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About Dan's Awards
When I started to build this website, I had never even heard of internet award programs. Then, I found to my surprise that my humble homepage had been made Site of the Week by Trellix Cafe on the 18th December 2000. After that, traffic through the site increased dramatically, and people from all over the world kindly left messages on my guestbook... it became addictive! Before long I had submitted my site to a whole raft of award programs, waiting with baited breath to see if I had been successful. Many of these programs recommend that candidates make a space ready to display their winnings - so here is mine, complete with a handful of awards...
 • Astral Awards - Bronze
Astral Awards Bronze
21st March 2005
Greetings and Congratulations!
It gives us great pleasure to inform you that your site has won a Bronze Astral Award. We enjoyed visiting your site and learning more about you and your family. Yours is a truly wonderful personal website! Over all your site is well constructed, easy to navigate, consistent in theme and style, and content rich. Congratulations on a job well done! We wish you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors!
Cordially,
Review Team
The Astral Awards

Posted Sunday, March 27, 2005
 • The Idiom Sisters Content-Rich Award
Winner of The Idiom Sisters Award for Content-Rich Sites
19th March 2005
Congratulations on winning The Idiom Sisters Content-Rich Award!

Posted Saturday, March 19, 2005
 • Fractal Star Award

12th March 2005
Dear Dan Horton-Szar,
After several visits to "horton-szar.net" our evaluators decided that your site deserves The Fractal Star Award in Bronze, given only to few applicants! The distinguished quality of your photographic art, framed by a neat and elegant design and user friendly lay out, bookmarks your site as a very interesting one to be visited by any surfer. Information and openness are additional qualities. This is an expressive contribution to the web! Congratulations!
Please find enclosed the award graphic. "horton-szar.net" is already listed in our Winners Gallery with the corresponding link, description and screenshot.
Please reply within 7 days with your Notice of Acceptance and indicate the URL where the award is displayed in your site. A link back isn't mandatory, but would be appreciated. With our best greetings,
Roberto Thomas Arruda / Maria da Gloria S. Arruda

Posted Saturday, March 12, 2005
 • Ground Zero Design Award

8th March 2005
Hi Dan.
Congratulations! www.horton-szar.net has won the Groundzero Design Award rated 4.5 by Award Sites. Your professional design and excellent content made it easy for me to award your website. This award is not given to just any site and, it was a pleasure to view your great work. If you accept this award, you will receive the Groundzero Design Award image to place on your site, along with a screen shot, description of your site and a link pointing to your site, all on a dedicated page located in the winners section.
Once again, congratulations. It's not easy to win this award and it's not just given to any site that applies. Your original and outstanding work makes the Internet a better place thanks to the high quality of your website.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Rik Tairea

Posted Tuesday, March 08, 2005