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Ricks (other)
Ricks may refer to: People * Andre Ricks (born 1996), American basketball player * Bob Ricks (21st century), American police chief * Christopher Ricks Sir Christopher Bruce Ricks (born 18 September 1933) is a British literary critic and scholar. He is the William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities at Boston University (US), co-director of the Editorial Institute at Boston ... (born 1933), British literary critic and scholar * Desmond Ricks, American football player * Doug Ricks, American politician and member of the Idaho Senate * Earl T. Ricks (1908–1954), United States Air Force general * Eli Ricks (born 2001), American football player * James B. Ricks (1852–1906), American jurist * James “Pappy” Ricks (1927–2011), American basketball player * Jerry Ricks (1940–2007), American blues guitarist * Jim Ricks (born 1973), American and Irish visual artist * Jimmy "Ricky" Ricks (1924–1974), founding member of the R&B group '' The Ravens' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Ricks
Andre "Drey" Ricks (born September 12, 1986) is a former NCAA Division I basketball player for Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball, Western Michigan University, and the founder of Rawimpact Clothing Brand & Rawimpact Basketball Training Academy. Early life Drey Ricks was born in Detroit, Michigan. Ricks is from a boxing family; Which consist of his uncle world champion Jimmy (Ringmaster) Paul, uncle, seven-time World Champion Thomas Hearns, Thomas "Hitman" Hearns, and father Danny "MadDog" Paul. Ricks spent much of his adolescence in the legendary Kronk Gym, Kronk Boxing Gym, but was forbidden by his family not to become a boxer. Also aAssociated Press August 4, 2018. Ricks played a year and a half of basketball at Detroit Pershing High School, earning a name for himself as "The Seatbelt" and known as one of the most feared on the ball defenders in the state. In March 2001, he made a guest appearance playing against the AND1 Streetball Live Tour at Calihan Hall. He average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Ann Erskine Ricks
Martha Ann Harris Ricks (born Erskine, c. 1817–1901), also called Aunt Martha in her community, was an Americo-Liberian woman among the early colonists to the Colony of Liberia. Born into slavery in Tennessee, she was freed by her father, George Erskine and emigrated at age 13 with him and her family to Liberia in 1830. While chiefly working in agriculture there, Ricks also was known for her needlework and became an expert quilter. She became interested in Queen Victoria and worked for more than two decades on a quilt to deliver to her. In 1892 Ricks traveled with former First Lady Jane Roberts to England, where she received a royal audience with Queen Victoria and personally presented her the quilt. Life Martha Ann was born into slavery in Tennessee. Her father, George Erskine saved money and purchased her, her mother, and siblings, to free them all. He and the family emigrated in 1830 to Clay-Ashland, Liberia, as part of the American Colonization Society project there. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick's Café Américain
''Casablanca'' is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her husband (Henreid), a Czechoslovak resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis. The screenplay is based on '' Everybody Comes to Rick's'', an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson. Warner Bros. story editor Irene Diamond convinced producer Hal B. Wallis to purchase the film rights to the play in January 1942. Brothers Julius and Philip G. Epstein were initially assigned to write the script. However, despite studio resistance, they left to work on Frank Capra's ''Why We Fight'' series e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flipper (1964 TV Series)
''Flipper'' is an American television program broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the pet of Porter Ricks, chief warden at Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve (a fictional version of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida), and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic ''Lassie (1954 TV series), Lassie''", and a considerable amount of children's merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first run. Production The television show is an extension of the 1963 film ''Flipper (1963 film), Flipper'' starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin as Porter and Sandy Ricks, and of its 1964 sequel, ''Flipper's New Adventure''. For the second film, the producers scripted that Mrs. Ricks had died, making Porter now a single parent, with Brian Kelly (actor), Brian Kelly taking over the role as Porter Ricks, but now as a trainee park ranger rather than a fisherman. In adapti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricks Township, Christian County, Illinois
Ricks Township is one of seventeen Civil township, townships in Christian County, Illinois, Christian County, Illinois, United States, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,173 and it contained 524 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.94%) is land and (or 0.06%) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Morrisonville, Illinois, Morrisonville Cemeteries The township contains Saint Maurice Catholic Cemetery. Major highways * Illinois Route 48 Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census there were 1,173 people, 520 households, and 369 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 524 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 94.80% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.17% African American (U.S. Census), African American, 0.26% Native American (U.S. Census), Native American, 0.34% Asian (U.S. Census), Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricks Spring
Ricks Spring is a karst spring, a natural water outflow from a cave in Logan Canyon within the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in northeast Utah. The spring is not an artesian source, but comes from the Logan River. Ricks Spring is the best known of several springs in an underground water network of the area. History Thomas E. Ricks settled in the nearby Cache Valley in 1859. Logan Canyon was an area rich with timber and other resources for nearby settlements, his explorations of which being some of the first documentations of the area. At the recommendation of Brigham Young, Ricks and others in the community began constructing a road to Bear Lake Valley. The road to Ricks Spring was the first section to be completed before winter, and within a decade, the area became a popular excursion point for camping and automobiling. The road is now part of the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway, part of US Route 89. Hydrology Since its discovery, people visiting the spring often drank from it, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricks College
Ricks may refer to: People * Andre Ricks (born 1996), American basketball player * Bob Ricks (21st century), American police chief * Christopher Ricks (born 1933), British literary critic and scholar * Desmond Ricks, American football player * Doug Ricks, American politician and member of the Idaho Senate * Earl T. Ricks (1908–1954), United States Air Force general * Eli Ricks (born 2001), American football player * James B. Ricks (1852–1906), American jurist * James “Pappy” Ricks (1927–2011), American basketball player * Jerry Ricks (1940–2007), American blues guitarist * Jim Ricks (born 1973), American and Irish visual artist * Jimmy "Ricky" Ricks (1924–1974), founding member of the R&B group ''The Ravens'' * Joel Ricks (1804–1888), Mormon pioneer * Kevin Ricks (born 1960), convicted sexual predator * Lawrence Ricks (born 1961), American football professional running back * Mark Ricks (1924–2016), American politician * Mark Ricks (gridiron footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick's Café Casablanca
Rick's Café Casablanca is a restaurant, bar and café located in the city of Casablanca, Morocco. Opened March 1, 2004, the place was designed to recreate in reality the set of the bar made famous by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the movie classic ''Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...''. It is owned by The Usual Suspects company. Architecture and décor Rick's Café Casablanca was developed by Kathy Kriger (1946–2018), a former American diplomat and commercial attaché in Morocco. The restaurant is housed in a traditional Moroccan grand mansion with a central courtyard ( riad), built in 1930. Two palm trees flank its front door, and the land placement allows for three facades: a distinctive streetfront entrance with heavy wooden doors that dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tijuana Ricks
Tijuana Ricks (born in Metairie, Louisiana) is an American actress. Education After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis where she received her degree in psychology and performing arts, she attended the Yale School of Drama and received her MFA in acting. Career Ricks's most prominent roles have been recurring parts on Showtime's Billions as Tonelle “T” Burton, the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series ''Luke Cage'', ''Jessica Jones'', and '' Iron Fist'' as reporter Thembi Wallace, '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Dr. Marnie Aiken, OB/GYN, '' Law and Order'' as Sgt. Royce and ''Guiding Light'' as Nurse Maggie. She had a small role in the film '' The Savages'' with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and five Tony Awards. ... an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas E
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Idaho * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts and entertainment *Thomas (Burton novel), ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen D
Stephen or Steven is an English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie (given name), Stevie. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Template:Stephen-surname, Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan (given name), Stephan ( ); related names that have found some currency or significance in English include Stefan (given name), Stefan (pronounced or in English) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ricks
Robert Ricks Jr. (born ) is a retired American meteorologist who worked as a lead forecaster at the National Weather Service (NWS) in Slidell, Louisiana. He is known for the strongly worded bulletin he wrote prior to the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, which vividly warned of the damage that the storm would cause. A later review by the NWS called attention to the "unprecedented detail and foreboding nature" of the forecast, and credited it with helping assist officials as they evacuated residents in the storm's path. Career Ricks began his career in air traffic control, before brief service the private sector. He then joined the National Weather Service in 1990, first in Jackson, Mississippi, before moving to Dodge City, Kansas in 1993, and the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center in Slidell, before joining the National Weather Service Forecast Office for the New Orleans/Baton Rouge area in 1994. He served as event coordinator during severe weather events that impact the New Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
