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Jo Richards (naval Architect)
Jo Richards may refer to: *Jo Richards (naval architect) of ''Laser Pico'' and other boats *Jo Richards, character in ''Boogie Woogie'' (film) *Jo Richards (gymnastics coach) of Allana Slater Allana Amy Slater (born 3 April 1984 in Perth, Western Australia) is a retired Australian artistic gymnast. The Australian senior all-around National Champion in 2000, 2003 and 2004 and a multiple medalist at the Commonwealth Games, Slater is ... See also * Jo-Anne Richards, South African journalist and author * Josephine Richards (other) * Joe Richards (other) {{hndis, Richards, Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Richards (naval Architect)
Jo Richards may refer to: *Jo Richards (naval architect) of ''Laser Pico'' and other boats *Jo Richards, character in ''Boogie Woogie'' (film) *Jo Richards (gymnastics coach) of Allana Slater Allana Amy Slater (born 3 April 1984 in Perth, Western Australia) is a retired Australian artistic gymnast. The Australian senior all-around National Champion in 2000, 2003 and 2004 and a multiple medalist at the Commonwealth Games, Slater is ... See also * Jo-Anne Richards, South African journalist and author * Josephine Richards (other) * Joe Richards (other) {{hndis, Richards, Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laser Pico
The Laser Pico dinghy is a small sailboat designed by Jo Richards in the mid-1990s and used primarily for training and day sailing. It can be crewed by one or two children or an adult. Current models come equipped with both a mainsail and a jib, the jib however mainly functions as a training tool and provides little to no contribution to speed. The Pico functions mainly as a training boat for younger children because of its very durable nature and has little to no racing events dedicated to it. The hull is of thermoplastic sandwich construction, providing strength, stiffness, and built-in buoyancy. The cockpit is self-draining. The boat comes equipped with an aluminium two-piece mast, an aluminium boom, and a lifting rudder. A sport version is available which includes a battened Mylar sail and upgraded running rigging. The Portsmouth Yardstick handicap system does not differentiate the sport version, or appear in the Limited Data list. Laser Performance LaserPerformance is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boogie Woogie (film)
''Boogie Woogie'' is a 2009 British black comedy film directed by Duncan Ward and produced by Eric Eisner and Leonid Rozhetskin. It is based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Danny Moynihan, who adapted his own book on the New York art world of the 1990s and titled it based on the unfinished 1944 Piet Mondrian painting ''Victory Boogie-Woogie''. The film stars Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham, Danny Huston, Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley, Charlotte Rampling, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård and Jaime Winstone. It premiered on 26 June 2009 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Plot ''Boogie Woogie'' is a comedy of manners, its cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money. Set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene, it casts an eye over the appetites and morality of some of its major players. Dealers, collectors, artists, and wannabes vie with each other in a world in which success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allana Slater
Allana Amy Slater (born 3 April 1984 in Perth, Western Australia) is a retired Australian artistic gymnast. The Australian senior all-around National Champion in 2000, 2003 and 2004 and a multiple medalist at the Commonwealth Games, Slater is considered to be one of Australia's most internationally successful gymnasts. Early life and career Allana Slater was born in Western Australia on 3 April 1984. She has a half-brother and -sister named Mark and Claire. Her father died in 1997 in a plane crash in Indonesia while she was competing in the Junior Pacific Alliance Championships. Slater began gymnastics in a toddler program at Kalajos School of Gymnastics at 16 months of age, at the suggestion of a family doctor, who thought it would help treat her sleep apnea and increase her strength. When she was 5 years old, she was spotted by talent scouts from the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) and invited her to join their elite development program. She began training in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo-Anne Richards
Jo-Anne Richards is a South African journalist and author. Biography Jo-Anne Richards grew up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and was educated at Collegiate Girls' high school. Her first books that she read were ''The Boy Next Door'' and ''The Island of Adventure''. She graduated from Rhodes University in Grahamstown in 1979, followed by an Honours degree in Journalism and Linguistics. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of the Witwatersrand, where she was a lecturer in journalism for 15 years. Richards worked full-time for four South African newspapers – ''The Star'', the ''Sunday Express'', the ''Cape Times'' and ''Evening Post'' – reporting, sub-editing and news-editing. She has written features and supplements for numerous South African magazines and newspapers, including ''Fair Lady'', ''Elle'', ''Diversions'', ''True Love'', the ''Sunday Times Magazine'', ''The Star'' and the ''Mail & Guardian''. Richards rose to prominence with her first novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Richards (other)
Josephine or Josie Richards may refer to: * Josephine Richards (Mormon), Mormon leader and suffragist *Josephine Richards, author of "A Halloween Story" in '' For a Few Stories More'' *Josie Richards, Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe Miss Universe Trinidad & Tobago is a beauty pageant held annually since 1963, a year after Trinidad & Tobago's independence from the United Kingdom. The contest is meant to select a suitable delegate from both islands to compete in the Miss Uni ... See also * Jo Richards (other) {{hndis, Richards, Josephine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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