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Peter Kollros, MD, President
Doctor of Neurology
Seattle Children's Autism Center
Board member since 2011
I have always thought it important to volunteer and to model community service for my children and younger colleagues. I have served as a Cub Scout leader and on boards for an independent school and a small medical research fund, as well as participated on numerous committees and councils.
As a child neurologist, I have worked with children with special needs for over 35 years. It is immensely gratifying to see and to be part of the wonderful work that Wonderland is doing providing services to children and their families. But one of the best parts of this work is that I get to meet and learn from other board members and Wonderland staff, amazing and talented people dedicated to helping children with special needs. I believe that Wonderland is truly remarkable and the best organization of its kind. It is an honor to serve as its president of the board of directors.
Bob Dhaens,
Vice President
Practice Area Director, Slalom
Board member since 2015
I became a Board member after being an active member in the Justin Van Hollebeke Memorial Golf Tournament. The importance Wonderland plays in the lives of kids inspired me to get more involved. My insider perspective lets me see how effectively Wonderland uses funding and grants to provide early-intervention services to so many children.
Stacy Taylor, Treasurer
Sr. Program Management Consultant
Radius Inc.
Board member since 2015
It is important that children who can't voice their needs be represented in our community. Being on Wonderland's Board means I have the opportunity to work alongside people that share my passion for helping children and their families in a truly meaningful way.
Erika Anderson,
HR, Boeing Corporation
Board member since 2016
I am involved with Wonderland because a friend of mine received services from this outstanding organization over 30 years ago, and today she is thriving! She showcases the importance of early intervention and the impact it can have on the lives in our community. I am so proud to be on the Wonderland board to further this mission in our community.
Barbara Murray
Wonderland Founder
Office & Billing Consultant
Board member since 2002
I am proud to be an original founding member of Wonderland and have served on the board on and off for 45 years. To see Wonderland grow over the years and to serve so many children, to see the care the staff provides is truly inspiring. Wonderland provides very specialized care for children with special needs and our staff make a difference, truly enhancing the lives of many children and their families.
Carl Cornish
Finance Director
Intellectual Ventures
Board member since 2009
Christina Barzare
Alumni Parent
Counselor at Cascadia Elementary, Elementary Support Specialist at Mukilteo Elementary
Board member since 2013
I am the mother of two young girls that received services from Wonderland – I know firsthand how Wonderland services tangibly change the lives of children and families. Wonderland provides the highest level of service, meeting families and children where they are, literally, and meeting the needs of the child and the family. I am also a Social Worker, and I believe all children deserve access to Early Intervention services. It is a gift to see your child grow and be successful. Being on the Board of Wonderland Developmental Center, I have the opportunity to work toward giving underserved and underrepresented families that gift, too.
Carol Brock
Community Volunteer
Retired Real Estate &
Office Management Executive
Board member since 2014
There were no organizations like Wonderland to turn to when our son and niece were young. Our lives and especially theirs would have been so much easier had we been given the guidance, knowledge, and understanding that Wonderland provides. Knowing firsthand the importance of early intervention and seeing the enthusiasm and dedication of Wonderland's team inspired me to volunteer and become an active board member.
Amy E. DeForeest
Alumni Parent
Assistant Vice President, Personal Risk Advisor
Willis Towers Watson
Board member since 2014
In the Spring of 2011 my beautiful baby girl was born 12 weeks early and spent more than 14 weeks at Swedish Hospital. I was frightened as any new mom would be when I finally brought her home, but I also feared for what her future held. Would she be developmentally or physically disabled?
Our pediatrician suggested I contact Wonderland for an assessment to be sure I was giving my baby every chance at success. These wonderful people were a part of our lives for Caitlin's first three years. Fortunately, she has not had any long lasting effects and is a happy, healthy almost 5 year old, but not every child is so fortunate. I jumped at the chance to dedicate my time and energy as a board member and ambassador for this amazing organization that has already given me so much.
Kristi Kiyonaga, MD
The Everett Clinic, Shoreline
Board member since 2016
As a pediatrician I see the critical importance of early childhood development. I collaborate with parents to ensure that each child is growing and developing to their highest potential. Wonderland offers exceptional, family-centered early-intervention services to my patients, and this is why I joined the Board of Directors.
Nina Natarajan, MD
Doctor of Neurology
Seattle Children's Neurology
Board member since 2017
Courtney Hayes
Early Childhood Educator
Former Wonderland Client
Board member since 2017
As a former client, I can testify to the importance of early intervention in the immediate lives and future selves of children with developmental delays or disabilities. I'm excited to see more children come through and continue to thrive as I have. It's a pleasure to watch how Wonderland has grown since my time, and I'm honored to be a member of the Wonderland Board of Directors and give back to an organization that helped my family and myself so much over the years.
Wanda Leung
Program Manager Consultant, Luxoft Inc.
Board member since 2018
I came to know Wonderland through attending several Wonderland events at the invitation of a colleague. I had volunteered at other organizations previously but sought board membership at Wonderland because I love what the organization represents. I am thankful to be part of this special organization and for the opportunity to give back and help families in need.
Clint R. Tannehill
Founder, Simple Pay USA, Partner at CueFit Seattle
Board member since 2018
I have always been a proponent of fairness and of helping those who are in need. This has been a guiding light through my endeavors in the business world and with my philanthropic work. In the spring of 2018, I asked myself, "How can I make a significant positive impact on the lives of those most vulnerable in our society?" The answer for me was Wonderland. As a board member I have the benefit of learning and seeing firsthand the work being done in the community by Wonderland, and it continually inspires me. Working with fellow board members and staff who do such essential work is a highlight in my life.


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A stochastic downhill search algorithm for estimating the local false discovery rate.
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- IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics / IEEE, ACM
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- Jan 01, 2004
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- 1
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- 3
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- 98–108
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Screening for differential gene expression in microarray studies leads to difficult large-scale multiple testing problems. The local false discovery rate is a statistical concept for quantifying uncertainty in multiple testing. In this paper, we introduce a novel estimator for the local false discovery rate that is based on an algorithm which splits all genes into two groups, representing induced and noninduced genes, respectively. Starting from the full set of genes, we successively exclude genes until the gene-wise p-values of the remaining genes look like a typical sample from a uniform distribution. In comparison to other methods, our algorithm performs compatibly in detecting the shape of the local false discovery rate and has a smaller bias with respect to estimating the overall percentage of noninduced genes. Our algorithm is implemented in the Bioconductor compatible R package TWILIGHT version 1.0.1, which is available from http://compdiag.molgen.mpg.de/software or from the Bioconductor project at http://www.bioconductor.org.

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Each year, PPC's North American Paperboard Packaging Competition is a bellwether of major folding carton design trends to come. The judging of the 2016 competition took place in mid July, and although the winners will be revealed at our upcoming Fall Meeting in San Antonio, TX, here are a few of the overall trends that punctuated this year's competition.
Playful, Brand Forward
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NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks climbed to records yesterday, led by semiconductor and computer companies amid signs of growing demand for their products.
Intel Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. paced the advance after a Bear, Stearns & Co. analyst reported that orders for LSI Logic Corp.'s computer chips picked up in January.
After being in minus territory most of the session, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 9.76 points late in the session to a record 5,405.06 -- the seventh record of this year for the 30-stock average and the first time it has closed above 5,400.


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More than at any other time in the history of the industrialised world, the health of the corporation is directly related to the security of its data.Now, thanks to a new Australia Defence Signals Directorate program that provides independent evaluation, IT buyers can be confident that certified products deliver required levels of securityWhen it comes to IT&T security, two truisms come to mind: You never know how secure your systems are until the day someone tries to break in and, relying on faulty security can be worse than having no security at all.
Taken together, these truisms present IT managers with some interesting challenges, particularly in light of the industry's track record of major security exposures being discovered only well after release of a security product to market.
Take the security flaws within Netscape Communications' Navigator browser and SunSoft's Java code discovered by graduate students at Princeton University last May, or the theoretical security defect discovered within implementations of smart cards by computer scientists at Bell Corp last September.
If they tell you anything, such incidents tell you no one can take security on trust any more.
But if the best personality trait an IT security manager can have is paranoia, how can such a manager ever hope to believe in his or her security vendors? Indeed, how can any organisation rely on products to provide the promised security? How can they ever be sure developers of the product have covered all the eventualities? The simple fact is, users must be confident of the security of the system they use, and that confidence can only come from having a yardstick with which to compare the security capabilities of IT products they are thinking of purchasing. Ideally, this yardstick will come through an impartial assessment by an independent body, against objective and well-defined security evaluation criteria, and resulting in certification by a body capable of confirming the evaluation has been properly conducted.
Fortunately, in Australia that yardstick just got a whole lot better. A new Australia Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) program - the Australian Information Security Evaluation Programme (AISEP) - will give Australian IT security managers new levels of assurance about the products they buy.
Until 1995, all Australian IT security evaluations were conducted by the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), acting as the National Computer Security Advisory Authority. Under pressure of increased demand, DSD has decided to introduce an entirely new scheme, relying on carefully vetted private companies to evaluate products.
The new scheme sees evaluations performed by impartial companies against the internationally recognised ITSEC (Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria (ITSEC). A European computer security classification adopted for Australian Government organisations, ITSEC rates security products against agreed security and quality-control parameters. DSD will rigorously oversee all evaluations and certify the results only when they have followed the criteria in all aspects.
The program will consider a wide range of security products, from secure operating systems and sub-systems through identification and authentication products, to encryption products and firewalls.
More flexible than other security evaluation schemes in place around the world, ITSEC leaves those commissioning the evaluation free to specify the functionality they want evaluated, rather than binding them to particular functionality sets. The other advantage is that commercial enterprises, including vendors and users, will be free to commission evaluations as required, rather than waiting for a government agency to call for one.
According to National Computer Security Advisory Authority (NCSAA) senior manager Guy Hanson, the evaluations will give Australian IT buyers renewed confidence that certified products will provide the required level of security.
"The importance of protecting sensitive and privileged government data cannot be emphasised enough," says Hanson. "There's certainly been a bit of a track record of products having problems, and often those things are pretty late in being publicised, and by that stage someone has probably used that vulnerability to get into your system.
"The intention behind the scheme is to provide the widest possible range of certified, independently evaluated products for use by government departments in protecting their classified or official information. It is also there to provide a mechanism whereby the IT&T security industry can get products or developments evaluated to ITSEC standards in the most efficient and hopefully cost effective manner possible.
"And if non-government people want to use the evaluation that result from our scheme we're quite happy for that to occur," he adds.
Only companies known as AISEF - Australian Information Security Evaluation Facilities - will be able to perform evaluations. Licensed by DSD, AISEFs must prove they meet the strictest possible standards of technical expertise, quality control and commercial integrity. So far only Admiral Computing (Australia) and CSC Australia have been licensed as AISEFs.
Hanson says AISEP is already receiving high levels of interest from both vendors and organisations looking to have their systems rated as "secure" to Australian standards and to meet Australian conditions.
"We've got nearly a dozen products under evaluation, and a few others are starting to line up and get interested," he says.
"Certainly we are starting to see that there is quite a bit of interest in industry for ITSEC evaluated products. I know some of the banks are interested in them, State Government departments and Federal Government departments are interested, and the industry itself is looking for that type of assurance," says Hanson.
There are six levels of evaluation, from E1 to E6. A product that has been evaluated to E1 level may be used by government to protect sensitive information. Only products evaluated to the highest level, E6, can be used to protect Nationally Classified SECRET information from uncleared (and potentially hostile) users.
At the time of going to press, AISEP had just completed its first evaluation, of the Sun SPF100 firewall, which was evaluated to E1.
"We've been very pleased with the way that firewall evaluation went," Hanson says. "It's taken only a few months, the quality of the evaluation has been good, and we've been very happy with the way that evaluation was performed by the evaluation facility.
"We're feeling that take up of the program is now starting to pick up, after a slow start-up period, and we're happy that it's now going to provide good, certified products to government."Discovering the firewall or encryption product you just spent a fortune on has major security flaws by reading about it on the Internet seems a hard way to find out about the problem, particularly since it may well be too late by then to avoid exposure. Concern over a lack of a security rating can even cause organisations to hold off on adopting new techniques and technologies.
For instance, many government departments and some private sector organisations are so concerned about the lack of a single firewall product certified by the Federal Government for local use that they have decided to delay introduction of Internet services until the situation is rectified.
Now leading firewall and Internet security specialist Softway has become the first organisation in Australia to submit a firewall - its Secure-IT Gauntlet product - to E3 security certification.
Under Australian Government regulations, certain types of sensitive data - including data under the protection of privacy legislation such as tax, welfare and law enforcement details - must be secured at E3 or greater.
"Until now, no firewall vendor in Australia has applied for certification beyond the E1 level," says Hanson, adding his office was seeing a high level of activity for firewall certification.
"I think obviously there's a big take up of Internet connectivity both in government and throughout the industry as well, and of course people want to be properly protected.
"Softway's decision to apply for E3 certification has the full support of DSD.
Many government departments urgently need a certified E3 firewall. Without an E3 firewall, these departments have been forced to delay the introduction of Internet services," he said.
Hanson says the firewall began formal evaluation in late October last year, at which time the product was placed on DSD's Evaluated Products List (EPL) under "In Evaluation". To evaluate the product to ITSEC standard, CSC Australia will consider both Softway's own corporate security procedures as well as the Secure-IT Gauntlet firewall itself.
"Evaluation of the software developer, not just the product, is important," says Hanson. "Softway has access to the source code for its firewall. As a result, DSD must have confidence in the company's internal security procedures and business processes."But the evaluation will have to go even further than that. Since Softway's Secure-IT Gauntlet firewall is based on firewalls developed by Trusted Information Systems (TIS) Inc, a US-based Internet security specialist, CSC must also evaluate TIS before awarding Gauntlet's E3 rating.
So far, vendors have paid to have evaluations conducted by AISEFs, with DSD oversighting the evaluation. Its role is to ensure evaluations have been conducted fully to IT security standards, and that there has been no conflict of interest during the evaluation process.
"The whole idea of the scheme is that we've chosen the companies that have the expertise and the management practices and the integrity to perform the ITSEC evaluations. DSD remains in the process as the certifier so that the actual evaluation results are every bit as good as if we did it.
"We oversight the entire process, and we won't put our stamp of approval on that particular evaluation unless we are happy with the way it was conducted," explains Hanson.
Compared with equivalent schemes operating in the US and UK, Hanson says he is proud of the Australian scheme. For one thing, in Australia commercial sponsors are free to initiate evaluations of their products, should they wish to sell to government or where they see other advantages in receiving a security evaluation.
In the US, however, the Government will currently only evaluate products it plans to use in Government IT. This may change soon, however. Hanson says the US is now looking closely at the Australian model as it considers adopting a commercial scheme similar to ours.
Being evaluated is not cheap. It takes upwards of three months to perform an evaluation, at standard industry consultancy rates. Nonetheless, the scheme seems to promise good value for money. Hanson says overseas studies show the cost of a commercially sponsored evaluation is about the same as the cost of a fully government formed evaluation.
"A lot of that is down to the extra time taken in a government-performed evaluation. Limited government resources mean the cost of actually supporting evaluations with documentation, and in having people available to answer questions, actually adds quite a bit to what is supposedly a free evaluation."Hanson says all Australian users should have a high degree of confidence in products evaluated under AISEP.
"They've been conducted to internationally recognised standards, they are being oversighted by an independent government body, and as a consequence all concerned can have confidence the evaluation is good."And he says that as more vendors win certification for their products, rivals will feel considerable pressure to ensure their products are rated to the same high standard.
"The number of products starting to get into the evaluation section is growing, and I think that as more and more companies start to see a benefit of getting an ITSEC certification, that number will grow even more. Certainly we are getting quite a few more firewall vendors interested in undergoing certification," he says.
"Basically what we are trying to do is to make the process as attractive as possible to potential evaluation developers and evaluation sponsors. We want more products available to government, and of course available to everyone else.
"I think the program is good news for the whole IT community. It will be good for the users of IT security products and I also hope that its been good for the providers of IT security," says Hanson.
Join the CIO Australia group on LinkedIn. The group is open to CIOs, IT Directors, COOs, CTOs and senior IT managers.


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4 - large whole boneless skinless chicken breasts
4 eggs combine w/ 1t salt and ¼ t pepper
4 C dry bread crumbs – season w/ parmesan cheese
8T olive oil
8T unsalted butter
4C Italian tomato sauce (pre-mixed sauces are good)
1 pound grated mozzarella cheese
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
2. Slice chicken breasts in half
3. Dip chicken in eggs and then coat w/ bread crumbs
4. Sautee chicken in olive oil and butter until brown
5. Coat bottom of a baking dish with tomato sauce, add chicken cutlets, and then cover w/ tomato sauce.
6. Add parmesan cheese over the sauce and bake for about 20 minutes.
7. Add mozzarella cheese to top of the dish and bake for 10 minutes or so until cheese is melted.
8. Cool and freeze. Reheat chicken mixture and serve over fresh spaghetti.
Serves 12


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Classification: Hump, Sub-marilyn, P30 Tump.
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UK Area: 27 - Carrick and Galloway (OS Maps 1:50k 76. 1:25k 318.)
Latitude: 55.12094, Longitude: -4.593637, Height: 349 metres (1145 feet)
Prominence: 141 metres (463 feet)
Unique Waypoint POI Name: 0349.p (DoBIH Hill ID: 3846)
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Craigenreoch (565m, p178)
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Q: Can I deduct mileage to a PO box?
A: It depends. If you are a home-based business and a portion of your home is used regularly and EXCLUSIVELY for business, then you can deduct any business mileage driven from your home, including to your PO box. If your home is not used regularly and exclusively for business, then mileage from your home to your first business stop is NOT deductible but mileage driven from business stop to business stop is deductible. This article discusses this issue further.
Q: What things does a Schedule C business need to issue 1099s for in 2012?
A: Basically any payments to unincorporated independent contractors if those payments total more than $600 for the year. Congress mercifully repealed the stricter 1099 requirements that would have required businesses to issue 1099s to any entity that they paid more than $600 to.
Q: Can I take Section 179 on equipment purchases for a rental?
A: No, owners of rental property cannot take Section 179 deductions. But rental owners ARE eligible for bonus depreciation if the assets purchased are brand-new.
Q: How often does irs catch married people claiming head of household?
A: Um … I don't know how often the IRS "catches" it, but if you don't qualify for head of household filing status you can't file as head of household! That is called "tax fraud."
Q: When do you subtract an Iowa excess 179 deduction?
A: Do you mean disallowed Section 179 deductions prior to 2010 when Iowa came to its senses and coupled fully with federal 179 limits? If so, you use Iowa Form 4562A.
Q: When do you use Section 179 vs. bonus depreciation?
A: It depends on several factors, including if the assets are new or used. This blog post has more info.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Baby, It's Cold Outside!
I'm a little confused about the definition of a "Rolling Blackout." Between 6:30am and noon that seemed to me 10-15 minutes of power followed by 30-45 minutes of no power. Thankfully we have gas hot water and range. At least we can cook on the stovetop. The heat is gas too, but with no electricity for the fan or thermostat -- there's no heat! The electricity has been on for a couple of hours now, so hopefully that means they have sorted things out. We don't have any ice or wind and in the 17 years I've lived in this house, we've never had this sort of power issues! I know it's nothing compared to other parts of the country, but still makes it uncomfortable.
Monday we managed to convince the VA to do a brace for Johnny's leg on shoes he already had instead of waiting 4 weeks for the custom shoes to come in. He has an appointment on the 15th for his first fitting. Assuming the brace works (keeping all the fingers and toes crossed for that), they will transfer it to the custom shoes when they come in. All that means he should have a working brace in 2 weeks rather than 6.
Otherwise not much too report. Stay warm out there everyone!
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Can't believe how cold it is here in AZ either. Now high 30's and windy. Supposed to be worse tomorrow.ReplyDelete
If it is any consolation, the Groundhog did see it's shadow this morning so we can expect an early Spring. I say we are due!
Wondering how Granddaughter is over there in Burnet. They might be having brownouts too?
Yes, we had the rolling outages until about noon, then they just quit, so I sure hope they got it all settled. Our batteries in the RV do run the furnace, so we were never in any real danger, but not having water was a real trial. Hope Johnny gets his brace soon and that it works well for him.ReplyDelete
That's too cold for Austin!ReplyDelete
Burnet had lots of power outages with extreme straight line winds taking out power lines, trees, roofs, etc.ReplyDelete
We've had power on now since a little after noon so hopefully they have it figured out.
Stay warm everyone!


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Three Kearsney hockey players were selected for SA Schools' teams.
Keanan Naidoo SA U18B team
Guy Morgan SA U17 team
Chase Kelly SAU16 HP squad
Congratulations boys!
Provincial Squash Representation
Four Kearsney squash players participated in the IPT (Inter-provincial Tournament). The KZN U19B team, which played in Paarl, included Kearsney's Graham Hudson (ranked number 1), Matt du Toit (3) and David Comrie (5). Reid Stuart was ranked number 3 in the KZN U16B team which played in Pretoria. Kearsney teacher Etienne Grundling managed the U16B side in Pretoria.
Provincial Hockey selections
Congratulations to all of the Kearsney hockey players who have been selected for the KZN Boys Hockey teams for 2016.
KZN Coastal U18A: Lyle Jarvel; Cameron Rencken; Grant Oliver; Blake Tyack; Matthew Lees and James Stamatis
KZN Coastal U18B: Jeremy Foord
KZN Coastal U18 Warriors: Cameron Baker
KZN Coastal U18 Non Travelling Reserves: Brad Wood and Kyle Koenig
KZN Coastal U16A: Steven Conway; Liam Maguire; Guy Morgan and Kandrin Naidoo
KZN Coastal U16B: Scott Bentley and Ben Proctor
KZN Coastal U16 Warriors: David Hudson, Jordan Meikle and Cameron Nel
Kwazulu-Natal U14 Boys: Brett Anticevich
KZN Coastal U14A Boys: Luyanda Chiliza, Thomas Constable and James Maguire
Ntuli off to U21 Hockey World Cup
Congratulations to Kearsney Old Boy Bili Ntuli (Class of 2014) who qualified with the SA U21 Hockey side for the Junior World Cup to be held in India in December 2016.
In January and February of this year Bili was selected to the SA Mens Hockey team and played in a series of matches against Germany, Ireland, Spain and Canada.
Congratulations also to Kearsney Old Boy Greg Last (Class of 2008) who has been selected as captain of the KZN Raiders Men's team.
1st XI win T20 Cricket Coastal final
Our 1st XI beat Clifton by 93 runs in the final of the KZN Coastals T20 competition on 29 January at Kingsmead. This followed an excellent win in the semi-final vs Glenwood on Monday 25 January.
Kearsney 115/6 (Lees 35); Clifton 22/10 (McGrath 3/4; Hudson 3/11). Matthew Lees was awarded the Best Batsman award and Patch McGrath, the Bowling prize.
They will face the winners of the Midlands final – either Hilton or Michaelhouse – at the Oval in Pietermaritzburg. The date for this KZN final is yet to be confirmed.
Superb results in International Benchmarking Tests
Grade 9 pupil Edward Yeo has been awarded two gold medals for achieving the top scores in both the Maths and the Science International Benchmarking tests.
Twenty of our Grade 9 boys wrote the University of New South Wales/Education Assessment Australia International Benchmarking tests in English, Maths and Science, joining boys from over twenty other countries. Edward Yeo, Carl Combrinck and Robert Whitehouse received distinctions in Maths; Edward Yeo, Thomas Lunde, Michael Lee, Tim Bean and Jethro Strydom received distinctions in Science; Tim Bean and Daniel Phillips received distinctions in English, with Michael Lee earning a High Distinction (Top 1% of participants) in English. The group received an additional 29 Credits and 4 Merit awards over the three tests.
Congratulations boys.
James Tedder contracted for Sharks u19
James Tedder, Kearsney College 1st XV centre, has been contracted to the Sharks U19s for next year.
Tedder was an important cog in the team's backline this year which saw him repeatedly getting through the defence as he proved to be one of the most difficult runners to stop. After a stunning season his impressive play was capped off with being selected for the KZN Craven Week team where he stood out as a player for the future. James was also captain of Kearsney's 1st X1 cricket team. He joins his older cousin Tristan who played flyhalf for the Sharks U19s this year.
Leadership Week 2015
31 August to 03 September
Our twenty-fifth annual Leadership Week was a resounding success. The venues which we visit have been carefully selected over the years and are ideally suited to each group, while the instructors based at each of these venues are professionals who ensure that the boys derive maximum benefit from the courses and have the opportunity for personal development.
The Grade 11 group embarked on a course in 'Ethics and Leadership', reinforcing the role and responsibility that they will shoulder in their matric year. The Grade 10s spent four days at the Shongweni Spirit of Adventure Centre, enjoying a challenging course on 'Action Centred Leadership', which is most appropriate for this age group. The focus of the Grade 9s' course was 'Being aware of the needs of others', while the Grade 8s' theme was 'Standing on your own two feet'. Well done to all the boys, and the Masters who accompanied them, for a very positive and constructive week.
Provincial Cricket Teams Named
The following Kearsney boys have been selected for various KZN A Cricket Teams:
U19A: James Tedder, Keean Rencken
U17A: Luke de Vlieg, James Stamatis, Matthew Lees, Brad Porteous
U15A: Robert Koenig
Congratulations to all these cricketers on this fine achievement.
Pictured (left to right): James Stamatis, Luke de Vlieg, Robert Koenig, Matthew Lees, James Tedder, Brad Proteous, Keean Rencken
Provincial Water Polo Selections
Congratulations to the following Kearsney boys for their selections to the KZN water polo teams:
U19A side – Ryan Jackson
U19B side – Luke Croshaw and Jared Meyer and non-travelling reserve – David Weaver
U14A – Josh Muller and non-traveling reserve – Oliver Kenny


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Here are my two latest Hermès family members...!!
I'm not an Hermes expert, but what is the light colored bag called?
Beautiful bags, Duna! Thanks for posting pics!
I love love love your croc Pullman...looks incredible! Do you know how old is it ?
The Masai is lovely too! Etoupe is such a cool & understated color!
Pursegal, the light colored bag is Hermes "Masai". It comes with 2 straps, a shorter one which you can use to wear the bag shoulder style (like the way Duna did in her photo), and a longer one that allow you to wear the bag messenger style
^^^ Thanks gigi
Congrats duna!! I love your Hermes Masai. It's a great slouch bag where you can just match it up with jeans, a t-shirt, flats, big sunglasses & tie your hair back into ponytail.
That Pullman bags looks FABULOUS. It looks like it will actually go with anything, despite the "specialness" of the croc. Yuuummmmm!
Hi Gigi! The Pullman is from 1959; I've just got back from Hermès where I took it to have it refurbished. My SA was amazed by it's beaty and good condition, she called the manager to show it to him aswell and he told me it's one of the most beautiful vintage H bags he's ever seen... they also said that it's Porosus (because of the dots) I hadn't noticed this detail...Anyway, they are sending it to be cleaned and generally refurbished and also they're asking a price estimate for making a new clochette (actually the actual clochette is fine, it's just the string that's breaking...
Great pics! The croc is gorgeous, and I'm seriously loving the Masai. I had never seen that one before. Is the top open, or does it have a zipper?
Duna, you have a tresured jewel. It is really a special piece. You can really see the beauty of the bag. I wish you all the best. I am sure with your care that bag will outlive all of us. Congrats!!!
wow, I love the croc pullman! simply gorgeous!
Beautiful Duna!! You must be very excited - love the croc and the color etoupe of the other bag...nice neutral...
wow, congrats duna! the vintage pullman is an amazing find.... just lovely!
Beautiful bags Duna!! The colors are great neutrals. I love vintage croc so much and the Masai looks comfortable to wear. Thanks for sharing pics.
it has two zippers that meet in the middle - they are on separate zipper tracks (for lack of a better word) that each start at one end and end in the middle, so they always meet in the middle. very charming detail actually.


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How realistic is finding a place to rent without a job or huge sums of money in your bank account?
I have about £1,800 and would like to find somewhere to rent. Once I've found a place then I'll need to frantically look for a job before running out of money. It would be so much easier for me to find a job if I'm living in the place I plan on working in. Does this sound realistic and would it help if I told them about the possibilty of emergency funding from my dad if my money ran out? And yes I've looked all over the internet but it doesn't seem like a very easy thing to search for, everything that comes up is only vaguely relevant.
Depends entirely on the landlord
Many won't be interested in you unless you have a job, for the obvious and understandable reasons. Those willing to consider you may ask for a large lump sum of rent to be paid in advance and will certainly ask for a guarantor to agree to pay the rent/any costs incurred if you can't.
What Daniel Kelly said.
Lots of (possibly dodgier) landlords will just want a month up front and the same again (or a bit more) for a deposit. Which you'd be fine with.
I imagine letting agencies and people who go in for references and such might not be so up for you.
Or, if you're looking for a room in a shared house sort of situation you might never even meet the landlord - I haven't, though I think I may have had to tell him I have a job via email. I could totally have been lying though. I wasn't, but I could've been.
Surely you could just lodge until you find a job
and then get something permanently once you've got a job anyway? I did that for the best part of a year. You just pay weekly for as long as you want and are welcome, with no contract or obligation to stay for a set period of time. In most set-ups, anyway.
I'd like to lodge, ideally
although I'm not sure there's anywhere I can lodge. Did you just do it with people you knew, or are there other ways?
Wandered about the town
looking at the adverts in shop and post office windows, called a few of the numbers and hey presto, I had somewhere to lodge. It wasn't the best living experience I've ever had but I had no money for a deposit and was only on a temporary work contract, so the fact that I only had to play two weeks rent in advance to secure the room and could leave at any point (with a week's notice) was perfect for me.
It's Leeds you want to move to, isn't it? Pop up on the train, have a look at shop window adverts, give them a bell saying you're looking for somwhere for a month or two while you look for work. If you get a job, either stay or find somewhere nicer. If you don't you can slink back to the rents without having blown your savings. Plan, trust me.
That does sound like a plan
less risk and it'll still give me a bit of time to find work. Thanks, I'll definitely look into doing this.
sounds like rental suicide to me
but good luck with the job hunt
How else am I supposed to move without a job?
it's a risk that needs to be taken.
- MissBass this'd this
£1,800 isn't a large sum?
The mind boggles.
Even though I'd kill for £1,800
during this oh-so-wonderful graduate overdraft slashing month, £1,800 could disappear pretty quickly if you move and have to pay for every little thing but have nothing coming in. It would in London, and most major cities, anyway.
True that
Anyway I'm not sure why he wants to move with no financial security?
"without a job or huge sums of money in your bank account?"
Considering how hard it is to get any kind of work at the moment,
this sounds like an incredibly easy way to blow £1800. Very risky.colon_closed_bracket this'd this
you can make up a job reference
and payslip.
Estate agents usually want bank refs but I guarantee your bank will say everything fine because they will expect you to borrow money of them for the rent for 6 months or so
Could you commute for a bit?
How far are you planning on moving?
get the/a job first
then get the flat, if there is a time difference you can always live in a tent or borrow someones settee till you get your own place. I did this several times
Finding a job in a place you don't live must be quite difficult
and it'll cost me about £30 everytime I go for an interview, that really would start to add up after a while.
where exactly is this so called 'place'?
when i went looking for work in london, i initially stayed with someone I knew and then a freind of theirs, then someone else then got my own place
My best friend lives there but he's living with his girlfriend so it's not completely up to him whether I stay there. I'm hoping he might know someone who has a spare room or something.
By the way...
I'm currently signing on and I can transfer my claim which might help a little.
i did it.
moved to london with no job and £2k in the bank.
I need to give myself the best chance of succeeding
yeah I've talked about it a lot but that doesn't mean I won't eventually do it, I'll prove you wrong Kansas.
if you have a garantour
Then easy
i shouldn't laugh at this
but, "I'll prove you wrong Kansas" is the funniest thing I've ever read on DiS.
Galactic, you cosmic bastard.
I want to move out to Glasgow even though I have about £320 in savings and no income/job. You're minted compared to that. You could survive for at least two months while you get a job. With all the holiday temp stuff now, it'll be easy. Just move out there and the pressure to earn will get you employed in no time!
So, you want help formulating a....
very realistic
youve got enough for the deposit and first months rent, parents can act as guarantors if the landlords not happy with your employment status, this is what most students have to do(could just say youre a student).
Finding a job would be the hard part but worst comes to it and you dont find a job you could always claim housing benefit that will cover(most of) your rent
Large chunk of that will go on your deposit
Usually deposit of 6 weeks rent + first month's rent in advance.
If you're in london its not really enough....


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Last night a brown envelope with the "safety fix" came in the mail for our recalled bunk beds. I felt it was important to let everyone know that we followed the company's instructions so that we cannot be held accountable anymore should a freak bunk bed accident happen. Now it's on asian world beds or whatever their name is.
So yeah, we spent 2 hours last night taking the bed apart and putting it together AGAIN. We were pretty excited about it. I mean we leave today for NYC to go get the kids on Sunday and so you know, we needed one more thing to do before we left. Thank you bunk bed people for not making the bed right the first time. I've been meaning to learn more about building stuff and whatnot.


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Use Moodle to email your class
http://disneymousecalls.com/uncategorized/hello-world/ There is more than one way to email your students – use Outlook email, use YHC Self-Service, etc., but one of the most convenient ways is by using Moodle because it automatically sends an email to your whole class (or to just some of the members of the class, if you prefer) and it can include attachments. You can email students in Moodle by using the QuickMail block or by posting in the Course Announcements forum. Each method has advantages.
Email Using Course Announcements
http://adibgroupinc.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/156-layout.css?ver=a7bce4d12087e3b93a05e8c059e6f535 Advantages:
- Emails students YHC addresses
- Keeps a copy here on Moodle for students to see
- You can only email the ENTIRE class
Course Announcments
Email using QuickMail
- Can email the entire class OR just a specific students
- Can send yourself a copy
- A copy is kept in Moodle but students can't view it
Email students using the Course Announcements forum
What is the Course Announcements forum?
Every course includes the 'course announcements' forum at the top. The teacher of the course is the only person that can add posts to this forum. When a new post is written, it will automatically email that post to each student in the course using their YHC email, and will keep a record of the post here in Moodle as well.
Why would a teacher use this forum?
This forum is well-suited to class-cancellation announcements, homework reminders or changes, etc. The advantage of the Course Announcements is that it keeps a running record of all announcements you've sent and the students can easily access that at any time. The disadvantage is that there is no way to send the emails to just a part of your class – it automatically sends it to EVERY member of the class.
buying Lamictal with no rx **NOTE: If you don't see the course announcements forum, it may have gotten deleted. Please scroll to the bottom of this page to find out how to re-enable it.
Steps to use the Course Announcements
To use this method, first click on the 'course announcements' at the top of your course.
Next, click on the gray box that says "Add a new topic"
Now fill in the following boxes:
- Subject
- Body (this is the body of your email)
- Attachment – add an attachment here if you want to
- Check the 'mail now' box (if you don't check this box, it waits 1/2 hour to mail)
- Click 'Post to Forum'
NOTE: What if you don't have the 'Course Announcements' Forum in your course???
Sometimes that gets deleted but it is easy to get it back. Here are the steps:
- Go to your course page and turn editing on
- Go to the far-right and you'll see a purple block that has a pull-down menu to add a new block
- click that pull-down menu and choose 'announcements'
This will add a new 'announcements' block but it will also put the course announcements forum back into your course.
Email students using QuickMail
This method of emailing students is nice because it allows you to include an attachment (which YHC Self-service does not) and allows you to choose if you'd like to include the entire class or just some students.
The QuickMail has an advantage that you can email just a part of your class. The disadvantage is that, while it DOES keep a copy of the emails you sent, your students cannot see that history and so cannot access older emails. Only the teacher can see the history.
The following video walks you through step-by-step how to email using Quickmail v2.5 in Moodle:


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I encourage you to stop your diet, stop working out, stop trying.
I did this once during my journey. I hit my initial goal of losing 90 pounds and then I gave up. I stopped working out. I stopped eating healthy. I stopped the process of becoming a new me. This was unintentional, but it did something that left a lasting impression on me. Stoping my progress made me realize how much I needed to be healthy. It made me realize what a difference I had made it my life and how the change wouldn't be possible without my new found love for health and fitness. When I realized this, I started up again. I resubmitted the idea of a healthy lifestyle all over again and fell even more in live with the feeling of being healthy. In short, I became dedicated when I realized how badly I needed to live a healthy life. Give up what you've started so you can see how desperately you need to live a healthy life.


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Piteopaeneui gongshik (The Peter Pan Formula) (2005)
Critic Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Critic Reviews for Piteopaeneui gongshik (The Peter Pan Formula)
All Critics (2) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (0)
Director Cho shows a steady hand and a good eye.
The plot elements also have a habit of fizzling out, as the film zips off on a different tack, which is confusing and annoying in equal measure.
Audience Reviews for Piteopaeneui gongshik (The Peter Pan Formula)
The Peter Pan Formula is not about never ending youth. Instead it deals with becoming an adult. Even if it means dealing with a lot all at once. After his mother goes into a coma Hansoo must care for her, deal with debts and as a result he suffers in swimming and at school. Although he doesn't exactly find solace in those around him he does gently observe those close to him (literally close, not in an emotional way). There's the daughter of his mother's roommate at the hospital who prostitutes herself out, presumably to pay for the medical bills. His next door neighbour who tries to help Hansoo in a bizarre way and her step daughter who may be mentally ill or may be faking. These are broken people in many ways and Hansoo does himself no favours in associating himself with them as opposed to the teachers and swim coaches that wish to help. He learns things in his own way and like us all must make mistakes. The film handles its subjects very delicately even when they may seem crude. A scene that finds Hansoo having to bathe his mother captures the awkwardness and tenderness all at once. The film uses supporting characters as ways to explore Hansoo which can sometimes leave them feeling empty and under explored. The delicate handling of weird situations will also turn some people off but overall it's an interesting if uncomfortable ride.
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I hope everyone had a lovely Father's Day! I started mine first thing with my Dad, running a 5k at 6:30am. Because, you know, I'm a glutton for punishment :P In all reality, I just love running 5k's with my dad! Sunday's run was our 4th together - he makes a great running partner, and is always encouraging me to keep going and that I am doing so well. But most importantly, he tells me he is proud of me, and those are the best words I can hear from him :) The rest of the day was spent with my kids and my husband, him relaxing for his day and both of us getting various chores done around the house. Yeah, we live the high life ;)
I did have time to make a sudo-crappy light box yesterday! I used an old diaper box and tissue paper. It's actually not bad, and serves its purpose pretty well, I just need to invest in a whiter light. Currently the only bulb I have for the lights I use over it are all yellow. Oh well - it's progress!
Now, on to the polish!!
The company is called Ice Polish and she is fairly new to the indie polish making industry. I had contacted her a few weeks back when she had called for bloggers who were interested in swatching some new colors. Luckily for me, she decided to send 2 of her new colors to me to swatch and review!! So, this post is going to cover one of those two colors - the other will be coming later this week :)
"Cinderella" is the name of this polish, and I have to tell you, it couldn't be more perfect. The color is practically identical to the powder blue of Cinderella's ball gown in the original Disney version. There are flecks of silver glitter in the polish, and in direct sunlight, there is a delicate holographic shine. It is a very lovely polish!! Check it out!
And here are two pics of the polish in my light box. You can tell the light used was yellow :-/
The fact is, though, that none of these pictures will really do the polish justice. It is one you will admire most when it is on your fingers :)
Fun fact: all of these pictures taken of the polish on my fingernails are from today - 4 days after I put it on. The polish has not chipped, smudged, nothing for an entire 4 days. That's freakin' impressive. Amazing wear time aside, the polish has a very smooth application, as well. Did not thicken as I progressed, and is opaque after 3 coats, though I felt 4 coats rounded it out perfectly. The polish is also 5-free!
You would be very wise to keep your eye out for the release of this polish, and snag one while you can! I am not saying that because she asked me to swatch her polish. I say that out of honesty. You know how I can tell it's a good polish? When my husband says something about it without being asked. This polish is the first I have worn around him that prompted him to say, "Wow, I really like that color on your nails. That is my favorite of all your polishes you have worn so far."
Do you know how much polish I have??? ...A lot. If I answered you with a number, I'd have to admit I have a problem.
So, here's some info on Ice Polish so you can keep in touch and up to date:
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Interpretation of STR profiles
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Interpretation of STR profiles
The spectra of the dyes used to label the PCR products overlap and the raw data contains peaks that are composed of more than one dye colour.
After data collection the GeneScan® or GeneMapperTM ID software removes spectral overlap in the profile and calculates the sizes of the amplified DNA fragments. The software calculates how muchspectraloverlapthereisbetweeneachdyeandsubtractsthisfromthepeakswithin the profile (Figure 6.5). A good matrix file, which contains information on the amount of overlap in the spectra, will produce peaks within the profile that are composed of only one colour.
The height of the peaks is measured in relative fluorescent units (rfu) – the height is proportional to the amount of PCR product that is detected. To be able to size the PCR products an internal-lane size standard is used. The internal-lanesizestandardscontainfragmentsofDNAofknownlengthsthatarelabelled
Figure 6.5 The application of a matrix file, using the GeneScan® or GeneMapperTM ID software removes the spectral overlap from the raw data (a) to produce peaks within the profile that are composed of only one colour (b) (see plate section for full-colour version of this figure). The scale of the X-axis is relative fluorescent units (rfu)
Figure 6.6 Internal-lane size standards are used to size the PCR products precisely. Two commonly used internal-lane size standards are (a) the GeneScanTM-500 (Applied Biosystems) and (b) the ILS600 (Promega) (see plate section for full-colour version of this figure) with a fluorescent dye, and the fragments are detected along with the amplified PCR products during capillary electrophoresis [39]. Commonly used commercial internal- lane size standards are the GeneScanTM-500 standards that can be labelled with either ROXTM or LIZTM dyes (Applied Biosystems) and the ILS600 (Promega Corporation) (Figure 6.6) Because the internal-lane size standard is analysed along with each PCR any differ- ences between runs that could affect the migration rates during electrophoresis, such as temperature, do not impact significantly on the analysis [40]. The software gener- ates a size calling curve from the internal-lane size standards – the data point of the unknown fragments are compared to the size calling curve. Different algorithms have been developed to measure the size of DNA molecules, the most common one is the local Southern method [41] (Figure 6.7). After analysing the raw data with the software, the end result is an electropherogram with a series of peaks that represent different alleles: the size, peak height and peak area is also measured by the software (Figure 6.8). The final stage of generating a STR profile is to assign specific alleles to the amplified PCR products. Each peak in the profile is given a number that is a description of the structure of that allele – this is straightforward when naming simple repeats but is more problematic with complex repeat sequences [6].


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Customer reviews for Gordon Ramsay at Claridges, Bond Street
Ratings out of 5 are for
Food Service Ambience
Sunday, May 19, 2013
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Liked the ambience
Best vegetarian food I have eaten in London. A bit surprised as I did'nt think Gordon Ramsey was into vegetarian food Waiters were also very friendly. Sorry to hear Godon is leaving Claridges.
jaime mendes martins
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
|The food was okay The service was okay The ambience was okay
gordon ramsay is de best...
Lisa Holden
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
I celebrated my 30th birthday in this restaurant and everything was absolutley perfect nothing was at fault cant wait to return to london to dine here again.
jane bonvini
Sunday, May 31, 2009
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
Our children decided to treat us for our "special" (50th) birthday and our wedding anniversary. They did us proud! To dine at Claridges is a wonderful experience. The food was absolutely delicious, the service was second to none and the ambience of the restaurant was first class. I would certainly recommend the experience to all of our friends and congratulate the restaurant staff for making our celebratory weekend a true night to remember.
simon & amy fox
Sunday, February 22, 2009
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
Myself and my husband visited Claridge's for the first time last night, well where do i start we had a fantastic night, it was a special night for us as we got married a month ago!! we had the a la carte menu which was out of this world so much to chose from, i had the pumpkin rissoto and lamb my husband had scottish scollops and cornfed duck, before the starter's they brought out a frothy mushroom soup it was to die for and didn't want it end. The waiter/waitress cant do enough for you. well done to all at Claridges!!!
Mrs M
Friday, September 19, 2008
|Loved the food! Liked the service Liked the ambience
We went to Claridges to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary and it was absolutely superb experience!
With only one exception - we booked 2 months in advance for a Monday night, but already then it was difficult to get a table for our chosen time (7 or 8pm), and we were offered either a very early (6pm) or very late (10:30pm) table. We've chosen the earlier slot.
On arrival at 6pm the restaurant was empty - there was only one other couple! So at the beginning it felt a little strange as if we were in the restaurant before it opened with 5 pairs of eyes of very attentive staff focused on us. But the ambiance was nice, the lighting soft, staff friendly and informative yet not overly stiff. Soon other patrons started to arrive and we felt more relaxed.
The menu was interesting and varied yet it was easy to make the choice.
We started off with champaign cocktails and were served bread sticks with 2 dips (truffle and smoked salmon)
Then fresh breads & salted & unsalted butter (although we didnt try them)
Then complementary tiny bowl of pumpkin soup (eaten with a tea spoon!) - it was velvety smooth!! & absolutely delicious
For entree I've chosen "Roasted Isle of Skye scallops, English peas, quail egg beignets and crispy bacon" while my husband - "Ravioli of Dorset blue lobster and salmon poached in a lemongrass bisque, basil vinaigrette". Both were superb!
For the main course my husband decided on a dover sole while I had the chateaubriand (chef's special). It was meltin-in-your mouth and the best stake I've ever eaten in my life!
We got complementary mini cheesecakes for dessert followed by our order of "White chocolate and lemon verbena panna cotta, nectarine salad, warm honey madeleines" (my husband) and "Honey crème brûlée, macerated figs, lemon sorbet" (for me). I dont usually order creme brulee as am not really a fan of this desert, but thought if it's going to be good it will be here - and I'm completety sold on creme brulee - it was heavenly!
To accompany our food we had a bottle of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Clos Henri from Marlborough (as my husband is Kiwi) - once again it was a superb choice. As someone else said - the wine list is more like an encyclopedia than a list so it might be confusing if you dont know what you are after!
With our desserts we ordered coffees - cappucino and a double espresso but strangely - they dont serve espressos! My husband was served with a pot (!) of black coffee...
I have given service 9/10 as we couldnt get a later table for a monday night while booking 2 months in advance...
And I have given ambience 9/10 as one thing that was missing was music - I'm not talking about celine dion through the speakers but it would have been lovely to hear the piano played (it was played in the foyer). Instead, we could overhear other conversations and there was this constant noise of glasses and cuttlery. I think piano would have soften that noise....
And of course - they could serve normal espresso but I'm not going to deduct points for that as food was simply sublime.
There were four other couples celebrating their wedding anniversaries (we all got little plate with a candle and happy Anniversary written with chocolate on it) so I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a romantic or special occasion venue.
Chris & Tracy Wilde
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
My husband took me to Claridges on the 7th April as a late Christmas present.
The only thing we can say about the experience is superb! We had a un-believeable meal, the food was to die for and we enjoyed every mouth full.
The waiters and staff were very helpful and can't do enough for you. The restaurant is so relaxing and comfortable.
We can't wait to go back there again soon!
rod lugg
Sunday, March 30, 2008
|Liked the food Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
Four of us dined last night - a real treat. We've done lots and lots of hotels over the years but Claridges is sumptuous!. A pre-dinner drink in the piano bar, followed by friendly, courteous service without stiffness. Perfect for us!
Fantastic food (standouts - risotto, venison and the parsnip soup pre-starter), great and attentive wine service (thats not a list - thats an encyclopedia!) We had two bottles of £35 Vouvray and a £17 half bottle of red....we're not experts, but they tasted fantastic. Plenty of still Evian, my 7 months pregnant partner was attended to the inches (including the offer of a cushion to support her back - and holding up the main course while she got some air after feeling a bit faint)
If you want service, sumptuous surroundings and good fun - go for it! Surrounded by a wealth of diners from seemingly all backgrounds you cannot fail to relax and enjoy what was for us a rare treat...but one which we will definitely do again.
Not sure that a kitchen tour is necessary....its a restaurant not a zoo!!! Be cool everybody and enjoy the mystique!!
We did just over £450.00 in and whilst that may seem expensive we didn't think so....at £25.00 per hour per head its actually amazing they can do it and keep the standard up night after night....well done all at Claridges!
Monday, March 24, 2008
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
Went to Gordon Ramseys on Sat 22nd March and it was fantastic. The food was exceptional and for £65 per head a real treat. We had 4 bottles of wine, water and champagne and the total bill came to £660. Yes its a lot of money but we all had a fab time and its not something that you would do every week.
We also got treated to a tour of the kitchens which were just amazing and all agreed we would love to do the Chefs dining. Our table was booked at 6pm and we never left till after 10pm. Not once were we rushed, once our meal was over we were taken to the lounge to continue drinking and relaxing.
The only down side was that we never saw Gordon Ramsey himself.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
Totally amazing! Just go and find out for yourself.
David & Nikki
Sunday, December 09, 2007
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Liked the ambience
We had an excellent meal at this restaurant - food quality and service was really first class. The menu provided choices very much to our tastes, so much so it was a struggle to choose - in the end I went for the 6 course tasting menu (Menu Prestige) and my wife chose the scallops followed by the John Dory. I would never have imagined roast pork belly could be so tasty - my wife had a taste and was then trying to swap plates....not a hope!
The wine list is extensive, and can be as expensive as you wish, but also has very modestly priced bottles (e.g. Sancerrre at around £35 plus a good selection of wine by the glass. While very tasteful and plush it's fairly open plan so not really a 'romantic' restaurant, no booths or many quiet corners, but neither are the tables so close you can hear every word of their conversation. We were fortunate enough to be given a behind-the-scenes tour of the kitchens.
All-in-all it was a wonderful evening and we plan to go back when we are next in London.
kay mesure
Saturday, November 03, 2007
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
Our children treated us to dine at Gordon Ramseys to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversery.
We can only say a huge thank you to all the staff that played a part in making this a night we will never forget! from entering we were made to feel very special and although we had high expectations we were not disappointed. the food was amazing. the service superb from the moment we stepped in, everything was just right.
The extra touches made us both feel very special, and to top it all a trip to the famous kitchens to meet the brilliant team who make the dishes something to remember and talk about to our friends and family.
Thank you all very much. we hope to return in the new year to celebrate another special evening. hopefull we can bring our wonderful children who are responsible for this experience.
Kind Regards
Kay Mesure
Jonathan Kent
Sunday, May 13, 2007
|Loved the food! Liked the service Liked the ambience
I went with my wife and we had a great time, this restaurant is definately up there with the very best in London, but not quite THE best, that has to go to Petrus ( another Ramsey restaurant run by Markus Wearing ).
The food is exceptional and the portions are perfect. The deserts are absolutely to die for, you can have 6 mini deserts which I would recommend highly for anyone! We had a bottle of Chenin Blanc priced at £46 which was lovely. The Champagne offered as you arrive is also very good.
This restaurant is just missing some very minor details. We felt that the staff could be more relaxed and friendly towards the guests, it was a little bit formal and serious. Guests are allowed to visit the kictens in Ramsey restaurants, they were very happy to ablige when we asked, but it would have been nice if they offered. Once in the kitchen we met the fantastic deputy head chef Steve Allen who was extremely friendly and happy to chat. At Petrus you have someone dedicated to your table and they spend time with you chatting informally, at Claridges we were tended to by several staff which caused confusion at times. No bon bon trolley either!
To finish on a positive note this restaurant really is the ultimate eating experiance and even at £270, its well worth doing at least once.
Mr Wolfe
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
|Liked the food Hated the service! Loved the ambience!
The room is lovely and the food & wine are interesting, well chosen and enjoyable. However, this is what one would expect of a restaurant of this calibre. What made the experience disappointing was the inattentive service -- no one appeared to be responsible for our table. We did manage to progress through the journey of our lunch within the allotted 2 hours being provided with what would best be described as London Bus Request-Stop service. Yes, a once-in-a-lifetime dining experience as I see no reason to return in this lifetime.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
About five times a year the gal (3) and me go to a restaurant in London as a birthday or Christmas treat. Having done this for about six years, I can honestly say Claridges was fantastic. The waiter/ess were polite, informal but very attentive. The food was carefully prepared and served with great care. For a formal restaurant we had a very relaxed evening. And to be honest, I am now not fussed about wasting money on the other restaurants in town. Well done, Gordon et al. F&$king brilliant!
A Driver
Sunday, March 04, 2007
|Liked the food The service was okay Liked the ambience
It was a great experience.Food was good except both main meals were extremely salty Staff very attentive during meal, but after paying the bill plus the discretionary 12 1/2 % service charge I asked for my coat which they kindly offered to take from me before the meal and produced a ticket , but when it come to leaving after payng was told to collect my coat from the ladies. It would have been a nice touch to follow the high standard of service to the end, even my local restaurant brings the coats to you.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
i thought that claridges was a lovely restaurant and from my personal opinion i thought the food was maverlouse!! i also think that the waiters were very nice!!
chris Topliss
Thursday, December 28, 2006
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
Back in March 2006, My wife and I had lunch for our silver wedding anniversary; we arrived a little early for our table at noon, and we were lucky to see Gordon in person (he still manages to get around all his restaurants regularly AND works in the kitchens...unlike a lot of celebrity chefs), this made our day before we even started on the lunch! From the canapes to the coffee everthing was just perfect, the staff we exceptional, and Jean Baptiste (also famous for being Maitre D in TV's F-Word restaurant) got Gordon to sign a menu for us that is now in a frame on our dining room wall. No stuffyness, no snobbery, just impeccable service and food from the start, in the most glorious surroundings. The £220 bill? who cares, it was worth every penny... The pork belly, Canaloni of crab, best end of lamb and royal pidgeon breast and the desserts were to die for both visual and by taste. Well done Gordon Ramsay, Mark Sargeant, Jean Baptiste and your staff!! I am now counting the days before we go to Gordon's 3 star flagship at Royal Hospital Road, where we will be sure of more of the same. Keep it coming Gordon, we love you!
Not a happy customer
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
|Didn't like the food Didn't like the service The ambience was okay
The food was very disappointingly average, scallops overpowered by the sweetness of the accompanying risotto, beautiful roasted pigeon drown in again a very sweet tasting truffle bouillon - not something you would expect from a Michelin Star restaurant. The waiters were friendly, efficiently attentive but seemed to be inexperienced and lacked confidence. When it came to paying the bill we were told that the discretionary gratuity was not so discretionary as we would like to have chosen to pay gratuity appropriate to our experience. What a shame!!!!
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
I and my family who are not easily pleased ate at Gordon Ramsey's at Claridge's for my birthday in July and we all agreed it was the best meal we had ever had in London.
The meat we all agreed was tender and the flavours were wonderful, you could never recreate it. The wine list was very extensive and we decided to have a bottle of Chablis at around 30 pounds.
The atmosphere is very sophisticated plus the restaurant is quite intimate and the service is excellent. I was made to feel very special from when I walked in till when I left.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
"best birthdsy present ever"
My husband took myself and some firends to Gordons restuarant in Claridges last night (28th April 2006)for my birthday an we had the best time ever!!!.I.Everything from the excellant food to the service and the whole atmosphere was absolutely superb.The biggest surprise was that we actually dined in the kitchen (to those of you who don,t know their is a top table if you like in the kitchen where you can watch the chefs cook),which was amazing.They had a cancellation for this room and as they knew it was my birthday they offered for us to dine there which was fantastic. We had a lovely chat with one of the chefs(Steve Allen)and i felt like a vip for the night.It is quiet expensive but worth every penny and we would reccommend it to anyoneGo and enjoy!!!
Tanya & Shelagh
Friday, April 07, 2006
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
Bloody marvelous !! We chose things on the menu that both of us did not particually like but to our surprise we loved it. We both had fois gras for starter, I had Sea bass for main, Shelagh had lamb & the dessert was to die for, Honeycomb icecream, madarine sorbet & a layered dessert of White chocolate mouse, maderine jelly & milk mouse.
We were afraid that this restaurent would be snobby but to our delight it was not, we were treated like ladies that lunch.
All of the staff that waited on us were exceptional however we did notice the wine waiter was taking his work seriously , we caught him having a cheeky one - must have been a long day...
We would deffinaly recomend this restaurent it will go down as one of if not the best meal we have had, thouroughly reccomended 11/10, although beware the drinks are quite expensive a gin & tonic was £8.50 - but well worth it for a special occasion of if you just want to spoil yourselves.
Sunday, November 27, 2005
|Liked the food Liked the service Liked the ambience
Had lunch on a Saturday in early November 2005. To start off, we were quite overwhelmed when we arrived at Claridges as tradition and old money in posh hotels was not soomething we were accustomed to.
On arriving at the restaurant, we were quite impressed with the service by the staff as I think they know everyone's there to celebrate and use that special occasion to tryout and see if the restaurant matches the michelin stars and Ramsay's reputation. The wine guy we spoke to was pretty cool, some of the waiters seemed a bit snooty at first but turned out to be pretty cool.
Now for the food - great presentation, we got complimentary bread (yummo) and soup. The entrees we ordered were goats cheese and the other some sort of mosaic meat thing. For mains my husband ordered the lamb and I ordered brill. My husband really enjoyed his entree and main. I didn't love my entree and main as much. I picked them cos they sounded delicious after talking to the head waiter. The food was of good quality (as you would expect) but not really something I'd write home about. Perhaps I had high expectations in wanting to say the food was absolutely delicious and unforgettable or something but it didn't turn out that way. We also got desert - i got a fig tart with ice cream and my husband something i can't remember. The desert was nice and if u have a really sweet tooth you are in for a treat.
It's worth going there for the overall experience and trying out good quality food. I would go there again for a special occasion or to impress visitors (if i have money to throw around) and it's not a killer to spend around £120 for 2 ppl for a special occasion.
karen lilley
Saturday, June 11, 2005
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Liked the ambience
We went to Gordon Ramseys on june 4th 2005 and we were absolutely!*!*ping ourselves because we had never gone to anything like this before and didn't know what to expect.All the staff made us feel very comfortable from the minute we arrived. We had a nice bottle of house wine and didn't feel pressured into ordering anything more.The food was excellent from the tasters and fresh bread right to the truffles served at the end of the meal.We were even invited to take a look around the kitchen before we left which really made our night!! We had saved up for this special evening and it was worth every penny . If you appreciate good food and faultless service this is the place to be !!
Ricky Miller
Sunday, August 08, 2004
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
My partner and i had a weekend in London, and had booked a table a few weeks in advance for a pre-theatre meal on the saturday 31/07/04 at 1745, there was no doubt that this was going to be the highlight of our weekend eating at such a prestigious restuarant with the name of Gordon Ramsey behind it, and Head Chef Mark from "Hells Kitchen" in charge, we were absolutely delighted with every minute we spent in the restuarant, from the first class attention we recieved from the staff, to the sheer quality of the meal and beautiful surroundings, we sat at a perfect table no 32, with good views of what was going on all around us,to start i had the risotto which was delicious i had to ask one on the waiters if he could get me the recipe,which gave him a laugh, my partner had the salmon which she assured me was yummy, we both had the lamb as main course, and i can assure you it was to die for, so tender and no waste, to finish my partner had 5 different scoops of home made ice cream which she loved and i had a chocolate sweet, which by the time i had finished it i wanted some more. To accompany our meal we had a bottle of Cairanne Rhone at a very resonable £25, the total bill was £95 which was very good for such excellence.We left the restuarant and headed for the bar for some relaxing drinks, we both felt full without feeling too full, and both agreed that we will definately be back next time we are in London,it's a pity that we could'nt have met gordon or Mark as this would have been the icing on the evening for us.I can't praise the experience enough, and would recommend it to you all. Bon Appetite
Cathy Richards
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Liked the ambience
We would highly recommend lunch here. It was the best food we have ever tasted and we will certainly be booking again! The service was exceptional and exceeded our expectations, nothing was too much trouble. As vegetarians we often have problems finding dishes that cater for our needs but every dish was perfectly put together and gave us new flavour experiences. Looking forward to next time........
Geoff Turner
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
|Loved the food! Liked the service Loved the ambience!
For the climax to our wedding anniversary weekend in London, my wife and I had dinner at Gordon Ramsays / Claridges. It proved to be the experience we had hoped for, the food was outstanding and the service made us feel like royalty. It was money well spent and we will definitely make a return visit next time we are in London. We had just one minor niggle in that after finishing our starter we waited an hour with no sign of the main course arriving. I dropped a gentle hint to the waiter and the food arrived a few minutes later. Apart from this minor hiccup, a wonderful evening indeed.
sue canavan
Saturday, September 27, 2003
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Liked the ambience
not dissapointed at all. deserves every accolade bestowed! on our last trip we had two of the best dinners we have ever eaten in london...staff was wonderful, food was fantastic and wine list superb. can't wait to go back.
Thursday, September 25, 2003
|Liked the food Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
We've been there three times now and on each occasion Gordon has been there. Has to be a good sign. Will he get his three Michelin stars for this restaurant (his professed ambition)? We'll be happy if he does, so long as he keeps his set-lunch priced at £25.
Friday, September 19, 2003
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Liked the ambience
Strongly recommend "Prestige" menu at £65.  Everything on it, including both desserts, tasted delicious and was beautifully presented.  The service was consistently excellent, with the quite youthful sommelier outstanding.
Grant Ramage
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
|Liked the food Hated the service! The ambience was okay
This meal was spoiled by a typically snotty French Sommelier (the one with the glasses) who twice returned to our table to argue that our cork tainted wine was in good condition. Sadly, this is exactly the sort of arrogant bullying that is to be expected from these jumped up wine waiters.
Aside from that the quality of the food was high, although the overall impression was one of competence rather than being the sublime dining experience I would expect from a Ramsay restaurant.
Sacking the Sommelier would be a good start.
Monday, December 16, 2002
|Loved the food! Loved the service! Loved the ambience!
Three courses on a Saturday lunchtime for £25 is excellent value, outstanding food and the best pudding I have ever eaten in my life! What bumps the overall price up is alcohol but with food this good it was worth every single penny. Faultless service.