the media spotlight recently after attempts by the Garda Síochána to frame a local publican, Frankie McBrearty, for the murder of cattle dealer R..
Rapho Township, Pennsylvania
Rapho Township is a township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,578 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 123.1 km² (47.5 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were ..
Raphsonian
Raphsonian was a region and family of the old Armenia c. 400-800. The rulers about 451 were Babik and Iukhnan (or Ohan) Raphsonian. ..
Raphy Leavitt
Raphy Leavitt (born September 17, 1948 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican composer and founder of the salsa orchestra "La Selecta". Raphy Leavitt album cover Raphy was the second of four siblings in his family. He and his brothers became orphans at an early age and were raised by the..
Raph Koster
Raphael "Raph" Koster (b. 1971) is an American game designer and author, best known for being one of the lead designers of the ground-breaking MMORPG Ultima Online (winner of Game of the Year), and creative director behind Star Wars Galaxies. Contents 1 Biography2 Works2.1 Games2..
Raph Kostner
Lead Designer for Origin Systems' Ultima Online and developer for Sony Online Entertainment's EverQuest and Star Wars Galexies. ..
Raph Levien
Raph Levien is an influential member of the free software developer community, through his creation of the Advogato virtual community and his work with the free software branch of Ghostscript. Contents 1 Advogato2 Imaging3 Influence in Free Software community4 Activism against..
Rapi:t
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. rapi:t train (50000 series) rapi:t (ラピート, rapiito, means "rapid" in German) is a rapid train service between K..
Rapibus
Rapibus is a planned bus-only roadway for the Société de Transport de l'Outaouais (STO) in the city of Gatineau, Quebec. It is similar to the OC Transpo's version of the Transitway. The initial project expects that the busway will start in the east-end of the city starting in the vicinity of Bou..
Rapid
For other meanings, see Rapid (disambiguation). A rapid is a section of a river where it loses elevation over a relatively short distance (that is, the stream gradient is locally steepened), causing an increase in water flow and (usually) turbulence. A rapid is a hydrological feature between a ru..
RAPID
RAPID is an acronym for Rural Address Property IDentification, a scheme instituted in New Zealand to assist emergency services in identifying and locating rural properties. However, since the adoption of Australian/New Zealand Standard 4819:2003 Geographic Information – Rural and urban addres..
Rapidan
Rapidan may refer to: Rapidan Township, MinnesotaRapidan River in VirginiaRapidan Game, A web based video game created by Lightning Round IncorporatedThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you ma..
Rapidan Camp
Rapidan Camp (also later known as Camp Hoover) in the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia was selected by U.S. President Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover to become rustic presidential retreat. The president described it as a means to escape "the pneumatic hammer of public life." Rap..
Rapidan River
The Rapidan River is the largest tributary of the Rappahannock River in North-central Virginia. The two rivers converge just west of the city of Fredericksburg. Sections of the lower the Rapidan River will soon be presevered by a conservation easement. The Rapidan River has its headwaters near Big M..
Rapidan Township, Minnesota
Rapidan Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,061 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 92.4 km² (35.7 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 1..
Rapidash
is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise. "Rapidash" is from a fusion of the words rapid and dash, both references to its high speed. It also contains ash, which may be a reference to its fire-type. Not a reference to Ash Ketchum. In English translation, Rapidash was originally going t..
RapidCAD
RapidCAD is a specially packaged Intel 486DX and a dummy floating point unit (FPU) designed as pin-compatible replacements for an Intel 80386 processor and 80387 FPU. Since the DX variant has a working on-chip FPU, a dummy FPU package is supplied to go in the Intel 387 FPU socket. This article was..
Rapide
The Rapide can refer to one of these four door cars built by Aston Martin: Aston Martin Rapide -Concept car from 2006]Lagonda Rapide -Production car from 1961 - 1964 This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to t..
Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Rapides Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It encompasses one half of the Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical area along with Grant Parish. Contents 1 History2 Geography2.1 Adjacent parishes3 Demographics4 Cities and towns5 External link His..
Rapides Parish Coliseum
The Rapides Parish Coliseum is a 6,512-seat multi-purpose arena in Alexandria, Louisiana. It was built in 1965. It was home to the Alexandria Warthogs ice hockey team. ..
RapidEye
RapidEye is a commercial multispectral remote sensing satellite mission being designed and implemented by MDA for RapidEye AG. The RapidEye sensor images five optical bands in the 400-850nm range and provides 5m pixel size at nadir. Rapid delivery and short revisit times are provided through the use..
Rapidfire
Rapidfire was a Los Angeles based band that featured Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose before he became famous. Members Axl Rose: lead vocalsKevin Lawrence: guitarMike Hammernik: bassChuck Gordon: drums Demo Tape The band recorded a demo tape on May 5, 1983. Ready to RumbleAll Night LongThe ProwlerOn..
RapidIO
The RapidIO™ architecture is a high-performance, packet-switched, interconnect technology for interconnecting chips on a circuit board and circuit boards using a backplane. This technology was designed for embedded systems, primarily for the signal processing, networking, and communications market..
Rapidmon (Armor)
''This article is about the Golden Armor of Terriermon. For the Ultimate form, please see: Rapidmon (Ultimate). Rapidmon is a Warrior-type Digimon, the Golden Armor form of Terriermon using the Digi-Egg of Destiny. Called "The Keen Hound", he defeats his enemies reliably with speeds close to the ..
Rapidmon (Ultimate)
''Rapidmon redirects here, this article is about the Ultimate form of Terriermon. For the Golden Armor form, please see: Rapidmon (Armor). Rapidmon is a Cyborg-type Digimon, the Ultimate form of Terriermon. Called "The Keen Hound", he defeats his enemies reliably with speeds close to the speed of..
Rapido
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Rapido is the name of passenger train service introduced by Canadian National Railway on October 31 1965, between Montreal, Quebec, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1966, service was extended to Quebec City. References Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (Augus..
Rapido (disambiguation)
Rapido could refer to: Rapido - a television show presented by Antoine de CaunesRapido - a passenger train service between Montreal and TorontoRapido River - a river in ItalyArnold/Rapido - a model railway equipment manufacturerRotring Rapidograph - a type of pen used in technical drawing This is a..
Rapido (television)
Rapido was a BBC 2 television show of the late 1980s presented by Antoine de Caunes. The show which would usually go out in a teatime slot, such as 7.30pm on a Wednesday night, featured reports from up and coming new bands linked together with footage of Antoine standing in front of a large Rapido s..
Rapido River
The Rapido is a river in Italy, which flows near Sant'Angelo. It was the site of a bloodliy repulsed assault by the U.S. 36th Infantry Division in January 1944. The Allies were attempting to establish a bridgehead to launch attacks on the Gustav Line near Monte Cassino. ..
RapidQ
RapidQ IDE screenshot RapidQ (also known as Rapid-Q) is a free, cross-platform, semi-object-oriented BASIC programming language. It can create console, GUI, and CGI applications. The IDE includes a drag-and-drop form designer, syntax highlighting and single button compilation. Programming wi..
Rapids, New York
Rapids is a hamlet (also a census-designated place) located in the Town of Lockport in Niagara County, New York, USA. The population was 1,356 at the 2000 census. (ZIP code: 14094) Rapids is located on the south edge of both the town and the county so that a small part of the community is in the T..
RapidShare
RapidShare is a One-click hosting site that operates from Germany and is financed by Google AdSense and by the subscriptions of paying users. It also claims to be the world's largest in its scope. It is a free service, and any user can upload files of up to 100 MB without registration. The user i..
Rapids City, Illinois
Rapids City is a village in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 953 at the 2000 census. Geography Rapids City is located at [41°34′52″N, 90°20′40″W] (41.581083, -90.344324)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census ..
Rapids Soccer Stadium
The Rapids Soccer Stadium is located in Commerce City, Colorado and is home to the Colorado Rapids professional soccer team. It can seat up to 20,000 people, yet can also accommodate up to 25,000 for certain events and is built on over 360 acres (1.5 km²) of land. Also included at the venue a..
RapidWeaver
RapidWeaver is a WYSIWYG web page-building tool exclusive to Mac OS X. Previous WYSIWYG web editors—especially FrontPage—had a reputation of generating low quality markup, whereas RapidWeaver boasts full compliance to W3C standards. RapidWeaver was one of the first web editors (along ..
Rapid (disambiguation)
Rapid can refer to: a section of a river where it loses some elevation over a relatively short distance (see rapid).SK Rapid Wien, an Austrian soccer teamRapid Bucureşti, a Romanian soccer club.a Swiss automobile by the same name.The Cleveland Rapid Transit rail system, which is referred to colloq..
Rapid Action Battalion
Rapid Action Battalion or RAB is an anti-crime and anti-terrorism force in Bangladesh. It is under the jurisdiction of the Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs. It was formed on 26 March, 2004, started its operations from 14 April, 2004 and initially, it consisted of members of the Bangladesh Army, ..
Rapid Action Force
The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialised wing of the Indian CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force). It was formed in October 1992, to deal with riots & related unrest, with 10 of its battalions. The battalions are numbered 100 to 110. Contents 1 Riot Control2 Humanitarian Activities2..
Rapid Anti-Robot Assault Team
The Rapid Anti-Robot Assault Team (RAAT for short) was a fictional United States special operations group in the Marvel Transformers comics. The group was specifically targeted towards protecting humans from being harmed by the Transformers, and it frequently did so by attacking the giant robots by..
Rapid application development
Software Development Process ..
Rapid Arnis
Rapid Arnis was formed in 1993 by Pat O'Malley and John Harvey, who both have won multiple titles in eskrima turnaments. The system is based on Doce Pares style eskrima. The Rapid Arnis organisation is run by Pat O'Malley. John Harvey has moved on to found the very successful Kapatiran Arnis Ex..
Rapid Bucureşti
Fotbal Club Rapid Bucureşti is a football club of Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in 1923 by a group of workers of the Griviţa workshops under the name of "Cultural and Sporting Association CFR" (in Romanian: Asociaţia culturală şi sportivă C.F.R.). Rapid won four Romanian championships (i..
Rapid City
Rapid City is the name of at least two cities in the United States of America: Rapid City, MichiganRapid City, South Dakota 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 ..
Rapid City, South Dakota
Rapid City is a city in Pennington County, South Dakota, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 59,607. It is the county seat of Pennington County[Geographic references#6GR6] and the second largest city in South Dakota. The South Dakota School of Mines and Technolo..
Rapid City Flying Aces
The Rapid City Flying Aces are a team in the National Indoor Football League. Like their predecessors, the Black Hills Red Dogs, they play their home games at the Don Barnett Arena in Rapid City, South Dakota. However, as expressed repeatedly at the introduction press conference, that's the only t..
Rapid City Journal
The Rapid City Journal is the daily newspaper of Rapid City, South Dakota. External links [The Rapid City Journal's website] ..
Rapid City Muscle Car
Rapid City Muscle Car is the second studio album by the American band Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). Contents 1 Track listing2 Credits2.1 Cherry Poppin' Daddies2.2 Additional musicians2.3 The First Church of Sinatra Track listing "The Se..
Rapid City Regional Airport
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Rapid City Thrillers
The Rapid City Thrillers was a professional basketball club based in Rapid City, South Dakota that competed in the International Basketball Association beginning in the 1998-1999 season. The team folded after the 1998-1999 season. {| style="margin:0 auto" align=center class="toccolours" |align=..
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (usually abbreviated as Rapid. Commun. Mass Spectrom., or RCM), is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, published since 1987 by John Wiley & Sons. In two issues per month, it publishes original research papers on all aspects of the science of gas-phase ion..
Rapid Creek
Rapid Creek may refer to: Rapid Creek (South Dakota), a tributary of the Cheyenne River in the United States.Rapid Creek (Yukon Territory) in Canada.Rapid Creek, Northern Territory in Australia. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same tit..
Rapid Creek (South Dakota)
Rapid Creek is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately 86 mi (138 km) long, in South Dakota in the United States. It rises in southwestern South Dakota, in the Black Hills National Forest in the Black Hills in Pennington County. It flows east, is joined by Castle Creek, past Silver City a..
Rapid deepening
Rapid deepening is a condition that occurs when the minimum sea-level atmospheric pressure of a tropical cyclone decreases drastically in a short period of time. The National Weather Service describes rapid deepening as a decrease of 42 millibars in under 24 hours. However, this phra..
Rapid Delight F.C.
Rapid Delight is a Five-a-side football, team based in Surrey, England. They play in the Football-Mundial Epsom Premiership. Their home games are played at the Blenheim High School. Contents 1 Club Colours2 Management Team3 History3.1 Former Famous Players3.2 Former P..
Rapid Deployment Forces
In 1977, a presidential directive called for a mobile force capable of responding to worldwide contingencies but to be established without diverting forces from NATO or Korea. Not until the aftermath of the Iranian revolution in 1979 and the acknowledgment of a Soviet combat brigade in Cuba in that..
Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers
United States Air Force Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) units are the service's equivalent of the Army's Corps of Engineers and Navy Seabees. RED HORSE squadrons provide the Air Force with a highly mobile civil engineering response force to sup..
Rapid Equipping Force
The Rapid Equipping Force is a U.S. Army unit intended to provide solutions to battlefield problems in a short period of time, typically 90 days or less. External links [Official site]."[Rapid Equipping Force helps Soldiers with a bright idea: laser pointers]." Army Public Affai..
Rapid Eye Entertainment
Rapid Eye Entertainment is a video game developer. It is best known for creating Lords of EverQuest, published by Sony Online Entertainment. External link [Official site] ..
Rapid eye movement
This is about the sleep stage. For other meanings, see the disambiguation page REM. Rapid eye movement (REM) is the stage of sleep characterized by rapid saccadic movements of the eyes. During this stage, the activity of the brain's neurons is quite similar to that during waking hours; for this r..
Rapid eye movement behavior disorder
Contents 0.1 Introduction0.2 Epidemiology0.3 Associated Conditions0.4 Treatment0.5 References Introduction Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder, or RBD, was first described by Schenck et al. in 1986 (Schenck et al. 1986). It is a parasomnia involving dissociation o..
Rapid Fire
Rapid Fire was Brandon Lee's first leading role in an American film and penultimate movie. It was his performance in this that ensured his role in The Crow. It shows Brandon had the ability to convince in a leading action role. Plot summary When student Jake Lo (Brandon Lee) witnesses a killing, ..
Rapid Fire!
To meet Wikipedia's and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require [Cleanupcleanup].The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the..
Rapid KL
Rapid KL, short for Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd is a government-owned company which was formed in 2004 as part of the restructuring of the public transport system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital. Rapid KL, which is 100%-owned by the government, is the operator of Kuala Lump..
Rapid manufacturing
Rapid manufacturing is a technique for manufacturing solid objects by the sequential delivery of energy and/or material to specified points in space to produce that solid. Current practice is to control the manufacturing process by computer using a mathematical model created with the aid of a comput..
Rapid modes of evolution
Rapid modes of evolution have been proposed by several notable biologists ever since Charles Darwin proposed his theory of evolutionary descent by natural selection. In his classic volume On the Origin of Species (1859), Darwin famously and eloquently stressed the gradual nature of descent, writing:..
Rapid plant movement
Rapid plant movement encompasses movement in plant structures occurring over a very short period of time, usually under one second. For example, the Venus Flytrap closes its trap in about 100 milliseconds. The Dogwood Bunchberry's flower opens its petals and fires pollen in less than 0.5 millisecond..
Rapid Plasma Reagin
Rapid Plasma Reagin, a modern screening test for antibodies in the serum of patients with syphilis. ..
Rapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping also describes a software engineering methodology. One technique for rapid prototyping uses a 3D printer like this one. Rapid prototyping, is the automatic construction of physical objects using solid freeform fabrication. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became..
Rapid reaction force
A rapid reaction force is a military or police unit designed to respond in very short time frames to emergencies. When used in reference to police forces such as SWAT teams, the timeframe is minutes, while in military applications, such as with the use of paratroops or other commandos, the timeframe..
Rapid Reload
Rapid Reload, known in Japan as Gunner's Heaven was a side scrolling shoot-'em-up in the vein of Metal Slug. It was among the first of its genré (or any genré for that matter) available for the Playstation, and has very few features. The player takes control of either Axel or Ruka in a quest acr..
Rapid Ride
Rapid Ride is the name of a bus rapid transit service operated by ABQ RIDE in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Inaugurated on December 21, 2004, Rapid Ride was intended to provide a faster and more efficient means of public transit in Albuquerque and serve as a pilot project for a potential light rail lin..
Rapid River
Rapid River may refer to: The Rapid River in the U.S. state of AlaskaEither of two Rapid Rivers in the U.S. state of IdahoThe Rapid River in the U.S. state of MarylandAny of three Rapid Rivers in the U.S. state of MichiganThe Rapid River in the U.S. state of MinnesotaThe Rapid River in the U.S. sta..
Rapid River, Michigan
There is also Rapid River Township in Kalkaska County