For Ricker, who came into the Olympics race leading the World Cup standings, it was a victory lap which helped to avenge the fourth-placed finish she recorded in Turin in 2006.

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When the chef Andy Ricker chose the location for the New York branch of Pok Pok, his Southeast Asian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, he went a bit off the beaten path, to the Columbia Street Waterfront.

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World champion Helene Olafsen, 19, finished fourth in the final while American Lindsey Jacobellis again felt heartbreak at the Olympics, crashing out in the semi-final as she tried to reel in Ricker on the first corner.

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Around the time I got my driver's license my priorities shifted and I did what seemed like the sensible thing, following the lead of my former colleague Thomas Ricker by heading off to Ohio University intending to major in computer science.

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Here's one from Kat Ricker(ph).

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Ryan Block, Evan Blass, Thomas "Oh, daddy" Ricker, Joshua "Businessman" Topolsky, Paul "Tapless" Miller, Nilay Patel, Chris "Ziggie Smalls" Ziegler, Darren Murph, Sean "Sarnie" Cooper, Ben Drawbaugh, Richard Lawler, Steve Kim, Erik Hanson, Barb Dybwad, Chris Grant, Trent Wolbe, Dante "Express" Cesa, Jose Andrade, Ittousai, Andy Yang, Atticus Wu, and, of course, Peter Rojas!

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