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Interview of author Rick Riordan
No full textRick Riordan, author of the "Tres Navarre" series of detective novels, talks about his teaching and writing careers, his life in San Antonio, and the need to write authentically about real places, people, language, culture, and history. He discusses his characters and the situations in which he places them, his own limits in writing about social injustice from which he has not suffered, but being familiar with life in San Antonio and the multicultural environment in the community. Riordan is also known for writing the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series. Riordan is interviewed by Diana Rivera at the 2005 Left Coast Crime Conference held in El Paso, Texas
2.06.002: 1985 Telethon
No full textThe St. John's Association for the Mentally Handicapped Telethon 1985. Rob Murphy, Gerry Strong, Don Walsh, Rick Hiscott and Paddy Mackey
Interview with Rick Bastasch
No full textRick Bastasch was interviewed by Michael Rupp and Jim Knight on May 10, 2017.
A lifelong Oregonian, Rick Bastasch is the author of The Oregon Water Handbook (Oregon State University Press, 2006). He worked with the Oregon Water Resources Department for over a decade, specializing in river basin planning, intergovernmental coordination, public information, and legislative analysis. He has also led recent efforts to conserve and restore the Willamette River.https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/planoregon_interviews/1039/thumbnail.jp
Parent, Rick
No full textretiredCriminologist Dr. Rick Parent is a 30 year veteran of the Delta Police Department. While serving as a police officer he examined the issue of police use of deadly force and the phenomenon of Victim Precipitated Homicide, also known as Suicide by Cop. His dissertation, entitled "Aspects of Police Use of Deadly Force in North America: The Phenomenon of Victim Precipitated Homicide" was for a Doctoral degree in Criminology at Simon Fraser University.
Dr. Parent has been qualified in US and Canadian courts as an expert in police shootings and in matters related to police use of deadly force. He is currently an Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University, School of Criminology - Police Studies.
In addition to providing expert testimony, Dr. Parent is a subject-matter expert in the area of police ethics and accountability. He has provided several training sessions on this subect and is the author of the Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN) course entitled: "Police Ethics and Accountability"Rick Parent worked at the Justice Institute of BC from 1995 to 1998 and from 2005 to 2008
Writers Talk Featuring Rick Elice
No full textRick Elice, co-author of the musical Jersey Boys, playing in Columbus on August 17-September 4, talks about how the idea for the musical originated and how he worked with Frank Vallie and the Four Seasons to craft the musical.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/cstw11/Elice_Rick.mp3Ohio State University. Center for the Study and Teaching of Writin
2.06.002 : 1985 Carbonear Folk Festival Back Stage
No full textBack stage with Paddy Mackey, Rick Hiscott, Rob Murphy, Pat and Joe Byrne, Anita Best, Don Walsh, Paul Nolan, and Baxter Wareham
Jere Nash Interview with Rick Carter
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with casino proprietor Rick Carter as research for Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Clark\u27s background; casino industry in Mississippi; legislation on gaming; and current status of casinos on the Gulf Coast
Rick Bass, 30th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textRick Bass is the author of twenty-three books of fiction, including the forthcoming memoir, Why I Came West, to be published by Houghton Mifflin in spring 2008. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, grew up in Houston, and went to school at Utah State University. After working as a biologist in Arkansas and a geologist in Mississippi and Alabama, Bass moved to Montana’s Yaak Valley, where he has been active for 20 years in the efforts to help designate as wilderness the last roadless lands in the Yaak Valley
2.12.001: Corner Brook Fest mpgs [1980-1983], part 1
No full textTickle Harbour at the Hangashore Folk Festival in Corner Brook. On stage is Paddy Mackey, Rob Murphy, Mick Foley, Gerry Strong, Don Walsh, Des Walsh, Jamie Snider, and Rick Hiscott. This was Rob Murphy's first time playing with Tickle Harbour. Mick was visiting Rob from Ireland and they had driven up from Grand Bank because they heard about the festival. We asked them to join us on stage and Rob ended up staying with the band
“It’s official old buddy, I’m a has-been”: Rick Dalton, Hollywood, and the Aging Star
No full textAuthor: Douglas Rasmussen University of Saskatchewan Download PDF version Set in 1969 Los Angeles over the span of a few days in the months leading up to Sharon Tate’s murder on the night of August 9, 1969, Once Upon A Time in... Hollywood (Tarantino, 2019) traces the day-to-day activities of aging actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his friend/stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Rick lives on Cielo Drive as a neighbor to Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate, geographically repres..
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