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In May 2005 BookCrossing.com won two People's Voice awards in the Webby Awards for best community website and best social/networking website. BookCrossing was also featured in a BBC Radio project broadcast as 84 Book Crossing Road , which involved releasing 84 copies of Helene Hanff's book 84 Charing Cross Road around the world.  The show was produced by Tim Heffer and Alan Hall of Falling Tree Productions, and was nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award in 2006.

About
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Anyone who wishes to "release" books, whether leaving it in a public place or passing it on to a friend, must register on the BookCrossing.com website, although there is the option to remain hidden when "catching" the find of a book. BookCrossing.com users can 'go hunting', where a member will go to the website to view a list of books that have just been "released", then go to the place it was left to "catch" it. Books may also be left at Official BookCrossing Zones" (OBCZs), which are located in certain coffee shops, cafes, restaurants and other public places. The purpose of these places is to get members in the area to leave books to share with the public. This also promotes BookCrossing and creates more members.

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Bukit Timah is an area in Singapore and a hill in that area. Bukit Timah Hill stands at an altitude of  and is the highest point in the city-state of Singapore. Bukit Timah is near the centre of Singapore island. Bukit Timah is 10 kilometres (6 miles) from Singapore's business district.

Etymology and history of Bukit Timah Hill
Bukit Timah, which means "tin-bearing hill" in Malay, was on the 1828 map by Frankin and Philip Jackson as Bukit Timah. The hill was on the map as the eastern source of the Kranji River.

In December 1843, a road was built up to the hill. The hill was an "excellent sanatorium", as the air was "cooler and fresher than the plain, producing an agreeable exhilaration of spirits".

For some, it is synonymous with the Singapore Turf Club, where members and paying visitors flock on race days. This course is closed to the public, unlike the former course (now Farrer Park) where the general public enjoyed watching the king's sport for free.
The 25-km long Bukit Timah Road, the longest road in Singapore, running north and south of the island, takes its name from this hill. The road to Kranji was completed in 1845. Apparently, the area was so infested with tigers that it constituted a serious threat to human life. In 1860, nearly 200 people were reported to have been killed by tigers in and about the gambier and pepper plantations. The first ride on horseback across the island was along Bukit Timah Road in 1840; it took four days and was made by Mr Thomson and Dr Little.

Bukit Timah Road is known as tek kha kang a kinn in Hokkien, which means "the side of the stream in the tek kha (or Selegie Road) district". This only refers to the lower end of the Bukit Timah Road. The Wayang Satu and Bukit Timah village parts are differently called. The Hokkiens also refer to Bukit Timah as be chia lo bue, meaning "end of the horse carriage road".
During World War II, the British Army lost Bukit Timah to the Japanese on February 11th, they knew they had little chance of winning the war as most of their food and supplies were stored there. On 15 February 1942, the head of the Allied forces, Lieutenant General A.E. Percival surrendered to Lieutenant General Tomoyuki Yamashita at the Ford Factory in Bukit Timah.

During the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese troops built a Syonan-to Shinto shrine (Syonan-to was the Occupation name for Singapore), similar to the National Shinto in Japan but of a smaller size, at Bukit Timah Hill. Two war memorials dedicated to the Japanese war dead and surprisingly, to the deceased British troops who died defending Singapore, were built at the site. Students, Japanese commanders, British POWs' representatives would gather there regularly to commemorate the dead during the Occupation.
It was only shortly before the Japanese surrender, the Japanese forces hastily destroyed the Shinto Shrine, on fears that returning British forces will demolish it in an bad manner.  The present site where the Shinto Shrine existed, lied at a grey area between the Nature Reserve and Singapore Armed Forces restricted area.  Several historians have been down at the site, and an episode from then Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) history documentary show, "Hey Singapore", was on the mysterious Shinto Shrine. Since then, the Singapore Government has erected the place as "Historical Site". No plans have been indicated to restore the site, on speculations of angry responses from the People Republic of China (PRC) and abroad.
The Japanese war dead were brought back to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, while the remains of the British troops were instituted at the British Commonwealth's Kranji War Memorial in Singapore. Nothing of the Syonan-to Shinto shrine remains, except for the Holy Cleansing Pond and several Japanese stone pavements left at the site.

After the Japanese Occupation, the farms and plantations in Bukit Timah gave way to industrial buildings and high-rise flats. In the 1960s and 1970s, Bukit Timah was a major industrial center. Today, these have been replaced with luxury bungalows, terraces and condominiums, making Bukit Timah Singapore's premier residential district.

Highlights
The Bukit Timah area is a particularly prominent location with a high land value. The area of Bukit Timah has an extensive flora and forest compared to the parts of Singapore, and contains Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, which is partially responsible for its high land value. The nature reserve was established in 1883.
The Bukit Timah Race Course, a Thoroughbred horse racing facility, was opened in 1933 and operated until 1999.

The nearby area houses many bungalows, traditionally expensive in land-scarce Singapore, as well as high rise condominiums. Many expatriates and well heeled Singaporeans tend to stay in this region.  The rise in land prices has led to development of new condominiums.  For example, the Copthorne Orchid Hotel in Dunearn Road is being redeveloped into condominiums for sale.

This region was later extended and Upper Bukit Timah (District 21) was formed. The Keretapi Tanah Melayu from Malaysia has a passing loop station here along its rail network from Johor Bahru to Tanjong Pagar.

References

Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, 
National Heritage Board (2002), Singapore's 100 Historic Places, Archipelago Press,

Other websites
Interactive 360° VR tour of the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Geography of Singapore
Places in Singapore
Hills of Asia
Rossall is a suburb of the town of Fleetwood on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, England.

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Armenia and Turkey's relations have been strained for a number of years mostly concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh area and Armenias claim of genocide by the Ottoman Empire. Turkey also has taken a stand for Azerbaijan in their conflict. However, on October 10, 2009 both Turkey and Armenia signed an accord that aimed to lead to a new relationship between the two countries and an opening of the borders. However, those diplomatic efforts to ease the relations have stopped, as Armenia suspended the process.

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Lytham St Annes () is a seaside resort area in Lancashire, England. It is on the coast of the Fylde district. It is next to Blackpool.

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Poulton-le-Fylde  is a town in the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. As of 2001, 19,480 people lived there. 

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Wyre
Coppa Italia is an annual Italian football cup competition. The 2017 Coppa Italia was played between Lazio and Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, which saw Juventus winning by 2-0.

Winners by year 

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Anna Anka born April 28, 1971 in Poland is an American model, actress and author and wife of singer Paul Anka. Anna Anka – earlier Anna Åberg – was born in Poland and was later adopted to a Swedish family in Bjuv, Skåne. In 1993 she left Sweden for the U.S and appeared in movies like Dumb and Dumber and Drop Zone, she also appeared twice in the TV-series Baywatch. During late 2009 she appeared in the Swedish reality show (Svenska Hollywoodfruar) which followed three Swedish women who had left Sweden for a life in Hollywood. Anka received American citizenship in 2009.

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Super Sweet 16: The Movie is an MTV television movie. It is based on the series My Super Sweet 16.

Full release dates
United States: July 9, 2007 on MTV
United States: July 10, 2007 on DVD
New Zealand: October 13, 2007 on MTV
Australia: October 13, 2007 on MTV
Paraguay: November 24, 2007 on MTV
The Netherlands: December 26, 2007 on MTV

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Stacy Madeleine Schiff (born October 26, 1961) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American nonfiction author and guest columnist for The New York Times.

Biography
Schiff is a graduate of Phillips Academy.  She earned her degree from Williams College in 1982. She was a Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster until 1990. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review and The Times Literary Supplement.

Schiff has received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Schiff won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for her biography of Vera Nabokov, wife and muse of Lolita and Pale Fire author Vladimir Nabokov. She was also a in the final running for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Saint-Exupéry: A Biography about Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
Schiff's A Great Improvisation:  Franklin, France, and the Birth of America won the 2006 George Washington Book Prize, the Ambassador Award in American Studies, and the Institut Français’s Gilbert Chinard Prize. 
 
Schiff has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment of the Humanities, and was a Director’s Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library.  She was awarded a 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Currently a guest writer at The New York Times, Schiff resides in New York City and Edmonton, Alberta.

Articles
Schiff wrote a New Yorker profile of Wikipedia ("Know It All" column, July 31, 2006), the correction of which in February 2007 sparked the Essjay controversy.

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Books

 
(Nominated for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize)
 
(Winner of 2000 Pulitzer Prize)
 
(Winner of the George Washington Book Prize in 2006)
(Published in the UK as )
  (In preparation)
Selected essays and articles
"Desperately Seeking Susan." New York Times, October 13, 2006.

(Review of )

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"An Interview with Stacy Schiff"  by Suellen Stringer-Hye, published in April 1999 by Random House.

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American biographers
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Tenure is normally used for jobs, usually academic high-ranking jobs like professors. It is to protect professors who are teaching something that their employer, the university, might not agree with. Tenure means that these people cannot be fired without a very good reason- the job is for life. The reason for tenure is to help professors be bold about what they teach and research, so that new ideas will be developed. Or a teacher can also have a tenure. It depends how long their term has to be.

Sometimes judges also get tenure. This is so that they can make decisions based on the evidence, even if this means saying that the government, which is their employer, is wrong.

Employment
is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Katsuya was educated at and played for Shimabara Commercial High School and Osaka University of Commerce. After graduating in 1984, he joined Japan Soccer League side Honda. He was selected Best Eleven in 1985/86 and 1986/87. But he moved to fellow JSL side Nissan Motors (later Yokohama Marinos) in 1991. He was transferred to Júbilo Iwata in 1994, then to Cerezo Osaka in 1998, and retired from the game at the end of the 1998 season.

In September 1985, Katsuya was selected the Japan national team for 1986 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on September 22, he debuted against Hong Kong. He also played 1986 Asian Games and 1988 Summer Olympics qualification in 1987.
In 1992, Katsuya was selected Japan for the first time in 5 years. He was a member of the Japan won the 1992 Asian Cup. He played 3 matches in the competition. In 1993, he was also selected Japan for 1994 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, he filled in for injured left back Satoshi Tsunami in the Final round. He was on the pitch when Japan's hope to play in the finals was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the "Agony of Doha" (ドーハの悲劇). This qualification was his last game for Japan. He played 27 games for Japan until 1993.

In 1989, Katsuya selected Japan national futsal team for 1989 Futsal World Championship in Netherlands.

After retirement, Katsuya started coaching career at Cerezo Osaka in 1999. He mainly served as an assistant coach and scout.

Statistics
Statistics

|-
|1984||rowspan="7"|Honda||rowspan="7"|JSL Division 1||16||1||||||||||16||1
|-
|1985/86||22||0||||||||||22||0
|-
|1986/87||19||1||||||||||19||1
|-
|1987/88||22||1||||||3||0||25||1
|-
|1988/89||18||0||||||1||0||19||0
|-
|1989/90||22||2||||||2||1||24||3
|-
|1990/91||21||1||||||4||0||25||1
|-
|1991/92||Nissan Motors||JSL Division 1||20||0||||||3||0||23||0
|-
|1992||rowspan="2"|Yokohama Marinos||rowspan="2"|J1 League||colspan="2"|-||0||0||6||0||6||0
|-
|1993||25||0||1||0||0||0||26||0
|-
|1994||rowspan="4"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="4"|J1 League||22||1||1||0||0||0||23||1
|-
|1995||35||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||35||1
|-
|1996||27||0||1||0||13||1||41||0
|-
|1997||15||0||2||0||4||0||21||0
|-
|1998||Cerezo Osaka||J1 League||14||0||0||0||0||0||14||0
298||8||5||0||36||2||339||10
298||8||5||0||36||2||339||10
|}

|-
|1985||2||0
|-
|1986||4||0
|-
|1987||6||0
|-
|1988||0||0
|-
|1989||0||0
|-
|1990||0||0
|-
|1991||0||0
|-
|1992||9||0
|-
|1993||6||0
|-
!Total||27||0
|}

References

Other websites
Other websites

1961 births
Living people
Footballers from Nagasaki Prefecture
Japan international footballers
J1 League players
Japan Soccer League players
Honda FC players
Yokohama F. Marinos players
Júbilo Iwata players
Cerezo Osaka players
1992 AFC Asian Cup players
AFC Asian Cup-winning players
is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Yoshida was born in Kariya on March 8, 1962. After graduating from Kariya Technical High School, he joined Japan Soccer League side Yamaha Motors (later Júbilo Iwata) in 1980. The club won 1982 Emperor's Cup and 1987/88 Japan Soccer League. He never moved to any other club and retired as an Iwata player after the 1995 season. He played total 275 league matches and scored 35 goals for club.

Yoshida was capped 35 times and scored 2 goals for the Japan national team between 1988 and 1993. He made his international debut in a friendly against China on June 2, 1988. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup. He played twice in the tournament.

Statistics
Statistics

|-
|1980||rowspan="14"|Yamaha Motors||rowspan="2"|JSL Division 1||1||0||||||0||0||1||0
|-
|1981||9||1||||||0||0||9||1
|-
|1982||JSL Division 2||14||7||||||3||2||17||9
|-
|1983||rowspan="9"|JSL Division 1||16||2||||||1||0||17||2
|-
|1984||18||7||||||||||18||7
|-
|1985/86||21||3||||||1||0||22||3
|-
|1986/87||12||1||||||1||0||13||1
|-
|1987/88||22||3||||||2||2||24||5
|-
|1988/89||21||3||||||2||0||23||3
|-
|1989/90||22||4||||||5||1||27||5
|-
|1990/91||12||0||||||0||0||12||0
|-
|1991/92||21||3||||||1||0||22||3
|-
|1992||rowspan="2"|Football League||12||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||14||1
|-
|1993||16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||17||0
|-
|1994||rowspan="2"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="2"|J1 League||34||0||0||0||1||0||35||0
|-
|1995||24||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||24||0
275||35||3||0||17||5||295||40
275||35||3||0||17||5||295||40
|}

|-
|1988||1||0
|-
|1989||10||1
|-
|1990||0||0
|-
|1991||0||0
|-
|1992||8||0
|-
|1993||16||1
|-
!Total||35||2
|}

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Other websites
Other websites

1962 births
Living people
Footballers from Aichi Prefecture
Japan international footballers
J1 League players
Japan Soccer League players
Júbilo Iwata players
1992 AFC Asian Cup players
AFC Asian Cup-winning players
Anthony Vanden Borre (born 24 October 1987) is a Belgian football player. He plays for Portsmouth and Belgium national team.

Club career statistics

|-
|2003/04||rowspan="4"|Anderlecht||rowspan="4"|First Division||8||0
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|2004/05||19||0
|-
|2005/06||22||3
|-
|2006/07||20||0

|-
|2007/08||Fiorentina||Serie A||2||0
|-
|2007/08||rowspan="2"|Genoa||rowspan="2"|Serie A||6||0
|-
|2008/09||25||0

|-
|2009/10||Portsmouth||Premier League||||
69||3
33||0
0||0
102||3
|}

International career statistics

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|2004||1||0
|-
|2005||6||0
|-
|2006||8||1
|-
|2007||2||0
|-
|2008||2||0
|-
|2009||3||0
|-
!Total||22||1
|}

References

1987 births
Living people
Belgian footballers
Danubio Futbol Club is a football club from Montevideo, Uruguay.

Overview 
Danubio was founded by two brothers, Miguel and Juan Lazaroff on 1 March 1932 together with other youths from a school in Montevideo. The club name is a reference to the Danube river, a major waterway in Europe.

Other websites 
 

Football clubs in Montevideo
1932 establishments in South America
Thornton is a town on the Fylde, in Lancashire, England. It is about four miles north of Blackpool and two miles south of Fleetwood. It is in the borough of Wyre. It is linked to the town of Cleveleys by Victoria Road.

Towns in Lancashire
Wyre
Lancashire County Council is the local authority for the county of Lancashire, England. They meet in the County Hall.

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Central Pier is one of three piers in the town of Blackpool, England.  John Isaac Mawson designed the pier.  It is  long.  The pier was opened 30 May 1868.

It was made mostly of cast iron with wooden decking. 

19th-century architecture
1860s establishments in England
Stefan Ishizaki (born 15 May 1982) is a Swedish football player. He plays for Elfsborg and Sweden national team.

Club career statistics

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|1997||rowspan="2"|Rågsved||||15||0
|-
|1998||||18||0
|-
|1999||rowspan="5"|AIK Solna||rowspan="5"|Allsvenskan||0||0
|-
|2000||21||3
|-
|2001||18||3
|-
|2002||25||5
|-
|2003||24||2

|-
|2003/04||Genoa||Serie B||4||0

|-
|2004||AIK Solna||Allsvenskan||15||4

|-
|2004/05||Genoa||Serie B||3||0

|-
|2005||Vålerenga||Premier League||15||2

|-
|2006||rowspan="5"|Elfsborg||rowspan="5"|Allsvenskan||25||4
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|2007||25||8
|-
|2008||21||8
|-
|2009||22||6
|-
|2010||||
229||43
7||0
15||2
251||45
|}

International career statistics

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|2001||1||0
|-
|2002||0||0
|-
|2003||4||0
|-
|2004||0||0
|-
|2005||1||0
|-
|2006||2||0
|-
|2007||2||0
|-
|2008||1||0
|-
|2009||0||0
|-
|2010||||
|-
!Total||11||0
|}

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1982 births
Living people
Swedish footballers
Sportspeople from Stockholm
Atsuhiro Iwai (born 31 January 1967) is a former Japanese football player.

Club career statistics

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|1989/90||rowspan="3"|All Nippon Airways||rowspan="3"|JSL Division 1||22||0||||||||||22||0
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|1990/91||19||0||||||4||0||23||0
|-
|1991/92||19||0||||||0||0||19||0
|-
|1992||rowspan="4"|Yokohama Flügels||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||colspan="2"|-||||||9||0||9||0
|-
|1993||34||1||5||0||6||0||45||1
|-
|1994||38||0||2||0||0||0||40||0
|-
|1995||38||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||38||0
|-
|1996||rowspan="3"|Avispa Fukuoka||rowspan="3"|J. League 1||20||0||2||0||14||0||36||0
|-
|1997||8||0||3||0||0||0||11||0
|-
|1998||32||1||3||0||4||0||39||1
230||2||15||0||37||0||282||2
230||2||15||0||37||0||282||2
|}

1967 births
Living people
Footballers from Saitama Prefecture
Tatsuru Mukojima (born 9 January 1966) is a former Japanese football player.

Club career statistics

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|1988/89||rowspan="4"|Toshiba||JSL Division 2||||||||||||||||
|-
|1989/90||rowspan="3"|JSL Division 1||20||2||||||||||20||2
|-
|1990/91||22||3||||||2||0||24||3
|-
|1991/92||19||0||||||2||0||21||0
|-
|1992||rowspan="5"|Shimizu S-Pulse||rowspan="5"|J. League 1||colspan="2"|-||3||0||11||2||14||2
|-
|1993||30||8||0||0||4||1||34||9
|-
|1994||20||2||1||0||0||0||21||2
|-
|1995||29||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||29||2
|-
|1996||6||3||0||0||1||0||7||3
|-
|1997||rowspan="5"|Kawasaki Frontale||rowspan="2"|Football League||21||10||2||0||colspan="2"|-||23||10
|-
|1998||14||2||2||1||1||0||17||3
|-
|1999||J. League 2||16||0||3||1||0||0||19||1
|-
|2000||J. League 1||8||1||1||0||1||0||10||1
|-
|2001||J. League 2||11||1||1||0||1||0||13||1
216||34||10||2||23||3||249||39
216||34||10||2||23||3||249||39
|}

References

1966 births
Living people
Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture
Junji Nishizawa (born 10 May 1974) is a former Japanese football player.

Club career statistics
|-
|1993||rowspan="4"|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|1994||7||1||0||0||0||0||7||1
|-
|1995||8||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||9||0
|-
|1996||12||0||0||0||9||0||21||0
|-
|1997||rowspan="3"|Shimizu S-Pulse||rowspan="3"|J. League 1||21||0||3||0||1||0||25||0
|-
|1998||26||1||0||0||4||0||30||1
|-
|1999||8||1||2||0||0||0||10||1
|-
|2000||Kawasaki Frontale||J. League 1||19||1||1||0||7||0||27||1
|-
|2001||rowspan="2"|Nagoya Grampus Eight||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||17||0||1||0||4||0||22||0
|-
|2002||2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|2002||Kashima Antlers||J. League 1||7||0||1||0||0||0||8||0
|-
|2003||rowspan="6"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="5"|J. League 2||21||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||21||1
|-
|2004||36||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||40||0
|-
|2005||19||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||19||0
|-
|2006||10||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||17||0
|-
|2007||38||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||38||0
|-
|2008||J. League 1||18||0||0||0||1||0||19||0
269||5||26||0||21||0||316||5
269||5||26||0||21||0||316||5
|}

References
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1974 births
Living people
Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
was a Japanese football player.

Biography
Sanada was born in Shizuoka on March 6, 1968. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined All Nippon Airways in 1990. He played as regular goalkeeper from first season. In 1992, he moved to new club Shimizu S-Pulse based in his local. Although he played in all matches in 1992, he battles with Sidmar for the position from 1993. After Sidmar retired end of the 1995 season, Sanada became completely regular goalkeeper. The club won the champion in the 1996 J.League Cup which is first major title in the club history. In 1999, the club won the 2nd place in J1 League. He was also selected Best Eleven. In Asia, the club won the champions 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup which is their first Asian champions. From 2001, his opportunity to play decreased behind young goalkeepers Keisuke Hada and Takaya Kurokawa. He retired end of the 2004 season.
In 1988, when Sanada was a Juntendo University student, he was selected the Japan national "B team" for 1988 Asian Cup. At this competition, he played 3 games. However, Japan Football Association don't count as Japan national team match because this Japan team was "B team" not "top team".

After the retirement, Sanada became a goalkeeper coach at Shimizu S-Pulse in 2005. In 2008, he moved to JEF United Chiba. In 2011, he returned to S-Pulse. However he rested for health problem from September 2.

On September 6, 2011, Sanada died of heart failure in Shizuoka at the age of 43.

Statistics
Statistics

|-
|1990/91||rowspan="2"|All Nippon Airways||rowspan="2"|JSL Division 1||20||0||||||4||0||colspan="2"|-||24||0
|-
|1991/92||16||0||||||1||0||colspan="2"|-||17||0
|-
|1992||rowspan="13"|Shimizu S-Pulse||rowspan="13"|J1 League||colspan="2"|-||3||0||11||0||colspan="2"|-||14||0
|-
|1993||19||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||20||0
|-
|1994||14||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0
|-
|1995||34||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||35||0
|-
|1996||30||0||3||0||16||0||colspan="2"|-||49||0
|-
|1997||32||0||3||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||41||0
|-
|1998||34||0||5||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||44||0
|-
|1999||30||0||3||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||37||0
|-
|2000||29||0||5||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||39||0
|-
|2001||4||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||5||0
|-
|2002||13||0||0||0||3||0||1||0||17||0
|-
|2003||4||0||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||9||0
|-
|2004||0||0||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
279||0||29||0||59||0||1||0||368||0
279||0||29||0||59||0||1||0||368||0
|}

References

Other websites
Other websites

1968 births
2011 deaths
Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture
J1 League players
Japan Soccer League players
Yokohama Flügels players
Shimizu S-Pulse players
1988 AFC Asian Cup players
José Ignacio Zahínos (born 1 December 1977) is a former Spanish football player.

Club career statistics

|-
|2000/01||Atlético Madrid||Segunda División||2||0
|-
|2000/01||Universidad Las Palmas||Segunda División||9||1
|-
|2001/02||Real Jaén||Segunda División||16||1
|-
|2002/03||Atlético Madrid||La Liga||0||0
|-
|2003/04||Elche||Segunda División||6||1
|-
|2004/05||rowspan="2"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="2"|La Liga||1||0
|-
|2005/06||17||1
|-
|2006/07||Albacete Balompié||Segunda División||15||1
|-
|2007/08||rowspan="2"|Recreativo Huelva||rowspan="2"|La Liga||11||0
|-
|2008/09||0||0
77||5
77||5
|}

References

1977 births
Living people
Footballers from Madrid
is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Kojima was born in Nogata on December 12, 1977. After graduating from Higashi Fukuoka High School, he joined Gamba Osaka in 1996. He played many matches as forward from 1997. Around this time, many young players Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Junichi Inamoto and Ryuji Bando got an opportunity to play in the club. However his opportunity to play decreased behind Kota Yoshihara in 2001. From 2002, he played for Consadole Sapporo (2002), Omiya Ardija (2002), Oita Trinita (2003) and Vissel Kobe (2003-05). At Vissel Kobe, he was converted to mainly defensive midfielder in 2004. He moved to Regional Leagues club FC Gifu in 2006. He retired end of 2008 season.

On April 26, 2000, Kojima debuted for the Japan national team against South Korea.

Statistics
Statistics

|-
|1996||rowspan="6"|Gamba Osaka||rowspan="6"|J1 League||9||1||3||1||2||0||14||2
|-
|1997||20||1||3||0||6||1||29||2
|-
|1998||34||17||1||0||4||3||39||20
|-
|1999||21||6||2||2||3||1||26||9
|-
|2000||30||9||4||2||3||0||37||11
|-
|2001||17||2||3||0||2||0||22||2
|-
|2002||Consadole Sapporo||J1 League||5||0||0||0||2||1||7||1
|-
|2002||Omiya Ardija||J2 League||11||3||0||0||colspan="2"|-||11||3
|-
|2003||Oita Trinita||J1 League||0||0||0||0||1||0||1||0
|-
|2003||rowspan="3"|Vissel Kobe||rowspan="3"|J1 League||6||0||3||1||1||0||10||1
|-
|2004||21||2||0||0||5||0||26||2
|-
|2005||11||0||1||0||0||0||12||0
|-
|2006||rowspan="3"|FC Gifu||Regional Leagues||11||6||3||2||colspan="2"|-||14||8
|-
|2007||Football League||28||7||3||0||colspan="2"|-||31||7
|-
|2008||J2 League||27||2||2||0||colspan="2"|-||29||2
251||56||28||8||29||6||308||70
251||56||28||8||29||6||308||70
|}

|-
|2000||1||0
|-
!Total||1||0
|}

References

Other websites
Other websites

1977 births
Living people
Footballers from Fukuoka Prefecture
Japan international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Gamba Osaka players
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players
Omiya Ardija players
Oita Trinita players
Vissel Kobe players
FC Gifu players
is a Japanese professional athlete.  He is best known as an Association football or soccer player.

Club career statistics

|-
|2001||rowspan="3"|Kyoto Purple Sanga||J. League 2||8||0||1||0||0||0||9||0
|-
|2002||rowspan="7"|J. League 1|||22||0||5||0||5||0||32||0
|-
|2003||25||0||0||0||3||0||28||0
|-
|2004||rowspan="3"|Nagoya Grampus Eight|||22||4||1||1||6||0||29||5
|-
|2005||22||1||1||0||3||1||26||2
|-
|2006||3||0||0||0||1||0||4||0
|-
|2006||Kyoto Purple Sanga||18||1||1||0||1||0||20||1
|-
|2007||Nagoya Grampus Eight||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2007||rowspan="4"|Kyoto Sanga||J. League 2||41||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||42||0
|-
|2008||rowspan="3"|J. League 1||24||1||2||0||3||0||29||1
|-
|2009||29||0||2||0||4||1||35||1
|-
|2010||||||||||||||||
|-
|2011||rowspan="2"|Vegalta Sendai||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||||||||||||
|-
|2012||||||||||||||||
214||7||14||1||26||2||254||10
214||7||14||1||26||2||254||10
|}

References

1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Kyoto
V-Varen Nagasaki players
Ram Narayan (born 25 December 1927 in Udaipur, British Raj) is an Indian musician. He plays the instrument sarangi and is well known for playing in Europe and the United States.

Other websites 

 Ram Narayan's website 

1927 births
Living people
Indian musicians
is a Japanese professional athlete.  He is best known as an association football player.

Club career statistics

|-
|2005||rowspan="6"|Shimizu S-Pulse||rowspan="6"|J. League 1||8||0||5||0||1||0||14||0
|-
|2006||34||9||3||0||6||2||43||11
|-
|2007||28||3||3||0||2||1||33||4
|-
|2008||30||8||3||1||11||4||44||13
|-
|2009||32||6||2||0||10||3||44||9
|-
|2010||||||||||||||||
132||26||16||1||30||10||178||37
132||26||16||1||30||10||178||37
|}

References

1986 births
Living people
Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture
Riki Takasaki (born 11 July 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Club career statistics
|-
|1993||rowspan="2"|PJM Futures||rowspan="2"|Football League||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|1994||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|1995||rowspan="2"|Tosu Futures||rowspan="2"|Football League||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|1996||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|1997||rowspan="4"|Sagan Tosu||rowspan="2"|Football League||30||0||3||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||36||0
|-
|1998||30||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||33||0
|-
|1999||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||34||0||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||38||0
|-
|2000||37||0||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||42||0
|-
|2001||JEF United Ichihara||J. League 1||1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|2002||rowspan="2"|Kashima Antlers||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||0||0||1||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0
|-
|2003||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||3||0
|-
|2004||rowspan="2"|Oita Trinita||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||20||0||2||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||27||0
|-
|2005||3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
|-
|-
|2006||Nagoya Grampus Eight||J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
158||0||16||0||17||0||3||0||194||0
158||0||16||0||17||0||3||0||194||0
|}
References

1970 births
Living people
Footballers from Fukuoka Prefecture
Japanese association football goalkeepers
Euller (born 15 March 1971) is a Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.

Club career statistics

|-
|1991||rowspan="3"|América-MG||rowspan="2"|Série B||0||0||||||||||0||0
|-
|1992||0||0||||||||||0||0
|-
|1993||Série A||13||5||||||||||13||5
|-
|1994||São Paulo||Série A||12||1||||||||||12||1
|-
|1995||rowspan="2"|Atlético Mineiro||rowspan="2"|Série A||20||2||||||||||20||2
|-
|1996||22||9||||||||||22||9
|-
|1997||Palmeiras||Série A||29||6||||||||||29||6

|-
|1998||Verdy Kawasaki||J. League 1||16||12||0||0||0||0||16||12

|-
|1999||Palmeiras||Série A||10||0||||||||||10||0
|-
|2000||rowspan="3"|Vasco da Gama||rowspan="3"|Série A||8||1||||||||||8||1
|-
|2001||14||7||||||||||14||7
|-
|2002||0||0||||||||||0||0

|-
|2002||rowspan="2"|Kashima Antlers||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||14||7||5||4||2||2||21||13
|-
|2003||22||4||0||0||3||1||25||5
|-
|2004||São Caetano||Série A||35||3||||||||||35||3
|-
|2005||Atlético Mineiro||Série A||27||7||||||||||27||7
190||41||||||||||190||41
52||23||5||4||5||3||62||30
242||64||5||4||5||3||252||71
|}

International career statistics

|-
|2000||1||1
|-
|2001||5||2
|-
!Total||6||3
|}

References

1971 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Luiz Carlos Pereira (born March 6, 1960) is a former Brazilian football player.

Club career statistics

|-
|1992||rowspan="4"|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||colspan="2"|-||||||11||1||11||1
|-
|1993||32||1||3||1||7||0||42||2
|-
|1994||43||2||2||0||3||0||48||2
|-
|1995||50||6||3||0||colspan="2"|-||53||6
|-
|1996||rowspan="3"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="2"|Football League||23||7||3||0||colspan="2"|-||30||7
|-
|1997||27||1||3||2||5||0||35||3
|-
|1998||J. League 1||11||0||0||0||3||0||14||0
186||17||14||3||29||1||229||21
186||17||14||3||29||1||229||21
|}

References

1960 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Dan Calichman (born February 21, 1968) is a former American soccer player. He has played for the United States national team.

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial

Honors 
Individual

 MLS All-Star: 1996

References

Other websites
 National Football Teams

1968 births
Living people
American soccer players
Kerrea Gilbert (born 28 February 1987) is an English football player. He plays for Peterborough United.

Club career statistics

|-
|2005/06||Arsenal||Premier League||2||0||2||0||4||0||1||0||9||0
|-
|2006/07||Cardiff City||League Championship||24||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||26||0
|-
|2007/08||Southend United||League One||5||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0
|-
|2008/09||Leicester City||League One||34||1||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||38||1
|-
|2009/10||Arsenal||Premier League||0||0||0||0||2||0||1||0||3||0
|-
|2009/10||Peterborough United||League Championship||||||||||||||||||||
65||1||6||0||9||0||2||0||82||1
65||1||6||0||9||0||2||0||82||1
|}

References

1987 births
Living people
Footballers from London
People from Hammersmith
Premier League players
The people of the far north, later called Vikings, were first noticed by the Romans around the year 100 BC.{{efn|The Romans of the time believed the Baltic sea was a part of the ocean and lands north of the Baltic were islands. Early writers mentioned an island called Thule.<ref>Barry Cunliffe, The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain (New York: Walker & Company, 2002), p. 126</ref> It lay beyond the known world of the time but it is thought now to be Norway. They did not come into contact with Germanic tribes north of the Danube until the 1st century AD. About 98 AD, Tacitus wrote Germania which was an account of the German peoples..}} This is when the Cimbri and the Teutons moved into southern Gaul. The Romans believed these war-like tribes came from Jutland. But the Romans suspected they were only a part of a greater threat located further north. The Roman historians Jordanes described the destructive Ostrogoths and Visigoths as having come from Gotland
. The northern menace survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
The Frankish Empire that came after them in Gaul became more and more aware of the northern threat. As the later Carolingian Empire expanded into northern Germany they came into contact with the Danish people. This is when the Vikings first entered into written history. The first recorded raid in the west was at Lindisfarne in 793. Why the Vikings suddenly began raiding is not completely clear. But a popular theory is the populations had grown to the point there was not enough food to feed everyone. The earliest raiders did not seem to want to move out of Scandinavia. They turned to looting, then returning home. These hit-and-run raids were made possible because the Vikings were master boat builders and they created flat bottomed boats ideal for journeys up rivers, where many monastic sites lay, ready for plundering.   This seems to indicate there was space enough for everyone. Because they found raiding so easy, it became more and more popular among the Vikings.
Three different groups of Vikings can be identified. They took three different, sometimes overlapping, routes.
 Danes raided England, Gaul, and followed the Atlantic coast of Europe south into the Mediterranean to Italy.
 Swedes went eastward into the Baltic Sea. They followed the Volga and Dnieper Rivers south as far as the Black Sea. One group, called the Rus', founded the settlement of Kiev. They called it Russland (later known as Russia).
Norwegians raided England but preferred Ireland and Scotland. They also traveled to Greenland and about the year 1,000 AD landed at a place they called Vinland (North America). 
 
 Vikings in Europe
Because of their longships, which could float in 4 feet (1.3m) of water, the Vikings were able to make their way up rivers and land deep inside a country. For example they sailed up the River Shannon in Ireland and built a harbour 60 miles (100 km) from the coast.

There was a difference in who led Viking raids. In the 9th century, Viking Age raids were led by men who may have been exiles in their own countries. The later Viking raids in the late 10th century and early 11th century and were led by Kings. Some of the early leaders tried to become kings with the riches they plundered from Europe and Russia. Some were successful but most were not.

 In Russia and the Mediterranean 

The Vikings were called Rus' by the peoples east of the Baltic Sea.  The Vikings who settled in Kiev formed the first Russian state. The Vikings (Rus') who served the Byzantine Emperors were called Varangians. They became the personal bodyguards to the Emperor and were called the Varangian Guard.
Exploration  
The Vikings traveled through Russia, the Mediterranean Sea, southern Europe, northern Africa and south-western Asia. Some Vikings sailed across the Atlantic Ocean via Iceland and Greenland and may have explored places in North America. The ruins of a Viking settlement have been found at L'Anse-aux-Meadows, Newfoundland.

Archaeologists used radiocarbon dating to find out how old the settlement was. Their tests gave them a range of dates from about AD 700 to about AD 1000.
Language 
Some English words, and many place names, came from the Scandinavian and Viking language (Norse). For example, the words skirt and shirt came from the word skyrta, meaning a tunic. As English changed, the semantics altered to give us the separate words 'skirt' and 'shirt' we know today. Skin came from the Norse word skinn (which meant to strip the meat off something). Some place-names in the areas the Vikings conquered are still in use. For example, in Yorkshire places ending with thwaite meant a clearing and dale meant a valley. The word thorpe meant new village, such as Scunthorpe.

 Religion
Religion 

The Anglo-Saxons called the Vikings pagans. They worshiped a great many gods. Viking gods belonged to two groups of gods in Norse mythology. They either belonged to the Aesir or the Vanir. The Aesir were gods of war. Aesir means "gods". They were the rulers of Asgard. Odin was the leader of the Aesir. He and the gods under him ruled mortal men. The vanir were wise gods skilled in magical arts. they live in Vanaheim, although nobody knows where it is. The Vanir can also predict the future. There was a war between the Aesir and the Vanir. When it ended the god Njord and his children Freya and Freyr came to live in Asgard.
The pagan Vikings were exposed to Christianity from the beginning of the Viking Age. They were surrounded by Christian countries. Early Christian missionaries were either enslaved or put to death. The Vikings came into contact with Christianity when they raided other areas around them. Viking raids produced many Christian slaves who were brought back to Scandinavia. They called Christians "Cross-men" because of the cross in their worship. In response many Vikings adopted Thors hammer as their religious symbol. When Vikings settled in Christian areas they converted to Christianity. There are still Headstones in England with both a cross and a hammer. Perhaps they thought it was better to be safe than sorry. That, or the more gods the better. As some Vikings turned from raiding to trading they found a nominal (in name only) profession of Christianity to be helpful. Scandinavia, their homeland, was slower to change to the Christian religion. But by the mid-11th century most of Norway and Denmark had converted
. Sweden was converted by the mid-12th century. Overall Scandinavia and the peoples of the Baltic Sea were the last to accept Christianity.
The Viking's religion affected Christianity as well. The pagan celebration of Yuletide became Christmas along with the custom of the Christmas tree. Priests blessing the fields took the place of pagan fertility rites of spring held to make sure there was a good harvest. Norse kept their "farm gods" well after Christianity just to make sure they were protected. Santa Claus owes much of his legend to the Norse god Odin. With his snow-white beard he traveled the midwinter sky on his eight-footed steed Sleipnir visiting his people with gifts. He became Father Christmas. Blended with the Christian Saint Nicholas he (they) became Santa Claus. 

In fiction and theater
In the late 19th century (the 1800s), Richard Wagner and other artists in the Romantic period made operas and other artwork about ancient Germanic culture.  They liked the Vikings because they were not Greeks or Romans.  They came up with the idea of Vikings wearing fur clothes and helmets with wings or horns on them and drinking out of hollowed-out animal horns.  Some ancient Germans wore helmets with horns on them, but real Vikings did not.  Wagner and his partners deliberately dressed the actors in the opera Ring des Nibelungen'' so they would look like ancient Germans and so the audience would feel like modern Germans came from medieval Vikings.

Related pages 

 Viking Age
 Kievan Rus'
 Varangians

Notes

References

Other websites 

 BBC: History of Vikings
 Borg Viking museum, Norway 
 The Viking Network
 Ibn Fadlan and the Rusiyyah, by James E. Montgomery, with full translation of Ibn Fadlan 

History of Europe
Germanic tribes
Nordic people
Cleveleys is a village on the Fylde Coast of Lancashire, England, about 4 miles north of Blackpool and 2 miles south of Fleetwood. It is part of the Borough of Wyre.

Other websites 
 Cleveleys.co.uk 

Towns in Lancashire
Wyre
A bank holiday is the name used for a public holiday in both the United Kingdom, Ireland, and some other Commonwealth countries. The UK started using bank holidays in 1871.

List of bank holidays
The below is a list of such holidays in the United Kingdom and Ireland. An "X" underneath a country's name means that country uses that date as a bank holiday

 For one year only, 1995, this holiday was moved to the second Monday in May – i.e., from 1 May to 8 May – to commemorate the 50th anniversary of VE Day.
 For one year only, 2002, this holiday was moved to 4 June. This caused it to follow an extra bank holiday on 3 June, making a four-day weekend to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

In other countries
India has 15 bank holidays

Hong Kong calls public holidays "bank holidays", even though they are not officially called that.

British culture
Holidays
Blackpool Illuminations is an annual Lights Festival. It was founded in 1879 and first switched on 18 September that year. It is held each autumn in the English seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire.

Also known locally as The Lights or The Illuminations, they run each year for sixty six days. It starts from late August until early November at a time when most other English seaside resorts' seasons are coming to an end. Dubbed as The greatest free light show on earth, they are 6 miles (10 km) long and use over one million bulbs.

References

1879 establishments in England
Blackpool
Festivals in the United Kingdom
The Blackpool Gazette is an English evening newspaper based in Blackpool, Lancashire. It is published every day except Sunday. It covers the towns and communities of the Fylde coast. It was once named the Evening Gazette after initially being named The West Lancashire Evening Gazette.

19th-century establishments in the United Kingdom
Blackpool
Newspapers published in the United Kingdom
The Fleetwood Weekly News is a weekly newspaper based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. It is published every week, on a Wednesday, which covers Fleetwood and North Fylde.

Newspapers published in the United Kingdom
The standard gauge (also called the Stephenson gauge after George Stephenson, or normal gauge) is a popular rail gauge. About 60% of the world's current railway lines use this gauge. The distance between the inside edges of the rails of standard gauge track is .

Rail infrastructure
The Circus Surprise is a children's picture book written by Ralph Fletcher with pictures drawn by Vladimir Vagin.  It was first published in 2001.

Story 
Nick is taken to the circus as a surprise for his birthday.  While at the circus he follows his nose looking for the cotton candy, and when he turns around his parents are gone.  A clown on stilts comes to help him.  The clown puts him on his shoulders and they locate his parents.

Notes

References

Other websites 
Ralph Fletcher's website

American children's books
2001 books
Books by Ralph Fletcher
20th-century American novels
Books with circus settings
Dark Floors is a 2008 horror movie.

Cast 

Skye Bennett: Sarah
Philip Bretherton: Walter
William Hope: Jon
Ronald Pickup: Tobias
Leon Herbert: Rick
Noah Huntley: Ben
Dominique McElligott: Emily
Lordi: Themselves (Mr. Lordi, Amen, Kita, Awa, OX)

Crew 

Director: Pete Riski
Script: Pekka Lehtosaari
Tomi "Mr. Lordi" Putaansuu (original idea)
Pete Riski (original idea)
Executive producer: Jukka Helle
Production: Markus Selin
Production company: Solar Films
Distribution company: Nordisk Film

Referneces

2008 horror movies
Finnish movies
Icelandic movies
Movies about autism
Sonic Boom is a album from the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss.

Track listing

CD 

 "Modern Day Delilah" (Paul Stanley) – 3:36
 Russian Roulette (Gene Simmons) – 4:32
 Never Enough (Stanley, Simmons, Tommy Thayer) – 3:26
 Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect) (Stanley, Simmons) – 3:01
 Stand (Stanley) – 4:47
 Hot & Cold (Stanley) – 3:33
 All for the Glory (Simmons, Thayer) – 3:50
 Danger Us (Simmons, Eric Singer) – 4:21
 I'm an Animal (Stanley) – 3:45
 When Lightning Strikes (Stanley, Simmons, Thayer) – 3:42
 Say Yeah (Stanley, Simmons, Singer) – 4:23

DVD 

 "Deuce"
 "Hotter Than Hell"
 "C'mon and Love Me"
 "Watchin' You"
 "100,000 Years"
 "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Kiss (band) albums
2009 albums
Hello, Harvest Moon is a children's picture book written by Ralph Fletcher with drawings by Kate Kiesler.  It was first published in 2003 by Clarion Books.

Story 
The moon rises and shines through a girl's bedroom window.  It then shines on a silent street, corn and wheat fields and fall trees.  A young girl and her cat play a game by its light, a pilot flies a plane using its light.  The moon sets in the daylight as the young girl and her cat say goodnight.

References

Outside webpages 
Ralph Fletcher's website
Kate Kiesler's website

2003 books
Books by Ralph Fletcher
English-language picture books
The Sandman is a children's book written by Ralph Fletcher with drawings by Richard Cowdrey.  It was first published in 2008 by Henry Holt and Company.

Plot summary 
Tor is an man one inch tall who can not fall asleep no matter what he tries.  He finds a dragon scale while walking in the woods.  He learns that the powder made by grinding the scale help a person to sleep.  He then travels sprinkling the sand into the eyes of children who are having trouble sleeping.

References

Outside websites 
Ralph Fletcher's website
Richard Cowdrey's website 

American children's books
2008 books
Books by Ralph Fletcher
I Am Wings: poems about love is a young adult book of poetry by Ralph Fletcher, it was first published in 1994.  It was chosen by School Library Journal as one of their best books of 1994.

The book contains 31 free verse poems about love arranged into two sections, "Falling In" and "Falling Out".  The poetic voice is that of a young man and the poems trace the development of a relationship from the start with the first poem First Look through its end with the last poem Seeds.

Notes

References

Other websites 
 Ralph Fletcher's website

1994 books
Books by Ralph Fletcher
20th-century American poems