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Red Dooin Charles Sebastian "Red" Dooin (June 12 1879 – May 12 1952) was an American catcher and manager in Major League Baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century. He played 1,219 of his 1,290 games as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and managed the Phils from 1910 through 1914.
Red Dragon Apparel Red Dragon Apparel (also known as RDS Skatesupply) is a Canadian clothing company catering to skateboarding culture. Originally started as a small skateshop in the early 1990s in Vancouver, British Columbia by prominent skaters Colin McKay, Rob 'Sluggo' Boyce and Moses Itkonen, their clothing is now sold around the world and has attracted interest from skaters everywhere.
Red Dutton Mervyn "Red" Dutton (July 23, 1898–March 15, 1987) was an NHL player from 1921 to 1936, NHL Managing Director and President from 1943 to 1946 and Stanley Cup Trustee from 1949 to 1987. He played for the Montreal Maroons and the New York Americans.
Red Dwarf Remastered Red Dwarf Remastered was an attempt in the mid-1990s to bring the earlier series of TV comedy Red Dwarf up-to-date. A collaborative effort between the BBC and Grant Naylor Productions, it was hoped that remastered versions of the old episodes, combined with the recently completed seventh series of the show, would make an attractive syndication package for the U.
Red Dwarf ships The British sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf prominently features many different spaceships. Three feature regularly, and several have appeared for one or two episodes only but are nonetheless important to Red Dwarf continuity or well-known among the fan community.
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers Red Dwarf (often referred to as Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers to differentiate from the television series) is a book written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor and published in 1989, and is based on the first two series of the sci-fi comedy television show Red Dwarf. Its main feature is that it gives the reader a much deeper insight into the characters of Lister and Rimmer than the television series, and also gives a lot of background information about the human race at the time of Red Dwarf.
Red edge Red edge refers to the region of rapid change in reflectance of chlorophyll in the near infrared range. Vegetation absorbs most of the light in the visible part of the spectrum but is strongly reflective at wavelengths greater than 700 nm.
Red Earth, White Earth (book) Red Earth, White Earth is a novel by Will Weaver, about conflicts between white farmers and native Ojibwes in northern Minnesota. The story follows Guy Pehrsson, a California computer entrepreneur who returns to Minnesota twelve years after he ran away at age eighteen.
Red Elvises The Red Elvises is a rock band that settled in California in the mid 1990s. The members are: Oleg Bernov is from Russia, Igor Yuzov is a Russian despite being born in East Germany, Oleg "Schramm" Gorbunov is from Kazakhstan, and Adam Gust is from "sunny" Minnesota.
Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse is a radical infoshop located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and run by a worker-owner collective. Red Emma's opened in November 2004 and features a coffee bar, free wireless internet, an extensive stock of thought-provoking books, and weekly events (such as film screenings, political teach-ins, and community events).
Red Ensign The Red Ensign or "Red Duster" is a flag that originated in the early 1600s as an ensign flown by the Royal Navy. The precise date of its first appearance is not known, but surviving receipts indicate that the Navy was paying to have such flags sewn during the 1620s.
Red Eye (drug) Red Eye is a fictional drug in the anime series Cowboy Bebop. The drug is taken as an aerosol substance directly into the user's eyes and can give the user periodic surges of superhuman reflexes and a slowed perception of time.
Red Eye Banquet Red Eye Banquet are an up and coming West London band, they consist of Michael Shearer (vocals), James Towers (guitar / keyboards), Chris Rees (drums) and Edward Taylor (bass), have been playing together for over 5 years, while the original format of the band was established almost 12 years ago. They've been friends and have shared a mutual love of music since they were at Chiswick Community School together, although Edward did not attend the same school.
Red Eye Records Red Eye Records is a Sydney-based Australian independent record label and was started in 1985 by graphic designer John Foy. Its debut release was a solo single from ex-Hoodoo Gurus drummer James Baker issued as The James Baker Experience.
Red Faber Urban Clarence "Red" Faber (September 6, 1888 - September 25, 1976) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1914 until 1933, playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He won 254 games over his twenty-year career, a total which ranked 17th-highest in history upon his retirement.
Red Faction Red Faction is a first-person shooter video game that was released in 2001 for the PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, and Macintosh by THQ and Volition. A version for the Nokia N-Gage was developed by Monkeystone Games, and was changed to a top-down shooter for the mobile phone version.
Red Faction II Red Faction II is a sequel to the hit game Red Faction and takes place on Earth as opposed to the Mars of the first. Red Faction II was developed by Volition and published by THQ on October 16, 2002 for PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, and GameCube.
Red Falcons Red Falcons was the name of various socialist or communist youth organizations, popular in Europe especially between the first and second world wars, but still in existence today. The first such group was founded in the early 20th century by Anton Afritsch, a socialist educator from Austria, under the name "Rote Falkon.
Red Fir The Red Fir (Abies magnifica) is a western North American fir, native to the mountains of southwest Oregon and California in the United States. It is a large evergreen tree typically up to 40-60 m tall and 2 m trunk diameter, rarely to 76 m tall and 3 m diameter, with a narrow conic crown.
Red Floyd Johnny Red Floyd was a college football coach who coached at Auburn, Middle Tennessee State, and The Citadel in South Carolina. In 1917, he entered his 1st stint as a head coach at Middle Tennessee, and had a record of 7-0.
Red Forest Duiker The Red Forest Duiker, Natal Duiker, or Natal Red Duiker (Cephalophus natalensis), is a small antelope found in central to southern Africa. It is found in forests and shrublands in Malawi, Mozambique, and southern Tanzania.
Red Front Red Front was a socialist electoral coalition which stood candidates in the 1987 UK general election. Its main component was the Revolutionary Communist Party of Frank Furedi, while it also attracted the support of the tiny Revolutionary Democratic Group, Red Action and a few independents.
Red giant According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a red giant is a large non-main sequence star of stellar classification K or M; so-named because of the reddish appearance of the cooler giant stars. Examples include Aldebaran, in the constellation Taurus and Arcturus.
Red gurnard perch The red gurnard perch or jock stewart, Helicolenus percoides, is a rockfish of the family Sebastidae, found on the continental shelves of Australia and New Zealand at depths of between 50 and 750 m, over both rocky reef areas and open sand. Its length is up to 47 cm.
Red Garland William "Red" Garland (May 13, 1923–April 23, 1984) was an American jazz pianist whose complex block-chord style, in part originated by Milt Buckner, influenced many forthcoming pianists in the jazz idiom.
Red Gate Woods Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve within the Palos Division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois. Located within the preserve is the original site of Argonne National Laboratory and the Site A/Plot M Disposal Site, which contains the buried remains of Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor.
Red Gaurs The Red Gaurs were a paramilitary anti-leftist death squad organization active in Thailand during the 1970's. It played a key role in the 6 October 1976 massacre of students and activists at Thammasat University.
Red Giant Flying Squirrel The Red Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) is a species of flying squirrel, which ranges from the eastern regions of Afghanistan, into Northern Pakistan included parts of Kashmir, to Java, and Taiwan, and parts of southern China to Sri Lanka. Like all other species of flying squirrels, it has a membrane of skin between its legs, which is used to glide between trees.
Red Ginger Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata), also called Ostrich Plume and Pink Cone Ginger, are native Malaysian plants with showy flowers on long brightly colored red bracts. They look like the bloom, but the true flower is the small white flower on top.
Red Girl Records Red Girl Records is a London, UK based independent record label founded by former Spice Girl Melanie C, also known as Sporty Spice, after parting ways with her record label Virgin Records. All of Melanie's activities are decided upon and funded by herself, alongside her business partner and manager, Nancy Phillips.
Red Green (character) Red Green is a fictional character played by Steve Smith and is the main character on The Red Green Show, a Canadian television series. He is often the fast thinker that always comes up with a solution to a problem that is brought up by his nerdy nephew Harold Green (played by Patrick McKenna), as well as fixing and making things, rarely "successful", with "the handyman's secret weapon" (duct tape).
Red Green (ice hockey) Red Green (b. December 12, 1899 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans and Boston Bruins.
Red Grouse The Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) is a medium sized bird of the grouse family which is found in heather moorland in Britain and Ireland. It is usually classified as a subspecies of the Willow Grouse but is sometimes considered to be a separate species Lagopus scoticus.
Red Guard Party (United States) The Red Guards were an Chinese American civil rights militant group active during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The movement drew inspiration from a variety of sources including the Boxer Rebellion, The Red Guards in China, and the Black Panthers.
Red Guardian The Red Guardian is the name of several comic book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. The Red Guardian is an identity that was created as the Soviet equivalent of Captain America; since the fall of the Soviet Union, the name has fallen into disuse.
Red Guards Red Guards refer to socialist or communist militia formed to instigate, support, or defend communist revolutions. Historically, they have consisted of armed workers as well as defectors, mutineers or decommissioned soldiers from the state's military.
Red Guards (Finland) During the Civil War in Finland, 1918, the Red Guards were the socialist and communist revolutionaries of Finland who were defeated by the anti-Socialist White Guards and (Imperial) German forces, who feared the Russian Revolution was spread to Finland by the Reds' rebellion. The combined strength of the Red Guard was about 30,000 in the beginning of the Civil War, and it peaked at 90,000-120,000 in the course of the conflict.
Red Guards (Russia) In the context of the history of Russia and Soviet Union, Red Guards (Russian: "КраŃная Гвардия") were armed groups of workers formed in the time frame of the Russian Revolution of 1917. They were the main strike force of the Bolsheviks.
Red hair Red hair (also referred to as auburn, ginger, or titian) is a hair color that varies from a deep red through to bright copper. It is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin.
Red hake The red hake or squirrel hake, Urophycis chuss, is a phycid hake of the genus Urophycis, found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to southern Nova Scotia, at depths of between 10 and 500 m. It grows to about 30 inches (75 cm) and 7 lb (3.
Red heifer In Judaism, the red heifer (Hebrew parah adumah) is a heifer that is sacrificed and whose ashes are used for the ritual purification of people who came into contact with a corpse. A heifer is a young cow before she has had her first calf.
Red howler monkey Red Howler monkeys, scientifically named Alouatta seniculus, are primarily found in South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to the Amazon. These unique creatures are primarily found in large groups under forest canopies where they live in each other’s company.
Red Hand Day The Red Hand Day on February 12 is an annual commemoration day created to draw attention to the fate of children who are forced to serve as soldiers in wars and armed conflicts. The aim of Red Hand Day is to call for action against this practice, and support for children who suffer from this severe form of child abuse.
Red Hand Defenders The Red Hand Defenders (RHD) is an extremist terrorist group formed in 1998 and composed largely of Protestant hardliners from loyalist groups observing a cease-fire. It is composed of members of the Ulster Defence Association and Loyalist Volunteer Force, most of whom are still part of those groups.
Red Hare Red Hare was the extraordinary horse that Dong Zhuo presented to LĂĽ Bu along with gold, pearls, and a belt of jade to persuade LĂĽ Bu to murder his stepfather, Ding Yuan, and join Dong Zhuo in the historical novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It was said to be able to run one thousand li (or roughly 330 miles) in a day.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often abbreviated to RHEL) is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of RHEL for 7 years after its release.
Red Hat Network Red Hat Network (abbreviated to RHN) is a system operated by Red Hat that makes updates, patches, and bug fixes of packages included within Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux available to the public. Users of these operating systems can then invoke the up2date program to download and install these updates.
Red Hawk Industries Red Hawk Industries is a corporation engaged in the manufacture, integration, sale and service of electronic and physical security systems. Products include surveillance systems, access control, vaults, safes, ATMs, structured data networks, and information security services.
Red Head Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Red Head Cove is a fishing village in Newfoundland and Labrador located near the tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula separating Trinity Bay and Conception Bay, in a steep valley north of Bay de Verde. Red Head Cove is the fishing community.
Red Herring (magazine) Red Herring is a weekly magazine focused on the business of funding, building, and taking new technologies to market. It also sponsors a number of conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together.
Red Herring Artists Red Herring is an artist's collective based in Brighton England. Founded as a non-profit making company in 1984 the group was set up to provide affordable Studio space for artists with the common stated aim of increasing public awareness of the visual arts, both locally, nationally and further afield.
Red Hickey Howard Wayne "Red" Hickey (February 14 1917 — March 30 2006) was an American football player and coach who played for two teams and served as head coach for the San Francisco 49ers, where he was most famous for creating the shotgun formation in 1960.
Red Hill Elementary School Red Hill Elementary School is a public school serving 600 students who reside the communities of Moanalua Villages, Moanalua Terraces, and Coast Guard Housing in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Red Hill Elementary School is part of the Moanalua Complex of Schools.
Red Hill Farm Red Hill Farm is a purpose-built settlement in Northamptonshire. It is situated two miles from the market town Wellingborough and some eleven miles from the county town Northampton, forming part of the district authority of The Borough of Wellingborough.
Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial near Brookneal, Virginia honors Patrick Henry, the fiery legislator and orator of the American Revolution. Henry's law office and grave are preserved at his small Red Hill plantation, along with a reconstruction of his last home, several dependencies, and a museum.
Red Hill railway line, Melbourne The Red Hill greater-metropolitan railway line, in Melbourne, Australia, was a railway branching off from the Stony Point railway line at Bittern. The line had a fairly short life, opening on December 2, 1921, and closing on June 29, 1953.
Red Hill Valley Parkway The Red Hill Valley Parkway (popularly called the Red Hill Creek Expressway) is a municipal expressway running through Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, connecting the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway to the Queen Elizabeth Way near Hamilton Harbour.
Red Hills Horse Trials The Red Hills Horse Trials is held in Tallahassee, Florida, USA and is one of the equestrian world's top events. It is an annual major eventing competition held by the United States Eventing Association, Area III and the 16th event held in Area III consisting of Dressage, Cross-country, and Show jumping.
Red Hills Lake The Red Hills Lake, located in Ambattur taluka of Thiruvallur district, Tamilnadu, South India, is one of the rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to Chennai. This lake is also called Puzhal Lake.
Red Hills salamander The Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) is a fairly large, terrestrial salamander growing to about 255 millimeters. Its body color is gray to brownish without markings, and its limbs are relatively short.
Red Holzman William "Red" Holzman (August 10 1920 – November 13 1998) was an NBA basketball player and coach probably best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1982. Holzman helped lead the Knicks to two NBA Championships in 1970 and 1973, and was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985.
Red Horner George Reginald "Red" Horner (May 29, 1909 in Lyden, Ontario - April 27, 2005) was an ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1928 to 1940. He was the Leafs captain from 1938 until his retirement.
Red Horse Muziklaban Red Horse Muziklaban is an annual rock band competition that has been held in the Phillipines since 1999. It features young unsigned bands who compete for the grand prize of Php 100,000 and a recording contract with Sony Philippines.
Red Hot & Blue Red Hot & Blue was a recording project from Lee Atwater, a politician in the United States known for his adherence to Conservatism. The album was released in 1990, and featured over a dozen Rhythm and blues performers, including (but not limited to):
Red Hot + Indigo Red Hot + Indigo is the 13th entry from the Red Hot AIDS benefit series of compilation albums. It marks the tenth anniversary of the Red Hot Organization (RHO), an international organization which uses mass media as a fundraising tool for its efforts at increasing public AIDS awareness.
Red Hot Poker Tour The Red Hot Poker Tour hosts poker tournaments, with no entry fees, in bars and pubs all across Southern Ontario. Players compete to accumulate points, which they use to qualify for the end-of-season Tournament of Champions.
Red Hot Rhythm & Blues Red Hot Rhythm & Blues is a 1987 album released by Diana Ross on the RCA label. The album was the last contractual album the singer released on RCA before heading back to Motown Records the end of the following year.
Red Hot Riding Hood Red Hot Riding Hood is an animated cartoon short subject, directed by Tex Avery and released on May 8, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1994 it was voted #7 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.
Red Hot Skate Rock Red Hot Skate Rock is a 30 minute movie filmed in 1988 by Vision Streetwear featuring a 8 song performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and includes skate demos by skateboarders Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Chris Miller and many more pro skaters. Skate Rock was released on VHS though has since gone out of print.
Red House (London) Red House in Bexleyheath in the southern suburbs of London, England is a key building in the history of the Arts and Crafts movement and of 19th century British architecture. It was designed in 1859 by its owner, William Morris, and the architect Philip Webb, with wall paintings and stained glass by Edward Burne-Jones.
Red House (Woodlands) Red House is the name of junction 38 of the A1(M), where it meets the A638, 4 miles north of Doncaster and Âľ of a mile north of Woodlands, South Yorkshire, England. South of the junction, the A638 follows the route of the historic Great North Road to Doncaster.
Red House Painters Red House Painters is an alternative rock group formed in 1989 in San Francisco by singer/songwriter Mark Kozelek. They are described, along with American Music Club, as one of the lynchpins of the slowcore movement in alternative rock.
Red House, Buntingford The Red House is a Georgian mansion opposite the intersection of Norfolk Road and High Street in Buntingford, UK. It was inhabited by artist and stage designer Claud Lovat Fraser, who designed the Buntingford war memorial and other aspects of the town.
Red Hunting in the Promised Land: Anticommunism and the Making of America Kovel, a psychiatrist and professor of social studies at Bard College, traces the evolution of anticommunism in this country from the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 to the collapse of the "evil empire" in the age of Reagan and Bush. How, Kovel wonders, did the United States, "of all the capitalist powers the least threatened by Communism," come to be "the most floridly anticommunist"?
Red Channels Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television is an anti-Communist tract published in the United States at the height of the Red Scare. Issued by the right-wing journal Counterattack on June 22, 1950, the pamphlet-style book names 151 actors, writers, musicians, broadcast journalists, and others in the context of purported Communist manipulation of the entertainment industry.
Red Indian Folk and Fairy Tales Red Indian Folk and Fairy Tales is a 1960 anthology of 19 fairy tales from North American Indian culture that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.
Red Indian Lake Red Indian Lake ( NST) is located in the western interior of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The downstream end of the lake drains out into the Exploits River that winds its way through the interior of the island eventually exiting into the Atlantic Ocean through the Bay of Exploits.
Red Ingle Best known for his comedy records with Spike Jones and his own Natural Seven sides for Capitol, Ernest Jansen "Red" Ingle (1906-65) was a musician, singer and writer, arranger, cartoonist and caricaturist.
Red Issue Red Issue is a Manchester United fanzine. A source of Manchester United news and gossip, the magazine can be purchased from sellers at both home and away matches, from branches of Aleefs Newsagents in Manchester City Centre, from sellers at breakaway club F.
Red Jews The Red Jews were a legendary Jewish nation that appear in vernacular sources in Germany during the medieval era until about 1600. According to these texts, the Red Jews were an epochal threat to Christendom, and would invade Europe during the tribulations leading to the end of the world.
Red Junglefowl The Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus is a tropical member of the Pheasant family and the direct ancestor of the domestic chicken. It was first raised in captivity at least 5,000 years ago in India, and the domesticated form has been taken all around the world as a very productive food source for both meat and eggs, which some breeds have been specifically developed to produce.
Red Kangaroo The Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is the largest of all kangaroos and the largest surviving marsupial. It is found across mainland Australia, avoiding only the more fertile areas in the south, the east coast, and the northern rainforests.
Red Killefer Wade "Red" Killefer (April 13 1885 – September 4 1958) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played seven seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants.
Red King Red King ( Reddo Kingu), also known as Redking, is a dinosaur-like monster originally featured in the 1966 tokusatsu television series, Ultraman. Its first appearance was in Episode # 8, "The Lawless Monster Zone.
Red Kite The Red Kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. It is a European rare species which is resident in the milder parts of its range, but birds from northern and central Europe winter further south and west.
Red Kite feeding in Wales Red Kites in some parts of Wales are regularly fed by humans. This has a dual purpose: it is intended to help sustain and increase the kite population through the provision of extra food, and it also acts as a tourism draw.
Red Knight Red Knight is a title borne by several characters in Arthurian legend. The first is likely the Red Knight of the Heath in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail; he steals a cup from King Arthur and is killed by the protagonist Perceval, who wears his armor and comes to be known as the Red Knight himself.
Red Knight (Forgotten Realms) The Red Knight is the Faerûnian deity of strategy and battle tactics in Ed Greenwood's Forgotten Realms fictional world of Abeir-Toril. Her dogma dictates the use of careful tactics in battle to achieve victory, under the belief that sound strategy is the best way to win a battle with the most favorable outcome.
Red Kola Barr's Red Kola is a carbonated soft drink made from fruit extracts including flavouring from the kola nut. As with other Barr's products, such as Irn Bru, it is widely sold throughout Scotland and can be purchased in various containers including returnable glass bottles.
Red lead Red lead, also called minium, lead tetroxide or triplumbic tetroxide, is a bright red or orange crystalline or amorphous pigment. Its Latin name minium originates from the Minius River in northwest Spain where it was first mined.
Red line torpedo barb The red line torpedo barb or Denison barb (Puntius denisonii) is a subtropical fish belonging to the barb genus in the minnow family. It originates in fast-flowing hill streams and rivers of the state of Kerala, in South India.
Red lionfish The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a venomous coral reef fish from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The red lionfish is also found off the east coast of the United States, and was likely first introduced off the Florida coast in the early to mid 1990s.
Red Lady of Paviland The Red Lady of Paviland is a fairly complete Upper Paleolithic-era human male skeleton dyed in red ochre discovered in 1823 by Rev. William Buckland in one of the Paviland limestone caves of the Gower Peninsula in south Wales.
Red Lake High School Red Lake High School is a public state-funded high school in Red Lake, in Beltrami County, northern Minnesota, USA. The high school is located on the Red Lake Indian Reservation on which members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians live, and has over 300 students.
Red Lake High School massacre The Red Lake High School massacre was a school massacre that took place on Monday, March 21, 2005 in which Jeffrey Weise, a student at Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Beltrami County, Minnesota, killed seven people including a teacher and a security guard. He had previously killed his grandfather and his grandfather's partner at home before going to school to commit the massacre.
Red Lightning Red Lightning were a Los Angeles-based band comprised of English guitarist Alain Whyte (of Morrissey's band) on lead vocals and guitar, John DiMambro on bass guitar and Milo Todesco on drums. Red Lightning showcased Whyte's songwriting talent with virtuoso musicianship and an exciting live show.
Red Line (Baltimore) The Red Line is a proposed mass transit line for the Baltimore, Maryland area. It is still in the planning stages and its construction is not guaranteed, though most major area elected officials have stated that they are eager to see it built.
Red Line (Cleveland) The Red Line (Route 66X) is a rapid transit line of the RTA Rapid Transit in Cleveland, Ohio, running from Hopkins International Airport northeast to Tower City in downtown Cleveland, then east and northeast to Windermere. 2.
Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority) The Red Line (Howard-Dan Ryan Service) is a heavy rail line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago 'L' system. It is CTA's busiest rail line, serving more than 213,800 passengers each weekday.
Red Line (MBTA) The Red Line is an MBTA rapid transit line in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Its northwestern terminal is at Alewife near Fresh Pond Parkway and Route 2 in West Cambridge, from which it passes through downtown, with transfers to the Green Line at Park Street and the Orange Line at Downtown Crossing.
Red Dragon Apparel Red Dragon Apparel (also known as RDS Skatesupply) is a Canadian clothing company catering to skateboarding culture. Originally started as a small skateshop in the early 1990s in Vancouver, British Columbia by prominent skaters Colin McKay, Rob 'Sluggo' Boyce and Moses Itkonen, their clothing is now sold around the world and has attracted interest from skaters everywhere.
Red Dutton Mervyn "Red" Dutton (July 23, 1898–March 15, 1987) was an NHL player from 1921 to 1936, NHL Managing Director and President from 1943 to 1946 and Stanley Cup Trustee from 1949 to 1987. He played for the Montreal Maroons and the New York Americans.
Red Dwarf Remastered Red Dwarf Remastered was an attempt in the mid-1990s to bring the earlier series of TV comedy Red Dwarf up-to-date. A collaborative effort between the BBC and Grant Naylor Productions, it was hoped that remastered versions of the old episodes, combined with the recently completed seventh series of the show, would make an attractive syndication package for the U.
Red Dwarf ships The British sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf prominently features many different spaceships. Three feature regularly, and several have appeared for one or two episodes only but are nonetheless important to Red Dwarf continuity or well-known among the fan community.
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers Red Dwarf (often referred to as Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers to differentiate from the television series) is a book written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor and published in 1989, and is based on the first two series of the sci-fi comedy television show Red Dwarf. Its main feature is that it gives the reader a much deeper insight into the characters of Lister and Rimmer than the television series, and also gives a lot of background information about the human race at the time of Red Dwarf.
Red edge Red edge refers to the region of rapid change in reflectance of chlorophyll in the near infrared range. Vegetation absorbs most of the light in the visible part of the spectrum but is strongly reflective at wavelengths greater than 700 nm.
Red Earth, White Earth (book) Red Earth, White Earth is a novel by Will Weaver, about conflicts between white farmers and native Ojibwes in northern Minnesota. The story follows Guy Pehrsson, a California computer entrepreneur who returns to Minnesota twelve years after he ran away at age eighteen.
Red Elvises The Red Elvises is a rock band that settled in California in the mid 1990s. The members are: Oleg Bernov is from Russia, Igor Yuzov is a Russian despite being born in East Germany, Oleg "Schramm" Gorbunov is from Kazakhstan, and Adam Gust is from "sunny" Minnesota.
Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse is a radical infoshop located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and run by a worker-owner collective. Red Emma's opened in November 2004 and features a coffee bar, free wireless internet, an extensive stock of thought-provoking books, and weekly events (such as film screenings, political teach-ins, and community events).
Red Ensign The Red Ensign or "Red Duster" is a flag that originated in the early 1600s as an ensign flown by the Royal Navy. The precise date of its first appearance is not known, but surviving receipts indicate that the Navy was paying to have such flags sewn during the 1620s.
Red Eye (drug) Red Eye is a fictional drug in the anime series Cowboy Bebop. The drug is taken as an aerosol substance directly into the user's eyes and can give the user periodic surges of superhuman reflexes and a slowed perception of time.
Red Eye Banquet Red Eye Banquet are an up and coming West London band, they consist of Michael Shearer (vocals), James Towers (guitar / keyboards), Chris Rees (drums) and Edward Taylor (bass), have been playing together for over 5 years, while the original format of the band was established almost 12 years ago. They've been friends and have shared a mutual love of music since they were at Chiswick Community School together, although Edward did not attend the same school.
Red Eye Records Red Eye Records is a Sydney-based Australian independent record label and was started in 1985 by graphic designer John Foy. Its debut release was a solo single from ex-Hoodoo Gurus drummer James Baker issued as The James Baker Experience.
Red Faber Urban Clarence "Red" Faber (September 6, 1888 - September 25, 1976) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1914 until 1933, playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He won 254 games over his twenty-year career, a total which ranked 17th-highest in history upon his retirement.
Red Faction Red Faction is a first-person shooter video game that was released in 2001 for the PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, and Macintosh by THQ and Volition. A version for the Nokia N-Gage was developed by Monkeystone Games, and was changed to a top-down shooter for the mobile phone version.
Red Faction II Red Faction II is a sequel to the hit game Red Faction and takes place on Earth as opposed to the Mars of the first. Red Faction II was developed by Volition and published by THQ on October 16, 2002 for PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, and GameCube.
Red Falcons Red Falcons was the name of various socialist or communist youth organizations, popular in Europe especially between the first and second world wars, but still in existence today. The first such group was founded in the early 20th century by Anton Afritsch, a socialist educator from Austria, under the name "Rote Falkon.
Red Fir The Red Fir (Abies magnifica) is a western North American fir, native to the mountains of southwest Oregon and California in the United States. It is a large evergreen tree typically up to 40-60 m tall and 2 m trunk diameter, rarely to 76 m tall and 3 m diameter, with a narrow conic crown.
Red Floyd Johnny Red Floyd was a college football coach who coached at Auburn, Middle Tennessee State, and The Citadel in South Carolina. In 1917, he entered his 1st stint as a head coach at Middle Tennessee, and had a record of 7-0.
Red Forest Duiker The Red Forest Duiker, Natal Duiker, or Natal Red Duiker (Cephalophus natalensis), is a small antelope found in central to southern Africa. It is found in forests and shrublands in Malawi, Mozambique, and southern Tanzania.
Red Front Red Front was a socialist electoral coalition which stood candidates in the 1987 UK general election. Its main component was the Revolutionary Communist Party of Frank Furedi, while it also attracted the support of the tiny Revolutionary Democratic Group, Red Action and a few independents.
Red giant According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a red giant is a large non-main sequence star of stellar classification K or M; so-named because of the reddish appearance of the cooler giant stars. Examples include Aldebaran, in the constellation Taurus and Arcturus.
Red gurnard perch The red gurnard perch or jock stewart, Helicolenus percoides, is a rockfish of the family Sebastidae, found on the continental shelves of Australia and New Zealand at depths of between 50 and 750 m, over both rocky reef areas and open sand. Its length is up to 47 cm.
Red Garland William "Red" Garland (May 13, 1923–April 23, 1984) was an American jazz pianist whose complex block-chord style, in part originated by Milt Buckner, influenced many forthcoming pianists in the jazz idiom.
Red Gate Woods Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve within the Palos Division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois. Located within the preserve is the original site of Argonne National Laboratory and the Site A/Plot M Disposal Site, which contains the buried remains of Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor.
Red Gaurs The Red Gaurs were a paramilitary anti-leftist death squad organization active in Thailand during the 1970's. It played a key role in the 6 October 1976 massacre of students and activists at Thammasat University.
Red Giant Flying Squirrel The Red Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) is a species of flying squirrel, which ranges from the eastern regions of Afghanistan, into Northern Pakistan included parts of Kashmir, to Java, and Taiwan, and parts of southern China to Sri Lanka. Like all other species of flying squirrels, it has a membrane of skin between its legs, which is used to glide between trees.
Red Ginger Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata), also called Ostrich Plume and Pink Cone Ginger, are native Malaysian plants with showy flowers on long brightly colored red bracts. They look like the bloom, but the true flower is the small white flower on top.
Red Girl Records Red Girl Records is a London, UK based independent record label founded by former Spice Girl Melanie C, also known as Sporty Spice, after parting ways with her record label Virgin Records. All of Melanie's activities are decided upon and funded by herself, alongside her business partner and manager, Nancy Phillips.
Red Green (character) Red Green is a fictional character played by Steve Smith and is the main character on The Red Green Show, a Canadian television series. He is often the fast thinker that always comes up with a solution to a problem that is brought up by his nerdy nephew Harold Green (played by Patrick McKenna), as well as fixing and making things, rarely "successful", with "the handyman's secret weapon" (duct tape).
Red Green (ice hockey) Red Green (b. December 12, 1899 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans and Boston Bruins.
Red Grouse The Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) is a medium sized bird of the grouse family which is found in heather moorland in Britain and Ireland. It is usually classified as a subspecies of the Willow Grouse but is sometimes considered to be a separate species Lagopus scoticus.
Red Guard Party (United States) The Red Guards were an Chinese American civil rights militant group active during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The movement drew inspiration from a variety of sources including the Boxer Rebellion, The Red Guards in China, and the Black Panthers.
Red Guardian The Red Guardian is the name of several comic book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. The Red Guardian is an identity that was created as the Soviet equivalent of Captain America; since the fall of the Soviet Union, the name has fallen into disuse.
Red Guards Red Guards refer to socialist or communist militia formed to instigate, support, or defend communist revolutions. Historically, they have consisted of armed workers as well as defectors, mutineers or decommissioned soldiers from the state's military.
Red Guards (Finland) During the Civil War in Finland, 1918, the Red Guards were the socialist and communist revolutionaries of Finland who were defeated by the anti-Socialist White Guards and (Imperial) German forces, who feared the Russian Revolution was spread to Finland by the Reds' rebellion. The combined strength of the Red Guard was about 30,000 in the beginning of the Civil War, and it peaked at 90,000-120,000 in the course of the conflict.
Red Guards (Russia) In the context of the history of Russia and Soviet Union, Red Guards (Russian: "КраŃная Гвардия") were armed groups of workers formed in the time frame of the Russian Revolution of 1917. They were the main strike force of the Bolsheviks.
Red hair Red hair (also referred to as auburn, ginger, or titian) is a hair color that varies from a deep red through to bright copper. It is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin.
Red hake The red hake or squirrel hake, Urophycis chuss, is a phycid hake of the genus Urophycis, found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to southern Nova Scotia, at depths of between 10 and 500 m. It grows to about 30 inches (75 cm) and 7 lb (3.
Red heifer In Judaism, the red heifer (Hebrew parah adumah) is a heifer that is sacrificed and whose ashes are used for the ritual purification of people who came into contact with a corpse. A heifer is a young cow before she has had her first calf.
Red howler monkey Red Howler monkeys, scientifically named Alouatta seniculus, are primarily found in South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to the Amazon. These unique creatures are primarily found in large groups under forest canopies where they live in each other’s company.
Red Hand Day The Red Hand Day on February 12 is an annual commemoration day created to draw attention to the fate of children who are forced to serve as soldiers in wars and armed conflicts. The aim of Red Hand Day is to call for action against this practice, and support for children who suffer from this severe form of child abuse.
Red Hand Defenders The Red Hand Defenders (RHD) is an extremist terrorist group formed in 1998 and composed largely of Protestant hardliners from loyalist groups observing a cease-fire. It is composed of members of the Ulster Defence Association and Loyalist Volunteer Force, most of whom are still part of those groups.
Red Hare Red Hare was the extraordinary horse that Dong Zhuo presented to LĂĽ Bu along with gold, pearls, and a belt of jade to persuade LĂĽ Bu to murder his stepfather, Ding Yuan, and join Dong Zhuo in the historical novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It was said to be able to run one thousand li (or roughly 330 miles) in a day.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often abbreviated to RHEL) is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of RHEL for 7 years after its release.
Red Hat Network Red Hat Network (abbreviated to RHN) is a system operated by Red Hat that makes updates, patches, and bug fixes of packages included within Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux available to the public. Users of these operating systems can then invoke the up2date program to download and install these updates.
Red Hawk Industries Red Hawk Industries is a corporation engaged in the manufacture, integration, sale and service of electronic and physical security systems. Products include surveillance systems, access control, vaults, safes, ATMs, structured data networks, and information security services.
Red Head Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Red Head Cove is a fishing village in Newfoundland and Labrador located near the tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula separating Trinity Bay and Conception Bay, in a steep valley north of Bay de Verde. Red Head Cove is the fishing community.
Red Herring (magazine) Red Herring is a weekly magazine focused on the business of funding, building, and taking new technologies to market. It also sponsors a number of conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together.
Red Herring Artists Red Herring is an artist's collective based in Brighton England. Founded as a non-profit making company in 1984 the group was set up to provide affordable Studio space for artists with the common stated aim of increasing public awareness of the visual arts, both locally, nationally and further afield.
Red Hickey Howard Wayne "Red" Hickey (February 14 1917 — March 30 2006) was an American football player and coach who played for two teams and served as head coach for the San Francisco 49ers, where he was most famous for creating the shotgun formation in 1960.
Red Hill Elementary School Red Hill Elementary School is a public school serving 600 students who reside the communities of Moanalua Villages, Moanalua Terraces, and Coast Guard Housing in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Red Hill Elementary School is part of the Moanalua Complex of Schools.
Red Hill Farm Red Hill Farm is a purpose-built settlement in Northamptonshire. It is situated two miles from the market town Wellingborough and some eleven miles from the county town Northampton, forming part of the district authority of The Borough of Wellingborough.
Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial near Brookneal, Virginia honors Patrick Henry, the fiery legislator and orator of the American Revolution. Henry's law office and grave are preserved at his small Red Hill plantation, along with a reconstruction of his last home, several dependencies, and a museum.
Red Hill railway line, Melbourne The Red Hill greater-metropolitan railway line, in Melbourne, Australia, was a railway branching off from the Stony Point railway line at Bittern. The line had a fairly short life, opening on December 2, 1921, and closing on June 29, 1953.
Red Hill Valley Parkway The Red Hill Valley Parkway (popularly called the Red Hill Creek Expressway) is a municipal expressway running through Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, connecting the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway to the Queen Elizabeth Way near Hamilton Harbour.
Red Hills Horse Trials The Red Hills Horse Trials is held in Tallahassee, Florida, USA and is one of the equestrian world's top events. It is an annual major eventing competition held by the United States Eventing Association, Area III and the 16th event held in Area III consisting of Dressage, Cross-country, and Show jumping.
Red Hills Lake The Red Hills Lake, located in Ambattur taluka of Thiruvallur district, Tamilnadu, South India, is one of the rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to Chennai. This lake is also called Puzhal Lake.
Red Hills salamander The Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) is a fairly large, terrestrial salamander growing to about 255 millimeters. Its body color is gray to brownish without markings, and its limbs are relatively short.
Red Holzman William "Red" Holzman (August 10 1920 – November 13 1998) was an NBA basketball player and coach probably best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1982. Holzman helped lead the Knicks to two NBA Championships in 1970 and 1973, and was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985.
Red Horner George Reginald "Red" Horner (May 29, 1909 in Lyden, Ontario - April 27, 2005) was an ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1928 to 1940. He was the Leafs captain from 1938 until his retirement.
Red Horse Muziklaban Red Horse Muziklaban is an annual rock band competition that has been held in the Phillipines since 1999. It features young unsigned bands who compete for the grand prize of Php 100,000 and a recording contract with Sony Philippines.
Red Hot & Blue Red Hot & Blue was a recording project from Lee Atwater, a politician in the United States known for his adherence to Conservatism. The album was released in 1990, and featured over a dozen Rhythm and blues performers, including (but not limited to):
Red Hot + Indigo Red Hot + Indigo is the 13th entry from the Red Hot AIDS benefit series of compilation albums. It marks the tenth anniversary of the Red Hot Organization (RHO), an international organization which uses mass media as a fundraising tool for its efforts at increasing public AIDS awareness.
Red Hot Poker Tour The Red Hot Poker Tour hosts poker tournaments, with no entry fees, in bars and pubs all across Southern Ontario. Players compete to accumulate points, which they use to qualify for the end-of-season Tournament of Champions.
Red Hot Rhythm & Blues Red Hot Rhythm & Blues is a 1987 album released by Diana Ross on the RCA label. The album was the last contractual album the singer released on RCA before heading back to Motown Records the end of the following year.
Red Hot Riding Hood Red Hot Riding Hood is an animated cartoon short subject, directed by Tex Avery and released on May 8, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1994 it was voted #7 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.
Red Hot Skate Rock Red Hot Skate Rock is a 30 minute movie filmed in 1988 by Vision Streetwear featuring a 8 song performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and includes skate demos by skateboarders Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Chris Miller and many more pro skaters. Skate Rock was released on VHS though has since gone out of print.
Red House (London) Red House in Bexleyheath in the southern suburbs of London, England is a key building in the history of the Arts and Crafts movement and of 19th century British architecture. It was designed in 1859 by its owner, William Morris, and the architect Philip Webb, with wall paintings and stained glass by Edward Burne-Jones.
Red House (Woodlands) Red House is the name of junction 38 of the A1(M), where it meets the A638, 4 miles north of Doncaster and Âľ of a mile north of Woodlands, South Yorkshire, England. South of the junction, the A638 follows the route of the historic Great North Road to Doncaster.
Red House Painters Red House Painters is an alternative rock group formed in 1989 in San Francisco by singer/songwriter Mark Kozelek. They are described, along with American Music Club, as one of the lynchpins of the slowcore movement in alternative rock.
Red House, Buntingford The Red House is a Georgian mansion opposite the intersection of Norfolk Road and High Street in Buntingford, UK. It was inhabited by artist and stage designer Claud Lovat Fraser, who designed the Buntingford war memorial and other aspects of the town.
Red Hunting in the Promised Land: Anticommunism and the Making of America Kovel, a psychiatrist and professor of social studies at Bard College, traces the evolution of anticommunism in this country from the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 to the collapse of the "evil empire" in the age of Reagan and Bush. How, Kovel wonders, did the United States, "of all the capitalist powers the least threatened by Communism," come to be "the most floridly anticommunist"?
Red Channels Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television is an anti-Communist tract published in the United States at the height of the Red Scare. Issued by the right-wing journal Counterattack on June 22, 1950, the pamphlet-style book names 151 actors, writers, musicians, broadcast journalists, and others in the context of purported Communist manipulation of the entertainment industry.
Red Indian Folk and Fairy Tales Red Indian Folk and Fairy Tales is a 1960 anthology of 19 fairy tales from North American Indian culture that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.
Red Indian Lake Red Indian Lake ( NST) is located in the western interior of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The downstream end of the lake drains out into the Exploits River that winds its way through the interior of the island eventually exiting into the Atlantic Ocean through the Bay of Exploits.
Red Ingle Best known for his comedy records with Spike Jones and his own Natural Seven sides for Capitol, Ernest Jansen "Red" Ingle (1906-65) was a musician, singer and writer, arranger, cartoonist and caricaturist.
Red Issue Red Issue is a Manchester United fanzine. A source of Manchester United news and gossip, the magazine can be purchased from sellers at both home and away matches, from branches of Aleefs Newsagents in Manchester City Centre, from sellers at breakaway club F.
Red Jews The Red Jews were a legendary Jewish nation that appear in vernacular sources in Germany during the medieval era until about 1600. According to these texts, the Red Jews were an epochal threat to Christendom, and would invade Europe during the tribulations leading to the end of the world.
Red Junglefowl The Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus is a tropical member of the Pheasant family and the direct ancestor of the domestic chicken. It was first raised in captivity at least 5,000 years ago in India, and the domesticated form has been taken all around the world as a very productive food source for both meat and eggs, which some breeds have been specifically developed to produce.
Red Kangaroo The Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is the largest of all kangaroos and the largest surviving marsupial. It is found across mainland Australia, avoiding only the more fertile areas in the south, the east coast, and the northern rainforests.
Red Killefer Wade "Red" Killefer (April 13 1885 – September 4 1958) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played seven seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants.
Red King Red King ( Reddo Kingu), also known as Redking, is a dinosaur-like monster originally featured in the 1966 tokusatsu television series, Ultraman. Its first appearance was in Episode # 8, "The Lawless Monster Zone.
Red Kite The Red Kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. It is a European rare species which is resident in the milder parts of its range, but birds from northern and central Europe winter further south and west.
Red Kite feeding in Wales Red Kites in some parts of Wales are regularly fed by humans. This has a dual purpose: it is intended to help sustain and increase the kite population through the provision of extra food, and it also acts as a tourism draw.
Red Knight Red Knight is a title borne by several characters in Arthurian legend. The first is likely the Red Knight of the Heath in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail; he steals a cup from King Arthur and is killed by the protagonist Perceval, who wears his armor and comes to be known as the Red Knight himself.
Red Knight (Forgotten Realms) The Red Knight is the Faerûnian deity of strategy and battle tactics in Ed Greenwood's Forgotten Realms fictional world of Abeir-Toril. Her dogma dictates the use of careful tactics in battle to achieve victory, under the belief that sound strategy is the best way to win a battle with the most favorable outcome.
Red Kola Barr's Red Kola is a carbonated soft drink made from fruit extracts including flavouring from the kola nut. As with other Barr's products, such as Irn Bru, it is widely sold throughout Scotland and can be purchased in various containers including returnable glass bottles.
Red lead Red lead, also called minium, lead tetroxide or triplumbic tetroxide, is a bright red or orange crystalline or amorphous pigment. Its Latin name minium originates from the Minius River in northwest Spain where it was first mined.
Red line torpedo barb The red line torpedo barb or Denison barb (Puntius denisonii) is a subtropical fish belonging to the barb genus in the minnow family. It originates in fast-flowing hill streams and rivers of the state of Kerala, in South India.
Red lionfish The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a venomous coral reef fish from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The red lionfish is also found off the east coast of the United States, and was likely first introduced off the Florida coast in the early to mid 1990s.
Red Lady of Paviland The Red Lady of Paviland is a fairly complete Upper Paleolithic-era human male skeleton dyed in red ochre discovered in 1823 by Rev. William Buckland in one of the Paviland limestone caves of the Gower Peninsula in south Wales.
Red Lake High School Red Lake High School is a public state-funded high school in Red Lake, in Beltrami County, northern Minnesota, USA. The high school is located on the Red Lake Indian Reservation on which members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians live, and has over 300 students.
Red Lake High School massacre The Red Lake High School massacre was a school massacre that took place on Monday, March 21, 2005 in which Jeffrey Weise, a student at Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Beltrami County, Minnesota, killed seven people including a teacher and a security guard. He had previously killed his grandfather and his grandfather's partner at home before going to school to commit the massacre.
Red Lightning Red Lightning were a Los Angeles-based band comprised of English guitarist Alain Whyte (of Morrissey's band) on lead vocals and guitar, John DiMambro on bass guitar and Milo Todesco on drums. Red Lightning showcased Whyte's songwriting talent with virtuoso musicianship and an exciting live show.
Red Line (Baltimore) The Red Line is a proposed mass transit line for the Baltimore, Maryland area. It is still in the planning stages and its construction is not guaranteed, though most major area elected officials have stated that they are eager to see it built.
Red Line (Cleveland) The Red Line (Route 66X) is a rapid transit line of the RTA Rapid Transit in Cleveland, Ohio, running from Hopkins International Airport northeast to Tower City in downtown Cleveland, then east and northeast to Windermere. 2.
Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority) The Red Line (Howard-Dan Ryan Service) is a heavy rail line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago 'L' system. It is CTA's busiest rail line, serving more than 213,800 passengers each weekday.
Red Line (MBTA) The Red Line is an MBTA rapid transit line in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Its northwestern terminal is at Alewife near Fresh Pond Parkway and Route 2 in West Cambridge, from which it passes through downtown, with transfers to the Green Line at Park Street and the Orange Line at Downtown Crossing.
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