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Raunchola Raunchola (often mislabeled as "Run, Rabbit, Run" or "Anorexorcist") is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. A very rare song among collectors, only two existing recordings of the song are known to survive.
Raunchy Raunchy is a Danish industrial metal band formed in 1994. Merging a thick, beefy, electronics-aided metal sound (produced by Jacob Hansen) with melodic touches, their breakthrough came in 2002, when they were the first Danish metal band signed to Nuclear Blast Records.
Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde (born 1939) was the provincial medical officer of the Finnish Lapland Province with a doctorate in medicine from 1975 until a car accident in 1986, which took away her ability to continue her work and career. Since then she has been best known for her UFO contacts and related thoughts.
Rauno Aaltonen Rauno Aaltonen (born January 7, 1938) is a Finnish former professional rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1970s. Before WRC was established Aaltonen, like all the top drivers, competed in the European Rally Championship.
Rauracian Republic The Rauracian Republic was a state that included parts of modern France and Switzerland around the Jura mountains. It lasted just a few months, in the years 1792 and 1793, being annexed by France after that brief existence.
Rausch Gap, Pennsylvania The ghost town of Rausch Gap was the largest of several coal mining towns in St Anthony's Wilderness that appeared, flourished, and died during the period between 1830 and 1910. The ruins of the town are located on the southern slopes of Sharp Mountain, where Rausch Creek cuts a gap through the mountain before entering Stony Creek.
Rauschpfeife The rauschpfeife is a musical instrument of the woodwind family, originally popular in Europe in the mid-16th Century. In common with the crumhorn and cornamuse, it is a wooden double-reed instrument with the reed enclosed in a windcap.
Rautahat District Rautahat district, a part of Narayani zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Gaur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,126 sq km and has a population (2001) of 545,132.
Rautaruukki Rautaruukki (currently using the marketing name Ruukki) is a Finnish company, headquartered in Helsinki, which manufactures and supplies metal-based components and systems for construction and engineering purposes.
Rautatientori Rautatientori (Swedish: Järnvägstorget) is an open square in central Helsinki, immediately to the east of the Helsinki Central railway station. The square mostly serves as Helsinki's secondary bus station (the primary one being at the Kamppi Center).
Rautatientori metro station The Central Railway Station metro station (Finnish Rautatientorin metroasema / Swedish Metrostationen Järnvägstorget) is a station on the Helsinki Metro. It is connected to the Helsinki Central Railway Station by a tunnel.
Rav Ammi Ammi, Aimi, Immi (Hebrew: רבי אמי) is the name of several Jewish Talmudists, known as amoraim, who lived in the Land of Israel and Babylonia. In the Babylonian Talmud the first form only is used; in the Jerusalem Talmud all three forms appear, Immi predominating, and sometimes R.
Rav Assi Assi II (Assa, Issi, Jesa, Josah, Jose, Hebrew: רבי אסי) was a Jewish Talmudist, known as an amora, who lived in the Land of Israel, of the third generation, 3rd and 4th centuries, one of the two Palestinian scholars known among their contemporary Jewish Talmudical scholars of Babylonian as "the judges of the Land of Israel" and as "the distinguished priests of the Land of Israel," his companion being R. Ammi (Giṭ.
Rav Huna Rav Huna (Hebrew: הונא) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the second generation and head of the Academy of Sura; He was born about 216 (212 according to Gratz), passed away in 296-297 (608 of the Seleucidan era)) Sherira Gaon, in Neubauer, "M. J.
Rav Jonah Jonah (Hebrew: רבי יונה) was a Palestinian amora of the 4th century, the leading rabbinical authority in the 4th amoraic generation. With Jose II, his early schoolmate and lifelong colleague and business partner, he studied under Ze'era I and Rav Ela (Bek.
Rav Shela Shela (Hebrew: רבי שילא) was a Babylonian teacher of the latter part of the tannaitic and the beginning of the amoraic period, and head of the school ("sidra") at Nehardea (Yoma 20a; Letter of Sherira Gaon, in Neubauer, M. J.
Rava (amora) Rava (רבא) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora, born in 270, and one of the most often-cited Rabbis in the Talmud. He studied at the yeshiva (Torah Academy) of Pumbedita: see Talmudic Academies in Babylonia.
Ravage (Transformers) Ravage is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Due to Trademark restrictions on the common name Ravage, he is sometimes called Battle Ravage, Command Ravage or Tripredacus Agent.
Ravachol François Claudius Koeningstein, known as Ravachol, (1859-1892), was a French anarchist best known for terrorism. He was born 14 October 1859 at Saint-Chamond (Loire) et died guillotined the 11 July 1892 at Montbrison.
Ravana In Hindu mythology, Ravana (Devanagari: रावण, IAST ; sometimes transliterated Raavana and as Ravan) is the principal antagonist of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. According to Ramayana, he was a king of Lanka many thousands of years ago.
Ravanaprabhu The super hit sequel to the Malayalam movie Devasuram, featuring Mohan Lal playing father and son. The story begins with the fall of Mangalasherry and Neelakantan's son Karthikeyan ventures out to make money which ultimately makes him a booze baron.
Ravanastron Ravanastron or Ravanhatha is an Indian stringed instrument played with a bow, used by wandering pilgrims. A Hindu tradition affirms that the musical bow was invented before 3000 BC by Ravanon, king of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and that the instrument for which he invented it was named after him Ravanastron.
Ravansar Ravansar (روانسر) is an ancient small town in the west of Iran. The earliest evidence for human occupation in the area dates back to Middle Paleolithic as it is indicated by stone artifacts that have been found at Kuliyan and Jaweri caves.
Ravda Ravda () is a coastal village in southeastern Bulgaria, situated in Nesebar municipality, Burgas Province. Ravda is a small seaside resort on the Black Sea, located 3 km from Nesebar and 5 km from Sunny Beach.
Rave A rave (sometimes referred to as a rave party) is an all-night dance event where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music and rave music. The slang expression rave was originally used by people of Caribbean descent in London during the 1960s to describe a party.
Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic is a remixed version of (formerly known as Prince)'s Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic 1999 album. It was released via mail exclusively through the NPG Music Club, an Internet subscription service, on 29 April, 2000.
Rave magazine RAVE Magazine is an Indian music magazine, launched in March 2002 has published 42 issues to date. It showcases both Indian and international culture with patrons in the United States, Canada, South East Asia, the United Kingdom, the Gulf, Kenya and India.
Rave Pants Rave Pants are extremely baggy trousers or Jeans, worn only by men and boys that are currently fashionable in the UK. They have extremely wide legs that cover the shoes completely and drag along the floor, getting ripped and torn in the process.
Ravelin A ravelin is a triangular fortification, detached outwork in front of the bastions. Originally called a demi-lune, lunette, (semidetached outwork) the ravelin is placed outside a castle opposite a fortification curtain.
Ravello Festival The Ravello Festival is also popularly known as the "Wagner Festival" and is an annual summer festival of music and the arts held in the town of Ravello on the Amalfi coast in the Campania region of Italy. The festival has been held yearly since 1953 when the town fathers decided to use the historical fact of the visit to Ravello in 1880 by German composer Richard Wagner as a way to promote tourism and bolster the economy of the area in the difficult years following the Second World War.
Ravelstein Ravelstein is Saul Bellow's final novel. Published in 2000, when Bellow was eighty-five years old, it tells the tale of a friendship between two university professors and the complications that animate their erotic attachments well into old age.
Ravelston Corporation Limited Ravelston Corporation Limited is a Canadian holding company that was largely controlled by Conrad Black and David Radler. It held shares in Black's other holding companies, such as Hollinger International, now known as Sun-Times Media Group.
Raven (comics) Raven is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics Universe, specifically the Teen Titans comics. She first appeared in DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980), created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez.
Raven (Zoids) Raven is a character from the anime series Zoids: Chaotic Century and Zoids: Guardian Force, based on TOMY's Zoids model franchise. Voiced by Robert Scott Henrickson in the English dub, he is Van Flyheight's rival.
Raven banner The raven banner (in Old Norse, Hrafnsmerki; in Old English, Hravenlandeye) was a flag, possibly totemic in nature, flown by various viking chieftains and other Scandinavian rulers during the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries CE. The flag, as depicted in Norse artwork, was roughly triangular, with a rounded outside edge on which there hung a series of tabs or tassels.
Raven Cliff Falls (Georgia) Raven Cliff Falls are located in White County, Georgia on a creek that joins Dodd Creek. The waterfall consists of three drops, a 60 foot drop, followed by a 20 foot drop into a deep pool, followed by a cascade of 20 feet to Dodd Creek.
Raven Cliffs Wilderness The Raven Cliffs Wilderness was designated in 1986 and currently consists of 9,115 acres. The Wilderness is located within the borders of the Chattahoochee National Forest in Lumpkin and Union Counties, Georgia.
Raven Guard In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Raven Guard are one of the original First Founding Legions of Space Marines. They specialise in devastating strikes behind enemy lines, guerrilla warfare and rapid reaction to enemy manoeuvres.
Raven Oak Raven Oak (born December 21, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter, whose works deal with the survival side of life. As a survivor of both abuse and an attempted rape, Raven Oak strove to free herself from the confines of the silence often present in victims of abuse and rape.
Raven paradox The Raven paradox, also known as Hempel's paradox or Hempel's ravens is a paradox proposed by the German logician Carl Gustav Hempel in the 1940s to illustrate a problem where inductive logic violates intuition. It reveals the problem of induction.
Raven Rock, New Jersey Raven Rock is an unincorporated area and hamlet along the Delaware River approximately 3 miles north of Stockton, within Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. It is the site of Bull's Island Recreation Area.
Raven Society The Raven Society is the University of Virginia's oldest and most prestigious honorary society. Founded in 1904, and named in honor of the famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe (who attended The University in 1826), the Raven Society promotes academic excellence by recognizing the brightest minds of the University community.
Raven turn A raven turn is a ½ inversion on a roller coaster which looks like half a loop followed by a drop and then levels out near the same height as it began. The raven turn is only usable on either flying roller coasters or 4D roller coasters at the moment and has, so far, only been used on two 4D coasters.
Raven Tales The Raven Tales are a saga of over 150 stories of Native American mythology, centering on the transformer and trickster Raven. In these stories he is responsible for the creation of the world, finding the first people and bringing important foodstuffs such as salmon into the world.
Raven's Gate Raven's Gate is the first book in The Power of Five series, written by British author Anthony Horowitz. It was published and released in the UK on August 1 2005 by Walker Books Ltd and in the United States (June 1 2005) by Scholastic Press under the adjusted series title, The Gatekeepers.
Raven's How to Holiday Hints Marathon Raven's How To Holiday Hints Marathon is a Disney Channel Christmas television special starring Raven Symone (as Raven Baxter) and Anneliese van der Pol (as Chelsea Daniels) from "That's So Raven" as they host a few hours of Disney Channel's Holiday episodes of their TV shows. The special aired in 2004 and 2005 and premiered a brand new episode of That's So Raven in 2004, called "Sweeps".
Ravenala madagascariensis Ravenala madagascariensis, commonly known as Traveler's Palm or Travellers Palm, is a species of banana-like plant from Madagascar. It is not a true palm (family Arecaceae) but a member of the bird-of-paradise family, Strelitziaceae.
Ravencroft In Marvel Comics, the Ravencroft Institute is a maximum security prison for the criminally insane, not unlike Arkham Asylum of the Batman comic books. Many insane murderers and supervillains, such as Carnage and Venom, have been kept at Ravencroft.
Ravendale, California The community of Ravendale, located in the County of Lassen, is on high altitude desert terrain at 5,300 feet above mean sea level. Almost exactly halfway between these two cities, Rand McNally shows 54 driving miles to Susanville and about the same distance to Alturas.
Ravenhall, Victoria Ravenhall is a locality at the eastern edge of the Shire of Melton, which is itself located on the western outskirts of the Melbourne metropolitain area in Victoria, Australia. The locality consists primarily of fields.
Ravenite Social Club The Ravenite Social Club was a club in New York City that was frequented and at some point used as headquarters of the Gambino crime family by John Gotti. Originally, the club housed family underboss Aniello Dellacroce's crew.
Ravenloft Ravenloft is a fictional campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It is an alternate time-space existence called a "pocket dimension" with the name "the Demiplane of Dread", which consists of a collection of land pieces called "domains" and the lands are brought together by a mysterious force known only as "The Dark Powers".
Ravenloft (D&D module) Ravenloft is a Dungeons & Dragons module, coded I6, written for use with the First Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ruleset, by TSR. Written by husband-wife duo Tracy and Laura Hickman, Ravenloft is considered by many fans of the genre to be the finest D&D module ever published.
Ravenna Festival The Ravenna Festival is a summer festival of opera and classical music (as well dance and jazz, ethnic music, drama, film, plus conventions and exhibitions) held in the city of Ravenna, Italy and the surrounding area each July and August.
Ravenna Ordnance Plant The Ravenna Ordnance Plant, officially the Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant (RVAAP)RVAAP page on GlobalSecurity.org and commonly known as the Ravenna Arsenal, was a United States military ammunition production facility located between Ravenna and Windham in the U.
Ravenna Park (Seattle) Ravenna Park and Cowen Park comprise a single contiguous recreation and green space in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. These public parks encompass the ravine with a maximum depth of 115 ft (35 m) through which Ravenna Creek flows.
Ravenna Township, Portage County, Ohio Ravenna Township is one of eighteen civil townships in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the central portion of the county, and borders or touches the following other townships and municipalities:
Ravenna, Seattle, Washington Ravenna is a neighborhood in northeastern Seattle, Washington, named after Ravenna, Italy. The neighborhood is mostly residential, with several businesses located along the busiest streets, in addition to University Village Shopping Center.
Ravenous Records Ravenous Records, a division of Ravenous Entertainment, was formed in 1998 by Jim Steinman and Steven Rinkoff. Rinkoff best explained the purpose of the label (and how it went wrong) in a May 2005 interview with BroadwayWorld.
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication is a higher education sector institution based in the United Kingdom, with a particular specialism in design and broadcasting. It is based near Chislehurst, Bromley, Greater London.
RavensbrĂĽck concentration camp RavensbrĂĽck was a notorious woman's concentration camp during in WW2, located in northern Germany, 90 km north of Berlin at a site near the village of RavensbrĂĽck (part of FĂĽrstenberg/Havel). Construction of the camp began in November 1938 by SS leader Heinrich Himmler and was unusual in that it was a camp primarily for women.
Ravensburg (district) Ravensburg is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from south-west clockwise) Bodensee, Sigmaringen and Biberach, the Bavarian urban districtMemmingen and the districts Unterallgäu, Oberallgäu and Lindau.
Ravensburg University of Cooperative Education Ravensburg University of Cooperative Education is a public university with campuses in Ravensburg and Friedrichshafen, Germany. It offers vocational studies in the fields of Business Administration and Engineering.
Ravensburg-Horgenzell transmitter Ravensburg-Horgenzell transmitter is a mediumwave broadcasting facility of Deutsche Telekom used for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk on the area of community Horgenzell nothwest of Ravensburg in Baden-WĂĽrttemnberg. It was inaugaurated on August 23rd, 1951 and used until 1959 for transmitting the radio
Ravenscar, North Yorkshire Ravenscar (renamed from Peak in the early 20th century) is a village in the United Kingdom on the North Yorkshire coast, approximately 10 miles north of Scarborough. Raven Hall Hotel (then known as Peak House), was once owned by Dr.
Ravenscraig railway station Ravenscraig railway station was a railway station serving Ravenscraig Hospital near the town of Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, originally as part of the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway and later owned by the Caledonian Railway.
Ravenscroft School (Somerset) Ravenscroft School (until 1978 called Ravenscroft Preparatory School) was an independent day and boarding school, initially for boys only but from 1964 co-educational, in Somerset, England. The school evolved into Farleigh College.
Ravenser Odd Ravenser Odd, also spelt Ravensrodd, was a port in the East Riding of Yorkshire during the medieval period, built on the sandbanks at the mouth of the Humber estuary. In the 13th century it was a more important port than Kingston-upon-Hull, further up the Humber, and was represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, but as the sandbanks shifted the town was swept away and completely destroyed by the end of the 14th century.
Ravenspurn Ravenspurn was an old Yorkshire town in the United Kingdom which was lost due to coastal erosion. The town is one of more than 30 along the Holderness Coast which have been lost to the North Sea since the 1800's.
Ravensrodd (UK Parliament constituency) Ravensrodd, also spelt Ravenser Odd, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, first represented in the Model Parliament of 1295. It was represented by two Members of Parliament intermittently until 1337.
Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire Ravensthorpe is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England with approximately 300 inhabitants. Services within the village include a shop, a pub named 'The Chequers', a playing field, a pocket park and a woodland.
Ravenstone, Milton Keynes Ravenstone is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England. It is located two and a half miles west of Olney, four miles north of Newport Pagnell (and of the northern boundary of Milton Keynes itself).
Ravenswood (film) Ravenswood (also known as Guests and Power Surge) is a 2006 Australian thriller film, directed by David Deenan, written by Dave Warner and starring Stephen Moyer, Travis Fimmel and Teresa Palmer. Ravenswood was shot on location around New South Wales, Australia in mid-2005.
Ravenswood Bridge Ravenswood Bridge is a two-lane cantilever bridge connecting Meigs County and Ravenswood, West Virginia. The bridge was completed in 1981 as part of a state-bill economic plan to replace narrow two-lane roads in southeastern Ohio with modern, wider roads.
Ravenswood city school district The Ravenswood City School District is a public school district in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily serving East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park. Students from this school district who continue on with public schooling matriculate to the Sequoia Union High School District.
Ravenswood City School District The Ravenswood City School District is a public school district in the San Francisco Bay Area serving the communities of East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park. Students from this school district who continue on with public schooling matriculate to the Sequoia Union High School District.
Ravenswood School for Girls The Ravenswood School for Girls is a Uniting Church Independent Day and Boarding School for Girls, established in 1901 by Mabel Fidler (1871-1960) for students from Kindergarten to Year 12. Its campus is situated in Gordon, on Sydney]'s [[North Shore (Sydney)|Upper North Shore, New South Wales, Australia.
Ravenswood, Chicago Ravenswood is a neighborhood located in the north side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. According to the Realtors Association, Ravenswood's approximate area is bordered by the north at Foster Avenue, Montrose Avenue on the south, by the west at the Chicago River, and by the east at Ashland Avenue.
Ravenwood High School Ravenwood High School is a public high school located in Brentwood, Tennessee, and serves the eastern-most part of Williamson County, which is known for being home to the highest rated public school system in the state. It is known for its high test scores and wealthy student body.
Ravenwood Plantation Ravenwood Plantation is a historic rice plantation in Colleton County, South Carolina. The historic ricefields and associated agricultural features of Ravenwood Plantation are significant as exceptionally intact examples of resources associated with the inland rice culture of the South Carolina lowcountry, which flourished from the earliest years of the Carolina colony until the early nineteenth century and in some areas until the mid-nineteenth century.
Ravernet Ravernet is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 3km south of Lisburn, and about the same distance north east of Hillsborough. It is to the south of the Ravernet River and close to the Sprucefield roundabout and the M1 motorway.
Ravi (music director) Ravi Shankar Sharma is an Indian music director, who has composed music for several Hindi and Malayalam films. After a successful career in Hindi films during 1950s and 1960s, he took a long break after 1970 till 1984.
Ravi Agarwal Ravi Agarwal, a Communications Engineer, is also founding Director of Toxics Link, an environmental non-profit organisation working in New Delhi, India. It focuses on issues of waste, waste trade, and toxics, and has been active for over a decade.
Ravi Arimilli Ravi Arimilli (born 1963) is an IBM Fellow and Chief Architect. Largely responsible for development of the Power5, he is one of the most prolific inventors in the world, being awarded 78 patents in 2002 and a further 53 in 2003.
Ravi Kahlon Ravinder ("Ravi") Kahlon (born on May 15, 1979 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian field hockey player, who earned his first international senior cap for the Men's National Team in 2000 against Malaysia in Brussels. The defender started playing field hockey at age twelve in the Victoria League with his father; he was selected with the Junior National Team in 1999 and was named team captain.
Ravi Kapoor Ravi Kapoor (born on June 27 in Liverpool, England), is an actor of Indian heritage best known for his roles on Gideon's Crossing and Crossing Jordan. Before relocating to Los Angeles, Kapoor worked for ten years as an actor in England.
Ravi Rampaul Ravindrath Rampaul (born October 15, 1984 in Preysal, Trinidad and Tobago) is a West Indian cricketer. He is the first quick bowler of Indian descent to represent West Indies at international level,Cricinfo Player Profile: Ravi Rampaul, retrieved 30 July 2006 playing 17 One-day Internationals but never a Test match.
Ravi Ratnayeke Joseph Ravindran 'Ravi' Ratnayeke (born May 2, 1960, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled medium pace. Ratnayeke played 22 Tests and 78 ODIs from 1982 to 1990, his Test best bowling performance of eight wickets for 83 runs was a Sri Lankan Test record at the time, and was also vice captain to Arjuna RanatungaVaas: Lanka`s unsung hero from LankaNewspapers.
Ravi Sethi Ravi Sethi (born 1947 is an Indian computer scientist retired from Bell Labs and now president of Avaya Labs Research. He is best known as one of three authors of the classic computer science textbook Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools, also known as the Dragon Book.
Ravi Shankar Vyas Ravi Shankar Vyas was an Indian freedom fighter and social reformer, hailing from and working in the state of Gujarat. He was one of the earliest and closest associates of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and along with Narhari Parikh and Mohanlal Pandya, the chief organizer of nationalist revolts in Gujarat in the 1920s and 1930s.
Ravid In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the ravid is an outsider from the Positive Energy Plane. It resembles a long, pale, whitish-violet serpent, about seven feet long and half a foot wide, with a draconic head.
Ravidasi The members of the Ravidassi religion believe in Guru Ravidas or Raidas as their founding prophet. The members are called Ravidasias who believe in Guru Ravidas to be their spiritual master and revere him as Satguru.
Ravikant Shukla Ravikant Shukla (born July 7, 1987, in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh) is a left-handed batsman who has been appointed captain of the Indian team for the U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in February 2006. He has played four first-class matches for Uttar Pradesh, scoring 175 runs with a top score of 65.
Ravil Geniatullin Ravil Faritovich Geniatullin (born December 20 1955) is the governor of Chita Oblast in Russian Siberia, an office he has held since February 1, 1996. He has been a member of the council of the federation since 1996.
Ravina II Ravina II was a Jewish Talmudist and rabbi who, in 475 CE, together with his teacher Rav Ashi, collected and commented upon the Gemara of what would henceforth be known as the Talmud Bavli ("Babylonian Talmud".) He was also a nephew of Ravina I.
Ravinder Bopara Ravinder Singh Bopara (born 4 May 1985, Forest Gate, Newham, London) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex. Although originally a specialist batsman, he is now improving his medium-pace bowling and developing into an all-rounder.
Ravinder N. Maini Sir Ravinder Maini (1938 - ) is rheumatology professor at the Kennedy Institute, part of Imperial College London. Maini was born in Ludhiana in the Punjab region of India but has lived most of his life in the UK.
Ravinder Senghera Ravinder Senghera (born 25 January 1947 in Kamla Nagar, Delhi) is an Indian-born former English cricketer who played a number of times for Worcestershire in the mid-1970s; he also had one game for DH Robins' XI in 1974.
Ravindra Svarupa Dasa Ravindra Svarupa Das, sometimes spelled Ravindra Swarupa dasa (born William H. Deadwyler, III) is a religious leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ("ISKCON," popularly known as Hare Krishna).
Ravine Bluffs Development The Ravine Bluffs Development was commissioned in 1915 by Frank Lloyd Wright's attorney, Sherman Booth Jr.. It is located in Glencoe, Illinois Six houses, three poured concrete sculptures, and one bridge were built.
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