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Ranji Trophy in 2005-06 The Ranji Trophy in 2005-06 is a cricket competition played in India. It is India's premier first-class tournament and is competed for by Indian state teams, augmented by teams representing the Indian Railways and Services.
Ranjith Amunugama Amunugama Rajapakse Rajakaruna Abeykoon Panditha Wasalamudiyanse Ralahamilage Ranjith Krishantha Bandara Amunugama, better known as Ranjith Amunugama (born 22 April 1969 in Mawanella, Sri Lanka) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and bowled right-arm medium pace.
Rank (computer programming) In computer programming, rank with no further specifications is usually a synonym for (or refers to) "number of dimensions"; thus, for instance, a bi-dimensional array has rank two, a three-dimensional array has rank three and so on.
Rank (set theory) In mathematical set theory, the rank of a set is defined inductively as the smallest ordinal number greater than the rank of any member of the set, where the rank of the empty set is zero. As a consequence, when using the normal set-theoretic definition of the ordinal numbers in terms of sets, every ordinal has a rank equal to itself.
Rank 1 Rank 1 is a Dutch trance group, formed in the Netherlands in 1997. Widely regarded as one of the originators of the Dutch trance sound, the group have produced a number of dancefloor hits since their conception.
Rank abundance curve A rank abundance curve is a chart used by ecologists to display indicators of biodiversity -specifically species richness and species evenness. This is achieved using the relative abundances of different species in a sample.
Rank and Insignia of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces The following list presents the Rank and Insignia of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces from 1980, until 1999. In the far left, ranks are those that follow traditional Western military ranks, in the center are the Spanish name ranks in italics, and in the far right are the rank insignia.
Rank correlation In statistics, rank correlation is the study of relationships between different rankings on the same set of items. It deals with measuring correspondence between two rankings, and assessing the significance of this correspondence.
Rank insignia of the Galactic Empire Rank Insignia of the Galactic Empire refers to badges of military rank that are displayed in the Star Wars feature films, worn by Imperial Navy and Army officers. The insignia shown in the three major motion pictures, whose pattern and system was never established in a canon publication or by live action dialogue, has since become a major point of speculation, conjecture, and entertainment by Star Wars fans.
Rank of an abelian group In mathematics, the rank, or torsion-free rank, of an abelian group measures how large a group is in terms of how large a vector space over the rational numbers one would need to "contain" it; or alternatively how large a free abelian group it can contain as a subgroup.
Rank theory of depression Rank theory is an evolutionary theory of depression, developed by Anthony Stevens and John Price, and proposes that depression promotes the survival of our genes. It is an adaptive response to losing status (rank) and losing confidence in your ability to regain it.
Rank up In video gaming slang, and especially in online multiplayer games, to rank up (sometimes abbreviated r^ in text chats) is to achieve a higher ranking relative to other players. Ranking up may refer both to this and the techniques used to do so, while a rank-up game, rank-up match or rank-up room is a match expressly set up for this purpose.
Rank Xerox Rank Xerox was formed in 1956 as a joint venture between the Xerox Corporation of USA and the Rank Organisation of UK, to manufacture and market Xerox equipment initially in Europe and later in Africa and Asia. A further joint venture between Rank Xerox and Modi Group in India formed Modi Xerox (now Xerox India) to manufacture and sell Xerox equipment in the Indian subcontinent.
Rank-dependent expected utility The rank-dependent expected utility model (originally called 'anticipated' utility) is a generalized expected utility model of choice under uncertainty, designed to explain the behaviour observed in the Allais paradox, as well as for the observation that many people both purchase lottery tickets (implying risk-loving preferences) and insure against losses (implying risk aversion).
Rank-into-rank In set theory, a branch of mathematics, a rank-into-rank is a large cardinal λ satisfying one of the following four axioms (commonly known as rank-into-rank embeddings, given in order of increasing consistency strength):
Rank-nullity theorem In mathematics, the rank-nullity theorem of linear algebra, in its simplest form, relates the rank and the nullity of a matrix together with the number of columns of the matrix. Specifically, if A is an m-by-n matrix over the field F, then
Ranka (legend) Ranka or Lankeshan ji in Romaji, or Rotten Battle Axe in English, is a Chinese legend similar to that of Rip Van Winkle, although it predates it by at least a 1000 years. The exact date of origin of the legend is unknown.
Rankala Lake Rankala Lake is a picturesque lake in the Kolhapur District of the state of Maharashtra in western India. It is believed to be linked directly to a well in Panhala Fort which Shivaji Maharaj is believed to have crossed.
Ranked Pairs Ranked Pairs (RP) or Tideman (named after its developer Nicolaus Tideman) is a voting method that selects a single winner using votes that express preferences. RP can also be used to create a sorted list of winners.
Ranken Jordan Pediatric Specialty Hospital Ranken Jordan Pediatric Specialty Hospital (more commonly known as Ranken Jordan) is a private, not-for-profit, specialty pediatric rehabilitation hospital located in Maryland Heights, Missouri. Ranken Jordan provides interdisciplinary, specialized care, rehabilitation, and treatment to children 2-weeks to 18 years of age with complex medical needs.
Rankers Rankers are soils developed over non-calcareous material, usually rock. They are regarded in some soil classifications as lithomorphic soils, a group which also includes rendzinas, similar soils over calcareous material.
Rankhandi Rankhandi is a famous village in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh and is located just 7 kilometers from Deoband. The village is largely inhabited by the Pundir Rajputs and has been a major centre of education in the area for a long time.
Rankilor Rankilor is the family name of a British family whose origins are initially Scottish as descendants of Robert The Bruce, and before that, probably connected with William the Conqueror who conquered Britain in 1066. The name Rankilor is one spelling of the original family group.
Rankin (photographer) John Rankin Waddell (working name Rankin, born 1966, Glasgow) is a British portrait and fashion photographer. He is an alumnus of the London College of Communication and launched his own quarterly fashion magazine, RANK, in December 2000.
Rankin Inlet, Nunavut Rankin Inlet (Inuktitut: Kangiqiniq; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or Kangirliniq ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, meaning deep bay/inlet) is an Inuit hamlet in Nunavut, Canada. It is on the western Hudson Bay and is the regional centre for the Kivalliq Region.
Rankine (crater) Rankine is a small lunar impact crater near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies on the southern floor of the satellite crater 'Maclaurin B', a 43 kilometer-diameter feature which is located to the southeast of Maclaurin crater.
Rankine power station Rankine power station is a hydro electric station along the Canadian side of the Niagara River. Built in 1905 for the Canadian Niagara Power Corporation, it was sold by Ontario Power Generation to FortisOntario.
Rankine's method Rankine's method, is a technique for laying out circular curves by a combination of chaining and angles at circumference, fully exploiting the theodolite and making a substantial improvement in accuracy and productivity over existing methods.
Rankine-Hugoniot equation The Rankine-Hugoniot equation governs the behaviour of shock waves normal to the oncoming flow. It is named after physicists William John Macquorn Rankine and Pierre Henri Hugoniot, French engineer, 1851-1887.
Ranking member In United States politics, the ranking member or ranking minority member is a member of a congressional committee from the minority party with the highest seniority. For example, if the Democrats are in control of a house of Congress at a given time, the senior Republican member of the committee would be the ranking minority member.
RankQuest SEO Toolbar RankQuest SEO Toolbar is a Mozilla Firefox extension that provides access to various Search Engine Optimization tools from within Firefox. It is a popular extension on Mozilla Update, which records user ratings of every extension and the extension download statistics.
Ranks and insignia of the Confederate States The Ranks and insignia of the Confederate States were a rank insignia system devised by the forces of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. While based on the Union rank system, changes were introduced to differentiate the "gray" from the "blue".
Ranks and insignia of the Hitler Youth The Ranks and insignia of the Hitler Youth were a Nazi Party paramilitary rank system that existed from 1932 to 1945. The Hitler Youth had existed for nearly a decade before, but the organization did not maintain any particular system of ranks.
Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Flyers Corps The Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Flyer Corps were a paramilitary rank system in use by the National Socialist Flyers Corps (NSFK) between the years of 1933 and 1945. The ranks were designed after paramilitary rank titles of the Sturmabteilung.
Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps The Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) were a paramilitary rank system used between the years of 1931 and 1945. The ranks were based closely on the ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung, of which the NSKK had originally been a part.
Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party were paramilitary titles used by the National Socialist German Workers Party between 1925 and 1945. Such ranks were held by the political leadership corps of the Nazi Party, charged with the overseeing of the regular Nazi Mitglieder who were the regular rank and file Nazi Party members.
Ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel The ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel were a paramilitary rank system used by the German SS, to differentiate the group from the German military, German state, and the Nazi Party. The original SS ranks were the same as the ranks of the SA, but eventually developed into their own unique titles.
Ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung The ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung (SA) were the first paramilitary rank system to be developed by the Nazi Party in 1920. The titles and phrases used by the SA were eventually adopted by several other Nazi paramilitary groups, among them the Schutzstaffel (SS).
Ranks of the AAFC The ranks of the Australian Air Force Cadets are based on the ranks of the Royal Australian Air Force. As such, a system of differentiation was required to distinguish members of the AAFC from those of the RAAF.
Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Air Force The following graph presents the images, names, transliterations and equivalent ranks in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force. These ranks also apply to the Chinese Army, formerly known as the People's Liberation Army.
Ranmaru Morii Ranmaru Morii is one of the leading/supporting characters of The Wallflower (manga), and like most of his male counterparts, was originally designed from Kiyoharu. A notable feature about his manga image is that it eventually changed over time, as editors of the series argued that Ranmaru's appearance was too similar to Kyohei Takano.
Ranmoor House Ranmoor House is a hall of residence at the University of Sheffield, UK. It is the largest hall of residence at the university, housing around 800 students, and it is also the most westerly, being furthest away from the Students' Union, the Octagon Centre and most of the university buildings, such as the Arts Tower and the Mappin Building.
Rann Rann is a fictional planet in the Polaris star system (formerly the Alpha Centauri system) of the DC Comics universe. Rann is most famous for being the adopted planet of the Earth explorer and hero Adam Strange and for their teleportation device called the Zeta Beam.
Rann of Kutch The Rann of Kutch is a seasonally marshy region located in the Thar Desert biogeographic province in Gujarat state of northwestern India and the Sind province of Pakistan. The name "Rann" comes from the Hindi word ran meaning "salt marsh".
Rann-Thanagar War Rann-Thanagar War is a six issue comic book limited series written by Dave Gibbons with art by Ivan Reis, Marc Campos, and John Kalisz. Published by DC Comics in 2005, the series features Adam Strange, the Green Lantern Corps, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, L.
Rannerdale Knotts Rannerdale Knotts is a fell in the Lake District of Cumbria, England. Rising from the Buttermere valley, it is one of the smaller Cumbrian fells and is overlooked by a number of surrounding fells, such as Grasmoor, Whiteless Pike and, across Crummock Water, Mellbreak and the High Stile ridge.
Ranney School Ranney School is a coeducational, nonsectarian private day school located in Tinton Falls, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, serving students in beginners through twelfth grade. It was founded in 1960 by educator Russel G.
Ranney, Wisconsin Ranney, Wisconsin (also known as Rogers Siding) is a ghost town in southeastern Kenosha County, Wisconsin located at Bain Station Road and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (now the Canadian Pacific) in the town (now village) of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
Ranni Ranni is Taluk in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerela, in India, approximately 66 kilometres from the pilgrimage centre Sabarimala. The Taluk Headquarters is a small township on both sides of the Pamba River.
Rannoch Rannoch (Raineach or Raithneach in Gaelic) is an area of the Scottish Highlands between the A9 road, to the east, and the A82, to the west. The area is crossed from south to north by the West Highland railway line.
Rannoch Aircraft and Vehicle Tracking The primary mission of the AirScene System is to track all types of aircraft in the air and on an airport surface and transponder-equipped vehicles to provide a high fidelity, high accuracy, and high update rate air/surface surveillance display. The system receives and decodes signals transmitted by Mode A/C, Mode S and ADS-B transponders.
Rannoch Corp. Rannoch Corporation, is an American company based in Alexandria, Virginia. It is a research, development and production company working in the field of radar tracking for airport management, ground and airspace control and air defense.
Rannoch School Rannoch School is a former independent boarding school, located on the south shore of Loch Rannoch in Perthshire, Scotland on the Dall Estate, 6 miles from Kinloch Rannoch. Dall House served as the main school building and a boarding house.
Ranrahirca Ranrahirca was a village in Peru, alongside the river Santa, near Huascarán, the highest mountain in Peru. It was hit by massive avalanches of snow, rocks and mud, originating on the slopes of Huascarán and triggered by earthquakes, on 11 January 1962 and again on 31 May 1970.
Ranrike Ranrike (Old Norse Ránríki) was the old name for a part of Viken, corresponding to the northern half of the traditional Swedish province of Bohuslän (roughly the physical Álfheim of Scandinavian mythology). It is sometimes said to have derived its name from the goddess of the sea, Rán.
Ranskill Ranskill is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire with its nearest town being Retford approximately 5 miles (8 kilometers) south. The Ranskill ward according to the 2001 census has 2,226 residents.
Ransom E. Olds Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864–August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American automobile industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile and Reo brands were named. He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1894, and his first gasoline powered car in 1896.
Ransom Halloway Ransom Halloway (born about 1793; died April 6, 1851) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Beekman, Dutchess County, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was brigade paymaster of the New York Militia in 1818.
Ransom note effect In typography, the ransom note effect is the result of using many different typefaces in a publication. It takes its name from the appearance of a stereotypical ransom note, with words or letters cut randomly from a magazine or newspaper and arranged to form the message, in order to avoid using handwriting which could identify the writer.
Ransom Room The Ransom Room (El Cuarto del Rescate) is a small room located in Cajamarca, Peru. It is considered by most Peruvian historians to be the place where the Inca Empire came to an end with the capture and eventual execution of the Inca Emperor Atahualpa .
Ransome Airlines Ransome Airlines was a commuter airline which was headquartered at Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Dawson Ransome, they began operations as an independent carrier in 1967.
Ransomware In 1998 Erik Seaberg introduced the notion of Ransomware(sometimes called hostageware) as an alternative to releasing software as free]/[[open source software from the beginning. The idea is that developers can make more money with this approach than would often be otherwise possible by releasing software which can be freely copied by its users.
Ransomware (malware) Ransomware is a type of malware that uses a weak (breakable) cryptosystem to encrypt the data belonging to an individual, demanding a ransom for its restoration. A cryptovirus, cryptotrojan or cryptoworm on the other hand employs a military-grade hybrid cryptosystem to take data hostage (the field known as cryptovirology predates the term "ransomware").
Rantath Flux In the television series Farscape, Rantath flux variance is a property of unstable wormhole travel. While Rantath flux can be used to identify how unstable a wormhole can be, it can also cause a very serious side-effect: complete tissue liquification.
Ranter The Ranters were a radical English sect in the time of the Commonwealth, who were regarded as heretical by the established Church of that period. Their central idea was pantheistic, that God is essentially in every creature; this led them to deny the authority of the Church, of scripture, of the current ministry and of services, instead calling on men to hearken to Jesus within them.
Rantzau (horse) Rantzau was a French-bred racehorse that went on to be an extremely influential sire of dressage, show jumping, and event horses, and is considered to be one of the most influential stallions from the French studbook.
Ranulf II of Aquitaine Ranulf II (also spelled Rannoux, Rannulf, Ramnulf, and Ranulph; 850 – 5 August 890) was Count of Poitou from 866 and Duke of Aquitaine from 887. On the death of Charles the Fat in 888, he styled himself King of Aquitaine and did so until 889 or his death, after which the title fell into abeyance.
Ranulf II, Count of Alife Ranulf II (or Rainulf) (died 30 April 1139) was the count of Alife and Caiazzo, and for a contested period, Duke of Apulia. He was a member of the Norman Drengot clan which ruled Aversa and Capua for most of the century between 1050 and 1150.
Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester otherwise known as Ranulph IV de Meschines (1172-1232) was one of the "old school" of Anglo-Norman barons whose loyalty to the Angevin dynasty was consistent but contingent on the receipt of lucrative favours. He was described as “almost the last relic of the great feudal aristocracy of the conquest”.
Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester Ranulf IV, also known as Sir Ranulph de Meschines or Ranulph de Gernon inherited his palatine earldom in 1128 aged 28, upon the death of his father who was descended from the Counts of Bayeux, Calvados Normandy. He founded a North Welsh Cistercian Abbey in 1131 which was colonised by monks from the Norman house called Savigny.
Ranulph Fiennes Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet OBE (born 7 March 1944), usually known simply as Ranulph (Ran) Fiennes, is a British explorer and holder of several endurance records. He was the first man to visit both the north and south poles by land.
Ranunculus Ranunculus is a large genus of about 400 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae. It includes the buttercups, spearworts, water crowfoots and the lesser celandine (but not the greater celandine of the poppy family Papaveraceae).
Ranunculus glacialis Ranunculus glacialis, the glacier crowfoot or glacier buttercup, is a plant of the family Ranunculaceae. It is an arctic-alpine species, found in the high mountains of southern Europe (Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Sierra Nevada) as well as on the Scandinavian peninsula, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Jan Mayen, Svalbard and eastern Greenland.
Ranunculus pygmaeus Ranunculus pygmaeus (the pygmy buttercup or dwarf buttercup) is a species of buttercup found throughout the Arctic, as well as in the mountains of Norway and the Rocky Mountains. A few populations also exist in the Eastern Alps and Tatra Mountains.
Ranvir Sena Ranvir Sena is an anti-communistand caste]-supremacist fringe paramilitary group based in [[Bihar, India|Bihar, India. The group is based amongst the Bhumihar landlord caste, and carries out actions against the outlawed naxals and their sympathizers in rural areas.
RanXerox RanXerox, or Ranx, is a science fiction graphic novel series by Tanino Liberatore and Stefano Tamburini, two Italian artists who had worked previously on such magazines as Cannibale and Frigidaire. Conceived as a bizarre anti-hero, Ranx was a mechanical creature made from a Rank Xerox photocopier parts.
Rany Jazayerli Rany Jazayerli, a Chicago-area dermatologic surgeon, is a co-founder and a writer for Baseball Prospectus, for whom since 1996 he has co-authored many of the annual Baseball Prospectus volumes. He also writes occasional “Doctoring the Numbers” columns for BaseballProspectus.
Ranye Ranye is a town located in is one of the cities in southern Kurdistan regarding administrative degree; it is considered as a (district) in Suleymanî province. Ranye has three towns; Çwarqurne , Bêtwate and Hacî-awa.
Ranz des Vaches A Ranz des Vaches is a simple melody traditionally played on the horn by the Swiss Alpine herdsmen as they drove their cattle to or from the pasture. James Wood writing in the Nuttall Encyclopedia in 1907 said that such a tune "when played in foreign lands, produces on a Swiss an almost irrepressible yearning for home.
Rao Jodha Rao Jodha (1416-1484) was the son of Rao Ranmal (Ranamalla) of Mandore, a Rajput of the Rathore clan. In addition to ruling Mandore, Rao Ranmal also became the administrator of Mewar to assist Maharana Mokal (father of Rana Kumbha).
Rao Raja Shri Pratap Prabhakar Bahadur His Highness Rao Raja Shri Pratap Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Prabhakar Bahadur (1740-Nov 1791) was the first ruler of the princely state of Alwar. He was the Rao Raja of Alwar from 1775 until his death in 1791.
Rao Shekha Rao Shekha (1433-1488) was a Rajput chieftain belonging to the Kachwaha clan. He ruled over the region called Shekhawati, comprising of districts of Sikar and Jhunjhunu in the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan.
Rao Shushi Rao Shushi (饶漱石) (1903—1975) like his confederate Gao Gang, was a senior leader of Communist Party of China (CPC) who once enjoyed great power and fame but then quickly evaporated in the history, leaving him behind many mysteries about his rise and fall.
Rao–Blackwell theorem In statistics, the Rao–Blackwell theorem describes a technique that can transform an absurdly crude estimator into an estimator that is optimal by the mean-squared-error criterion or any of a variety of similar criteria.
Raobeia Ken Sigrah Raobeia Ken Sigrah, or Ken Sigrah Raobeia, is the clan spokesperson for the Banaban people living on Rabi, Fiji. He lives and works in Australia, and is involved in a number of projects aimed at preserving the Banaban culture and Banaban itself.
Raoh , or 　—as he dubbed himself—　is the central antagonist of the Fist of the North Star manga, anime, and other related works. He is also the protagonist of Youkow Osada's manga, Ten no Haō - Hokuto no Ken: Raō Gaiden.
Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz played by Luis Guzman. He is the Latino gang's most ruthless member, willing to brutalize or kill anyone to have the Latinos represented in Oz.
Raoul Auger Feuillet Raoul Auger Feuillet (c1653–c1709) was a French dance notator, publisher and choreographer most well-known today for his Chorégraphie, ou l'art de d'écrire la danse (Paris, 1700) which described Beauchamp-Feuillet notation, and his subsequent collections of ballroom and theatrical dances.
Raoul Bhaneja Raoul Bhaneja (Hindi: रौल भनेजा, Urdu: رؤل بھنیجا), born on 6 June 1974 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, is a Canadian actor. He was one of the stars on the short lived TV series Train 48 on Global.
Raoul Coutard Raoul Coutard (born September 16, 1924 in Paris, France) is a French cinematographer who has contributed to over seventy five films. He is particularly associated with the nouvelle vague directors François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, and he helped to create the visual style of such seminal films as À bout de souffle, Vivre sa vie, Pierrot le Fou, Prénom Carmen, Tirez sur le Pianiste and Jules et Jim.
Raoul de Cambrai Raoul de Cambrai, the name of a French chanson de geste. The existing romance is a 13th century recension of a poem by a trouvère of Laon called Bertholais, who professed to have witnessed the events he described.
Raoul de Houdenc Raoul de Houdenc (or Houdan), 12th-century French trouvère, takes his name from his native place, generally identified with Houdain (Artois), though there are twelve places bearing the name in one or other of its numerous variants.
Raoul Dufy Raoul Dufy (June 3, 1877 – March 23, 1953) was a French Fauvist painter. He developed a colourful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs for ceramics, textiles and decorative schemes for public buildings.
Raoul EP Raoul EP is an 8-track EP by The Automatic, featuring the original versions of singles Recover and Raoul, plus b-sides from the first 3 singles. It was originally released for the European market, but has been made available in the UK since, making it more convenient for fans to get hold of the rarer tracks all on CD.
Raoul Heertje Raoul Heertje (Bussum, 1963) is a Dutch comedian. The notable international appearances he made were in the tv-shows of Ruby Wax, Clive James, Jeremy Clarkson and in the British satirical programme Have I Got News For You (on series 9) in 1995.
Raoul Island Anvil-shaped Raoul Island (Sunday Island), the largest and northernmost of the Kermadec Islands, (located at , 900 km SSW of 'Ata Island of Tonga and 1100 km NNE of New Zealand's North Island), has been the source of vigorous volcanic activity during the past several thousand years that was dominated by dacitic explosive eruptions.
Raoul Lambert Raoul Lambert (born October 20, 1944) was a Belgian football player who finished top scorer of the Belgian First Division with 17 goals in 1972 while playing for Club Brugge. He scored 18 goals in 33 matches with the Belgian national team between 1966 and 1977.
Raoul Lowery Raoul Lowery Contreras is a Mexican-American author, radio talk show host, and columnist, and aspiring politician, known for his centrist politics. He has gained notoriety as a defender of immigrants, illegal and otherwise, especially those from his native Mexico.
Raoul Naroll Raoul Naroll (September 10, 1920 – June 25, 1985) was an anthropologist who did much to promote the methodology of cross-cultural studies. He was born in Toronto, Ontario but was raised in Los Angeles and attended UCLA, studying anthropology and history.
Raoul Salan Raoul Albin Louis Salan (June 10, 1899 - July 3, 1984) was an officer in the French Army, and the fourth French commanding general in Vietnam during the First Indochina War. Salan was one of four Generals who organized the 1961 Algiers Putsch operation, and then founded the Organisation armée secrète (OAS) terrorist group.

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