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Rick_Scott | Richard Lynn Scott ( born December 1 , 1952 ) is an American businessman and politician who has been the 45th Governor of Florida , since 2011 . He is a member of the Republican Party of Florida . Born in Bloomington , Illinois , Scott is a graduate of the University of Missouri , Kansas City , later receiving his law degree from Southern Methodist University 's Dedman School of Law . He served in the United States Navy before starting his business career , joining the Dallas firm Johnson & Swanson , where he became partner . In 1987 , at age 34 , he co-founded Columbia Hospital Corporation with two business partners ; this merged with Hospital Corporation of America in 1989 , to form Columbia/HCA and eventually became the largest private for-profit health care company in the U.S. He resigned as chief executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997 , amid a controversy over the company 's business and Medicare billing practices . He was succeeded by Thomas F. Frist Jr. . Columbia/HCA ultimately admitted to fourteen felonies and agreed to pay the federal government over $ 600 million , which was the largest fraud settlement in US history . Scott was not implicated and no charges were leveled against him personally . Scott later became a venture capitalist . Scott announced his intention to run for governor of Florida in 2010 . He defeated Bill McCollum in the vigorously contested Republican primary election and narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Alex Sink in a close race in the general election , spending roughly $ 75 million of his own money in the process . In 2014 , he won re-election over former Republican turned Democratic challenger , former governor Charlie Crist and several third-party and/or independent candidates . Scott 's net worth was estimated at $ 218.6 million in 2010 , $ 83.8 million in 2012 , and $ 132.7 million in 2013 . On July 1 , 2015 , it was reported that Scott 's net worth had grown to $ 147 million . For the United States presidential election in 2016 , Scott endorsed fellow Republican Donald Trump . |
Republicanism_in_the_United_States | Republicanism is the guiding political philosophy of the United States . It has been a major part of American civic thought since its founding . It stresses liberty and unalienable individual rights as central values , making people sovereign as a whole , rejects monarchy , aristocracy and inherited political power , expects citizens to be independent in their performance of civic duties , and vilifies corruption . American republicanism was founded and first practiced by the Founding Fathers in the 18th century . For them , according to one team of historians , `` republicanism represented more than a particular form of government . It was a way of life , a core ideology , an uncompromising commitment to liberty , and a total rejection of aristocracy . '' Republicanism was based on Ancient Greco-Roman , Renaissance , and English models and ideas . It formed the basis for the American Revolution , the Declaration of Independence ( 1776 ) , the Constitution ( 1787 ) , the Bill of Rights , as well as the Gettysburg Address ( 1863 ) . Republicanism is a type of democracy , but if protected by a Bill of Rights , may be distinguished from other forms of democracy as a Bill of Rights asserts that each individual has unalienable rights that can not be voted away by a majority of voters , unless the other type of democracies are also protected by a Bill of Rights . Alexis de Tocqueville warned about the `` tyranny of the majority '' in a democracy , and suggested the courts should try to reverse the efforts of the majority of terminating the rights of an unpopular minority . The term `` republicanism '' is derived from the term `` republic '' , but the two words have different meanings . A `` republic '' is a form of government ( one without a hereditary ruling class ) ; `` republicanism '' refers to the values of the citizens in a republic . Two major parties have used the term in their name < -- the Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson ( founded in 1793 , and often called the `` Jeffersonian Republican Party '' ) , and the current Republican Party , founded in 1854 . |
Randy_Couture | Randall `` Randy '' Duane Couture ( -LSB- koʊˈtʊər -RSB- born June 22 , 1963 ) is an American actor , retired United States Army Sergeant , retired mixed martial artist and former collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestler . During his tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) , Couture became a three-time UFC Heavyweight Champion , two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion , an interim UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and the UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament Winner . Couture is the first of only three fighters to hold two UFC championship titles in two different divisions ( along with B.J. Penn and Conor McGregor ) . Couture has competed in a record 15 title fights . He holds the most title reigns in the UFC with five . His last fight with Lyoto Machida marked his 24th fight in the UFC , the tenth largest number of fights in the UFC ( Michael Bisping , Frank Mir , and Tito Ortiz are tied for first with 27 ) . Couture is the fourth member of the UFC Hall of Fame . He is the only person over the age of 40 to have won a UFC championship fight , having done so four times . Couture has also been one of the few MMA champions to have recovered a title he had previously lost , and is the only fighter to have achieved it three times ( twice at Heavyweight , once at Light Heavyweight ) . Couture was an Olympic wrestling alternate and has lived in Corvallis , Oregon , throughout much of his career , where he served as an assistant wrestling coach and a strength and conditioning coach for Oregon State University . He established Team Quest with Matt Lindland and Dan Henderson , a training camp for fighters , based out of Gresham , Oregon , and headed by coach Robert Folis . In 2005 , Couture moved to Las Vegas , where he opened his own extensive chain of gyms under the name Xtreme Couture . Couture partnered with Bas Rutten to open Legends Gym in Hollywood , California . Couture is generally recognized as a clinch and ground-and-pound fighter who uses his wrestling ability to execute take downs , establish top position and successively strike the opponent on the bottom . Couture has displayed a variety of skills in boxing and catch wrestling and has submitted four opponents using different chokeholds . Couture is the only athlete in UFC history to win a championship after becoming a Hall of Fame member and is the oldest title holder ever in the UFC and MMA . |
Richard_Shelton_(actor) | Richard Shelton is a Los Angeles-based British film , TV and theatre actor and acclaimed singer with a successful solo career based . In the UK , Shelton is best known for playing the charmingly murderous role of Dr Adam Forsythe on British TV 's long-running drama Emmerdale ( ITV ) and for his Best Actor in a Leading Role portrayal of Frank Sinatra in the award-winning drama Rat Pack Confidential in London 's West End . Shelton has recorded solo albums at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Abbey Road Studios in London . He is also a familiar voice on BBC Radio 2 and 4 with many live international appearances to his credit . |
Rhyon_Nicole_Brown | Rhyon Nicole Brown ( born October 6 , 1992 ) is an American actress , singer , and dancer . Rhyon is the younger sister of R&B singer RaVaughn . She made her film debut in Santa & Pete ( 1999 ) and has since appeared in various television shows . Brown has had recurring roles on shows such as That 's So Raven as Madison , on Judging Amy as Rebecca Van Exel , and most recently a starring role on the ABC Family TV series Lincoln Heights as Lizzie Sutton . In 2005 , she appeared in 50 Cent 's semi-biographical film , Get Rich or Die Tryin ' as the younger version of 50 Cent 's love interest Charlene . Brown also stars as R&B singer Michel ` le in the 2016 Lifetime movie ` Surviving Compton : Dre , Suge , & Michel ` le ' . Brown is best known for her role as Elizabeth `` Lizzie '' Sutton on the ABC Family series , Lincoln Heights ran from 2007 to 2009 . Brown is a graduate of Junipero Serra High School in Gardena , California . In her spare time , she enjoys traveling , dancing , singing , reading , cheer-leading , sports and hanging out with her family . She recently graduated from the University of Southern California . |
Ragged_but_Right | Ragged but Right is the second live album by the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band . It was recorded in October and December 1987 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City , the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles , and the Warfield Theater in San Francisco . It was released on November 16 , 2010 , twenty-two years after the band 's first album , Almost Acoustic . The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band existed from the summer of 1987 to the summer of 1988 , and played fewer than 30 concerts . Led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead , the band included three members of the 1964 bluegrass band the Black Mountain Boys -- Garcia on guitar and vocals , David Nelson of the New Riders of the Purple Sage on guitar and vocals , and Sandy Rothman on mandolin , dobro , banjo , and vocals -- plus long-time Garcia collaborator John Kahn on acoustic bass , Kenny Kosek on fiddle , and David Kemper on snare drum . Three other albums contain music by the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band as well as by the electric Jerry Garcia Band . They are Pure Jerry : Lunt-Fontanne , New York City , October 31 , 1987 , with two out of four CDs by the Acoustic Band , Pure Jerry : Lunt-Fontanne , New York City , The Best of the Rest , October 15 -- 30 , 1987 , with one out of three CDs by the Acoustic Band , and On Broadway : Act One -- October 28th , 1987 , with two out of three CDs by the unplugged ensemble . |
Rick_Kavanian | Richard `` Rick '' Horatio Kavanian ( born 26 January 1971 in Munich ) is a German actor , comedian , author and dubber of Armenian descent . He is famous for his cooperation with Michael Herbig , which led to many popular movie comedies and parodies , e.g. Manitou 's Shoe . |
Reconstruction_(band) | Reconstruction was a band formed in 1978 by John Kahn initially to occupy him while Jerry Garcia , his long-time musical collaborator , was busy with the Grateful Dead . The band 's original guitar player was Jerry Miller , best known for performing with Moby Grape . In March 1979 , Garcia took over guitar duties officially . The band performed while the Grateful Dead was on a brief hiatus , switching keyboard players from Keith Godchaux to Brent Mydland , and continued well into 1979 . The band varied its styles from previous Garcia/Kahn/Saunders collaborations to more of a disco and jazz sound . |
Richard_the_Lionheart_(TV_series) | Richard the Lionheart was a British ITV television series which ran during 1962 and 1963 , and was aimed at a younger audience . It began with the death of King Henry II , and put forward the traditional view of King Richard the Lionheart as a hero , and his brother Prince John ( played by Trader Faulkner ) as the villain . Richard was played by Irish actor Dermot Walsh who said , `` he was not always all one would like to see as a man . We have concentrated on his good side . '' Richard was perhaps a product of his time . A man brimful of contradictions . A brilliant general , but a poor ruler . A sensitive poet and singer . The producers claimed that the series was based on fact as far as possible ; though as little was known of Richard 's personal life , `` we have taken some liberties here and there , '' so said associate producer Brian Taylor in a TV Times article indicating the start of the series . Other regular characters in the series included Sir Gilbert ( Robin Hunter ) , Sir Geoffrey ( Alan Haywood ) , Blondel ( Iain Gregory ) , Leopold of Austria ( Francis de Wolff ) and Queen Berengaria ( Sheila Whittingham ) . According to BFI Screenonline `` despite the treadmill efforts of the production ... this routine swashbuckler , presenting an atmosphere of knightly conduct versus villainous skulduggery , was saved from total tedium by the presence of recurring players Trader Faulkner , a sneering Prince John , and Francis de Wolfe as the delightfully monstrous Leopold of Austria . '' As of November 2014 , the series has not been officially released onto DVD , though it 's likely that the company Network DVD would distribute this show , as they have done so with many shows from ITV from this era . |
Respect_(song) | `` Respect '' is a song written and originally released by American recording artist Otis Redding in 1965 . The song became a 1967 hit and signature song for R&B singer Aretha Franklin . The music in the two versions is significantly different , and through a few minor changes in the lyrics , the stories told by the songs have a different flavor . Redding 's version is a plea from a desperate man , who will give his woman anything she wants . He wo n't care if she does him wrong , as long as he gets his due respect , when he brings money home . However , Franklin 's version is a declaration from a strong , confident woman , who knows that she has everything her man wants . She never does him wrong , and demands his `` respect '' . Franklin 's version adds the `` R-E-S-P-E-C-T '' chorus and the backup singers ' refrain of `` Sock it to me , sock it to me , sock it to me ... '' Franklin 's cover was a landmark for the feminist movement , and is often considered as one of the best songs of the R&B era , earning her two Grammy Awards in 1968 for `` Best Rhythm & Blues Recording '' and `` Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance , Female '' , and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1987 . In 2002 , the Library of Congress honored Franklin 's version by adding it to the National Recording Registry . It was placed number five on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century , by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts . Franklin included a live recording on the album Aretha in Paris ( 1968 ) . |
Rachel_Dawson | Rachel Dawson ( born August 2 , 1985 ) is an American field hockey player . A midfielder / back , she earned her first senior career cap vs Australia on June 5 , 2005 . Dawson was named to the U.S. field hockey team for the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics , with the team finishing in 8th and 12th respectively . Dawson was born in Camden , New Jersey , one of eight children and grew up in Berlin , New Jersey , and attended Eastern High School , where she graduated in 2003 . She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007 and resides in North Carolina . |
Reunion_Tour_with_Head | The Reunion Tour With Head was a world tour by the nu-metal band Korn . It was the band 's first full-length tour with original guitarist Brian `` Head '' Welch since 2004 . The tour began on May 15 , 2013 in Belle Vernon , Pennsylvania . Venues included arenas , festivals , and small clubs with supporting acts including Device , Mindset Evolution , The Browning , and Love and Death . More tour dates are expected to be announced . On May 9 , 2013 , guitarist James `` Munky '' Shaffer confirmed via Twitter that the tour will have a South American leg . He later confirmed in an interview with Kornrow that a new U.S. leg would begin in the fall of 2013 . |
Richard_Welles,_7th_Baron_Welles | Richard Welles , 7th Baron Welles ( c. 1428 -- 1470 ) , was an English nobleman and soldier . From a Lancastrian family , he came to be on good terms with the Yorkist King Edward IV , but was later executed after being associated with a plot against Edward known as the `` Welles Uprising '' . |
Resident_Evil_(The_Vampire_Diaries) | `` Resident Evil '' is the 18th episode of the fifth season of the American series The Vampire Diaries and the series ' 107th episode overall . `` Resident Evil '' was originally aired on April 17 , 2014 , on The CW . The episode was written by Caroline Dries and Brian Young and directed by Paul Wesley . The episode is Wesley 's debut as director in the series . |
Rhea_Kapoor | Rhea Kapoor is an Indian film producer . The younger daughter of actor Anil Kapoor and his wife Sunita , she is the sister of actors Sonam Kapoor and Harshvardhan Kapoor , granddaughter of filmmaker Surinder Kapoor , niece of filmmaker Boney Kapoor and his wives , producer Mona Shourie Kapoor and actress Sridevi , and actor Sanjay Kapoor . Her cousins are actors Arjun Kapoor and Mohit Marwah . She produced Rajshree Ojha 's film Aisha , which starred her sister Sonam and Abhay Deol in leading roles . She has also produced Khoobsurat , directed by Shashanka Ghosh , which is an official remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjee directed film by the same name . Kapoor will be producing Battle for Bittora in 2017 . The film is currently in its pre-production stage . |
Rian_Johnson | Rian Craig Johnson ( born December 17 , 1973 ) is an American writer , producer , director , and voice actor . He won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival with his debut feature film , Brick . Johnson directed The Brothers Bloom ( 2008 ) and Looper ( 2012 ) , as well as three episodes of the AMC series Breaking Bad ( `` Fly '' , `` Fifty-One '' , and `` Ozymandias '' ) . Johnson is the writer and director of Star Wars : The Last Jedi ( 2017 ) , the eighth film in the Star Wars saga and the second in the sequel trilogy . |
Raasta_(2017_film) | Raasta ( -LSB- ; `` The way '' ) is a 2017 Pakistani action-drama film directed by Sahir Lodhi , produced by Moid Ul Hasan , Dr. Faisal Zia and Sahir Lodhi and written by Shahid Naqvi and Sahir Lodhi . |
Return_to_normalcy | Return to normalcy , a return to the way of life before World War I , was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding 's campaign promise in the election of 1920 . Although detractors believed that the word was a neologism as well as a malapropism , coined by Harding ( as opposed to the more accepted term normality ) , there was contemporaneous discussion and evidence found that normalcy had been listed in dictionaries as far back as 1857 . Harding 's promise was to return the United States prewar mentality , without the thought of war tainting the minds of the American people . To sum up his points , he stated : `` America 's present need is not heroics , but healing ; not nostrums , but normalcy ; not revolution , but restoration ; not agitation , but adjustment ; not surgery , but serenity ; not the dramatic , but the dispassionate ; not experiment , but equipoise ; not submergence in internationality , but sustainment in triumphant nationality . '' |
Richard_Young_(actor) | Richard Young ( born December 24 , 1955 ) is an American actor and author who has starred in film and in television . His first feature film part was in 1972 . Among his best known films are the 1984 movie The Ice Pirates and the 1985 horror film Friday the 13th : A New Beginning ( as Matt ) . He also played a part in the opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( 1989 ) as `` Fedora '' , the leader of the tomb-robbers who chases the young Indiana Jones , then gives the young Jones his own fedora which later becomes Jones ' hat . |
RT_America | RT America is a TV channel based in Washington , D.C. , and part of the RT network , a global multilingual television news network based in Moscow , Russia . RT is a non-profit organization in part funded by the Russian government . RT America also has studios and bureaus in New York City , Miami , and Los Angeles . The channel is the home and the production base of RT 's U.S. based programs . RT America focuses on covering news in the United States from an alternative perspective . Programs are hosted by American journalists . Similarly , most guests are American ( and sometimes Canadian ) activists , academics , speakers and analysts with alternative ( and somewhat deliberately contrarian ) perspectives on `` mainstream '' issues ; the channel 's Web site describes its approach as aiming for `` a totally different perspective from the mainstream American television . '' The channel covers issues that see lesser coverage in the mainstream media , such as using non-GMO ingredients in foods , corporatism , growing wealth inequality , corruption in politics , peace and environmental issues . It maintains a separate schedule of programs each weekday from 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time , and like its counterpart in the UK , it simulcasts RT International at all other times . RT America is the channel for RT content delivery to the United States cable and satellite providers . The channel is also available in Canada on the Rogers network ( Channel 177 ) . In addition , the channel is also available worldwide online through RT 's primary website . |
Rebecca_of_Sunnybrook_Farm_(1917_film) | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel of the same name by Kate Douglas Wiggin . This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion . The film was made by the `` Mary Pickford Company '' and was an acclaimed box office hit . When the play premiered on Broadway in the 1910 theater season the part of Rebecca was played by Edith Taliaferro . |
Rare_Earth_hypothesis | In planetary astronomy and astrobiology , the Rare Earth Hypothesis argues that the origin of life and the evolution of biological complexity such as sexually reproducing , multicellular organisms on Earth ( and , subsequently , human intelligence ) required an improbable combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances . The hypothesis argues that complex extraterrestrial life is a very improbable phenomenon and likely to be extremely rare . The term `` Rare Earth '' originates from Rare Earth : Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe ( 2000 ) , a book by Peter Ward , a geologist and paleontologist , and Donald E. Brownlee , an astronomer and astrobiologist , both faculty members at the University of Washington . An alternative view point was argued in the 1970s and 1980s by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake , among others . It holds that Earth is a typical rocky planet in a typical planetary system , located in a non-exceptional region of a common barred-spiral galaxy . Given the principle of mediocrity ( in the same vein as the Copernican principle ) , it is probable that the universe teems with complex life . Ward and Brownlee argue to the contrary : that planets , planetary systems , and galactic regions that are as friendly to complex life as are the Earth , the Solar System , and our region of the Milky Way are very rare . |
Ric_Menello | Richard `` Ric '' Menello ( August 20 , 1952March 1 , 2013 ) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter . Menello co-directed the landmark music video for the Beastie Boys ' 1987 single , '' ( You Got ta ) Fight for Your Right ( To Party ! ) '' . His contributions to music during the era led MTV to call him , `` one of the most influential visionaries behind the emergence of commercial hip-hop in the 1980s . '' Menello 's screenwriting credits included the 1988 Run -- D.M.C. film , Tougher Than Leather , directed by Rick Rubin ; the 2008 film , Two Lovers , starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix ; and the 2013 film , The Immigrant , which stars Joaquin Phoenix . |
Richard_Blais | Richard Blais ( born February 19 , 1972 ) is an American chef , television personality , restaurateur and James Beard-nominated author . He is perhaps most recognizable for his win on the reality cooking show Top Chef , and is known for his innovative take on classic American cuisine . Blais was the runner-up for the fourth season of Top Chef and returned several seasons later to win Top Chef : All-Stars and has been a recurring judge in season 12 ( Boston ) and Season 13 ( California ) . |
Red_Panda_Adventures | The Red Panda Adventures is a lighthearted radio drama series in the style of old time radio that follows the 1930s adventures of `` Canada 's greatest superhero '' , the Red Panda , and his trusty sidekick , the `` fearless fighting female '' , the Flying Squirrel , as they protect the citizens of Toronto , Ontario from villains ranging from gangsters and supervillains to the supernatural forces of darkness . The series was created by Gregg Taylor of Decoder Ring Theatre and earned the company multiple Podcast Award and Parsec Award nominations . In 2010 the series won the Parsec Award for excellence in Speculative Fiction Audio Drama ( Long Form ) , and earned Decoder Ring Theatre the Podcast Award for best podcast in the Cultural/Arts Category . The series has spawned a series of novels written within continuity and in the style of the classic pulp fiction stories of the 1930s and 1940s . The Tales of the Red Panda books includes the 2011 winner of the Pulp Ark Award for best New Pulp Fiction Novel , Tales of the Red Panda : The Android Assassins . Decoder Ring Theatre was profiled on the BBC Television program `` Click '' in February 2011 , leading to new exposure for the Red Panda Adventures in the UK . The radio drama series also inspired a spin-off series of comic book adventures published digitally by MonkeyBrain Comics , and collected in trade paperback edition by IDW Publishing . The comic books , written by series author Gregg Taylor and illustrated by artist Dean Kotz have been highly praised by industry media outlets such as Comic Book Resources and Bleeding Cool . Both the audio drama and comic series have been featured in the Toronto Star , and the Television program `` Innerspace '' on Space , the Imagination Station |
Richard_Dawson_(footballer,_born_1962) | Richard Dawson ( born 6 July 1962 ) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for York City and in non-League football for New Earswick , Scarborough , Frickley Athletic , Boston United , Goole Town , Chorley , Northwich Victoria and Harrogate Town . He also briefly managed Bridlington Town and was player-manager for Mossley A.F.C. in 1994 . |
Rakhi_Ka_Swayamwar | Rakhi Ka Swayamwar ( Hindi : राखी का स्वयम्वर ) is a reality show broadcast on NDTV Imagine . The show started on 29 June 2009 and was hosted by Bollywood actor Ram Kapoor . The show was filmed at Fateh Garh Palace and at various locations of Udaipur . In the final episode ( `` Faisle Ki Raat '' ) held on 2 August 2009 , Rakhi Sawant selected Elesh Parujanwala , a Canadian businessman from Toronto , as her future bridegroom from among the three finalists . They exchanged garlands and bridal rings , thus being `` engaged '' . Although the show 's original premise was that the couple would marry immediately , they have decided in favour of postponing their marriage for an indefinite period of time . On 28 July 2009 a Jaipur judge lodged an FIR against Sawant and several NDTV executives in response to a claim by writer Gaurav Tiwari that the channel stole the idea for a swayamvar-based reality show from his website . Season 2 of the reality programme , titled Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega , featuring Rahul Mahajan as the groom looking for a bride concluded on 6 March 2010 where he wed Dimpy Ganguly on live national television . The third season of the reality show was called Ratan Ka Rishta and it featured Indian television actress Ratan Rajput who was looking for a groom . The third season concluded on 3 July 2011 , when Ratan was engaged to Abhinav Sharma , one of the three finalists , on national television . |
Richard_Benjamin | Richard Samuel Benjamin ( born May 22 , 1938 ) is an American actor and film director . He has starred in a number of well-known film productions , including Goodbye , Columbus ( 1969 ) , based on the novella by Philip Roth ; Catch-22 ( 1970 ) , from the Joseph Heller best-seller ; Westworld ( 1973 ) , a science-fiction thriller by Michael Crichton ; and The Sunshine Boys ( 1975 ) , written by Neil Simon . After directing for television , Benjamin 's first feature as director was 1982 comedy My Favorite Year , for which star Peter O'Toole was nominated for an Academy award . His other films as director include City Heat ( 1984 ) , starring Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood , Made in America with Whoopi Goldberg and The Money Pit ( 1986 ) with Tom Hanks . |
Ramsay_Bolton | Ramsay Bolton , formerly known as Ramsay Snow , is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . Introduced in 1998 's A Clash of Kings , Ramsay is the eldest son of Roose Bolton , the lord of the Dreadfort , an ancient fortress in the North of the kingdom of Westeros . He is subsequently mentioned in A Storm of Swords ( 2000 ) and A Feast for Crows ( 2005 ) . He later appears in Martin 's A Dance with Dragons ( 2011 ) . Ramsay is portrayed by Welsh actor Iwan Rheon in the HBO television adaptation . |
Richard_II_of_England | Richard II ( 6 January 1367 -- c. 14 February 1400 ) , also known as Richard of Bordeaux , was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed on 30 September 1399 . Richard , a son of Edward , the Black Prince , was born in Bordeaux during the reign of his grandfather , Edward III . Richard was the younger brother of Edward of Angoulême , upon whose death , Richard , at three years of age , became second in line to the throne after his father . Upon the death of Richard 's father prior to the death of Edward III , Richard , by primogeniture , became the heir apparent to the throne . With Edward III 's death the following year , Richard succeeded to the throne at the age of ten . During Richard 's first years as king , government was in the hands of a series of councils . Most of the aristocracy preferred this to a regency led by the king 's uncle , John of Gaunt , yet Gaunt remained highly influential . The first major challenge of the reign was the Peasants ' Revolt in 1381 . The young king played a major part in the successful suppression of this crisis . In the following years , however , the king 's dependence on a small number of courtiers caused discontent among the influential , and in 1387 control of government was taken over by a group of aristocrats known as the Lords Appellant . By 1389 Richard had regained control , and for the next eight years governed in relative harmony with his former opponents . In 1397 , Richard took his revenge on the appellants , many of whom were executed or exiled . The next two years have been described by historians as Richard 's `` tyranny '' . In 1399 , after John of Gaunt died , the king disinherited Gaunt 's son , Henry of Bolingbroke , who had previously been exiled . Henry invaded England in June 1399 with a small force that quickly grew in numbers . Claiming initially that his goal was only to reclaim his patrimony , it soon became clear that he intended to claim the throne for himself . Meeting little resistance , Bolingbroke deposed Richard and had himself crowned as King Henry IV . Richard died in captivity in February 1400 ; he is thought to have been starved to death , although questions remain regarding his final fate . Richard was said to have been tall , good-looking and intelligent . Less warlike than either his father or grandfather , he sought to bring an end to the Hundred Years ' War that Edward III had started . He was a firm believer in the royal prerogative , something that led him to restrain the power of the aristocracy , and to rely on a private retinue for military protection instead ; in contrast to the fraternal , martial court of his grandfather , he cultivated a refined atmosphere at his court , in which the king was an elevated figure , with art and culture at the centre . Richard 's posthumous reputation has to a large extent been shaped by Shakespeare , whose play Richard II portrayed Richard 's misrule and his deposition by Bolingbroke as responsible for the fifteenth century Wars of the Roses . Modern historians do not accept this interpretation , while not exonerating Richard from responsibility for his own deposition . While probably not insane , as historians of the 19th and 20th centuries believed , he may have had what psychologists today identify as personality disorder towards the end of his reign . Most authorities agree that , even though his policies were not unprecedented or entirely unrealistic , the way in which he carried them out was unacceptable to the political establishment , and this led to his downfall . |
Richard_Dunn_(actor) | Richard Forrest Dunn , Jr. ( December 18 , 1935 -- June 4 , 2010 ) was an American character actor popularized by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim . Dunn was best known to audiences for his appearances on Tim and Eric Awesome Show , Great Job ! , a sketch comedy television series . Dunn , who was known for his glasses , listed his physical features as 5-foot-10 tall and 125 pounds on his resume . Dunn portrayed many different characters ( often bizarre versions of himself ) in many episodes of Tim and Eric Awesome Show , Great Job ! from 2007 until 2010 . In addition , Dunn had small roles in House , Parks and Recreation , Weeds and Nip/Tuck . He also appeared in the 1998 film , The Wedding Singer , and the music video for Diddy 's 2000 single , `` Bad Boy for Life . '' . He first got into show business through his friend , producer Robert Marcus . He volunteered to be a ` gofer ' ( production assistant ) for Marcus ' productions . Marcus wrote a book about how to be a production assistant and dedicated it to Dunn . He first got his start as an actor by taking roles as a background actor , and subsequently took classes for acting . He performed a number of roles in commercials and music videos . His first few professional roles earned him enough money to become a member of the Screen Actors ' Guild . Richard was approached by Tim Heidecker in a parking lot and offered a gig playing Tim 's father in the first episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show , Great Job ! . After this , Richard was a regular feature in the show , as well as other outlets of the Tim and Eric franchise until his death , and was posthumously honored in the first episode of spin-off series Check It Out ! with Dr. Steve Brule and the song `` Richard Dunn is Done '' by fellow Tim and Eric Awesome Show , Great Job ! regular David Liebe Hart on his album Mixtape . |
Raylan | Raylan is a 2012 novel by Elmore Leonard , the author 's final work before he died in 2013 . The novel is based on the FX television series Justified , which was in turn based on Leonard 's short story `` Fire in the Hole '' and the character of Raylan Givens , who appeared in that short story as well as the novels Pronto and Riding the Rap . Raylan is not a direct sequel to any of these novels , nor is it a direct sequel to the television series . Elements from both are changed : Boyd Crowder , who died in `` Fire in the Hole '' but is still alive in Justified is alive and a major character in Raylan , while characters original to Justified such as Dickie and Coover Bennett return in repurposed forms , as Dickie and Coover Crowe . Several plotlines in Raylan were adapted by the writers of Justified into episodes of the show 's third season , most notably with the episode `` Thick as Mud . '' |
Rap_Life | Rap Life is the solo debut album by West Coast hip hop artist , Tash . It was released in 1999 , two years before and after Tash 's albums with Tha Liks . It received positive critical reception , but was not too commercially successful . It reached # 148 on The Billboard 200 , but reached # 1 on the Top Heatseekers chart , which measures underground acclaim . It had two charting singles -- the title track and `` Bermuda Triangle . '' The lack of further success of this album is odd considering its high-profile guest appearances from Outkast , Xzibit and B-Real of Cypress Hill amongst others . Still , many positive things have been said about the album such as that it is a `` beacon of hope for the West 's resurgence . '' |
Remembrance_of_the_Daleks | Remembrance of the Daleks is the first serial of the 25th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . The serial was first broadcast in four weekly episodes from 5 October to 26 October 1988 . It was written by Ben Aaronovitch and directed by Andrew Morgan . In the serial , alien time traveller the Doctor ( Sylvester McCoy ) and his companion Ace ( Sophie Aldred ) travel back to 1963 to retrieve the Hand of Omega , a powerful device created by the Doctor 's Time Lord race , and keep it from the Daleks . The serial contained many references to the history of the show . It is set in 1963 , around the same time as the very first Doctor Who episode , An Unearthly Child . Remembrance of the Daleks returns the Doctor to Coal Hill School and the junkyard at 76 Totter 's Lane , locations first seen in that episode . The serial also continues the story arc of a civil war between rival Dalek factions , culminating in a showdown between the Doctor and Dalek Emperor Davros . This was the last appearance of Davros and the Daleks in the original run of Doctor Who . Davros appears for one scene only , and this in the fourth and final part . In a variety of reader polls conducted by Doctor Who Magazine from 1998 onwards , Remembrance of the Daleks has consistently been voted as one of the greatest Doctor Who stories of all time . |
Reelz | Reelz ( also known as REELZCHANNEL ) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting . The network 's programming was formerly devoted to entertainment-oriented programming focusing on the Hollywood film and entertainment industry , with programs featuring information on theatrical film releases as well as information on movies released on DVD and airing on cable television . Currently outside a few entertainment programs , repeats of the Oxygen series Snapped , some reality series and films however , the network mainly airs original and acquired films , series and documentaries about celebrity scandals . As of February 2015 , Reelz is available to approximately 68.2 million pay television households ( 58.6 % of households with at least one television set ) in the United States . |
Real_Gangstaz | `` Real Gangstaz '' is the second single from Mobb Deep 's Amerikaz Nightmare album , and is produced by and features Lil Jon . The video is a sequel to `` Got It Twisted '' , the first single from the album |
Rafael_Núñez_(hacker) | Rafael Núñez ( also known as RaFa ) is a Venezuelan computer security professional and ethical hacker ( white hat hacker ) . He was a member of the World of Hell in 2001 , he was included in the 2002 book The Hacker Diaries : Confessions of Teenage Hackers . and Rafael Núñez was accused of hacking into a United States Air Force computer and intentionally defacing and damaging the Defense Information Systems Agency in 2001 . Dan Verton , writing for ComputerWorld in 2002 , reported RaFa also held unauthorized privileged access to design documents for experimental next-generation spacecraft from NASA , along with other confidential operational documents . RaFa subsequently published these documents on the Web ; according to Verton , RaFa `` did n't understand the sensitivity of the information he had ... '' . Four years after the 2001 event , Núñez was arrested when he visited the US . He pleaded guilty to the charges , but spent only a few months in jail before being deported . Rafa has been interviewed by numerous industry trade journals , including The New York Times , Znet Magazine , The Wall Street Journal , BBC , Businessweek , among many others ; numerous talks globally as an information security expert . Currently , Rafael Núñez is the Chief Editorial Officer of the news websites El Sumario and Doble Llave . Also , he is the CEO of MásQueDigital , a specialized Digital Marketing company headquartered in Caracas , Venezuela , founded in 2010 . On the other hand , he is a partner in FundaSitio.org , an organization that creates websites for foundations in Latin America . |
Richard_Dormer | Richard Dormer ( born 11 November 1969 ) is an actor , playwright and screenwriter from Northern Ireland . He is best known for his role as Beric Dondarrion in HBO series Game of Thrones . |
Rex_Tucker | Rex Tucker ( 20 February 1913 - August 10 , 1996 ) was a British television director in the 1950s and 1960s . He was born in March in the Isle of Ely , Cambridgeshire . Tucker joined the BBC in 1937 to work in radio where he remained for several years before moving to TV work . In 1954 Tucker wrote and directed The Three Princes which featured future Doctor Who producer Barry Letts and actor Roger Delgado who later became well known for playing the Doctor 's opponent The Master . Amongst his work , he was a driving force during the formative stages of Doctor Who in 1963 , acting as a caretaker producer prior to the arrival of Verity Lambert . Tucker 's friend , the actor and director Hugh David -- whom Tucker had actually approached about playing the leading role in the series -- later claimed in interviews that it was Tucker who had named the series Doctor Who , although Tucker himself credited Sydney Newman with this . Tucker was also the director originally assigned to the first serial , An Unearthly Child , and later it had been planned that Tucker would direct more of the programme 's introductory season . However , these commitments did not work out , and ultimately he directed only The Gunfighters in 1966 . During the last episode , The O.K. Corral , a dispute arose between Tucker and then producer Innes Lloyd over the editing of the episode , leading to Tucker requesting that his credit be excised . In 2013 the BBC commissioned a docudrama about the creation and early days of Doctor Who , called An Adventure in Space and Time , as part of the programme 's fiftieth anniversary celebrations . Tucker appears as a character in the drama , played by actor Andrew Woodall . |
Richard_Dawson | Richard Dawson ( born Colin Lionel Emm ; 20 November 1932 -- 2 June 2012 ) was a British-American actor and comedian , and a game show host and panellist in the United States . Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk on Hogan 's Heroes , being the original host of the Family Feud game show from 1976 -- 85 , and from 1994 -- 95 , and a regular panellist on the 1970s version of Match Game on CBS from 1973 -- 78 . In 1984 , he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship . |
Richard_J._Dalton | Richard J. Dalton ( born on 19 September 1972 in Eagleswood Township , New Jersey ) is an American electronic dance music DJ . He is an international mixshow deejay and has opened for major artists such as Beyoncé and Lady Gaga . In 2009 , he was named `` Best Hope for High-School Freaks '' and in 2011 , `` Best Club DJ '' by Seattle Weekly . He has electro and techno formatted mixshows on KNHC 89.5 FM in Seattle , WA , XHSU 106.1 FM in Chihuahua , Mexico , and is featured on the Remix Top30 Countdown , which runs on stations across The Americas , hosted by Hollywood Hamilton , including WKTU 103.5 in New York City and WISX 106.1 in Philadelphia . Dalton also hosts a morning drive time radio program in Seattle , WA . |
Richemont | Compagnie Financière Richemont SA is a Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company founded in 1988 by South African businessman Johann Rupert . Through its various subsidiaries , Richemont designs , manufactures , distributes and sells premium jewellery , watches , leather goods , writing instruments , firearms , clothing and accessories . Richemont is publicly traded as CFR on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the JSE Securities Exchange . The brands it owns include A. Lange & Söhne , Azzedine Alaïa , Baume & Mercier , Cartier , Chloé , Dunhill , IWC Schaffhausen , Giampiero Bodino , Jaeger-LeCoultre , Lancel , Montblanc , Officine Panerai , Piaget , Peter Millar , Purdey , Roger Dubuis , Shanghai Tang , Vacheron Constantin , and Van Cleef & Arpels . , Compagnie Financière Richemont SA is the sixth largest corporation by market capitalization in the Swiss Market Index . As of 2014 , Richemont is the second-largest luxury goods company in the world after LVMH . |
Richard_Steven_Horvitz | Richard Steven Horvitz , also known as Richard Wood ( born July 29 , 1966 ) , is an American actor and voice actor . In the world of animation , he voiced neurotic and mentally unstable characters . He is known for his work as the voice of the original Alpha 5 in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , Power Rangers Zeo , and Power Rangers Turbo , Razputin in Psychonauts , Kaos in the Skylanders franchise , Billy and his dad Harold in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy , Grey Matter in Ben 10 , Daggett in The Angry Beavers , Bumble in Kinectimals , the title character Zim in Invader Zim , Mouth in Kick Buttowski , Orthopox in the Destroy All Humans ! series , Telapathopus Brain Scientist in Ratchet and Clank and the Space Weaver in Broken Age . |
Real_Women_Have_Curves | Real Women Have Curves is a 2002 American comedy-drama film that takes place in East Los Angeles . It gained fame after winning the Audience Award for best dramatic film , and the Special Jury Prize for acting in the 2002 Sundance Film Festival . The film went on to receive the Youth Jury Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival , the Humanitas Prize , the Imagen Award at the Imagen Foundation Awards , and Special Recognition by the National Board of Review . The film was directed by Patricia Cardoso , and stars a young America Ferrera as protagonist Ana García . The film is based on a play ( of the same title ) written by Josefina Lopez , who co-authored the screenplay for the film with producer George LaVoo . According to the Sundance Institute , the film gives a voice to young women who are struggling to love themselves and find respect in the United States . |
Richard_Ramirez | Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramírez , known as Richard Ramirez ( February 29 , 1960 -- June 7 , 2013 ) , was an American serial killer , rapist , and burglar . His highly publicized home invasion crime spree terrorized the residents of the greater Los Angeles area , and later the residents of the San Francisco area , from June 1984 until August 1985 . Prior to his capture , Ramirez was dubbed the `` Night Stalker '' by the news media . He used a wide variety of weapons , including handguns , knives , a machete , a tire iron , and a hammer . Ramirez , who was an avowed Satanist , never expressed any remorse for his crimes . The judge who upheld his thirteen death sentences remarked that Ramirez 's deeds exhibited `` cruelty , callousness , and viciousness beyond any human understanding '' . Ramirez died of complications from B-cell lymphoma while awaiting execution on California 's death row . |
Reincarnation | Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death . It is also called rebirth or transmigration , and is a part of the Saṃsāra doctrine of cyclic existence . It is a central tenet of all major Indian religions , namely Buddhism , Hinduism , Jainism , and Sikhism . The idea of reincarnation is found in many ancient cultures , and a belief in rebirth/metempsychosis was held by Greek historic figures , such as Pythagoras , Socrates , and Plato . It is also a common belief of various ancient and modern religions such as Spiritism , Theosophy , and Eckankar and is found as well in many tribal societies around the world , in places such as Australia , East Asia , Siberia , and South America . Although the majority of denominations within the Abrahamic religions of Judaism , Christianity , and Islam do not believe that individuals reincarnate , particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation ; these groups include the mainstream historical and contemporary followers of Kabbalah , the Cathars , Alawites , the Druze , and the Rosicrucians . The historical relations between these sects and the beliefs about reincarnation that were characteristic of Neoplatonism , Orphism , Hermeticism , Manicheanism , and Gnosticism of the Roman era as well as the Indian religions have been the subject of recent scholarly research . Unity Church and its founder Charles Fillmore teach reincarnation . In recent decades , many Europeans and North Americans have developed an interest in reincarnation , and many contemporary works mention it . |
Russian_Doll_(film) | Russian Doll is a 2001 film by Stavros Kazantzidis starring Hugo Weaving . |
Robert_R._McCrae | Robert R. McCrae is a personality psychologist at the National Institute of Aging . He is associated with the Five Factor Theory of personality . He has spent his career studying the stability of personality across age and culture . Along with Paul Costa , he is a co-author of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory . He has served on the editorial boards of many scholarly journals , including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , the Journal of Research in Personality , the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology , and the Journal of Individual Differences . The Five Factor Theory takes a biological view of personality . It states `` Personality traits are construed as basic tendencies that are rooted in biology and that interact with external influences , including culture , in shaping the skills , habits , tastes , and values of the individual '' . McCrae believes that personality is a biological trait , first and foremost . Through his research he found that around the age of 30 , neuroticism and extroversion begin to decline , while agreeableness and conscientiousness increase with age . Openness to experience , however , seems to follow a curved shape , peaking around the age of 19 . These results , however , apply to people as a whole , this does not apply specifically to each individual . The group as a whole tends to change in these ways throughout the lifetime . As he studied personality trends and stability in cultures , McCrae found that countries high in neuroticism and low in agreeableness form dimensions of uncertainty avoidance . Countries that are low in extraversion and high in conscientiousness tend to be high in power distance . Cultures high in extraversion predict a high rate of individualism . And , high levels of neuroticism and openness to experience indicate dimensions of masculinity within the culture . |
Rolling_Papers_(Wiz_Khalifa_album) | Rolling Papers is the third studio album by American rapper Wiz Khalifa . It was released on March 29 , 2011 , by Atlantic Records and Rostrum Records . It is his first album under a major label after his independent releases , Show and Prove and Deal or No Deal . The album features guest appearances from Too $ hort , Curren $ y and Chevy Woods . Rolling Papers was supported by five singles : `` Black and Yellow '' , `` Roll Up '' , `` On My Level '' , `` No Sleep '' and `` The Race '' . The album has been noted by music writers for having a pop rap style . Rolling Papers debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 , with first-week sales of 197,000 copies in the United States . The album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , for album-equivalent units of two million units in the United States . Upon its release , the album received generally mixed reviews from music critics , who complimented its hooks , but criticized its subject matter . |
Rupp_Arena | Rupp Arena is an arena located in downtown Lexington , Kentucky , U.S. . Since its opening in 1976 , it has been the centerpiece of Lexington Center , a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government , which is located next to the Lexington Hyatt and Hilton hotels . Rupp Arena also serves as home court to the University of Kentucky men 's basketball program , and is named after legendary former Kentucky coach and University of Kansas alumnus Adolph Rupp . With an official capacity of 23,500 , it is currently the largest arena in the United States designed specifically for basketball , and is also the largest indoor arena by capacity in the USA . In Rupp Arena , the Kentucky Wildcats men 's basketball team is second in the nation in college basketball home attendance . The only other basketball-specific arena in US history larger than the arena is the now-demolished Charlotte Coliseum . Rupp Arena also regularly hosts concerts , conventions and shows . |
Royal_Rumble_(1999) | Royal Rumble ( 1999 ) was the twelfth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on January 24 , 1999 , at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim , California . The title of the event was taken from a promise by Mr. McMahon that the first entrant in the Royal Rumble , Stone Cold Steve Austin , had `` no chance in hell '' of winning the match . The theme song for the event , based on the phrase , would go on to become the entrance music for McMahon 's stable The Corporation and later , just McMahon himself , which he uses to this day . The main event was the annual Royal Rumble match , which saw the winner receive a title shot for the WWF Championship at the WrestleMania pay-per-view two months later . The Royal Rumble centered on the continuing heated rivalry between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mr. McMahon , with those men entering the main event at # 1 and # 2 , respectively . The penultimate match for the WWF Championship was an `` I Quit '' match between Mankind and The Rock , which is remembered both for its brutality and its place in the documentary film Beyond the Mat . Lower down on the card the WWF Intercontinental Championship and WWF Women 's Championship were both defended . |
Rocsi_Diaz | Raquel Roxanne `` Rocsi '' Diaz ( born 17 November 1983 ) , also known as just Rocsi , is a Honduran-born , American television personality and model . She is best known as the co-host on the BET program 106 & Park from 2006-2012 . She was a correspondent on Entertainment Tonight during 2012-2014 , where she was billed as `` Rocsi Diaz '' . |
Rosalind_Chao | Rosalind Chia-Ling Chao ( -LSB- ˈrɒzəlɪnd_ˈtʃaʊ -RSB- ; born ) is an American actress . Chao 's best-known roles have been as a star of CBS 's AfterMASH portraying South Korean refugee Soon-Lee Klinger for both seasons , and the recurring character Keiko O'Brien with twenty-seven appearances on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek : The Next Generation and Star Trek : Deep Space Nine . |
Rihanna | Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( -LSB- riˈænə -RSB- born February 20 , 1988 ) is a Barbadian singer , songwriter , and actress . Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown , she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003 . She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for its then-president , hip hop producer and rapper Jay Z . In 2005 , Rihanna rose to fame with the release of her debut studio album Music of the Sun and its follow-up A Girl like Me ( 2006 ) , which charted on the top 10 of the US Billboard 200 and respectively produced the singles `` Pon de Replay '' and `` SOS '' . She assumed creative control for her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad ( 2007 ) and adopted a public image as a sex symbol while reinventing her music . Its successful lead single `` Umbrella '' became an international breakthrough in her career , as she won her first Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with Jay Z in 2008 . After releasing four consecutive platinum studio albums , including the Grammy Award winner Unapologetic ( 2012 ) , she was recognized as a pop icon . Her eighth studio album Anti ( 2016 ) and its lead single `` Work '' reached number-one on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 . Many of her songs rank among the world 's best-selling singles of all time , including the singles `` Umbrella '' , `` Take a Bow '' , `` Disturbia '' , `` Only Girl ( In the World ) '' , `` S&M '' , `` We Found Love '' , `` Diamonds '' , and `` Stay '' in which she is the lead artist , and her collaborations `` Live Your Life '' ( with T.I. ) , `` Love the Way You Lie '' and `` The Monster '' ( both with Eminem ) . With sales exceeding 230 million records worldwide , Rihanna is one of the best-selling artists of all time . Rihanna is the youngest and fastest solo artist to earn fourteen number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 , and was named the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade and the top Hot 100 artist of the 2010s decade by Billboard . Among numerous awards and accolades , Rihanna has won eight Grammy Awards , twelve American Music Awards , twelve Billboard Music Awards and the inaugural Icon Award at the American Music Awards of 2013 . Widely recognized for frequently reinventing her style , she received the Fashion Icon lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2014 . Forbes ranked Rihanna the fourth most powerful celebrity of 2012 , and was named one of Times `` 100 Most Influential People in the World '' later that year . |
Ruby_(band) | Ruby is the collaboration of singer Lesley Rankine and Mark Walk . Rankine relocated from London to Seattle to collaborate with the producer in 1994 . Their music styles expanded across the genres of electronic , trip hop , noise , industrial , and jazz , among others . Between 1995 and 2015 , the band has released three studio albums , three remix albums and various singles and EPs . The name for this group came about because Rankine and Walk both have maternal grandmothers named `` Ruby '' . |
Ron_"Pigpen"_McKernan | Ronald Charles McKernan ( September 8 , 1945 -- March 8 , 1973 ) , known as Pigpen , was an American singer and musician . He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972 . McKernan grew up heavily influenced by African-American music , particularly the blues , and enjoyed listening to his father 's collection of records and taught himself how to play harmonica and piano . He began socializing around the San Francisco Bay Area , becoming friends with Jerry Garcia . After the pair had played in various folk and jug bands , McKernan suggested they form an electric group , which became the Grateful Dead . He was the band 's original frontman as well as playing harmonica and electric organ , but Garcia and bassist Phil Lesh 's influences on the band became increasingly stronger as they embraced psychedelic rock . McKernan struggled to keep up , causing the group to hire keyboardist Tom Constanten , with McKernan 's contributions essentially limited to vocals , harmonica and percussion from November 1968 to January 1970 . He continued to be a frontman in concert for some numbers , including covers of Bobby Bland 's `` Turn On Your Love Light '' and the Rascals ' `` Good Lovin ' '' . Unlike the other members of the Grateful Dead , McKernan avoided psychedelic drugs , preferring to drink alcohol ( namely whiskey and wine ) . By 1971 , his health had been affected by alcoholism and liver damage and doctors advised him to stop touring . Following a four-month hiatus , he resumed touring with the group in December 1971 but was forced to retire from touring altogether in June 1972 . McKernan was found dead of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on March 8 , 1973 , aged 27 , and is buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto . |
Robert_Dorigo_Jones | Robert B. Dorigo Jones ( born July 27 , 1963 in Grand Rapids , Michigan ) is the author of the bestselling book Remove Child Before Folding : The 101 Stupidest , Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever and host of the weekly radio commentary series `` Let 's Be Fair '' . He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for America and served as president of the non-partisan legal reform group Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch ( M-LAW ) from 1997 to 2013 . |
Ride_Along_2 | Ride Along 2 is a 2016 American action comedy film directed by Tim Story and written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi . It is the sequel to the 2014 film Ride Along . The film stars Ice Cube , Kevin Hart , Ken Jeong , Benjamin Bratt , Olivia Munn , Bruce McGill and Tika Sumpter . Universal Pictures released the film on January 15 , 2016 . Like the original film , this sequel was panned by most critics but was a box office success , grossing $ 124.6 million worldwide during its theatrical run . |
Roadblock_(March_2016) | Roadblock was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE , an American promotion , that aired exclusively on the WWE Network . The inaugural event took place on March 12 , 2016 at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . Nine matches ( including two dark matches ) were contested at the event . The main event saw Triple H defeat Dean Ambrose to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship . Other prominent matches included The New Day retaining the WWE Tag Team Championship against Sheamus and King Barrett ( of The League of Nations ) , The Revival retained the NXT Tag Team Championship against Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady , Brock Lesnar defeated Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper in a 2-on-1 handicap match , and Charlotte retained the WWE Divas Championship against Natalya in the last televised defense of the Divas Championship . |
Rikk_Agnew | Richard Francis `` Rikk '' Agnew , Jr. ( born December 9 , 1958 ) is an American singer , songwriter , composer , multi-instrumentalist , record producer , and visual artist . Agnew 's music career spans more than 30 years . He has previously been a member of some of the most influential bands of the Orange County hardcore punk genre , as well as the highly influential deathrock band Christian Death . During his years with the Adolescents , Agnew became known as one of the best guitarists in the Southern California hardcore punk scene . Agnew has also pursued a solo career and released his debut album , All by Myself , in 1982 . He later released Emotional Vomit in 1990 and Turtle in 1992 . |
Robert_Downey_Sr. | Robert John Downey Sr. ( né Robert Elias Jr. ; June 24 , 1936 ) is an American filmmaker , director and writer . The father of actor Robert Downey Jr. , he is best known as an underground filmmaker , serving as director and/or writer of such cult classics as Putney Swope , a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world . According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon , Downey 's films during the 1960s were `` strictly take-no-prisoners affairs , with minimal budgets and outrageous satire , effectively pushing forward the countercultural agenda of the day . '' |
Royal_bastard | A royal bastard is a child of a reigning monarch born out of wedlock . The king might have a child with a mistress , or the legitimacy of a marriage might be questioned for reasons concerning succession . Notable royal bastards include Henry Fitzroy , son of King Henry VIII of England , and the Duke of Monmouth , son of Charles II . The surname `` Fitzroy '' means `` son of a king '' and was used by various illegitimate royal offspring , and by others who claimed to be such . In medieval England , a bastard 's coat of arms was marked with a `` bend '' or `` baton sinister . '' The stereotypical royal bastard is Edmund in Shakespeare 's King Lear , intelligent , but villainous . Edmund says of his legitimate half brother Edgar : I must have your land . Our father 's love is to the bastard Edmond As to th ' legitimate . Fine word , ` legitimate ' Well , my legitimate , if this letter speed And my invention thrive , Edmond the base Shall to the legitimate : I grow , I prosper . Now gods , stand up for bastards ! . |
Rowan_&_Martin's_Laugh-In | Rowan & Martin 's Laugh-In ( often simply referred to as Laugh-In ) is an American sketch comedy television program that ran for 140 episodes from January 22 , 1968 , to March 12 , 1973 , on the NBC television network . It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin . Laugh-In originally aired as a one-time special on September 9 , 1967 , and was such a success that it was brought back as a series , replacing The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on Mondays at 8 pm ( ET ) . The title of the show was a play on the `` love-ins '' or `` be-ins '' of the 1960s hippie culture , terms that were , in turn , derived from `` sit-ins '' , common in protests associated with civil rights and antiwar demonstrations of the time . In 2002 , Rowan & Martin 's Laugh-In was ranked number 42 on TV Guide 's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time . |
Robert_M._La_Follette_Sr. | Robert Marion `` Fighting Bob '' La Follette Sr. ( June 14 , 1855June 18 , 1925 ) was an American Republican ( and later a Progressive ) politician . He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives , was the Governor of Wisconsin , and was a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1906 to 1925 . He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in 1924 , carrying Wisconsin and winning 17 % of the national popular vote . His wife Belle Case La Follette , and his sons Robert M. La Follette Jr. and Philip La Follette led his political faction in Wisconsin into the 1940s . La Follette has been called `` arguably the most important and recognized leader of the opposition to the growing dominance of corporations over the Government '' and is one of the key figures pointed to in Wisconsin 's long history of political liberalism . He is best remembered as a proponent of progressivism and a vocal opponent of railroad trusts , bossism , World War I , and the League of Nations . In 1957 , a Senate Committee selected La Follette as one of the five greatest U.S. Senators , along with Henry Clay , Daniel Webster , John C. Calhoun , and Robert A. Taft . A 1982 survey asking historians to rank the `` ten greatest Senators in the nation 's history '' based on `` accomplishments in office '' and `` long range impact on American history , '' placed La Follette first , tied with Henry Clay . Robert La Follette is one of nine outstanding senators memorialized by portraits in the Senate reception room in US Capitol . The Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin is named for him . |
Roman_Kukhtinov | Roman Kukhtinov ( born December 1 , 1975 ) is a Russian ice hockey defender who is currently playing for HC Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League . Kukhtinov has played for numerous Russian teams during his career . He began his career with short spells for Krylya Sovetov Moscow , SKA Saint Petersburg and HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk . In 1998 he signed for Metallurg Novokuznetsk where he began playing more frequent hockey and spent a total of three seasons with the team . Kukhtinov was drafted 280th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft but remained in the Russian Superleague and instead signed for Salavat Yulaev Ufa where he scored career-high 11 goals during his first season . After two seasons he moved to Severstal Cherepovets for one season before moving to Metallurg Magnitogorsk where he won the Russian Championship in 2006 . He rejoined Salavat for the 2006-07 season before moving to HC Spartak Moscow . He joined HC CSKA Moscow for the inaugural KHL season but after 14 games he moved to Amur Khabarovsk . |
Rock_festival | A rock festival , often considered synonymous with pop festival , is a large-scale rock music concert , featuring multiple acts performing an often diverse range of popular music including rock , pop , folk , electronic , and related genres . As originally conceived in the mid to late 1960s , rock festivals were held outdoors , often in open rural areas or open-air sports arenas , fairgrounds and parks , typically lasted two or more days , featured long rosters of musical performers , and attracted very large crowds - sometimes numbering several hundred thousand people . A rock festival can also refer to a festival focused on a specific rock subgenre , such as a punk rock festival , gothic festival , or heavy metal festival . |
Rory_McCann | Rory McCann ( born 24 April 1969 ) is a Scottish actor and musician , best known for portraying Sandor Clegane on the HBO series Game of Thrones . |
Ryan_Carnes | Ryan Gregg Carnes ( born November 21 , 1982 ) is an American actor . Born in Pittsfield , Illinois , he attended Duke University where he was a member of DUMB , the Duke University Marching Band . He is working on collaborations with other musicians . In 2003 , Carnes was part of a national campaign for Nintendo which was both in print and commercial . Carnes first started acting in 2004 when he became the ninth actor to portray Lucas Jones on the ABC soap opera General Hospital from July 2004 until September 2005 . After he left , General Hospital , he was replaced by Ben Hogestyn . From 2004 to 2006 , Carnes had a recurring role on Desperate Housewives as Justin , the love interest of Andrew Van de Kamp , played by Shawn Pyfrom . Carnes starred in the 2004 film Eating Out and the 2006 film Surf School . He also starred in the video for the song `` Mistake '' by Australian actress and singer Stephanie McIntosh . Carnes appeared in two episodes of the British science-fiction drama series Doctor Who -- `` Daleks in Manhattan '' and `` Evolution of the Daleks '' , in which he played Laszlo , who was turned into a half-human , half-pig slave . In the 2008 horror film Trailer Park of Terror , based on the Imperium comic series of the same name , Carnes plays an arrogant teenager called Alex. He also starred as the title character in the Syfy miniseries The Phantom , based on Lee Falk 's comic strip of the same name . It was reported on December 11 , 2013 , that Carnes would reprise the role of Lucas on General Hospital returning on January 17 , 2014 . |
Roman_usurper | Usurpers are individuals or groups of individuals who obtain and maintain the power or rights of another by force and without legal authority . Usurpation was endemic during Roman imperial era , especially from the crisis of the third century onwards , when political instability became the rule . The first dynasty of the Roman Empire , the Julio-Claudians ( 27 BC -- 68 AD ) , justified the imperial throne by familial ties , namely with the connection ( although only through adoption ) with Augustus , the first emperor . Eventually conflicts within the Julio-Claudian family triggered a series of murders , which led to the demise of the line . Nero died with public enemy status , and following his suicide a short civil war began , known as the Year of the Four Emperors . The Flavian dynasty started with Vespasian only to end with the assassination of his second son Domitian . The 2nd century was a period of relative peace marked by the rule of the so-called Five Good Emperors , but the next century would be characterized by endemic political instability , one of the factors that eventually contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West . |
Russia–Turkey_relations | Russia -- Turkey relations ( Российско -- турецкие отношения , Rusya -- Türkiye ilişkileri ) is the bilateral relationship between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey and their predecessor states . From the late 16th to the early 20th centuries , relations between the Ottoman and Russian empires were often strained , as the two powers were engaged in a number of Russo-Turkish wars . However , in the 1920s , as a result of the Bolshevik Soviet assistance to Turkish revolutionaries during the Turkish War of Independence , the governments of Moscow and Ankara developed warm relations . In 1932 the Turkish Republic took its first foreign loans from the Soviet Union , and the first 5-year economic and industrial development plan of Turkey ( 1934 -- 1938 ) was largely modeled after the 5-year plans of the Soviet Union , which seemed to perform well during the Great Depression ; despite setbacks such as the Soviet famine of 1932 -- 33 , which was largely hidden from the outside world . The good relations between Moscow and Ankara lasted until Joseph Stalin demanded Soviet bases on the Turkish Straits after the Montreux Convention in 1936 , most notably at the Potsdam Conference in 1945 . Turkey joined NATO in 1952 and placed itself within the Western alliance against the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War , when relations between the two countries were at their lowest level . Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 , relations between Turkey and Russia quickly improved and the two countries eventually started to rank among each other 's largest trade partners . Russia became Turkey 's largest provider of energy , while many Turkish companies began to operate in Russia . In this period , Turkey became the top foreign destination for Russian tourists . However , the warm bilateral relations of the past two decades became severely strained after the November 2015 jet shootdown incident , when a Turkish F-16 combat aircraft shot down a Russian Su-24 during an airspace dispute close to the Syria -- Turkey border . Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has since apologized for the incident and relations have improved following several meetings between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin . |
Ruby_(Supernatural) | Ruby is a fictional character on The CW Television Network 's Supernatural portrayed mainly by actresses Katie Cassidy and Genevieve Cortese . Created by the writers to expand on the characterization of demons within the series , she first appears in the third season , wherein she assists series protagonists Sam and Dean Winchester in fighting her fellow demons . By the fourth season , she has won Sam 's trust and begins training him to kill demons with his psychic powers , though Dean remains fearful of ulterior motives . The character departs the series at the end of the fourth season . Though the fans at first reacted negatively towards Cortese replacing Cassidy after the third season , Cortese and creator Eric Kripke felt that they became more accepting as the fourth season progressed . While fan response to the character was mixed overall , critical reception was generally negative . A common criticism was underwhelming performances by Cassidy and Cortese . |
Road_to_Germany | `` Road to Germany '' is the third episode of the seventh season and the fourth episode of the ` Road To ... ' series of the American animated television series Family Guy . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 19 , 2008 . In the episode , Mort accidentally goes into Stewie 's time machine and is sent to Warsaw , Poland on September 1 , 1939 . Brian and Stewie realize Mort has gone back in time , and go in the time machine to save him . The episode was written by Patrick Meighan and directed by Greg Colton . Brian Blessed , Gregory Jbara , Martin Savage , Jeff Witzke and Robert Boomfield guest star in the episode . `` Road to Germany '' was seen by approximately 9.07 million viewers during its original broadcast , and it received positive reviews from television critics . In 2009 , the episode , along with `` I Dream of Jesus '' and `` Family Gay '' , received an Emmy Award nomination for `` Outstanding Comedy Series '' . |
Russia_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics | Russia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , from 5 to 21 August 2016 . This was Russia 's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation . On 18 July 2016 , an independent investigation commissioned by World Anti-Doping Agency reported that Russia 's Ministry of Sport and Federal Security Service had operated a `` state-dictated '' system to implement an extensive doping program and to cover up positive samples . Based on these finding the International Olympic Committee called for an emergency meeting to consider banning Russia from the Summer Olympics . On 24 July 2016 , the International Olympic Committee announced that Russian athletes are eligible to compete at the Games only if they can show that they had not been doping before the Games , unlike participants of any other nationality . Originally Russia submitted a list of 389 athletes for competition . On 7 August 2016 , the IOC cleared 278 athletes , while 111 were removed because of the scandal . On 8 December 2016 , silver medalist Misha Aloyan was found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for Tuaminoheptane , a specified stimulant , prohibited in-competition under S6 on the WADA Prohibited List , during an in-competition doping control on 21 August 2016 . The results obtained by the athlete in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games were disqualified . |
Roosevelt_Republican | Roosevelt Republican is a term used in discussions about politics of the United States to describe people with beliefs reminiscent of American President Theodore Roosevelt , a politician who spent much of his career as a Republican . Roosevelt implemented a wide variety of various ideas during his tenure as President from September 14 , 1901 to March 4 , 1909 . In terms of specific policies , being a `` Roosevelt Republican '' has been described as supporting the conservation movement and having sympathies for environmentalist measures aimed at protecting natural landscapes . This is said to entail an emphasis on hunting and fishing along with wildlife tourism under the backdrop of government ownership of certain lands , with a more limited room for more invasive uses of public areas such as mining . Individuals who 've self-identified as such include Ryan Zinke , a Montana politician and U.S. Navy veteran who became the 52nd U.S. Secretary of Interior on March 1 , 2017 . |
Robert_Pugh | Robert Pugh ( born 1950 ) is a Welsh actor . He is best known for his role as Craster in HBO series Game of Thrones . |
Robert_Baratheon | Robert Baratheon is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . Introduced in 1996 's A Game of Thrones , Robert Baratheon is the eldest son of Steffon Baratheon , from the kingdom of Westeros . After Robert won the rebellion which was named after him , he took the Iron Throne from Aerys II Targaryen , nicknamed `` The Mad King '' , crushing the Targaryen dynasty . Robert fought the war to win back his betrothed , Lyanna Stark , with the aid of her brother , his close friend , Eddard Stark . However , due to Lyanna 's death , Robert married Tywin Lannister 's daughter Cersei after the war ended to ensure political stability . Robert is portrayed by Mark Addy in the HBO television adaptation . |
Rose_(The_Vampire_Diaries) | `` Rose '' is the 8th episode of the second season of The CW television series , The Vampire Diaries and the 30th episode of the series overall . It originally aired on November 4 , 2010 . The episode was written by Brian Young and directed by Liz Friedlander . |
Robert_C._Parker | Vice Admiral Robert Parker is a retired officer of the United States Coast Guard |
Rue_de_Seine | Rue de Seine is a street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris . Rue de Seine is one of the most sought after streets in Paris due to its history and very close proximity to the Louvre and other famous Parisian landmarks . The rue de Seine and surrounding streets are host to the highest concentration of art galleries and antique dealers in the world . Other nearby famous landmarks include the Café de Flore , Les Deux Magots and the beautiful Jardin du Luxembourg . The neighbourhood of Rue de Seine also includes famous fashion houses , such as Dior , Yves Saint Laurent and Hugo Boss . The Hotel La Louisiane at 60 rue de Seine is famous for having accommodated many notable jazz musicians and writers , including Miles Davis , Chet Baker , John Coltrane , Ernest Hemingway , Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir . Rue de Seine is the title of a 2006 album by Martial Solal and Dave Douglas . In the French novel La Duchesse de Langeais by Honoré de Balzac , the aristocratic character Marquess Armand de Montriveau lived in Rue de Seine . Rue de Seine is the theme and title of a poem by the famous French poet Jacques Prévert . It is also famous for Guy Debord 's 1953 anticapitalist graffiti Ne travaillez jamais ( Do n't ever work ) . |
Rome | Rome ( -LSB- ˈroʊm -RSB- ; Roma -LSB- ˈroː.ma -RSB- , Rōma ) is a special comune ( named Comune di Roma Capitale ) and the capital of Italy . Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region . With 2,877,215 residents in 1285 km2 , it is also the country 's largest and most populated comune and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits . It is the center of the Metropolitan City of Rome , which has a population of 4.3 million residents . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula , within Lazio ( Latium ) , along the shores of the Tiber . The Vatican City is an independent country geographically located within the city boundaries of Rome , the only existing example of a country within a city : for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states . Rome 's history spans more than 2,500 years . While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at only around 753 BC , the site has been inhabited for much longer , making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe . The city 's early population originated from a mix of Latins , Etruscans and Sabines . Eventually , the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom , the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire , and is regarded as one of the birthplaces of Western civilisation and by some as the first ever metropolis . It was first called The Eternal City ( Urbs Aeterna La Città Eterna ) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC , and the expression was also taken up by Ovid , Virgil , and Livy . Rome is also called the `` Caput Mundi '' ( Capital of the World ) . After the fall of the Western Empire , which marked the beginning of the Middle Ages , Rome slowly fell under the political control of the Papacy , which had settled in the city since the 1st century AD , until in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States , which lasted until 1870 . Beginning with the Renaissance , almost all the popes since Nicholas V ( 1447 -- 55 ) pursued coherently along four hundred years an architectonic and urbanistic programme aimed to make of the city the world 's artistic and cultural centre . Due to that , Rome became first one of the major centres of the Italian Renaissance , and then the birthplace of both the Baroque style and Neoclassicism . Famous artists , painters , sculptors and architects made Rome the centre of their activity , creating masterpieces throughout the city . In 1871 Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy , and in 1946 that of the Italian Republic . Rome has the status of a global city . Rome ranked in 2016 as the 13th-most-visited city in the world , 3rd most visited in the European Union , and the most popular tourist attraction in Italy . Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site . Monuments and museums such as the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum are among the world 's most visited tourist destinations with both locations receiving millions of tourists a year . Rome hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics and is the seat of United Nations ' Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) . The city hosts the headquarters of many international business companies , such as Eni , Enel , TIM and national and international banks as UniCredit and BNL . Its business district , called EUR , is the base of many business companies involved in oil industry , pharmaceutical industry and finance services . So , Rome plays a leading role in the national economy . The city is also an important fashion and design center thanks to international brands such as Fendi , Bulgari , Renato Balestra and Salvatore Ferragamo . Rome 's Cinecittà Studios have been the set of many Academy Award-winning movies . |
Ronald_Leon_Rakow | Ronald Leon Rakow or Ron Rakow was the head of now defunct Grateful Dead Records and manager of The Grateful Dead . Rakow allegedly embezzled $ 225,000 from the band . When confronted by band members Phil Lesh and Jerry Garcia , Rakow allegedly told them to go `` fuck themselves '' ; he had cut himself a check for `` what he was owed '' and then left . On April 11 , 2007 , Rakow was sentenced to five years in federal prison for tax evasion of $ 2.2 million since 1985 . ' On December 1 , 2011 , Rakow was released from prison . |
Rock_'n_Roll_Fantasy_Camp | The Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp is an interactive musical event , that takes place in various coveted locations worldwide involving various Rock Stars on various dates . The events range from one to six days . Attendees play , write and record music in professional rehearsal and recording studios alongside those from the music industry , culminating in an event where attendees perform live on stage at a well known venue . Participants are formed into bands , each with its own rock star mentor . Over the course of the experience , campers learn band dynamics , song writing , receive instrument training , and hear from industry speakers and participate in Q&A sessions with well known Rock Stars . The event is targeted at players of any talent level , from novice to advanced . It is geared more toward adults , with the average attendee age being between 35 and 55 . Founded in 1997 by David Fishof , approximately 6,000 people have thus far participated . A television reality series , Rock N ' Roll Fantasy Camp , produced by Mark Burnett Productions , has aired on VH1 Classic for two seasons . The `` Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp All-Stars '' gave a live performance at the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Post Awards Party . In addition to the camps , Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp also offers a team building program titled , Team Rock Stars . Past clients include People , Kia Motors , GE Transportation , Mars , Incorporated , Olympus Corporation , Fortune , and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants . |
Ron_Hodges | Ronald Wray Hodges ( born June 22 , 1949 in Rocky Mount , Virginia ) was a Major League Baseball catcher . He spent his entire twelve-year career with the New York Mets . Hodges was originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the sixth round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft , but did not sign . He was also drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the first round ( 15th pick ) of the amateur draft ( Secondary Phase ) , and the Atlanta Braves in the first round ( tenth overall ) of the 1971 amateur draft ( Secondary Phase Active ) , but chose not to sign with either of those teams as well . Eventually , he signed with the Mets , who selected him in the second round of the amateur draft ( Secondary Phase ) . During just his second professional season , Hodges was promoted to the major league roster when injuries afflicted the Mets ' other catchers , Jerry Grote and Duffy Dyer . He made his major league debut on June 13 , , catching Tom Seaver . Four days later , he hit his first career home run off the San Diego Padres ' Bill Greif . Hodges stayed with the Mets for the remainder of the season , batting .260 with eighteen runs batted in and just the one home run . He was on the Mets ' postseason roster in 1973 and played in one game in the World Series , drawing a walk in his only plate appearance . Hodges retired in with 666 games , 1426 at bats , nineteen home runs , 147 RBIs , a batting average of .240 and an on-base percentage of .342 . |
Russia | Russia ( -LSB- ˈrʌʃə -RSB- -LSB- Россия , Rossiya , rɐˈsʲijə -RSB- ) , also officially the Russian Federation ( -LSB- Российская Федерация , r = Rossiyskaya Federatsiya , p = rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə -RSB- ) , is a country in Eurasia . At 17075200 km2 , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one-eighth of the Earth 's inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 144 million people at the end of March 2016 . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern ; about 77 % of the population live in European Russia . Russia 's capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world ; other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan . Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe , Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms . From northwest to southeast , Russia shares land borders with Norway , Finland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and Poland ( both with Kaliningrad Oblast ) , Belarus , Ukraine , Georgia , Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan , China , Mongolia , and North Korea . It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait . The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD . Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants , the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century . In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire , beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium . Rus ' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states ; most of the Rus ' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century . The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities , achieved independence from the Golden Horde , and came to dominate the cultural and political legacy of Kievan Rus ' . By the 18th century , the nation had greatly expanded through conquest , annexation , and exploration to become the Russian Empire , which was the third largest empire in history , stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east . Following the Russian Revolution , the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , the world 's first constitutionally socialist state . The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II , and emerged as a recognized superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War . The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century , including the world 's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space . By the end of 1990 , the Soviet Union had the world 's second largest economy , largest standing military in the world and the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction . Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 , fifteen independent republics emerged from the USSR : Russia , Ukraine , Belarus , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Estonia , Georgia , Kyrgyzstan , Latvia , Lithuania , Moldova , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan ; the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality and sole successor state of the Soviet Union . It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic . The Russian economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015 . Russia 's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world , making it one of the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally . The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction . Russia is a great power as well as a regional power and has been characterised as a potential superpower . It is permanent member of the United Nations Security Council , as well as a member of the G20 , the Council of Europe , the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) , the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ( SCO ) , the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ( OSCE ) , and the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) , as well as being the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) , the Collective Security Treaty Organization ( CSTO ) and one of the five members of the Eurasian Economic Union ( EEU ) , along with Armenia , Belarus , Kazakhstan , and Kyrgyzstan . |
Rooster_(zodiac) | The Rooster is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac ( and similar zodiacal systems ) related to the Chinese calendar . The Year of the Rooster is represented by the Earthly Branch character 酉 . The name is also translated into English as Chicken . Rooster is the only bird included in the Chinese zodiac . However , the Chinese term is more generic , as it applies to barnyard fowl of either sex . In the Tibetan zodiac and the Nepalese Gurung zodiac , the more generic `` bird '' is in place instead of the Rooster . |
Rock_On_2 | Rock On 2 ( also known as Rock On !! 2 ) is a 2016 Indian musical drama film , directed by Shujaat Saudagar , produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani , and with music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy . The sequel to the 2008 film , Rock On !! , it stars Arjun Rampal , Farhan Akhtar , Shraddha Kapoor , Purab Kohli , Shashank Arora , and Prachi Desai , in lead roles . |
Rocket | A rocket ( from Italian rocchetto `` bobbin '' ) is a missile , spacecraft , aircraft or other vehicle that obtains thrust from a rocket engine . Rocket engine exhaust is formed entirely from propellant carried within the rocket before use . Rocket engines work by action and reaction and push rockets forward simply by expelling their exhaust in the opposite direction at high speed , and can therefore work in the vacuum of space . In fact , rockets work more efficiently in space than in an atmosphere . Multistage rockets are capable of attaining escape velocity from Earth and therefore can achieve unlimited maximum altitude . Compared with airbreathing engines , rockets are lightweight and powerful and capable of generating large accelerations . To control their flight , rockets rely on momentum , airfoils , auxiliary reaction engines , gimballed thrust , momentum wheels , deflection of the exhaust stream , propellant flow , spin , and/or gravity . Rockets for military and recreational uses date back to at least 13th century China . Significant scientific , interplanetary and industrial use did not occur until the 20th century , when rocketry was the enabling technology for the Space Age , including setting foot on the Earth 's moon . Rockets are now used for fireworks , weaponry , ejection seats , launch vehicles for artificial satellites , human spaceflight , and space exploration . Chemical rockets are the most common type of high power rocket , typically creating a high speed exhaust by the combustion of fuel with an oxidizer . The stored propellant can be a simple pressurized gas or a single liquid fuel that disassociates in the presence of a catalyst ( monopropellants ) , two liquids that spontaneously react on contact ( hypergolic propellants ) , two liquids that must be ignited to react , a solid combination of fuel with oxidizer ( solid fuel ) , or solid fuel with liquid oxidizer ( hybrid propellant system ) . Chemical rockets store a large amount of energy in an easily released form , and can be very dangerous . However , careful design , testing , construction and use minimizes risks . |
Robert_T._Dawson | Robert Toombs Dawson ( born 1938 ) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas . |
Russia_men's_national_ice_hockey_team | The Russian men 's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Russia , overseen by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia . As of 2016 , they are rated second in the IIHF World Ranking . The team has been competing internationally since 1993 , and is recognized by the IIHF as the successor to the Soviet Union Hockey Federation and have passed its ranking on to Russia . Today , it still follows a long tradition of Soviet hockey teams , composed mostly of Russian players . The Russian team replaced the Unified Team of the ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the Commonwealth of Independent States team of the 1992 World Championships and is a member of the so-called `` Big Six '' , the unofficial group of the six strongest men 's ice hockey nations , along with Canada , the Czech Republic , Finland , Sweden and the United States . Russia has a total of 84,270 players , about 0.05 % of its population . Their head coach is Oleg Znarok , who has been coach since 2014 . |
Roman_conquest_of_Hispania | The Roman conquest of Hispania was a process by which the Roman Republic seized the Carthaginian territories in the south and east in 206 BC ( during the Second Punic War ) and then gradually extended control over most of the Iberian Peninsula without annexations . It was completed after the fall of the Republic ( 27 BC ) , by Augustus , the first Roman emperor , who annexed the whole of Hispania to the Roman Empire in 19 BC . Hispania was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula . The peninsula had various ethnic groups and a large number of tribes . This process started with the Roman acquisition of the former Carthaginian territories in southern Hispania and along the east coast as a result of defeating the Carthaginians ( 206 BC ) during the Second Punic War ( 218-201 BC ) , leading to them leaving the peninsula . This established Roman territorial presence in Hispania . Four years after the end of this war , in 197 BC , the Romans established two Roman provinces . They were Hispania Citerior ( Nearer Spain ) along most of the east coast ( an area roughly corresponding to the modern Spanish autonomous communities of Valencia , Catalonia and part of Aragon ) and Hispania Ulterior ( Further Spain ) in the south , roughly corresponding to modern Andalusia . Over the next 170 years the Roman Republic slowly expanded its control over Hispania . This was a gradual process of pacification , rather than the result of a policy of conquest . Roman actions in Hispania were reactive . They responded to rebellions to suppress them , rather seek annexation . It was driven by numerous rebellions by the local tribes . The Romans had to fight countless battles and lost a very large amount of men . On one occasion a Roman commander conducted a sweeping counterinsurgency operation in the west of the peninsula . Pacification and retention and extension of control over the local tribes was the priority . The Romans turned some of the native cities outside their provinces into tributary cities and established outposts and Roman colonies ( settlements ) to expand their control . There was little interest in Hispania on the part of the Roman senate . Governors who were sent there acted quite independently from the senate due to the great distance from Rome , and were interested mainly in military action for the political gains that came with victory . To Rome Hispania was a faraway land , remote from her main interests -- Italy and the eastern Mediterranean . Administrative arrangements were ad hoc measures undertaken by men on the spot . in the later part of this period the Roman senate attempted to exercise more control in Hispania , but this was to try to curb abuse and extortion by the unsupervised officials in the peninsula . Hence , in this period conquest was a process assimilation of the local tribes into the Roman world and its economic system after pacification . This changed after the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of rule by emperors in Rome . After the Roman victory in the Cantabrian Wars in the north of the peninsula ( the last rebellion against the Romans in Hispania ) Augustus conquered the north of Hispania , annexed the whole peninsula to the Roman Empire and carried out an administrative reorganisation . This was in 19 BC , 187 years after the expulsion of the Carthaginians from Hispania . The Roman province of Hispania Citerior was significantly expanded and came to include the eastern part of central Hispania and northern Hispania . It was renamed Hispania Tarraconensis . Due to the sheer size of the annexed territory , a third province was established in the west of the peninsula and the western part of central Hispania . This was Hispania Lusitania , which covered present day Portugal up to the River Durius ( Douro ) , the present autonomous community of Extremadura and a small part of the province of Salamanca in today 's Spain . Hispania Citerior was renamed Hispania Baetica and it borders were expanded inland only marginally . |
Rock_the_Block | Rock the Block is the 14th studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus , released in 2003 . The album peaked at No. 1 in the Swiss Album Chart and was certified Gold in Switzerland . |
Road_Tasted | Road Tasted is a television program shown on Food Network in the USA . The show was originally hosted by Jamie Deen and Bobby Deen , the sons of the popular Food Network host Paula Deen , as they drove around the United States searching for the best in family-run food businesses . It premiered on July 11 , 2006 . Road Tasted was created by Gordon Elliott , a long-time friend of Paula Deen . One of the show 's primary appeals is that the businesses featured on the show can ship many of their products directly to customers . As such , the program always includes information about how to order the items shown . Before Food Network settled on `` Road Tasted '' , the show had the working title Two for the Road . The Deen brothers eventually decided that they wanted to devote more time to their family restaurant , and thus did not continue as hosts . The show has since been renamed Road Tasted with the Neelys featuring the Food Network hosts Pat and Gina Neely . |
Roman_type | In Latin-script typography , roman is one of the three main kinds of historical type , alongside blackletter and italic . Roman type was modelled from a European scribal manuscript style of the 15th century , based on the pairing of inscriptional capitals used in ancient Rome with Carolingian minuscules developed in the Holy Roman Empire . During the early Renaissance , roman and italic type were used separately . Today , roman and italic type are mixed , and most typefaces are composed of an upright roman style with an associated italic or oblique style . Popular roman typefaces include Bembo , Baskerville , Caslon , Jenson , Times New Roman and Garamond . The name roman is customarily applied uncapitalized distinguishing early Italian typefaces of the Renaissance period and most subsequent upright types based on them , in contrast to Roman letters dating from classical antiquity . |
Robert_Cary-Williams | Robert Cary-Williams is an avant-garde British fashion designer . Robert Cary-Williams studied fashion design at Central Saint Martin 's College of Art and Design , and set up his own-name label in 1998 . In 1999 , he won the British Fashion Council 's New Generation Award . His clothes have been described as experimental , severe , `` yet surprisingly wearable . '' In 2001 he was invited to present designs from his Spring/Summer 2002 collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum for their regular `` Fashion In Motion '' live shows . This event , held several times a year since 1999 , showcases the work of leading current fashion designers . For his presentation at the Museum , Cary-Williams showed historically inspired garments made from antique fabrics combined with leather and rusted metal . |
Royal_Navy | The Royal Navy ( RN ) is the United Kingdom 's naval warfare force . Although warships were used by the English kings from the early medieval period , the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years War against the kingdom of France . The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century ; the oldest of the UK 's armed services , it is known as the Senior Service . From the middle decades of the 17th century and through the 18th century , the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy . From the mid 18th century it was the world 's most powerful navy until surpassed by the United States Navy during the Second World War . The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing the British Empire as the unmatched world power during the 19th and first part of the 20th centuries . Due to this historical prominence , it is common , even among non-Britons , to refer to it as `` the Royal Navy '' without qualification . Following World War I , the Royal Navy was significantly reduced in size , although at the onset of the Second World War it was still the world 's largest . By the end of the war , however , the United States Navy had emerged as the world 's largest . During the Cold War , the Royal Navy transformed into a primarily anti-submarine force , hunting for Soviet submarines , mostly active in the GIUK gap . Following the collapse of the Soviet Union , its focus has returned to expeditionary operations around the world and remains one of the world 's foremost blue-water navies . The Royal Navy maintains a fleet of technologically sophisticated ships and submarines including an amphibious assault ship , two amphibious transport docks , four ballistic missile submarines ( which maintain the UK 's nuclear deterrent ) , seven nuclear fleet submarines , six guided missile destroyers , 13 frigates , 15 mine-countermeasure vessels and 22 patrol vessels . As of 19 March 2016 , there are 77 commissioned ships ( including submarines ) in the Royal Navy , plus 9 ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ( RFA ) ; there are also five Merchant Navy ships available to the RFA under a private finance initiative . The RFA replenishes Royal Navy warships at sea , and augments the Royal Navy 's amphibious warfare capabilities through its three vessels . It also works as a force multiplier for the Royal Navy , often doing patrols that frigates used to do . The total displacement of the Royal Navy is approximately 337,000 tonnes ( 603,000 tonnes including the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Royal Marines ) . The Royal Navy is part of Her Majesty 's Naval Service , which also includes the Royal Marines . The professional head of the Naval Service is the First Sea Lord , an admiral and member of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom . The Defence Council delegates management of the Naval Service to the Admiralty Board , chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence . The Royal Navy operates three bases in the United Kingdom where commissioned ships are based ; Portsmouth , Clyde and Devonport , Plymouth , the last being the largest operational naval base in Western Europe . |
Rory_Flanagan | Rory Flanagan is a recurring fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee . The character is portrayed by actor Damian McGinty , and appeared in Glee starting with its third season episode `` Pot o ' Gold '' , first broadcast on November 1 , 2011 . Rory is an exchange student from Ireland who arrives as a sophomore , and is living at the home of Brittany Pierce ( Heather Morris ) while studying at McKinley High . He joins the McKinley glee club , New Directions , in his first episode . The character was created after McGinty was one of two winners of a seven-episode arc in Glee third season after having successfully competed in the reality television show The Glee Project . As Rory , McGinty has sung four solo covers on the show , and appeared in many group performances . Rory continued as a recurring character beyond the initial seven episode prize , through the end of the third season . He made one more appearance after that , in the fourth season . McGinty was invited back for the series finale , but could not take part due to other commitments . |
Roaring_Twenties | The Roaring Twenties is a term for Western society and Western culture during the 1920s . It was a period of sustained economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Western Europe , particularly in major cities such as Berlin , Chicago , London , Los Angeles , New York City , Paris , and Sydney . In the French Third Republic , the decade was known as the `` années folles '' ( `` Crazy Years '' ) , emphasizing the era 's social , artistic and cultural dynamism . Jazz music blossomed , the flapper redefined the modern look for British and American women , and Art Deco peaked . Not everything roared : in the wake of the hyper-emotional patriotism of World War I , Warren G. Harding brought back normalcy to the politics of the United States . This era saw the large-scale use of automobiles , telephones , motion pictures , radio , and electric appliances . Aviation became a business . The economies saw rapid industrial growth , accelerated consumer demand , plus significant changes in lifestyle and culture . The media focused on celebrities , especially sports heroes and movie stars , as cities rooted for their home teams and filled the new palatial cinemas and gigantic sports stadiums . In most major democratic states , women won the right to vote . The social and cultural features known as the Roaring Twenties began in leading metropolitan centers , then spread widely in the aftermath of World War I . The United States gained dominance in world finance . Thus , when Weimar Republic Germany could no longer afford to pay World War I reparations to the United Kingdom , France and other Allies , the Americans came up with the Dawes Plan . Wall Street invested heavily in Germany , which repaid its reparations to nations that , in turn , used the dollars to pay off their war debts to Washington . By the middle of the decade , prosperity was widespread , with the second half of the decade known , especially in Germany , as the `` Golden Twenties '' . The spirit of the Roaring Twenties was marked by a general feeling of novelty associated with modernity and a break with traditions . Everything seemed to be feasible through modern technology . New technologies , especially automobiles , moving pictures , and radio , brought `` modernity '' to a large part of the population . Formal decorative frills were shed in favor of practicality in both daily life and architecture . At the same time , Jazz and dancing rose in popularity , in opposition to the mood of World War I . As such , the period is also often referred to as the Jazz Age . The Wall Street Crash of 1929 ended the era , as the Great Depression brought years of worldwide gloom and hardship . |
Royce_Gracie | Royce Gracie ( -LSB- ˈrɔɪs_ˈgreɪsiː -RSB- -LSB- ˈʁɔjsi ˈɡɾejsi -RSB- ; born December 12 , 1966 ) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist for Bellator MMA , a UFC Hall of Famer , and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner . He is considered by UFC fans to be the most influential figure in the history of modern MMA . He is a member of the Gracie family . Gracie gained fame for his success in the Ultimate Fighting Championship . Between 1993 and 1994 , he was the tournament winner of UFC 1 , UFC 2 , UFC 4 , and fought to a draw with Ken Shamrock in the championship match in the Superfight at UFC 5 . Gracie popularized Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and revolutionized mixed martial arts with his results contributing to the movement towards grappling and ground fighting in the sport . He holds the most consecutive submission victories in UFC history with 11 , which he earned between UFC 1 and UFC 4 . |
Rodeo_(Travis_Scott_album) | Rodeo is the debut studio album by American rapper Travis Scott . It was released on September 4 , 2015 , by Grand Hustle Records and Epic Records . The album features guest appearances from Kanye West , The Weeknd , Toro y Moi , Quavo , Juicy J , Swae Lee , Chief Keef , Justin Bieber , Young Thug , Schoolboy Q and Kacy Hill , while the production was provided by Scott himself , alongside the several high-profile record producers such as Allen Ritter , Mike Dean , Metro Boomin , Frank Dukes , Sonny Digital and WondaGurl , among others . The album was supported by two singles : `` 3500 '' featuring Future and 2 Chainz , and `` Antidote '' . The latter became his highest-charting single in the Billboard Hot 100 , peaking at number 16 . Rodeo received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 . It also debuted at number one on Billboards Top Rap Albums . In May 2017 , the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . |
Rome_(TV_series) | Rome is a British-American-Italian historical drama television series created by John Milius , William J. MacDonald , and Bruno Heller . The show 's two seasons were broadcast on HBO , BBC Two , and RaiDue between 2005 and 2007 . They were later released on DVD and Blu-ray . Rome is set in the 1st century BC , during Ancient Rome 's transition from Republic to Empire . The series features a sprawling cast of characters , many of whom are based on real figures from historical records , but the lead protagonists are ultimately two soldiers named Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo , who find their lives intertwined with key historical events . Rome was a ratings success for HBO and the BBC . The series received much media attention from the start , and was honored with numerous awards and nominations in its two-series run . The series was filmed in various locations , but most notably in the Cinecittà studios in Italy . |