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Rogowski coil The Rogowski coil is an electrical device for measuring alternating current (AC) or high speed current pulses. It consists of a helical coil of wire with the lead from one end returning through the centre of the coil to the other end, so that both terminals are at the same end of the coil.
Rogozen treasure The Rogozen treasure (Bulgarian: Рогозенско съкровище), called the find of the century, was discovered by chance in 1985 by a tractor driver digging a trench in his garden. It consists of 165 receptacles, including 108 phials, 55 jugs and 3 goblets.
Rogoznica Rogoznica is a popular tourist town on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia that lies in the southernmost part of the Sibenik-Knin County, in a deep bay sheltered from wind, about 30km far from Sibenik. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 2,391, with 96% declaring themselves Croats.
Rogue (2007 film) Rogue is a horror movie about a group of tourists who fall prey to a giant man-eating crocidile while touring in Australia. The film stars Michael Vartan and John Jarratt and is directed by Greg McLean who also directed the 2005 indie-Australian horror hit, Wolf Creek.
Rogue (musician) Rogue (born Virgil Roger du Pont IIIBMI credits artist Virgil Roger DuPont III as the sole writer in songs performed by the CrĂĽxshadows., July 4,1972]) is a founding member and creator of the American [[darkwave band The CrĂĽxshadows.
Rogue (vagrant) The word rogue is first recorded in print in Thomas Awdeley’s Fraternity of Vagabonds (1561), and then in Thomas Harman’s Caveat for Common Cursitors. Rogue became a cultural icon of villainy and criminality.
Rogue access point A rogue access point is a wireless access point that has been installed on a secure company network without explicit authorization from a local network management. Rogue access points can pose a security threat to large organizations with many employees, because anyone with access to the premises can ignorantly or maliciously install an inexpensive wireless router that can potentially allow access to a secure network to unauthorized parties.
Rogue Community College Rogue Community College (RCC) is a 2-year, junior college with campuses in both Jackson County and Josephine County, falling roughly in the geographic region known as the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon. It has campuses in the cities of Grants Pass, Oregon, Medford, Oregon, and White City, Oregon.
Rogue DHCP A rogue DHCP server is a DHCP server on a network which is not under the administrative control of the network staff. It is usually a network device such as a modem or a router connected to the network by an user unaware of the consequences of his actions, though it can also be knowingly used for network attacks such as man in the middle.
Rogue Entertainment Rogue Entertainment was a computer game developer based in Dallas, Texas, which was active in the late 1990s. Rogue officed in the same building as id Software, and all of their games used game engines created by id, and two of their games were expansions for id's Quake series of games.
Rogue Moon Rogue Moon is a short science fiction novel by Algis Budrys, published in 1960. A novella-length version of the story was included in the anthology The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two, edited by Ben Bova.
Rogue Ops Rogue Ops is a stealth-based action/adventure video game developed by Bits Studios and published by Kemco for the Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2 in 2003. Compared unfavorably to the more established Metal Gear and Splinter Cell series, Rogue Ops was largely panned by critics and did not fare well commercially.
Rogue Planet (Dan Dare) Rogue Planet was a Dan Dare story that ran in the original Eagle comic from Volume 6, Issue 48 (Dated 2 December 1955) to Volume 8, Issue 7 (Dated 15 February 1957). It was drawn by Frank Hampson and Don Harley.
Rogue River (Oregon) The Rogue River is located in southwest Oregon. It begins in the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness Area and at Boundary Springs within Crater Lake National Park, runs through Grants Pass, Oregon, and reaches the Pacific Ocean at Gold Beach, Oregon.
Rogue River (tribe) Rogue River is the name of a Native American group originally located in southern Oregon in the United States. Rogue River was not a single tribe, but a conglomeration of many affiliated and related tribal groups.
Rogue River Wars The Rogue River Wars was an armed conflict between the US Army, local militias and volunteers, and the Native American tribes commonly grouped under the designation of Rogue River Indians, in the Rogue River Valley area of what today is southern Oregon in 1855–56. While the conflict designation usually includes only the hostilities that took place during the mentioned period of time, numerous skirmishes escalated in the area since 1850, eventually breaking into open warfare.
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest is a United States National Forest located on both sides of the border between the states of Oregon and California. It encompasses the formerly separate Rogue River National Forest and Siskiyou National Forest.
Rogue scientist The rogue scientist is an archetype in fiction of a scientist who pursues morally dubious or dangerous projects outside of mainstream channels. The rogue scientist differs from the mad scientist in that he is usually not insane or megalomaniacal, but rather motivated by financial or ideological goals.
Rogue software Rogue security software is software that uses malware (malicious software) or malicious tools to advertise or install itself or to force computer users to pay for removal of nonexistent spyware. Rogue software will often install a trojan horse to download a trial version, or it will do other unwanted things.
Rogue state Rogue state is a term applied by some international theorists to states considered threatening to the world's peace. This means meeting certain criteria such as being ruled by authoritarian regimes severely restricting human rights, accused of sponsoring terrorism, and seeking to proliferate weapons of mass destruction.
Rogue states A rogue state is a political entity that, contrary to the stated desires of other powers, attempts to acquire weapons that other countries seek to prevent from appearing under their custody, use weapons in domestic or international warfare that other powers consider abominable, commit crimes against humanity, harbor terrorists, tolerate activities such as drug trafficking that other countries combat, or seek to overthrow or corrupt the political processes of other countries. The term seems to have only defamatory use.
Rogue Squadron Rogue Squadron is a fictional starfighter squadron in George Lucas's science fiction saga Star Wars. It first appeared in the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) as Red Squadron, the elite X-wing starfighter squadron that Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) is assigned to after joining the Rebel Alliance.
Rogue Taxidermy Taxidermy is the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals or its man-made equivalent, and the stuffing & mounting them in a life-like or death-like form. The Modern Rogue Taxidermy movement differs from traditional taxidermy in that Rogue Taxidermists share the mandate to "advocate the showmanship of oddities, espouse the belief in natural adaptation and mutation, and encourage the desire to create displays of curiosity".
Rogue Trader (book) Rogue Trader: How I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World is a book by Nick Leeson, who served four years in prison for fraud after bankrupting the London-based Barings Bank in 1995 by hiding $1.4 billion in debt he accumulated as a derivatives trader in Singapore.
Rogue Trader (Warhammer 40,000) Warhammer 40 000: Rogue Trader is the first edition rule/source book for the Warhammer 40,000 miniature wargame by Games Workshop. The subtitle refers to a particular class of character within the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Rogue Valley The Rogue Valley is a farming and timber-producing region in southwestern Oregon in the United States. located along the middle Rogue River and its tributaries in Josephine and Jackson counties, the valley forms the cultural and economic heart of southern Oregon near the California border.
Rogue Valley Community Television Rogue Valley Community Television (commonly called RVTV) is a public access television station based at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. The director is Pete Belcastro and program director is Joe Brett (both formerly of KTVL Channel 10 of Medford).
Rogue wave (oceanography) Rogue waves, also known as freak waves, are relatively large and spontaneous ocean surface waves which are a threat even to large ships and ocean liners. In oceanography, they are more concisely defined as waves that are more than double the significant wave height (SWH), which is itself defined as the mean of the largest third of waves in a wave record.
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys is a compilation album of sea shanties performed by a wide array of artists, ranging from Sting to Bryan Ferry, representing a variety of genres. The artists cover a large number of diverse songs of the sea, at times adding elements traditionally attributed to other types of music.
Roguelike A roguelike is a computer game that borrows some of the elements of the 1980's computer game, Rogue. A roguelike is a superficially two-dimensional dungeon crawling computer game, usually with simple text or ASCII "graphics" and many with "tiles" which replace the rather limited character set with a wider array.
Rogues (comics) The enemies of The Flash form one of the most distinctive rogues galleries in superhero comic books. Some of the Flash's nemeses, led by Captain Cold, constitute a loose criminal association who refer to themselves as the Rogues, disdaining the use of the term "super-villain" or "super-criminal.
Rogues gallery Rogues gallery is a police collection of pictures of criminals and suspects kept for identification purposes. For example, "The detective went through the entire rogues' gallery but couldn't find a match with the suspect.
Rogues of Sherwood Forest Rogues of Sherwood Forest is a 1950 movie directed by Gordon Douglas and featuring John Derek (future husband of Bo Derek) as Robin Hood, Diana Lynn as Lady Marianne, and Alan Hale, Sr. in his third movie as Little John over a 28-year span; he'd played the part opposite Douglas Fairbanks in 1922 and Errol Flynn in 1938, possibly the longest period over which any film actor played the same major role.
RogueWarriorz RogueWarriorz (frequently abbreviated as RWZ) were a highly secretive warez organization founded in 1997 responsible for piracy of computer software, games and movies who were investigated as part of Operation Bandwidth in 2002.
Roham Roham or (Rohum,Rohaam) ( رﻭهام in Persian, means 'the guardian' ) is a hero in Ferdosi's Shahnama, He is son of Goodarz ( گودرز in Persian ) who defeated Baarmaan( بارمان in Persian ) in battle of Davazdahrokh ( دوازده رخ in Persian ). He is from the city of Ardebil.
Rohan (family) The house of Rohan was a family of viscounts, later dukes and princes, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany, descending from the viscounts of Porhoët and said to trace back to the legendary Conan Meriadoc. Through the Porhoët, the Rohan were related to the Dukes of Brittany, with whom the family intermingled again in after its inception.
Rohan Alexander Rohan Phillmore Alexander (born 20 February 1973 in Jamaica) is an American cricketer. He has represented the United States in international cricket tournaments, principally the ICC Trophy from 1998-99 to 2003-04.
Rohan Gavaskar Rohan Gavaskar (born February 20, 1976 in Uttar Pradesh) is a cricket player and the son of former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar. He is a specialist middle-order left-handed batsman and a part-time left-arm-orthodox spin bowler.
Rohan Gunaratna Rohan Gunaratna is the head of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is a Senior Fellow at the Jebsen Center for Counter Terrorism Studies, Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy and an Honorary Fellow at the International Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism in Israel.
Rohan Jayasekera (cricketer) Rohan Stanley Amarasiriwardene Jayasekera (born 7 December 1957, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who represented Sri Lanka in one Test match and two ODIs, and also represented Canada in four ICC Trophy matches.
Rohan Kanhai Rohan Bholalall Kanhai (born December 26 1935 in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana) was a right-handed West Indian batsman in the late fifties, sixties and early seventies. He is considered a cricketing legend and rated as perhaps the best batsman among West Indian players of East Indian descent.
Rohan Kriwaczek Rohan Kriwaczek is "England's foremost authority on the history and practice of Funerary Violin" a musical art form he invented, complete with a history and composers dating back several centuries. He is the author of the 2006 book An Incomplete History of the Art of Funerary Violin].
Rohan Taylor Rohan Taylor is the head coach of the Carey Aquatic swimming club based in Melbourne, Australia. Some of his current swimmers include Sarah Katsoulis, Shayne Reese and reigning 50m butterfly world champion Danni Miatke.
Rohana Wijeweera Rohana Wijeweera (born 14 July 1943 - died 13 November 1989) was the leader of the JVP, a prominent follower of Che Guevara and Sri Lankan revolutionary whose communist views of spreading wealth to the poorer classes earned him great popularity.
Rohde & Schwarz Rohde & Schwarz ( in German; anglicized pronunciation ) is an independent group of companies specializing in electronics. It is a leading supplier of solutions in the fields of test and measurement, broadcasting, radiomonitoring and radiolocation as well as mission-critical radiocommunications.
Rohdea Rohdea japonica, the sole species in the genus Rohdea, is a flowering plant in the family Ruscaceae, native to eastern Asia from southwestern China to Japan. Common names include Nippon Lily, Sacred Lily, and Japanese Sacred Lily; synonyms include Orontium japonicum, Rohdea esquirolii, and Rohdea sinensis.
Rohe Rohe is a word used by the Māori of New Zealand to describe the territory or boundaries of tribal groups. In traditional times, rohe were defined according to prominent geographical features, including mountains, rivers, and lakes.
Rohff Rohff - « Rimeur Originale Harcord Flow Fluide » (real name Housni M'Kouboi, born December 15, 1977) is a French rapper from Vitry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne. Rohff was born in The Union of the Comoros in 1977 and immigrated to the Parisian banlieue in 1985.
Rohilla Rohillas (Urdu: روہِلا, Hindi: रोहिला) are Muslim highlanders (Roh means mountains and Rohilla literally means mountaineer) of Pashtun origin. Roh corresponded to the mountainous region stretching from Swat and Bajaur in north to Sibi and Bhakkar in south and Hasan Abdal in east to the Kabul and Kandahar in west.
Rohingya language Rohingya is a language spoken by the Rohingya Muslim people of Arakan (Rakhine), Burma (Myanmar). It is linguistically similar to the Chittagonian dialect spoken in neighboring Chittagong region of Bangladesh It also has a large number of Urdu], [[Persian language|Persian Bengali, Arabic, Burmese and English words.
Rohingya people The Rohingya are a minority Muslim ethnic group in Northern Rakhine State, Western Myanmar. The Rohingya population is mostly concentrated in five northern townships of Rakhine State (formerly known as Arakan): Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Rathedaung, Akyab and Kyauktaw.
Rohini Hattangadi Rohini Hattangadiborn in Maharashtrian Saraswat Brahmin family is an Indian film, television and theatre actress. She has been acclaimed by critics for her performances in films like Gandhi, in which she plays Mahatma Gandhi's wife Kasturba, and Saaransh with Anupam Kher.
Rohini space satellite Rohini is the name dispatched to a series of satellites launched by Indian space research organisation. The Rohini series consisted of four satellites all of which were launched by the Indian Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) and three of them made it successfully to orbit.
Rohinton Mistry Rohinton Mistry (born 3 July, 1952) is considered to be one of the foremost authors of South Asian origin writing in English. Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry is of Indian origin, and belongs to the Parsi Zoroastrian religious minority.
Rohmert's law Widely used in the human factors and ergonomics field, Rohmert's law states that the maximum force one's muscles can exert decreases exponentially from the time one begins continuously exerting the said force. It is commonly used to calculate "maximum holding time" for any particular task.
Rohn Stark Rohn Taylor Stark (born May 4, 1959 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is former American football punter who played sixteen seasons in the National Football League, thirteen of those with the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts. He was selected to four Pro Bowls in his stay with the Colts and then he played in Super Bowl XXX as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Rohn Thomas Rohn Thomas is an actor based mainly in the Cleveland/Pittsburgh areas who has appeared in bit or supporting roles in such notable movies as The Shawshank Redemption and The Mothman Prophecies. Thomas is a working man's character actor who, while not achieving the notoriety of some of his more famous co-stars, has become a local cult hero for his consistent and strong performances in his roles.
Rohrersville Cornet Band The Rohrersville Cornet Band, part of Maryland's cornet band heritage, claims to be the oldest continually-performing community band in the state, having been founded in 1837; it now performs in a dedicated music hall in Rohrersville, Maryland.
Rohtas Fort Rohtas Fort (Urdu: قلعہ روہتاس Qila Rohtas) is a garrison fort built by the Great Afghan King Sher Shah Suri. He named Qila Rohtas after the famous Rohtasgarh Fort in Shahabad district near Baharkunda, Bihar which he captured from the Raja of Rohtas Hari Krishan Rai in 1539.
Rohu Rohu (Labeo rohita) is a fish of the carp family Cyprinidae, found commonly in rivers and freshwater lakes in and around the South Asia and South-East Asia. It is also known as rawas in Hindi or rui in Bengali and is very popular in Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the Konkan region of India.
Rohwer War Relocation Center The Rohwer War Relocation Center was a World War II Japanese American internment camp located in rural southeastern Arkansas, in Desha County. It was in operation from September 18, 1942 until November 30, 1944, and held as many as 8,475 Japanese-Americans forcibly evacuated from California.
Roch Saint Roch (Latin: Rochus; Italian: Rocco; French: Roch; Spanish and Portuguese: Roque; c. 1295 – 16 August 1327) was a Christian Saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague.
Rocha The word Rocha literally means boulder in Portuguese. It is also a topographical surname that is found in Portugal as "da Rocha" or simply Rocha, literally, "one who is from/of the boulder".
Rochdale by-election, 1958 The Rochdale by-election of 13 February 1958 was a by-election for the constituency of Rochdale, in Lancashire, England, in the House of Commons. It was called following the death on 16 December 1957 of the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament, Wentworth Schofield.
Rochdale C.C. Rochdale Cricket Club are an English cricket team from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, currently playing in the Central Lancashire League. The professional for 2006 is Alcindo Holder, a right-handed batsman from Barbados.
Rochdale Canal The Rochdale Canal is a navigable "broad" canal in the North of England, part of the connected system of the Canals of the United Kingdom. The "Rochdale" in its name refers to the town of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, through which the canal passes.
Rochdale Pioneers The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844, is usually considered the first successful co-operative enterprise, forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement. Although there is debate about whether their society was in fact the earliest group that can be called a co-op, the Rochdale Pioneers are most famous for designing the Rochdale Principles, a set of principles of co-operation that provide the foundation for the principles on which co-ops around the world operate to this day.
Rochdale Principles The Rochdale Principles are a set of ideals for the operation of cooperatives. They were first set out by the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in Rochdale, England, in 1844 and have formed the basis for the principles on which co-operatives around the world operate to this day.
Rochdale, Queens Rochdale (also called Rochdale Village) is a residential co-op buily by architect Herman Jessor, consisting of five circles of four buildings (creating a sum of 20 buildings) located in South Jamaica, in the New York City borough of Queens.
Roche Diagnostics Roche Diagnostics Division is a subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche which manufactures equipment and reagents for research and medical diagnostic applications. Internally, it is organized into six major business areas: Roche Applied Science, Roche Centralized Diagnostics, Roche Diabetes Care, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Roche Near Patient Testing and Roche Professional Services.
Roche limit The Roche limit, sometimes referred to as the Roche radius, is the distance within which a celestial body held together only by its own gravity will disintegrate due to a second celestial body's tidal forces exceeding the first body's gravitational self-attraction. Inside the Roche limit, orbiting material will tend to disperse and form rings, while outside the limit, material will tend to coalesce.
Roche lobe The Roche lobe is the region of space around a star in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that star. If the star expands past its Roche lobe, then the material outside of the lobe will fall into the other star.
Roche moutonnée In glaciology, a roche moutonnée (or sheepback) is a rock formation created by the passing of a glacier. When a glacier erodes down to bedrock, it can form tear-drop shaped hills that taper in the direction of flow.
Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs The Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs, also known as the Friendship Glyphs, are a Registered Historic Place in Roche-a-Cri State Park, near Friendship, Wisconsin. They consist of Oneota rock art, mostly petroglyphs resembling birds, canoes and geometric designs They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
Rochedale Rovers Football Club Rochedale Rovers Football Club are an Australian football (soccer) club from Underwood, a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. The club was formed in 1972 by Tom Vance and help from Vic Phillips and currently play at Underwood Park in the Brisbane Premier League.
Rochelle Davis Rochelle Davis (born Andrea Ruano 13 June, 1980 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress who appeared in the 1994 film The Crow opposite Brandon Lee. After finishing all her scenes for the film, she had to return, after Lee was tragically killed in an accident on the set, to film a small scene with the stunt double who replaced Lee.
Rochelle Low Rochelle Low (born May 19, 1969 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Women's Team.
Rochelle Railroad Park The Rochelle Railroad Park is a city park located in Rochelle, Illinois, where railfans can safely view and photograph trains. The park is situated in the eastern quadrant of the diamond crossing between the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and BNSF Railway (BNSF) mainlines between Chicago and points west.
Rochelle Stevens Rochelle Stevens (born September 8, 1966 in Memphis, Tennessee) was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist for the United States in the women's 4x400-meter relay. She was also part of the team that won the silver medal in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Rochester (UK Parliament constituency) Rochester was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned two Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1885 general election, when its represntation as reduced to one seat.
Rochester 1964 race riot On July 24, 1964, a riot broke out in two of Rochester, New York's predominantly African-American wards. Peace was restored after three days, but only after the New York National Guard was called out by Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
Rochester and Chatham (UK Parliament constituency) Rochester and Chatham was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Rochester and Strood (UK Parliament constituency) Rochester and Strood is to be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Rochester and Syracuse Railroad Consolidation, under date of August 1 1850, of the Auburn and Rochester Railroad Company, which was incorporated May 13 1836, and road opened in August 1841; and the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad Company, which was incorporated May 1 1834, and road opened in June 1838. The Direct Railway between Syracuse and Rochester, incorporated June 18 1848, was merged with the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad under date of August 6 1850.
Rochester Aardvarks The Rochester Aardvarks are an amateur rugby club representing the City of Rochester, New York in the sport nationally since 1966. The Aardvarks compete as a Division II Men's Club in the Allegheny Rugby Union and are a member of USA Rugby.
Rochester Area Colleges The Rochester Area Colleges is a consortium of higher education institutions in the Rochester, New York metropolitan area. Founded in 1970, Rochester Area Colleges has numerous area public and private colleges as members, and provides numerous collaborative working opportunities for colleges and their students.
Rochester Bridge Rochester Bridge was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in Kent, southern England. There have been several generations of bridge at this spot, and the current "bridge" is in fact three separate bridges: two carrying the A2 road, one carrying the railway.
Rochester Lancers The Rochester Lancers were a soccer team based out of Rochester, New York that played in the American Soccer League from 1967 until 1969 and the North American Soccer League from 1970 to 1980 at Holleder Memorial Stadium.
Rochester Midland Corporation Rochester Midland Corporation is a closely held specialty chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Rochester, New York. With sales and operations in nearly seventy countries, production facilities in Rochester, New York, Aurora, Illinois and Oakville, Ontario, Rochester Midland Corporation maintains a diverse portfolio of products to include toilet seat covers, feminine sanitary napkins, and a wide range of chemical products servicing janitorial, food safety, institutional and waste water treatment industries.
Rochester Museum and Science Center The Rochester Museum and Science Center, or RMSC, is a museum in Rochester, New York that features many exhibits related to science. These include AdventureZone, Expedition Earth, How Things Work, and the temporary traveling Dinosaurs exhibits.
Rochester Numismatic Association The Rochester Numismatic Association (RNA) is a not-for-profit organization with an educational mission. The RNA was organized in 1912 by a group of local collectors to attrict the American Numismatic Association's annual convention to Rochester, New York.
Rochester Poets Founded in 1922 as the Rochester, NY chapter of the Poetry Society of America, Rochester Poets is the area's oldest, ongoing literary organization. The group ceased its affiliation with the Society in the 1980s in order to accept a wider variety of members; at that time, the organization adopted its current name.
Rochester Products Division Rochester Products Division was a division of General Motors that manufactured carburetors, and related components including emissions control devices and cruise control systems. They are famous for their highly regarded Quadrajet carburetor, which was originally designed in the 1960s and due to extraordinary engineering, met emissons standards into the 1980s.
Rochester Raiders The Rochester Raiders are a charter member of the Continental Indoor Football League. They played their inagural season home games at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, New York but will move to the Main Street Armory for the 2007 season.
Rochester School for the Deaf Rochester School for the Deaf (RSD) is a private school for deaf and hard of hearing students to attend in Rochester, New York. It is one of many deaf insitutions in the United States, and one out of eleven in the state of New York.
Rochester Skeeters The Rochester Skeeters was a professional basketball club based in Rochester, Minnesota that competed in the International Basketball Association beginning in the 1998-1999 season. The team folded after the 1999-2000 season.
Rochester Subway The Rochester Subway or Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway was an underground rapid transit system of the city of Rochester, New York during 1928-1956. Contemporary photos show, however, that like Boston's Green Line, it used single streetcar vehicles, and so using today's terms would likely be described as a light rail system, even though a large portion of it ran underground.
Rochester Summer Camps In the greater Rochester area, including Monroe and Livingston Counties, many summer youth programs are available for eager teens and elementary level students seeking to do something more with their time away from school. From Grades K-12, and even college students in some cases, there is an array of enriching opportunities in the greater Rochester region alone.
Rochester Telephone Rochester Telephone Company (not to be confused with RTC of Rochester, Indiana) was for most of the 20th century, the sole phone company servicing Rochester and surrounding counties in upstate New York. Its initial development benefited from the vision of Albrecht Vogt, an early founder of and investor in several Rochester industries, and yielded a successful company that remained independent from AT&T (“Ma Bell”) up to and through the national monopoly’s divestiture in 1984.
Rochester Zen Center The Rochester Zen Center is a Soto and Rinzai Zen Buddhist sangha located in Rochester, NY in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage established in 1966 by Philip Kapleau. Since 1986 the head abbot at Rochester Zen Center has been Bodhin Kjolhede, whom received inka from Kapleau.

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