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Team Brunel
''Team Brunel'' is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished 3rd in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Bouwe Bekking and navigated by Andrew Cape. She finished second in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, also skippered by Bouwe Bekking. The team is backed by Dutch project management company Brunel International, and sponsored by ACE, Abel Sensors and Embrace Tech Startups. Brunel International are Volvo Ocean Race veterans, having had their first involvement in 1997-98. For the 2023 The Ocean Race she was renamed Team JAJO. Team Brunel 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race Crew The 2014-15 crew consisted of: * Bouwe Bekking (skipper) * Adam Minoprio (crew member) * Dirk de Ridder (crew member) * Andrew Cape (navigator) * Gerd-Jan Poortman (crew member) * Jens Dolmer (crew member) * Louis Balcaen (crew member) * Pablo Arrarte (crew member) * Rokas Milevičius (crew member) * Stefan Coppers, (onboard reporter) Results ''Team Brunel'' finished second in both the overall standi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volvo Ocean 65
The Volvo Ocean 65 is a class of monohull racing yachts. It is the successor to the Volvo Open 70 yacht used in past editions of the Volvo Ocean Race. It was announced at a conference in Lorient, France, during a stopover in the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race. The yacht was used for the 2014–2015 and the 2017–2018 editions and is planned to be used for the 2023 edition. The 2014–2015 Volvo Ocean Race was the first one-design event. Design The yacht was designed, by Farr Yacht Design, to be a cheaper and safer alternative to the expensive and fragile Volvo Open 70. After many safety concerns in the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race, many began doubting the safety of the Volvo Open 70, due to many designers opting for fast designs while failing to meet safety requirements. Former Volvo Ocean Race CEO, and four time competitor Knut Frostad hinted at a new boat design to address the current safety concerns in a statement he made during a press conference on April 4, 2012 stating: "It' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simbad Quiroga
SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data) is an astronomical database of objects beyond the Solar System. It is maintained by the Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS), France. SIMBAD was created by merging the Catalog of Stellar Identifications (CSI) and the Bibliographic Star Index as they existed at the Meudon Computer Centre until 1979, and then expanded by additional source data from other catalogues and the academic literature. The first on-line interactive version, known as Version 2, was made available in 1981. Version 3, developed in the C language and running on UNIX stations at the Volgograd Observatory, was released in 1990. Fall of 2006 saw the release of Version 4 of the database, now stored in PostgreSQL, and the supporting software, now written entirely in Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Micińska
Maja can refer to: Places * Maja, Croatia, a village * Maja, Banten, a subdistrict in Lebak Regency, Banten, Indonesia ** Maja railway station * Maja, West Java, a subdistrict in Majalengka Regency, West Java, Indonesia * Maja River, a tributary of the Angke River, Jakarta, Indonesia * Maja (peak), a mountain peak in Kosovo * Maja (river), a river in Romania * Mája, the Hungarian name for Maia village, Bereni Commune, Mureș County, Romania * 66 Maja, a main-belt asteroid People * Maja (given name), a feminine given name * Charles Maja (1966–2020), South African actor * Josh Maja (born 1998), English footballer * Otto Maja (born 1987), Finnish street artist * Maja, the feminine form of majo, a low-class Spaniard of the 18th and 19th century Animals * Maja (boa constrictor), a species in the Cuban cactus scrub * ''Maja'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Majidae See also * Maia (other) * '' La maja desnuda'', a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Deckers
Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1971–2004), a western lowland gorilla at the Johannesburg Zoo who was shot by a criminal in 1997 Brands and enterprises * Australian Max Beer * Max Hamburgers, a fast-food corporation * MAX Index, a Hungarian domestic government bond index * Max Fashion, an Indian clothing brand Computing * MAX (operating system), a Spanish-language Linux version * Max (software), a music programming language * Commodore MAX Machine * Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions, extensions for HP PA-RISC Films * ''Max'' (1994 film), a Canadian film by Charles Wilkinson * ''Max'' (2002 film), a film about Adolf Hitler * ''Max'' (2015 film), an American war drama film Games * '' Dancing Stage Max'', a 2005 game in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series * ''DDRM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutger Vos
Rutger is a male given name common in the Netherlands, and a cognate of the first name Roger. People *Ruotger (died 931), archbishop of Trier * (c.975–1050), First Duke of Cleves * (died 1075), Second Duke of Cleves *Rutger von Ascheberg (1621–1693), Swedish cavalry officer and civil servant, one of the principal commanders of Scanian War *Rutger Backe (born 1951), Swedish footballer *Rutger Beke (born 1977), Belgian triathlete *Rutger Bregman (born 1988), Dutch historian *Rutger Castricum (born 1979), Dutch journalist and presenter * (1682–1753), Swedish military leader *Rutger Gunnarsson (1946–2015), Swedish musician *Rutger Hauer (1944–2019), Dutch actor *Rutger Kopland (1934–2012), Dutch poet and psychiatrist *Rutger Koppelaar (born 1993) Dutch pole vaulter. *Rutger van Langevelt (1635–1695), Dutch mathematician, painter and architect *Rutger Macklean (1742–1816), Swedish land reformer *Rutger Macklier (1688–1748), Swedish army officer *Rutger McGroarty (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorden Van Rooijen (1923–2009), American news correspondent, ambassador, and author; husband of Eleanor
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Jorden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Edward Jorden (1569–1633), English physician and chemist *Edwin J. Jorden (1863–1903), American politician; congressman from Pennsylvania * Eleanor Jorden (1920–2009), American linguistics scholar and Japanese language educator; wife of William *James Jorden (contemporary), American journalist, music critic, and opera director *Tim Jorden (born 1966), American professional football player *William Jorden William John Jorden (May 3, 1923 – February 20, 2009) was a diplomatic correspondent for ''The New York Times'', United States Ambassador to Panama, and author. Jorden studied at Yale University, receiving a bachelor's degree in internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Van Veen
Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on Eyre Peninsula ** Laura Bay, South Australia, a locality ** Laura Bay Conservation Park, a protected area * Laura River (Queensland) * Laura River (Western Australia) Canada * Laura, Saskatchewan Italy * Laura (Capaccio), a village of the municipality of Capaccio, Campania * Laura, Crespina Lorenzana, a village in Tuscany Marshall Islands * Laura, Marshall Islands, an island town in the Majuro Atoll of the Marshall Islands Poland * Laura, Silesian Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland United States * Laura, Illinois * Laura, Indiana * Laura, Kentucky, a city * Laura, Missouri * Laura, Ohio, a small village Arts, media, and entertainme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciel Cicchetti
Maciel may refer to: People * Maciel (surname), a Portuguese surname * Maciel (footballer, born 1972) (Maciel Luiz Franco), Brazilian footballer * Maciel (footballer, born 1978) (Maciel Lima Barbosa da Cunha), Brazilian footballer * Maciel (footballer, born 2000) (Lucas Maciel Felix), Brazilian footballer * Maciel Monteiro (other), several people * Maciel Santos (born 1985), Brazilian boccia player Others * Hospital Maciel Hospital Maciel is a hospital located in 25 de Mayo 174, Old City in Montevideo. It is one of the oldest hospitals in Uruguay. The land was originally donated in Spanish colonial times by philanthropist Francisco Antonio Maciel Francisco Antonio ..., Montevideo, Uruguay * Maciel, Paraguay, a district of the Caazapá Department See also * {{dab, hndis, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Bolzan
Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertino in Italian as well as ''Tuco'' as a hypocorism. It derives from the name Adalberto which in turn derives from '' Athala'' (meaning noble) and ''Berth'' (meaning bright). People * Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 1984), Spanish footballer * Alberto Airola (born 1970), Italian politician * Alberto Ascari (1918–1955), Italian racing driver * Alberto Baldonado (born 1993), Panamanian baseball player * Alberto Bello (1897–1963), Argentine actor * Alberto Beneduce (1877–1944), Italian scientist and economist * Alberto Bustani Adem (born 1954), Mexican engineer * Alberto Callaspo (born 1983,) baseball player * Alberto Campbell-Staines (born 1993), Australian athlete with an intellectual disability * Alberto Cavalcanti (1897–1982), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
