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Raider
Raider(s) may refer to: Arts and entertainment Characters and concepts * Cylon Raider, a fighter spacecraft in various ''Battlestar Galactica'' TV series and movies * Raiders (comics), three Marvel Comics characters * Raider, a ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' toy vehicle * Raiders, a term for bandits and highwaymen in the video game series ''Fallout'' * Raider, a Viking warrior in the video game ''For Honor'' Film * ''Western Approaches'' (film), a 1944 film alternatively titled ''The Raider'' * '' The Raiders'', a 1963 American Western film directed by Herschel Daugherty * ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', often referred to simply as ''Raiders'' * '' Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made'', a 2015 documentary about three fans who recreated ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' Literature * ''The Raiders'', an 1894 novel by S. R. Crockett * ''The Raiders'', a 1955 novel by William E. Wilson * ''Raider'' (novel), a 1995 novel by Susan Gates * ''The Raiders'', a 1995 nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership since 1982. Over this period the club has won three premierships out of six Grand Finals, the last one played being the 2019 NRL Grand Final, resulting in a 14-8 loss to the Sydney Roosters. Canberra currently have the second longest active premiership drought in the NRL totalling 30 years. The Raiders' current home ground is Canberra Stadium in Bruce. Previously, the team played home matches at Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, with the move to the Canberra Stadium in Bruce taking place in 1990. The official symbol for the Canberra Raiders is the Viking. The Viking, also a mascot at Raiders' games, is known as Victor the Viking. As part of the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Set in 1936, the film stars Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, a globetrotting archaeologist vying with Nazi German forces to recover the long-lost Ark of the Covenant which is said to make an army invincible. Teaming up with his tough former romantic interest Marion Ravenwood ( Karen Allen), Jones races to stop rival archaeologist René Belloq ( Paul Freeman) from guiding the Nazis to the Ark and its power. Lucas conceived ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' in the early 1970s. Seeking to modernize the serial films of the early 20th century, he developed the idea further with Kaufman, who suggested the Ark as the film's goal. Lucas eventually focused on developing his 1977 film ''Star Wars''. Development on ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' resumed that year when he shared the idea with Spielberg, who jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Paul Revere & the Raiders (also known as Raiders) were an American rock band formed in Boise, Idaho, in 1958. They saw considerable U.S. mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s. The band was known for including Revolutionary War-style clothes in their attire. Originally an instrumental rock combo called the Downbeats, the Raiders were formed in 1958 by organist Paul Revere, and included singer Mark Lindsay. After charting in 1961 with the minor hit " Like, Long Hair" and then in late 1963 just missing ''Billboard''s Hot 100 with a cover of "Louie Louie", the band was signed to Columbia Records, under the tutelage of producer Terry Melcher. In January 1966 the single " Just Like Me"—propelled by exposure on Dick Clark's shows such as ''Where The Action Is''—reached no. 11 on the Hot 100, followed by the consecutive Top Tens "Kicks" and " Hungry", thus establishing the band as national stars. Clark's TV shows showcased Lindsay as a teen idol and Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wodonga Raiders Football Club
The Wodonga Raiders Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the city of Wodonga. The Raiders' football and netball squads currently compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League. The origins of the club dates back to the Kergunyah Football Club. History Origins The "Kergunyah Football Club" was established in 1923, based in the small township of Kergunyah, Victoria is choose "''Red and White colours''" for its playing jumpers. Over the next few decades they spent time in the "''Allans Flat District Football Association''", the "''Yackandandah & District Football League''", and the "''Dederang and District Football Association''". During this time they competed in two Grand Finals, the 1928 Yackandandah & DFA Grade Grand Final where they were defeated by Yackandandah at Sandy Creek, and the 1937 Dederang & DFA Grand Final where they were defeated by Kiewa (10.5.65 - 11.9.75). Before the 1940 season Kergunyah went into recess due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cylon Raider
The Cylons () are a race of sentient robots in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' science fiction franchise, whose primary goal is the extermination of the human race. Introduced in the original Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), 1978 television series, they also appear in the Galactica 1980, 1980 sequel series, the Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), 2004–2009 reboot series, and the 2010 spinoff (media), spinoff prequel series ''Caprica''. In the 1978 series, the Cylons are the creation of a long-extinct reptilian humanoid race, also called Cylons, and view humans as a nuisance and an obstacle to the expansion of the Cylon Empire. The armies of metallic, armored Cylon Centurions are ruled by a unique, yet replaceable, Cylon known as the Imperious Leader. In the 2004 series, the robotic Cylons were created by humans but rose up against them. Decades after the initial conflict ended in a truce, the Cylons reappear and launch a cataclysmic attack on human civilization that kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raiders (comics)
The Raiders are a team of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Raiders first appear in ''Iron Man'' #145 (Apr. 1981), and was created by David Michelinie and Bob Layton. Publication history American version The American version of the Raiders are first featured in the title ''Iron Man'', when they suddenly appear during a technology trade show and cause property damage until the arrival of the hero Iron Man. The trio skirmish with Iron Man for a moment, with one of the Raiders using acid to damage the hero's armor. During a second battle at a live boxing match, Iron Man defeats all three Raiders. The trio are revealed to be the employees of Edwin Cord, a corporate rival of Tony Stark (Iron Man's alter ego). Cord knew that Iron Man, as Stark's bodyguard, would follow to the trade show so Cord wanted to demonstrate the Raiders' capabilities for covert organisation S.H.I.E.L.D., but Cord is arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. agent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgetown Raiders
The Georgetown Raiders are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League. The team began play in the Central Ontario Jr. B league and was known as the "Georgetown Gemini" until 1988. The Raiders won the 2005 Dudley Hewitt Cup. History The Georgetown Gemini were founded in 1975 as members of the Central Junior B Hockey League. They were the first junior club in Georgetown since the Jr. C Raiders folded in 1969. The name "Georgetown Raiders" used to belong to a different team that competed in OHA Senior A and Intermediate A ranks in the 1970s and 1980s. The two clubs are not known to be connected. At the 2006 OPJHL Showcase Tournament, the Raiders showed the host team Newmarket Hurricanes why they have been considered a top tier OPJHL team in recent years. They started out the tournament with a close 5–3 win against the Seguin Bruins. Their second game saw them manhandle the Atlantic Junior Hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Raiders
Adelaide Croatia Raiders SC, formerly known as Adelaide Raiders and historically Adelaide Croatia, is a semi-professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, they currently plays in the South Australian State League 1. It is a Croatian Australian-backed club and its home ground is the Croatian Sports Centre in Gepps Cross, South Australia, Gepps Cross, a northern suburb of Adelaide. History The Adelaide Croatia Soccer Club was founded in 1952 by a group of Croatian migrants who named the club after their homeland. The group included Fahrudin Cerić, the then President, Cvjetko Milanović and Drago Pišpek. The club affiliated with the Football Federation of South Australia, SASFA and played in the metropolitan division for five years. Its first game was against a team from the (now closed) Philips factory at Hendon, South Australia, Hendon. Its first home ground was in the South Adelaide Parklands, Parklands on Greenhill Road, Adelaide, Greenhill Rd. In 1960 the clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Raiders (1963 Film)
''The Raiders'' is a 1963 American Western film directed by Herschel Daugherty and written by Gene L. Coon. The film stars Brian Keith, Robert Culp, Judi Meredith, Jim McMullan, Alfred Ryder and Simon Oakland. The film's working title was "The Plainsman," and it was apparently intended as a spin-off of that 1936 classic. The film was produced as a one-hour pilot by Universal's television arm, Revue Studios. When it failed to sell, an additional 25 minutes were shot and it was given a modest second-feature release in December 1963 by Universal Pictures. Although it was filmed in the TV aspect ratio of 1.37:1, theatres ran it in the then-standard flat ratio of 1.85:1, causing some cropping of the image, including the opening credits. Plot Shortly after the American Civil War, poverty-stricken Texas cattle-men are confronted by a gun-slinger who has been hired by the US government and a buffalo hunter after they use desperate measures to try and get their grievances addres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toowoomba Raiders FC
The Toowoomba Raiders Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club from Toowoomba, Queensland. The club was formed in 1996, and currently have teams in the Brisbane Premier League Division 1 league. They finished 12th in 2010, however despite only being 1 place above the drop zone, they did have a 22-point buffer ahead of The Gap FC The Gap Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club from The Gap, a suburb of Brisbane. The club was formed in 1955, and currently competes in Football Queensland Premier League Metro 4. The club's distinctive gold and purple colour ... External linksToowoomba Raiders Football Club Official Website Association football clubs established in 1996 Soccer clubs in Queensland Brisbane Premier League teams 1996 establishments in Australia Sport in Toowoomba Viking Age in popular culture {{Australia-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raider (novel)
''Raider'' is a 1995 children's novel by Susan Gates. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. The novel is about an investigation by the two main characters (Flora and Maddy) into the mystery surrounding the death of a boy who fell into the sea from the ''Arctic Raider'', a deep-sea trawler, many years before. Footnotes 1995 British novels British children's novels Children's mystery novels 1995 children's books Oxford University Press books {{1990s-child-mystery-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Honor
''For Honor'' is a Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) action game developed and published by Ubisoft. The game allows players to play the roles of historical forms of soldiers and warriors such as knights, samurai, and vikings, controlled using a third-person perspective. The game was developed primarily by Ubisoft Montreal and released worldwide for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in 2017. ''For Honor'' received generally favorable reviews, with the difficult and original combat mechanics being highlighted. Gameplay ''For Honor'' is a MOBA action game set during a medieval, fantasy setting. Players can play as a character from one of the five different factions, namely the Iron Legion (Knights), the Warborn (Vikings), the Dawn Empire (Samurai), and the Wu Lin (Ancient Chinese; introduced in October 2018 with the ''Marching Fire'' expansion), in addition to the uniquely-themed Outlander faction (introduced in January 2022). Playable characters, referred to as "Heroes" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
