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Roland Octapad The popular Octapad is a product line of inexpensive, electronic MIDI percussion controllers produced by the Roland Corporation. Simple in design, the Octapad is a rectangular device with 8 velocity sensitive pads.
Roland Omnès Roland Omnès is the author of several books which aim to close the gap between our common sense experience of the classical world and the complex, formal mathematics which is now required to accurately describe reality at its most fundamental level.
Roland Parliament Roland Parliament was the voice director for the DiC version of the popular magical girl anime Sailor Moon. He also voiced the geeky foil Melvin Gurio (Gurio Umino in Japan) in the DiC as well as the Cloverway dub.
Roland Poirier Martinsson Roland Poirier Martinsson (born in Sweden, 1962) is an author, conservative philosopher and radio- and TV-personality from Sweden, now living in Austin, Texas. As a columnist, he writes mainly on American politics from a social and cultural point of view.
Roland Pope Dr Roland James Pope (born February 18, 1864 in Sydney; died July 27, 1952, Manly, Sydney) was an Australian cricketer who played in 1 Test in 1885. An ophthalmologist by training, he was selected for his only Test when many team regulars staged a strike.
Roland Rat Roland Rat (also Roland Rat Superstar) is a British television puppet character. He was created, operated and voiced by David Claridge, who had previously been behind the Mooncat puppet in the Children's ITV television programme Get Up and Go!.
Roland Richard Louis Bourke Roland Richard Louis Bourke ,VC, DSO, (1884-1956), was a Canadian 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.
Roland Robinson Roland Robinson, born in 1949, who died in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 8, 2004, was a longtime Memphis studio session bass player and songwriter originally from Detroit, Michigan. Robinson was a cousin and close friend of Teenie Hodges, Al Green's lead guitarist in the 1970s when Green recorded with the famed Hi Records staff band, the Hi Rhythm Section.
Roland Rohlfs Test pilot Roland Rohlfs (1892 - 1974) flew a hydro-aeroplane called the "Dunkirk Fighter" for Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company in 1918. In 1919 he attained a world record with an altitude of 34,610 feet in a Curtiss L-3 triplane (at - 47 degrees Fahrenheit).
Roland sands Roland Sands ( born August 12, 1974) from Long Beach, CA,is the 1998 AMA 250GP Superbike National Champion road racer and award-winning designer for Performance Machine, and owner and founder of Roland Sands Design.
Roland Scholten Roland Scholten (born January 11, 1965 in The Hague) is a Dutch darts player and former publican who, with partner Raymond Van Barneveld, won the PDC World Pairs Darts Championship at Bognor Regis in 1997. He is nicknamed "Tripod" and now plays his darts for the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) having turned full time professional in 2001.
Roland Spendlingwimmer Roland Spendlingwimmer, was born in 1946 in Freistadt, Oberösterreich, he went to primary school in Neumarkt im Mühlkreis. 1966 Spendlingwimmer completes successfully the Freistädter Gymnasium and one year later he begins to study at university for natural resources and applied life sciences in Vienna.
Roland Sussex Roland (Roly) Sussex is professor of Applied Language Studies in the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. In addition, he hosts a talkback program on language and linguistics on ABC radio in Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Roland Thatcher Roland Thatcher is a professional golfer born in Hampton, Virginia on April 11 1977. He had a successful stint at Auburn University in Alabama where he was an All-American and the Southeastern Conference golf champion.
Roland Topor Roland Topor (1938-1997), was a French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker, known for the surreal nature of his work. He was of Polish Jewish origin and spent the early years of his life in Savoy where his family hid him from the Nazi peril.
Roland TR-505 The Roland TR-505 is a budget drum machine and MIDI sequencer from the same family as the Roland TR-909, TR-707, and TR-808. Released in the late 80s, the unit can be used to sequence short, punchy, 12-bit samples.
Roland TR-606 The Roland TR-606 Drumatix is a programmable analog synthesis drum machine built by the Roland Corporation from 1981 to 1984. It was originally designed to be used with the Roland TB-303, a monophonic analog bass synthesizer, to provide a simple drum and bass accompaniment to guitarists without backing bands.
Roland TR-808 The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines ("TR" serving as an acronym for "Transistor Rhythm"). Introduced by the Roland Corporation in late 1980, it was originally manufactured for use as a tool for studio musicians to create demos.
Roland TR-909 The Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer was a partially analog, partially sample-based drum machine built by Roland Corporation in 1984. The brainchild of Tadao Kikumoto, the engineer behind the Roland TB-303, it features a 16-step music sequencer and a drum kit that, at that time, aimed for realism and cost-effectiveness.
Roland Virtual Accordion The Roland Virtual Accordion is the world's first electronic instrument to use Physical Behaviour Modelling (PBM) to simulate a wide range of acoustic instruments, including many musettes, bandoneon, concertina, and other ethnic accordions and melodions. It also features a range of Orchestral instruments, all of which respond to the bellows movements, etc.
Roland W. Betts Roland Whitney Betts (born May 25, 1946 in Laurel Hollow, Long Island) is an investor, film producer, developer, and owner of Chelsea Piers in New York City. A classmate and DKE(Delta Kappa Epsilon) fraternity brother of George W.
Roland Weißelberg Roland Weißelberg (d. October 31, 2006) was a retired Lutheran Vikar who on October 31 2006 set himself on fire in a German monastery of the town Erfurt as a protest against the spread of Islam and the Protestant Church’s inability or unwillingness to contain it.
Roland Wieser Roland Wieser (born 6 May,1956) was an East German athlete who, running for the GDR, won the bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union in the 20 kilometer walk, with a time of 1:25:59 hours. Another major success had already occurred 2 years prior, when he became European Champion at the same distance in a time of 1:23:11.
Roland Wolff Roland Wolff is one half of the sister/brother duo Riviera, a German based pop group with releases mainly in Japan and South Korea. Their song "Hello Sunshine" appeared in a car commercial for Kia Motors in Korea.
Rolandas Paksas Rolandas Paksas () (born 10 June 1956 in Telšiai, Lithuania) is a well known politician in Lithuania and currently heads the Liberal Democrats Party in Lithuania. He was the President of the Republic of Lithuania from February 26, 2003 to April 6, 2004 when he was successfully impeached.
Rolande de la Courcel In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Prince Rolande de la Courcel is the deceased Dauphin of Terre d'Ange, a member of House Courcel, the only son of Ganelon de la Courcel. He was engaged to marry Edmée de Rocaille, but when she died in a supposed riding accident, he unwittingly married her murderess, Isabel L'Envers, instead.
Rolando Blackman Rolando "Ro" Antonio Blackman (born February 26, 1959 in Panama City, Panama) was an All-Star NBA basketball player who spent most of his career with the Dallas Mavericks. He is now the Director of Player Development for the Mavericks.
Rolando Ferreira Rolando Ferreira (born May 24, 1964 in Curitiba, Brazil), is a former professional basketball player who was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. A 7'1" center, Ferreira played in only one NBA season as a member of the 1988-89 Blazers.
Rolando Florián Féliz Rolando Florián Féliz considered the most dangerous drug trafficker ever convicted in the Dominican Republic, currently being held in Najayo Penitentiary’s maximum security facility since May 1996.Dominican Today, April 7, 2006 Florián Féliz was also convicted for the murder of Víctor Augusto Féliz, son of the reformist leader and ex- senator of Barahona, Augusto Féliz Matos.
Rolando Fonseca Rolando Fonseca Jiménez (born June 6, 1974 in San José) is a Costa Rican football player, who played striker for CSD Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan first division but is now back fully incorporated to Costa Rica's La Liga Deportiva Alajuelense. He is regarded as one of the country's most talented players of all time.
Rolando Gomez Rolando Gomez (born 1962) is an American freelance photographer and author for Amherst Media. His professional career began in 1980 with the help of Texas photographer Michael Badough, then established itself during his service with the US Army.
Rolando Martin Ronaldo Martin (born September 23, 1968 in Maryland, United States) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. Martin is considered one of Argentina's greatest players of the modern era, with his career spanning three Rugby World Cups and over 80 Tests for the national side.
Rolando Masferrer Rolando Masferrer Rojas (1918-1975), born in Holguin July 12, 1918. in Oriente province is better known simply as Rolando Masferrer, was a Cuban] [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla leader, lawyer, congressman, newspaper publisher a member of the Cuban communist party and politically involved person [http://72.
Rolando Morán Comandante Rolando Morán (December 29, 1929, Quetzaltenango – September 11, 1998, Guatemala City) is the nom de guerre of Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León, a former leader of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG), an armed Guatemalan resistance organization. At the time of his death he held the post of Secretary General of the URNG.
Rolando Navarrete Rolando Navarrete (Philippines) was a boxer who won the Junior Lightweight Title from Cornelius Boza Edwards in Italy. He later defended it against Choi Chung-Il of Korea, but eventually lost the title to Rafael Bazooka Limon.
Rolando Paulino Rolando Paulino is a Dominican American Little League Baseball coach in the Bronx, New York. His team, The Rolando Paulino All-Stars, which received third place in the Little League World Series in 2001, was the subject of a scandal because one of its stars, Danny Almonte, was revealed to be born in 1987 instead of 1989, thus too old to play in the league.
Rolando Ramos Dizon Brother Rolando Ramos Dizon FSC (October 31, 1944) is a Filipino Lasallian Brother who was the President of De La Salle University-Manila and the De La Salle University System from 1998–2003, Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education from March 2003 to September 2004, Director-at-Large of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines from 1998 to 2003, and Acting Brother Visitor of the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines from 1976 to 1977 as well as a member of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Consultative Commission on Charter Change from September to October 2005.PHEC, Philnasso: Statement vs outgoing CHED chairman unfair, unchristian, & unjust www.
Rolando Sousa VĂ­ctor Rolando Sousa Huanambal is a Peruvian politician and a Congressman representing Lima for the 2006-2011 term. Sousa belongs to the Alliance for the Future party, and was its candidate for Second Vice-President in the 2006 national election.
Rolas Rolas is a small island lying south of São Tomé Island, being the third largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies directly on the equator and is known for its beaches, its palm trees, its lighthouse and its beach resort.
Roldan v. Los Angeles County An 1850 California law prohibiting "all marriages of white persons with negroes or mulattos" and its 1880 amendment including "Mongolians" did not apply to Filipinos. It was not until 1932, after a California appellate court had confirmed that the state's anti-miscegenation law did not apply to Filipinos because they were "Malays" (Roldan vs Los Angeles County), that the California Legislature amended the law to include "members of the Malay race.
Rolduc Rolduc is a major Roman Catholic seminary of priestly formation and an affiliated conferencing center in Kerkrade in the Netherlands. The name comes from Rode-le-Duc, an older French name for the neighboring German city of Herzogenrath.
Role A role (sometimes spelled rĂ´le) or a social role is a set of connected behaviours, rights and obligations as conceptualised by actors in a social situation. It is mostly defined as an expected behaviour in a given individual social status and social position.
Role (performing arts) The term role in the performing arts is usually taken to mean an actor's interpretation of a fictional character written in a script that culminates in a unique performance of that character. So, for example, Shakespeare's character of King Lear remains timeless and unchanging as words on a page, but each new actor coming to the character creates a new role, a new expression of the possibilities in that character.
Role of faith in the Baha'i Faith Like most religions the Bahá'í Faith holds that having a strong belief, a personal faith, is crucial to a spiritual life. The religion specifically relates how the abilities to know the truth are related to the overall goal of developing a praiseworthy character in addition to personally being aligned with the truth.
Role of Honour Role of Honour (published in American editions as Role of Honor), first published in 1984, was the fourth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by Putnam.
Role of music in World War II The role of music in World War II was significant probably unlike any other in history; in the context of the largest war in history, the Modern States engaged in combat on all dimensions to win the war, including art and music. In understanding the meaning of music in World War II it is important to reflect upon the use that States would make of music, and the ends to which private individuals would use music to give meaning to their situations.
Role of Religion in Republics Before several Reformation movements established themselves in Europe, changes in the religious landscape rarely had any relation to the form of government adopted by a country. For instance the transition from polytheism to Christianity in Ancient Rome maybe had brought new rulers, but no change in the idea that monarchy was the obvious way to rule a country.
Role of women in Judaism The role of women in Judaism is determined by the Hebrew Bible, the Oral Law (the corpus of rabbinic literature), and by non-religious cultural factors. Although the Hebrew Bible and rabbinic literature mention various female role models, religious law treats women differently in various circumstances.
Role of women in Nicaraguan Revolution The women in Revolutionary Nicaragua essentially fought a double revolution: 1) to secure national freedom and 2) to secure their equality. They united due to their suffering not only under the Somoza regime, but as housewives under their machismo husbands.
Role of Women in Yugoslavia in the Twentieth Century The role of the woman in Yugoslavia changed significantly throughout the twentieth century. Women sought better positions within economic, political, and social realms than they had occupied in the nineteenth century.
Role player A roleplayer is a person on myspace who uses celebrity faces and usually makes up a different name. This is not considered posing, since roleplayers admit it's just for fun and they do not claim to be the real celebrity they're roleplaying as.
Role Playing Forum A role playing forum is a popular type of forum in which users can create their own role plays, which other users can participate in. RPs slowly create unique storylines due to the fact that they aren't on a set ending.
Role reversal In psychodrama, role reversal is a technique where the protagonist is asked, by the psychodrama director, to exchange roles with another person (an auxiliary ego) on the psychodrama stage. The former assumes as many of the roles of the other as possible and vice versa.
Role-Based Access Control In computer systems security Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is an approach to restricting system access to authorized users. It is a newer and alternative approach to Mandatory Access Control (MAC) and Discretionary Access Control (DAC).
Role-Oriented Programming Role-oriented programming is a form of computer programming aimed at expressing things in terms which are analogous to our conceptual understanding of the world. This should make programs easier to understand and maintain.
Role-playing conventions of Victoria, Australia In Victoria, role-playing convention refers to a convention where the majority of the events are role-playing games of the traditional pen-and-pencil type of game, rather than computer role-playing games or other varieties of role-playing games.
Role-playing game A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.
Role-playing game theory A role-playing game theory is an academic or critical study of role-playing games (RPGs) as a social or artistic phenomenon. RPG theories often seek to understand what a role-playing game is, and what makes good role-playing games.
Roleplayer (Magazine) Roleplayer was a magazine devoted to the subject of role-playing games. Published by Steve Jackson Games, Roleplayer #1 debuted in February 1986; it replaced The Space Gamer as the company's periodical of choice to reach out to their fan base.
Roleplayers Hall Fans of forum-based text-roleplaying, beginning with users by the screen names of Idyllwyld, King Darkmoor, Pheonix-IV, Makon, and others, grouped together to create the website Roleplayers' Hall [RPSH]. It houses a number of user-created and driven forum-based text-roleplays, and is a place for community chatting.
Roleplaying In roleplaying, participants adopt and act out the role of characters, or parts, that may have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. Roleplaying is like being in an improvisational drama or free-form theatre, in which the participants are the actors who are playing parts, and the audience.
RolePlay (play) RolePlay is a 2001 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn, the third in a trilogy of plays called Damsels In Distress (Gameplan and Flatspin being parts one and two.) It is about an engaged couple, Julie-Ann Jobson and Justin Lazenby whose engagement party is interrupted by unexpected intrusions.
Rolestown Rolestown, or Rowlestown, is a small village six miles (10 km) north-west of Swords along the R125 in County Dublin, Ireland, about halfway between Swords and Ashbourne. An attractive rural village, it is located around two parallel roads joined together by an intersecting road which crosses the Broad Meadow River by an old cut stone bridge.
Rolex 12 Rolex 12 is the collective name of twelve of the closest and most powerful advisers of President Ferdinand Marcos during the martial law years in the Philippines from 1972 to 1981. The twelve were essentially extensions of Marcos himself.
Rolex Awards for Enterprise The Rolex Awards is a series of annual awards "aimed at fostering a spirit of enterprise around the world", promoted by the Swiss wristwatch company Rolex. The Rolex Awards recognize outstanding achievement, particularly in the areas of science and medicine; technology and innovation; exploration and discovery; the environment; and cultural heritage.
Rolex Cosmograph The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona is an officially certified, self-winding chronometer wristwatch with chronograph functions. From its beginnings in 1961, the Cosmograph, Cosmograph Daytona and Oyster Cosmograph Daytona chronographs were produced continuously until 1988, when they were replaced with versions featuring self-winding movements, from Zenith's El Primero caliber, under the name Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph.
Rolex Submariner The Rolex Submariner is a line of watches manufactured by Rolex, designed for diving and known for their resistance to water. The first Submariner, released in 1953 and introduced in 1954, was the world's first watch designed with an eye on water resistance and tested in high-pressure underwater environments.
Rolf Aldag Rolf Aldag (born 25 August 1968 in Beckum, Germany) is a former professional road bicycle racer for the UCI ProTour outfit T-Mobile Team since 1993 (then known as Team Telekom). He has raced in 10 Tours de France, 1 Giro d'Italia and 5 Vueltas a España.
Rolf Arthur Hansen Rolf Arthur Hansen (1920-) was personal secretary to the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1956-1959, Minister of Defense 1976-1979, and Minister of Environmental Affairs 1979-1981, as well as minister of Nordic cooperation 1980-1981.
Rolf de Maré Rolf de Maré (May 9 1888 – April 28 1964), somtimes called Rolf de Mare, was a Swedish art collector and leader of the Ballets Suédois in Paris in 1920–1925. In 1933 he founded the world's first museum for dance in Paris.
Rolf Dieter Brinkmann Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940, Vechta, Germany - 1975, London) was an important poet of German "Pop-Literatur", inspired by the American Beat Generation (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and other American poets like William Carlos Williams and Frank O'Hara. His poetry is filled with references to popular culture, from tango to Hollywood films.
Rolf Eckrodt Rolf Eckrodt (born June 25, 1942 in Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a German automotive engineer and executive, who started his career with Daimler-Benz in 1966 and was CEO of the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation from 2001-2005. When DaimlerChrysler decided to sell their shares in Mitsubishi Motors in November 2005, Mr.
Rolf Ellmer Rolf Ellmer (born 8 December 1963), also known by the names Jam El Mar and Trancy Spacer, is a classically trained musician and composer (concert-guitarist) and has become one of Germany's most known house and trance producers.
Rolf Kirkvaag Rolf Kirkvaag (September 20, 1920 - Oslo, January 24, 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, and a radio- and TV personality. He worked for NRK, the stately Norwegian broadcasting network, between 1947 and 1959, and 1969 and 1990.
Rolf Landauer Rolf Landauer (1927 – 1999) was an IBM physicist who in 1961 demonstrated that when information is lost in an irreversible circuit, the information becomes entropy and an associated amount of energy is dissipated as heat. This principle is relevant to reversible computing, quantum information and quantum computing.
Rolf Løvland Rolf Løvland (born 19 April 1955, Kristiansand) is a successful and internationally regarded Norwegian composer. He began composing at an early age (he formed a band at the age of nine) and grew up to study at the Kristiansand Music Conservatory, later receiving his Masters degree from the Norwegian Institute of Music in Oslo.
Rolf McPherson Rolf Potter Kennedy McPherson (born 23 March 1913, Providence, Rhode Island) was the son of Aimee Semple McPherson. After his mother's death in 1944, he led the denomination she founded -- the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel -- for 44 years, and retired from all church duties in 1997.
Rolf Potts Rolf Potts is an international traveller, author, and self-proclaimed "Vagabond." He is the author of the 2003 book An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel,which encourages the practice of wandering the world on a shoe-string budget.
Rolf Schild Rolf Schild, (1924 - 2003), was a German-born, British-based businessman, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany who formed the company Huntleigh Technology, based in Luton, which manufactured and designed medical equipment.
Rolf Schock Rolf Schock (1933–1986), philosopher and artist, was born in France of German parents. His parents, who had left Germany in 1931, would eventually settle in the United States, where Rolf would go on to study geology and psychology, with mathematics as a minor, at the University of New Mexico.
Rolf Singer Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century. He wrote major books like "The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy".
Rolf Smedvig Rolf Smedvig is the current first trumpet player in the Empire Brass. He was appointed Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by Seiji Ozawa at age 19, becoming the youngest member of the orchestra.
Rolf Stein Rolf Alfred Stein (1911-1999) was a noted 20th century sinologist and Tibetologist. He contibuted in particular to the study of the Epic of King Gesar, on which he wrote two books, and the use of Chinese sources in Tibetan history.
Rolf Storsveen Rolf Storsveen (born April 22 1959) is a former Norwegian biathlete. At the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, he won a silver medal with the norwegian relay team consisting of Kjell Søbak, Odd Lirhus, and Eirik Kvalfoss.
Rolf Terje Klungland Rolf Terje Klungland (born 6 July 1963 in Flekkefjord) is a Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party. He is currently a representative of Vest-Agder in the Storting, he was first elected in 1993, he was a reserve candidate in the period from 1997 to 2001, before he was elected again in 2001.
Rolf Witting Professor Rolf Witting (1879–1944) was a renowned oceanographist and Finland-Swedish politician, member of four of Finland's cabinets 1926–1943. He was deputy minister for Foreign Affairs 1934–1936, and as Foreign Minister 1940–1943 the main executor of Finland's successful rapprochement to Nazi-Germany after the disaster of the Winter War (1939–1940) when Germany had been supporting the Soviet aggressor.
Roli Mosimann Roli Mosimann is a drummer, electronic musician and record producer whose contributions range from industrial to pop. Originally from Switzerland, Mosimann first made his mark in the New York City no wave band Swans and later collaborated with Foetus mastermind J.
Roll cage A roll cage is a specially constructed frame built in or around the cab of a vehicle to protect the occupants from being injured in an accident, particularly in the event of a roll-over. Roll cages extend in front of the driver, next to the A-pillar, to provide as much high-speed protection as possible in a coupé.
Roll call Roll call is the calling of the names of people from a list (roll) to determine the presence or absence of the listed people. The term applies to the calling itself, to the time moment of this procedure, and to a military signal that announces it (e.
Roll cloud A roll cloud is a low, horizontal tube-shaped arcus cloud associated with a thunderstorm gust front (or sometimes with a cold front). Roll clouds can also be a telltale sign to the possibility of microburst activity.
Roll Call Published Monday to Thursday when the United States Congress is in session and Mondays only during recess, Roll Call provides its readers with up-to-the-minute news of the legislative and political maneuvers that happen every day on Capitol Hill. In addition to breaking news, readers get insight from such respected Washington, D.
Roll film Rollfilm or roll film is any type of photographic film which is wound on a spool with paper backing, as opposed to film which is wound in a cartridge. Confusingly, rollfilm was originally often referred to as "cartridge" film because of its resemblance to a shotgun cartridge.
Roll forming Roll forming is a continuous bending operation in which sheet or strip metal is gradually formed in tandem sets of rollers until the desired cross-sectional configuration is obtained. Roll forming is ideal for producing parts with long lengths or in large quantities.
Roll initiative Roll initiative is the phrase that begins nearly all tabletop Role-Playing Games. In the most common, Dungeons & Dragons, it is said by the Dungeon Master at the start of gameplay, at which point the players take turns rolling the die or dice to establish their first move(s).
Roll it over Roll It Over is a song by rock group Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher and sung by vocalist Liam Gallagher. It is the closing track on their fourth studio album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants and is one of Liam's most powerful and enduring vocals.
Roll moment In a vehicle suspension, roll moment is the moment of inertia of the vehicle's sprung mass (the portion of its weight supported by the suspension). The roll moment is the product of the sprung mass and the square of the distance between the vehicle's roll center and its center of mass.
Roll on Columbia "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" is an American folk song written in 1941 by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, who popularized the song through his own recording of it. One of the most popular songs in the history of the United States, it is paean to the harnessing of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest to help farms and industry through federally built hydroelectric power facilities.
Roll with It (song) "Roll With It" is a song by British rock band Oasis written by their lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. It was released 14 August 1995 as the second single from their second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory, reaching #2 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1995 in British music).
Roll-block The roll-block system allows a coupled train of standard gauge wagons to be automatically loaded onto pre-coupled narrow gauge transporter wagons so that the train can then continue through a change of gauge. The roll-block wagons go underneath the standard gauge tracks and as the roll-block train is pulled out of the roll-block siding each transporter picks up a standard gauge wagon as it rises out of the roll-block pit.
Roll-on/roll-off Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trailers or railway carriages. This is in contrast to lo-lo (lift on-lift off) vessels which use a crane to load and unload cargo.

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