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Redding, CA Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school23,017100.0Nursery school, preschool1,4806.4Kindergarten1,2915.6Elementary school (grades 1-8)9,70342.2High school (…

Red Hot Chili Peppers

CalifornicationWarner Bros. Don't let their softer side sway you. It's true that a lot of the new Red Hot Chili Peppers disc is more contemplative and quieter than their typical fare, as…

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is the hero of an American Christmas story which is the basis for a popular song and a very popular annual TV special. Rudolph, a reindeer with a glowing red nose,…

New Red Sandstone

(Encyclopedia) New Red Sandstone, name for the thick red layer of the Triassic formation in Great Britain (see Triassic period). It is many thousands of feet thick and is composed chiefly of red…

Red Deer, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Red Deer, city (1991 pop. 58,134), S central Alta., Canada, on the Red Deer River. It developed as a trade and service center for a region of dairying and mixed farming. The discovery…

Red Poll cattle

(Encyclopedia) Red Poll cattleRed Poll cattlepōl [key], breed of polled (hornless) cattle, originated in England c.1846. They are a medium-sized, hardy breed of cattle, light red to very dark red in…

carnelian

(Encyclopedia) carneliancarneliankärnēlˈyən [key] or corneliancorneliankôr–, kər– [key], variety of red chalcedony, used as a gem. It is distinguished from sard by the shade of red, carnelian being…

Rhodophyta

(Encyclopedia) RhodophytaRhodophytarōdŏfˈətə [key], phylum (division) of the kingdom Protista consisting of the photosynthetic organisms commonly known as red algae. Most of the world's seaweeds…

hemolysis

(Encyclopedia) hemolysishemolysishĭmŏlˈĭsĭs [key], destruction of red blood cells in the bloodstream. Although new red blood cells, or erythrocytes, are continuously created and old ones destroyed,…

simile

(Encyclopedia) similesimilesĭmˈəlē [key] [Lat.,=likeness], in rhetoric, a figure of speech in which an object is explicitly compared to another object. Robert Burns's poem “A Red Red Rose” contains…