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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
I was playing around with some wool roving and made some felted beads. I used emboidery thread and stitched them, making them more like disks than rounded beads. Then I strung them with other beads. I made matching earrings. One one, I made a focal piece from loosely felted roving and added some sparkle with some heat bonded rhinestones.
I like the bulky feel of the piece without the weight. These are very lightweight to wear, but I don't think I can be convined to wear them in the dead heat of summer! I can see me wearing these with a nice plain shirt with a jacket in the Fall or early Spring, depending on the colors.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
I love this town. It feels good. It's got a lot of history, and it's not stuffy about it. It's a Victorian town, the first attractions were the hot springs and healing bath houses which still attract many to this area. But bed and breakfasts abound in many variations. It's nickname is "little Switzerland" because the whole town is just tucked into cliffs of rocks, sometimes the houses seem to grow right out of the rock. It has a nice shopping area as well. Click on any of the pictures to see them larger.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
The most illusive one!
Meet my 16 year old son, Tyler. He doesn't come out of his room very often (only to eat) and hates to have his picture taken, so I was lucky I captured this moment when he joined us. I told him today I'm making a quilt of him and he just sighed and asked, "why?" My daughter piped in and said, "she's already made one of me and Delaney, so it's your turn."
She's right. I did use Delaney as my model for my entry in the "why is the sky Blue?" QA Challenge. I also made a quilt of maura when she had long hair. But, then, I have a failed quilt that I did painting a portrait of maura and I have a failed UFO quilt I started of Tyler, but got frustrated with the mandatory 51" square format.
Anyway, I think he's a good kid. He's got a great sense of humor and a boat load of potential when he decides what to apply it to. I think he's a good friend to others and he'll make a good boyfriend to a lucky girl. He's taking his first tentative steps in that direction now, so we'll see how it goes. I like that he's taking his time and I trust he'll make good decisions because of it.
Maura was invited to a special awards ceremony at Drurry University. Duke Talent search had a statewide awards ceremony for all those 7th graders who scored high on the ACT or SAT test.
It was good for her to see how many students across the state were in a similar situation as she is (besides the 5 others from her school). One thing the speaker said struck home to me. he said, "There's nothing you dream of doing that is closed to you if you are willing to work to get it". It didn't make much of an impact on Maura, but I realized that these kids all have the mental ability to achieve anything they can dream up. It makes me wonder what they WILL dream of.
Flowers for inspiration-
For many, when the word "columbine" is mentioned, it brings up a sad tragedy in our nation's education system. But, here, let's remember that the flower came before that and it's a lovely and complex one. In my garden, I purchased one columbine plant a few years ago and every year since, it's reseeded itself. Not only that, but my original must have been a hybrid, and the subsequent plants have gone back to their true roots. I have had several different colors of columbine flowers, and all of them are lovely. I've always thought this flower was one of the most complex ones and, if you click on the picture and take a good look at the different flowers shown at different angles, you'll see what I mean. Even the seed pods are interesting.


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Lyonel Feininger
American, 1871 - 1956
Zirchow VI, 1916
American Painting
Oil on canvas
32 3/16 x 39 9/16 in. (81.7 x 100.5 cm), without frame
Marion Stratton Gould Fund, 46.38
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Born in America, Lyonel Feininger spent much of his adult life living and painting in Germany. He developed his own personal style of Cubism in which splinters of form and space are rhythmic and interlocking. At the time the Nazis took over the German government and its cultural properties in the 1930s, the National Museum of Halle owned Zirchow VI. The Nazi campaign against abstract art, labeled "degenerate," led to the sale of the museum's collection of modern paintings including Zirchow VI.
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Three New Legal Victories for Low-Wage Immigrant Workers
This past February marked three legal victories for AALDEF's Economic Justice Project on behalf of immigrant worker clients who had been denied wages, and endured abusive working conditions, demonstrating that legal recourse is possible even in the midst of the current recession.
Pema Sherpa, a Nepali immigrant nail salon worker, became acquainted with AALDEF through her membership in Adhikaar, a Woodside-based human rights group, where she is actively involved in the Nail Salon Campaign. Last fall, Sherpa consulted AALDEF regarding the derogatory remarks and retaliation she faced in a Manhattan nail salon. There, the Nepali and Korean immigrant employees were denied sufficient time to eat, and when they did, were forced to eat in the salon's waxing room. The salon owner would make ethnically disparaging remarks toward Sherpa. Even though she was working 10 ½ hours a day, Sherpa received no overtime, and she and her co-workers were obligated to "buy" basic salon tools from the employer at grossly inflated prices.
When Sherpa stood up to the owner one day and objected to the insults and work conditions, the owner responded with violence, shoving her and spraying an aerosol at her head while lashing out. Sherpa feared for her safety. The next day, the owner retaliated again, firing her.
AALDEF advised Sherpa that she was entitled to legal recourse. She discovered that she had been denied overtime pay, and that the tools she purchased were in fact illegal salary deductions. "Once Ms. Sherpa became aware of her rights, she was determined to prevent the nail salon owner from abusing other workers," said AALDEF Staff Attorney Shirley Lin. "She bravely chose to hold the owner to account."
AALDEF confronted the salon owner last December on Sherpa's behalf, threatening legal action through a demand letter. On February 28, the parties executed a settlement agreement.
To her friends and colleagues who face similar challenges, Sherpa said, "Sisters at nail salons, if you are working and are mistreated, you can take action. I did. I am still working at a nail salon, and I now give advice to other sisters."
Earlier in February, AALDEF also negotiated a $7,000 settlement for a Chinese immigrant hotel housekeeper from a Days Inn Hotel franchise in Parsippany, New Jersey. For six months, "Ms. Lee" (not her real name) was required to work up to 14 hours a day, 12 days at a time cleaning rooms, but did not receive proper overtime pay. Her protests against the unlawful treatment went ignored. After the intolerably long hours forced her to quit, "Ms. Lee" sought legal advice from AALDEF.
According to Lin, low-wage immigrant workers like "Ms. Lee" are denied their rightful overtime wages when employers refuse to keep an accurate count of the hours they require their staff to work. "What we've seen is that underpayment of overtime goes virtually hand-in-hand with an employer's failure to accurately keep records of a worker's schedule, which the law requires without exception," said Lin.
In addition, on February 9th, three former kitchen workers of You Chun Restaurant, a Palisades Park, New Jersey noodle restaurant, reached an agreement with the restaurant's owner to settle the lawsuit AALDEF brought on their behalf. Ms. Cui and Ms. Jiang, both ethnic Korean-Chinese immigrants, and Mr. Tamay, a Latino immigrant, had collectively worked at the restaurant for nearly 15 years, putting in at least 72- to 80-hour weeks, six days a week. They alleged that the restaurant and its owner owed them hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages, minimum wages, overtime, and liquidated damages. AALDEF commenced the action, Cui v. You Chun Palisades Corporation, last September in New Jersey federal court.
"Although they faced considerable pressures, our clients never gave up," said Lin. "This victory has vindicated the considerable time and effort they devoted to advancing their case to court, and to supporting one another since their first day at the restaurant. This success is a direct result of their incredible strength and resolve. We are confident their story will inspire other workers who stand up for their rights."
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How Windows 8 is Changing Patch ManagementPosted by Brien Posey Mar 4, 2013
For years patch management for Windows desktops has been a relatively straightforward process. In corporate environments either a WSUS server or a third party patch management solution downloads patches from Microsoft as the patches become available and then deploys the patches to designated Windows computers. However, this tried and true practice might be changing.
With its latest operating system releases, Microsoft seems to have thrown a monkey wrench into the patch management process. My purpose in writing this blog post is not to bash Microsoft, but rather to explain what you can realistically expect with regard to patch management should you choose to deploy Windows 8.
Some things stay the same
As you have probably heard, Windows 7 and Windows 8 have a lot in common. In fact, some have even gone so far as to say that when Microsoft created Windows 8 they more or less just bolted the Metro interface on top of Windows 7. In reality, there is more to Windows 8 than just a new GUI. Even so, the similarities between Windows 7 and Windows 8 are undeniable.
Given how similar the two operating systems are to one another, it should be no surprise that patch management works more or less the same way in Windows 8 as it did in Windows 7. Windows 8 is able to download operating system patches from a WSUS server or from a third party patch management system. That's the good news.
But Metro complicates it
The bad news is that Metro complicates things. Even though WSUS can be used to patch the core operating system, it is not currently being used to patch Metro apps (which Microsoft says we now have to refer to as Windows Store apps).
At first this might not be seem like such a big deal. After all, the Windows Store is used primarily for downloading third-party apps. WSUS has never been used for patching third-party apps. The problem is that from the perspective of patch management, Windows 8 does not really differentiate between third-party Windows Store apps and native applets that are designed to run through the Metro interface.
To show you why this is a problem, consider a situation that happened recently. The Windows Store tile indicated that updates were available. When I selected the tile, I expected the updates to be for third-party apps. However, the updates were actually for operating system components (People, Calendar, etc.). In other words, Windows 8 seems to have developed a split brain syndrome when it comes to patch management. The operating system kernel and desktop items seem to still be patched through WSUS, but anything Metro related is being patched (at least for right now) through the Windows Store. This is bound to result in some frustration for Windows administrators.
Documentation is also an issue
Another issue is the way that the previously mentioned update was rolled out. Normally, when Microsoft provides an operating system update, there is a corresponding KB article that details what the update does and which files are affected. To the best of my knowledge, no such KB article exists for the December update which updated the Mail, Calendar, People, and messaging apps. Personally, I find the idea of undocumented updates to be a bit unnerving.
WSUS does not do Windows RT
Another issue that you need to be aware of with regard to patch management is that currently WSUS is not able to update devices running Windows RT. That isn't to say that Windows RT devices can't be updated, it's just that WSUS is incapable of providing updates to these devices. Rumor has it that WSUS will eventually be retrofitted to support Windows RT, but in the meantime Windows RT updates must come directly from Microsoft Update and from the Windows Store.
The fact that Microsoft uses a different update method for Windows Store apps is likely going to prove to be frustrating for network administrators. Hopefully Microsoft will eventually release a new version of WSUS that is capable of providing updates to Windows Store apps and to Windows RT devices.


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"City Hunter" Park Min-young will transform into girl group F(X) and dance the 'Na-na's cheek dance'.
On the 13th episode of SBS drama "City Hunter", Park Min-young will dance F(X)'s "Nu Yepio".
Park Min-young performed the dance to the song on the 4th at the shooting site. She was practicing her moves until right before the shoot.
Her cute dance made the atmosphere of the shooting site change. Shy but cute, she made it seem like she was going to make an NG but seemed to natural.
The productions said, "The shooting of the drama is going on until late night but Park Min-young is always happy and bold. She feels like the real Kim Na-na".
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I'm a designer in Philly, also teaching as part of the adjunct staff at Drexel University.
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Use lush photography to showcase the adventurous aspect of the brand. Useful features like a paddle recommendation tool help create a site meant for a wide audience.
With a limited printing budget, how can apparel designs appear familiar to a mixed martial arts audience in an original and fresh way?
Create one-color illustrations. I used aggressive, custom typography and imagery avoiding the clichés of skulls, angel wings, blackletter typography, painted textures, crosses, etc. The drawings rely less on a texture-driven aesthetic and use an almost logo-based, hard-edged, approach.
Please my soon-to-be-wife.
I had to express the grandeur of a wedding, but do so with a personal touch of silliness. Combining different materials, I used foil-stamping for that formal aesthetic, drew custom maps, and topped it off with a spinning optical illusion kissy toy.
How can a budding new company appear creative, but at the same time, established?
Use illustrated type and hand-drawn portraits to show the creativity on top of a tight grid with a restrained palette for that buttoned-up look.
A promotional microsite for beauty-product pusher Caress needs to host special deals, events, and community-based features.
To combine all the given content under one art direction, I used a soft and colorful palette throughout. There's a variety of typefaces used in a modular layout, to keep it visually interesting, which also makes it flexible enough to accomodate imagery created by others.
Represent an entire creative agency with an interactive piece meant to engage recipient clients. It needs to be holiday-themed, fun, and memorable.
Collaborate to create an simple but addicting game, spreading the
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SAP Configurator, an enterprise resource planning program, may seem like an enormous undertaking at first, but it's actually surprisingly easy. How can that be communicated?
Execute a fun but business-minded art direction by using solid bold colors, off-kilter shapes, and patterns. The campaign consists of showing games and tasks that normally would be challenging, but at a second glance, the solutions come easily.
Businesses registered to training and consulting programming TruMethods need an efficient and user-friendly way to access training materials specifically catered to their needs.
Design an intuitive members portal which easily searchable content. For training, content is presented in a linear achievements-based system where company leads can monitor and manage employee progress. In addition to designing the portal, I developed the front end, including a lot of custom Ajax and jQuery-based interactivity.
Design exciting and promotional microsites for a few soda brands.
Make heavy use of brand colors and imagery, while keeping the details organized, accessible, and clear.
How can a pharmaceutical brand present information in an engaging and friendly manner?
Design a lively and illustrative site using the brand's well-known characters. Keep all information easily accessible while seamlessly integrating the animated shorts created by a 3D production studio.
In the recent years, I've released a few typefaces – some which have enjoyed featured "hot" rankings on MyFonts.
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When you leave a comment on THIS post by 6 p.m. CT Sunday, June 1, 2014 you'll be entered in the DRAWING for a copy of the book below. If you mention in your comment that you're a follower (see in the left sidebar "Join This Site" and "Follow by Email"), I'll add your name a second time in the drawing. You must have a U.S. mailing address to receive a paper book. You can read details about my book giveaways at Disclaimers.
Worth the Wait by Laura Jackson
Laura Jackson is our guest. Laura loves books---reading and writing them. A life-long reader, Laura studied English in college and taught 7th grade language arts before earning her Master's degree and becoming a school librarian. Now, she spends her days sharing great books with kids and her evenings writing books about teenage girls discovering God and His plan for their lives.
What fun or unique things can you tell us about yourself?
I am a HUGE Houston Rockets fan!
I ate an ice cream filled cupcake at the Houston Rodeo Saturday, and it may be one of the best things I've ever had in my life.
What do you enjoy doing when you're not writing?
I love watching sports, reading, hanging out with my family/friends. To be honest, working all day as a school librarian and writing at night keeps me busy.
If you could have dinner with one person from today or history (except Jesus), who would it be? Why?
My dad. He passed away three years ago, and I miss him. I have so much to tell him.
Please tell us about Worth the Wait.
Ellie Lansing has a picture-perfect life with a close-knit family and the perfect boyfriend. But her world is suddenly knocked off center when her drool-worthy boyfriend cheats and her always-has-it-together mother is diagnosed with cancer. Ellie doesn't get it. She always does the right thing--doesn't God owe her a happy life? Through her heartache, Ellie learns that sometimes what seems like the end is really just the beginning and that what God has for us is always worth the wait.
What takeaway value do you hope your readers receive after reading this book?
I hope they know that what God has planned for them is more amazing than any plan they have. It may not be what we wanted or expected, but it's what we need. And it's worth the wait.
Please tell our readers where they can get your book.
Available as eBook or paperback.
Please tell our readers where they can find you online.
Any parting comment?
Thanks for having me!
Laura, thanks for spending time with my readers and me in this interesting interview. One of the commenters will win a copy of Worth the Wait, which you graciously offered.
Remember: leave a comment on THIS post by 6 p.m. CT Sunday, June 1, 2014 and you'll be entered in the drawing for a copy of Worth the Wait by Laura Jackson. Please, please remember to leave your email address. I'll need your email address so that should you be the winner I can get in touch with you. I'll announce the winner in Monday's blog.
The winner of last Thursday's blog post appeared in this past Monday's blog. Thanks all for commenting. Watch for more book giveaways.
Till next time … keep on smiling.


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The Long Beach State cross country program had four runners finish in the top-10 during Saturday's meet in Las Vegas. Both the men's and women's teams placed second, with the men's taking 47 points as women's scored 73 points, in the UNLV Invitational at the Craig Ranch Regional Park.
In last week's UC Riverside Invitational meet, the team was not accustomed to the distance of the course as it was longer by 2,000 meters for the women and 3,000 meters for the men. It made it more difficult for the runners, which impacted their results in Riverside, however, in the UNLV invitational, lbsu revealed that they're buckling up and settling in as a team.
LBSU junior Mikayla Florez finished in third place in the 5,000-meter course, setting a personal best of 17:49 and beating her previous record by 23 seconds. Sophomore Julie Vargas ran a 18:25 in the course finishing in 13th place, while junior Alexis Ceballos crossed the finish line in 18th place with a time of 18:42, rounding up the top-3 for LBSU on the women's side.
The top woman finisher was Utah Valley's senior McKayla Walker at 17:32, earning the Wolverines a dominating 18 points in the race for first place out of five programs.
The men's squad was led by senior George Martinez, the top runner for the 49ers who finished sixth in the 6,000 meter course with a time of 19:09. Freshman Joey Del Valle Rutherford ran a 19:25 finishing eighth, while junior Patrick Burciago placed in 12th with a time of 19:43 rounding up the top-3 for the 49ers' men's side.
With only Utah Valley and LBSU competing in the men's course, the Wolverines scored 15 points for first place while the 49ers had 47 points as a team.
LBSU will have a long break until its next competition when it travels on Oct. 14 to the Inland Empire Invitational hosted by UC Riverside.


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As I type this, I'm putting the finishing touches on the Best Body Workouts for 2012.
This year, I am attempting to do the impossible….. to design workouts that work equally well for:
- beginners,
- trainees who need to drop a big chunk of weight, and
- super-freak athletes
As a result, I have been fussing over how to scale these workouts for the past two months.
Next week, I want you to focus on low intensity workouts – cardio, flexibility, yoga, pilates, dance classes, etc.
The following week, Jan. 30, we begin Best Body Workouts 2012


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Mark & Gena at In Touch Part I
We got to shoot this video at In Touch ministries. It was an absolutely beautiful venue, and I have to admit it was kind of a thrill to be on stage filming one of my heros and favorite pastors, Dr. Charles Stanley. (Normally Dr. Stanley doesn't do weddings, but since Gena is on staff at [...]
Mark & Gena at In Touch Part II
The song on this video is called "When I Say I Do" by Matthew West. Please check out his music at http://www.matthewwest.com/index2.html.
Michelle at Atlanta Mission
I had the privilege of filming and editing this video of Michelle telling her story at the Atlanta Mission, which is a Christian homeless shelter in Atlanta. The stories I heard from the four women we filmed were absolutely incredible examples of the profound life change that Christ can bring to people's lives. Atlanta Mission [...]
Ryan & Melissa, Save The Date
I shot this video with Ryan & Melissa in Flowery Branch, Georgia. We started out the day with no locations picked out, but we found some amazing places just driving around. My favorite was an old abandoned warehouse that had some beautiful textures, colors, and atmosphere. Later in the day we met an old farmer [...]
Mitchum – Hardest Working Man in America
Atlanta Cinematic edited this video for the Mitchum "Hardest Working Man in America' contest. Our video made it into the Top 10 in the country, and now we are waiting to see if we win first prize – $100,000 to Tad Agoglia's First Response Team of America.


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Getting change wrong can be hard to recover from. Sadly, more than half of change initiatives fail, more often than not due to poor leadership.
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I had 5 performances in 3 days with one of my toughest shows, Monster Intelligence. I was aching to get home to my own bed to recover and knew I had a downtime of just two days before I would be on a flight to Dallas/ Fort Worth via Philadelphia from my local airport in suburban New York. I was almost cursing my lack of rest but, somehow knew, my time at Beyond the Sock in Denton, TX would be worth it.
Beyond the Sock (BTS) Puppetry Workshop for Television and Film is in its fourth year, having begun in 2013. It was a concept developed by University of North Texas (UNT) Department of Media Arts Assistant Professor James Martin. James had the foresight to reach out to Dallas, TX resident and creator of Project Puppet, Pasha Romanowski. Pasha would lead the build part of the workshop with new mouth/rod-style characters developed exclusively for the workshop which take a departure from his usual offerings on Project Puppet. This encourages more experienced builders who would be able to increase their skills. Year one, participants built rats, year two, penguins, year three, a monkey and, in 2016, we tackled chickens. On the performance side, BTS enlists Muppet performers Noel MacNeal and Peter Linz to guide participants through the nuances and intricacies of Muppet-style TV puppetry. This year, Marty Robinson (Telly Monster/ Snuffleupagus) filled in for Peter.
Days two through four split the time between constructing puppets from 8:30am to 12:45pm in the scene shop and performance technique from 1:45pm to 6pm in the media arts studio. Group B had their day in reverse. Pasha makes the puppet building accessible to all level learners, explaining each step in detail. Pasha's wife Maryanne, along with Pam Groom and Dustin Yahnke act as shop assistants and are available to help each participant along the build process. One of the nicer luxuries of BTS is the UNT staff of sewers taking care of the machine sewing duties which speed along the build process. There was an air of creativity and camaraderie which encouraged us all to help one another, whether it was catching up a neighbor on their hand sewing, explaining a technique or, donating a pair of puppet eyeglasses or chicken wattle to another's build.
Noel and Marty were a high-energy teaching tag team that kept us all on our toes. If you're familiar with the basics of TV puppetry technique, you'll recognize some of the exercises in the earlier part of the class. Still, Marty and Noel offered tips and helped us see where our technique could improve. Each skill was built on the last. The frustration of the first day of TV performance gave way to a better sense of being present and understanding in the following days. The two master puppeteers took turns putting us through our paces while impressing on us to let go, stop limiting ourselves and move out of our comfort zones. Their depth of knowledge is priceless and a definite value-added benefit of BTS.
On the final day, a shorter time in the shop and studio enable participants to finish their puppet character and do some last minute tweaking to an improv skit or a new skit developed for the evening performance. At the end of the day, we break for dinner and return for pictures with our individual creations before the 7:30 pm performance in the studio with a small invited audience. Noel and Marty were prime-time worthy hosts with their puppet characters emceeing the proceedings. A run order was posted on either side of the studio. Students bounced on and off the live studio floor, getting in place for each number. A surprise 'Pasha puppet', crafted by Dustin Yahnke, made an appearance, performed by Noel. It was a hilarious highlight that stole the show. My fellow students all impressed with their individual performances which I performed along with two of them. Each year at BTS, a group number wraps up the final performance. This year's group performance was Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Broadway's Mary Poppins lead by Noel as a Goose puppet with the student chickens. The evening wrapped with students and instructors reconvening in the theatre for a final group photo and individual instructor/ student photos, all high on creative energy and puppets.
What to expect: There was a meet and greet on day one with dinner and a more informal gathering of participants and teachers later in the week. A shuttle is provided from the host hotel back and forth to campus. There are enough participants who drive in or are locals that are happy to help with rides should you need to stop at a store during your stay. We did a grocery run prior to our first half day. There are plenty of food choices within walking distance of campus for lunch. A handful of restaurants are also within walking distance of the hotel. Participants are known to make trips to the craft store for supplies if you're looking for a shopping buddy.
For artists, like me, who work in isolation for the bulk of our creative process, BTS gives you the opportunity to draw inspiration from fellow builders and performers and recharge your muse. For an idea on pricing for Beyond the Sock, this year's participants paid $1400 for the 5-day workshop while students pay slightly less at $850. The group deal at the upscale host hotel was $99/ night while minimal campus housing could be had for $45/ night.


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How to Increase Your website page rank
Page rank is very important for every website. If you own a web site, but you did not have page rank that means your website in not popular. Google Page rank depends on backlinks. Backlinks are Links which pointing to your website from other websites. The more backlinks you have create, the higher your PR will be acquiring.
1. Write useful high-quality article or information on your website
A unique and quality content is a major fact for your page rank. If you want to impress google the you should Create content a that users like to read and willing to share with others.
2. Join forums
Forums are one of the great way to get links to your website. Most forums are allowed to have a signature and in your signature you easily put a link to your website. But most important note is that make sure the forum is related to your website. If it's no You will still get credit, merely if it's related to your website than it will be carrying out two tasks at one time.
3. Submit your site to web directories and references websites
The web directory is an internet based link directory where web site is coordinated by specialized subject, category and subcategory. The web directory is not only search engine it far different between search engine. Search engine indexed website by spider and web directory indexed website by humans.
Place your site URL to popular web directories include Open Directory Project (ODP) like Yahoo!, being, and LookSmart. Also post URL to online references website like Wikipedia, expert ndustry-specific sites, blogs, etc.
4. Using newsletters for visitor
Newsletters are one of the ways to Inform people what's new on your website. The newsletter will remind people about your site and encourage them to visit again to find interesting content. When you create a newsletter you will try to keep visitors coming back to your website by giving new special deals.
5. Create a Rich Site Summary (RSS).
RSS is well known as Really Simple Syndication.If I describe about RSS that "A lightweight XML format for broadcasting news headlines and other content on the Web."
It easy for other sites to distribute your headlines and content, your RSS feed will be indexed by popular Blog search engines,
6. Create Links with related websites.
Fro is getting high page rank create links with related websites will be major tasks you must attempt. This is very easy to find , but difficult to obtain links from them.
Go to search engine and type your subject or your keyword. Google will show you all website which is related with your keyword and subject. Now find out website which you think good, then contact them in some way to get your link posted on their website. This will be the most difficult task because a lot of webmasters ignore this.
You can also high someone to do this task for you. In online you can get mony company who did this type of job for you. But you spend some bucks for this.
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Top Gear, Fifth Gear, it seems like all car shows are obsessed with speed. Well, there's something better that we're missing.
I didn't realize there was a massive hole in the market for a valet-themed car show until we saw the Veyron-filled life of Monaco valets and Classic Car Club Kingpin told this story of one of the guys who used to work at CCC.
A few years ago at Classic Car Club, we had a valet named Jaime. Funny guy. He was from Central America - El Salvador. He would wash all the cars, keep them tidy, help with stuff around the club.
So Jaime drove everything. 308 Ferrari's and e-Type Jags, to a Lancia Delta Integrale, Ford GT, Bentleys, 430's, Gallardos and even a Maybach. But he never drove them out of first gear and only around and in and out of the club. I thought that was both tragic and funny, so he started doing his own car reviews from his perspective in his lazy, heavily-accented cadence. They went like this:
"the Em-seex is nice. the cup holder makes no sense but the seats are comfortable"
"The ford GT is hard to wash. Too curvy. Soap in the front winds up in the back when you spray it"
"The Mercedes SLS has good lumbar support"
"The window in the F430 don't go up and down very fast"
"The Shelby Cobra shakes too much when you go slow"
I always thought he should have his own Jalopnik review column.
That's when amnesiak had a proposal.
You should do Jaime-inspired reviews. Call it "First Gear."
Brilliant. Filming can't start soon enough.
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The Concert Posters of Arrington de Dionyso- 84 page book full color!
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KEYWORDS: Hedge Fund Launches, Early Stage Investors, Institutional Investors, early year performance, Day One
Citi's U.S. Business Advisory Team
The majority of investors making allocations to newly launched hedge fund managers either upon launch (Day One) or within the first 12 months of their existence (Early Stage) do so opportunistically rather than through a dedicated emerging manager program, evaluating such managers alongside more established funds. These investors differ from seeders in that Day One and Early Stage investors may negotiate preferential fees or terms, but they do not take a financial stake in the fund or the manager. Interest in Day One and Early Stage investments reflects the investor's desire to benefit from a manager's early years of performance and the opportunity to lock in capacity early with high potential funds.
The U.S. Business Advisory team's new industry whitepaper, "Day One and Early Stage Investor Allocations to Hedge Funds" is the result of over 90 qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys conducted with Day One and Early Stage Investors including fund of funds, family offices, private banks, and endowments as well as hedge fund managers that successfully attracted Day One and Early Stage allocations. Investor participants were surveyed to determine key trends that have emerged since 2008 and to better understand the most important factors they consider when placing capital with new managers. Hedge fund managers surveyed provided insight into the process of meeting with and successfully receiving new capital from Day One/Early Stage investors.


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Conducted by McKinley Advisors, a third-party marketing and research firm, ASOA's initial report in 2013 provided objective insight into existing EHR vendors. McKinley Advisors also conducted the 2015 survey which tracks 2013 trends and includes such items as patient portals and other meaningful use requirements. With a response rate of 20%, the results are considered statistically significant and the results of the survey offer an excellent resource for those seeking information when evaluating EHR systems.
Click here to view the survey report's Table of Contents & Executive Summary.
Please note the information contained in this report is copyrighted and not available for distribution.
Author: ASOA & McKinley Advisors
Publication Date: 2015
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TPG Packaging Consultants & Drift Innovation are the recipients of the globally recognised 2012 Red Dot Design Award for Communication Design for the new Drift HD packaging. An international jury granted the red dot award, which is recognised as a quality seal and gives world-renowned merit to both TPG's & Drift's creative design skills.
A unique feature of the packaging includes the same black 'soft touch' exterior finish as the camera to give the user an immediate emotional connection with the product and one of Drift Innovation's signature attributes. The design also incorporates reinforcement with space for a security tether line to pass undisrupted through the high clarity window box.
The accessories case was also carefully engineered to incorporate all the necessary mounts and accompanying accessories in a durable polymer case that doubles as a Drift-branded travel case.
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Emotional slow-paced string track. Melancholy string solo for 1 min, higher violin line joins, sparse, sombre piano chords punctuate the melody. Slowly shifting, the melody is shared, moments of light and bliss emerging through chordal changes. Further string lines join and the piano rings out on the higher register, a walking accompaniment in reminiscent of stately Baroque style. Strings multiply and build, piano gains strength to a powerful emotional effect. Beautiful, lyrical and sad, a sense of deep yearning permeates the track, perfect film music, cutting through a beautiful imagery, lending an air of nostalgia, romance and longing.
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Romantic piano track. Sullen piano arpeggios, searching and thoughtful. Higher register piano enters, adding brightness, hope and lyricism. Build section featuring woodwind and a delicate string section. Opens out into an inspiring piano section with accompanying strings to finish. Gentle, tender and passionate, with hints of melancholy, doubts about love? Suitable for a romantic TV/Film scene, or a loving daydream.
Solo piano track. Delicate piano notes turn into a waltzing rhythm, gently bobbing along, innocently, wistfully. Melody is repeated in a higher register, reaching higher, growing in confidence and strength. The melody is repeated for the last time, loud and strong, mid-range. Searching, gentle and determined, thoughtful music for a romantic, hopeful advert or TV/Film scene, quiet hope and resolve.
Happy Days (Suite)
Slow searching piano and solo violin reminiscent of "Spiegel im Spiegel" by Arvo Part. Sweet, innocent,yearning, with a powerful emotional impact.
Melodic orchestral string and drum build. Choppy orchestral strings play a bright melodic motif. Syncopated beats join, growing in volume and complexity. Break before lively orchestral strings and anticipatory beats kick off again. Builds to a summery climax. Positive, hopeful, happy and sincere, like an orchestral version of Dario G's 'Sunchyme', euphoric and fun, perfect for emotional reality TV moments or excitable documentary TV scenes.
Girl from Sandymount beach
Delicate and touching, with a gentle piano performance and an acoustic guitar that make for a tender impression in the vein of melancholic comedies but also period dramas. An acoustic guitar introduces us to the theme in the first 20 seconds, creating the space in the middle part for a grand piano to complement the scene. Towards the end of the piece the latter is protagonist and uses both hands to fulfil the arrangement.
How's God? She's Black
The title is taken from this piece of graffiti on the Berlin Wall. Piano and classic guitar led, with gamelan, and a string section. Tender, hopeful and positive with hypnotic piano riffs revolving in the background. A pause leads to a frenetic middle section which bursts into a sudden epic string section, similarly disappearing to leave a tender vulnerable ending. Nods to Steve Reich, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra and The Books.
For Sudan (Suite)
Thoughtful sad piano with raindrop-like percussion states a strong melodic motif, slowly joined by gentle strings and delicate triangle. At 1:56 a hopeful bridge introduces pulsing cellos building to a full-bodied, quickened restatement of the main theme, then a gradual shift downwards in energy and tempo for a relaxed and pensive end. Good for campaign videos with a strong serious message.
Sparse plucked Cello, calm and slightly wry, anticipating something, a note of unease. Then out of nowhere urgent and plaintive bowed cello and violin. Rhythmic at first then suspending itself with long drawn out notes. At 4:14 there is a unified statement, uneasy and dissonant. It feels like someone is valiantly struggling to pull themselves up but can't do it. They try harder and more desperately but the forlornness of the situation overtakes them, they pause, then after a last effort they fall to their doom. If you were ever narrating an Edgar Allen Poe story, this would be the soundtrack to it.
Dreamspace, Shared (Suite)
Evocative and hypnotic, featuring mildly dissonant textures beautifully orchestrated for strings. Enigmatic and reflective, charged and dynamic delivering an evolving range of emotions and classical string textures.


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- UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg campus
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
- Tel. +32 16 33 22 11
- Contact us
Directions to UZ Leuven campus Gasthuisberg.
Where and how to park?
Patients and visitors can park in the open-air car park and in the car park buildings at the front of Gasthuisberg campus.
Disabled parking
There are reserved disabled spaces on level 0 of the car park building. You can find these spaces by following the blue signs. On this level, between the two car park buildings, is the glass walkway that leads to the hospital, without any slopes, steps or lifts. Wheelchairs are available in the glass walkway.
Do not leave your ticket in your car, because when you return from the hospital you will need to pay before you go to your car. You can find the payment machines at the end of the glass walkway, just in front of the entrance to the car park. The machine will provide you with a receipt if you press the indicated button after paying. If you do not have the right coins or notes, you can change banknotes in the change machine in the foyer.
Dropping off and picking up patients
Patients or visitors with impaired mobility can be dropped off or picked up at the main entrance to the hospital. To do this, you must stop for a moment where the security guard sits in the porter's lodge; he will raise the barrier for you. Parking or waiting at the main entrance is not allowed. After the passengers have got in or out of the car, the driver must drive on immediately so as not to hold up the traffic. If you are driving and have impaired mobility, you can ask for assistance from a security guard. Mention this to the internal security service when you reach the barrier.
Wheelchairs are available from reception in the foyer and in the glass walkway between the car park buildings and the hospital.
Luggage trolleys are also provided, for which you need a coin. Please be sure always to return the wheelchairs to reception.


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Hewlett-Packard Fixes a Bunch of OpenView Vulnerabilities
Hewlett-Packard Company has released several patches for a bunch of vulnerability on OpenView Software products. HP advises administrators to install the patches immediately to mitigate the risk.
OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) is affected by 12 critical bugs that attackers could use to execute remote arbitrary code and gain control over the system.
The vulnerable versions are OV NNM 7.01 and 7.35 running on HP-UX, Linux, Solaris and Microsoft Windows. But here it is important to note that fixes are released only to version 7.53 so to install the patches for all previous versions Admin are required to upgrade to the latest one and then install the updates.
About eleven of the twelve bugs are detected by TippingPoint and the last bug is reported by researcher from IBM X-Force unit.
So go a head To review the Support Communication –Security Bulletin and act upon as soon as possible.
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I can tell by the look in their eyes when they've tuned me out and they're wishing me off the planet. Even family. It's not that they don't love me, it's not that they'll not tolerate me. It's that I make them very uncomfortable. Which is never my goal, but almost always the outcome. And such is the life as someone who loves to share Jesus and wants everyone regardless of heritage to become a part of my family. To share my Father. The Lord Jesus Christ.
And to ask most of them, they'd say they already do. But deed… "the proof ain't in the puddin'," as the saying goes.
It's been the case as far back as Genesis. Someone always trying to get in by somebody else's coattails, or by works, or just assuming God would never let them go to Hell. And so those of us who know the truth, continue to tell the truth and those who don't want to know, shut us out. But that doesn't change the book. –
In the book of Nehemiah, which happens to be where I'm reading, I was dreading chapter seven. It's a chapter of name after name after name. And as I read I prayed, "God, please let me get something out of this besides a glaze over my eyes." And as I traveled through the names, hoping someone's would pop off the page and capture my attention, it didn't. It wasn't the name God wanted to capture my attention with. It was registration process.
In verses 64-65 my heart broke.
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
Urim and Thummim were priestly devices found on their breastplate and used to determine God's will. In my small mind, I imagine it to be as a priest flipping a coin. Don't believe everything I tell you, I might lead you astray. But that's still how I see it.
But for today, there's no more coin flipping. And there's only one Priest that matters and that's the Lord Jesus Christ. Friends and family can tune me out, shut me down and tell me to go away, but when it comes to their final days, the question will remain "Are you a part of the family of God?"
Matthew 7:21-23 King James Version (KJV)
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
There were 642 persons (verse 62) who professed to be children of Israel. But the word said they were polluted. What an indictment. And it's the same indictment that's going to be against those who profess to be children of God but have never made Him Lord and Savior. Oh… they believe in Jesus. But then again, so does Satan. They believe in God. Satan knows Him personally. That won't keep him out of Hell. Some of them go to church, most do not. But to tell you the truth, Satan's in church every Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday. He never misses a revival. He's usually sitting beside of me trying to get my attention off task. The question still remains, "Is your name written down in the Lamb's book of Life?"
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Those who are not written down, having accepted what Jesus Christ did for them on the cross as payment for their sins, are still covered with the pollution of this world. They won't enter into Heaven with that pollution on them. They've got to be clean, and the only way they can be is to be covered by the blood of Jesus Christ. And why would they be?
If your child died for someone so that they could be free, and that person denied what they did and never acknowledge with gratitude the cost that was paid for them, why would you want to spend eternity with them?
God not allowing folks in Heaven sounds harsh until you view it from there.
What a privilege to be a child of the King! A member of the Family of God. You can't change the book. Not the Bible or the Lamb's book of Life. Both were written in indelible ink.


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Siege of Krujë (1467)
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2009)
The Third Siege of Krujë by the Ottoman Empire occurred in 1467 at Krujë in Albania.
|Third Siege of Krujë (1467)
|Part of Ottoman wars in Europe
|Albanian rebels
|Ottoman Empire
|Commanders and leaders
Mehmed II
Mahmud Angelović
|Casualties and losses
The destruction of Ballaban Pasha's army and the siege of Elbasan during the previous siege of Krujë forced Mehmed II to re-attack Skanderbeg in the summer of 1467, only 2 months after the latter's victory at the 2nd Siege of Krujë. This time Skanderbeg didn't retreat immediately to the mountains, but decided for the first time to front the great Ottoman army at Burshek, on the Shkumbin river's valley in order to give time for the civil population to retreat in the mountains. The battle was carried in such a way as to not result with winners or defeated; Skanderbeg then retreated while Ottoman grand vizier Mahmud Pasha Angelović pursued him but Skanderbeg succeeded in fleeing to the coast and then to the mountains.[1] Meanwhile, Mehmed II sent detachments to raid the Venetian possessions (especially Durrës which was also put under siege and bombarded for a short period) and to keep them isolated. He besieged Krujë for several days but when he realized that he could not take it by assault, he lifted the siege. Although Ottomans did not capture Krujë, they managed to plunder areas around Durres and Scutari.[2]
See alsoEdit
- ^ Stavrides 2001, pp. 163, 164
. Mehmed II sent Mahmud Pasha, together with the most experienced part of the army, to pursue Skanderbeg, while he himself ravaged the rest of the land ... The Grand Vezir spent fifteen days in the mountains, but couldn't find Skanderbeg
- ^ Stavrides 2001, p. 163
...taking much booty and many prisoners...
- Stavrides, Theoharis (2001), The Sultan of vezirs : the life and times of the Ottoman Grand Vezir Mahmud Pasha Angelovic (1453-1474), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-12106-5, OCLC 46640850
Coordinates: 41°31′N 19°48′E / 41.517°N 19.800°E
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Weekly Bulletin 24/03/2017
Pre-prep Mothers' Day Parties
On Tuesday afternoon Pre-prep were joined by the special ladies in their lives for an afternoon tea and celebration. The children spent the days leading up to the event baking, creating gifts, making cards and constructing sandwiches. Mummies and Nanas were greeted at the classroom door with a small flower posy before being escorted to their seat and offered refreshments. The children had prepared sentiments such as gifts, songs and poems which they presented beautifully! A big thank you to all those involved for such a delightful afternoon.
Miss Coady
Pre-prep Spring Concert
Thursday afternoon saw the annual Pre-Prep Spring concert take place in the PA Hall, with a lovely selection of ensemble and solo performances. The whole of Pre-Prep sung the 'Mr Fizz' song then Nursery put 'the Hat on the Cat', Reception had 'Ants in their Pants', Year 1 went to visit an 'Octopus's Garden' and Year 2 sang an old time medley!
The two Cellobabies groups gave a lovely demonstration of what they get up to every Thursday lunchtime and then Sam W, Tess G, Isla W, Millie D, and Charlie L all performed wonderfully as soloists and Mia O'B and Lucy P performed a piano duet.
The concert finished with a visit from some of the musicians higher up the school with The Dokarinas from the Prep School and Oscar B and the Senior Chamber Choir inspiring the younger ones and showcasing what we get up to in the Music Department.
A lovely afternoon and thank you to Mr Kaye and the Music team for all their help in the preparation, and of course to the children for their enthusiasm and effort!
Mr Rye and Miss Coady
The Boy Who Couldn't Sing
The Year 5 and 6 Production 'The Boy Who Couldn't Sing' took place on Tuesday 21st March in front of a very enthusiastic audience of parents and grandparents. The performances from the whole cast were excellent and it was impressive to hear the range of accents that they had perfected: French, Spanish and American! The humorous songs were performed with great enthusiasm and accompanied by vibrant, fun and exciting dances, all choreographed by the amazing Lisa Lee. In particular The Elvis School of Rock and Roll demonstrated some outstanding dance moves helped by the wonderfully effective sound effects ( thanks to Mr Rye). As Peter- the boy who couldn't sing- tried his luck with each different choir, The Elvis School of Rock and Roll, The Castanets and The Wild West Cowboys we were treated to some wonderful jokes and plays on words, delivered with both impeccable timing and fantastic confidence. The Egyptians whisked us away to the pyramids before Nick and the Naughty Nickers tried to lead Peter into a life of crime. Fortunately Le Inspecteur and his sidekick were on hand to rescue him and return him to his wonderful family. Finally the MC brought all the groups together for a concert where we discovered that........Peter couldn't sing BUT he could play the piano!
Well done to the cast, the choir and everyone who was involved backstage for the enormous amount of effort they put in to make it a successful evening.
A special thank you to Mr and Mrs Macdonald for the wonderful script and to Mr Macdonald for the fantastic songs and for all his work in directing the play.
Mrs Lock
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge Success
Congratulations to students in years 9 and 10 who achieved certificates in this year's challenge. More than 200 000 students across the UK sat the challenge and nationally, the top 6% were awarded a gold certificate, the next 13% silver and the next 21% bronze. Jago G and Max T received gold awards along with certificates for best in their year. Callum H, Will J, Guy R, Felix S & George V received silver awards. Bronze certificates were awarded to Louis C, Samuel G, Charlie T & Blake F-P. Max T also managed to score high enough to qualify for a further round called the Grey Kangaroo.
Mrs Coackley
UKMT Team Challenge
Max T, Dominic A, Monte G and Jamie C worked together as a team this Wednesday at the Regional Final of the UKMT Team Challenge at Churcher's College in Petersfield.
They worked hard and ably in 4 exciting yet different rounds of mathematical challenges.
Thirty-four schools took part from all over the South East of England and first place was awarded to Portsmouth Grammar School. Congratulations to them and well done to our team who represented Duke of Kent school so splendidly!
Mrs LaCroix
Year 9 trip to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
On Thursday Year 9 went to see the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, now playing in the West End. The play is based on the novel by Mark Haddon and follows a fifteen-year-old boy with an extraordinary brain who sets out to solve the mystery of who murdered his next-door neighbour's dog.
After stopping for a bite to eat in a park, the group headed to the Gielgud Theatre to watch the play. It was a hugely imaginative piece of theatre - the inventive set and the physicality of the actors made it a thrilling and thought-provoking experience. Huge thanks to Miss Anand for organising the trip!
Miss Blake
This Month's Featured Books
For Seniors:
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and made into an Oscar-winning film, The Hours is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf.
In 1920s London, Virginia Woolf is fighting against her rebellious spirit as she attempts to make a start on her new novel.
A young wife and mother, broiling in a suburb of 1940s Los Angeles, yearns to escape and read her precious copy of Mrs Dalloway.
And Clarissa Vaughan steps out of her smart Greenwich village apartment in 1990s New York to buy flowers for a party she is hosting for a dying friend.
Moving effortlessly across the decades and between England and America, this exquisite novel intertwines the stories of three unforgettable women.
For Prep:
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are sisters - with a difference. All three were adopted as babies by Great Uncle Matthew, an eccentric and rich explorer who then disappeared, leaving them in the care of his niece Sylvia. The girls grow up in comfort until their money begins to run out and nobody can find Great Uncle Matthew. Things look bleak until they hit on an inspired idea: Pauline, Petrova and Posy will take to the stage. But it's not long before the Fossils learn that being a star isn't as easy as they first thought . . .
Miss Blake
A few match reports from this week's matches
Hockey: U13C v. Duke of Kent School
On Wednesday, Duke of Kent School travelled to Woking Hockey Club with the U13 C hockey team for a match against Ripley Court. From the start the whole team had boundless energy and were first to every ball, piling the pressure on the opposition. Oscar B was relentless in picking up loose balls and distributing strong passes up the pitch and Harry S showed great confidence on the ball, dribbling around their defence. Their passes were deftly picked up by the front line consisting of Dylan B and Alex P. The hard work paid off and Dylan's skill led to a goal. The second half showed more pressure from the opposition but this did not phase our defence and Jonathan H was quick to every ball, picking it up with ease and driving down the pitch. Archie B provided great support, making some great runs and causing problems for the opposition. Dylan B got a deserved second goal with a fantastic diving deflection and Alex P confirmed a strong win with a great solo goal. A brilliant display and a fine 3-0 win, well done all!
Miss Taylor
Active Kids Tokens
We are now collecting Active Kids vouchers for Pre-prep so please hand them in either to Pre-prep or in the Front Office.
Many Thanks.
Miss Munro
Mexico Day
On Monday 20th of March Duke of Kent School held a Mexican Day. Our catering team produced authentic chilli con-carne, burritos, chilli and chocolate cake, salsa, guacamole, soured cream and selection of fresh Mexican style salads. The Dining Room was decorated with Mexican flags, some of the chefs wore sombreros and thanks to the Music Department we had Samba and mariachi music playing in the background. We hope that all the pupil's enjoyed Mexico Day as much as we did.
Piotr Baginski, Head of Catering
Easter Celebrations
The catering team decided to celebrate the final lunch of the Spring Term with small celebration of Easter by producing homemade Easter inspired cup cakes for dessert at lunch. We hope you all have a great Easter break and see you in a few weeks!
Best wishes from the Catering Team.
Piotr Baginski, Catering Manager
Year 6 Magna Carta
A group of angry Barons, Freemen and Clergy from Year 6 met with King John, in the history classroom, this week and presented him with a 'Great Charter' outlining 63 of their grievances. The year was 1215 and they were so angry with John that they forced him to sign the Magna Carta. This is an extremely important document, even today, because for the first time it told a king what he could and could not do! The wily and calculating John proved no match for the erudite representatives of 6C, whose eloquent discourse forced him to concede.
Mr Seeley
Year 7 English
During this term of English, we have been looking at persuasive techniques. Firstly, we worked on persuasive speeches and then came the best bit, our chocolate projects! Arthur B, Fynn W and Ross S created a chocolate company called Marvelishous which we worked very hard on like everyone else. We wrote press releases to explain about our company to help sell our products. After that we practiced our recipe then made and packaged the final batches of our chocolates and prepared our sales pitches. Finally came the big day! We were all nervous as we knew our English assessment grades would depend on this. On the big day, Miss Anand helped us set up our chocolate projects. Miss Anand is a great inspirational teacher and even recommended us to write to a chocolate company.
This has been the best, most fun and exciting project we have ever done.
Fynn W, Arthur B and Ross S, Year 7
Netball Success
Congratulations to Poppy S in Year 7 and her netball team Wey Valley U12's for being overall winners of the Mid Surrey Netball League, first place in the finals day tournament and Epsom Little League silver medalists against some very tough competition from netball clubs all over Surrey. All the girls have trained really hard and its been a great first season for them all. Poppy S is now looking forward to training with Guildford next term and representing them in the Surrey Youth Games. Well done Poppy!
Poppy S, Year 7
Music Department News
As we come to the end of term we are catching our breath in the music department after what has been a wonderful programme of events. We have had visits from the Bang On! junkyard percussion duo, who ran workshops for the Prep School; the Singing Waiters who surprised the school at lunch with a flashmob opera performance in the dining hall and then ran a workshop for Pre-Prep; acoustic folk duo The Sound of the Sirens who judged House Music, held a workshop for the Senior Chamber Choir and then performed for the school; a wonderful violin recital by Stephen Bryant and a fabulous jazz evening with the Frank Walden Quartet. The House Music competition was again a huge success with over a hundred entries, eventually won by Armstrong, the combined schools concert at GLive was a great afternoon and evening with ninety-five Duke of Kent pupils involved and just yesterday was the Pre-Prep Spring Concert (see the write up in this bulletin for details). A huge well done to all the pupils involved in all of the above; I think we all deserve a lovely rest over Easter!
Mr Rye
E-Safety Tips
Crimewatch this week focused on cybercrime. If you get a chance you can catch the episode here:
There were some interesting pieces during the episode but one in particular emphasised the importance of security settings on social media. The short clip of this section is available here:


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"Wedding reception favors are small tokens of appreciation to your guests for sharing in your special day, so make sure to come up with something that is from the heart."..
Story by Unique Wedding Favours
Wedding reception favors are tokens of appreciation to all the wedding guests who shared in the joy of your wedding day. They can be small, yet special items that tell your guests that you truly appreciate their attendance or large and extravagant items that your guests will be talking about for years. No matter how simple or elaborate, you should give some sort of small thank you gift to your guests.
Wedding reception favors are generally placed on the table behind each individual place setting or on a main table near the exit door of your reception location. As guests prepare to leave your wedding, they should be able to see the gifts and know that they are meant for guests to take home. While your wedding reception favors will often double as wedding reception table decorations, your guests might not realize they are supposed to take them home if they are on the individual tables. In order to solve this problem, most wedding reception favors have a card or label on the front that has the wedding couple's name and wedding date on the front or with envelopes addressed to the individual guests. This can also be useful as a place card holder for the table settings. To solve any confusion as to what is meant to be taken home and what is to be left behind, your wedding planner or DJ can just make an announcement towards the end of the reception to remind your guests not to forget their wedding reception favors.
If you choose to place all of the wedding reception favors on a single table near the door, make sure it is decorated nicely and attracts people to it so guests don't just walk right past it. If you have wedding reception favors that are easily stackable, consider making an attractive sculpture out of the favors to attract the eye or place them on multiple layers using stacking boxes and covering them with table linens.
You also want to make sure you have plenty of wedding reception favors for every single person who attends your wedding. This means ordering extras just in case additional people show up to your reception unexpectedly or people end up taking more than their share of the favors. This can be a problem with setting up a single table near the exit door, especially if you have a somewhat valuable or extravagant gift. While you might not think your wedding guests will take an extra favor, it is much better to be safe than sorry. Consider keeping a few of the favors hidden away just in case this happens so you can have any extras handed out to lingering guests who may not have gotten one of the gifts.
Most wedding reception favors are just little tokens that go with the theme of the wedding and usually have the name of the couple and the wedding date engraved or labeled on the item in some way. Popular wedding reception favors include candles with decorative candle holders, flower vases, drink coasters, little tins filled with mints, glass jars filled with candy, miniature bottles of champagne, silver picture frames with a photo of the newly married couple, paper weights, small potted plants, or snowglobes.
For the wedding party, you might want to give out more extravagant wedding reception favors as an extra special thank you for all they have done for you before and during the wedding. This might include a larger version of the smaller wedding reception favors or something more substantial. Consider choosing silver plated wine stoppers, engraved key chains, jewelry items, or gift baskets that are filled with a variety of favors and more personalized gifts inside for each bridesmaid and groomsman.
No matter what you choose for your wedding reception favors, just make sure they are a symbolic expression of your appreciation for everything your guests have done to support you and your spouse on your special day and beyond. While it doesn't have to be extravagant, it does have to be from the heart.