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3 unusual facts about ROC


Montignies

Montignies-sur-Roc, a village in the municipality Honnelles, in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

Roc-La-Familia

Singles: "Oye Mi Canto", "Más Maíz", "Bailar Conmigo", "Reggaeton Latino", "Reggaetón Latino (Chosen Few Remix)"

Roc'n Rope

is a 1983 arcade game developed and published by Konami (published by Kosuka/Interlogic in some markets).


2009 Race of Champions

There was also a RoC Legends competition on the Saturday evening, featuring Sainz, Biasion, Pirro, Johnny Herbert, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Mick Doohan, Andy Priaulx and Pedro Chaves.

Air launch

Building on its success, Orbital Sciences is developing the Pegasus II launcher that will drop from a purpose-built launch aircraft called the Roc.

Canton of Marseille-Vauban

It is also composed of a part of the 8th municipal arrondissement situated north of an imaginary line between the end of the impasses du Roc-Fleuri, Tertian and des Colonies, rue de la Turbine (excluded), rue du Lycée-Périer, traverse Périer, boulevard Périer, rue Paradis, rue de Cluny, rue du Chalet, rue Florac, rue Daumier, avenue du Prado and rue Borde.

Carry Out

Timbaland and Timberlake co-wrote the song with Timothy "Attitude" Clayton, Jim Beanz and Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon; the latter co-produced the song with Timbaland.

Chiang Pin-kung

He was Assistant Commercial Attaché at the ROC Embassy in Japan from 1967 to 1974, Commercial Attaché at the ROC Consulate General in Johannesburg from 1974 to 1979, Economic Counsular at the ROC Embassy in South Africa from 1979 to 1981, Deputy Director-General of the Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) from 1982 to 1983, Secretary-General of the China External Trade Development Council from 1983 to 1988, and Director-General of the BOFT from 1988 to 1989.

China and the United Nations

From the 1960s onwards, nations friendly to the PRC, led by the People's Republic of Albania under Enver Hoxha, moved an annual resolution in the General Assembly to expel the "representatives of Chiang Kai-shek" (an implicit reference to the ROC) and permit the PRC to represent China at the UN.

Dan Manucci

He is currently co-host of the sports radio talk show "Calling All Sports with Roc and Manuch;" the show was previously a weekend show on Sporting News Radio, but is currently a daily local show on KDUS in Phoenix, Arizona.

Debra Green

Since 2003 Debra has been National Director of Redeeming Our Communities or ROC: this charity aims to bring about community transformation by creating strategic partnerships which open up opportunities for crime and disorder reduction and improved community cohesion.

Dented Records

Dented Artists have collaborated with Björk, Cuts for Gorillaz remix, Scratch Perverts, Plan B, Dudley Perkins, Wildchild (lootpack) OhNo, Roc C, R. A. The Rugged Man, Dabrye, Canibuss, K-Solo, Vex'd, Skinnyman, Jehst, DJ Vadim, Natalie Williams, Rodney P, Skitz, Euphrates, Niraj Chaag, Dum Dum Project, Taskforce, Doujah Raze, Puto Largo, SFDK (Spain), Micky Finn, Baby J, and others.

DJ Hen Boogie

2008 saw DJ Hen Boogie with additional production credits with spoken word artist Karen Gibson-Roc, a remix album titled "Time Off" with Chicago's Infinito 2017 on Nephew of Frank Records, remixes with Vanessa Daou, and production on Jeni Fujita's debut release "This Little Light of Mine..." on Low Self Discipline records.

The podcast also featured accolades from various industry friends and cohorts most notably Zelma Davis from C&C Music Factory fame, Japanese vocalist Monday Michiru, Norway Vocalist Kinny, Joy Jones, Karen Gibson-Roc and YZ.

Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel

Eden Roc was the hotel where professor Paul Armstrong's (Sean Connery) family stayed in the movie Just Cause.

ELF 500 ROC

The engine was housed in a frame designed by Serge Rosset's small ROC firm, based at Annemasse in France.

Eskil Suter

Suter developed, in cooperation with Swissauto, the Muz 500 bike, in particular the chassis design and concept for the 1999 season, after the MuZ team decided to cease using the ROC frame.

First Taiwan Strait Crisis

President Truman later ordered John Foster Dulles, the Foreign Policy Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, to carry out his decision on neutralizing Taiwan in drafting the Treaty of San Francisco of 1951 (the peace treaty with Japan), which excluded the participation of both the ROC and the PRC.

Holly Carter

Carter’s career started in television casting, handling such Emmy Award winning projects as The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Roc, In Living Color, Martin, and several others.

Jacques Triger

He was also a paleontologist, part of the first team to excavate the archaeological site of Roc-en Paille (Chalonnes-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire).

Jaz-O

It is rumored that they didn't trust Roc-A-Fella records CEOs Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke.

Johann Lesinski

In May 1947 the Apostolic prefecture of Tingzhou (consisting mostly of the ROC's Changting Prefecture) was promoted to Diocesan standing and Lesiniski was named its bishop (consecrated thus in October of that year).

Lin Tzu-ling

Speaking at an opening ceremony of a seminar in September 2012 held by National Taiwan Normal University, Lin reiterated ROC sovereignty claim over regions in South China Sea and East China Sea based on ROC geography, history and international law.

March 2013 Nantou earthquake

Kuo Kai-wen, director of the ROC Central Weather Bureau Seismological Center (地震測報中心) said on 27 March 2013 that a 100-km long blind fault probably exists at Ren-ai Township in Nantou County which caused the earthquake.

Mark McClelland

He also featured on Iain Archer's album Flood The Tanks and Cut La Roc's eponymous debut album, playing the song "Post Punk Progression" with Snow Patrol.

Member states of the United Nations

Between 1993 and 2007, the ROC repeatedly petitioned to rejoin the UN as the representative of Taiwan, instead of as the representative of China, using the designation "Republic of China on Taiwan" (used by the Kuomintang-led administration under Lee Teng-hui), "Republic of China (Taiwan)" (used by the Democratic Progressive Party-led administration under Chen Shui-bian), or "Taiwan" (used by the administration under Chen Shui-bian for the first time in 2007).

This was the ROC's first participation in an event organized by a UN-affiliated agency since 1971, as a result of the improved cross-strait relations since Ma Ying-jeou became the President of the Republic of China a year before.

National symbols of the Republic of China

He is highly honored in both the ROC and the PRC, as in the ROC, presidents take oath in front of Dr. Sun's portrait, and Dr. Sun's portrait is displayed during National Day Celebrations, and in the PRC, his portrait is also displayed during the flag-raising on National Day.

Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) became the first president of the ROC in 1912, and proposed the Three Principles of the People and the Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China, which served as the foundation of the Northern Expedition.

New Roc City

It was rumored that the new retail stores to occupy New Roc would be Target and Kohl's.

NY's Finest

The instrumental version of the album was released on May 13, 2008 and includes two additional songs not available on the ordinary release; "It's So G" (which appeared with lyrics by Roc Marciano on the deluxe edition) and "When I Need It" (which later was released with lyrics by Pete Rock on the NBA Live 10 soundtrack).

Operational instruments of the Royal Observer Corps

Composed mainly of civilian spare-time volunteers, ROC personnel wore a Royal Air Force (RAF) style uniform and latterly came under the administrative control of RAF Strike Command and the operational control of the Home Office.

Public Television Service

Although first proposed in 1980, it was not until 1984 that the ROC's executive-level Government Information Office (GIO), which regulates mass media activities and serves as the government press bureau, attempted to create a separate entity that would produce public interest programs for broadcast on the ROC's then-existing three terrestrial networks.

Recovery-oriented computing

Recovery-oriented computing (sometimes abbreviated to ROC) is a method constructed at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley for developing reliable Internet services.

Red Rat

His musical diversity and mainstream popularity led to a series of collaborations with artists such as Treach of Naughty by Nature, Kele Le Roc, Renee from Zhane, NEXT, British icons Groove Armada and his cousin, Canadian hip-hop artist, Dan-e-o.

Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium

ROC is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Defence Research and Development Canada, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and American Heart Association.

Roc d'Enfer

The Roc d'Enfer (2,244 m) is a mountain of the Chablais Alps, located west of Morzine in the French department of Haute-Savoie.

ROC Post Speke

ROC Post Speke is a nuclear monitoring post in Speke, Liverpool built during the Cold War.

Roc Project

However, because of difficulty getting the song released due to Novak and Roc being signed to different record labels, Ray Roc decided to recruit the Australian singer Tina Arena to sing Novak's vocals instead.

Roc Raida

On March 20, 2012, Rob Swift released the album "Roc for Raida," a collection of songs (some unreleased) and battle style routines that defined Roc Raida as an artist, lost interview archives (from John Carluccio), and other material, with proceeds going to Roc Raida's family.

Snap music

As this rivalry continued, the resident DJ of Atlanta's Pool Palace DJ T-Roc has claimed that K-Rab was making snap long before Dem Franchize Boys and D4L.

Succession of states

However, the full succession of the PRC as the state of China was not initially recognized by many states because the ROC has still existed on the island of Taiwan and other islands, such as Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu.

Susie Wolff

The Race Of Champions was planned to feature a female driver for the first time in its history as Susie Wolff had signed up for ROC 2013, to be held at Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium on December 14–15.

Three Principles of the People

The pro-Kuomintang and pro-ROC Khamba revolutionary leader Pandatsang Rapga, who established the Tibet Improvement Party, adopted Dr. Sun's ideology including the Three Principles, incorporating them into his party and using Sun's doctrine as a model for his vision of Tibet after achieving his goal of overthrowing the Tibetan government.

Tiny Ron Taylor

He is possibly best known for his roles as Lothar in The Rocketeer (1991) and Roc in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), both roles that exploited his 7 ft (2.13 m) frame and craggy features.

Tung Hsiang-lung

In early October 2013 during a legislative session, Tung said the VAC will stop issuing subsidies to ROC veterans that are found to hold PRC citizenship, citing the amendment to article 27 of the Act Governing the Relations Between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area that was passed in March 2004.

Two English Girls

Claude Roc (Jean-Pierre Léaud), a young middle-class Frenchman, meets Ann Brown (Kika Markham), a young Englishwoman, and they become quick friends.

Victor Ray Wilson

Along with guitarist Ernie C, vocalist Ice-T, Wilson, bassist Mooseman and rhythm guitarist D-Roc, Wilson formed the heavy metal band Body Count during the recording of Ice-T's fourth hip hop album, O.G. Original Gangster.

Young Gunz

The feud stems from The Game's beef with Memphis Bleek, which escalated into a beef with the entire Roc-A-Fella camp with the exception of Kanye West, Jay-Z and Just Blaze.

Young Steff

After the controversial Roc-A-Fella split, Steff was led to super producer Rich Harrison (who produced hits such as Amerie "1 Thing ", Jennifer Lopez "Get Right", and Beyoncé "Crazy In Love") who offered to sign the young performer to his growing Richcraft label through Atlantic Records after an impromptu audition, with dancers in tow.


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