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Vuvuzelas

Posted by lucaorlandi on 15th June and posted in Misc

Ok, it’s started! well done everybody! We saw a very colorful opening ceremony

with Nobel Prize Nelson Mandela guest.
We spent the last few days watching boring matches except for the German, they simply played as it was the last match in their lives! 4-0 and that’s it!
What shall I say about England? and about Italy? better not saying anything.

Passed the exam: Holland, South Africa and Germany
Waiting for next: England and Italy
Still to play: Brazil, Spain and Portugal… I’ll let you know!

DKC June – V edition

Posted by lucaorlandi on 8th June and posted in DKC magazine

DKC May edition

Posted by lucaorlandi on 13th May and posted in DKC magazine, news

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Election 2010

Posted by lucaorlandi on 13th May and posted in news

copyright: BBC news

DKC Magazine Easter Edition

Posted by lucaorlandi on 19th April and posted in DKC magazine

That’s the latest version of the magazine.

here you see some statistics comparing the first (red line) to the easter (blue line) edition

First edition has 366 visitors – Easter has got 30

This is the worldwide distribution of the viewers: most of them are in UK, just a few in the rest of Europe.

This is the worldwide of the first edition – as you can see the visitors are from all around the world.

Thank you everyone

Earth Day

Posted by lucaorlandi on 19th April and posted in news

Earth Day logo

Earth Day – Take Action
Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in 1970 and is celebrated in many countries every year. Earth Day is celebrated in spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Many communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues.

In the United States, Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22. The United Nations celebrates Earth Day each year on the spring equinox, which is often 20 March. This is a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969. The first governmental recognition of Earth Day, authorized by the city San Francisco, was on the spring equinox in 1970. The United Nations adopted this holiday the next year and celebrated Earth Day for the first time on the spring equinox in 1971.

Earth Day is similar to World Environment Day.


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say something…

Posted by lucaorlandi on 1st April and posted in Misc, People

‘There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.’

Harold Pinter
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005

Earth Hour

Posted by lucaorlandi on 23rd March and posted in Misc

Earth Hour - Logo

Kusasa Trip

Posted by jwalls on 9th March and posted in Misc

OK so I am still sat in the staff room, still need to pack and get everything sorted, and only about 3 hours until i need to leave. Feeling nevous, scared and really excited in equal measures. I hope that this blog works and that all you guys will send loads of comments I will try to update it regularly with loads and loads of pics. Have fun without me

Mr Walls

Brandon Sorry i forgot to drop off the Freddo will sort it out when i get back

The Earth…

Posted by lucaorlandi on 1st March and posted in Misc

is telling us it’s time to stop! I think the problem is what we’ve done to the Earth: pollutions, wars and all the other terrible things we’d see on TV everyday.
Since January 2010 we had:
4 hearthquakes, with different scenarios

  1. San Francisco
  2. HAITI
  3. Japan
  4. Chile

remember Haiti had nearly 300.000 people dead.

Chilean’s heathquake was 600 times more powerful than the Haitian one.


25 for Haiti

In Europe we’ve got a tropical storm called Xinthya, 50 and more deads in France, one week ago Madeira was partly destroyed by the same storm.

When you were kid, have you ever thought that a tropical storm in Europe would happen in February?

I don’t think so… anyway, DON’T FORGET …

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