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In the News (Sat 26 Dec 09)

  
  albemarle article on Rick Turner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Turner had to meet the challenge of leaving a predominatly fl student population to enter into a predominatly white one.
Turner required parent participation because he knew it was necessary for the survival of the children to have their parents involved.
Turner's ability to solicit, receive, and orchestrate this kind of parental involvement allows President John T. Casteen III to feel that OAAA will continue to be successful in its endeavors to retain and graduate African-American students.
www.virginia.edu /oaaa/albemarlemag.html   (3546 words)

  
 M. Rick Turner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Rick Turner has served as the Dean of the University of Virginia's Office of African-American Affairs since August 1988.
Turner is the founder of the Saturday Academy, an educational enrichment program for families.
During the spring 2001 convocation exercises, Dean Turner was awarded the prestigious Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, given in recognition of excellence of character and service to humanity.
www.virginia.edu /oaaa/met2s.html   (458 words)

  
 Washington Week . Student Voices | PBS
Turner said the impetus for the meeting was the case of graduate Education student Steven Turner, who was stopped by police officers on two separate occasions to give a DNA sample but declined both times.
Rick Turner also said, however, that repeated requests by police officers for DNA samples from those who do not consent to take the test can be seen as a civil rights violation.
Rick Turner emphasized that the police should use a less "threatening and intimidating" method in their pursuit of the serial rapist.
www.pbs.org /weta/washingtonweek/voices/200404/0413local1.html   (506 words)

  
 The Cavalier Daily   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Turner said he appreciates the creative freedom that he and the staff at the OAAA have to implement new programs, although he does not believe the resources afforded to the Office have been proportional to its growth.
Turner's mother is a longtime activist in the NAACP, and as a child Turner went door-to-door with her trying to register voters, an issue that particularly resonated with her.
Turner said he is particularly proud to have been a part of the recent President's Commission on Diversity and Equity, which delivered a comprehensive report to the Board of Visitors last semester.
www.cavalierdaily.com /CVArticle.asp?ID=22923&pid=1278   (1607 words)

  
 Converted WP file 090402   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Turner, who had brought his loaded.357 magnum with him, parked his truck on the street in front of Dave's house and went to the front door.
During the defense's presentation of evidence, Turner testified that he was "pretty well intoxicated" (R. 441) on the night of March 31, 1995, and that the shooting was an accident.
Turner contends that he was denied his "right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution by the State's failure to disclose specifically requested material exculpatory evidence to the defense." Turner's Brief, p.8.
www.in.gov /judiciary/opinions/previous/archive/090402.cld.html   (1644 words)

  
 Jann Turner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The son of a successful builder, Turner was born in Cape Town in 1941, grew up in Stellenbosch and completed an Honours degree in philosophy at the University of Cape Town in 1963.
A passionate lecturer pioneering the teaching of radical political philosophy and an advisor to the National Union of South African Students, Turner encouraged activism by whites in the aftermath of the 1969 departure of fls from NUSAS.
Turner's friendship with Steve Biko and others in the Durban-based fl consciousness movement enabled him also to act as an effective interpreter of fl thinking to politically conscious whites.
www.jannturner.co.za /bio.rickturner.php   (516 words)

  
 Biography - Rick Turner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Rick Turner was appointed Chair of ICBC's Board of Directors on December 4, 2003.
Since 1995, Rick has been President and CEO of TitanStar Investment Group Inc., a private company engaged in the provision of private equity capital to mid-sized businesses and capital for real estate developments and acquisitions.
Rick has been a director of the Organizing Committee for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games since 2003 and served as Chair and a director of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation from 2001 to 2005.
www.icbc.com /inside_icbc/bios/turner.asp   (139 words)

  
 Idaho investigates wolf encounter
Rick Turner said he was hiking with his dog, a Labrador-Pitbull mix named Lucy, on Saturday in Donnelly Gulch in central Idaho.
Turner said he and his dog next stopped to watch three bull elk when he noticed a different wolf, fl this time, about 100 yards away.
Turner said he picked up a piece of sagebrush and started waving it in the air and yelling, but the wolf closed to within 20 feet before stopping, and then moving off.
www.casperstartribune.net /articles/2006/03/21/news/regional/b34b5023a9be84ba8725713700772147.txt   (644 words)

  
 AgriMarketing.com
Turner now heads the Bayer CropScience sales efforts in the northern half of the U.S. In large part, this award recognizes Turner for his leadership role and strategic vision in introducing one of the most successful launches of a new product and technology to the corn insecticide marketplace in the past decade.
Turner's in-depth understanding of the crop protection marketplace was honed over more than 25 years in sales and marketing positions in the U.S. and Canada.
Rick Turner's bold ideas, effective leadership and marketplace strategy, and hard work have brought an impressive, new insect-control solution to corn growers along with sales and marketing success to Gustafson LLC and Bayer CropScience.
www.agrimarketing.com /show_story.php?id=32453   (1169 words)

  
 BunnyBass: Custom & Independent Builders: Rick Turner
"Rick Turner is one of the most important figures working in the field of amplified stringed instruments since Leo Fender.
Rick has been developing a new 'featherweight' Model 1 guitar, and Jon and Nancy had a chance to try it when they went to visit Rick's shop in Santa Cruz, California last year.
Rick is currently building us one these guitars, and a bass version as well (only the second featherweight Model 1 bass ever built - Rick is keeping the first one for himself!).
www.bunnybass.com /customshops/turner/turner.shtml   (429 words)

  
 Prep Sports
But Rick Turner, a former three-sport star who still is as long and lean as the light poles that ring Commodore Field, arguably made the longest journey to the EGHS Sports Complex.
Turner is 55, and in a game that pitted Commodores from five different decades against one another, he was the only representative of the 1960s.
Turner is a candidate for brain surgery at the University of Florida Brain Institute.
www.floridatoday.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060212/SPORTS07/602120329/1002/SPORTS   (773 words)

  
 :::CRA Super Series:::
Rick's first stock car race was at Winchester Speedway in the ASA in 1979, but then he advanced through the levels of street stocks, sportsman and late models.
Rick has been a regular in the Sunoco Super Series since 1997 and finished seventh in 1997 standings with six top-ten finishes.
Rick made 12 starts in 2002, finishing 19th in the standings with three top-10 finishes.
www.craracing.net /drivers/turner.html   (220 words)

  
 Rick Turner Guitar Company
Rick based the ultra cool body shape on an early 19th century Viennese guitar which may have been built by Johann Stauffer, the man who taught guitar to Christian Frederick Martin.
Rick Turner Guitars resumed production of this and other models in 1990.
Rick Turner (The Master) with several of his fabulous creations.
www.edromanguitars.com /guitar/turner/Model1_rtg.htm   (353 words)

  
 Welcome to The Rick Turner Team!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Rick Turner's first visit to the Hilton Head Island area and the Lowcountry was love at first sight.
Today, The Rick Turner Team, located at Gateway Realty and consisting of Realtors Rick Turner and Linda Rudd and four staff members, is recognized as not only one of the oldest and most experienced real estate teams in the area, but without question one of the most proactive.
The Rick Turner Team actively seeks ways to help buyers determine exactly what they are looking for and to help sellers find those customers best suited for their property.
www.therickturnerteam.com   (276 words)

  
 Hillsboro Free Press
Peabody Market partners Rick Turner and John Carroll (at right) prepare to move new freezers and dairy cases into the addition being built on the north side of the market.
Peabody Market owner Rick Turner was thrilled to hear the store had taken second place in Affiliated Foods' competition for the greatest increase in sales during the past year.
Turner said he and partner John Carroll plan to purchase pallets of merchandise at discount prices that can be passed on to the shopper.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15289701&BRD=1163&PAG=461&dept_id=97662&rfi=6   (638 words)

  
 Motorsport.com: News channel
Turner last year teamed with Dewaine McGunegill of McGunegill Engine Performance of Muncie, Indiana to spearhead the development of a new sealed engine for the CRA Super Series...That relationship produced the best finish ever for the Great Deals # 26 Rick Turner Monte Carlo as Turner finished a sixth overall in the 2004 point standings.
Turner said..."We had a great year last year and the McGunegill Sealed Engine did everything it was to do and we finished the highest we have ever finished in the series.
Turner said..."Without the help of our sponsors we would not be in a position to run this series...I want to thank them all for the confidence they have had in myself and the Great Deals racing team".
www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=179179&FS=   (335 words)

  
 Welcome to D-TAR!
One of D-TAR’s greatest strengths is the worldwide reputation of Seymour Duncan Pickups and Rick Turner, both recognized as world leaders and authorities in their respective fields: pickups and acoustic amplification.
He founded Rick Turner Guitars in 1979 and joined Gibson® in 1988 where he served as president of Gibson Labs West Coast RandD Division.
Turner left Gibson in 1992 and ran a guitar repair shop at Westwood Music in Los Angeles where he developed piezo pickups designs, working with Jackson Browne, David Crosby and others.
www.d-tar.com /about.shtml   (304 words)

  
 The Award Winning Rick & Bubba Show® Website
The radio team known to fans as "Rick and Bubba" has been in months-long discussions to broadcast their morning WYSF-FM radio show live on Turner South, a cable network in six Southern states available to 6 million homes.
While the network's interest in Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey is for their down-home humor and entertainment value, sources say Turner South, owned by AOL Time Warner, is seeking Finebaum for his interviewing and analysis skills, which have drawn national acclaim.
Turner South particularly likes the fact that Rick and Bubba have successfully syndicated their program.
www.rickandbubba.com /OnPaper/BhamBusinessJournal_07-05-02.asp   (511 words)

  
 SASCO - Home
His influence was still felt, and the University of Natal showed its support of Dr Turner by keeping him on the academic staff throughout his banning, although in terms of his banning he was also not allowed to speak in public or attend meetings ?so he could not teach.
In 1975/76 Dr Turner was called, and in spite of his banning order was able to appear as a expert witness for the defence in the trial of 9 Black Consciousness leaders under the Terrorism Act (known as the SASO/BPC trial, or, more formally, as S.v.
Turner was able to provide both a “moral vision and a strategy for realizing that moral vision?(Greaves, 1993 quoting Webster) and his great strength was that his moral vision was “based on rational argument about values" (Greaves, 1993).
www.nu.ac.za /department/extra.asp?id=10&dept=sascound   (1162 words)

  
 The Devil's Hand
By the end of the scene, Rick is rolling around on the floor with her, proclaiming his love and vowing to renounce virtue and join with her in the veneration of evil.
The way is smoothed for Rick and Bianca when Francis uses his effigy of Donna like a voodoo doll to put her in the hospital with a chronic and debilitating cardiovascular condition.
With her out of circulation, Rick is able to spend as much time as he pleases with his sinister new girlfriend, whether that means getting drunk with her in her apartment or attending services to Gamba (Great Devil-God of Evil!) in the hidden chapel behind Lamont’s doll shop.
www.1000misspenthours.com /reviews/reviewsa-d/devilshand.htm   (1227 words)

  
 Williston Pioneer Sun News Online
Turner returned to the Levy School District in 1987 when he was named principal of Williston High School.
Turner believes the most important lesson he learned during his time in public education is also a simple one: expectation is key.
Turner also said he is proud to have been associated with educating the young people of Levy County.
www.willistonpioneer.com /articles/2005/06/10/news/news02.txt   (2347 words)

  
 :::CRA Super Series:::
Turner started fifth, got under Lane on the start and was running second to pole sitter Bull Baker on lap 29 when Baker’s ignition gave out and Turner took the lead.
Lane started fourth moved to third behind Turner on lap 30 and made a bold move to pass Chris Gabehart for second place on lap 53, but he was unable to get himself in position to pass Turner through the rest of the race.
Marvel Mystery Oil Mechanic of the Race was John Turner the crew chief for Rick Turner.
www.craracing.net /results/2005results/81305/81305s.html   (642 words)

  
 Model 1 - The Ledge
Rick is very accomodating to customers' needs; and he will let you pay installments on it as well.
Rick also told me he is going to LA in January to fine tune Lindsey's and John's guitars and basses before they go out on tour.
Rick is an easy person to work with, at least that has been my experience so far.
ledge.fleetwoodmac.net /showthread.php?t=6282   (1288 words)

  
 Rick Turner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Believe it or not, Rick winds his own pickups right here, too:
He's incorporating another Turner innovation -- a sort of flying buttress affair designed to make the neck block more rigid in its location to resist the string tension and reduce future need for neck resetting:
Rick says he's been collecting them for years and someday would like to make some replicas.
www.frets.com /FRETSPages/FieldTrips/RickTurner/turner3.html   (298 words)

  
 The Woodturner's Studio - Kauri Gallery in Dargaville N.Z.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
We will show you some of the kauri pieces in his gallery, how the kauri is recovered from local swamplands, the Kauri Paper handmade from the kauri shavings, Kauri Gum kauri lidded boxes and much more.
Rick has been woodturning for over 29 years and invites you to share his love of woodturning.
Rick is also available for club seminars, workshops and shows.
www.thewoodturnersstudio.co.nz   (727 words)

  
 Renaissance Guitars by Rick Turner
Rick Turner has designed and built each model to fill a specific need.
A Turner piezo bridge pickup feeds full-spectrum signals to an 18-volt Highlander pre-amp.
But it's not just skin deep - the Turner "Rick" double-horseshoe pickup delivers accurate vintage lead tones through modern electronics, and an "all controls bypass" switch serves up a direct, load-free signal to the output jack.
www.renaissanceguitars.com /renopener.html   (513 words)

  
 UkeTalk Reviews the Compass Rose Ukulele   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Compass Rose ukuleles are designed and built by Rick Turner and two of his luthiers, Allison and Jake.
Rick Turner breaks tradition because he has the vision to see beyond the norm.
Rick Turner's reason for doing this is due to the small amount of resonant space you have available on the face plate of the uke to act as the soundboard.
uketalk.com /reviews/compass-rose.html   (1293 words)

  
 Hercules More News
With more than 35 years of experience, Rick Turner has built a solid reputation among musicians worldwide as an accomplished guitar designer and builder.
Rick says, "Gear like guitar stands integrate with our production as a vital, daily element in our production, yet one we luthiers tend to take for granted.
Rick left Gibson in 1992 and ran a guitar repair shop at Westwood Music in Los Angeles where he developed piezo pickups designs, working with Jackson Browne, David Crosby and others.
www.herculesstands.com /news/RTurner.html   (426 words)

  
 Bass Gear Review
Rick Turner has different ideas of how basses should look and sound.
Possibly the first thing you notice on an Electroline 2 is that the only pickup visible is a large diamond-shaped pickup in the area where a Jazz bass neck pickup would sit.
So yes, what you have been hearing is true, Rick Turner has pushed the envelope with these basses, and I think has made a great stab at the state of the art.
www.bgra.net /reviews/turner-el2-rvw.html   (361 words)

  
 Apple - Pro/Video - Gourmet Guitars, p. 2
Rick Turner with the Turner Compass Rose Ukulele.
Other aficionados of the Turner sound include jazz player Stanley Clarke and Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham, one of the first well-known musicians to choose a Rick Turner guitar.
Buckingham played a Turner on “Rumours,” which is still among the top 10 most successful albums of all time.
www.apple.com /pro/video/obenaus/index2.html   (736 words)

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