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Ross Brawn Ross Brawn is a British engineer, best known for his role as the technical director of Scuderia Ferrari, the Ferrari company's Formula One constructor, from 1996 to 2006. His biggest role has often been perceived to be planning and executing the team's race strategies, which have often allowed Michael Schumacher to take surprising wins.
Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa The Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa is a 259-room resort, providing fine dining, an excellent golf course, and equipped with a 12,000 square foot full service spa. The resort is a member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail chain of courses owned and operated by Retirement Systems of Alabama.
Ross Browner Ross Browner (born March 22, 1954 in Warren, Ohio) is a former American football defensive end. He is the father of current Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Max Starks, and brother of Joey Browner and Keith Browner.
Ross Burge Ross Burge is a New Zealand musician, who has played drums in bands such as Sharon O'Neil's backing band, Sneaky Feelings, The Stereo Bus, and The Mutton Birds. Ross Burge also plays drums with Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers.
Ross Butler Ross Butler (1907-1995) was a widely acclaimed farmer, photographer, songwriter, livestock judge, cattle and poultry breeder, pioneer of cattle artificial insemination, painter and sculptor of farm animals, as well as an author (the autobiographical, My Father's Farm). He was a direct descendant of United Empire Loyalist Colonel John Butler.
Ross Cameron Ross Alexander Cameron (born 14 May 1965), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to October 2004, representing the Division of Parramatta, New South Wales. The son of Jim Cameron, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, he was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at Sydney University.
Ross Clarke-Jones Ross Clarke-Jones is a well-known big wave surfer. He originally came from the Central Coast, of New South Wales, Australia where he enjoyed surfing Terrigal Haven, a point break that produces rare waves lasting for up to 300 metres on a big swell.
Ross Clifford Rev Dr Ross Clifford (born 1951) is an Australian Baptist theologian, political commentator, radio personality and author. A former lawyer who later joined the ministry, Clifford became a campaigner on moral issues while a suburban Sydney pastor in the 1980s.
Ross Davidson Ross Davidson (25 August 1949 – 16 October 2006), born William Russell Davidson in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, was a British actor best known for his role as Andy O'Brien in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Ross Dolan Ross Dolan is the vocalist/bassplayer and one of the founders of the American death metal band Immolation. His very deep but nevertheless intelligible death grunt is quite characteristic, vaguely reminiscent of the vocals of Kam Lee and is almost exactly as deep on the band's most recent Harnessing Ruin CD (2005) as it was on its debut Dawn of Possession (1991).
Ross Edwards Ross Edwards (born December 1 1942, Cottesloe, Western Australia) is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer. Edwards played in 20 Tests for Australia, playing against England, West Indies and Pakistan.
Ross Emerson Ross Alexander Emerson (born February 26 1954) was an international cricket umpire from Australia who is best known for calling Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for chucking. He also played grade cricket for Petersham-Marrickville in the Sydney grade cricket competition.
Ross Errilly Friary The Ross Errilly Friary (alternatively Rosserrilly or Rosseriall Friary) is a medieval Franciscan abbey located about a mile to the northwest of Headford, County Galway, Ireland. It is among the best-preserved medieval monastic sites in the country.
Ross F. Gray Sergeant Ross Franklin Gray (August 1, 1920–February 27, 1945) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor — the highest military honor of the United States — for his heroic service in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II — he single-handedly disarmed an entire mine field while under heavy enemy fire. He was killed in action six days later.
Ross Free Ross Vincent Free was an Australian politician who had an extended period of service to the Australian Labor Party as both a member, federal parliamentarian (1980-1996) and minister (1990-1996). He was born on 7 March 1943 at Bathurst, New South Wales and upon completion of formal education was a successful graduate of the University of Sydney, graduating with Honours from Science with a Graduate Diploma in Education.
Ross Freeman Ross Freeman was the inventor of the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and the co-founder of Xilinx, the leading FPGA developer. He died in 1989, at age of 45, only a few years after launching the successful corporation.
Ross Gillespie John Ross Gillespie (born June 2, 1935 in Timaru) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1960 and in 1964. In 1972 he was a member of the coaching staff at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with the men's national team.
Ross Gload Ross Peter Gload (born on April 5, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York) is a utilityman for the Kansas City Royals. Before playing with the White Sox for the last three years, Gload played for the Chicago Cubs and the Colorado Rockies.
Ross Global Academy Ross Global Academy Charter School, developed in collaboration with New York University (NYU) and Ross School, is an innovative New York City Public Charter School which will grow to serve students in grades K-12. RGACS opened on the Lower East Side in September 2006 with 160 students in Grades K, 1, 5 and 6.
Ross Greenburg Ross Greenburg is most well known for his work as President of HBO Sports. HBO Sports is famous for its series "Sports of the 20th Century" a series of sports documentaries produced by Greenburg, as well as the leading sports magazine show "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," a football studio show led by Bob Costas, Dan Marino, Cris Carter, and Chris Collinsworth titled "Inside the NFL" and Championship Boxing.
Ross Gregory Ross Gerald Gregory (born February 28, 1916, Murchison, Victoria, Australia; died June 10, 1942 over Assam, India) was an Australian Test cricketer. Gregory, a right-hand batsman, played in only two Test matches in the season of 1936-37.
Ross Halfin Ross Halfin is one of the world's top English music and travel photographers. Having shot bands such as Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses, KISS, Metallica, The Who and many others, Halfin's images are widely published in magazines, newspapers and books.
Ross Hull Ross Hull (born August 25 1975) is a Canadian actor and television personality perhaps best known for his role as Gary, the leader of the Midnight Society, on the 1992- 1996 television series Are You Afraid of the Dark?.
Ross Hunter Ross Hunter, born Martin Fuss (May 6, 1920 - March 10, 1996), was a noted Hollywood film producer. After serving in Army intelligence during World War II, Hunter signed a movie contract with Columbia Pictures and acted in a number of B-movie musicals.
Ross Cheever Ross Cheever (born April 12, 1964) is an American race car driver and is the younger brother of former Formula 1 driver and Indianapolis 500 champion Eddie Cheever. Born in Rome, Ross never completed a full season in elite level motorsport, however, he did make four CART starts for A.
Ross Jeffries Ross Jeffries, or Paul Ross Jeffrey, (born Jeff Ross) is a former comedy writer and the creator of "Speed Seduction", a set of teachings that draws from Neuro Linguistic Programming and other hypnotic techniques. Jeffries claims these methods help men understand women, particularly their motivations and psychology, in order to successfully establish sexual relations.
Ross Jordan Ross Jones is a British professional wrestler best known by his ring name Ross Jordan (often misspelled Jordon) most notably for his work within Revolution British Wrestling (RBW), and then Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) where he competes in its Flyweight division.
Ross Lake National Recreation Area Ross Lake National Recreation Area is a US National Recreation Area located in north central Washington just south of the Canadian border. It is the most accessible part of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex which also includes North Cascades National Park and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
Ross Lee Finney Ross Lee Finney Junior (December 23 1906–February 4 1997) was an American composer born in Wells, Minnesota who taught for many years at the University of Michigan. He studied with Nadia Boulanger, Edward Burlingame Hill, Alban Berg (from 1931-2) and Roger Sessions (in 1935).
Ross Lindsey Iams Ross Lindsey Iams (5 April 1879 Graysville, Pennsylvania & died 25 March 1952 was a United States Marines Sergeant awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions on 17 November 1915. He later obtained the rank of Major.
Ross Lowis Mangles Ross Lowis Mangles (14 April 1833-20 February 1905) was a 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.
Ross Macpherson Smith Sir Ross Macpherson Smith KBE MC DFC AFC 4 December 1892 – 13 April 1922 was an Australian aviator, who along with his brother, Sir Keith Macpherson Smith, became the first pilots to fly from England to Australia (in 1919).
Ross Malinger Ross Malinger (born July 7, 1984 in Redwood City, California) is an American actor who costarred with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in the 1993 romantic drama/comedy Sleepless In Seattle. Malinger also starred in the 1997 comedy Toothless along with Kirstie Alley, portraying the second main character of the film, and played Adam Lippman, the Bar-Mitzvah boy who liked Elaine's Shicksappeal, on Seinfeld ("Serenity Now").
Ross Mathews Ross Matthews (also known as Ross the Intern) (born August 1980) is an American television personality known mostly for his role as a correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. A former intern on that show, he is referred to by Leno as "Ross the Intern".
Ross McClellan Ross McClellan (born October 8, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1987 as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
Ross McCloud Ross McCloud (April 16, 1819 – August 22, 1868) was a California pioneer and early settler in Northern California. While he is regarded by some as a namesake of the town of McCloud, California, and the nearby McCloud River, please see historical note below.
Ross McElwee Ross McElwee (born July 21 1947) is an American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, and Harvard professor, known for his autobiographical films about his family and personal life, usually interwoven with an episodic journey of some sort. McElwee is a 1970 graduate of Brown University.
Ross McKitrick Ross McKitrick is a Canadian environmental economist and global warming skeptic, best known for his statistical reviews of reconstructions of historic temperatures that purport to show dramatic recent global warming relative to history. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Guelph, Ontario (since 2001) and, since 2002, Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute, a Canadian free-market policy think tank that opposes the Kyoto Protocol.
Ross Nichols Ross Nichols (1902-1975), a Cambridge academic and published poet, artist and historian, who founded the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids in 1964, and since then, he wrote prolifically on the subjects of Druidism and Celtic mythology.
Ross Norman Ross Norman (born January 7 1959) is a former professional squash player from New Zealand. He is best remembered for winning the World Open in 1986, when he beat Jahangir Khan of Pakistan in the final 9-5, 9-7, 7-9, 9-1.
Ross procedure The Ross procedure (or pulmonary autograft) is a cardiac surgery operation where a diseased aortic valve is replaced with the person's own pulmonary valve. A pulmonary homograft (valve taken from a cadaver) is then used to replace the patient's own pulmonary valve.
Ross Pointon Ross John "The Gladiator" Pointon (born December 18 1978) is an English mixed martial arts competitor who holds a record of 4 wins, 7 losses. He was a competitor in season three of The Ultimate Fighter, fighting in the Light Heavyweight (205 lb.
Ross Powless Alex (Ross) Powless (1926–2003) was a Mohawk lacrosse player from the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian reserve near Brantford, Ontario. His exceptional play has been credited with reviving interest in box lacrosse in the 1950s.
Ross Prio Ross Prio (May 1901-December 1972) was a Chicago mobster and member of the Chicago Outfit between 1930s until the early 70s. Prio also had a reputation as one of the syndicates leading torture and murder specialist and, according to one account, was able to persuade a plaintiff to drop a million-dollar lawsuit against a prominent Chicago politician on the basis of his reputation alone.
Ross rifle The Ross rifle was a straight-pull bolt-action .303 calibre rifle produced in Canada from 1903 until the middle of the First World War, when it was withdrawn from service in Europe due to unreliability under wartime conditions.
Ross River Dena Council The Ross River Dena Council is a First Nation in the eastern Yukon Territory in Canada. Its main centre is in Ross River, Yukon at the junction of the Campbell Highway and the Canol Road, near the confluence of the Pelly River and the Ross River.
Ross River Fever Ross River Virus or Ross River Fever also referred to as epidemic polyarthritis, is a mosquito-transmitted Alphavirus. The virus is transmitted by the Aedes vigilax mosquito when they feed on the infected animal blood carrying the virus.
Ross River virus Ross River virus (RRV) is an arbovirus of the genus Alphavirus. In humans, it is the cause of an 'epidemic polyarthritis' commonly known as Ross River fever, that in Australia infected an average of about 4,000 people annually in the decade 1995-2004 [1].
Ross Robertson Harold Valentine Ross Robertson (known as HV Ross Robertson) (1949 - ) is a New Zealand politician, and currently one of two Assistant Speakers in the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the Labour Party.
Ross Rowland Ross Rowland is a controversial figure in the United States railroadpreservation, recreation and enthusiastic communities who is closely identified with running public and demonstration excursions on existing railroads utilizing steam locomotives.
Ross Rutledge Ross ("Roscoe") Rutledge (born July 7, 1962 – died April 23, 2004) is a former field hockey player, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Canada, starting in 1984. After having finished in tenth position in Los Angeles, California, the long time resident of Langley, British Columbia ended up in eleventh place with the Men's National Team in the Seoul Games.
Ross Somerville Charles Ross "Sandy" Somerville (1903 – May 17, 1991) was a Canadian golfer and all-around athlete from London, Ontario. He won six Canadian amateur golfing titles between 1926 and 1939, and in 1932 became the first Canadian to win the United States Men's Amateur Golf Championship.
Ross Stevenson (Radio) Ross (Roscoe) Stevenson, real name Ross Campbell, (born August 25, 1957) (with on-air partner John Burns) is a radio presenter on Melbourne radio. Breakfast with Ross Stevenson & John Burns on radio station 3AW is one of Australia's most successful radio shows.
Ross Thomas Ross Thomas (born February 19, 1926, in Oklahoma City – December 18, 1995, in Santa Monica, California) was an American writer of crime fiction. He is best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics.
Ross Tollerton Ross Tollerton (May 6 1890 May 7- 1931) born in Ayr, Ayrshire he was a Scottish 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.
Ross Township, Wood County, Ohio Ross Township was the northernmost township in Wood County, Ohio from its establishment on April 18, 1874 until December 1, 1962. Farms, gardens, orchards, and railroads covered the area located just south of east Toledo.
Ross Tregenza Ross Tregenza is a Bristol UK based musician. His current projects are Visage (in the roles of guitarist and co-writer for their "mark II" incarnation) and Jetstream Lovers (as songwriter, guitarists and singer).
Ross Valory Ross Lamont Valory (born February 2, 1949 in San Francisco, California) is Journey's noted bass player. In a band that creates its vibe with haunting bass lines and bass and chord contrasts, he plays an essential role.
Ross Vasta Ross Vasta (born 8 October 1966), Australian politician, was elected to the House of Representatives as member for the Division of Bonner, Queensland for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election. He defeated the former Labor minister Con Sciacca.
Ross Wilson (musician) Ross Wilson (born November 18, 1947) is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer who is best known for fronting the groups Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock, and for his production of albums by the Australian band Skyhooks.
Ross Winn Ross Winn (August 25, 1871–August 8, 1912) was an anarchist writer and publisher who was best known for publishing several radical political journals and trying to promote anarchism within the historically conservative southern United States.
Ross-Loos Medical Group Ross-Loos Medical Group was a comprehensive prepaid health services plan with 29 medical offices throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernadino Counties and a large multi-specialty hospital located on Temple Street in Los Angeles, California.
Ross-on-Wye Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: Rhosan ar Wy) is a small market town with a population of approximately 10,000 in Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on the edge of the Forest of Dean. The town is known for its antique shops, and high number of public houses.
Ross-shire Ross-shire, or the County of Ross, (Siorrachd Rois in Scottish Gaelic) is a former county of Scotland. The county bordered on Sutherland, Cromartyshire (of which it contained many enclaves), Inverness-shire and an exclave of Nairnshire.
Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency) Ross-shire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. In 1832 it was merged with Cromartyshire to form Ross and Cromarty.
Ross, Cromarty and Skye (UK Parliament constituency) Ross, Cromarty and Skye was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
Ross, Skye and Inverness West (UK Parliament constituency) Ross, Skye and Inverness West was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2005. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
Rossall School Rossall School is a British co-educational independent day- and boarding school in Fleetwood, Lancashire. It was founded in 1844 (As a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year) by The Rev.
Rossano Gospels The Rossano Gospels, located at the Cathedral of Rossano in Italy, are a 6th century Gospel Book written during the occupation of the Italian peninsula by the Byzantine Empire. It is one of the oldest surviving illuminated manuscripts of the New Testament.
Rossassa Fel Qalb Rossassa Fel Qalb (, A Bullet in the Heart) was a 1944 Egyptian drama film directed by Mohammed Karim starring Egyptian actresses Raqiya Ibrahim, Faten Hamama, musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab and actor Seraj Munir. It is based on a novel by Tewfik El-Hakim.
Rossaveal Rossaveal or Rossaveel (Ros a' MhĂ­l in Irish) is a fishing village in Connemara, Ireland, and the main ferry port for the Aran Islands in Galway Bay. The village is situated in the heart of the Connemara Gaeltacht.
Rossby number The Rossby number, named for Carl-Gustav Arvid Rossby, is a dimensionless number used in describing fluid flow, usually in geophysical phenomena in the oceans and atmosphere. It characterises the ratio of the net acceleration in a fluid to the Coriolis accelerations arising from planetary rotation.
Rossby parameter The Rossby parameter is a number used in geophysics and meteorology which arises due to the northward variation of the Coriolis force caused by the spherical shape of the Earth. It is important in the generation of Rossby waves.
Rossby radius of deformation In atmospheric dynamics and oceanography, the Rossby radius of deformation is the length scale at which rotational effects become as important as buoyancy effects in the evolution of the flow about some disturbance.
Rossby wave Rossby (or planetary) waves are large-scale motions in the ocean or atmosphere whose restoring force is the variation in Coriolis effect with latitude. Some have suggested that if Rossby waves were more commonly called planetary waves, it would reduce confusion.
Rosscarbery Rosscarbery (Ros Ă“ gCairbre in Irish) is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is the birthplace of one of the greatest leaders of the Irish War of Independence, Tom Barry, and one of the leaders of the Irish Fenian movement, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa .
Rosselló The comarca of Roussillon (Catalan: Rosselló) is a historical Catalan comarca of Northern Catalonia, now part of the French Département of Pyrénées-Orientales. Its capital is Perpignan (Catalan: Perpinyà).
Rossenarra House Rossenarra House is a large country house built in Rossenarra Demesne (formerly Castlehale) near the village of Kilmoganny in Kilkenny, Ireland. It was designed by the architect James Hoban, who was also responsible for designing the White House in Washington, D.
Rossendale Rossendale is a local government district with borough status. It is made up of a number of small former mill towns in Lancashire, England centred around the valley of the River Irwell in the industrial North West.
Rossens, Vaud Rossens is a village in the district of Payerne of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Formerly an independent municipality, it lost that status on 1 July 2006 when, together with SĂ©deilles, it was merged into Villarzel.
Rosser Park Regional Botanic Gardens Rosser Park Regional Botanic Gardens are located on Ashmore Road Benowa, Gold Coast, Australia. The development of the master plan for the botanic gardens involved more than 18 months investigation, site analysis and community consultation.
Rossett School Rossett School (formerly known as Rossett High School) is a specialist Maths & Computing College in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Students come from Harrogate, neighbouring towns and villages, and nearby Leeds.
Rossi Rossi is an Italian surname, in fact, the most frequent in Italy. Due to Italian immigration to many other countries, is also very common in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. Rossi is the plural of Rosso, meaning the color red as in red haired Italian language. It has other variants such as De Rossi, Rossini, De Rossi. In the case of Italian Jews, the name refers to the fact that at some point in time they had to wear a distinctive red had in Venice. The Russo surname is related to the singular form Rosso and it is the second most frequent surname in Italy. However it is also a Scottish surname such variations are Ross (however the Ross surname is claimed by a different clan: Clan Ross), Rossie and sometimes Rossi (Clan MacLeod).
Rossi Codex The Rossi Codex is a music manuscript collection of the 14th century. The largest part of Rossi is currently in the Vatican Library ((Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rossi 215) while a smaller portion is in the Northern Italian town of Ostiglia (Biblioteca musicale Opera Pia "G.
Rossi-Forel scale The Rossi-Forel scale was one of the first seismic scales to reflect earthquake intensities. Developed by Michele Stefano Conte de Rossi of Italy and François-Alphonse Forel of Switzerland in the 1800s, it was used for about two decades until the introduction of the Mercalli intensity scale in 1902.
Rossia (1896) The Rossia (Russia) was an armoured cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy, She fought in the Russo-Japanese war, being damaged at the Battle of Ulsan. She was converted to a minelayer before World War I, where she fought in the Baltic.
Rossington Main Novices' Hurdle The Rossington Main Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above novices run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres) at Haydock Park Racecourse in January. There are eight hurdles to be jumped in the race.
Rossini Opera Festival The Rossini Opera Festival (frequently referred to among musicians as the Pesaro Festival) is an opera festival held in August of each year in Pesaro, Italy, the birthplace of the opera composer Gioacchino Rossini.
Rossiter Bay Rossiter Bay is located on the southern coast of Western Australia, in the Cape Le Grand National Park east of Esperance. The bay is noted as the place where explorer Edward John Eyre and his Aboriginal companion Wylie met the crew of the French whaling ship Mississippi in June 1841, having completed a crossing of the Nullarbor Plain.
Rossiter-McLaughlin effect The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect is a spectroscopic phenomenon observed when either an eclipsing binary's secondary star or an extrasolar planet is seen to transit across the face of the primary or parent star. As a main star rotates on its axis, one quadrant of the photosphere will be seen to be coming towards the viewer, and the other quadrant seen to be moving away.
Rossiya Airlines Rossiya Airlines (Rossiya State Transport Company) is an airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operates scheduled services, as well as providing VIP flights on behalf of the Russian government, including operation of the presidential aircraft.
Rossiya Hotel The Rossiya Hotel () was built in Moscow in 1967 at the order of Nikita Khrushchev. At the time of its construction it was the largest hotel in the world; nearly forty years later when it was shut down, it was still the largest in Europe.
Rossiyane Rossiyane (in Cyrillic: Россияне) is a plural Russian term used in Russian demographics, ethnography, and politics to denote peoples living in the Russian Federation, or previously in the Russian Empire, or who otherwise consider Russia to be their home country, regardless of their ethnic background or religion. Its singular form is Rossiyanin (masculine) or Rossiyanka (feminine).
Rossland-Trail Rossland-Trail was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the towns of Rossland and Trail, in the West Kootenay. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a redistribution of the former ridings of Greenwood and Trail, and lasted until the 1963 election.
Rosslare Europort Rosslare Europort is a modern seaport located at Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, at the southeasternmost point of Ireland's coastline, handling passenger and freight ferries to and from the United Kingdom and France. The port, formerly called Rosslare Harbour, is operated by Iarnród Éireann, Ireland's national railway operator, which provides direct services to Limerick and Dublin from Rosslare Europort railway station -- see rail transport in Ireland.
Rosslare Europort railway station Rosslare Europort railway station is a railway station serving Rosslare Europort in County Wexford. The station is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann and is served primarily by the mainline from Dublin Connolly station, although there are also limited services to Limerick which travel via Waterford.
Rosslare Harbour The village of Rosslare Harbour (Calafort Ros Láir in Irish) grew up to serve the needs of the harbour of the same name (now called Rosslare Europort), first developed in 1906 by the Great Western Railway and the Great Southern and Western Railway to accommodate steamferry traffic between Great Britain and Ireland.
Rosslare Strand Rosslare Strand, or simply Rosslare (Ros Láir in Irish, meaning "the middle peninsula"), is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. The name Rosslare Strand is used to distinguish it from the nearby community of Rosslare Harbour, site of the Rosslare Europort.
Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss Admiral Sir Rosslyn Erskine Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss (born 12 April, 1864 in Fife, died 24 May, 1933) served in active naval command positions during World War I, with postings to the Mediterranean and Egypt, and was appointed First Sea Lord in December 1917
Rosslyn, Virginia Rosslyn is an unincorporated area located in the northeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown in Washington, D.C.

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