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Runaway Scrape The Runaway Scrape was the name given to the flight of Anglo settlers from their homes in Texas when Antonio LĂłpez de Santa Anna began his march through the eastern part of the state between the fall of the Alamo in March 1836 and Sam Houston's victory at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Runaway truck ramp A runaway truck ramp, runaway truck lane or emergency escape ramp is a traffic device that enables vehicles that are having braking problems to safely stop. They are typically a long gravel filled lane adjacent to a road with a steep grade, and are designed to accommodate large trucks.
Runaway Train (film) Runaway Train is a 1985 film which tells the story of two escaped convicts and a female train worker who are stuck on a runaway train as it barrels through snowy desolate Alaska. The movie has a gritty, uninviting atmosphere.
Runaway Train (song) "Runaway Train" is a 1992 song performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. It is the song that led the band to international status, and helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level.
Runaways (musical) Runaways is a 1978 Broadway musical by Elizabeth Swados about the lives of children who run away from home and live on the city streets. The characters were taken from workshops conducted by Swados with real-life runaways in the late 1970's.
Runbook In a computer science system or a network, RunBook is a routine compilation of the procedures and operations being made by the administrator or operator of the system. Typically, it will contain the procedures to begin, stop and supervise the system.
Runcinated pentatope In geometry, the runcinated pentatope, is a 4-dimensional convex uniform polytope (or uniform polychoron) constructed by expanding the cells of a pentatope radially and filling in the gaps with triangular prisms (which are the face prisms and edge figures) and tetrahedra (cells of the dual pentatope). It consists of 10 tetrahedra and 20 triangular prisms.
Runcinated tesseract In geometry, the runcinated tesseract or runcinated 16-cell is a 4-dimensional convex uniform polytope (or polychoron) made of 16 tetrahedra, 32 cubes, and 32 triangular prisms. Each vertex is shared by 4 cubes, 3 triangular prisms and one tetrahedron.
Runcination In geometry, a runcination is an operation that cuts a regular polytope (or honeycomb) simultaneously along the faces, edges and vertices, creating new facets in place of the original face, edge, and vertex centers.
Runcorn Railway Bridge The Runcorn Railway Bridge crosses the River Mersey at Runcorn Gap from Runcorn to Widnes in Cheshire, England. It was built for the London and North Western Railway to a design by William Baker, chief engineer of the railway company.
Runcorn Rural District Runcorn was a rural district in Cheshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was named after but did not include Runcorn], a town on the [[River Mersey to the north-west of the district, which formed its own urban district.
Runcorn, Queensland Runcorn is a suburb on the southside of Brisbane, Queensland, and is about 15km from Brisbane’s CBD. The Jagara Aboriginal people occupied most of the land south of the Brisbane River and Runcorn would have been in the territory of the Chepara clan of Eight Mile Plains, Queensland.
Rundata The Joint Nordic database for runic inscriptions (Swedish: Samnordisk runtextdatabas) is a project started on January 1, 1993 at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden. The project's goal is to comprehensively catalog runic inscriptions in a machine-readable way for future research.
Rundāle Palace Rundāle Palace (; ) is the most important baroque palace in Latvia, situated at Pilsrundāle, 12 km ( 7 miles ) west of Bauska. It was constructed in the 1740s to a design by Bartolomeo Rastrelli as a summer residence of Ernst Johann von Biron, the duke of Courland.
Runde Shaw Runde Shaw (alternative spellings, Shao Cunren, Rendi Shao) was the second-oldest of the four brothers, originally from Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, who established Unique Film Productions in Shanghai in the early 1920's, setting the stage for what would become the most prolific film production company in Asia. The Hong Kong Film Archive, run by the Hong Kong Government's Leisure and Cultural Services Department, has a comprehensive and thoroughly researched history of the Shaw brothers at this link brother Runje (1896-1975) never left China, but sent two of his younger siblings, Runme] (1901-1985) and [[Run Run Shaw|Run Run (1907- ) to Malaysia and Singapore in 1924 to establish a South East Asian film distribution and cinema exhibition network for Unique's films.
Rundfunk Anstalt SĂĽdtirol The Rundfunkanstalt SĂĽdtirol (Italian: Radiotelevisione Azienda Speciale, Ladin: Radiotelevijion- Azienda per SĂĽdtirol, South Tyrol Broadcasting Agency) is a public broadcasting service for the mostly German-speaking Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Italy whose purpose is to relay programmes from public broadcasters of Austria, Germany, German and Romansh Switzerland. The agency has its headquarters in the South Tyrol's capital city Bolzano.
Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor (Radio in the American Sector), or RIAS was a radio station in the American Sector of Berlin during the Cold War. It was founded by the US occupational authorities after World War II to provide the German population in and around Berlin with unbiased news and political reporting.
Rundle (C-Train) Rundle is a stop on the Northeast Line (Route 202) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. The station is located in the median of 36 Street Northeast, located between 16 Avenue Northeast and 32 Avenue Northeast, right in front of Sunridge Mall.
Rundown A rundown, also called a pickle or a hotbox, is a situation in the game of baseball that occurs when the baserunner is stranded between two bases and is in jeopardy. When the baserunner attempts to advance to the next base, he is cut off by the defensive player who has a live ball and attempts to return to his previous base before being tagged out.
Rundstrecken Challenge NĂĽrburgring The Rundstrecken Challenge NĂĽrburgring (RCN) (circuit racing challenge NĂĽrburgring), mainly known as Castrol-HAUGG-Cup (CHC) is a motorsport event that is similar to rallying on a closed race circuit. Being run since the early 1960s mainly on the NĂĽrburgring, it is regarded as Germany's oldest touring car racing series.
Rune Bratseth Rune Bratseth, born March 19, 1961 in Trondheim, Norway is a former football player. He was named Norway's Golden Player - the best Norwegian footballer of the past 50 years by the Norwegian Football Association, in November 2003 to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee.
Rune Djurhuus Rune Djurhuus (born January 25, 1970 in Elverum) is a Norwegian chess player, and the fourth Norwegian International Grandmaster. Djurhuus plays for the "Akademisk" chess club, which is tied to the University of Oslo.
Rune Elmqvist Rune Elmqvist (1906-1996) developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958, working under the direction of Ă…ke Senning, senior physician and cardiac surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.
Rune Glifberg Rune Glifberg (born October 7, 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional skateboarder who resided in Costa Mesa, California. Glifberg began skating at age 11 after a friend brought a board over to his house.
Rune Monstad Rune Monstad, also known as The Viking Biker, is a Norwegian cyclist who is cycling the world on a 27-speed Gekko mountain bike. Born in Tonsberg, Norway in 1974, Rune went to Bolivia in 2004 to work with homeless children for a year.
Rune Olijnyk Rune Olijnyk (born December 27, 1968) is a former Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the early 1990's. He won a silver medal in the individual large hill at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished fourth in the team large hill event (along with Espen Bredesen, Kent Johanssen and Jon Inge Kjørum) at those same championships.
Rune stone Rune stones are stones with runic inscriptions dating from the early Middle Ages but are found to have been used most prominently during the Viking Age. Compared to western Europe, Scandinavia has poor written evidence for its early medieval history in favor of an oral skaldic tradition.
Rune Soldier is an anime and manga series based on the original novel series by Ryou Mizuno, which features soldier Louie as the hero. The series takes place on the continent of Alecrast on the planet Forsela, and is related to the novel, anime, and manga series Sword World.
Runebound Runebound is a 2-6 player high fantasy adventure board game published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2004. The game is somewhat related to Descent: Journeys in the Dark, in that it shares the same heroes and backstory.
Runefang In the Warhammer Fantasy setting, the magical Runefang swords are the weapons and badges of office of the Elector Counts of the Empire, the ten rulers of the Empire's constituent provinces: Averland, Hochland, Middenland, Nordland, Ostland, Ostermark, Reikland, Stirland, Talabecland,and Wissenland.
RuneQuest: Slayers Well after publishing Runequest III, Avalon Hill decided to revive the name Runequest. Slated for a 1998 release, RuneQuest: Slayers, did not resemble the original Runequest in regards to rules or its original setting of Glorantha.
Runestone Sö Fv1948;289 Runestone Sö Fv1948;289 is a runestone located among several others at Aspa Löt in Södermanland, Sweden. The location was important as the Eriksgata, and consequently every newly elected king, crossed a river at this location.
RuneScape combat Combat, a set of trainable skills in the MMORPG RuneScape, is the act of battling opponents, whether they are non-player characters or other players. Combat between players and NPCs can take place in most locations in RuneScape, while combat among players can now only take place in designated areas.
RuneScape locations The MMORPG RuneScape is located in the fantasy landscape of Gielinor, throughout which players, represented by their avatars, can travel. The realm of Gielinor is divided into several kingdoms, the Wilderness, and islands, most of which are located in the southern sea.
Runge's phenomenon In the mathematical field of numerical analysis Runge's phenomenon is a problem which occurs when using polynomial interpolation with polynomials of high degree. It was discovered by Carle David Tolmé Runge when exploring the behaviour of errors when using polynomial interpolation to approximate certain functions.
Runge's theorem In complex analysis, Runge's theorem, also known as Runge's approximation theorem, named after the German Mathematician Carl Runge, and put forward by him in the year 1885, states the following: If K is a compact subset of C (the set of complex numbers), A is a set containing at least one complex number from every bounded connected component of CK, and f is a holomorphic function on K, then there exists a sequence (r_n) of rational functions with poles in A such that the sequence (r_n) approaches the function f uniformly on K.
Runge–Kutta method (SDE) In mathematics, the Runge-Kutta method is a technique for the approximate numerical solution of a stochastic differential equation. It is a generalization of the Runge-Kutta method for ordinary differential equations to stochastic differential equations.
Runge–Kutta methods In numerical analysis, the Runge–Kutta methods are an important family of implicit and explicit iterative methods for the approximation of solutions of ordinary differential equations. These techniques were developed around 1900 by the German mathematicians C.
Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg method In mathematics, the Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg method (or Fehlberg method) is a method for the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations developed by the German mathematician Erwin Fehlberg. Based on the Runge–Kutta methods, the Fehlberg method uses an O(h4) method together with an O(h5) method, and hence is often referred to as RKF45.
Runglish Runglish (Ruglish, Russlish), is a neologism increasingly used to denote at least three different interferences of Russian and English languages: pidgin, spoken manner, and informal latinizations of the Cyrillic alphabet.
Rungrado May Day Stadium The RĹ­ngrado May First Stadium, or May Day Stadium, is a monumental stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, completed on May 1, 1989. Its names come from Rungra Island in the Taedong River, upon which it is situated, and May Day, the international day celebrating labor and particularly celebrated among communists.
Rungsted Kyst station Rungsted Kyst station is one of the stops on one of the northern Zealand railways in Denmark. The City of Rungsted Kyst (meaning literally "the coast of Rungsted") is one of the outermost suburban areas of Copenhagen situated on the coast north of the Copenhagen Municipality.
Rungu (Borneo ethnic group) The Rungus are an ethnic group of Borneo, residing primarily in northern Sabah in the area surrounding Kudat. A sub-group of the Kadazan-Dusun, they have a distinctive language, dress, architecture, customs, and oral literature.
Rungwe Rungwe is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mbeya Rural District, to the East by the Iringa Region, to the Southeast by the Kyela District, to the Southwest by the Ileje District and to the West by the Mbeya Urban District.
Runic alphabet The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters (known as runes), formerly used to write Germanic languages before and shortly after the Christianization of Scandinavia and the British Isles. The Scandinavian variants are also known as Futhark (or fuĂľark, derived from their first six letters: F, U, Ăž, A, R, and K); the Anglo-Saxon variant as Futhorc (due to sound changes undergone in Old English by the same six letters).
Runic divination Runic divination is a modern practice of divination based on interpretation of the ideograms contained within the Proto-Germanic Elder Futhark and other Runic systems. Runic divination as it is now practiced is not based on historical evidence.
Runnel Stone The Runnel Stone (or Rundle Stone) is a hazardous rock pinnacle situated about a mile south of Gwennap Head, Cornwall, England. Several shipwrecks lie near the rock, including that of the 6,000 ton City of Westminster.
Runner bean The runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus, Fabaceae) is often called the scarlet runner bean since most varieties have red flowers and multicolored seeds, though some have white flowers and white seeds. It differs from the common bean in several respects: the cotyledons stay in the ground during germination, and the plant is a perennial with tuberous roots (though it is usually treated as an annual).
Runner Project The Runner Project is a student developed multipurpose mobile platform (Unmanned Ground Vehicle), from the Autonomous Systems Laboratory (in Portuguese LaboratĂłrio Sistemas AutĂłnomos), a research unit of the Porto Superior Institute of Engineering.
Runner-up Runner-up is a term used to denote a participant which finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors, most notably sporting events and beauty pageants; in the latter instance, the term is applied to more than one of the highest-ranked non-winning contestants, the second-place finisher being designated "first runner-up," the third-place finisher "second runner-up," and so on.
Running back A running back, halfback, tailback or wingback is the position of a player on an American and Canadian football team who lines up in the offensive backfield. Depending on the offensive formation, the halfback may be joined in the backfield by other backs, most commonly a fullback.
Running Eagle <B>Running Eagle, (aka <B>Brown Weasel Woman) was a Blackfoot woman who rescued her father after his horse was shot by an enemy tribe. The name Running Eagle was bestowed upon her for her bravery, and she was invited to join a warrior society, and acted as a female war chief.
Running gags on Around the Horn The ESPN sports talk "show of competitive banter" Around the Horn during its long run has developed certain comedic long-running gags, much like its sister show Pardon the Interruption, that longtime viewers will recognize and casual viewers may be unable to easily comprehend. Many of the gags revolve around the personalities of host Tony Reali and sports journalist guests such as Woody Paige, Jay Mariotti, Bill Plaschke, J.
Running gags on Drawn Together Like most television comedies and comedic film series, Drawn Together has a number of running gags it makes regular use of throughout the series. Many of these gags are parodies of various clichés from film and television; frequently, Drawn Together will even parody its own gags.
Running gags on Pardon the Interruption The longevity and popularity of the ESPN show Pardon the Interruption, like its sister show Around the Horn, has led to numerous running jokes between hosts Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser that longtime viewers recognize. Some of these are:
Running Horse Golf Championship The Running Horse Golf Championship is a new PGA Tour golf tournament which will be played for the first time on October 22-28 2007. It is scheduled to be staged at Running Horse Golf & Country Club in Fresno, California, USA, a residential golf development with a course co-designed by Jack Nicklaus and his son Jack Nicklaus II.
Running key cipher In classical cryptography, the running key cipher is a type of polyalphabetic substitution cipher in which a text, typically from a book, is used to provide a very long key stream. Usually, the book to be used would be agreed ahead of time, while the passage to use would be chosen randomly for each message and secretly indicated somewhere in the message.
Running of the Brides Since 1947, Filene's Basement in downtown Boston has held a one-day sale of wedding gowns that has become a local tradition, garnering local media attention because of the sight of hundreds of brides-to-be scrambling for bargains.
Running of the Santas The Running of the Santas is an annual holiday celebration event in Philadelphia where hundreds of pub crawlers take to the South Street section of the city dressed as Santa Claus. Begun in 1998, the event began to take a life of its own as three dozen Santa runners grew to several hundred by the mid 2000's.
Running on Empty (film) Running on Empty is a 1988 film featuring River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti, and Martha Plimpton and directed by Sidney Lumet. Phoenix was nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actor for his role in the film; Naomi Foner was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
Running on Empty (song) Running on Empty is an 1977 song, written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. It is the title track to his 1977 live album of the same name, recorded at a concert in Columbia, Maryland.
Running on Ice Running on Ice was the second album by Vertical Horizon, released independently in 1995, and later re-released by RCA Records. As with the band's first album, There and Back Again, the band consisted solely of Matthew Scannell and Keith Kane.
Running out the clock In sports, running out the clock refers to the practice of a winning team allowing the clock to expire through a series of pre-selected plays, either to preserve a lead or hasten the end of a one-sided contest.
Running Scared (song) "Running Scared" is a 1961 American pop song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison. An operatic rock ballad, the song was released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Running text In typography, running text (also body text or body copy) is the text that makes up the majority of the page. Running text is typically broken up into paragraphs, can be placed in multiple columns, and is traditionally written in a serif font, though in recent times sans-serif fonts have occasionally been used.
Running the aisles "Running the aisles" is an ecstatic expression of worship that occurs occasionally in some contexts of worship in the Pentecostal and Holiness movements. As the expression suggests, when a person runs the aisles in a worship setting, he leaves his seat and runs down the aisles between seating sections, or he may run around the interior perimeter of the sanctuary.
Running the gauntlet Running the gauntlet (alternative spellings gantlet and rarely gantlope or gantelope) is a form of physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as he passes.
Running to Stand Still "Running to Stand Still" is the fifth track from U2's 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. It is a mostly soft, slow, keyboards-based song about a heroin-addicted woman from the Ballymun Seven Towers area of DublinThe Dubliner, "A Social History of U2 1976-2005", 1991 entry.
Running up the score "Running up the score" is a term used in American sports to describe the activity of scoring more points than are necessary to win the game. It is a technique that is mostly used in team sports, such as high school and college American football.
Running with Scissors (song) Cindy Nelson was approached in 2005 to submit songs for the upcoming movie, “Running With Scissors”, she read the #1 best selling novel by Augusten Burroughs, wrote the song (which the music director of the film said “She has nailed this dead-on!”), went to Masterfonics Recording Studio in Nashville, with her all-star band, and recorded it in March of 2006.
Running Wild (band) Running Wild is one of a few German power metal bands to emerge in the early/mid 1980s (along with Helloween, Gamma Ray, Rage, Blind Guardian, Grave Digger, etc). The band has carved its niche in the metal world as the first "pirate metal" band, a theme which took off with the release of Under Jolly Roger in 1987 (thus abandoning the paganic imagery of their earlier work).
Running With The Buffaloes Running With The Buffaloes, written by Chris Lear and published by The Lyons Press (ISBN 1-58574-328-3), chronicles the University of Colorado cross country team's 1998 season from the late summer practices to the men's NCAA cross country championships.
Runnings Farm and Fleet Runnings Farm and Fleet is a retail chain in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The stores sell hunting and fishing equipment, appliances, houseware, automotive goods, apparel, hardware, lawn and garden supplies, paint, pet supplies, sporting goods, and tools.
Runnymede Trust The Runnymede Trust describes itself as a think tank devoted to research and advocacy on the subjects of ethnicity and cultural diversity. The Runnymede Trust has the stated aim of challenging racial discrimination, influencing legislation and promoting multi-ethnicity in the UK], thus bearing some characteristics of an action committee or [[lobbyist group.
Runoff Rapids Runoff Rapids is a 600-foot inner tube run at Disney's Blizzard Beach water park, featuring two open and one enclosed tube slides. This attraction careens guests down twisting, turning flumes, passing through corrugated steel pipes.
Runoko Rashidi Runoko Rashidi is an afrocentric historian based in Los Angeles. He has what is described as an interest in "the Black foundations of world civilizations" and has researched the Black presence in Asia, with an emphasis on India.
Runosmäki Runosmäki is a district and a suburb of the city of Turku, Finland, located approximately six kilometres to the north of the city centre. It is the largest district in the city, with a population of 10,296 (as of 2004).
Runrig Runrig is a Scottish folk rock band founded by brothers Rory and Calum MacDonald and their friend Blair Douglas in 1973 in the rural Western Isles of Scotland. They played their first concert in Glasgow's Kelvin Hall.
Runtime In computer science, runtime or run time describes the operation of a computer program, the duration of its execution, from beginning to termination (compare compile time). The term is also used as a short form when referring to a runtime library (without a space), a program or library of basic code that is used by a particular computer language to manage a program written in that language while it is running.
Runts Runts (also known as Fruit Runts) are candies sold by Nestlé under their Willy Wonka Candy Company brand. First seen on the market in 1982, they are fruit flavoured and shaped candies and are very much like large Nerds.
Runway A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. Runways may be a prepared surface (often asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or an unprepared surface (grass, dirt, or gravel).
Runway (game show) Runway was a daytime quiz programme that was produced by Granada Television and ran on the ITV network from 1987 until 1993, the original host was Chris Serle who hosted the first series then Richard Madeley hosted it until it ended.
Runway Edge Lights Runway Edge Lights are used to outline the edges of runways during periods of darkness or restricted visibility conditions. These light systems are classified according to the intensity they are capable of producing:
Runway End Identification Lights Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL) are installed at many airports to provide rapid and positive identification of the approach end of a particular runway. The system consists of a pair of synchronized flashing lights located laterally on each side of the runway threshold.
Runway visual range Runway Visual Range (RVR) is an aeronautical term defined as the range over which the pilot of an aircraft on the centre line of a runway can see the runway surface markings or the lights delineating the runway or identifying its centre line. (Reference ICAO Annex 3 Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation) This is distinct from 'visibility' which refers to the distance at which a defined object or light can be seen and recognised or identified.
Runyang Bridge The Runyang Bridge (Simplified Chinese: 润扬长江大桥; Traditional Chinese: 潤揚長江大橋; Hanyu pinyin: rùnyáng chángjiāng dà qiáo) is a large bridge complex that crosses the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, China, downstream of Nanjing. The complex consists of two major bridges that link Zhenjiang on the south bank of the river and Yangzhou on the north.
Runyankole language Runyankole (also Runyankore) is a Bantu language spoken by the Ankole tribe of Southwestern Uganda. There are approximately 1 million native speakers, mainly found in Mbarara , Bushenyi Ntungamo, Kiruhura, Ibanda, Isingiro districts.
Runyon Avenue Runyon Avenue is a street in Detroit, Michigan off of 8 Mile Road that is home to the Runyon Avenue Soldiers, including Kuniva, Kon Artis and the late Bugz from the band D12. They are allies of rap artist Eminem, who has made reference to them in songs such as "Like Toy Soldiers" - "let 'em know how important it is to have Runyon Avenue Soldiers up in our corners", "Welcome to Detroit - Trick Trick ft.
Runyon classification The Runyon classification of nontuberculous mycobacteria based on the rate of growth, production of yellow pigment and whether this pigment was produced in the dark or only after exposure to light. On these bases, the nontuberculous mycobacteria are divided into four groups:
Runyon Canyon Park Runyon Canyon Park is a 160-acre park in Los Angeles, California at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains, managed by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. The two southern entrances to the park are located at the north ends of Vista Street and Fuller Avenue in Hollywood.
Runza A runza (also called a bierock) is a yeast dough bread pocket with a filling consisting of beef, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions, and seasonings. They are baked in various shapes such as a half-moon, rectangle, round (bun), square, or triangle.
Runza Restaurants Runza Restaurants is the name of a small regional restaurant chain specializing in ethnic cuisine once served by the Volga German immigrants to the United States. In 1949, Sally Everett and her brother, Alex Bruning opened the first Runza Drive-Inn in Lincoln, Nebraska and began serving runza sandwiches, a type of pastry filled with ground beef, onion, and cabbage.
Ruoholahti metro station The Ruoholahti metro station (Finnish Ruoholahden metroasema / Swedish Metrostationen Gräsviken) is a station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Ruoholahti in Helsinki's southwestern city centre.
Ruokolahti The municipality of Ruokolahti is situated in south-eastern Finland, in the region of South Karelia. Neighbouring municipalities are Imatra, Joutseno, Taipalsaari, Puumala, Sulkava, Punkaharju, Parikkala and Rautjärvi.
Ruoqiang County The Ruoqiang (Chaqiliq, Qakilik) County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 198,318 sq km.
Rupa Goswami Rupa Goswami (1489-1564 CE) is a devotional teacher, poet, and philosopher from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. Alongside Sanatana Goswami he was considered the leader of the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan - a highly influential group of devotees made up from a number of disciples of the Vaishnava saint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Rupajhana In Buddhism, rūpajhānas (Sanskrit: rūpadhyāna "form meditation") are successive levels of meditation in which the mind is focused on a material object: it is a word used in Pāli scriptures. Each higher level is harder to reach than the previous one.
Rupali Bank Rupali Bank (Bangla: রূপালী ব্যাংক) is a commercial bank in Bangladesh. It was established as a nationalised bank in 1972 under the Bangladesh Banks Nationalisation Order, through the amalgamation of the branches of Muslim Commercial Bank, Australasia Bank and Standard Bank that were operating in East Pakistan, following the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
Rupandehi District Rupandehi district, a part of Lumbini zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Siddharthanagar as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,360 sq km and has a population (2001) of 708,419.
Rupavahini Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), is the publicly funded national television network of Sri Lanka. Gifted by the people of Japan to the people of Sri Lanka, mainly for the provision of education and useful information.

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