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Van Dam
Van Dam ("of the dam" or "of the water") is a Dutch toponymic surname. van is akin to the German nobility von and English House of, while Dam derives its name from the dam in Amsterdam, Netherlands' capital and most populated city. In some cases, especially when processed by English speaking people, the name developed into the derivative, "VanDam." Places * Amsterdam, Netherlands' capital and most populated city, founded c. 1275 * Dam Square, dam and town square in the Netherlands, founded c. 1275 * The New Netherlanders founded New Amsterdam and New Netherland in 1609, via the '' Halve Maen'' (English: "Half Moon") ship to modern-day New York Bay, which preceded the Pilgrims sailing attempt before reaching Cape Cod, Massachusetts in 1620 (page 20). and English colonizers re-naming the land to New York City in 1665. * Fort Amsterdam, the center of trade and administrative headquarters for the Dutch on the southern tip of Manhattan Island at the confluence of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Van Dam
Lex van Dam (born Drachten, Netherlands in June 1968) is a Dutch investment manager, investor, and writer specialising in trading in equities, currencies and financial derivatives. He lives in London. Born in a small town in Friesland, van Dam studied econometrics and investments at the University of Groningen. His professional career began in 1992, trading stocks for Goldman Sachs where he worked for ten years, latterly as head of the equities proprietary trading desk. After that he ran money at GLG which, at the time, was Europe's largest hedge fund. Since 2007 he has been a hedge fund manager at Hampstead Capital LLP, London. In 2009, van Dam featured in a three-part series on BBC2, entitled ''Million Dollar Traders'' that aimed to educate eight ordinary people about the stock market, in a re-creation of the famous "turtle trader" experiment of Richard Dennis Richard J. Dennis, a commodities speculator once known as the "Prince of the Pit," was born in Chicago, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Van Dam
Joseph, Baron Van Damme (born 27 August 1940 in Brussels), known as José van Dam, is a Belgian bass-baritone. At the age of 17, he entered the Brussels Royal Conservatory and studied with Frederic Anspach. A year later, he graduated with diplomas and first prizes in voice and opera performance. He made his opera début as the music teacher Don Basilio in Gioacchino Rossini’s ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia'' at the Paris Opera in 1961, and remained in the company until 1965, when he sang his first major role, Escamillo from Bizet's ''Carmen''. He then sang for two seasons at Geneva, La Scala, Covent Garden, and in Paris. At Geneva, Van Dam sang in the première of Milhaud's ''La mère coupable'' in 1966. Lorin Maazel heard van Dam and invited him to record Ravel’s ''L’heure espagnole'' with him for Deutsche Grammophon. In 1967, Maazel asked him to join the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. Van Dam has performed at L’Opéra de Paris, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Van Dam
John Van Dam (born August 18, 1984) is an American football coach and former player who is a pass game assistant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans and has previously coached the Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings, Alabama Crimson Tide, Michigan Wolverines, Florida Gators, Southern Illinois Salukis and Lafayette Leopards. Early life Van Dam was born on August 18, 1984, and grew up in East Lansing, Michigan. He attended Okemos High School where he was a member of the football, lacrosse and track and field teams. He played quarterback and outside linebacker in football and had 179 passing yards and 11 tackles as a senior. Van Dam was a walk-on quarterback with the Michigan State Spartans, where his father had been an assistant coach. He played five seasons for Michigan State and backed-up several future National Football League (NFL) players, including Nick Foles, Drew Stanton, Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Van Dam
Johannes van Dam (Amsterdam 9 October 1946 - Amsterdam 18 September 2013) was a Dutch journalist and the country's best-known writer on food. Van Dam wrote a regular column on food for the national daily ''Het Parool'' for almost 25 years. Van Dam studied medicine and psychology and worked in the newspaper business from 1967 to 1981 (for ''Het Vrije Volk'' and ''Haagse Post''), before running a cookbook store in Amsterdam, in 1983. In 1986 he started writing a column on food for the Dutch weekly ''Elsevier'', and in 1989 sold the bookstore and began writing full-time, for ''Het Parool'' and the Belgian daily ''De Morgen'' in addition to ''Elsevier''. He published a book on food, ''De Dikke Van Dam'', in 2005. He died in an Amsterdam hospital in 2013 after suffering for some time from health problems, including diabetes. His biography, written by Jeroen Thijssen, was published on November 9, 2018. References External links * Saving JohannesStory about Johannes van Dam by the Amste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Van Dam
David J. VanDam (April 17, 1955 – July 3, 2018), well known as "Evil Dave Letterman" or simply "Evil Dave", was an American voice impressionist who began appearing on ''The Howard Stern Show'' in 1999 until his death. Although VanDam's natural speaking voice didn't sound exactly like American late night talk show host David Letterman, he was able to alter it so that it sounded identical, which was used for comedic effect. ''The Howard Stern Show'' VanDam's first appearance on ''The Howard Stern Show'' occurred on December 8, 1999. Using his "Letterman voice", he called in making jokes about Jay Leno, Letterman's rival late-night talk show host. The next day, Stern read an article from the ''New York Post'' explaining that an advisor of the real Letterman had to announce that the caller was actually not the real Letterman. VanDam was later called back to be congratulated, and Stern expressed his interest in the impression and the reaction it received. Stern then told VanDam that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Danielle Van Dam
Danielle van Dam (September 22, 1994 – February 2002) was an American girl from the Sabre Springs neighborhood of San Diego, California, who disappeared from her bedroom during the night of February 1–2, 2002. Her body was found by searchers on February 27 in a remote area. Police suspected a neighbor, David Alan Westerfield, of the killing. He was arrested, tried, and convicted of kidnapping and first-degree murder. He was sentenced to death and is currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. The crime On the evening of Friday, February 1, 2002, Danielle van Dam's mother Brenda and two girlfriends went out to a bar, called Dad's, in Poway. Danielle's father, Damon, stayed at home with Danielle and her two brothers. Damon put Danielle to bed around 10:30 p.m., and she fell asleep. Damon also slept until his wife returned home at around 2:00 a.m. with four of her friends. Brenda noticed a light on the home's security alarm system was flashing, and discovered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelis P
Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis. Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given names in the Low Countries, and the origin of the term Yankees is commonly thought to derive from the term Jan-Kees for the Dutch settlers in New Netherland. Among the notable persons named Cornelis are: * Cornelis Engebrechtsz (c. 1462–1527), painter from Leiden * Cornelis Massijs (c. 1508–1556), painter from Flanders, Belgium * Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1513/14-1575), architect and sculptor * Cornelis Cort (c. 1533–1578), engraver and draughtsman * Cornelis Corneliszoon (c. 1550–1607), inventor of the wind powered sawmill * Cor Dillen (c. 1920–2009), director of Philips and their CEO in South America * Cornelis van Haarlem (1562–1638), leading Northern Mannerist painter * Cornelis de Houtman (1565–1599), explore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelis Van Dam
Cornelis Van Dam is a Canadian Old Testament scholar. He was professor of Old Testament at Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary from 1981 to 2011. Van Dam holds degrees from Wilfrid Laurier University, Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary, Knox College at the University of Toronto, and the Theological University of Kampen. In 2011, a ''Festschrift'' was published in his honour. ''Living Waters from Ancient Springs: Essays in Honor of Cornelis Van Dam'' includes contributions from Hans Boersma and Al Wolters Albert Marten "Al" Wolters (born 1942) is an emeritus professor of religion at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario (near Hamilton). He has been described as a "towering figure" in the Kuyperian neo-Calvinist pantheon. Early life and e .... References Canadian biblical scholars Old Testament scholars Canadian Calvinist and Reformed theologians Theological University of the Reformed Churches alumni Wilfrid Laurier University alumni University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Van Dam
Carlo van Dam (born 27 February 1986 in Vlaardingen) is a Dutch racing driver. He is currently a factory driver for Subaru and he is the reserve and tear driver for R&D Sport in the Super GT Series while driving for Subaru Tecnica International in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and the Nürburgring Endurance Series. Career Formula Renault A veteran of karting, and a former member of the Renault Driver Development programme, van Dam stepped up into single-seaters in 2004, competing mainly in the Dutch Formula Renault series. In his debut season, he achieved three pole positions and three fastest laps, on his way to fifth in the championship. He also competed in four German Formula Renault races, amassing eighteen points in total. He continued in the Dutch series in 2005, and also moved up to the pan-European championship with SG Formula. With most of his focus on the European series, van Dam finished on the podium four times on his way to fourth in the championship. He ended up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
