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Ruidoso, New Mexico Ruidoso is a small mountain resort city/village in Lincoln County], [[New Mexico, USA and adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 7,698 at the 2000 census and 11,210 in the 2005 census estimate.
Ruijin Ruijin (Chinese: 瑞金, pinyin: Ruìjīn) is a county-level city of Ganzhou in the mountains bordering Fujian Province in south-eastern Jiangxi. It is most famous as one of the earliest centers of Chinese communist activity.
Ruijū Myōgishō The is a Japanese dictionary from the late Heian Period. The title, sometimes abbreviated as Myōgishō, combines the ruiju ("classified dictionary") from the Wamyō Ruijushō and the myōgi ("pronunciation and meaning/definition") from the Tenrei Banshō Myōgi.
Ruin (publishing house) Ruin is a Swedish publishing house, well-known for high quality books, mostly translations from various languages. It was established in 1996 by Harald Hultqvist, Nils HĂĄkanson, Carl Ehrenkrona, Jon Smedsaas and Staffan Vahlquist.
Ruin value Ruin value is the concept that a building be designed such that if it eventually collapsed, it would leave behind aesthetically pleasing ruins that would last far longer without any maintenance at all. The idea was pioneered by Albert Speer and supported by Hitler.
Ruinart (champagne) Ruinart is one of the oldest Champagne houses, exclusively producing champagne since 1729. Founded by Nicholas Ruinart in the Champagne region in the city of Reims, the house is today owned by the parent company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA.
Ruinaulta Ruinaulta is a canyon on the Vorderrhein just upstream of its confluence with the Hinter Rhine at Reichenau, Eastern Switzerland. It is sometimes known as the Rhine Canyon, or Swiss Grand Canyon (more for its size than any resemblance to the Grand Canyon).
Ruine Helfenstein Ruine Helfenstein represents the remnants, ruins, of the fortified castle (Burg) Helfenstein of the counts of Helfenstein above the city of Geislingen an der Steige, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany. The castle was constructed at the turn of the 12th century and was frequently enlarged during the period from 1100 through 1380.
Ruined for life The term "ruined for life" has several uses, most common is the notion that a person has experienced something life changing, and thus they are "ruined for life". The stimulating experience can range the full spectrum, from tragedy through pleasurable to enlightenment.
Ruined orgasm A ruined orgasm is a technique, usually used by a woman dominating a man, of allowing physical sexual release while denying psychological satisfaction. The person is stimulated to the moment ejaculation is inevitable Stimulation may be stopped by breaking physical contact the moment he or she starts to come.
Ruins Ruins is a term used to describe the remains of man-made architecture: structures that were at one time complete but which have either been deliberately destroyed or fallen into a state of disrepair over time due to the action of weathering and lack of maintenance.
Ruins (comics) Ruins is a two-issue, limited series comic book, written by Warren Ellis with painted artwork by Cliff & Terese Nielsen set in a dystopian version of the Marvel Universe. The main character, Phil Sheldon, is also the central character of Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross and this series can be seen as a darker retelling of this story.
Ruins in the Gulf of Cambay On May 19, 2001, India's science and technology minister Murli Manohar Joshi announced the finding of ruins in the Gulf of Khambat (formerly known as the Gulf of Cambay and more commonly spelled Khambhat). The ruins, known as the Gulf of Khambat Cultural Complex (GKCC), are located on the seabed of a nine-kilometer stretch off the coast of Gujarat province at a depth of about 40 m.
Ruiru Ruiru is a town in the Thika District of Kenya’s Central Province. Located within three kilometers of Nairobi's city boundary, Ruiru is a dormitory town for the nation's capital, and is connected by both rail and road.
Ruisleipä Ruisleipä (literally rye bread in English) is a dark bread produced mainly in Finland. Traditionally this bread was baked in rings, which were then placed on poles suspended just below the kitchen ceiling, to dry and be stored.
Ruislip Manor Ruislip Manor is a small greater London suburb in the London Borough of Hillingdon sandwiched between Eastcote and Ruislip. The nearest tube station is Ruislip Manor tube station which is on both the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines.
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (UK Parliament constituency) Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner will 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.
Ruissalo Ruissalo (Finnish; Runsala in Swedish) is an island in the Archipelago Sea and a district of the city of Turku, Finland. The island is located to the south-west of the city, between Hirvensalo and Pansio in the mainland.
Rukan Razuki Abd al-Ghafar Rukan Razuki Abd al-Ghafar was the head of the tribal affairs office in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Since the fall of Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States and its allies, his whereabouts have been unknown.
Ruki Vverkh Ruki Vverkh ( meaning for "Hands up") was one of the most successful Russian pop groups of 90`s. Produced mostly dance music which combined simple melodies with elements of progressive sound of the time.
Rukmini Devi Arundale Rukmini Devi Arundale (February 29, 1904 - February, 1986) has perhaps done more than any other individual to enrich India's artistic and cultural heritage. As one of India’s outstanding personalities, she inherited a background full with a cultural, artistic and learned atmosphere.
Rukn ud din Firuz Rukn ud din Firuz (1236) was an Islamic ruler and the fourth Sultan of Delhi of medieval India who only ruled for a meager seven months during the Slave Dynasty (or Mameluk dynasty) He was the son of Shams ud din Iltutmish (1211-1236) and was raised to become Iltutmish's heir. However after Iltutmish's death in April, 1236 he was viewed as being unfit to rule and was murdered in November 1236.
Rukum District Rukum district, a part of Rapti zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Jhumlikhalanga as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,877 sq km and has a population (2001) of 188,438.
Rukumkot Rukumkot is a large village in Rukum district, Nepal, approximately 350 kilometres west of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. On April 1st 2001 the town became the subject of an uprising by Maoist rebels who attacked the police headquarters, killing some 30 officers and wounding many others.
Rukunegara The Rukunegara or sometimes Rukun Negara (Malay for "National Principles") is a philosophy and national ideology — the de facto Malaysian pledge of allegiance — was instituted by royal proclamation on Merdeka Day, 1970, in reaction to a serious race riot known as the May 13 Incident which occurred in 1969. The incident proved at that time that Malaysian racial balance and stability was fragile at best.
Rule 13D An SEC rule requiring disclosure by anyone acquiring a beneficial ownership of 5% or more of any equity security registered with the SEC. If the company is listed on an exchange, the form must be filed with the exchange, too.
Rule 240 Rule 240 is a term describing what individual airlines will do for late or stranded passengers, in the event of delays caused by airlines. The term refers to a federal requirement before airline deregulation in 1978.
Rule 5 draft The Rule 5 draft is a draft specific to Major League Baseball that occurs at the annual Winter Meeting of general managers. Its purpose is to prevent any one team from stockpiling too many talented young players in its minor league affiliates.
Rule 55 Rule 55 was an operating rule adopted by railway companies in Great Britain in the late 19th century. It was introduced following a spate of accidents caused by signalmen forgetting that trains were standing on the line, sometimes within sight of their signal boxes.
Rule against perpetuities The rule against perpetuities is a rule in property law which prohibits a contingent grant or will from vesting outside a certain period of time. If there is a possibility of the estate vesting outside of the period, regardless of how remote, the whole interest is void, and is stricken from a grant.
Rule by decree Rule by decree is a style of governance allowing quick, unchallenged creation of law by a single person or group, and is used primarily by dictators and absolute monarchs, although philosophers such as Giorgio Agamben have pointed out how it has been generalized since World War I in all modern states, including representative democracies.
Rule in Allhusen v Whittell The rule in Allhusen v Whitell (1867) LR 4 Eq 295 is a rule of equity which requires the trustee of a trust to strike a fair balance between the beneficiaries who are tenants for life and those who are remaindermen in respect of payment of the debts of an estate. The life tenant under a will is entitled to income earned after the testator's death, but it often takes some time to ascertain and settle all of those debts.
Rule in Clayton's Case The rule in Clayton's Case (or, to give it its full legal name and citation: Devaynes v Noble (Clayton's Case) (1816) 1 Mer 572) is a common law presumption in relation to the distribution of monies from a bank account. The rule is based upon the deceptively simple notion of first-in, first-out to determine the effect of payments from an account, and will normally apply in the absence of evidence of any other intention.
Rule in Dearle v Hall The rule in Dearle v Hall (1828) 3 Russ 1 is an English common law rule to determine priority between competing equitable claims to the same asset. The rule broadly provides that where the equitable owner of an asset purports to dispose of his equitable interest on two or more occasions, and the equities are equal between claimants, the claimant who first notifies the trustee or legal owner of the asset shall have a first priority claim.
Rule in Howe v Earl of Dartmouth The rule in Howe v Earl of Dartmouth (1802) 7 Ves 137 is a rule of equity in relation to the duties of a trustee in relation to a trust fund where there are successive interests in relation to the trust fund, and seeks to strike a fair balance between the rights of the life tenant and the remainderman. It is one of a number of highly technical common law rules which causes considerable angst where wills and trusts have not been professionally prepared.
Rule in Re Atkinson The rule in Re Atkinson [1904] 22 160 is a rule of equity relating to the disposition by the trustees of an authorised mortgage security where the security forms part of a trust fund, and the beneficiaries of the trust fund include a tenant for life and a remainderman. Where the security is sold and the proceeds are insufficient to satisfy the principal and interest in full, it is necessary to determine the way in which the loss shall be shared as between the tenant for life and the remainderman.
Rule in Saunders v Vautier The rule in Saunders v Vautier (1841) 4 Beav 115 is a rule of equity which provides that, if all of the beneficiaries a trust are of adult age and under no disability, the beneficiaries may require the trustee to transfer the legal estate to them and thereby terminate the trust. The rule has been repeatedly affirmed in common law jurisdictions.
Rule in Shelley's Case The Rule in Shelley's Case, dating from the 14th century, is a famous, if now almost useless, legal rule that is the bane of most first-year law students studying common law real property law. It was reported by Lord Coke in England in the 17th century as well-settled law.
Rule induction Rule induction is an area of machine learning in which formal rules are extracted from a set of observations. The rules extracted may represent a full scientific model of the data, or merely represent local patterns in the data.
Rule of 1/1000th common ancestry The Rule of 1/1000th common ancestry is a criterion used to create meaningful family groupings. It was first adopted by Lawrence Kestenbaum to determine which individuals should be included with specific political families on the Political Graveyard website.
Rule of 11 In bridge, the rule of 11 is applied when the Opening lead is the fourth best from the defender's suit. The rule works because the defender is known to have three and exactly three cards higher than the card led.
Rule of 1756 The Rule of 1756 was a policy of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that was promulgated during the Seven Years' War. It ruled that Britain would not trade with neutral nations who were also trading with the enemy.
Rule of avoidance The rule of avoidance was a rule employed in the Sui Dynasty in China for the appointment of officials. A system similar to this was adopted by Emperor Akbar of the Mughal Empire to prevent corruption and favoritism.
Rule of capture The law of capture or rule of capture determines ownership of subsurface oil and gas. The general rule is that a landowner who extracts or “captures” oil or gas from a well that bottoms within the subsurface of his land acquires absolute ownership of the substance, even if it is drained from the subsurface of another’s land.
Rule of four The rule of four is a Supreme Court of the United States practice that permits four of the nine justices to grant a writ of certiorari. This is done specifically to prevent a majority of the court from controlling all the cases it agrees to hear.
Rule of Faith Rule of Faith is the name given to the ultimate authority or standard in religious belief, such as the Bible alone, as among Protestants; the Bible and the Church, as among Romanists; reason alone, as among rationalists; the inner light of the spirit, as among mystics. The original Rule of faith in the Early Christian Church (also known as regula fidei) as Irenaeus knew it, included the following:
Rule of law The rule of law is the principle that governmental authority is legitimately exercised only in accordance with written, publicly disclosed laws adopted and enforced in accordance with established procedure. The principle is intended to be a safeguard against arbitrary governance.
Rule of least privilege The rule of least privilege -- When we allow access to something, we should allow access to only those people who need it and under the context that they need it. Take exactly what access needs to happen and limit it directly to that.
Rule of Rose Rule of Rose is a survival horror game for the PlayStation 2. Its plot, set in 1930s England, revolves around a nineteen year old woman named Jennifer, who becomes trapped in a world ruled by young girls who have established a class hierarchy called the Red Crayon Aristocrats.
Rule of sum In combinatorics, the rule of sum is a basic counting principle. Stated simply, it is the idea that if we have a ways of doing something and b ways of doing another thing and we can not do both at the same time, then there are a + b ways to choose one of the actions.
Rule of the Bone Rule Of The Bone is a 1995 novel by Russell Banks. It is a bildungsroman about the 14-year-old American narrator, Chappie, later dubbed Bone (named for a tattoo that he gets), who, after having dropped out of school, turns to the guidance of a Rastafarian Jamaican illegal immigrant.
Rule of the Major-Generals The Rule of the Major-Generals was a 15-month period of direct military government during Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate. The failure of the First Protectorate Parliament discouraged Cromwell from further attempts to co-operate with civilian politicians, and a series of Royalist insurrections that culminated in Penruddock's Uprising in the spring of 1655 convinced him that stringent security measures should be enforced.
Rule of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan The West Bank and East Jerusalem were ruled by Jordan (formerly Transjordan) for a period of nearly two decades (1948 - 1967) following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. They were under Jordanian occupation between 1948 and 1950; with British approval, Jordan annexed them in 1950.
Rule of three (mathematics) In mathematics, the rule of three is the method of finding the fourth term of a mathematical proportion when three terms are known. It is based on the principle that the product of the first and fourth terms (called the extremes) is equal to the product of the second and third terms (called the means).
Rule of three (writing) The rule of three is a principle in English writing that suggests that things that come in threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things. From slogans ("Go, fight, win!
Rule of tincture The first rule of heraldry is the rule of tincture: metal should not be put on metal, nor colour on colour (Humphrey Llwyd, 1568). This means that "or" and "argent" (gold and silver, which are often represented by yellow and white) may not be placed on each other, and neither may one of the "colours" (tinctures that are neither or nor argent) or one of the "furs.
Rule of Wen and Jing The Rule of Wen and Jing (文景之治, pinyin: Wén Jǐng Zhī Zhì) (180 BC-141 BC) refers to the reigns of Emperor Wen of Han and his son Emperor Jing of Han, a period known for the benevolence and thriftiness of the emperors, reduction in tax and other burdens on the people, pacifism, and general stability. The Rule of Wen and Jing was marked for Taoist influences in political theory, due to the influence of Emperor Wen's wife and Emperor Jing's mother, Empress Dou.
Rule Utilitarianism Rule Utilitarianism is a form of Utilitarianism, first suggested by John Stuart Mill, which states that when one considers what to do in a situation, one should consider which rule, rather than which act, that would maximize social utility. Furthermore, Rule Utilitarianism states when one is considering what to do in any given situation, he or she must make their decision based on a set of standards or morals in order to achieve the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.
Ruled paper Ruled paper is writing paper that typically consists of horizontal lines meant to separate lines of written text, and vertical lines meant to provide margins. Another popular alternative is a grid layout in which horizontal and vertical lines are equally spaced, dividing the page into squares.
Rulemaking In administrative law, rulemaking refers to the process that executive agencies use to create, or promulgate, regulations. In general, legislatures first set broad policy mandates by passing laws, then agencies create more detailed regulations through rulemaking.
RuleML The Rule Markup Language (RuleML) is a markup language developed to express both forward (bottom-up) and backward (top-down) rules in XML for deduction, rewriting, and further inferential-transformational tasks. It is defined by the Rule Markup Initiative, an open network of individuals and groups from both industry and academia that was formed to develop a canonical Web language for rules using XML markup and transformations from and to other rule standards/systems.
Ruler A ruler or rule is an instrument used in geometry, technical drawing and engineering/building to measure distances and/or to rule straight lines. Strictly speaking, the ruler is the instrument used to rule lines and the calibrated instrument used for determining measurement is called a measure.
Rulering (punishment) Rulering is the practice of using a ruler as a convenient, hence in some, mainly scholar, traditions popular, tool for a corporal punishment, usually on the hands (either outstretched palms or knuckles) or thighs, sometimes a spanking (on the buttocks).
Rulers of Biscari The title, Prince of Biscari, was first created by the grant of a Letters Patent from King Philip IV of Spain on 21 June 1633, and was bestowed upon the Baron of Biscari, Agatino PaternĂł Castello.Of Noble Sicily, second part, book one.
Rulers of Hesse Hesse is a region of west-central Germany. Originally the western part of the Landgraviate of Thuringia, in the mid 13th century it was inherited by the younger son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and became a distinct political entity.
Rulers of Japan The rulers of Japan have been its Emperors, whether effectively or nominally, for its entire recorded history. These include the ancient legendary emperors, the attested but undated emperors of the Yamato period (early fifth to early 6th centuries), and the clearly dated emperors of 539 to the present.
Rulers of Kievan Rus' Rurik, a semi-legendary Scandinavian Varangian, was at the roots of Kievan Rus'. He founded the Rurikovich dynasty that would rule Kievan Rus', Russian principalities, Muscovy and early Russia for the next 700 years.
Rulers of Montferrat The Marquess of Montferrat is the title derived from Montferrat (in Italian, Monferrato), a territory in Piedmont south of the Po and east of Turin. It was held by the Aleramici, a family who were in the 12th century one of the most considerable in Lombardy, related to the Kings of France and the Holy Roman Emperors.
Rulers of Nabatea The Rulers of Nabatea are those who reigned over the region of Nabatea (also rendered as Nabathea), inhabited by the Nabateans, a territory located in present-day Jordan, southern Syria, southern Israel and north-western Saudi Arabia.
Rules for Radicals Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals (copyrighted as Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals) is the last book written by community organizer Saul D. Alinsky before his death in 1972.
Rules for the Direction of the Mind In 1619, René Descartes began work on an unfinished treatise regarding the proper method for scientific and philosophical thinking entitled Rules for the Direction of the Mind. This work outlined the basis for his later work on complex problems of mathematics, science, and philosophy.
Rules lawyer A rules lawyer is a player in a game who for whatever reason attempts to use an oftentimes encyclopedic knowledge of the rules of a game to gain unfair advantage, to annoy or to ingratiate himself with other players.
Rules of Acquisition The Rules of Acquisition, in the fictional Star Trek universe, is a set of guidelines intended to ensure the profitability of businesses owned by the ultra-capitalist Ferengi. The first rule was made by Gint, the first Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance.
Rules of Acquisition (DS9 episode) "Rules of Acquisition" is an episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the seventh episode of the second season. It is most notable for introducing the Dominion, although at the time it was unclear what the Dominion was.
Rules of basketball The rules of basketball are the [and regulation]s that govern the play, officating, equipment and procedures of [[basketball. The international rules are governed by the Technical Commission of the International Basketball Federation.
Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Most of the rules have been traced to a French etiquette manual, dating from the late 16th Century.
Rules of engagement In military or police operations, the rules of engagement (ROE) determine when, where and how force shall be used. Such rules are both general and specific, and there have been large variations between cultures throughout history.
Rules of Engagement (novel) Rules of Engagement is Elizabeth Moon's sixth science fiction novel in her Familias Regnant fictional universe. Following Once a Hero, it is the second novel in the informal Esmay Suiza trilogy; despite a major increase in focus on the character Brun Meager, Esmay Suiza still plays a major role.
Rules of chess While the exact origins of chess are unclear, the modern rules of chess first took form in Italy during the 16th century. The rules kept being slightly modified until the early 19th century, when they reached their current form.
Rules of order Rules of order, also known as standing orders or rules of procedure, are the written rules of parliamentary procedure adopted by a deliberative assembly, which detail the processes used by the body to make decisions. Some bodies rely more on precedent and on the judgment of the presiding officer, whereas others rely more heavily on the written rules.
Rules of Prize Warfare Rules of Prize Warfare defines a set of rules for taking prizes—vessels captured during war—that were originally laid down in the days of sailing ships. Some of the rules state that: passenger ships may not be sunk; crews of merchant ships must be placed in safety before their ships may be sunk (life boats are not considered a place of safety unless close to land); only warships may be sunk without warning.
Rules of Quidditch The fictional game of Quidditch in the Harry Potter universe is centred around four balls: the Quaffle, the two Bludgers and the Golden Snitch (often abbreviated to Snitch). The Quaffle is described as being 'about the size of a football (soccer ball)' in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, although Quidditch Through the Ages states that it is twelve inches (30 cm) in diameter, slightly larger than a football.
Rules of surgery The Rules of Surgery are informal rules of surgery passed down orally in medical school and residency. The highly oral nature of this tradition, is conserved among residents from widely geographically dispersed medical schools.
Rules of the Death Note Within the fictional universe of the manga and anime series Death Note, a Death Note is a notebook held by a shinigami (or "death god") which has the power to kill people if certain conditions are met. All Death Notes follow a long set of specific rules, which, while not explicitly noted within the Death Notes themselves, were revealed through the course of the individual manga volumes and, in the case of the anime, via eyecatches.
Rules of the road in the People's Republic of China Traffic law in mainland China is still in its nascent stage (see Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China). Therefore, the rules of the road in the People's Republic of China are understood to mean both the codified and uncodified practices, procedures and norms of behavior generally followed by motorists, cyclists and pedestrians in the mainland of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Rules Of Racial Standing The Rules of Racial Standing were composed by Professor Derrick Bell to describe the current social norms that exist for minorities. These rules are not explicit laws that govern a society, but an assessment of double-standards that ought not to exist.
Ruling gradient The ruling gradient (or ruling grade) of a section of railway line is the steepest section of that line. The ruling gradient is important in assigning locomotives to trains; the locomotives must have enough power to pull the train over the ruling gradient of a line.
Ruling party The ruling party in a parliamentary system is the party or coalition of the majority in parliament. Within a parliamentary system, the majority in the legislature also controls the executive branch of government, thus leaving no possibility of dueling parties concurrently occupying the executive and legislative branches of government, such as in an American style presidential system where the party of the president does not necessarily also have a legislative majority.
Rulings of the Constitutional Court of Thailand The rulings of the Constitutional Court of Thailand have, since the Court's establishment in 1998, had an important impact on Thai politics and jurisprudence. Major rulings having included the the 1999 ruling that Deputy Minister of Agriculture Newin Chidchop could retain his Cabinet seat after being sentenced to imprisonment for defamation, the 2001 acquittal of Thaksin Shinawatra for filing an incomplete statement with the National Counter-Corruption Committee, the 2003 invalidation of Jaruvan Maintaka appointment as Auditor-General, and the 2006 invalidation of the nation-wide results of a House election.
Rulison Project Rulison, named after the rural community of Rulison, Colorado, was a 43-kiloton nuclear test project in the United States on September 10, 1969, about 8 miles SE of the town of Grand Valley, Colorado (now named Parachute, Colorado) near western Colorado's Grand Valley in Garfield County. The U.
Rulo Rail Bridge The Rulo Rail Bridge is a truss bridge across the Missouri River connecting Rulo, Nebraska with Holt County, Missouri and is used by the BNSF Railway to transport coal from Wyoming and Colorado to Midwest power plants.
Rulon The Rulons are an evil race that wants to rule the universe in the TV cartoon Dino-riders. In an attempt to defeat the last people the have not enslaved, the Valorians, they follow the Valorians to prehistoric earth.
Rulon Gardner Rulon Gardner (born August 16, 1971 in Afton, Wyoming) is an amateur wrestler in the Greco-Roman discipline from the United States. His strength is often attributed to the physical labor on the dairy farm he grew up on.
Rulon Jeffs Rulon Jeffs (December 6, 1909 - September 8, 2002) (known to church members as Uncle Rulon) was the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a religious group with strong belief in polygamy based out of Colorado City, Arizona, USA.
Rum Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak and other casks.
Rum and Coca-Cola Rum and Coca-Cola is the title of a popular calypso. Originally composed by Lord Invader and Lionel Belasco, it was copyrighted in the United States by entertainer Morey Amsterdam and became a huge hit, selling some four million singles when a version was released in 1945 by the Andrews Sisters.
Rum baba A rum baba or baba au rhum is a small yeast cake saturated in liquor, usually rum, and sometimes filled with cream. It is most typically made in individual servings (about a 2" tall slightly tapered cylinder) but sometimes can be made in larger forms similar to those used for Bundt cakes.
Rum Rebellion The Rum Rebellion, also known as the Rum Puncheon Rebellion, of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australia's recorded history. The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808.
Rum River The Rum River is a slow, meandering channel that connects Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake with the Mississippi River. It runs through the farming communities of Milaca, Princeton, Cambridge, and Isanti before ending at the Twin Cities suburb of Anoka, roughly 20 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis.
Rum-running Rum-running is the business of smuggling or transporting of alcoholic beverages illegally, usually to circumvent taxation or prohibition. The term usually applies to transport of goods over water, over land it is commonly referred to as bootlegging.

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