#Russell Coutts

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Sailing icon Sir Russell Coutts, sailor Erik Heil, sponsor Thomas Riedel and Sebastian Vettel at the announcement that Vettel will be involved in sailing in the future at the SpoBis sports congress. Vettel is joining the Germany SailGP team as a co-owne. May 31, 2023 - North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf, Germany Source: Roberto Pfeil/picture alliance via Getty Images

#BABE WAKE UP SEB HAS COME OUT OF HIDING #(hes really gone full dilf) #sebastian vettel #sv5 #2023 #Russell Coutts #erik heil

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Yup - He added: "I think (Sail)GP is quite influenced by F1 and the experience around F1 and they want their sponsors to be able to experience that kind of thing."

Bye-bye Auckland for 2024.

Very disappointing, but according to the NZ Herald, the event in March could still be hosted elsewhere.

#competitive sailing #sailgp #russell coutts #live ocean racing #new zealand team #sailgp season 4 #sailgp 2023 2024 #bye bye auckland

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I don’t like to be negative on here, I like to think of myself as a positive person and this is a positive blog.

But holy squid every time Russell Coutts goes on one of these old man “Dadgum stupid gubmint’s got too many dadgum health and safety laws!!” rants I get so embarrassed. And kind of relieved I have less-embarrassing AU counterparts of him who can be used in some fics instead.

#rant #Sir Russell Coutts #And please make an actual apology for the antivax stuff already

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Hi!! Can I please ask for some female (or non binary) faceclaims between 20-29 that have resources set in a sci-fi/space setting, please? Thank you so much!!

Blu del Barrio (Star Trek: Discovery) Argentinian - is non-binary and uses they/he.

Ian Alexander (Star Trek: Discovery) Vietnamese / White - is non-binary and uses they/he.

Mason Alexander Park (Cowboy Bebop) Mexican and Spanish - is non-binary and uses they/them.

Quintessa Swindell (Voyagers) African-American / Unspecified White - is non-binary and uses he/they.

Celeste O'Connor (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) Kenyan - is non-binary and uses they/them.

JayR Tinaco (Another Life) Filipino - is non-binary and uses he/they.

Olive Gray (Halo) Zambian / English - is non-binary and uses they/them.

Lio Tipton (1988) - is non-binary and queer, uses they/them - not sure of their role as I couldn’t find much on Google but they’re in In Space with Markiplier.

Women:

Moses Ingram (Obi-Wan Kenobi) African-American.

Lou Llobell (Foundation) Zimbabwean / Spanish.

Leah Harvey (Foundation) Black British.

Jess Bush (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)

Taylor Russell (Lost in Space) Black Canadian / European.

Celia Rose Gooding (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) - is bisexual and grey asexual, uses she/they pronouns.

Gia Sandhu (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) Punjabi.

Rong Fu (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) Chinese.

Emily Coutts (Star Trek: Discovery) - is queer.

Sara Mitich (Star Trek: Discovery)

Mary Chieffo (Star Trek: Discovery)

Sara Mitich (Star Trek: Discovery)

Jess Bush (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)

Frankie Adams (The Expanse) Samoan.

Adria Arjona (Andor) Guatemalan / Puerto Rican.

Varada Sethu (Andor) Indian.

Elizabeth Ludlow (Another Life) Unspecified Mixed - uses she/they.

Jihae (Mars) Korean.

Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars) Vietnamese.

Sibongile Mlambo (Lost in Space) Zimbabwean.

Charlie Murphy (Halo)

Elizabeth Debicki (The Cloverfield Paradox)

Kim Tae Ri (Space Sweepers, Alienoid) Korean.

Banita Sandhu (Pandora) Punjabi Indian.

Erin Kellyman (The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Obi-Wan Kenobi) Afro-Jamaican / Irish - is a lesbian.

Pearl Mackie (Doctor Who) West Indian / English - is bisexual.

Georgina Campbell (Krypton) Aro-Jamaican / British.

Mackenzie Davis (Terminator 6, Blade Runner 2049)

Sasha Lane (Loki) African-American, Māori, English, Scottish, Sorbian, French, Cornish, distant German, Italian, Belgian Flemish, Russian, and Northern Irish - is gay and has schizoaffective disorder.

Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil) Korean / German.

Ella Balinska (Resident Evil) Nigerian / Polish, English.

Chanté Adams (Voyagers) African-American.

Katy O'Brian (Z Nation, Black Lightning, The Mandalorian) - is a lesbian.

Bolded = those with resources at time of posting!

Here you go, thanks to @rey1x1 for some of these suggestions too!

#fc help #rph #rpc #scifi fc

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My Year in Books 2022:

11,299 pages read

33 books read

Children of the Volga/My Children by Guzel Yakinha

historical fiction, life, solitude

set in Russia (German colony Gnadenthal) between 1910s-1940s

main characters: Jakob Bach, Klara Grimm, Anna Bach

The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

historical fiction, politics, betrayal

set in Dominican Republic in 1960s + 1990s

main characters: Urania Cabral, Augustín Cabral, Rafael Trujillo

Persuasion by Jane Austen

historical fiction, romance

set in United Kingdom (Somerset) in 1814-15

main characters: Anne Elliott, Frederick Wentworth, Lady Russell

In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

nonfiction, memoir, oppression, human trafficking, survival

set in North Korea, China, South Korea in 1990s-2000s

Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth by Dan Richards

nonfiction, memoir, travel

set in Iceland, US, Scotland, France, Japan, Svalbard

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

historical fiction, romance

set in Chile (Valparaíso), US (San Francisco) between 1843-1853

main characters: Eliza Sommers, Rose Sommers, Joaquín Andieta, Tao Chi'en

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

fiction, dystopia, family, relationships

set in US (New York, Hawaii) in 1893, 1993 & 2093

main characters: David Bingham, Kawika Bingham, Charlie Bingham-Griffith

Dálvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra by Laura Galloway

nonfiction, memoir, introspection, Sámi, nature

set in northern Norway

Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

historical fiction, romance, western

set in US (Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming) between 1853-1858

main characters: Naomi May, John Lowry

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

historical fiction, family, hardship, Great Depression

set in US (Texas, California) in 1921 & 1934-1940

main characters: Elsa Martinelli, Loreda Martinelli, Anthony Martinelli

The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

historical fiction, Indigenous, mystery

set in US (North Dakota) in 1960s, 1970s and before

main characters: Evelina Harp, Mooshum Milk, Antone Bazil Coutts

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

nonfiction, memoir, race, grief

set in US (Mississippi) between 1970s-2000s

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

fiction, dystopia, motherhood

set in future US (Philadelphia)

main characters: Frida Liu, Harriet, Gust

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung

nonfiction, memoir, war, Khmer Rouge, family, survival

set in Cambodia between 1975-1980

Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

historical fiction, solitude, western

set in US (Idaho) between 1910s-1930s

main character: Robert Grainier

Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende

historical fiction, romance, dictatorship

set in Chile in 1970s

main characters: Irene Beltrán, Francisco Leal

The Promise by Damon Galgut

(historical) fiction, family, grief, race

set in South Africa (Pretoria) in 1986, 1995, 1999, 2017

main characters: Amor Swart, Anton Swart, Astrid Swart

Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu

historical fiction, family, survival, immigration, identity

set in China, Taiwan, US (Illinois, New Mexico) between 1938-2005

main characters: Meilin, Renshu/Henry, Longwei, Lily

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

(historical) fiction, family, immigration, deportation

set in Cuba, US (Florida, Texas), Mexico between 1866-2019

main characters: Jeanette, Carmen, Gloria Ramos, Ana

It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo

fiction, social unrest, oppression, grief

set in Venezuela

main character: Adelaida Falcón 

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall

nonfiction, geopolitics, history, international relations

set worldwide

Stolen (Stöld) by Ann-Helén Laestadius

fiction, Sámi, discrimination, crime, family

set in northern Sweden

main character: Elsa

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

historical fiction, witch trials, romance

set in northern Norway (Vardø) between 1617-1619

main character: Maren Bergensdatter, Ursula Cornet

Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra

(historical) fiction, identity, politics, dictatorship

set in Chile between 1980s-2000s

characters: nameless protagonist, Claudia, Eme

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

nonfiction, memoir, abuse, mental health, child acting

set in US (LA)

The Marshal (Die Marschallin) by Zora del Buono

historical fiction, family, politics, war

set in Slovenia (Bovec) and Italy (Bari) between 1919-1980

main characters: Zora Ostan, Pietro del Buono

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

nonfiction, nature, environment, national parks

set in US (Utah) in 1960s

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

historical fiction, geisha’s, Japanese culture

set in Japan (Kyoto) in 1930s-1940s

main character: Sakamoto Chiyo/Nitta Sayuri

Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie

historical fiction, romance, family

set in Japan (Nagasaki), India (Delhi), Pakistan (Karachi) in 1945, 1947, 1982-1983, 2001-2002

main characters: Hiroko Tanaka, Sajjad Ali Ashraf, Raza Ashraf, Harry Burton

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

nonfiction, self help

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

fiction, separation, abandonment

set in Italy (Turin) in 2000s

main character: Olga

The Gift of the Wild (Das Geschenk der Wildnis) by Elli H. Radinger

nonfiction, nature, animals, environment

set in US (Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, Arizona, Minnesota,   Massachusetts, Texas), Germany

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

historical fiction, sci-fi, time travel, race, slavery

set in US (California and Maryland) in 1810s-1820s and 1976

Main characters: Dana Franklin, Kevin Franklin, Rufus Weylin, Alice Greenwood

#me #booklr #2022 reads #book recommendations #books #goodreads

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F1 legend Sebastian Vettel invests in new German SailGP team

F1 legend Sebastian Vettel invests in new German SailGP team ahead of globe-trotting event's fourth season with quadruple world champion planning to take a hands-on role Vettel, 35, retired from Formula One racing at the end of the 2022 season He has invested in a new Germany SailGP boat skippered by Erik Heil By Adam Shergold for MailOnline Published: 12:58 EDT, 31 May 2023 | Updated: 12:58 EDT, 31 May 2023 Formula One legend Sebastian Vettel has invested in the new Germany SailGP team in his first sporting move following retirement from racing. The four-time world champion, 35, has partnered with double Olympic sailing bronze medallist Erik Heil and team owner Thomas Riedel in the sport often described as 'F1 on water.' Vettel and Riedel will both put money in to the German team, with Heil, who was on the podium at both the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, set to drive the 100km/h F50 hydrofoiling catamaran. The German boat takes the SailGP field to 10 ahead of the opening event of its fourth season in Chicago on June 16. Vettel said: 'I see a lot of potential as SailGP starts its fourth season and for the first time with a German team. Parallels between sailors and Formula One have long existed. Formula One legend Sebastian Vettel (left) and with skipper Erik Heil at the launch of the new SailGP team he has invested in SailGP CEO Sir Russell Coutts (left) hands over the wheel of the German boat to (second left to right) Erik Heil (Driver), Sebastian Vettel (Co-owner) and Thomas Riedel (Team owner) Germany will be the latest addition to the SailGP fleet ahead of the event's fourth season 'The boats are fascinating and the speeds on the water are incredibly high. The races are exciting and I am happy to be close to them with a motivated group of young sailors. 'In addition, the series not only uses wind power, but also strives to set new standards in sustainability in sports.' Vettel won four consecutive Formula One drivers' championships with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013, before pushing Lewis Hamilton close with Ferrari in 2017 and 2018. He spent the final two seasons of his F1 career with Aston Martin before announcing his retirement in July 2022. Vettel plans to take a hands-on role in the management of the German SailGP team, which was officially welcomed to the event by CEO Sir Russell Coutts at an event in Dusseldorf on Wednesday. The strongest challengers in the 2023-24 season will be three-time SailGP champions Australia skippered by Tom Slingsby, the New Zealand boat led by Pete Burling and Sir Ben Ainslie's British team. Vettel won four consecutive Formula One world titles with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013 Vettel, 35, waved goodbye to Formula One with Aston Martin at the end of the 2022 season  The sustainability aspect of SailGP would have been a big draw for Vettel with all the teams competing in an Impact League which ranks them on being the most environmentally conscious. Vettel regularly wore custom t-shirts and helmets to promote environmental causes during his F1 days. He caught up with Lewis Hamilton at last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix with the Mercedes driver posting an Instagram picture of them sharing a hug. Share or comment on this article: F1 legend Sebastian Vettel invests in new German SailGP team via Formula One | Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

#F1 #F1 legend Sebastian Vettel invests in new German SailGP team #Formula 1

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RNZ Pacific 1307 29 Mar 2024

7390Khz 1259 29 MAR 2024 - RNZ PACIFIC (NEW ZEALAND) in ENGLISH from RANGITAIKI. SINPO = 55344. English, s/on w/bellbird int. until pips and news @1300z anchored by Peter McIlwaine. Drought support is being extended into the North Island by the government as farmers struggle with dry conditions. Northland, Taranaki, Horizons and Greater Wellington regions including the Wairarapa join parts of the South Island now in drought. The drought declaration unlocks tax relief for farmers and up to $80,000 for rural support trusts in the affected regions. Sir Russell Coutts' 2024 SailGP event in Christchurch received $2m from the government and an organisation part-funded by ratepayers. New Zealand won the event on Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour last weekend, after the first day of racing was cancelled when endangered Hector's dolphins were sighted on the course for hours. Sir Russell, the SailGP chief executive, released a scathing statement in the wake of the event. He criticised the local authorities, their fees and "unprecedented layers of bureaucracy and red tape". A Māori portrait by renowned artist Vera Cummings is set to return to New Zealand after at least six decades. The portrait was sold in the UK for NZD$3790 (1800 pounds) to an online bidder from New Zealand by Richard Winterton Auctioneers. It depicts a Māori man with a tā moko wearing a pounamu hei-tiki pendant. Cataloguer and auctioneer David Fergus said the previous owners of the painting were not aware of its importance, and did not know how it had travelled to the United Kingdom. At least 42 people have been killed in air strikes in north-west Syria, reports say. Syria's defence ministry said Israeli planes targeted several sites in the Aleppo countryside at 01:45 on Friday (22:45 GMT Thursday). A UK-based monitoring group said Hezbollah militants and Syrian soldiers died as a Hezbollah arms store was hit. Hours later, Israel's military said it had killed a senior Hezbollah figure in an air strike in Lebanon. Sports. @1303z trailer for RNZ "The Detail" podcast. @1304z Weather Forecast: Mainly Fine with isolated showers, possible thunderstorms in the afternoon. @1305z "All Night Programme" anchored by Peter McIlwaine. Backyard gutter antenna, Etón e1XM. 100kW, beamAz 35°, bearing 240°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 12912KM from transmitter at Rangitaiki. Local time: 0759.

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Birthdays 2.7

Beer Birthdays

Susannah Oland (1818)

George Wiedemann (1833)

Morton Coutts (1904)

John Hickenlooper (1952)

Jeff O'Neil (1974)

Tom Acitelli (1977)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Eubie Blake; jazz musician, songwriter (1883)

Charles Dickens; writer (1812)

Sinclair Lewis; writer (1885)

Thomas More; writer (1478)

Pete Postlethwaite; actor (1945)

Famous Birthdays

Alfred Adler; psychologist (1880)

Thomas Andrews; Irish shipbuilder and Titanic designer (1873)

Eric Temple Bell; Scotish mathematician (1883)

Eddie Bracken; actor and singer (1915)

Oscar Brand; folk singer (1920)

Garth Brooks; country singer (1962)

Buster Crabbe; swimmer, actor (1908)

King Curtis; saxophonist (1934)

John Deere; farm machinery manufacturer (1804)

Frederick Douglass; writer, abolitionist (1817)

Russell Drysdale; English-Australian painter (1912)

Joe English; rock musician (1949)

Miguel Ferrer; actor (1955)

Eric Foner; historian (1943)

Karen Joy Fowler; author (1950)

Margaret Fownes-Luttrell; English painter (1726)

Henry Fuseli; Swiss-English painter (1741)

Jason Gedrick; actor (1965)

Godfrey Hardy; mathematician (1877)

Bill Hoest; cartoonist (1926)

Eddie Izzard; comedian (1962)

Thomas Killigrew; English playwright (1612)

Earl King; singer, songwriter (1934)

Ashton Kutcher; actor (1978)

Robyn Lively, American actress (1972)

Jock Mahoney; actor and stuntman (1919)

Bernard Maybeck; architect (1862)

Erkki Melartin; Finnish composer (1875)

Sam J. Miller; author (1979)

Paul Nizan, French philosopher (1905)

Emo Philips; comedian (1956)

Chris Rock; comedian, actor (1965)

James Spader; actor (1960)

Matthew Stafford; football player (1988)

Gay Talese; writer (1932)

Isaiah Thomas; basketball player (1989)

Laura Ingalls Wilder; writer (1867)

#Birthdays

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The new America’s Cup boats, ultra-light, high-speed catamarans that feature giant, rigid carbon wing sails, are designed to go scary fast. They are inherently prone to dramatic crashes. The sailors are required to wear helmets. Larry Ellison, the Oracle CEO who’s used his position as the current Cup defender to rewrite the event’s rules so every team has to race on the new boats, has said his goal is “to convert sailing into an extreme sport.” And he has.

When legendary skipper Russell Coutts flipped an Oracle Team USA catamaran on the Bay back in the summer of 2011, sending him smashing through the wing sail, a video clip went viral on YouTube (two million views and counting). That fall, in Plymouth, England, at one of the first America’s Cup World Series events, which had sailors racing on 45-foot catamarans to help them develop the skills and fitness required to handle the 72-foot boats, there were two violent collisions in a single fleet race.

Last August, Oracle was the first team to start training on an AC72 and they quickly rain into trouble. On the boat’s first voyage on the Bay, the centerboard broke off. Then, in October, a crew capsized spectacularly, destroying the wing sail.

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Sir Russell Coutts Reflects On The 35th America’s Cup

Sir Russell Coutts Reflects On The 35th America’s Cup

The day after Emirates Team New Zealand won the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda, Sir Russell Coutts, CEO of the America’s Cup Event Authority, gave his thoughts on a magnificent America’s Cup in Bermuda. “No doubt there are a lot of Kiwis waking up with a headache today, and they deserve the celebrations that will have taken place in Bermuda, in New Zealand and around the world. The achievements of…

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#America&039;s Cup #Bermuda #Russell Coutts

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OH Russell…

… how much did you pay for this coverage?

But yes, Phil Robertson is gold.

#competitive sailing #sailgp #time magazine #russell coutts

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It’s not how the Bloomberg reporter intended it, but there is something kind of hilarious in seeing Russell Coutts get asked if sailing has “soap operas”. (Around 6:50.)

Like… where do we even start?

#SailGP #Sir Russell Coutts

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Abandoned America's Cup yacht NZL-14 moored in Queenstown Bay.

The yacht, which has a 35-metre carbon fibre mast, was used by a Russell Coutts-led Team New Zealand as a trial yacht in the 1992 America’s Cup challenge.

#Queenstown #Lake Wakatipu #yacht #Americas cup

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Hello! I was wondering if you'd be able to help me with a face claim! I'm searching for a female (anywhere between 20-30) that would be befitting of an astronaut? Someone who might have space vibes! Thank you! <3

Anne Hathaway (1982) - Interstellar which was filmed in 2014.

Emily Coutts (1989) - is queer - Star Trek: Discovery.

Jihae (1989) Korean - Mars.

Kelly Marie Tran (1989) Vietnamese - Star Wars.

Sibongile Mlambo (1990) Zimbabwean - Lost in Space.

Elizabeth Debicki (1990) - The Cloverfield Paradox.

Sara Mitich (1990) - Star Trek: Discovery.

Jess Bush (1992) - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Frankie Adams (1994) Samoan - The Expanse.

Taylor Russell (1994) Black Canadian / European - Lost in Space.

Celia Rose Gooding (2000) African-American - is bisexual and grey asexual - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Here you go!

#fc help #rph #rpc #mayshereignof

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SailGP drafts Oracle Cloud to boost team...

Oracle's #cloud and #analytics help @SailGP optimize speed on the water and keep fans close to the action! CEO Russell Coutts shares how tech will power #SailGP Season 2: #cloudfirst #oraclecloud Why OCI?

SailGP drafts Oracle Cloud to boost team...

The innovative SailGP championship gives its eight national teams as well as broadcast partners, fans, and race officials access to an unprecedented array of data collected, analyzed, and stored on Oracle Cloud systems.

Oracle Champions

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SailGP drafts Oracle Cloud to boost team...

SailGP Season 2 kicks off in Bermuda! CEO Russell Coutts shares how the league is anchored by #cloud, #data, and #AI. #SailGP

SailGP drafts Oracle Cloud to boost team...

The innovative SailGP championship gives its eight national teams as well as broadcast partners, fans, and race officials access to an unprecedented array of data collected, analyzed, and stored on Oracle Cloud systems.

Oracle Champions