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Exel plc
Exel plc is a British based logistics company. Its headquarters are in
Bracknell to the west of London. It operates in over a hundred countries.
Turnover for the year to 31 December 2004 was ￡6.239 billion.
On 13 December 2005 Deutsche Post World Net announced the completion of the
acquisition of Exel plc, becoming the global No. 1 in air freight, ocean freight
and contract logistics. Consequently Exel's stock listing on the London Stock
Exchange was cancelled as of 13 December 2005.
Exel now trades as DHL Exel Supply Chain.
Van Exel
Nickey (Nick) Maxwell Van Exel (born November 27, 1971 in Kenosha, Wisconsin) is
a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. Van Exel, a 6'1"
left-handed point guard, was most well known for his flashy style of play and
his ability to hit critical shots during games.
College career
Coach Bob Huggins incorporated Van Exel into the University of Cincinnati team
gradually, giving him starter status in the final 20 games of the season. In
these games Van Exel led the Bearcats to an 18-2 mark and an NCAA Final Four
appearance.
In his senior year, Van Exel led the Bearcats in points (18.3 ppg) and assists
(4.5 apg) . Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. He earned Third Team All-America
honors (AP, Basketball Times and Basketball Weekly) and was a finalist for the
Wooden Award as a senior. In only two seasons he became Cincinnati's all-time
leader in three-point field goals made (147), attempted (411) and percentage
(.358). These records have since been surpassed.
NBA career
In a 13 year NBA career, Van Exel played for the San Antonio Spurs, Portland
Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Los
Angeles Lakers.
Van Exel's career began when was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the
second round as the 37th overall pick of the 1993 NBA Draft. Van Exel and Eddie
Jones were the centerpiece of the Lakers' "rebuilding" plan in the twilight of
the "Showtime" era of the early '90s. Led by Van Exel's flashy play, the two
guards helped the team to the playoffs in 1995 after the Lakers had missed the
postseason for the first time in years in 1994.
During his career with the Lakers Van Exel averaged 14.9 points per game as well
as 7.3 assists per game, finishing in the top ten in the NBA in that category
twice. Van Exel reportedly experienced tensions with several teammates,
including 1996 draftee Derek Fisher, as well as Kobe Bryant and Shaquille
O'Neal, who joined the Lakers in 1996, though his later trade is generally
thought to be the result of a major conflict with then-head coach Del Harris
On June 24, 1998, after five seasons as the starting point guard, Van Exel was
traded to the Denver Nuggets for Tony Battie and the draft rights to Tyronn Lue.
Playing on a Nuggets team which was one of the worst in the league at the time,
Van Exel achieved several career highs. Over four seasons he put up averages of
17.9 ppg and 8.3 apg, averaging 21.4 ppg through 27 games of the 2001-02 season.
On February 21, 2002, he was traded by the Nuggets along with Raef LaFrentz,
Avery Johnson, and Tariq Abdul-Wahad to the Dallas Mavericks for Juwan Howard,
Donnell Harvey, Tim Hardaway, and a 2002 first-round pick.
In Dallas Van Exel played a smaller role, but contributed effectively by
creating scoring opportunities and scoring key three pointers. He averaged 15.5
ppg during the 2002-3 season, and nearly 20 ppg in the 2003 playoffs.
Van Exel was traded on August 18, 2003 to the Golden State Warriors along with
Evan Eschmeyer, Avery Johnson, Popeye Jones, and Antoine Rigaudeau in exchange
for Antawn Jamison, Chris Mills, Danny Fortson, and Jiri Welsch. During the
2003-4 season he played in a career low 39 games, averaging 12.6 ppg and 5.3 apg.
On July 20, 2004, he was traded by Golden State to the Portland Trail Blazers in
exchange for Dale Davis and Dan Dickau. With the Blazers he played in only 53
games, averaging 11 ppg.
Portland waived Van Exel August 3, 2005, and he signed with the San Antonio
Spurs on August 29. After signing, Van Exel stated that it would be his last
season in an NBA uniform. Due to injury, he only played in 65 games during the
2005-06 season. He averaged career lows in almost every statistical category,
including points (5.5 ppg) and minutes (15 mpg). In the playoffs, San Antonio
was knocked out a seven game series at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks. Two
days later, on 24 May, 2006, ESPN's Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon reported
on their show Pardon the Interruption than Van Exel would soon announce his
retirement.
Player highlights
Van Exel was the last Laker to score in the fabled Boston Garden when he nailed
a three pointer at the buzzer to give the Lakers the win.
He hit a pair of clutch three-pointers for the Lakers in game 5 of the 1995
Western Conference Semifinals against the San Antonio Spurs. The first one sent
the game into overtime, while the second one decided the game .
Van Exel currently ranks 6th all-time in NBA career three-point field goals made
with 1,528.
He finished in the top 15 in assists in 8 of 13 seasons.
Coming into the 2005-06 season Van Exel was first all-time among Los Angeles
Lakers in three point field goals made with 750. Midway through the season he
was surpassed by Kobe Bryant.
Popularized the move of 'punching the air' after making a clutch shot during a
game.
During the Western Conference Series vs. the San Antonio Spurs, Van Exel coming
off the bench averaged 18.9 points per game, but to no avail as the Mavericks
lost the series in six games to the eventual NBA champions.
Other
Named an NBA All-Star in 1998, along with three of his Lakers teammates
Ranks 6th in NBA history in 3-pointers (1,473)
The Lakers #2 all-time in 3-point field goals made (with 750)
Member of the 1994 All-Rookie Second Team
Air Exel
Air Exel (IATA: XT, ICAO: AXL, and Callsign: Exel Commuter) was an airline based
in Maastricht in the Netherlands. It was a scheduled regional carrier operating
domestic and international services. Its main bases were Eindhoven Airport and
Maastricht Aachen Airport. It suspended operations in January 2005, but hopes to
resume.
History
The airline was established on 26 April 1991 and started operations on 1 May
1991 working within the framework of a co-operative association with KLM,
operating as KLM exel. In 2001 it also entered the charter and lease market.
However, in October 2004 Air Exel and KLM agreed to end their co-operation by 6
November 2004. The airline suspended operations on 31 January 2005 due to
financial difficulties, but hopes to resume services.
Services
Air Exel operated the following services (at January 2005):
Domestic scheduled destinations: Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Maastricht.
International scheduled destinations: Cuneo, London, Milan, Nantes, Paris,
Saint-étienne and Strasbourg
Exceller
Exceller (1973 - 1997) is widely considered one of the best horses to race in
the United States and not win a year-end championship. Despite his exemplary
achievements as a racehorse, and his unique accomplishment in being the only
horse to ever defeat two Triple Crown winners, Exceller is now remembered more
for the tragic manner of his death and the horse rescue movement it helped
inspire.
Exceller was foaled on May 12, 1973 in Kentucky. Bred by Mrs. Charles W.
Engelhard, he was sold as a yearling for approximately $27,000 to Nelson Bunker
Hunt. Hunt's advisors figured that a son of European champion stayer Vaguely
Noble with long and upright pasterns, would be better suited to European racing
and sent him to France.
Trained at first by Francois Mathet, who had been the trainer for François Dupré,
and later by Maurice Zilber, Exceller didn't accomplish much racing as a
two-year-old but blossomed as the distances got longer during his three-year-old
season. While stablemates Empery and Youth were taking down the French and
English Derbys, Exceller pounded out wins in the grueling Prix Royal-Oak (run at
1 7/8 mile) and the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris. Shipped to England at age four,
he wound up a half-length behind The Minstrel and Orange Bay in one of the most
exciting King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes ever run and annexed
the Coronation Cup. Sent on to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada, Exceller
won the Canadian International.
In the middle of 1977, Exceller was shipped to California and placed in the care
of Charlie Whittingham. At first, Whittingham didn't have high expectations for
a horse who walked stiffly on arrival and seemed the worse for wear. However, a
little time off and some of Charlie Whittingham's expertise soon had Exceller
competing and winning against some of the best horses in America.
As a five-year-old in 1978, Exceller had his best season on the racecourse,
winning 7 of 10 starts, all in top company, on both dirt and turf racetracks.
After claiming the Hollywood Gold Cup, Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap, San
Juan Capistrano Handicap, Sunset Handicap, Oak Tree Invitational Stakes,
Exceller had his crowning moment. With Willie Shoemaker in the saddle, Exceller
came from 22 lengths back to beat Triple Crown winners Seattle Slew and Affirmed
in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. To be fair, Affirmed's saddle had slipped,
effectively taking him out of the race, and Seattle Slew had been hanging up
almost suicidal fractions on the lead, but Exceller still powered through the
Belmont Park mud to win by a nose.
Exceller came back again at age six and managed some nice placings, but was not
quite the same horse.
In sum, he had won 15 of 33 starts, including 13 stakes races, and placed in 11
more in France, England, Canada, and the United States and had earned
$1,654,003. He was the only horse in history to defeat two Triple Crown winners.
Most racing writers agree that, along with Gallant Man and Lure, he may have
been the best horse to race in the United States and not win a year-end
championship.
Exceller ran best, like many European horses, "covered up"--deep in the pack
early. In the late stages of the race he produced a powerful burst of speed and
caught the leaders in the stretch. From a race enthusiast's point of view,
Exceller's final quarter mile times are nothing short of amazing: he regularly
sprinted the final quarter in under 25 seconds. His fractions of 23 2/5 seconds
at the end of the Hollywood Gold Cup and Oak Tree Invitational is very fast as
23 seconds is considered a quick first quarter in such a race.
Exceller was syndicated and retired to stud at Gainesway Farm in Lexington,
Kentucky for the 1980 breeding season. He shared a small stallion barn with his
sire Vaguely Noble and classic-winning champion stablemate, Youth. In 1986 (and
probably before), he stood for a $50,000 stud fee, the second-highest listed fee
at Gainesway at the time.
As time went on, however, it became obvious that Exceller was never going to be
a leading sire. By 1991, his stud fee had plummeted to $2,500.
In 1991, the syndicate was bought out by a breeder from Sweden and Exceller was
shipped back across the Atlantic Ocean. He sired a few crops of foals, then was
diagnosed with a mysterious infection that forced his removal from stud service
for several years. When Exceller's owner went bankrupt, the horse was moved to a
small farm where he remained for a year before owner Göte Östlund ordered him
killed. He was taken to a slaughterhouse and killed for meat.
Exceller left behind 16 crops of foals in the United States, including 19 stakes
winners and 40 stakes horses, none of them of his quality. His runners were
headed by the fillies Slew's Exceller and Squan Song.
Exceller was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1999.
Although their website does, the plaque in the museum makes no mention of the
manner of his death, only that he died in 1997. His fate, essentially unheard of
for an American stallion of his racing class, generated debate over the proper
treatment of race horses after their careers on the track were over.
Today, a number of grassroots organizations, such as The Exceller Fund, ReRun,
The Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses (CANTER) and
Old Friends, among others, take inspiration from Exceller's story as they work
to purchase and retrain former racehorses for new careers. In addition, had the
horse been in the United States, he may well have been given a proper home at
the Kentucky Horse Park's Hall of Champions in Lexington as was done after the
retired champion thoroughbred Cigar was found to be infertile at stud. Or, the
owner might have been able to have handed him over to the Thoroughbred
Retirement Foundation in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, the world's largest and most
respected organization devoted to equine rescue.
Like Exceller, Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand ended up in a slaughterhouse in
Japan in 2002.
In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions
of the 20th Century, Exceller was ranked #96.
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