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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
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
Rick Valdes
No full textRick Valdes started his flying career in 1975 and retired from United Airlines in 2013. From 2000 to 2013, Rick was the International Federation of Airlines Pilots Association (IFALPA) representative to the ICAO Proficiency Requirements in Common English Study Group (PRICESG). He is a graduate of the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPAI) basic and advanced Accident Investigation and Safety School. Rick is a former FAA Air Safety Inspector. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Barry University in Miami, Florida. Rick has over 24,000 hours’ flying hours, including extensive international flying experience in Europe, South America and Asia.https://commons.erau.edu/icaea-workshop-images/1036/thumbnail.jp
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
[Rick Bass house, front view]
No full textThis photograph shows the front of a home with a dormer window and a flowering bush. It is likely one of the houses Rick Bass lived in while in Mississippi. The photograph is part of the Rick Bass Papers, 1986-1997 and undated. This manuscript collection consists primarily of correspondence from Rick Bass to James Linville, editor of The Paris Review. It is part of the James Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World
[Rick Bass, Homer missing Mississippi]
No full textThis photograph shows Rick Bass's dog Homer looking over the back of the pickup truck. On the back is written: Homer - depressed -- missing Mississippi. The photograph is part of the Rick Bass Papers, 1986-1997 and undated. This manuscript collection consists primarily of correspondence from Rick Bass to James Linville, editor of The Paris Review. It is part of the James Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World
Rick Chandler, 64
No full textA celebration of the life of local sportswriter Richard "Rick" Chandler is set for Saturday, Aug. 31, at 11 a.m. at Red Morton Community Center, 1120 Roosevelt Ave., in Redwood City
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