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R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) is a science fiction play by Karel Čapek. It premiered in 1921 and is famous for having introduced and popularized the term robot. Contents 1 Overview2 The origin of 'robot' in SF3 Characters in R.U.R.4 Plot of R.U.R.5 See also6 Ex..
RUR
RUR can refer to: Rur river in eastern Belgium, western Germany and southern Netherlands (not the Ruhr)R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), a science fiction play by Karel ČapekRussian ruble before 1997 (currency code RUR, today's ruble is RUB) ..
Rur
The Rur (-German, in Dutch and French: Roer, not to be confused with the Ruhr) is a river in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. It is a tributary to the river Meuse. About 90% of the river is in Germany. Contents 1 Geography2 Tributaries3 History4 See also5 external..
Rura
Rura is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kanpur Dehat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Geography Rura is located at [26.48° N 79.9° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rura]. It has an average elevation of 127 metres (416 feet). Demographics As o..
Rural
Rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Qichun, a rural town in Hubei province, China Rural areas (also reffered to as "the country", countryside) are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. Such areas are distinct from more intensively settled urban and suburb..
Rural-urban migration
Rural-urban migration is the migration of people from rural areas into cities. The movement of people from rural communities into cities is considered to be the main cause of urban growth, especially in developing countries. Or so it was thought up until quite recently, but now, urban population gro..
Rurala Road
Rurala Road is a main town of Jaranwala. Location It is situated between Jaranwala and Tandlianwala. It has railway station, bus stand, taxi stand and some markets. It is a center of all the villages situated nearby. See also FaisalabadPakistanJaranwalaTandlianwala ..
Rurales
Rurales (Spanish for "Rurals") was the name commonly used to designate the Mexican Guardia Rural (Rural Guard), a force of mounted police that became famous during the long rule of President Porfirio Díaz (1876–1911). Established as a federal constabulary by the Liberal regime of Benito J..
Rural Advancement Party
|align=left| Queen*Elizabeth IIGovernor-General*Nathaniel WaenaPrime Minister*Manasseh SogavareNational ParliamentPolitical partiesElectionsProvincesRAMSIForeign relations The Rural Advancement Party is a political party in the Solomon Islands. At the legislative elections on 5 April 2006, the par..
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
The Rural Development, Business and Cooperative Programs are part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development service. The mission of the RBS is "to enhance the quality of life for rural Americans by providing leadership in building competitive businesses including sustainable coopera..
Rural Cellular
Rural Cellular is a telecomunications company company that operates in Midwest, Northeast, Northwest and the Southern regions of the United States. Recently purchased Triton Cellular. External links [Rural Cellular Corporation] ..
Rural Cemetery Act
The Rural Cemetery Act was a law, passed by the legislature of New York in 1847, authorizing commercial burial grounds in rural New York. The law was passed when urban development crowded out the Manhattan churchyards. In 1832 and 1849 cholera epidemics had swept Manhattan, and, suspecting contami..
Rural City of Ararat
The Rural City of Ararat (formed by the merger of the Shire and City of Ararat) is the local government area in south-west Victoria, Australia. The region has an area of 4230 square kilometers and is centred around the town of Ararat. The population of the region is approximately 11100, according to..
Rural City of Benalla
The Rural City of Benalla is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the state. It has a population of approximately 16,000. See also Benalla, Victoria External links [Rural City of Benalla official website] ..
Rural City of Horsham
The Rural City of Horsham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the western part of the state. It has an area of 4,239 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 18,000. This large city has been prominent as the winner of Australia’s tidiest town (in 2001) and..
Rural City of Mildura
The Rural City of Mildura is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north-western part of the state. It has an area of 22,214 square kilometres. Towns within the LGA includes Mildura itself and the effectively merged towns of Merbein and Red Cliffs, and also Ouyen a lon..
Rural City of Murray Bridge
The Rural City of Murray Bridge is the local government area in South Australia that contains the city of Murray Bridge itself, and surrounding areas, including the towns of JervoisMonartoMypolongaWellington The neighbouring district councils are Mid Murray CouncilDistrict Council of Karoonda East ..
Rural City of Swan Hill
The Rural City of Swan Hill is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north-western part of the state. It has an area of 6,103 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 21,000. See also Swan Hill External links [Swan Hill website] ..
Rural City of Wangaratta
The Rural City of Wangaratta is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the state. It has an area of 3,764 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 26,000, of which 8.6% were born overseas. On June 28 1880 the bushranger Ned Kelly was cap..
Rural committee
Rural committee (鄉事委員會) is a body representing the welfare of indigenious residents in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The chairman of each rural committee is the representative in the Heung Yee Kuk, and is ex-officio member of a district council. ..
Rural crafts
Rural crafts refers to the traditional crafts production that is carried on, simply for everyday practical use, in the agricultural countryside. Once widespread and commonplace, the survival of some rural crafts is now in doubt. Not being generally produced for sale, they do not fall under the desc..
Rural Dean
In the Church of England, a Rural Dean presides over a Rural Deanery (more commonly simply referred to as a Deanery. The rural dean is an officer of the bishop and, together with an elected layperson, chairs the deanery synod. In this capacity, the rural dean also participates in decisions affecti..
Rural delivery service
Rural delivery service, formerly known as Rural Free Delivery (RFD), is the service by which the United States Postal Service delivers mail directly to residents in rural areas. Prior to its establishment, the residents of rural America had to travel to the nearest post office to get their mail or ..
Rural depopulation
Rural depopulation is a phenomenon affecting rural locales in both developed and developing countries, whereby net population movement leaves rural places with decreasing population and urban places with increasing population. It is the migration of people from rural areas to urban areas. see also ..
Rural Development Service
The Rural Development Service (RDS) is part of the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). RDS was created in 2001, when the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency merged with the then Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food's regional service centres. The RDS ..
Rural district
In the British Isles rural districts were a historic type of local government district which covered predominantly rural areas. They were sub-divisions of administrative counties. England and Wales In England and Wales they were created in 1894 (by the Local Government Act 1894) along with urban..
Rural Division
In 1998 the urban and rural school divisions in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan merged. The new division created due to the merger is the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division #119 Before these two groups were completely separate divisions. There were six elementary schools and one main high school loca..
Rural Economy and Agriculture Committee
The Rural Economy and Agriculture Committee of the African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council deals with: Rural economy Agriculture and food security. Livestock. Environment. Natural resources DesertificationThe Chairperson of the Committee is Patrick Kayemba ..
Rural electrification
Rural electrification is the process of bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. In impoverished and undeveloped areas, small amounts of electricity can free large amounts of human time and labor. In the poorest areas, people carry water and fuel by hand, their food storage may be limi..
Rural Electrification Act
The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 provided federal funding for installation of electrical distribution systems to serve rural areas of the United States. It was proposed by Representative John E. Rankin and Senator George William Norris. The act signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roo..
Rural evangelism
The tendency for evangelistic activities by Christian Churches and Christian para-church organisations to aim at reaching as many people in the shortest possible time has often left rural areas in the world neglected by their activities. At the same time the distinctive social networks in rural are..
Rural exodus
Rural exodus is a term used to describe the migratory patterns that normally occur in a region following the mechanisation of agriculture. In such a situation, there tends to be a movement of peoples from rural areas into urban areas. This is related to the fact that with mechanization (or any ot..
Rural flight
Rural flight is the migration of people from the countryside to towns or cities, primarily for economical motives. The term rural flight is used in the United States especially to describe the flight of people from rural areas in the Great Plains, where, historically, farmers have had difficultie..
Rural Free Delivery E.P.
Rural Free Delivery is an E.P. by the alternative country band Whiskeytown, released in 1997. Track listing Take Your Guns To Town (Adams/Wandscher/Gilmore/Grothman/Cary)Nervous Breakdown (Ginn)Tennessee Square (Adams)Captain Smith (Adams/Wandscher/Gilmore/Grothman/Cary)Macon, Georgia County Line (..
Rural Fun Day
Rural Fun Day is an annual festival held the last weekend in August in Thomaston, Alabama. The festival is hosted at the Alabama Rural Heritage Center, which was designed and built by Auburn University's Rural Studio ..
Rural Hall, North Carolina
Rural Hall is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. It is a part of the Piedmont Triad. The population was 2,464 at the 2000 census. Geography Rural Hall is located at [36°13′56″N, 80°17′37″W] (36.232337, -80.293743)[Geographic references#1GR1]. A..
Rural Hill, Tennessee
Rural Hill is an unincorporated census-designated place in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,032 at the 2000 census. Geography Rural Hill is located at [36°7′7″N, 86°31′8″W] (36.118696, -86.518771)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to..
Rural Housing Service
The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Located within the Department's Rural Development mission area, RHS operates a broad range of programs to provide: homeownership options to individuals;housing rehabilitation and preservation funding;..
Rural India
Rural India is a phrase used to denote various things at various occasions. Rural India literarily means that part of India, which is rural in nature. Also it denotes demographics of the population, which is living in rural backgrounds. It’s estimated that about 70% of the Indian population (1 b..
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
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. The [Rural Industries R..
Rural Industry Promotions Company Workers' Union
RIPCWU The Rural Industry Promotions Company Workers' Union (RIPCWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana. References ..
Rural infrastructure
A rural infrastructure differs in many ways from urban infrastructure. While publicly controlled assets critical to human survival exist in rural areas much as they do in urban areas, transport and utilities tend to be much less extensive and relied on less by residents. Other municipal services ..
Rural King
Rural King supply planted its roots in Mattoon, Illinois USA in 1960. Since that time Rural King has added 34 stores in a six state area (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Michigan). Corporate headquarters in Mattoon have just been moved to a brand new store that also serves as the d..
Rural Land Register
The Rural Land Register (RLR) is a database of digital maps showing the ownership of all agricultural land in the United Kingdom, along with woodland and marginal land on which grants or subsidies are to be claimed. The database is to be used by the Rural Payments Agency to pay subsidies and grants..
Rural Letter Carrier
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 July 2006. Rural Letter Carriers (Unit..
Rural life in the People's Republic of China
Continuing to occupy well over half of China's population, Rural life in the People's Republic of China has a varied range in terms of standard of living and life patterns. In southern and coastal China, rural areas have seen increased development and are, in some areas, beginning to catch up stat..
Rural markets
Rural Markets are defined as those segments of overall market of any economy, which are distinct from the other types of markets like stock market, commodity markets or Labor economis. Rural Markets constitute an important segment of overall economy, for example, in the USA, out of about 3000 count..
Rural Metro
Rural/Metro Logo Rural Metro Corporation (Rural Metro) is a provider of emergency and non-emergency medical transportation services, fire protection and other safety-related services to municipal, residential, commercial and industrial customers in approximately 350 communities throughout the ..
Rural municipality
A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States. See also list of rural municipalities in Manitobalist of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan ..
Rural Municipality of Springfield
The Rural Municipality of Springfield is Manitoba's oldest and largest Rural municipality. Established in 1873, Springfield stretches from urban industrial development on the eastern boundary of the City of Winnipeg, through urban, rural residential, agricultural and natural landscapes, to the Agass..
Rural Ontario Anarchist Development Collective
The Rural Ontario Anarchist Development (ROAD) Network is a recent group which is Ontario-based, trying to promote education and networking. Its main goal is to network Ontario anarchists, correspondence with anyone interested in social justice as well as those promoting DIY lifestlyes. The ROAD N..
Rural Payments Agency
The logo of the RPA The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The RPA delivers payments to farmers and traders in excess of £2 billion. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, RPA operates on behalf of th..
Rural Pipol's Pati
The Rural Pipol's Pati is a political party in Papua New Guinea. At the last legislative elections, 15-29 june 2002, the party is said to have won 2 of 109 seats. ..
Rural Press
Rural Press Limited owns roughly 160 newspapers and magazines, including The Canberra Times. ..
Rural purge
The "Rural Purge" at American television network CBS was a series of cancellations of still-popular rural-themed or senior citizen-skewing shows instigated by executive Fred Silverman in 1971, following research highlighting the greater attraction to advertisers of the more affluent urban viewer dem..
Rural radio service
In telecommunication in the United States, a rural radio service is a public radio service rendered by fixed stations on frequencies below 1000 MHz used to provide (1) Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Service, which is public message communication service between a central office and subscrib..
Rural Retreat, Virginia
Rural Retreat is a town in Wythe County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,350 at the 2000 census. Geography Rural Retreat is located at [36°53′56″N, 81°16′34″W] (36.898872, -81.276061)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bu..
Rural Rides
Rural Rides is the book for which the reformer William Cobbett is best known. Cobbett, an anti-Corn Law campaigner, wrote down what he noted in a series of rides through the English countryside. He first published his observations in serial form in the Political Register running from 1822 to 1826...
Rural roads in Nunavut
There are no territorial highway numbers in Nunavut. The only road that links communities is the unnamed, unnumbered road between Arctic Bay and Nanisivik, although Nanisivik is to be closed during 2005, and being contaminated with lead, is unlikely to be occupied in future. This road is used for a..
Rural sociology
Rural sociology is a field of sociology associated with the study of life in small towns and the country. It is a scientific study of social arrangements and behaviour amongst peoples that are distanced from points of concentrated activity. Much of rural sociology involves the examination of statist..
Rural Space
Rural Space (1972) was the fifth album released by Brewer & Shipley. Track listing all songs Brewer & Shipley except where marked Side A "Yankee Lady" (Jesse Winchester) 3:25"Sleeping On The Way" 2:19"When The Truth Finally Comes" 2:33"Where Do We Go From Here" 2:17"Blue Highway" (David Getz, Dia..
Rural Studio
Rural Studio Restroom at Perry Landing The Rural Studio is a design-build architecture studio run by Auburn University which aims to teach students about the social responsibilities of the profession of architecture while also providing safe, well-constructed and inspirational homes and build..
Rural Utilities Service
The Rural Electrification Administration (REA) was a department of the United States federal government created on 11 May 1935 through efforts of the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The REA's task was to promote electrification in rural areas, which in the 1930s rarely were provid..
Rural Valley, Pennsylvania
Rural Valley is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 922 at the 2000 census. Geography Rural Valley is located at [40°47′55″N, 79°18′57″W] (40.798714, -79.315932)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Cen..
Rural Workers' Organisations Convention, 1975
Rural Workers' Organisations Convention, 1975 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was established in 1975: Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to organisations of rural workers and their role in economic and social development, ...[#endnote_IL..
Rura Penthe
In Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Rura Penthe is the name of the slave labor camp that inspired Captain Nemo's rage against society. Director and script-writer Nicholas Meyer, who is known for peppering his scripts with literary quotes, re-used the name Rura Penthe for t..
Rurik
Rurik or Riurik (Old East Norse Rørik, meaning "famous ruler") (ca 830 – ca 879) was a Varangian who gained control of Ladoga in 862 and built the Holmgard settlement (Ryurikovo Gorodishche) in Novgorod. The Varangians in Russia Contents 1 Name2 History3 Disputed orig..
Ruriko Asaoka
Ruriko Asaoka (浅丘ルリ子; Asaoka Ruriko), born 2 July 1940 in Xinjing, Manchukuo (now Changchun, Jilin, China), is an actress. External links [Asaoka Ruriko profile page] ..
Rurik (1892)
The Rurik was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1895. She is named in honour of Rurik, the semi-legendary founder of ancient Russia. She was sunk at the battle of Ulsan in the Russo-Japanese war. The ship was designed for commerce warfare and had an auxiliary sail rig in ord..
Rurik (1906)
The Rurik was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1906. She is unusual in that she was built by Vickers in Barrow in Furness, England. The Russian Navy was not usually a customer of British shipyards. She is named in honour of Rurik, the semi-legendary founder of ancient Russi..
Rurik Dynasty
The Rurik Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of what is now Russia from 862 to 1598. It should be noted that Russia per se did not exist during that time; rather, the state (and then group of principalities) that existed from 862 until 1240 (see Mongol invasion of Russia) is called the Kievan Rus'. Aft..
Rurik Rostislavich
Rurik Rostislavich (Рюрик Ростиславич in Russian) (? - 1215), Prince of Novgorod (1170-1171), Bilhorod, presently Bilohorodka (1173-1194), Grand Prince of Kiev (1173, 1180-1182, 1194-1202, 1203-1205, 1206..
Ruritan
Ruritan National is a service club located in small towns and rural areas in the United States. It aims to achieve "Fellowship, Goodwill and Community Service". The local clubs are autonomous from the national organization. Many Ruritan clubs sponsor local clubs or chapters of 4-H, Future Farmer..
Ruritania
Ruritania is a fictional kingdom in Central Europe which forms the setting for three novels by the writer Anthony Hope: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), The Heart of Princess Osra (1896), and Rupert of Hentzau (1898). The kingdom is also the setting for sequels and variations by other writers, includin..
Ruritanian Romance
A Ruritanian Romance is a story set in a imaginary Middle European or East European country, such as the Ruritania that gave the genre its name, in a time contemporary to the author. The popularity of the Graustark novels led to this genre also being called Graustarkian Romances. Such stories are ..
Ruri Hoshino
Ruri Hoshino, as seen in Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness Ruri Hoshino (星野ルリ) is a fictional character in the anime series Martian Successor Nadesico. She is responsible for running the spaceship Nadesico's computer systems. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]..
Rurki Kasba
Rurki Kasba is a census town in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Rurki Kasba had a population of 8186. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Rurki Kasba has an average literacy rate..
Ruro
In Brian Jacques' fantasy world of Redwall, Ruro was a female squirrel and part of Jukka the Sling's squirrel-tribe. When Fleetscut asked for aid in Lord Stonepaw's battle against the usurping Wildcat, Ungatt Trunn, Ruro was the most receptive of his plea. Ruro journeyed with Jukka, Fleetscut, and ..
Rurouni
A term created by manga artist Nobuhiro Watsuki for his manga/anime series Rurouni Kenshin. It means "Wandering Samurai" ..
Rurouni: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story
Rurouni: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story is the collective name for two manga short stories published by Nobuhiro Watsuki in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Special magazine. The two short stories predate Watsuki's most famous work, Rurouni Kenshin, and are seen as a prototype for the story. One diff..
Rurouni Kenshin
|} is a set of manga and anime series created by mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki, set during the early years of the early Meiji period in Japan. The English versions of the OVAs as well as the movie are sold under the Samurai X name. In other countries, the TV series itself is known as "Samurai X",..
Rurouni kenshin: meji swordsman romantic story
The official English title of artist Nobuhiro Watsuki's manga series, which relates the adventures of a master assassin named Himura Kenshin who had forsaken the sword after the Bakumatsu revolution in 1867. See Rurouni Kenshin for more details. ..
Rurouni Kenshin minor characters
Rurouni Kenshin This page describes the minor/supporting characters of the anime and manga Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X and the enemies Kenshin battles throughout the series. Names are in Japanese order, with the surname before the given name. The Viz manga uses the Japanese order in Rurouni Ken..
Rurrenabaque
Rurrenabaque is a town in Bolivia, on the Beni River. It has in recent years become popular with international tourism as it is an easy gateway for visits to the Bolvian rainforest. Blogs [Rurrenabaque]. ..
Ruru
Ruru means any of the following: the Māori name for an owl, see Southern Boobookan ancient nomadic race resided on the Mongolian steppes, see Juan Juan This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you..
Rurubu River
The Rurubu River [#endnote_name] is a river in central Africa. It rises in the east of Burundi, forms part of the Burundi-Tanzania border and flows north before joining the Kagera River in Rwanda. It is about 300 km long. Notes ↑ also spelt Ruvubu and Ruvuvu ..
Rurutia
Rurutia (ルルティア) is a female J-pop singer/songwriter. She began her career in 2001 with the release of 'Itoshigo yo' when she was signed to Toshiba-EMI. She has released a total of 4 regular albums and 10 singles thus far. Rurutia is an intensely private artist; most aspects of her life -..
Þórður Friðjónsson
Þórður Friðjónsson (Thordur Fridjonsson) is the president of Iceland Stock Exchange (December 2005). ..
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