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  Danny Blind is Ajax's head-coach until summer 2007   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Danny Blind (born Oost-Souburg, 01 August 1961) made his début as a professional football player for Sparta in the 1979-1980 season.
In the dying minutes both Danny Blind and Jari Litmanen, two key figures in Ajax's 'Golden Era' of the mid-1990s, walked were replaced to receive a last, big hurrah from their supporters.
Danny Blind resigned on 07 February 2000; Jan Wouters was fired on 21 March.
www.ajax-usa.com /news/2004-2005/danny-blind-is-ajax-s-head-coach-until-summer-2007.html   (1680 words)

  
 Central Chronicle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Blind is a permanent replacement for Ronald Koeman, who resigned in February after Ajax were knocked out of the UEFA Cup.
Blind will have the advantage of already being familiar with some of the players who have come through the youth system, but knows there is plenty of work to do with the rest of the squad.
Blind has signed a contract that will run until the end of the 2007 season and will be hoping that some of his success as a player will rub off on his team.
www.centralchronicle.com /20050316/1603243.htm   (298 words)

  
 Ajax engels - The news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Blind was the coach of the A-juniors of Ajax and, since February 2003, head of youth development at the club.
Danny Blind, born in Oost-Souburg, Zeeland, won five Dutch championships with Ajax (1990,1994, 1995, 1996 and 1998), three national cups (1987, 1993 and 1998) and just as many Dutch Super Cups (1993, 1994 and 1995).
Danny Blind is among the select few to play more than 500 matches in the Dutch league.
english.ajax.nl /show/id=118083/contentid=39474   (420 words)

  
 The New York Times:
Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Sports Network) - Danny Blind was named the new head coach Monday at Ajax, filling a position that had been in limbo since Ronald Koeman resigned from the post on February 25.
The 43-year-old Blind, who inked a contract into the summer of 2007, was the coach of the A-juniors at Ajax and headed the club's youth development program for the last two years.
Blind is a former Ajax captain who accumulated an impressive resume with the team in his playing days as a defender.
www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=nytimes&page=soc-dut/news/CCN3799390.htm   (194 words)

  
 The Mind Traveller: The Ragin' Cajun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Danny is from Cajun country in Louisiana, where there is the worlds highest concentration of Usher's syndrome.
Danny moved to Seattle because there was excellent provision for deaf-blind people there.
As they grow progressively blind, they rely more and more on the hand's capacity to read off the shapes and movements the hand of their companion is making.
www.rosetta.co.uk /cajun.htm   (323 words)

  
 Short Stories: The Day Resurgent by O. Henry
Danny walked up the street to the Avenue and then struck northward into the heart of the district where Easter - modern Easter, in new, bright raiment - leads the pascal march.
Danny flared into the rage of a strong man who is surprised at the outset of committing a good deed.
Danny reached up on a shelf and took down a thick book labeled in gilt letters, "The History of Greece." Dust was on it half an inch thick.
www.eastoftheweb.com /short-stories/UBooks/DayResu.shtml   (2025 words)

  
 Road to Romance -- BLIND CURVE by Annie Solomon
Martha once had a crush on Danny in high school, and doubts her remembers her at all, but she finds herself feeling more for him than she knows is wise.
The combination of Danny and Martha is superbly written; the characters balance one another and flow with ease.
Danny and Martha just speak to the reader, the powerful plot, and the talent of the author just blends together for a superb story.
www.roadtoromance.ca /reviews0504/reviewblindcurve.htm   (308 words)

  
 Front Porch Inspirations~*~Mama's Greatest Gift~*~   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Danny was a bit reluctant at first, but trusted his friend enough to know she wouldn't plan the meeting if she weren't certain that he would enjoy the date.
Danny's thoughts drifted to the day his mother told him she had been praying for him a wife.
Danny and Sondra bought Diane a pair of earrings she had seen in the jewelry store at the mall.
www.frontporchinspirations.com /Mamas_Greatest_Gift.html   (1035 words)

  
 CliffsNotes::The Chosen:Book Summary and Study Guide
The situation is ironic in that Danny does not want to be a rabbi but is expected to become one; Reuven, on the other hand, does not want to become a mathematician, as his father wants him to, but wants to become a rabbi.
Danny apparently contemplates for quite a while Reuven’s statement that Reb Saunders must be “quite a man,” as though Danny is deciding if his father indeed is all that Reuven perceives him to be.
For example, Danny, obviously more at ease around Reuven, comments how he is expected to become a rabbi but does-n’t want to; Reuven, on the other hand, doesn’t have to become a rabbi but wants to.
www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-55,pageNum-11.html   (1524 words)

  
 MANDEL/AARONSON CONTRIBUTION
THE BLIND DATE: Danny Mandel is a young man who works in the accounting department of Sony Pictures, and at the time of the trial had been accepted to return to college to augment his BA in sociology with an MBA.
Danny asked if there was a place in the neighborhood, Ellen suggested the Mezzaluna, and they went to Danny's car.
This, of course, portrays Mandel in a somewhat childish light, is gratuitous, and was not a fact that could have been guessed or would have been mentioned if she had not volunteered it at some time.
www.wagnerandson.com /oj/mandel.htm   (4170 words)

  
 uefa.com
Danny Blind was as surprised as anyone to see Ronald Koeman end his three-and-a-half year reign as AFC Ajax coach last month.
Blind, who captained Ajax as they won their fourth European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1994/95, had been working as the head of Ajax's youth academy for two-and-a-half years when he was named as Koeman's replacement, having decided to stay at the club after hanging up his boots in May 1999.
Blind finally got a win at the third attempt against Willem II two weekends ago, and things improved even more for Blind when his side ran out as 3-2 winners in their recent meeting with arch-rivals Feyenoord in Rotterdam, a result which lifted them above UEFA Cup contenders AZ Alkmaar and into second place.
www.uefa.com /news/newsId=296956,printer.htmx   (590 words)

  
 Suspense Romance Writers: Author Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
BLIND CURVE is about undercover cop Danny Sinofsky, who suddenly loses his sight in the middle of a weapons bust.
Danny starts to see Martha’s courage and passion, and she comes to respect the grit-your-teeth determination Danny brings to the new challenges he must face--including protecting her from an unknown but relentless killer.
Martha Crowe is Danny’s new mentor, charged with the task of teaching the hardheaded detective the life skills that he must learn to live without his sight.
www.suspenseromancewriters.com /Interview.cfm?InterviewID=37   (1730 words)

  
 Danny Haller - Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Blind since birth, Danny has followed his dream of becoming a bluegrass musician by teaching himself how to play the 5-string banjo: he would tape all his favorite bluegrass songs from the radio, playing them over and over, day and night, trying to duplicate the sounds of the masters.
When Danny and I were married in 1998 and moved away from the Baltimore-D.C. music scene, he lost his connections with the many talented musicians he played with for so many years.
In "Thank You Uncle Jimmy", Danny tells the touching and funny story of how he got his first banjo: His uncle knew how lonely it could be for a young boy living away from home at various residential schools for the blind, and he thought this gift might serve to keep Danny company.
www.dannyhaller.com   (362 words)

  
 Ajax engels - The news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
What Danny Blind was unhappy about, were the three good opportunities Ajax gave the visitors.
After 38 minutes, he was still near the oppositie goal when Nigel de Jong passed him the ball and the Czech defender headed it in nicely: 2-0.
blind wasn't so happy with his team's play in the beginning of the second half.
english.ajax.nl /show/id=118083/contentid=41516   (512 words)

  
 Unleashed DVD — Unleashed - Unleashed the movie
Danny (Jet Li) is a physically powerful but emotionally stunted man who has never been given any sort of proper education.
Danny has learned little in his lifetime but how to fight, and his minder, Bart (Bob Hoskins), treats him more like a guard dog than anything else, using him in illegal no-holds-barred brawls that earn Bart plenty of money but only reinforce Danny's violent alienation.
Danny must battle with who he has been trained to be or with who he wants to be….
unleashedmovie.com   (214 words)

  
 The Official Site of Danny Way | History
1997 - Danny broke the world record for the highest air on a skateboard, did a 12-foot kick flip, and became the first (and still only skateboarder) to drop out of a helicopter into a ramp — The Bomb Drop was born.
Danny to sets a new Longest Distance Jumped record of 65 feet and a new Height Out Of A Ramp record at 18 feet, 3 inches.
Danny breaks two world records in one run.
www.dannyway.com /bio.php   (489 words)

  
 Live Poker Tournament Updates from CardPlayer.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Danny catches a 6 on the flop of A-J-6, and improves to two pair with a 5 on the turn.
Danny is drawing dead to an ace, but the turn and river come 10-J, giving Gus trips and making him our chip leader with $1.58 million.
Danny was hoping Gus would bet, because he made a wheel (5-high straight) on the river with 3-4 suited.
www.cardplayer.com /tournament-log?event_id=1851   (4052 words)

  
 As I Please: Straight Flush!
The player in the small blind drops out, but the big blind, a serious young Asian man whom I read as more of a thinker than a gambler, calls.
Danny never showed his hand, but I assume from the fact that he called the double bet at the end that he, too, had a full house, presumably eights full of sevens.
He lost with his usual grace and style (Danny's a mensch), but it must have gotten to him, because he got up immediately and lobbied for a while.
www.spicejar.org /asiplease/archives/000067.html   (1038 words)

  
 Suspense Romance Writers: Book Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Danny who is a cop and needs to see in order to do his job is now blind and the doctors tell him that in all probablity he won't see ever again.
Is this from one of Danny's old cases or is it a new case.
Danny teaches Martha that physical looks although importanat are not the only way a person can fall in love.
www.suspenseromancewriters.com /review.cfm?bookID=8919   (534 words)

  
 Northwest Asian Weekly
In the first few fight sequences, Danny displays this impassive, brutal style to the hilt as he viciously attacks his opponents one at a time with not an ounce of human emotion.
When Danny meets blind piano tuner Sam (Morgan Freeman), he discovers a fascination for music and finally experiences what it feels to be a real human being.
He even does a fine job in the throes of young love as romance blooms between Danny and Victoria, which is sweet but thankfully kept to a minimum.
www.nwasianweekly.com /editorial/film24.21.htm   (550 words)

  
 Fredericksburg.com - Blind bluegrass
Blind from birth, Danny Haller has taught himself to play the banjo, learning his first full song, 'The Ballad of Jed Clampett,' in June of 1979.
The Chancellorsville resident, who was born blind, learned by tape-recording bluegrass music on the radio, then playing along with the tapes over and over.
It began when Haller was a lonely 15-year-old in a boarding school for the deaf and blind in Florida and his uncle gave him a banjo for company.
www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2003/032003/03302003/926102   (1050 words)

  
 First win for Danny Blind: Ajax - Willem II 2-0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ajax boss Danny Blind was visibly relieved as he stepped into the press room of the Amsterdam ArenA after the game.
Indeed, Ajax's passing got sloppier in the second half and Blind had to change his forward line around when Mauro Rosales had to be stretchered off due to an ankle injury that will keep him sidelined for up to four weeks.
Danny Blind had some special praise for young Hedwiges Maduro, who was also voted 'Man of the Match' by the ArenA crowd.
www.ajax-usa.com /matches/m04-05/first-win-for-danny-blind-ajax-willem-ii-2-0.html   (971 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet.com - Europe - New Ajax boss Blind in bullish mood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
AMSTERDAM, March 14 (Eredivisie) - New Ajax boss Danny Blind believes Champions League qualification is still within their grasp and insists he will do all he can to close the gap on the top two in the Eredivisie.
Blind was unveiled as the Amsterdam outfit's new head coach at a press conference on Monday, succeeding Ronald Koeman who resigned last month, with caretaker-coach Ruud Krol and Gerard Van der Lem his assistants and Fred Grim his goalkeeping coach.
Blind, 43, is one of the most respected Dutch players of recent years.
soccernet.espn.go.com /headlinenews?id=327681&cc=5739   (776 words)

  
 Excite Deutschland - News Suche - Resultate für: blind
Carolyn Meyer shares a quality with the blind children to whom she's devoted the past decade-plus of her life: the ability to imagine something...
Now, a Washington School for the Blind teacher accused of sex abuse is a free man. This spring, police charged Robert Peck with sexually abusing one of his 17 year old students.
Antonio Hernandez, a legally blind journalism and anthropology student at New Mexico State University, will tell you the answer is plenty of time, resources, creativity and ambition.
www.excite.de /search/news/results?q=blind   (354 words)

  
 uefa.com - UEFA Champions League - Fixtures & Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
AFC Ajax coach Danny Blind insists his team will go all out for three points in Tuesday's UEFA Champions League Group B confrontation with AC Sparta Praha in Amsterdam.
Blind does not expect an easy passage for his team, despite the fact their opponents have only one point from four Group B outings.
Blind's opposite number Stanislav Griga made it clear his side have not come to make up the numbers.
www.uefa.com /competitions/UCL/FixturesResults/Round=2201/match=1100316/Report=PR.html   (572 words)

  
 Northoftampa: Hope in motion
The man was with the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind in Smithtown, N.Y. Sexton told the man his story and that he had been on a waiting list for another foundation.
Unlike dogs that help the blind, Danny was trained specifically to work with Sexton's balance problems, to help him get out of chairs and pick up objects.
Sergeant said Sexton and Danny are the first known Segway/dog pair in the country.
www.sptimes.com /2005/05/20/Northoftampa/Hope_in_motion.shtml   (1232 words)

  
 Ajax Cape Town - Urban Warriors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Danny Blind won his first match with Ajax 1 on Thursday when Willem II were defeated 2-0 in the Amsterdam ArenA.
Danny Blind's hard work of the past weeks seemed to pay off on Thursday.
Blind had to make some changes fifteen minutes before time, when Rosales suffered an ankle injury and he was replaced by Nourdin Boukhari, who went on to play on the left wing and Mitea moved to the right.
www.ajaxct.com /News/Ajax_nl_News/story_8570.shtml   (527 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | Ajax appoint Blind as new manager   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ajax have named former star Danny Blind as coach in succession to Ronald Koeman, who resigned after their Uefa Cup elimination against Auxerre.
Blind's appointment ends speculation that Spurs coach Martin Jol would quit White Hart Lane and return to Holland.
Blind played more than 500 matches in 13 seasons at Ajax, ending his playing career in May 1999.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/europe/4346879.stm   (182 words)

  
 Bluegrass: We ARE Bluegrass Music
Danny Haller is a truly amazing musician and an inspiration to all who know him.
Blind since birth, Danny has followed his bluegrass dream by teaching himself how to play the 5-string banjo - taping songs from the radio and playing them over and over trying to duplicate the sounds of the masters.
Danny Haller was featured in the February edition of Bluegrass Unlimited, in an article entitled BLIND BLUEGRASS, written by Mike Zitz of Danny's hometown paper the Fredericksburg, VA, Free Lance Star.
www.ibluegrass.com /bg_bands2.cfm?b__i=1424   (286 words)

  
 Movie Gurus - The Movie Review Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Danny (Li) has been trained since childhood to be a sadistic weapon in the arsenal of Glasgow crime lord Bart (Bob Hoskins).
Their relationship is a twisted one, as Bart constantly refers to Danny as a dog, keeps him in a cage and gives him canned food to eat.
Danny's eventual realization that he's capable of doing so much more than grisly combat should be a signal that Jet Li will no longer star in one-note films.
www.movie-gurus.com /content/reviews/u/1611   (711 words)

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