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Rockefeller family The Rockefeller family, founded by John Davison Rockefeller (1839-1937) ("Senior") and his brother William Rockefeller (1841-1922), is an American industrial, banking, and philanthropic family of French-German-American origin that made the world's largest private fortune in the oil business during the late 19th century, primarily through the Standard Oil Company.World's largest private fortune - see Ron Chernow, Titan: The Life of John D.
Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation (RF) is a prominent philanthropic organization in New York City and is the pre-eminent institution established in 1913 by the six-generation Rockefeller family. It was founded by John D.
Rockefeller Museum The Rockefeller Museum, formerly the Palestine Archaeological Museum, is an archaeological museum located in East Jerusalem, Northeast of the Old City, that houses a vast collection of regional archeology unearthed in excavations conducted in the country mainly during the time of the British Mandate (1919–1948). The museum opened in 1938.
Rockefeller Plateau Rockefeller Plateau () is that portion of the interior ice plateau of Marie Byrd Land lying eastward of Shirase Coast and Siple Coast and southward of the Ford Ranges, Flood Range and Executive Committee Range, centering near the coordinates given above. Much of its extensive, ice-covered surface is from 1,000 to 1,500 m above sea level.
Rockefeller Republican In the United States, the term Rockefeller Republican refers to a faction of Republicans who hold liberal views similar to those of the late Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979), governor of New York from 1959 to 1974 and Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford from 1974 to 1977.
Rockefeller State Park Preserve Rockefeller State Park Preserve or Rockies as it is commonly known, is a State Park in Sleepy Hollow, New York immediately next to the Hudson River. Common activities in the park include horseback riding, running, jogging, walking and sport fishing.
Rockefeller University Rockefeller University is a private university focusing primarily on graduate and postgraduate education research in the biomedical fields, located between 63rd and 68th Streets along York Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan island in New York City, New York.
Rocker box Today, the rocker box is not used as extensively as the sluice, but still is an effective method of recovering gold in dryer than usual areas. Like a sluice box, the rocker box has riffles and a carpet in it to trap the gold.
Rockers Revenge Rockers Revenge was a studio musical project assembled by producer Arthur Baker. Their initial entry on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, "Walking On Sunshine" (featuring vocals by Donnie Calvin) hit #1 in 1982.
Rockerville Rockerville, South Dakota is a small, unincorporated community in Pennington County in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Originally established as a mining camp, it was named for the "rockers" which were used to separate placer gold from stream gravel.
Rockestra Theme One of Paul McCartney's harder-rocking songs, ths track was recorded on October 3rd, 1978, at Abbey Road Studios. Musicians who performed on this song (and 'So Glad To See You Here', an album track from Back To The Egg): Denny Laine, Laurence Juber, David Gilmour, Hank Marvin, Pete Townshend (guitars), Steve Holly, John Bonham, Kenney Jones (drums), Paul McCartney, John Paul Jones, Ronnie Lane, Bruce Thomas (bass guitars), Paul McCartney, Gary Brooker, John Paul Jones (pianos), Linda McCartney, Tony Ashton (keyboards), Speedy Acquaye, Tony Carr, Ray Cooper, Morris Pert (percussion), Howie Casey, Tony Dorsey, Steve Howard, Thaddeus Richard (horns).
Rocket The traditional definition of a rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving fluid from within a rocket engine. Often the term is also used to refer to a rocket engine.
Rocket (Def Leppard song) Rocket is a song recorded by British hard rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album Hysteria. It was the sixth (seventh in the US) and final single release, coming out in January 1989 and hitting the Top 15 in the US and UK.
Rocket (firework) A Rocket is a pyrotechnic device made out of a paper tube that propels itself into the air in order to fly. Types of rockets include the skyrockets, which have a stick to provide stability during airborne flight; missiles, which rotate rather than having a stick for stability, or are shot out of a tube; and bottle rockets, smaller fireworks – 1½ in (3.
Rocket 88 "Rocket 88" is a rhythm and blues song that was first recorded at Sam Phillips' recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on 3 or 5 March (accounts differ) 1951. It is claimed by some, including Phillips — later to become owner of Sun Records, and pioneer rock and roll record producer — to be the "first rock and roll song".
Rocket Arena Rocket Arena (RA) is a free mod for the multiplayer first-person shooter games Quake, Quake II, Quake III Arena and Quake 4. There were also ports for Half-Life (called Lambda Arena) and Unreal Tournament, however it is unknown if these ports still have a website.
Rocket Center, West Virginia Rocket Center, West Virginia is the site of a government installation known as Allegheny Ballistic Laboratory, part of the Naval Sea Systems Command which is currently operated by Alliant Techsystems. Rocket Center shares a ZIP Code with Keyser but is located 15 miles north along the North Branch Potomac River in Mineral County, West Virginia.
Rocket engine A rocket engine is a reaction engine that can be used for spacecraft propulsion as well as terrestrial uses, such as missiles. Rocket engines take their reaction mass from within the vehicle and form it into a high speed jet, obtaining thrust in accordance with Newton's third law.
Rocket engine nozzles The main type of rocket engine nozzles used in modern rocket engines is the de Laval nozzle which is used to expand and accelerate the combustion gases, from burning propellants, so that the exhaust gases exiting the nozzles are at hypersonic velocities.
Rocket From the Tombs Rocket From the Tombs (or RFTT) was an American rock music band originally active from mid-1974 to mid-1975 in Cleveland, Ohio. Heralded as an important protopunk group, they were little known during their lifetime, though various members later achieved renown in Pere Ubu and the Dead Boys.
Rocket garden A rocket garden is a display of missiles, sounding rockets, or space launchers, usually in an outdoor setting. The proper form of the term usually refers to the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Rocket Gibraltar Rocket Gibraltar was an American film released in 1988, directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Burt Lancaster and Patricia Clarkson. In the movie, an aging patriarch reunites his entire family for his birthday, but personal and social problems abound.
Rocket jumping In first-person shooter computer and video games, rocket jumping is the technique of pointing a rocket launcher or other similar explosive weapon at the ground or at a wall then firing and jumping at the same time. The rocket's explosion propels the player to large heights and distances.
Rocket Jockey (game) Rocket Jockey was a PC game created by Rocket Science Games and produced by SegaSoft in 1996. A unique game concept, it featured the player riding around inside an enclosed arena on a rocket sled that was always in motion.
Rocket Knight Adventures Rocket Knight Adventures is a 16-bit generation side scrolling platformer produced and released in 1993 by Konami for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive console, designed by Nobuya Nakazato, designer of several titles in the Contra series such as The Alien Wars and Shattered Soldier. Its protagonist is Sparkster, an opossum knight who fights an army of robots and pigs, many of whom are piloting various mechanical vehicles.
Rocket Left The Rocket Left game (also known as "The Miracle at Michigan"), named for its final play, was an American football game played on September 24, 1994 between the University of Colorado and the University of Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The game was decided on Colorado quarterback Kordell Stewart's 64 yard Hail Mary pass.
Rocket Man "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be a Long, Long Time)" is an English language song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and popularized by John. It is loosely based on the short story "The Rocket Man" in Ray Bradbury's book The Illustrated Man, and shares a similar theme to the David Bowie song "Space Oddity".
Rocket propelled grenade A rocket propelled grenade (RPG) is a loose term describing hand-held, shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead. RPG is the Russian acronym of "Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot" (Ручной противотанковый гранатомёт, РПГ) and is translated into English as "handheld anti-tank rocket-launcher".
Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand was the first of three telefilms made for the Rocket Power cartoon series, first transmitted on Nickelodeon in the US on February 16, 2002, during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The plotline entails the Rocket Power gang's trip to New Zealand to participate in "The Junior Waikikamukau Games", with Otto Rocket competing against the son of an athlete who once beat his father Ray at a race in New Zealand (allegedly by cheating), and his sister Reggie's attempts to get herself noticed by Ray, who is constantly cheering for Otto exclusively.
Rocket Propulsion Establishment The Rocket Propulsion Establishment at Westcott, Buckinghamshire has made a number of notable contributions in the field of rocket propulsion, including input on the rocket design for the Blue Streak missile. It was also known as PERME (Propulsion Explosives and Rocket Motor Establishment).
Rocket re-issue El Presidente 4th release was a Re-Release of their first single Rocket. Origanly released on released on Limited (1000 Copies) Red 10" Vinyl, it was re-released on October 10, 2005 o Cd1, Cd2 And purple 7".
Rocket Racing League The Rocket Racing League is a proposed racing league that would use rocket powered aircraft. The formation of the league was announced by Peter Diamandis, founder of the Ansari X-Prize, on October 3, 2005, in partnership with the Reno Air Races.
Rocket Ride (song) "Rocket Ride" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss originally featured on their 1977 album Alive II. A studio recording written by Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley and Sean Delaney, it was the first Kiss single to feature Frehley on lead vocals, and peaked at #39 on the American Billboard Hot 100.
Rocket Robin Hood Rocket Robin Hood (known in French as Robin Fusée) was a popular animated television series that was originally made from 1966 to 1969. It was especially popular in Canada, having been originally produced there.
Rocket sled A rocket sled is a test platform that slides along a set of rails, propelled by rockets. They were used extensively by the United States early in the Cold War to accelerate equipment considered too experimental (hazardous) for testing directly in piloted aircraft.
Rocket Science (band) Rocket Science is an Australian alternative rock band that first came to public attention on Triple J around 2001. Shortly before the release of their third album, singer Roman Tucker fell into a coma for around two weeks, during which the band were inactive.
Rocket Turbine engines Rocket Turbine engines are the combination of two types of propulsion engines: a liquid fuel rocket and a turbine jet engine. They are basically a rocket attached to a turbine jet engine that has a section in between.
Rocket vessel A rocket vessel was a ship equipped with rockets as a weapon. The most famous ship of this type was HMS Erebus (1807), which at the Battle of Baltimore in 1814 provided the "rockets' red glare" that was memorialized by Francis Scott Key in The Star-Spangled Banner.
Rocket Wheeler Ralph "Rocket" Wheeler is a former minor league infielder and the current minor league manager for the Class A Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Carolina League. Wheeler attended the University of Houston where he obtained his nickname "Rocket" for his speed and hustle.
Rocket-powered aircraft A rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket for propulsion, sometimes in addition to jet engines. Rocket planes can achieve much higher speeds than similarly-sized jet aircraft, but for much shorter periods of operation, typically only a few minutes.
Rocket: Robot on Wheels Rocket: Robot on Wheels is a video game for Nintendo 64, developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Ubisoft, released in 1999. In the game you play as Rocket, the title robot, who despite the title has only one wheel.
Rocketball Rocketball is a patented game similar to table tennis is a quirky and little known, but highly addictive Commodore 64] computer game released by [[IJK Software in the mid-1980s. Rocketball is based on the futuristic sports movie Rollerball, released in 1975, starring James Caan, and remade in 2002, starring Chris Klein.
Rocketboom Rocketboom, produced and directed by Andrew Baron, is a three-minute daily vlog (videoblog) which is often presented in the format of a newscast, usually with a comedic slant. It is hosted by former MTV Europe VJ Joanne Colan, who made a brief appearance on July 11, 2006, and then began as the show's anchor the following day.
Rocketmen Rocketmen is a Wizkids produced constructible strategy game released in August of 2005. Part of its marketing included animated adventures based on the character of Nick Sion, a rebel and adventurer facing the evil alliance of Terra and Mars.
RocketMan RocketMan is a 1997 comedy/science fiction movie that was made by Walt Disney Pictures with Caravan Pictures and Gold/Miller Productions and was released on October 10, 1997. The movie was shot on location at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas and in Moab, Utah for the scenes on the surface on Mars.
Rocketplane XP The Rocketplane XP is a suborbital spaceplane under development by Rocketplane Limited, Inc.. The XP is based on a heavily-modified Learjet 25 airframe, with changes including the addition of a delta wing and V-tail.
Rockets-Jazz rivalry During the 1990s, the Houston Rockets, led by dominant center Hakeem Olajuwon, and the Utah Jazz, led by the pick and roll duo of Karl Malone and John Stockton, were playoff powers in the Midwest Division. Both teams faced each other four times in the NBA Playoffs during the decade.
Rocketship "Rocketship" is a song featured on Mötley Crüe's seventh album Generation Swine is dedicated to Donna D'Errico and is performed by her husband Nikki Sixx which he wrote about the first time he ever told Donna he loved her.
RocketSat The NASA SpaceGrant Consortium at the University of Colorado at Boulder has sponsored many small space reaching missions including 3CS, CX, DINO, and RocketSat. RocketSat is a small payload set to launch on a Sounding Rocket provided by the UP Aerospace corporation in September 2006.
Rockett Movado Rockett Movado is arguably the most major character in the Purple Moon games. She appears in all books and games except for Secret Paths in the Forest and Secret Paths to the Sea, and is the lead and playable character in all of the Rockett's World games.
Rockett's New School Rockett's New School is a visual novel of sorts that was developed and published by Purple Moon and released in 1997. It is the first game in the Rockett series by release order, which is set approximately one year after the Secret Paths series and one year before The Starfire Soccer Challenge, which was aimed to spin off a new Starfire Soccer series.
Rockex Rockex, or Telekrypton, was an offline one-time tape cipher machine known to have been used by Britain and Canada from 1943. It was developed by Benjamin deForest Bayly, working during the war for British Security Coordination.
Rockfish Gap Rockfish Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains near a peak known as Afton Mountain in Virginia. Separating the Shenandoah Valley from the Piedmont region of the state, it is the site of the mountain crossing of Interstate 64, U.
Rockford Auburn High School Auburn High School is a public high school located in Rockford, Illinois, USA. In addition to serving the west side of Rockford for grades 9-12, it also houses the high school portions of the Gifted Program and Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) Program.
Rockford Forest Citys Rockford Forest Citys, from Rockford, Illinois was one of the first professional baseball clubs, playing for one season during the National Association inaugural year of 1871. Rockford finished with 4 wins and 21 losses, good for last place and 15 1/2 games behind the champion Philadelphia Athletics ball club.
Rockford Lhotka Rockford Lhotka is an author and columnist who writes on topics concerning Microsoft-centric programming with an emphasis on object oriented design strategies. He is a Microsoft regional director, a Microsoft MVP, and an INETA speaker.
Rockford Metros The Rockford Metros were an Arena football team formed by Arena Football League founder Jim Foster for the purposes of playing a "test game" in Rockford, Illinois in the spring of 1986 at the MetroCentre. They defeated the Chicago Politicians 30-18.
Rockford Pro-Am Golf Tournament The Rockford Pro-Am Golf Tournament is a one day tournament featuring golf professionals, sponsors and amateur golf enthusiasts in order to raise funds for special organizations. It is the longest free-standing pro-am (not attached to the PGA or LPGA) event in the United States.
Rockford RiverHawks The Rockford RiverHawks are a minor league baseball team which plays in Loves Park, Illinois, a suburb of Rockford. The team is a member of the Independent Frontier League, and is associated with no Major League Baseball team.
Rockford Thunder The Thunder are a member of the American Indoor Soccer League owned by Pro Soccer International, whose president is Oscar Albuquerque, a former member of the former National Professional Soccer League's Illinois Thunder and the 1980 Canadian Olympic qualifying team. The team currently makes its home in the ISC in the Rockford, Illinois suburb of Loves Park.
Rockford, Illinois Rockford is a mid sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in the far north of Illinois, and is often referred to as "The Forest City". Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA; the city has 150,115 residents, while the metro area has 320,204 residents (2000 Census) and is the third largest city in Illinois.
Rockfort Ucchi Pillayar Temple Rockfort or Ucchi Pillayar koil, is a combination of two famous 7th century Hindu temples, one dedicated to Lord Ganesh and the other dedicated to Lord Shiva, located atop a small rock in Trichi, India. Geologically the 83m high rock is said to be one of the oldest in the world, dating over 3 billion years ago, and mythologically this rock is the place where Lord Ganesh ran from King Vibishana, after establishing the Ranganathaswamy deity in Srirangam.
Rockglen, Saskatchewan Rockglen, Saskatchewan, Canada, is a community in the Burning Hills of the Wood Mountain Uplands, providing a school, community hall, public library and five parks, as well a local service industry. The Government of Rural Municipality #12 Old Post lies within the boundaries of Rockglen, and Rockglen businesses are supported primaraly by agriculture.
Rockhampton National School In the very year of the Canoona rush, when the women in Rockhampton were few, and the children of school age still fewer, parents gave serious thought to the education of their offspring. That is characteristic of an Australia, and certainly of Queensland, for everywhere that a little hamlet a springs up the necessary necessity of having some means of teaching the children soon brought to the front, even should the difficulties to be overcome such caused long delays.
Rockhampton, Queensland Rockhampton, sometimes abbreviated to 'Rocky', is a city in Central Queensland, Australia, located 42 km inland from the Capricorn coast on the Bruce Highway, approximately 640 kilometres north of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane.
Rockhill Trolley Museum The Rockhill Trolley Museum is located at 430 Meadow Street, Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, 19 miles north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and 11 miles south of US 22, the William Penn Highway. The museum collects and restores traction equipment (trolley, interurban and transit cars) and operates the Shade Gap Electric Railway to demonstrate the operable pieces of its collection.
Rockhopper (Club Penguin) Rockhopper is a character in the New Horizon Interactive game, Club Penguin. He is a pirate who sails the seas on his trusty boat, the Migrator; he arrives at Club Penguin every two months and brings new items for penguins.
Rockhurst High School Rockhurst High School (usually referred to simply as Rockhurst) is a private, Roman Catholic, Jesuit, preparatory school for boys located in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, on the Missouri-Kansas border along State Line Road. Rockhurst enrolls approximately 1,000 students in ninth grade through twelfth grade.
Rockhurst University Rockhurst University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school prides itself on the motto etched into the stone of the campus belltower, "Learning, Leadership, and Service in the Jesuit Tradition".
Rockchapel Rockchapel is a small village in the extreme northwest of County Cork, on the outskirts of the Mullaghareirk Mountains. All of the land around the village is planted with fir and spruce trees with grants from the forestry company Coillte.
Rockin with Suzi Q Rockin with Suzi Q is a weekly radio show broadcast on BBC Radio 2, featuring former Glam rock star Suzi Quatro playing her favourite rock and roll songs from the 50's and 60's. Suzi has in the past interviewed such rock legends as: ACDC, Little Bobby Brown, the Rolling Stones and the Superficial Drama Queens.
Rockin' All Over The World (song) "Rockin' All Over the World" is regarded as one of Status Quo's best known and loved songs. Utilising the classic power chords with added thirds riff of most Quo songs, it is relatively simple to play.
Rockin' Dopsie Rockin' Dopsie (February 10, 1932–August 26, 1993) was born Alton Rubin in Carencro, Louisiana. He was a leading Zydeco musician and button accordion player who enjoyed popular success first in Europe and later in the United States.
Rockin' in the Rockies Rockin' in the Rockies was a 1945 Columbia Pictures musical film starring the Three Stooges. It was one of the Stooges' few feature films made during the run of their more well-known series of short subjects for Columbia, although the group had appeared in supporting roles in other features.
Rockin' Kats Rockin' Kats (known in Japan as NY Nyankies) is the title of a NES video game published in 1991 by Atlus Software Inc. The side-scrolling game involves the adventures of a cartoon cat in his quest to defeat a criminal gang that has taken over the city.
Rockin' Rebel Chuck Williams is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rockin' Rebel. He is best known for his appearances on the Pennsylvanian independent circuit with promotions such as Eastern Championship Wrestling and Combat Zone Wrestling.
Rockin' Robin (song) "Rockin' Robin" is a 1958 song by Bobby Day. The single became Day's only hit single and would be revived as a single again in 1972 by the then-teenaged Michael Jackson as his second solo single release on Motown.
Rockin' the Joint Tour The Rockin' the Joint Tour was a North American concert tour headlined by Aerosmith, that ran from 2005-2006. The tour was put on in support of their live album titled Rockin' the Joint which was released in the fall of 2005.
Rocking chair A rocking chair or rocker is a chair with two curved bands of wood (also know as rockers) attached to the bottom of the legs (one on the left two legs and one on the right two legs). This gives the chair contact with the floor at only two points granting the occupant to rock back and forth by shifting his/her weight or pushing lightly with his/her feet.
Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey Upcoming musical documentary by Hawaii-based film maker Jay Curlee. The feature includes interviews and performances by Delbert McClinton, Marcia Ball, Rodney Crowell, Stephen Bruton, Wayne Toups, Jimmy Hall, Fred Eaglesmith, Paul Thorn, Jeffrey Steele and Teresa James.
Rocking the House Rocking the House was originally a colorful urban idiom connoting the thorough and complete entertainment of those assembled for a given rap or hip hop concert, in recent years "Rocking the House" has taken on broader significance and application to the point of becoming a lifestyle.
Rockingham bus station Rockingham Bus Station, is a Transperth bus station, located next to the Rockingham City Shopping Centre, 47 km south of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. The station provides bus transfers between inter-city and suburban routes.
Rockingham County Botanical Garden The Rockingham County Botanical Garden is a new, 10 acre (40,000 m²) botanical garden now starting to take shape at 113B North Road, Brentwood, New Hampshire, USA. At present, the garden is open to public only on Thursday mornings, 9 a.
Rockingham Pottery The Rockingham Pottery was a 19th century manufacturer of porcelain of international repute, supplying fine wares and ornamental pieces to royalty and the aristocracy in Britain and overseas, as well as manufacturing porcelain and earthenware items for ordinary use.
Rockingham railway station, Perth Rockingham Train Station is a Transperth train station that is currently under construction on the Mandurah Line in Western Australia. It is located near the intersection of Rae Road and Ennis Avenue in Cooloongup, 2 km east of the Rockingham City shopping centre.
Rockingham, Kingston Rockingham was the home of John Berrien I (1712-1772) in what is now Franklin Township, New Jersey near Rocky Hill. The house has been moved within southern Franklin Township several times, and is now closer to the Franklin portion of Kingston than to Rocky Hill.
Rockingham, Northamptonshire Rockingham is a village and civil parish in the Corby district of Northamptonshire, England. It is just to the north of Corby town itself, on the A6003 road to Uppingham, and close by the border with Leicestershire and Rutland, near to Great Easton and Caldecott.
Rockism Rockism is an ideology of popular music criticism, originating in the British music press in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The fundamental tenet of rockism is that some forms of popular music, and some musical artists, are more authentic than others.
Rockit for Kids Rockit for Kids is a New Jersey music program created by drummer Bruce Gallipani, former member of xDavis, which helps create a community for kids to experiment with music. Their first big show was at Middletown North High School on August 26, 2006, and was sponsored by Gibson/Epiphone guitars.
Rockity Roll Rockity Roll was the third solo recording released by Mike Doughty after the breakup of his former band, Soul Coughing. It is a six-song EP which he recorded in New York City over two days in May 2003 at Pat Dillett's tiny, windowless cubby at Kampo studios, a cultural center on Bond Street in New York's NoHo, owned by a prestigious Japanese calligrapher--the bottom floors of the building are studios, and the top two are dedicated to traditional Japanese calligraphy.
RockIstanbul RockIstanbul is the name of a large scale open air rock festival series annually organized in Istanbul, Turkey. Highlights from recent performers include Kraftwerk, Garbage, Megadeth, Faithless, QueensrĂżche, Starsailor, and Anathema.
Rockland Paramedic Services Rockland Paramedic Services, Inc. (RPS) is a non-profit organization formed through the joint efforts of Good Samaritan and Nyack Hospitals to provide state-of-the-art Advanced Life Support Emergency Medical Services to the residents of the Towns of Haverstraw, Stony Point, Clarkstown, Ramapo, and Orangetown in the County of Rockland, NY.
Rockland, Ontario Rockland is a bilingual (mostly francophone) community located about 25 kilometers east of Ottawa in Canada, in the city of Clarence-Rockland. In 1868 a sawmill was built here by William Cameron Edwards on the Ottawa River, followed by a link to the Grand Trunk Railway in 1888.
Rockman & Forte: Challenger from the Future Rockman & Forte: Challenger From the Future (Rokkuman & Forute: Mirai Kara no Chousen Sha) is a title in the Mega Man series of video games. It was only released in Japan on the WonderSwan handheld system.
Rockman Complete Works Rockman Complete Works is a collection of the enhanced remakes of the first six video games in the Mega Man Classic series from Capcom. Inititally planned as a single disc collection for the PlayStation, numerous attempts were made to have the collection released in North America, however the games were ultimately individually released only on the PlayStation in Japan only.
Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day is a Super NES game released in 1994, and is based on the Rocko's Modern Life TV series on Nickelodeon. It was developed by Viacom New Media and is one of the very few games on the SNES to feature voice acting.
Rockoon A rockoon (derived from the terms rocket and balloon) was an extension to the rocket, which allowed the rocket to achieve further distance. The rockoon was a solid fuel rocket that, rather than being immediately lit while on the ground, was first carried into the upper atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon, and then separated from the balloon when it had reached its maximum height and automatically ignited.
Rockot The Rockot (also Rokot) () is a Russian space launch vehicle that can launch a payload of 1,950 kilogrammes into a 200 kilometre high Earth orbit with 63° inclination. It is supplied and operated by Eurockot Launch Services.
Rockpalast (download double CD) Rockpalast is a live album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, named after the eponymous music festival it was recorded at on November 19, 2005 (see 2005 in music) at the Live Music Hall in Köln, Germany. It was also filmed for a Rockpalast TV special, but not all songs made the broadcast.
Rockpile Mountain Wilderness The Rockpile Mountain Wilderness takes its name from an ancient circle of granite rock, piled by some earlier man on top of the mountain. It is located in Madison County, Missouri southeast of Bell Mountain and southwest of Fredericktown, Missouri.

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