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Ruben Douglas Ruben Enrique Douglas (born October 30, 1979 in Pasadena, California) is a Panamanian-American professional basketball player currently with Pamesa Valencia of the ACB, the premier professional basketball league in Spain. He played high school basketball at Bellarmine-Jefferson Academy in Burbank, California.
Ruben Garcia Ruben Garcia (born April 1, 1946) is a NASCAR racer who started out with the (at the time) Winston West Series. He is best remembered for starting an early demolition project at the Riverside International Raceway on June 12, 1988, when he came off turn 9 and hit the wall near the grandstands (there is video footage of this since ESPN did show it live at the time).
Ruben Iván Martínez Ruben Iván Martínez Andrade aka Ruben (born 22 June 1984 in Coristanco, Galicia) is Spanish football player who currently plays for FC Barcelona B of the Spanish Segunda División B. His position is Goalkeeper.
Ruben Rada Ruben Rada (born 1943; moniker "El Negro Rada") is an Afro-Uruguayan percussionist and singer. He is closely associated with candombe, an Afro-Uruguayan group drumming style in which he regularly participates.
Ruben Rodriguez (band leader) Ruben Rodriguez (born April 30, 1933 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico) is a band leader, percussionist, composer and arranger. He recorded three albums with his band, Ruben Rodriguez and his Guadalajara Kings, on Liberty Records.
Ruben Rodriguez and his Guadalajara Kings Ruben Rodriguez and his Guadalajara Kings are an instrumental mariachi rock latin jazz group based out of Hollywood, California lead by band leader, percussionist, composer and arranger Ruben Rodriguez (band leader). Three albums were produced on Liberty Records by producer Joe Saraceno.
Ruben Salazar Ruben Salazar or Rubén Salazar (March 3, 1928 - August 29, 1970) was a Mexican-American news reporter killed by the police during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970 in Los Angeles, California. During the 1970s, his killing was often cited as a symbol of the unjust treatment of Hispanic minorities by the police.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Ruben Santiago-Hudson an american actor was born on November 24, 1956 in Lackawanna, New York, USA. Has been performing his own one-man show (plus musician) "Lackawanna Blues" where he portrays over 20 characters from his past, sings and plays the harmonica.
Ruben Um Nyobé Ruben Um Nyobé (1913 - September 13, 1958) was an anti-imperialist Cameroonian leader, slain by the French army on September 13, 1958, near his natal village of Boumnyebel, in the department of Nyong-et-Kellé in the maquis Bassa. He created on April 10, 1948 the Cameroon's People Union (UPC), which used armed struggle to obtain independence.
Ruben Wiki Ruben Wiki (born January 25 1973 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition. He is contracted until the end of the 2008 season.
Rubens Bassini Rubens Bassini (* January 26 1933 in Rio de Janeiro; † September 1985) was a percussionist who played bongos and congas above all. He played together with Os Ipanemas, João Gilberto, Sergio Mendes, Eumir Deodato, and Dave Grusin, predominantly Bossa Nova.
Rubens de Falco Rubens de Falco, born on 19 October 1931 in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, began his acting career in the theater. In 1955, he joined the group "Os Jograis", of SĂŁo Paulo, beside Ruy Afonso, Italo Rossi and Felipe Wagner.
Rubensohl Rubensohl (also referred to as Rubinsohl) is a bridge convention that can be used after an opponent's intervention over a 1NT opening bid. After opponent's two-level overcall, all bids starting from 2NT are transfer bids to the next strain.
Rubenstein Stadium Rubenstein Stadium, also known as "Moe Rubenstein Stadium", is a sports stadium in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, in the western suburbs of Pittsburgh. It was the home of the Pittsburgh Passion women's football team from 2001 to 2005.
Rubenstein's Revenge Rubenstein's revenge is a 3-ball toss juggling pattern named after its inventor, Rick Rubenstein. It combines elements from Mills Mess, chops and orbits into a complex pattern, with hands crossing and un-crossing each other.
Rubi-Con Rubi-Con was a hacker convention that took place in Detroit, Michigan from 1999 to 2003 inclusive. After folding in its fifth year, Rubi-Con organizers managed to destroy its name through a creative website prank thereby preventing others from using the reputation to build their own events.
Rubicon The Rubicon (RubicĹŤ, Italian: Rubicone) is an ancient Latin name for a small river in northern Italy. It is believed that in Roman times it flowed into the Adriatic Sea between Ariminum (Rimini) and Caesena (Cesena).
Rubicon (US band) Rubicon was a one-hit wonder pop music group from the United States, who had a hit single in 1978 with "I'm Gonna Take Care of Everything". The song peaked at #28 on the Billboard magazine national singles charts.
Rubicon Estate Winery The Rubicon Estate Winery (formerly Niebaum-Coppola) is located in Rutherford, CA (Napa Valley), on a portion of the historic property first acquired in 1879 by a Finnish Sea Captain Gustave Niebaum, founder of the Inglenook Winery.
Rubicon Hydroelectric Scheme The Rubicon Hydroelectric Scheme is located on the Rubicon River and Royston Rivers, north east of Melbourne, 40 km south-west of Alexandra, Victoria. The Scheme, established in 1924, was first in Australia in 1924 and, at the time, was a significant contributor to Victoria's electricy supply network, with three run-of-river dams, four power stations and associated raceways and penstocks.
Rubicon International Services On October 28 2005 Aegis Defence Services acquired Rubicon International Services Ltd, a longstanding British provider of corporate and otherwise executive private security services. The public announcement was made on November 4 2005.
Rubidium standard A rubidium standard is a frequency standard in which a specified hyperfine transition of electrons in rubidium-87 atoms is used to control the output frequency. A rubidium standard consists of a gas cell, which has an inherent long-term instability.
Rubido Rubido is the name of a family that emigrated to Croatia, originating from nobility in Spain.This branch of the Rubido family was influential in their region of Castile during the Middle Ages and were ennobled in the 1600's.
Rubies of Eventide Rubies of Eventide (RoE or Rubies) is a medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game published by Mnemosyne, LLC and set in the fictional land of Vormis. The game includes themes of war, magic and mythical creatures.
Rubik's Cube group The Rubik's Cube is a remarkable object because it provides a tangible representation of a mathematical group. The Rubik's Cube group can be thought of as the set of all cube operations with composition as the group operation.
Rubik's Revenge The Rubik's Revenge is the 4×4×4 version of Rubik's Cube. Invented by Péter Sebestény, the Rubik's Revenge was nearly called the Sebestény Cube until a somewhat last-minute decision changed the puzzle's name to attract fans of the original Rubik's Cube.
Rubik, the Amazing Cube Rubik, the Amazing Cube was a Saturday morning cartoon that aired from 1983-1984 in the United States, produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. The program, broadcast as part of The Pac-Man/Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour block on ABC, featured a magic Rubik’s Cube named Rubik who could fly through the air and had other special powers.
Rubin and Ed Rubin & Ed is an American Independent comedy-buddy film directed by Trent Harris and released in 1991. It is about an eccentric, unsociable, young man who is forced by his mother to make some friends before she'll return his stereo to him.
Rubin Carter Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (born May 6, 1937), a middleweight boxer between 1961 and 1966, is better known for his controversial convictions (1967, 1976) for three June 1966 murders in Paterson, New Jersey, and his subsequent release from prison in 1985.
Rubin Causal Model The Rubin Causal Model (RCM) is an approach to the statistical analysis of cause and effect based on the framework of potential outcomes. RCM is named after its originator, Donald Rubin, Professor of Statistics at Harvard University.
Rubin Design Bureau Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering (Russian: Центральное конструкторское бюро "Рубин", shortened to ЦКБ "Рубин") in Saint Petersburg is one of the main Russian centers of submarine design, having produced more than two-thirds of all nuclear submarines in the Russian Navy. The word "rubin" () means ruby in the Russian language.
Rubin Goldmark Rubin Goldmark (August 15, 1872 (New York City) - March 6, 1936 (New York City)) was an American composer, pianist, and educator. He studied composition with Robert Fuchs at the Vienna Conservatory, and later with Antonín Dvořák at the National Conservatory in New York.
Rubin Gottesman Rubin Gottesman was the owner of X-Citement Video, convicted of child pornography offenses for releasing videos featuring the underage Traci Lords. Initially convicted, he had the conviction overturned, but it then was reinstated.
Rubin Museum of Art The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) is a museum in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America dedicated to the collection, display, and preservation of the art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions.
Rubin vase Rubin's vase (sometimes known as the Rubin face or the Figure-ground vase) is a famous set of cognitive optical illusions developed around 1915 by the Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin. They were first introduced at large in Rubin's two-volume work, the Danish-language Synsoplevede Figurer ("Visual Figures"), which was very well-received; Rubin included a number of examples, like a Maltese cross figure in black and white, but the one that became the most famous was his vase example, perhaps because the Maltese cross one could also be easily interpreted as a black and white beachball.
Rubina (song) Rubina is an emotional track by guitarist Joe Satriani, featured on his debut album, Not of This Earth, released in 1986. It is the third track on the album and the recorded album version is 5 minutes 50 seconds in length.
Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill, formerly known as Rubio's Baja Grill, also simply known as Rubio's, is a fast casual restaurant chain specializing in Mexican food, with an emphasis on fish tacos. As of 2005, Rubio's has over 150 restaurants in the western United States, including California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah.
Rubiscolin The rubiscolins are a group of opioid peptides which are formed during digestion of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) protein from spinach leaves. Rubiscolins mimick the effects of opiates and therefore influence the mind.
Ruble The ruble or rouble is a unit of currency. It is currently the currency unit of Belarus, Russia, and Transnistria, and was the currency unit of several other countries, notably countries influenced by Russia and the Soviet Union.
Rubredoxin Rubredoxins are a class of low-molecular-weight iron-containing proteins found in sulfur-metabolizing bacteria and archaea. Sometimes rubredoxins are classified as iron-sulfur proteins; however, in contrast to iron-sulfur proteins, rubredoxins do not contain inorganic sulfide.
Rubric (liturgy) In liturgy, rubric refers to instructions indicating actions to be performed rather than words to be said. Its name derives from the traditional practice of indicating these directions using red ink (see rubric (typography)).
Rubrication Rubrication was one of several steps in the medieval process of manuscript making. Practitioners of rubrication, so-called rubricators, were specialized scribes who received text from the manuscript's original scribe and supplemented it with additional text in red ink for emphasis.
Rubrics (ecclesiastical) Rubrics are written directions for liturgical actions found in religious service and liturgical books, especially in Christianity. They are traditionally printed or written in red (Latin: ruber) to distinguish them from the words that are supposed to be spoken, printed in black.
Rubtsovsk Rubtsovsk () is a city in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Aley River (Ob's tributary) some 281 km southwest of Barnaul, at Population: 163,063 (2002 Census); 167,000 (1975); 111,000 (1959); 38,000 (1939). It is twinned with Grants Pass, Oregon.
Rubus Rubus is a genus of plant in the Family Rosaceae, Subfamily Rosoideae. These plants have prickles like roses and are often called brambles; this name is most often used for the blackberry and similar fruits that are also of rambling habit, and not used for those like the raspberry that grow as upright canes.
Rubus leucodermis Rubus leucodermis (Blackcap Raspberry, Blue Raspberry, or Whitebark Raspberry) is a species of Rubus native to western North America, from British Columbia, Canada south to California, New Mexico and Mexico. It is closely related to the eastern Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis.
Rubus niveus Rubus niveus, also known as Mysore Raspberry or Hill Raspberry (in Hawaii) is a member of the rose family, and is closely related to the two black raspberry species Rubus leucodermis and Rubus occidentalis. Native to India, it is one of the few members of genus Rubus which are adapted to tropical climates.
Ruby (Egyptian singer) Rania Hussein (Arabic: رانيا حسين) (born October 8, 1981), known as Roubi (Arabic: روبي), is an Egyptian singer and actress who rose to fame with debut single "Enta Aref Leih." Egyptian director and producer, Sherif Sabri, is credited with launching her career.
Ruby (film) Ruby is a film, released in the United States on March 27, 1992, about Jack Ruby, the Dallas, Texas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement garage of a Dallas city police station in 1963.
Ruby (programming language) Ruby is a reflective, dynamic, object-oriented programming language. It combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like object-oriented features, and also shares some features with Python, Lisp, Dylan and CLU.
Ruby Bridges Ruby Bridges Hall (born Ruby Nell Bridges September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi) moved with her parents to New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of two. In 1960, when she was 5 years old, her parents responded to a call from the NAACP and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans School system.
Ruby Cabernet Ruby Cabernet is a red wine grape created in 1936 by Dr Harold Olmo at UC Davis in California. It is a cross of Cabernet Sauvignon and Carignan and the intention was to combine Carignan's heat tolerance with Cabernet Sauvignon's quality.
Ruby Canyon Ruby Canyon is a roughly 25 mile (40 km) canyon on the Colorado River located on the Colorado-Utah border in the western United States, and is a popular destination for rafting. The canyon takes its name from the red sandstone cliffs which line the canyon walls.
Ruby Dandridge Ruby Dandridge (1 March 1899 in Wichita, Kansas – 17 October, 1987 in Los Angeles, California) was an African American actress from the early 1900s to the 1950s. She is best known for her radio work in her early days of acting.
Ruby Elzy Ruby Elzy (1908 - June 26, 1943), was a pioneer African American operatic soprano who created role of Serena in George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess and performed in the musical more that eight hundred times. She also appeared on Broadway in the musical John Henry, in films (The Emperor Jones, Birth of the Blues), on radio and on the concert stage.
Ruby Ferguson Ruby Ferguson, 1899-1966, nee Rubie Constance Ashby, was a British writer of popular fiction, including children's books, romances, and mysteries. She is best known today for her "Jill" books, a series of Pullein-Thompsonesque pony stories for children and young adults.
Ruby Hutchison Ruby Hutchison was the first woman elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1954 serving until 1971. She also was a key figure in the establishment of the Australasian Consumers' Association in 1959 (the name was changed to the Australian Consumers' Choice Association in 1963).
Ruby character Ruby characters are small, annotative characters that can be placed above or to the side of a character when writing logographic languages such as Chinese or Japanese to show the pronunciation. Typically called just ruby or rubi, such annotations are usually used as a pronunciation guide for relatively obscure characters.
Ruby Jones Hall Ruby Jones Hall on the main Campus of West Chester University of Pennsylvania was formerly a model school for educators when West Chester was the State Normal School, preparing a large number of teachers for public education. Currently Ruby Jones Hall houses the Geography, Criminal Justice and Political Science departments.
Ruby Keeler Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993), was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers.
Ruby Kless Sondock Justice Ruby Kless Sondock was the first woman to serve on the Texas Supreme Court. Valedictorian of her class (1962) at the University of Houston Law Center, Justice Sondock was also the first woman to be appointed as a State District Judge in Harris County, Texas.
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge The Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located on the southern edge of Elko County in the northeastern section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. Established in 1938, it encompasses 37,632 acres (152 km²) of wetlands in Ruby Valley, just east of the Ruby Mountains and just south of Harrison Pass.
Ruby Magazine Ruby Magazine is an exclusive lifestyle magazine specifically created to speak to the discriminating tastes of Hamilton's most discerning residents. Highlighting the best in design, cuisine, décor, fashion and arts – Ruby Magazine is modern living at its finest.
Ruby Mountains Wilderness The Ruby Mountains Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County, in the northeast section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately 90,000 acres (364 km²), and is administered by the Humboldt National Forest.
Ruby Myers Sulochana (Pune, Maharashtra, 1907 - Mumbai, 1983, real name Ruby Myers) was an Indian silent film star of Jewish ancestry, although it is unclear whether she descended from an Ashkenazi family, Bene Israeli family, or both.
Ruby Red The Ruby Reds are one of Britain's oldest native breeds, having their origins in Pre-Roman Celtic Britain. Since then they continued to prove a popular choice with farmers due to their docility, rapid maturity, hardiness, easy calving, and their ability to reach maturity on grass alone.
Ruby River The Ruby River is a tributary of the Beaverhead River, approximately 76 mi (122 km) long, in southwestern Montana in the United States. It rises in the Beaverhead National Forest in southwestern Madison County, between the Snowcrest Range and the Gravelly Range.
Ruby Ross Wood Ruby Ross Wood (26 October 1881 - 18 February 1950) was a prominent New York interior decorator and the owner of Ruby Ross Wood, Inc., a decorating company that occupied several locations between the 1920s and her death.
Ruby slippers The ruby slippers are the shoes worn by Dorothy in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz, which give her the power of returning home anytime she wishes. She acquires the shoes after her house falls on the Wicked Witch of the East, killing the Witch and liberating the Munchkins.
Ruby Starr Ruby Starr (November 30, 1949 - January 14, 1995) was born Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak in Toledo, Ohio. Starr started performing at the age of nine under the stage name Connie Little and was later billed as Ruby Jones during the 1960s.
Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe Ruby is a humorous science fiction audio theater production produced by the ZBS Foundation, known for its pun-laden scripts written by Meatball Fulton (aka Thomas Lopez). The series was originally syndicated to radio in episodes approximately 5 minutes long, but later released as half-hour episodes, and on recordings.
Ruby Terrill Lomax Ruby Terrill Lomax (born 1886 - December 28, 1961) was born and raised in Denton, Texas, just outside of Dallas, Ruby Terrill earned degrees at state colleges, setting a record at the University of Texas at Austin for the highest grade average yet achieved by a woman at the university. Recognizing that education was her calling, she taught in rural and urban high schools and colleges in her home state, supporting herself while continuing her own studies.
Ruby Trollman Ruby Trollman is a fictional character in the American animated television series Trollz. She is a member of the BFFL (Best Friends For Life), a group of teenage girls who are able to utilize the ancient magic known as the "Power of the Five".
Ruby Valley Ruby Valley is a large basin located in south-central Elko and northern White Pine Counties, in the northeastern section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. From Secret Pass it runs south-southwest for approximately 60 miles (96 km) to Overland Pass.
Ruby Wax Ruby Wax (born Ruby Wachs on April 19, 1953, Evanston, Illinois) is an American comedian who made a career in the United Kingdom as part of the alternative comedy scene in the 1980s. Before that she was cast in the sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, called Shock Treatment.
Ruby Windsor Ruby Windsor is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The character was adapted in 1969 for the film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service starring George Lazenby as James Bond, however, her named was changed to Ruby Bartlett.
Ruby Zoo Ruby Zoo (rőő'bê zőő) is a modern rock band based in the Philly/Baltimore area. Their self-proclaimed blend of thick distortion, crisp harmonies, and soul-searching lyrics has made them distinct in comparison to the other bands with the same style of music.
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird The Ruby-topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) is a small bird that breeds in the Lesser Antilles and tropical northern South America from Colombia and Venezuela south to central Brazil. It is the only member of the genus Chrysolampis.
Ruby, Arizona The ghost town of Ruby, Arizona was a mining camp (originally the "Montana Camp," so named because the miners were mining under Montana Peak) active from the 1870s until 1941. It is now a tourism-based ghost town.
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" is a song written by Mel Tillis which was made world famous by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in 1969. However, it was originally recorded in 1967 by Johnny Darrell, who scored a top 10 country hit with it that spring.
Rubye Foldager Rubye Foldager (born in Seward, Alaska) is an alaskan high school runner who has claimed two state titles for 3A division. She has also placed 3rd over all in the 800 Meter in track at the state championships hosted by the West Valley Wolfpack.
Rubyfish The rubyfish, Plagiogeneion rubiginosum, is a rover of the genus Plagiogeneion, found at midwater over the outer continental shelf off South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the south west Pacific, at depths of between 50 and 600 m. Its length is up to 60 cm.
Rubyfruit Jungle Rubyfruit Jungle is the first novel (1973) by Rita Mae Brown, remarkable for its explicit lesbianism. The novel is a bildungsroman/autobiography (some have suggested picaresque) account of Brown's youth and emergence as a lesbian author.
RubyGems RubyGems is a package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries (in a self-contained format called "gems"), a tool designed to easily manage the installation of gems, and a server for distributing them.
RuBisCO Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, most commonly known by the shorter name RuBisCO, is an enzyme () that is used in the Calvin cycle to catalyze the first major step of carbon fixation, a process by which the atoms of atmospheric carbon dioxide are made available to organisms in the form of energy-rich molecules such as sucrose. RuBisCO catalyzes either the carboxylation or oxygenation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (also known as RuBP) with carbon dioxide or oxygen.
Ruck Zuck Ruck Zuck (which loosely means "right now") is an EP by KMFDM, featuring remixed tracks from their previous full-length release, Hau Ruck. The track "Der Mussolini" is a cover of a song originally by DAF.
Rudaj Organization The Rudaj Organization is the name given the Albanian mafia in the New York City metro area, so named for the man accused of being its kingpin, Alex Rudaj of Yorktown, New York. The Rudaj Organization, called "The Corporation" by its members, was started in 1993 in Westchester and spread to the Bronx and Queens, law enforcement officials said.
Rudaki Abdullah Jafar Ibne Mohammed Rudaki (Tajik Абӯабдуллоҳ Ҷафар Ибн Муҳаммад Рӯдакӣ, Persian ابوعبدالله جعفربن محمدبن حکیم‌بن عبدالرحمن‌بن آدم رودکی), also written as Rudagi or Rudhagi, (859-c.941) was a Persian (Tājīk) poet, and the first great literary genius of modern Persian language, who composed poems in the "New Persian" Perso-Arabic alphabet script.
Rudamun Rudamun was the final king of the Twenty-third dynasty of Ancient Egypt. His titulary simply reads as Usermaatre Setepenamun, Rudamun Meryamun, and excludes the Si-Ese or Netjer-Heqawaset epithets employed by his father and brother.
Rudar Velenje Rudar Velenje is a Slovenian football club, which plays in the town of Velenje. At the end of the 2005-2006 season, they were relegated to the Second Division of Slovenian professional football after playing the season in the First Division.
Rudas Baths Rudas Bath or Rudas fürdő is a thermal and medicinal bath that was first built in 1550, during the time of the Turkish occupation of Hungary. To date, it retains many of the key elements of a Turkish bath, exemplified by its Turkish dome and octogonal pool.
Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckia hirta is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial) native to most of North America, and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan that also has purple on the side.
Rudbeckia laciniata The cutleaf or green-headed coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata is a large perennial herb, native to Eastern North America, most often found in flood plains and moist soils. This plant grows up to 3 meters tall, with slightly glaucous leaves, and composite flowers.
Rudbjerg Rudbjerg is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the southwest coast of the island of Lolland in Storstrøm County, southern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 143 km², and has a total population of 3,432 (2005).
Rudby Rudby is a village and civil parish ,4 miles from the market town of Stokesley in theHambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is ajoined to another village called Hutton Rudby and it lies on the River Leven.
Rudd (Greyhawk) In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Rudd is the Oeridian goddess of Chance, Good Luck, and Skill. She is on good terms with her mentor, Olidammara, and Norebo, but opposes Iuz, Zagyg, Ralishaz.
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity is a scientific and public policy organization in New Haven, Connecticut. Formed at Yale University, the Rudd Center was co-founded in March, 2005 by benefactor Leslie Rudd and Kelly D.
Rudd Weatherwax Ruddell "Rudd" Weatherwax (September 23, 1907 – February 25, 1985) was an American actor and animal trainer. He and his brother Frank Weatherwax are best remembered for training dogs for motion pictures and television.
Rudder A rudder is a device used to steer ships, boats, submarines, aircraft, hovercraft or other conveyances that move through air or water. Rudders operate by re-directing the flow of air or water past the hull or fuselage, thus imparting a turning or yawing motion to the craft.
Rudder ratio Rudder ratio refers to a value that is monitored by the computerized flight control systems in modern aircraft. The ratio relates the aircraft airspeed to the rudder deflection setting that's in effect at the time.

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