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Rhadamistus Rhadamistus (also known as Ghadam or Radamisto) was an Iberian prince who reigned in Armenia from 51 to 53 and 54 to 55 CE. Considered to be an usurper and tyrant, he was overthrown in a rebellion supported by Parthia.
Rhaeticus (crater) Rhaeticus is a lunar crater that lies astride the equator of the Moon, on the southeast edge of the Sinus Medii lunar mare. To the north-northwest is Triesnecker crater, and due south can be found the worn remnant of the Hipparchus walled-plain.
Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium bifasciatum, sometimes calqued as two-banded longhorn beetle, is one of the commonest longhorn beetles in Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus, although it is absent from the far north-east of Europe and some offshore islands, such as Malta. It may reach 22 mm long and can be distinguished by the two prominent pale yellow bands on each of the elytra, although up to seventeen different patterns have been recognised .
Rhagophthalmidae Members of the family Rhagophthalmidae are closely related to glowworm beetles, and were often included in that family, but were given independent status in 1994. They are distributed in the Old World, and little is known of their biology, though they do have bioluminescent larvae and adults.
Rhakotis Rhakotis is the original name of the city of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt, before it was renamed by Alexander the Great. New evidence suggests that Alexander was not the founder of the city of Alexandria but rather its renovator — the city is thought to have existed nearly two millennia before it was conquered.
Rhamnous The site of Rhamnous, the remote northernmost deme of Attica, lies north of Marathon, Greece overlooking the Euboean Strait. The site was known in Antiquity for its sanctuary of NemesisDescribed by Pausanias 3.
Rhamnus purshiana Rhamnus purshiana (Cascara Buckthorn, Cascara, Bearberry, and in the Chinook Jargon, Chittam or Chitticum; syn. Frangula purshiana) is a species of buckthorn native to western North America from southern British Columbia south to central California, and inland to western Montana.
Rhampholeon brevicaudatus Rhampholeon brevicaudatus, commonly known as the bearded leaf chameleon or bearded pygmy chameleon, is a chameleon originating from the eastern Usambara and Uluguru mountains in northeastern Tanzania. It is easily distinguished from others in the Rhampholeon genus by the presence of a "beard" below the mouth, consisting of a few raised scales.
Rhamphorhynchoidea The Rhamphorhynchoidea forms one of the two suborders of pterosaurs and represent a grade of primitive members of this group of flying reptiles. This suborder is paraphyletic in relation to the Pterodactyloidea, which arose from within the Ramphorhynchoidea, not from a more distant common ancestor.
Rhanterium epapposum The Rhanterium epapposum is a plant of the Asteraceae family native to the deserts of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait where it is known locally as Arfaj(Arabic:عرŮج). The Arfaj plant consists of a complicated network of branches scattered with small thorny leaves and bright yellow flowers.
Rhaphidophoridae The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae includes the cave wetas, which generally occur in Australasia (New Zealand, Australia, etc.) as well as cave crickets and camel crickets (occurring across several continents including Africa, Europe and North America).
Rhaphiomidas The mydid fly genus Rhaphiomidas contains fewer than 30 species/subspecies, all of them occurring in the desert regions of the southwestern United States and adjacent portions of northwestern Mexico. The adults are most commonly encountered in sand dune areas, and are typically only active for a few weeks each year, either in the spring or the fall; in some cases, more than one species can occur in the same dune system, but they are allochronic, each flying in different seasons.
Rhapsode In classical Greece, in the fifth and fourth centuries BC and perhaps earlier, a rhapsode was a professional performer of poetry, especially of epic poetry (notably the epics attributed to Homer) but also the wisdom and catalogue poetry of Hesiod and the satires of Archilochus and others. Plato's dialogue Ion, in which Socrates confronts a star rhapsode, remains our richest source of information on these artists.
Rhapsodists Rhapsodists, a class of minstrels who in early times wandered over the Greek cities reciting the poems of Homer, and through whom they became widely known, and came to be translated with such completeness to us.
Rhapsody (girl group) Rhapsody were an Australian female duo of Kymberlie Harrison and 'Cathy Ford' whom had a hit in the early 1990s called "Cowboy Lover" on BMG Records. The single was originally a slow reggae song, but was remixed rexed into a dance track by Filthy Lucre, famous for their dance remix of Yothu Yindis "Treaty".
Rhapsody (music) A rhapsody in music is a one-movement work that is episodic yet integrated, free-flowing in structure, featuring a range of highly contrasted moods, colour and tonality. An air of spontaneous inspiration and a sense of improvisation make it freer in form than a set of variations.
Rhapsody (operating system) Rhapsody was the code name given to Apple Computer's next-generation operating system during the period of its development between Apple's purchase of NeXT in late 1996 and the announcement of Mac OS X in 1998.
Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924 which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. The piece received its première in a concert entitled An Experiment in Modern Music, which was held on 12 February 1924 in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band with Gershwin playing the piano.
Rhapsody in Blue (film) Rhapsody in Blue is a 1945 biopic of George Gershwin. Starring Robert Alda as Gershwin, the film features a few of Gershwin's acquaintances (including Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, and Oscar Levant playing themselves).
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (, Rapsodiya na temu Paganini) in A minor, opus 43, is a concertante work (23 minutes in length) for solo piano and symphony orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff. According to the score, the work was written from July 3 to August 18 1934.
Rhapsody Radish The Rhapsody Radish is a web based music playlist archive that works in conjunction with RealNetworks Rhapsody streaming music service. The site is published in a blog format with archived playlists that are organized by subject, situation, hits, cover songs and other categories.
Rhapta Rhapta was a marketplace on the coast of eastern Africa, which first rose to prominence in the first century CE. Its location has not yet been firmly identified, although there are a number of plausible candidate sites.
Rharian Field The Rharian Field was located in Eleusis in Greece and was supposedly where the first plot of grain was grown after Demeter (through Triptolemus) taught humanity agriculture. It was associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Rhatany Rhatany (Krameria triandra), also called krameria root, is the dried root either of para rhatany or of Peruvian rhatany. The action of rhatany is due to the rhatania-tannic acid, and resembles that of tannic acid, being a powerful astringent.
Rhatigan Rhatigan is the folk/punk/indie/rock/pop band led by ex Stock Aitken and Waterman backing singer, turned Irish singer songwriter, Suzanne Rhatigan. Featuring John Morrison who also played in Hefner on bass guitar and Brynn Burrows, later replaced by Sean Murphy, on drums.
Rhawnhurst, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rhawnhurst is a residential neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, named for George and William Rhawn by area real estate developers.Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names, Q-Z Philadelphia Information Locator Service May 20 1998, retrieved April 10 2006 Roughly bordered by Cottman Avenue to the south, Penway Street to the west, the Pennypack Creek to the north, and Roosevelt Boulevard to the east, Rhawnhurst encompasses zip codes 19152 and part of zip code 19111.
Rhâââ Lovely Festival The Rhâââ Lovely Festival is a Belgian indie post-rock festival that takes place each April near Namur, a town in rural Wallonia. A non-profit organisation, composed of volunteers, organise and promote the event.
Rhône River The Rhône River, or the Rhône (French Rhône, Occitan Ròse, Franco-Provençal Rôno, standard German Rhone, Valais German Rotten), is one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France.
Rhône-et-Loire Rhône-et-Loire was a département of France whose préfecture (capital) was Lyon. Created on March 4, 1790 like the other French départements, Rhône-et-Loire was abolished on August 12, 1793 when it was split into two départements: Rhône (préfecture: Lyon) and Loire (préfecture: Feurs, then Montbrison, then now Saint-Étienne).
Rhône-Poulenc Rhône-Poulenc was a French chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1928 with the merger of Société Chemique des Usines du Rhône and Établissements Poulenc Frères. In 1999, Rhône-Poulenc merged with Hoechst AG to form Aventis.
Rhön Mountains The Rhön Mountains are a group of low mountains in central Germany, located in the states Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia. They are the product of ancient volcanic activity and are separated from the Vogelsberg Mountains by the Fulda River and its valley.
Rhön-Grabfeld Rhön-Grabfeld is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Hassberge, Schweinfurt and Bad Kissingen, and the states of Hesse (district Fulda) and Thuringia (districts Schmalkalden-Meiningen and Hildburghausen).
Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft Founded in 1924, the Rhön-Rositten Gesellschaft (Rhön & Rositten society) became the first official organization for glider and sailplane flying, training and research. While under the Nazis, sailplane flying and training were taken over by the sport groups of the Hitlerjugend, research and glider construction continued in the new Deutsche Forschungsanstalt Für Segelflug (DFS) Up to world war II, RRG and DFS have been the main spearheads of German aeronautical design.
RhB The RhB (Rhaetian Railway / Rhätische Bahn (German) / Ferrovia Retica (Italian) / Viafier Retica (Rumantsch)) has the largest network of all the private railways in Switzerland. The company operates most of the railways in the south-easternmost canton of Graubünden (Italian: Grigioni, Rumantsch: Grischun, French/English: Grisons) since the Federal Railways SBB-CFF-FFS extend only a few kilometres over the cantonal border to the capital at Chur.
Rhea (bird) The Rhea, also known as ñandú (pronounced ) in Spanish, or ema in Portuguese, is a large flightless ratite bird native to South America. The name was given in 1752 by Paul Mohring; his reason for choosing this name, from the Rhea of classical mythology, is not known.
Rhea Durham Rhea Durham (born July 1, 1978) is an American fashion model. She was born in Lakeland, Florida, and has appeared on the cover of several major fashion magazines, including French Vogue, Italian Marie Claire, and British and American ELLE.
Rhea Hughes Rhea Hughes is a sports radio personality for 610 WIP (AM) in Philadelphia. Airing from 5:30am till 10:00am Eastern time, along with co-hosts Angelo Cataldi and Al Morganti, the “Morning Show” is one of the more popular radio shows in the Philadelphia area.
Rhea of the Cöos Rhea Dubativo of the Cöos is a witch in the fictional Dark Tower series by Stephen King. She apparently has a number of [powers, including but not limited to the ability to own familiars], see though [[crystal balls, make potions, and be immune to powerful venom.
Rhea Perlman Rhea Perlman (born March 31, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American actress, best known for her role as Carla Tortelli on the popular sitcom Cheers. She is the sister of Heide Perlman, who worked as a writer, story editor and producer on the show, and the daughter of Phil Perlman, who occasionally appeared as bar regular Phil.
Rheagan Wallace Rheagan Wallace (born on June 9, 1987 in Dallas, Texas) is in American actress who had a brief recurring role as Georgia Huffington on 7th Heaven. She also guest starred on That's So Raven, Malcolm in the Middle, NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, Walker, Texas Ranger and a few other shows.
Rheb Rheb, in molecular biology, is a protein, a recently discovered member of the Ras superfamily that may be involved in neural plasticity. This function is novel and not typically associated with the Ras proteins.
Rheban GAA Rheban is a GAA club based in South Kildare. Twice winners of the 'Club of the year' in 1996-7, they competed in the senior championship in the 1940s, reaching the semi-final in 1945, and after winning the Junior and Intermediate championships in successive years in 1996-7.
Rhedosaurus The Rhedosaurus is a fictional dinosaur created for the film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. There has been some ideas that perhaps the name is based on its creator Ray Harryhausen's initials, however, Harryhausen denies these claims.
Rhee Taekwon-Do Approximately 1300 years ago, during the Silla Dynasty in Korea an ancient form of unarmed combat - known these days as Tae-Kyon evolved. The ancient Art of Tae-Kyon is now widely dispersed throughout the world and known as various forms of Taekwon-Do.
Rheebu Nuu Rheebu Nuu is an environmental organization on the French territory of New Caledonia; the organization's name means "eye of the land" in the local Djubea language. The group was set up to watch the activities of the Goro Nickel mining company.
Rhein-HunsrĂĽck Rhein-HunsrĂĽck is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Mayen-Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn, Mainz-Bingen, Bad Kreuznach, Birkenfeld, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Cochem-Zell.
Rhein-Kreis Neuss Neuss is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nearby are the urban districts Krefeld, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, the districts Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Düren, Heinsberg, Mönchengladbach and the district Viersen.
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis Rhein-Lahn is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Westerwaldkreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Rheingau-Taunus, Mainz-Bingen, Rhein-HunsrĂĽck, Mayen-Koblenz, and the district-free city Koblenz.
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Rhein-Neckar-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are BergstraĂźe, Odenwaldkreis, Neckar-Odenwald, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, district-free Speyer, the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, and district-free Mannheim and Heidelberg.
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, the district BergstraĂźe, district-free Mannheim, Frankenthal and Ludwigshafen, Rhein-Neckar, district-free Speyer, the districts Karlsruhe, Germersheim, SĂĽdliche WeinstraĂźe and Bad DĂĽrkheim.
Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (in German: S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr) is a polycentric S-Bahn network covering the area of the Ruhr valley (including cities such as Essen and Duisburg), parts of the Rhineland (such as DĂĽsseldorf and Cologne) and parts of Westphalia (like Dortmund and Unna) in the Rhine-Ruhr megalopolis in western Germany.
Rhein-Sieg The Rhein-Sieg-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Altenkirchen, Neuwied, Ahrweiler, Euskirchen, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, the urban district of Cologne.
Rheinbote Rheinbote (Rhine Messenger) was a German short range ballistic rocket developed during World War II. It was intended to replace, or at least supplant, large-bore artillery by providing fire support at long ranges in an easily transportable form.
Rheindahlen Military Complex The Rheindahlen Military Complex is a British forces base near Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was also known as Joint Headquarters (JHQ) and functions as the main headquarters for British forces in Germany.
Rheinfelden, Germany Rheinfelden (in Alemannic Badisch-Rhyfälde ), is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, and 15 km east of Basel.
Rheingau The Rheingau is the hill country on the north side of the Rhine River between Wiesbaden and RĂĽdesheim near Frankfurt, reaching from the western Taunus to the Rhine. Many small cities with wine taverns invite to have a drink.
Rheingold Express The legendary Rheingold-Express (Rhine Gold) was a famous train riding between Hoek van Holland near Rotterdam and Basel, Switzerland, a distance of 662 km. It drove along the Rhine River via Arnhem, Netherlands and Cologne, Germany had special luxury coaches.
Rheingold M. Glière Music College Glière Music College was the first music conservatory established in the late 19th century in Kiev. In the early 20th century it was split into two music schools, Glière Music College and Kiev Conservatory, (now Kiev Academy of Music).
Rheinhessen Rheinhessen (in English: Rhenish Hesse) refers to the part of the former Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt located west of the Rhine river and now part of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a hilly countryside largely devoted to vineyards.
Rheinischer Merkur The Rheinischer Merkur is a nationwide conservative German weekly newspaper appearing on Thursdays. It is published in Bonn, its managing director is Bert GĂĽnther Wegener, and the editor in chief since 1994 is Michael Rutz.
Rheinland-Pokal The Rheinland-Pokal is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Weidenpesch Racecourse, Cologne in August.
Rheinmetall KZO KZO (Kleinflugzeug fĂĽr Zielortung, German for small aircraft for target acquisition) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with stealth characteristics manufactured by Rheinmetall Defence Electronics of Germany.
Rheinpark Stadion Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz is the national stadium of Liechtenstein. It plays host to the home matches of the Liechtenstein national football team, and is also the home of Liechtenstein's top football club, FC Vaduz.
Rheinsender The Rheinsender (Rhine transmitter) is a large medium-wave transmission facility near Wolfsheim southwest of Mainz for the frequency 1017 kHz. The Rhine transmitter was established in 1950 and went on the air May 15 1950.
Rheinsteig The Rheinsteig offers a beautiful walking track in Germany running for around 320km along the right of the Rhine between Wiesbaden and Bonn. The Rheinsteig passes woodlands, vineyards and spectacular views, challenging ascents and descents.
Rhema Broadcasting Group Rhema Broadcasting Group is New Zealand's largest Christian radio group, operating radio networks Radio Rhema, Life fm and Southern Star and television network Shine TV, and publishing the New Zealand edition of The Word for Today. It is the founding organisation of United Christian Broadcasting and many of its staff also work for the Christian Broadcasting Association.
Rhema Christian Ministries Rhema Christian Ministries (Rhema) is a non-denominational, multi-ethnic church located in Toronto, Canada. Using a fresh and innovative approach to ministry, focused on relevance, empowerment and non denominationalism, Rhema has quickly become one of the fastest growing churches in the nation of Canada.
Rhemaxos Rhemaxos was an ancient king who ruled to the north of Danube around 200 BC and who was the protector of the Greek colonies in Dobruja, receiving a tribute from them in exchange of protection against outside attacks. It appears that the links with the Greek cities lasted a rather long period of time, as several treaties have been found.
Rhenanida Rhenanida ("Rhine (fish)") was an order of primitive, lightly armored (relatively speaking) placoderms. Unlike most other placoderms, the rhenanids' armor was made up of a mosaic of unfused scales and tubercles.
Rhenish Missionary Society The Rhenish Missionary Society was one of the largest missionary societies in Germany. Formed from smaller missions founded as far back as 1799, the Society was amalgamated on 23 September 1828, and its first missionaries were ordained and sent off to South Africa by the end of the year.
Rhenium Rhenium (IPA: ) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Re and atomic number 75. A silvery-white, rare, heavy, polyvalent transition metal, rhenium resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
Rheobase This term is relevant for the nervous system. In the case of a nerve or single muscle cell, rheobase is the minimal electric current of infinite duration (practically, a few hundred milliseconds) that results in an action potential or the contraction of a muscle.
Rheological ammunition Rheological ammunition utilizes a rheological substance that can be controlled by injecting a current or introducing a magnetic field to the projectiles core, thereby changing some properties of the projectile. The idea is to create a projectile with a core that can be hard or soft depending on adjustable settings on the weapon.
Rheological fluids based firearms mechanisms A rheological fluid-based mechanism (or RB-MECHANISM) is a method for designing and powering firearms and ordnance. The mechanisms currently used by firearms and ordnance utilize combustion of gunpowder to propel ammunition.
Rheology Rheology is the study of the deformation and flow of matter under the influence of an applied stress. The term was coined by Eugene Bingham, a professor at Lehigh University, in 1920, from a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner.
Rheometry Rheometry (from the Greek word rheos meaning stream) generically refers to the experimental techniques used to determine the rheological properties of materials, that is the quantitative and qualitative relationships between deformations and stresses, respectively their derivatives.
Rheopecty Rheopecty or rheopexy is the rare property of some non-Newtonian fluids to show a time-dependent change in viscosity; the longer the fluid undergoes shear, the higher its viscosity. Rheopectic fluids, such as some lubricants, thicken or solidify when shaken.
Rheostatics Rheostatics are a Canadian indie rock band. Although they have had only one Top 40 hit ("Claire" in 1995), they were simultaneously one of Canada's most influential and most unconventional rock bands in the 1990s, a band whose defiantly quirky, yet compelling, take on pop and rock music has been described both as iconic and iconoclastic.
Rhesus (play) Rhesus, possibly 350 BC, is transmitted among the plays of Euripides, and was indeed believed to be genuinely Euripidean in the Hellenistic, Imperial, and Byzantine periods. As early as the 17th century, however, the play's authenticity was cast into doubt, first by Joseph Scaliger and subsequently by others.
Rhesus blood group system The term Rhesus blood group system refers to the five main Rhesus antigens (C, c, D, E and e) as well as the many other less frequent Rhesus antigens. The terms Rhesus factor and Rh factor are equivalent and refer to the Rh D antigen only.
Rhesus Macaque The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta), often called the Rhesus Monkey, is one of the best known species of Old World monkeys. It is a typical macaque, common throughout Afghanistan to northern India and southern China.
Rhesus of Thrace Rhesus (RhĂŞsos) was a Thracian king who fought on the side of Trojans in the Iliad. Homer gives his father as one Eioneus, otherwise unknown, although the name is undoubtedly connected to the city of Eion in western Thrace, at the mouth of the Strymon.
Rheta Devries Rheta Devries, professor at the University of Northern Iowa's Regent's Center For Early Developmental Education (where she also serves ad director), co-wrote many books (along with Constance Kamii) concerning early childhood education curriculum that both influenced the field of early childhood mathematical instruction and accelerated the proliferation of constructivist-based teaching in the classroom.
Rheta Childe Dorr Rheta Childe Dorr (1868-1948) was an American author and social worker, born at Omaha, Neb. After studying for two years at the University of Nebraska she became editor of the woman's department of the New York Evening Post (1902-06), and a member of the staff of Hampton's Magazine (1908-11).
Rhetoric Rhetoric (from Greek , rhĂŞtĂ´r, orator, teacher) is the art or technique of persuasion through the use of oral language. Rhetoric is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are dialectic and grammar) in Western culture.
Rhetoric (Aristotle) Aristotle's Rhetoric (or "Ars Rhetorica", or "The Art of Rhetoric" or "Treatise on Rhetoric") places the discipline of public speaking in the context of all other intellectual pursuits at the time. Moreover, Aristotle is working to rehabilitate the reputation of rhetoric in light of Plato's attacks on the art as just a knack and not an art.
Rhetorical criticism Rhetorical criticism is an approach to criticism which is at least as old as Aristotle. Rhetorical criticism studies the use of words and phrases (in the case of visual rhetoric, also visuals) to explicate how arguments have been built to drive home a certain point the author or speaker intended to make.
Rhetorical device In rhetoric, a rhetorical device or resource of language is a technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in his audience (his reader(s) or listener(s)). These emotional responses are central to the meaning of the work or speech, and should also get the audience's attention.
Rhetorical modes Rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse) describe the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. Four of the most common rhetorical modes and their purpose are exposition, argumentation, description, and narration.
Rhetorical question A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer. ("How many times do I have to tell you to stop walking into the house with mud on your shoes?
Rhetorical reason Rhetorical reason may be defined as the faculty of discovering the crux of the matter, endemic to rhetorical invention, that precedes argumentation. Aristotle's definition of rhetoric, “The faculty of observing, in any given case, the available means of persuasion,” presupposes a distinction between an art (techne) of speech–making and a cognitively prior faculty of discovery.
Rhett Fisher Rhett Tyler Fisher (born on May 22, 1980 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American actor best known for playing as Ryan Mitchell, the Titanium Ranger in Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue. He originally tried for the part of Carter Grayson, the Red Ranger, but lost out to Sean Cw Johnson.
Rhett the Boston Terrier Rhett is the official mascot of the Boston University Terriers and has been the BU mascot since 1922. The often snarling, bi-pedal black and white Boston Terrier was named after the male lead in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, because "No one loves Scarlett more than Rhett" referencing Rhett Butler's affection for Scarlett O'Hara (scarlet being BU's primary color).
Rheumatism Rheumatism or Rheumatic disorder is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lung. The study of, and therapeutic interventions in, such disorders is called rheumatology.
Rheumatoid factor Rheumatoid factor (RF or RhF) is a blood test performed in patients with suspected rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is an antibody against the Fc portion of IgG, which is itself an antibody, IgG, IgM or IgA type; RF and IgG form immune complexes, which are part of the disease process of various rheumatological diseases.
Rheumatology Rheumatology, a subspecialty of internal medicine, is devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. The term originates from the Greek rheuma, meaning "that which flows as a river or stream" and the suffix -ology, meaning "the study of".
Rheydt Rheydt is a borough of the German city Mönchengladbach, located in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1918 and then again from 1933 (due to a split from Mönchengladbach arranged by Joseph Goebbels) through 1975 it was an independent city.
Rhian Benson Rhiannon Afua "Rhian" Benson is a Ghanaian soul and jazz singer, songwriter, and composer. She was born in Accra, Ghana to a Welsh mother, who was a singer, and an Ashanti father, who was a guitarist.
Rhiana Griffith Rhiana Jade Griffith (born April 16, 1985 in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia) is an actress, artist and model. She began modeling as a child, doing runway work and catalogue ads, and progressed from there to television commercials.
Rhianna Patrick Rhianna Patrick (born 1977) is a Torres Strait Islander member of the Triple J News Team. She was born in Brisbane and grew up in Weipa before moving to Sydney; her family is of the Zagareb tribe on Mer (Murray Island) in the eastern islands of the Torres Strait.
Rhaeticus (crater) Rhaeticus is a lunar crater that lies astride the equator of the Moon, on the southeast edge of the Sinus Medii lunar mare. To the north-northwest is Triesnecker crater, and due south can be found the worn remnant of the Hipparchus walled-plain.
Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium bifasciatum, sometimes calqued as two-banded longhorn beetle, is one of the commonest longhorn beetles in Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus, although it is absent from the far north-east of Europe and some offshore islands, such as Malta. It may reach 22 mm long and can be distinguished by the two prominent pale yellow bands on each of the elytra, although up to seventeen different patterns have been recognised .
Rhagophthalmidae Members of the family Rhagophthalmidae are closely related to glowworm beetles, and were often included in that family, but were given independent status in 1994. They are distributed in the Old World, and little is known of their biology, though they do have bioluminescent larvae and adults.
Rhakotis Rhakotis is the original name of the city of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt, before it was renamed by Alexander the Great. New evidence suggests that Alexander was not the founder of the city of Alexandria but rather its renovator — the city is thought to have existed nearly two millennia before it was conquered.
Rhamnous The site of Rhamnous, the remote northernmost deme of Attica, lies north of Marathon, Greece overlooking the Euboean Strait. The site was known in Antiquity for its sanctuary of NemesisDescribed by Pausanias 3.
Rhamnus purshiana Rhamnus purshiana (Cascara Buckthorn, Cascara, Bearberry, and in the Chinook Jargon, Chittam or Chitticum; syn. Frangula purshiana) is a species of buckthorn native to western North America from southern British Columbia south to central California, and inland to western Montana.
Rhampholeon brevicaudatus Rhampholeon brevicaudatus, commonly known as the bearded leaf chameleon or bearded pygmy chameleon, is a chameleon originating from the eastern Usambara and Uluguru mountains in northeastern Tanzania. It is easily distinguished from others in the Rhampholeon genus by the presence of a "beard" below the mouth, consisting of a few raised scales.
Rhamphorhynchoidea The Rhamphorhynchoidea forms one of the two suborders of pterosaurs and represent a grade of primitive members of this group of flying reptiles. This suborder is paraphyletic in relation to the Pterodactyloidea, which arose from within the Ramphorhynchoidea, not from a more distant common ancestor.
Rhanterium epapposum The Rhanterium epapposum is a plant of the Asteraceae family native to the deserts of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait where it is known locally as Arfaj(Arabic:عرŮج). The Arfaj plant consists of a complicated network of branches scattered with small thorny leaves and bright yellow flowers.
Rhaphidophoridae The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae includes the cave wetas, which generally occur in Australasia (New Zealand, Australia, etc.) as well as cave crickets and camel crickets (occurring across several continents including Africa, Europe and North America).
Rhaphiomidas The mydid fly genus Rhaphiomidas contains fewer than 30 species/subspecies, all of them occurring in the desert regions of the southwestern United States and adjacent portions of northwestern Mexico. The adults are most commonly encountered in sand dune areas, and are typically only active for a few weeks each year, either in the spring or the fall; in some cases, more than one species can occur in the same dune system, but they are allochronic, each flying in different seasons.
Rhapsode In classical Greece, in the fifth and fourth centuries BC and perhaps earlier, a rhapsode was a professional performer of poetry, especially of epic poetry (notably the epics attributed to Homer) but also the wisdom and catalogue poetry of Hesiod and the satires of Archilochus and others. Plato's dialogue Ion, in which Socrates confronts a star rhapsode, remains our richest source of information on these artists.
Rhapsodists Rhapsodists, a class of minstrels who in early times wandered over the Greek cities reciting the poems of Homer, and through whom they became widely known, and came to be translated with such completeness to us.
Rhapsody (girl group) Rhapsody were an Australian female duo of Kymberlie Harrison and 'Cathy Ford' whom had a hit in the early 1990s called "Cowboy Lover" on BMG Records. The single was originally a slow reggae song, but was remixed rexed into a dance track by Filthy Lucre, famous for their dance remix of Yothu Yindis "Treaty".
Rhapsody (music) A rhapsody in music is a one-movement work that is episodic yet integrated, free-flowing in structure, featuring a range of highly contrasted moods, colour and tonality. An air of spontaneous inspiration and a sense of improvisation make it freer in form than a set of variations.
Rhapsody (operating system) Rhapsody was the code name given to Apple Computer's next-generation operating system during the period of its development between Apple's purchase of NeXT in late 1996 and the announcement of Mac OS X in 1998.
Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924 which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. The piece received its première in a concert entitled An Experiment in Modern Music, which was held on 12 February 1924 in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band with Gershwin playing the piano.
Rhapsody in Blue (film) Rhapsody in Blue is a 1945 biopic of George Gershwin. Starring Robert Alda as Gershwin, the film features a few of Gershwin's acquaintances (including Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, and Oscar Levant playing themselves).
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (, Rapsodiya na temu Paganini) in A minor, opus 43, is a concertante work (23 minutes in length) for solo piano and symphony orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff. According to the score, the work was written from July 3 to August 18 1934.
Rhapsody Radish The Rhapsody Radish is a web based music playlist archive that works in conjunction with RealNetworks Rhapsody streaming music service. The site is published in a blog format with archived playlists that are organized by subject, situation, hits, cover songs and other categories.
Rhapta Rhapta was a marketplace on the coast of eastern Africa, which first rose to prominence in the first century CE. Its location has not yet been firmly identified, although there are a number of plausible candidate sites.
Rharian Field The Rharian Field was located in Eleusis in Greece and was supposedly where the first plot of grain was grown after Demeter (through Triptolemus) taught humanity agriculture. It was associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Rhatany Rhatany (Krameria triandra), also called krameria root, is the dried root either of para rhatany or of Peruvian rhatany. The action of rhatany is due to the rhatania-tannic acid, and resembles that of tannic acid, being a powerful astringent.
Rhatigan Rhatigan is the folk/punk/indie/rock/pop band led by ex Stock Aitken and Waterman backing singer, turned Irish singer songwriter, Suzanne Rhatigan. Featuring John Morrison who also played in Hefner on bass guitar and Brynn Burrows, later replaced by Sean Murphy, on drums.
Rhawnhurst, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rhawnhurst is a residential neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, named for George and William Rhawn by area real estate developers.Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names, Q-Z Philadelphia Information Locator Service May 20 1998, retrieved April 10 2006 Roughly bordered by Cottman Avenue to the south, Penway Street to the west, the Pennypack Creek to the north, and Roosevelt Boulevard to the east, Rhawnhurst encompasses zip codes 19152 and part of zip code 19111.
Rhâââ Lovely Festival The Rhâââ Lovely Festival is a Belgian indie post-rock festival that takes place each April near Namur, a town in rural Wallonia. A non-profit organisation, composed of volunteers, organise and promote the event.
Rhône River The Rhône River, or the Rhône (French Rhône, Occitan Ròse, Franco-Provençal Rôno, standard German Rhone, Valais German Rotten), is one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France.
Rhône-et-Loire Rhône-et-Loire was a département of France whose préfecture (capital) was Lyon. Created on March 4, 1790 like the other French départements, Rhône-et-Loire was abolished on August 12, 1793 when it was split into two départements: Rhône (préfecture: Lyon) and Loire (préfecture: Feurs, then Montbrison, then now Saint-Étienne).
Rhône-Poulenc Rhône-Poulenc was a French chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1928 with the merger of Société Chemique des Usines du Rhône and Établissements Poulenc Frères. In 1999, Rhône-Poulenc merged with Hoechst AG to form Aventis.
Rhön Mountains The Rhön Mountains are a group of low mountains in central Germany, located in the states Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia. They are the product of ancient volcanic activity and are separated from the Vogelsberg Mountains by the Fulda River and its valley.
Rhön-Grabfeld Rhön-Grabfeld is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Hassberge, Schweinfurt and Bad Kissingen, and the states of Hesse (district Fulda) and Thuringia (districts Schmalkalden-Meiningen and Hildburghausen).
Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft Founded in 1924, the Rhön-Rositten Gesellschaft (Rhön & Rositten society) became the first official organization for glider and sailplane flying, training and research. While under the Nazis, sailplane flying and training were taken over by the sport groups of the Hitlerjugend, research and glider construction continued in the new Deutsche Forschungsanstalt Für Segelflug (DFS) Up to world war II, RRG and DFS have been the main spearheads of German aeronautical design.
RhB The RhB (Rhaetian Railway / Rhätische Bahn (German) / Ferrovia Retica (Italian) / Viafier Retica (Rumantsch)) has the largest network of all the private railways in Switzerland. The company operates most of the railways in the south-easternmost canton of Graubünden (Italian: Grigioni, Rumantsch: Grischun, French/English: Grisons) since the Federal Railways SBB-CFF-FFS extend only a few kilometres over the cantonal border to the capital at Chur.
Rhea (bird) The Rhea, also known as ñandú (pronounced ) in Spanish, or ema in Portuguese, is a large flightless ratite bird native to South America. The name was given in 1752 by Paul Mohring; his reason for choosing this name, from the Rhea of classical mythology, is not known.
Rhea Durham Rhea Durham (born July 1, 1978) is an American fashion model. She was born in Lakeland, Florida, and has appeared on the cover of several major fashion magazines, including French Vogue, Italian Marie Claire, and British and American ELLE.
Rhea Hughes Rhea Hughes is a sports radio personality for 610 WIP (AM) in Philadelphia. Airing from 5:30am till 10:00am Eastern time, along with co-hosts Angelo Cataldi and Al Morganti, the “Morning Show” is one of the more popular radio shows in the Philadelphia area.
Rhea of the Cöos Rhea Dubativo of the Cöos is a witch in the fictional Dark Tower series by Stephen King. She apparently has a number of [powers, including but not limited to the ability to own familiars], see though [[crystal balls, make potions, and be immune to powerful venom.
Rhea Perlman Rhea Perlman (born March 31, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American actress, best known for her role as Carla Tortelli on the popular sitcom Cheers. She is the sister of Heide Perlman, who worked as a writer, story editor and producer on the show, and the daughter of Phil Perlman, who occasionally appeared as bar regular Phil.
Rheagan Wallace Rheagan Wallace (born on June 9, 1987 in Dallas, Texas) is in American actress who had a brief recurring role as Georgia Huffington on 7th Heaven. She also guest starred on That's So Raven, Malcolm in the Middle, NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, Walker, Texas Ranger and a few other shows.
Rheb Rheb, in molecular biology, is a protein, a recently discovered member of the Ras superfamily that may be involved in neural plasticity. This function is novel and not typically associated with the Ras proteins.
Rheban GAA Rheban is a GAA club based in South Kildare. Twice winners of the 'Club of the year' in 1996-7, they competed in the senior championship in the 1940s, reaching the semi-final in 1945, and after winning the Junior and Intermediate championships in successive years in 1996-7.
Rhedosaurus The Rhedosaurus is a fictional dinosaur created for the film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. There has been some ideas that perhaps the name is based on its creator Ray Harryhausen's initials, however, Harryhausen denies these claims.
Rhee Taekwon-Do Approximately 1300 years ago, during the Silla Dynasty in Korea an ancient form of unarmed combat - known these days as Tae-Kyon evolved. The ancient Art of Tae-Kyon is now widely dispersed throughout the world and known as various forms of Taekwon-Do.
Rheebu Nuu Rheebu Nuu is an environmental organization on the French territory of New Caledonia; the organization's name means "eye of the land" in the local Djubea language. The group was set up to watch the activities of the Goro Nickel mining company.
Rhein-HunsrĂĽck Rhein-HunsrĂĽck is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Mayen-Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn, Mainz-Bingen, Bad Kreuznach, Birkenfeld, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Cochem-Zell.
Rhein-Kreis Neuss Neuss is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nearby are the urban districts Krefeld, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, the districts Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Düren, Heinsberg, Mönchengladbach and the district Viersen.
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis Rhein-Lahn is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Westerwaldkreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Rheingau-Taunus, Mainz-Bingen, Rhein-HunsrĂĽck, Mayen-Koblenz, and the district-free city Koblenz.
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Rhein-Neckar-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are BergstraĂźe, Odenwaldkreis, Neckar-Odenwald, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, district-free Speyer, the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, and district-free Mannheim and Heidelberg.
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, the district BergstraĂźe, district-free Mannheim, Frankenthal and Ludwigshafen, Rhein-Neckar, district-free Speyer, the districts Karlsruhe, Germersheim, SĂĽdliche WeinstraĂźe and Bad DĂĽrkheim.
Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (in German: S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr) is a polycentric S-Bahn network covering the area of the Ruhr valley (including cities such as Essen and Duisburg), parts of the Rhineland (such as DĂĽsseldorf and Cologne) and parts of Westphalia (like Dortmund and Unna) in the Rhine-Ruhr megalopolis in western Germany.
Rhein-Sieg The Rhein-Sieg-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Altenkirchen, Neuwied, Ahrweiler, Euskirchen, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, the urban district of Cologne.
Rheinbote Rheinbote (Rhine Messenger) was a German short range ballistic rocket developed during World War II. It was intended to replace, or at least supplant, large-bore artillery by providing fire support at long ranges in an easily transportable form.
Rheindahlen Military Complex The Rheindahlen Military Complex is a British forces base near Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was also known as Joint Headquarters (JHQ) and functions as the main headquarters for British forces in Germany.
Rheinfelden, Germany Rheinfelden (in Alemannic Badisch-Rhyfälde ), is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, and 15 km east of Basel.
Rheingau The Rheingau is the hill country on the north side of the Rhine River between Wiesbaden and RĂĽdesheim near Frankfurt, reaching from the western Taunus to the Rhine. Many small cities with wine taverns invite to have a drink.
Rheingold Express The legendary Rheingold-Express (Rhine Gold) was a famous train riding between Hoek van Holland near Rotterdam and Basel, Switzerland, a distance of 662 km. It drove along the Rhine River via Arnhem, Netherlands and Cologne, Germany had special luxury coaches.
Rheingold M. Glière Music College Glière Music College was the first music conservatory established in the late 19th century in Kiev. In the early 20th century it was split into two music schools, Glière Music College and Kiev Conservatory, (now Kiev Academy of Music).
Rheinhessen Rheinhessen (in English: Rhenish Hesse) refers to the part of the former Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt located west of the Rhine river and now part of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a hilly countryside largely devoted to vineyards.
Rheinischer Merkur The Rheinischer Merkur is a nationwide conservative German weekly newspaper appearing on Thursdays. It is published in Bonn, its managing director is Bert GĂĽnther Wegener, and the editor in chief since 1994 is Michael Rutz.
Rheinland-Pokal The Rheinland-Pokal is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Weidenpesch Racecourse, Cologne in August.
Rheinmetall KZO KZO (Kleinflugzeug fĂĽr Zielortung, German for small aircraft for target acquisition) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with stealth characteristics manufactured by Rheinmetall Defence Electronics of Germany.
Rheinpark Stadion Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz is the national stadium of Liechtenstein. It plays host to the home matches of the Liechtenstein national football team, and is also the home of Liechtenstein's top football club, FC Vaduz.
Rheinsender The Rheinsender (Rhine transmitter) is a large medium-wave transmission facility near Wolfsheim southwest of Mainz for the frequency 1017 kHz. The Rhine transmitter was established in 1950 and went on the air May 15 1950.
Rheinsteig The Rheinsteig offers a beautiful walking track in Germany running for around 320km along the right of the Rhine between Wiesbaden and Bonn. The Rheinsteig passes woodlands, vineyards and spectacular views, challenging ascents and descents.
Rhema Broadcasting Group Rhema Broadcasting Group is New Zealand's largest Christian radio group, operating radio networks Radio Rhema, Life fm and Southern Star and television network Shine TV, and publishing the New Zealand edition of The Word for Today. It is the founding organisation of United Christian Broadcasting and many of its staff also work for the Christian Broadcasting Association.
Rhema Christian Ministries Rhema Christian Ministries (Rhema) is a non-denominational, multi-ethnic church located in Toronto, Canada. Using a fresh and innovative approach to ministry, focused on relevance, empowerment and non denominationalism, Rhema has quickly become one of the fastest growing churches in the nation of Canada.
Rhemaxos Rhemaxos was an ancient king who ruled to the north of Danube around 200 BC and who was the protector of the Greek colonies in Dobruja, receiving a tribute from them in exchange of protection against outside attacks. It appears that the links with the Greek cities lasted a rather long period of time, as several treaties have been found.
Rhenanida Rhenanida ("Rhine (fish)") was an order of primitive, lightly armored (relatively speaking) placoderms. Unlike most other placoderms, the rhenanids' armor was made up of a mosaic of unfused scales and tubercles.
Rhenish Missionary Society The Rhenish Missionary Society was one of the largest missionary societies in Germany. Formed from smaller missions founded as far back as 1799, the Society was amalgamated on 23 September 1828, and its first missionaries were ordained and sent off to South Africa by the end of the year.
Rhenium Rhenium (IPA: ) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Re and atomic number 75. A silvery-white, rare, heavy, polyvalent transition metal, rhenium resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
Rheobase This term is relevant for the nervous system. In the case of a nerve or single muscle cell, rheobase is the minimal electric current of infinite duration (practically, a few hundred milliseconds) that results in an action potential or the contraction of a muscle.
Rheological ammunition Rheological ammunition utilizes a rheological substance that can be controlled by injecting a current or introducing a magnetic field to the projectiles core, thereby changing some properties of the projectile. The idea is to create a projectile with a core that can be hard or soft depending on adjustable settings on the weapon.
Rheological fluids based firearms mechanisms A rheological fluid-based mechanism (or RB-MECHANISM) is a method for designing and powering firearms and ordnance. The mechanisms currently used by firearms and ordnance utilize combustion of gunpowder to propel ammunition.
Rheology Rheology is the study of the deformation and flow of matter under the influence of an applied stress. The term was coined by Eugene Bingham, a professor at Lehigh University, in 1920, from a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner.
Rheometry Rheometry (from the Greek word rheos meaning stream) generically refers to the experimental techniques used to determine the rheological properties of materials, that is the quantitative and qualitative relationships between deformations and stresses, respectively their derivatives.
Rheopecty Rheopecty or rheopexy is the rare property of some non-Newtonian fluids to show a time-dependent change in viscosity; the longer the fluid undergoes shear, the higher its viscosity. Rheopectic fluids, such as some lubricants, thicken or solidify when shaken.
Rheostatics Rheostatics are a Canadian indie rock band. Although they have had only one Top 40 hit ("Claire" in 1995), they were simultaneously one of Canada's most influential and most unconventional rock bands in the 1990s, a band whose defiantly quirky, yet compelling, take on pop and rock music has been described both as iconic and iconoclastic.
Rhesus (play) Rhesus, possibly 350 BC, is transmitted among the plays of Euripides, and was indeed believed to be genuinely Euripidean in the Hellenistic, Imperial, and Byzantine periods. As early as the 17th century, however, the play's authenticity was cast into doubt, first by Joseph Scaliger and subsequently by others.
Rhesus blood group system The term Rhesus blood group system refers to the five main Rhesus antigens (C, c, D, E and e) as well as the many other less frequent Rhesus antigens. The terms Rhesus factor and Rh factor are equivalent and refer to the Rh D antigen only.
Rhesus Macaque The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta), often called the Rhesus Monkey, is one of the best known species of Old World monkeys. It is a typical macaque, common throughout Afghanistan to northern India and southern China.
Rhesus of Thrace Rhesus (RhĂŞsos) was a Thracian king who fought on the side of Trojans in the Iliad. Homer gives his father as one Eioneus, otherwise unknown, although the name is undoubtedly connected to the city of Eion in western Thrace, at the mouth of the Strymon.
Rheta Devries Rheta Devries, professor at the University of Northern Iowa's Regent's Center For Early Developmental Education (where she also serves ad director), co-wrote many books (along with Constance Kamii) concerning early childhood education curriculum that both influenced the field of early childhood mathematical instruction and accelerated the proliferation of constructivist-based teaching in the classroom.
Rheta Childe Dorr Rheta Childe Dorr (1868-1948) was an American author and social worker, born at Omaha, Neb. After studying for two years at the University of Nebraska she became editor of the woman's department of the New York Evening Post (1902-06), and a member of the staff of Hampton's Magazine (1908-11).
Rhetoric Rhetoric (from Greek , rhĂŞtĂ´r, orator, teacher) is the art or technique of persuasion through the use of oral language. Rhetoric is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are dialectic and grammar) in Western culture.
Rhetoric (Aristotle) Aristotle's Rhetoric (or "Ars Rhetorica", or "The Art of Rhetoric" or "Treatise on Rhetoric") places the discipline of public speaking in the context of all other intellectual pursuits at the time. Moreover, Aristotle is working to rehabilitate the reputation of rhetoric in light of Plato's attacks on the art as just a knack and not an art.
Rhetorical criticism Rhetorical criticism is an approach to criticism which is at least as old as Aristotle. Rhetorical criticism studies the use of words and phrases (in the case of visual rhetoric, also visuals) to explicate how arguments have been built to drive home a certain point the author or speaker intended to make.
Rhetorical device In rhetoric, a rhetorical device or resource of language is a technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in his audience (his reader(s) or listener(s)). These emotional responses are central to the meaning of the work or speech, and should also get the audience's attention.
Rhetorical modes Rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse) describe the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. Four of the most common rhetorical modes and their purpose are exposition, argumentation, description, and narration.
Rhetorical question A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer. ("How many times do I have to tell you to stop walking into the house with mud on your shoes?
Rhetorical reason Rhetorical reason may be defined as the faculty of discovering the crux of the matter, endemic to rhetorical invention, that precedes argumentation. Aristotle's definition of rhetoric, “The faculty of observing, in any given case, the available means of persuasion,” presupposes a distinction between an art (techne) of speech–making and a cognitively prior faculty of discovery.
Rhett Fisher Rhett Tyler Fisher (born on May 22, 1980 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American actor best known for playing as Ryan Mitchell, the Titanium Ranger in Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue. He originally tried for the part of Carter Grayson, the Red Ranger, but lost out to Sean Cw Johnson.
Rhett the Boston Terrier Rhett is the official mascot of the Boston University Terriers and has been the BU mascot since 1922. The often snarling, bi-pedal black and white Boston Terrier was named after the male lead in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, because "No one loves Scarlett more than Rhett" referencing Rhett Butler's affection for Scarlett O'Hara (scarlet being BU's primary color).
Rheumatism Rheumatism or Rheumatic disorder is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lung. The study of, and therapeutic interventions in, such disorders is called rheumatology.
Rheumatoid factor Rheumatoid factor (RF or RhF) is a blood test performed in patients with suspected rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is an antibody against the Fc portion of IgG, which is itself an antibody, IgG, IgM or IgA type; RF and IgG form immune complexes, which are part of the disease process of various rheumatological diseases.
Rheumatology Rheumatology, a subspecialty of internal medicine, is devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. The term originates from the Greek rheuma, meaning "that which flows as a river or stream" and the suffix -ology, meaning "the study of".
Rheydt Rheydt is a borough of the German city Mönchengladbach, located in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1918 and then again from 1933 (due to a split from Mönchengladbach arranged by Joseph Goebbels) through 1975 it was an independent city.
Rhian Benson Rhiannon Afua "Rhian" Benson is a Ghanaian soul and jazz singer, songwriter, and composer. She was born in Accra, Ghana to a Welsh mother, who was a singer, and an Ashanti father, who was a guitarist.
Rhiana Griffith Rhiana Jade Griffith (born April 16, 1985 in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia) is an actress, artist and model. She began modeling as a child, doing runway work and catalogue ads, and progressed from there to television commercials.
Rhianna Patrick Rhianna Patrick (born 1977) is a Torres Strait Islander member of the Triple J News Team. She was born in Brisbane and grew up in Weipa before moving to Sydney; her family is of the Zagareb tribe on Mer (Murray Island) in the eastern islands of the Torres Strait.
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