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Rational surface In algebraic geometry, a branch of mathematics, a rational surface is a surface birationally equivalent to the projective plane, or in other words a rational variety of dimension two. Rational surfaces are the simplest of the 10 or so classes of surface in the Enriques-Kodaira classification of complex surfaces,
Rational Software Rational Machines was founded by Paul Levy and Mike Devlin in 1981 to provide tools to expand the use of modern software engineering practices, particularly explicit modular architecture and iterative development. Rational was sold for $2.
Rational variety In mathematics, a rational variety is an algebraic variety, over a given field K, which is birationally equivalent to projective space of some dimension over K. This is a question on its function field: is it up to isomorphism
Rational zeta series In mathematics, a rational zeta series is the representation of an arbitrary real number in terms of a series consisting of rational numbers and the Riemann zeta function or the Hurwitz zeta function. Specifically, given a real number x, the rational zeta series for x is given by
Rational-legal authority Rational-legal authority (also known as rational authority, legal authority, rational domination, legal domination) is a form of leadership in which the authority of an organization or a ruling regime is largely tied to legal rationality, legal legitimacy and bureaucracy. The majority of the modern states of the twentieth century are rational-legal authorities, according to those who use this form of classification.
Rationale A rationale is a liturgical vestment worn by clergy, in particular by Bishops, in Western-tradition Christian Churches that use full vestments. It is humeral ornament, a counterpart to the Pallium, and is worn over the chasuble.
Rationale for the Iraq War The rationale for the Iraq War (ie. 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent hostilities), as stated in either rhetorical or official claims, have been a contentious issue since they were first introduced by the Bush administration during the 2002 Iraq disarmament crisis.
Rationalis The Rationalis was the Roman Empire's chief financial minister prior to the reforms of Emperor Diocletian and the Late Empire. Among the tasks of the rationalis were the collection of all normal taxes and duties, the control of currency, and the administration of mines and mints.
Rationalism In epistemology and in its broadest sense, rationalism is "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification" (Lacey, 286). In more technical terms it is a method or a theory "in which the criterion of truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive" (Bourke, 263).
Rationalist Association The Rationalist Association, formerly the Rationalist Press Association, is an organisation of the United Kingdom, founded on 26 May 1899 to promote freedom of thought and inquiry and the principles of rationalism, defined as 'the mental attitude which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason and aims at establishing a system of philosophy and ethics verifiable by experience and independent of all arbitrary assumptions or authority'.
Rationalist International Rationalist International is an organization that defends rationalist ideas. It aims to represent a rational view of the world, making the voice of reason heard and considered where public opinion is formed and decisions are made.
Rationalist movement The modern Rationalist movement is a philosophical doctrine that asserts that the truth can best be discovered by reason and factual analysis, rather than faith, dogma or religious teaching. Its original roots extend at least as far back as Plato.
Rationality and power Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice is a book authored by Bent Flyvbjerg and published by The University of Chicago Press (1998). The book is a study of how power influences rationality and democracy in urban policy and planning.
Rationalizability In game theory, rationalizability or rationalizable equilibria is a solution concept which generalizes Nash equilibrium. The general idea is to provide the weakest constraints on players while still requiring rational players.
Rationalization (economics) In economics, rationalization is an attempt to change a pre-existing ad-hoc workflow into one that is based on a set of published rules. A general tendency in modern times to mathematize experience, knowledge, and work; or the growth of means-end rationality (goal-oriented rationality), referring to a highly precise calculation of means to attain a goal, and applying such calculation to the “conduct of life” itself.
Rationalization (sociology) In sociology, rationalization is the process whereby an increasing number of social actions and interactions become based on considerations of efficiency or calculation rather than on motivations derived from custom, tradition, or emotion. It is conceived of as a core part of modernization and as manifested especially in behavior in the capitalist market; rational administration of the state and bureacracy; the extension of modern science; and the expansion of modern technology.
Rationals (band) The Rationals were a garage band from Ann Arbor that first emerged in 1964, with Scott Morgan on lead vocals and guitar, Steve Correll on lead guitar, Terry Trabandt on bass, and Bill Figg on drums. They had several local hits but ultimately failed to break into widespread fame.
Rationibus A rationibus was the Roman Empire's secretary of finance, in charge of maintaining the accounts and expenditures of the fiscus which is the imperial treasury. This official's role in the finances of the Early Empire was considerable.
Rationing Rationing is the controlled distribution of resources and scarce goods or services: it restricts how much people are allowed to buy or consume. Rationing controls the size of the ration, one's allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.
Rationing in Cuba Rationing in Cuba refers to the system of food distribution known in Cuba as the Libreta de Abastecimiento ("Supplies booklet"). The system establishes the rations each person is allowed to buy and the frequency of supplies.
Rationing in the United Kingdom during and after World War II At the beginning of World War II Britain imported 55 million tons of foodstuffs per year (70%), including more than 50% of its meat, 70% of its cheese and sugar, nearly 80% of fruits and about 90% of cereals and fats. One of the principal strategies of the Axis was to attack shipping bound for Britain, restricting British industry and potentially starving Britain into submission (see Battle of the Atlantic).
Ratite A ratite is any of a diverse group of large, flightless birds of Gondwanan origin, most of them now extinct. Unlike other flightless birds, the ratites have no keel on their sternum and, lacking a strong anchor for their wing muscles, could not fly even were they to develop suitable wings.
Ratko Dautovski Ratko Dautovski is talented percussionist, interested in world percussion. He performs over 100 concerts all over the world and works with a wide range of musicians, orchestras and composers as well as giving solo percussion performances.
Ratko Mladić Ratko Mladić [] (Cyrillic: Ратко Младић) (born March 12, 1942 in Božinovići, Independent State of Croatia) was the Chief of Staff of the Army of the Republika Srpska (VRS) (the Bosnian Serb Army) during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia. In 1996 Mladić, along with some other Serbian leaders, is accused of war crimes and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague in connection with the siege of Sarajevo and the massacre of around 7,500 Bosniak men on July 11, 1995 during the Srebrenica massacre—Europe's worst atrocity since World War II.
Ratlines Ratlines, pronounced "rattlin's", are lengths of thin line tied between the shrouds of a sailing ship to form a ladder. They are found invariably on square rigged ships whose crews must go aloft to furl the square sails, but may also be present on larger fore-and-aft rigged vessels in order to make repairs or conduct a lookout from a higher position.
Ratlines (history) Ratlines were systems of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe at the end of World War II. These escape routes mainly led toward safe havens in South America, particularly Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and Chile.
Ratna-gotra-vibhaga Ratna-gotra-vibhāga, "The Analysis of the Source of the [Three] Jewels", is an important text of Buddhist philosophy associated with tathāgatagarbha thought. A secondary title for this work is Uttara-tantra (The Ultimate Doctrine), highlighting the text's claim that the tathāgata-garbha teachings represent the final, definitive teachings of the Buddha, in contrast to the earlier teachings on emphasizing intrinsic emptiness, such as contained in the Perfection of Insight Sutras (prajñā-pāramitā) and other Mahāyāna scriptures.
Ratnagiri Ratnagiri (रत्नागिरी) is a city in India, located in the southwestern part of Maharashtra State on the Arabian Sea coast, in the Ratnagiri district. It forms a part of the greater tract known as Konkan.
Ratnagiri Hindu Sabha The Ratnagiri Hindu Sabha was an organization founded by Indian revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1924. Based out of Ratnagiri (in modern Maharashtra), the Sabha worked for the preservation of Hindu social and cultural heritage.
Ratnapura Ratnapura (රත්නපුර in Sinhala; இரத்தினபுரி in Tamil) ("City of Gems" in Sinhala & Tamil) is the name of the provincial capital of Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka and the district in which the town is situated. The modern name is derived from the Portuguese name Rapadura for jaggery, the palm candy produced traditionally in this region.
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (born on May 5, 1933) is the 14th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and a veteran politician. He was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka by the President Mahinda Rajapakse on November 21, 2005.
Ratner's Ratner's was a famous Jewish kosher dairy (milchig) restaurant on the Lower East Side of New York City. Since it did not serve meat in deference to the kosher rule about not mixing milk and meat products, it was often regarded as a complement to Katz's Deli.
Ratner's Star Ratner's Star is a 1976 novel by Don DeLillo. It relates the story of a child prodigy mathematician who arrives at a secret installation to work on the problem of deciphering a mysterious message that appears to come from outer space.
Ratpoison In Unix computing, ratpoison is a free minimalist window manager for the X Window System primarily written by Shawn Betts. Its UI and much of its functionality are inspired by the GNU Screen terminal multiplexer.
Rats of Tobruk The Rats of Tobruk was the name given to the soldiers of the garrison who held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in World War II. The siege started on 10 April 1941.
Rats, Bats and Vats series The Rats, Bats and Vats series is, currently, two humorous science-fiction novels written by Eric Flint and Dave Freer. The books are Rats, Bats and Vats (2000) and its direct sequel The Rats, The Bats and The Ugly (2004).
Ratsadanupradit Mahison Phakdi Phraya Ratsadanupradit Mahison Phakdi (, born Kor Sim Bee คอซิมบี้ or 許心美 in Chinese) was a Thai provincial administrator. As a member of the na Ranong family which held the governor's post in Ranong for generations, Kor Sim Bee was assigned to become governour of Trang in 1890.
Ratt:The Video Ratt: The Video is a video released by American glam metal band Ratt in 1985 and contains the music videos from their self-titled EP, Out of the Cellar and Invasion of Your Privacy. The video also features footage from their tour in Japan.
Rattail Grenadiers or rattails (less commonly whiptails) are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this family are among the most abundant of the deep-sea fishes.
Rattail (haircut) A rattail is a haircut that is characterized by a long "tail" of hair growing from the back of the head. It saw a notable phase of popularity during the 1980s but can still be seen today, albeit in a rarer form.
Rattan Rattan (from the Malay rotan), is the name for the roughly six hundred species of palms in the tribe Calameae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia. Most rattans are distinct from other palms in having slender stems 2-5 cm diameter with long internodes between the leaves; their consequent growth habit also differs, not being trees but vine-like, scrambling through and over other vegetation.
Rattana Pestonji Rattana Pestonji (1908-August 17, 1970) was a Thai film director, screen writer and cinematographer and is regarded as the father of modern Thai film. Although his filmography was brief, his films placed Thai cinema on the world stage.
Rattanbai Petit Ruttenbai "Ruttie" Petit ("The Flower of Bombay") (February 20, 1900 - February 15, 1929), was the second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah - an important figure in the Indian Independence Movement and later founder of Pakistan.
Rattata is one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Ratatta in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Rattawut Lapcharoensap Rattawut Lapcharoensap was born in Chicago and raised in Bangkok. He was educated at Triamudomsuksa Pattanakarn high school in Bangkok, Cornell University, and the University of Michigan, where he received an MFA in creative writing.
Rattleback A rattleback, also known as a "celt," "Celtic stone," "rattlerock," "spin bar," "Tate's," "wobble stone" or "wobblestone," and by the product names "ARK," "Bizzaro Swirls," "RATTLEBACKS," "Space Pet" and "Space Toy," is a semi-ellipsoidal top which will spin on its axis in a preferred direction. But, if spun in the opposite direction, it becomes unstable, "rattles," stops and reverses its spin to the preferred direction.
Rattled By The Rush Rattled by the Rush is a song by Pavement, appearing on their 1995 commercial failure turned fan favorite album, Wowee Zowee. The song has no real meaning to it, as Malkmus was reported to be on marijuana during the sessions for the album.
Rattler Race Rattler Race is a puzzle video game, created in 1991 by Christopher Lee Fraley. It was distributed with the Microsoft Entertainment Pack,About window of Rattler Race, Christopher Lee Frarley, 1991 which was included with early Microsoft Windows systems.
Rattlesnake Canyon (Colorado) Rattlesnake Canyon is a scenic area within the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness which in turn forms the core of the Bureau of Land Management administered McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area in west central Colorado. The canyon contains 9 natural arches, the second highest concentration of such arches in the United States, after the much better known Arches National Park.
Rattlesnake Point (Canada) Rattlesnake Point is an eco-tourism area located near Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Spanning roughly one-hundred square kilometres across and near the Niagara Escarpment in Halton Region, the Rattlesnake Point area is home to many golf courses, country markets and equestrian training and boarding facilities.
Rattlesnake Ridge Rattlesnake Ridge (sometimes called Rattlesnake Mountain) is a mountain ridge located south of North Bend, Washington. It rises from the intersection of State Route 18 and I-90 and runs southeast about seven air miles or eleven trail miles.
Rattlesnake Round-Up The Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup, the world's largest rattlesnake roundup, occurs every second weekend in March. Run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, the Roundup was begun in order to reduce the large population of Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes.
Rattlesnake Weed The Rattlesnake Weed (Euphorbia albomarginata syn. Chamaesyce albomarginata) is a low-growing member of the spurge family native to desert and chaparral habitats of southwestern North America, from southern California to Texas.
Rattlor Rattlor is a member of the Snake Men, villains of the Masters of the Universe franchise. Rattlor first appeared in the "King of the Snake Men" minicomic, where he and Tung Lashor are called from another dimension by King Hiss.
Rattrap Rattrap ("Rattle" in Japan) is the name of a fictional character from the Transformers toyline that appeared in the Beast Wars and Beast Machines series. He is a Maximal and takes the beast form of a rat.
Rattray, Aberdeenshire Rattray is an area near to Crimond, Scotland. There is a village with the same name that was largely destroyed and never recovered after a storm in the 18th century that covered it in sand from the nearby dunes at Rattray Head.
Ratu Atut Chosiyah Ratu Atut Chosiyah (born Serang, Banten, 16 May 1962) is the current governor of Banten, Indonesia. She was inaugurated on 11 January 2007 along with her deputy governor Mohammad Masduki by the Minister of Interior Muhammad Ma'ruf.
Ratu Boko's Palace Ratu Boko's Palace is a remaining of monastery and King Boko's palace that was built around 8th century in Yogyakarta, Indonesia under the reign of Rakai Panangkaran, descendant of Syailendra dinasty. This palace is one of many Buddha temples in Indonesia.
Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (commonly known as Ratu Sukuna Day) is a national public holiday in Fiji. It is celebrated annually on the last Monday of May, in honour of Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (1888-1958), the national father of modern Fiji, whose death anniversary falls on 30 May.
Ratumaibulu In the mythology of Fiji, Ratumaibulu is a god of great importance who presides over agriculture. In the month called Vula-i-Ratumaibulu'the month of Ratumaibulu', corresponding roughly to November, he comes from Bulu, the world of spirits, to make the breadfruit and other fruit trees blossom and yield fruit The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1907, p.
Ratware Ratware is a fairly new term that is used to represent the underlying software used by mass-mailers (another equivalent word is spammers) to achieve their objective of delivering large amounts of email in a short span of time.
Ratz Ratz (Hebrew: רצ) was a left-wing Israeli political party. Ratz was originally the letters Resh-Tzadik that were printed on the party's paper notes at the polling stations, but became the party's unofficial name.
Ratz (comic strip) Ratz is a comic strip currently appearing in UK comic The Beano, which first appeared on August 19 2006. It was developed by artist Hunt Emerson to replace the retired strip Little Plum, which he had previously worked on since 2003.
Rau Le Creuset Gundam SEED Web Character Introduction is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. Le Creuset falls into the position of the principal antagonist to the main characters in the series.
Raubwirtschaft Raubwirtschaft (German for "plunder economy", "robber economy", or "rapine") is a term for a form of economy where the goal is to plunder the wealth and resources of a country or geographical area. Koloniale Raubwirtschaft describes a form of colony with the same goal and with no pretence of "civilizing" or aiding the native inhabitants.
Rauceby railway station Rauceby railway station can be found near the Town of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, lying close to the western border of the Parish of Old Sleaford and Quarrington just over half-a-mile south of the village of South Rauceby. Sleaford is the only town in Lincolnshire whose main railway station is served by railway lines running north/south and east/west.
Rauf DenktaĹź Rauf Raif DenktaĹź (in English often spelled Rauf Denktash) (born January 27, 1924) is the founder of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a defacto state which is only recognized by Turkey. He was the first President of the TRNC and has served four five-year terms in that office.
Rauf Yekta Bey Rauf Yekta Bey (1871-1935) Turkish musician, musicologist and writer on music. Wrote the first modern account of Turkish classical music available in a Western language ("La Musique turque", in Encyclopedie de la musique et dictionnaire du Conservatoire, Premiere partie, Paris, 1922 (written in 1913)).
Rauhes Haus The Rauhes Haus (literally rough house, but not meant that way, though probably applicable) was founded as a home for orphaned children in Hamburg, Germany, by the theologian Johann Hinrich Wichern on September 12, 1883. He used premises donated by Karl Sieveking, including a house called "Ruges Hus" after a former owner, from which the name "Rauhes Haus" likely derives.
Rauhut-Currier reaction The Rauhut-Currier reaction is an organic reaction describing the dimerization or isomerization of enones by action of an organophosphine of the type R3P.Preparation of dialkyl-2-methylene glutamates Rauhut, M.
Rauisuchia Rauisuchia are a poorly known assemblage of predatory and mostly large (often 4 to 6 meters) Triassic archosaurs. Originally it was believed that they were related to Erythrosuchids (Sill, 1974), but it is now known that they are crurotarsans (Benton 2004).
Rauisuchidae Rauisuchidae are a group of large (up to 6 meters or more) predatory Triassic archosaurs, and constitute advanced representatives of the larger group Rauisuchia. There is some disagreement over which genera should be included in the Prestosuchidae, which in Rauisuchidae, and which in the Poposauridae, and indeed whether these should even be thought of as separate families.
Raukumara Range The Raukumara Range lies north of Gisborne, near East Cape in New Zealand's North Island. It forms part of the North Island's main mountain chain, which runs north-northeast from Wellington to East Cape, and is composed primarily of greywacke, argillites, siltstones and sandstones.
Raul Brandão Raul Germano Brandão (Foz do Douro, March 12 1867 – Lisbon, December 5 1930) was a Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary descriptions and by the lyricism of his speech. Brandão was born in Foz do Douro, a parish of Porto, where he spent the majority of his youth.
Raul Cabanas Raul Cabanas (born March 31, 1986) is a footballer from Switzerland/Spain who currently plays as midfielder for Grasshopper-Club Zurich in the Swiss Super League. He is the Brother of World Cup 2006 and Euro 2004 Participant Ricardo Cabanas.
Raul de Souza Raul de Souza (born August 23 1934, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) a renowned trombonist who was a session musician for several notable artists, including Sergio Mendez, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Milton Nascimento, Sonny Rollins and Cal Tjader.
Raul Eshba Raul Eshba () (1944-1993) was an ethnic Abkhaz politician who was killed in Sukhumi along with Zhiuli Shartava, Guram Gabiskiria and others by Abkhaz separatist rebels during the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia on September 27th, 1993.
Raul G. Salinas Raul Gonzalez Salinas (born November 8, 1947) is a private security consultant and a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who was elected mayor of Laredo, Texas, on June 17, 2006. A self-styled political outsider, Salinas defeated 8-year city councilman John Clifford Galo (born (1958) by almost exactly 1,000 ballots in a low-turnout election: 9,665 votes (52.
Raul Hilberg Raul Hilberg (born June 2, 1926) is one of the best-known and most distinguished of genocide historians. His three-volume, 1,273-page The Destruction of the European Jews is regarded as the seminal study of the Nazi Final Solution.
Raul Julia-Levy Raul Julia-Levy (born July 10, 1971, Mexico City) is a Mexican film and television actor, and is the son of actor Raúl Juliá. Not only is Julia-Levy involved in the entertainment industry, he also remains interested in Mexico's politics.
Raul Lazo Raul 'Taco' Lazo (born May 5, 1984) is the Owner and CEO of the food chain The Pink Taco. Established in 2004, The Pink Taco is a Mexican style restaurant which uses a red dye to turn all their tortillas a bright, pink color.
Raul Macias RaĂşl Macias (born July 28, 1934 in Mexico City) is a Cuban-Mexican former boxer and actor who currently works as a boxing trainer. Born in the same Mexico City barrio as Ruben Olivares, Macias is Cuban on his parents' side, but he has always expressed pride at being Mexican.
Raul Manglapus Raúl Sevilla Manglapus (born October 20, 1918, Manila – died July 25, 1999, Muntinlupa City) was a prominent post-World War II Filipino politician. He co-founded the reformist Progressive Party of the Philippines and the Christian Democratic Socialist Movement in 1968 (later renamed the National Union of Christian Democrats).
Raul Marquez Raul Marquez (born August 28, 1971 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican boxer, who represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the light middleweight division (– 71 kg) by Holland's Orhan Delibas.
Raul MidĂłn Raul MidĂłn (born March 14, 1966 in Embudo, New Mexico) is a blind singer, songwriter, guitarist from New Mexico currently based in New York City. He combines his distinct voice, strumming, beats, and acapella sounds to create a one-man performance.
Raul Morales Raul Morales, sometimes known as just "Rawl", has been one of San Pedro's most prolific drummers from the 1990s to present. He is currently the drummer for Killer Dreamer as well as Mike Watt of the Minutemen fame's current projects
Raul Padilla RaĂşl "Chato" Padilla was a Mexican actor, and a member of Chespirito's comedy troupe, famous for his character in El Chavo del Ocho, Jaimito el Cartero [Jaimito, the Mailman]. Padilla joined the show in 1979 following the departure of Ramon Valdez, gradually taking over the sorts of roles Valdez used to play.
Raul Proença Raul Proença (born May 10 1884 in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal; died May 20 1941 in Porto, Portugal) was a Portuguese writer, journalist, and intellectual. Proença earned a degree in economic and financial sciences from the Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa.
Raul Rabadan Raul Rabadan is a theoretical physicist and biologist working at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. He is currently studying computational biology, systems biology, and the AIDS and influenza viruses.
Raul Roco Raul Sagarbarria Roco (October 26, 1941 – August 5, 2005) was a political figure in the Philippines. He was the standard-bearer of Aksyon Demokratiko, which he founded in 1997 as a vehicle for his presidential bids in 1998 and 2004.
Raul Saenz Raúl Alfonso Sáenz Meraz (1910-1982) is a Mexican business man, known in the north of Mexico in the decades of 30's and 40's specially in the states of Chihuahua and Durango, for having been the first owner of a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mexico, in the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes, in Chihuahua state, bringing a source of income to an area of Mexico that was having economical withdrawal. He was a very active entrepreneur of his time, acquiring magnesium mines scattered in Sierra Tarahumara, which provided more than 5,000 men with a job, in a time where it was very scarce.
Rauli Tuppurainen Rauli Allan "Allu" Tuppurainen (born 1 April 1951 in Kuopio) is a Finnish actor and screenwriter residing in Vaasa. He began acting in Finnish film in the early 1970s and has made a number of appearances in Finnish film ever since, appearing in many films such as the 1983 James Bond spoof Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit where he acted alongside actors such as Ilmari Saarelainen and Tenho Sauren.
Raulin Rodriguez the Dominican Republic in 1970, is one of the first major bachata artists to have national success and popularize this style of music in his country. Born in the northwest coast of the island, he toured with Antony Santos as a guitar player at age fifteen, and then went on to own band.
Raulin Rosendo A Dominican Republic-born singer transplanted to New York City, salsa star Raulin Rosendo was born in Santo Domingo on August 30, 1957. Steeped in the rhythms of Afro-Antilles music throughout his childhood, he began his performing career at the age of 12 as a member of the merengue group “El Chivo y Su Banda”, later appearing with acts including Fernandito Villalona, Conjunto Clásico and Los Vecinos.
Raum In demonology, Raum is a Great Earl of Hell, ruling thirty legions of demons. He steals treasures out of kings' houses, carrying them where he is commanded, and destroys cities and dignities of men (he is said to have great dispraise for dignities).
Rauman Kisa-Veljet Rauman Kisa-Veljet (abbreviated RKV or RauKV), established in 1963, is an active sports club in Rauma, Finland. The club is mainly known for its football team playing in the provincial Division III of Satakunta Region.
Rauman maalaiskunta Rauman maalaiskunta (the rural municipality of Rauma) in Finland, often abbreviated Rauman MLK, was annexed to Rauma on January 1, 1993. The population of the municipality at the time of annexation was about 9000.
Raumati Raumati is the name of two neighbouring places on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. They are located 50-60 km north-east of Wellington, and immediately to the south-west of the larger town of Paraparaumu.
Raumati Marine Gardens Raumati Marine Gardens is a public park in Raumati Beach on New Zealand's Kapiti Coast. It is near the Tasman Sea just behind the beach, hence its name, and on the northern side of the park, the Wharemauku Stream reaches the ocean.
Raumpatrouille Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffs Orion, colloquially also known as Raumpatrouille Orion, is the first German science fiction television series. Its seven episodes were broadcast by the ARD in 1966, with the first episode aired on Sept.

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