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It should come as no surprise that the best shopping in Central Hong Kong revolves around luxury brands, exclusive malls and cutting edge fashion. Flagship stores around Central stock exclusive collections that are hard to find elsewhere in the city, or, in some cases, the world. Of course, this being Hong Kong contradictions are expected and these can be found in the few remaining street markets dotted around the place, which have been in the area for years despite the ever growing skyscrapers that make up the city.
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This luxury mall is home to flagship stores of the world's most prestigious designers. The Landmark, also known as 'Central' is located next door to Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong and offers five levels of chic designer shopping. A look at the towering window displays of Louis Vuitton and De Beers Diamonds store are a good indication of the luxury items within. There are some great restaurants to choose from too. Read More...
- Address: 15 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong Island
- Tel: +852 2500 0555
IFC is easy to find as it's attached to the tallest building on Hong Kong Island, The International Finance Centre. Inside you will find a mix of mid to high-end brands, along with a cinema, lots of interesting dining options and a fourth-floor rooftop garden with views across Victoria Harbour. The bustling Apple flagship store is located in IFC and is incredibly popular – often with queues to get in on weekends. IFC Mall has its own entrance into Hong Kong MTR Station. Read More...
- Opening Hours: Daily 10:00 - 22:00
- Address: 8 Finance Street Central District, Hong Kong
- Tel: +852 2295 3308
The Lanes (Li Yuen Street)
Li Yuen Street Market, commonly referred to as 'The Lanes', is a tightly packed street selling a jumble of items: clothes, imitation handbags and accessories, fashion jewellery, shoes, homeware, kitsch souvenirs… the list goes on. The market is actually spread along two parallel alleys in the centre of the financial district of Central, Li Yuen Street East and West, which lead off Des Voeux Road Central.
- Opening Hours: 10:00 – 19:00
- Location: Li Yuen Street
Harvey Nichols Department Store Hong Kong
A British institution, Harvey Nichols Department Store occupies part of The Landmark Mall in downtown Central. Offering luxury brand fashion, beauty products and a restaurant. Even though many of the items present here can be found elsewhere at similar prices, the personalised, knowledgeable service that helped build the Harvey Nichols reputation is present at their Hong Kong branch, where shoppers receive something close to their own concierge. There are also exclusive lines on labels including Korean brand PLAYNOMORE, Luisa Leitao eyewear and Danish menswear designer Nikolaj Nielsen.
- Address: 15 Queen's Road Central, Landmark Shopping Mall
- Tel: +852 3968 2668
PMQ Central is an entrepreneurial venture between young fashion designers, photographers, artists and creatives in Hong Kong. Occupying a converted housing block (it was formerly the Policeman's Married Quarters, hence the name), the small studios here are perfect for a wander around, especially when looking for something unique – on the opposite end of the scale from the Chinese silk gowns found in Temple Street Market. Prices aren't exactly cheap but the quality is high and most items are unique or limited edition. PMQ located on Aberdeen Street towards the top of the Mid-Level Escalators. Read More...
- Opening Hours: 07:00 – 23:00
- Address: 35 Aberdeen Street, Central
- Tel: +852 2870 2335
Wing On Department Store
Wing On Department Store is a household name across Hong Kong, well-known as a place to pick up household items, electronic appliances, kids' toys, clothing and accessories. Prices here are lower than you would expect to pay in the luxury malls, yet there's still a complete range of international brands such as Samsonite, Panasonic and Clarks shoes. Wing On Department Store has several branches but the one in Central is located on Des Voeux Road, next to Sheung Wan MTR Station.
- Address: 211 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan
- Tel: +852 2852 1888
Shanghai Tang
Shanghai Tang was Hong Kong's original luxury brand and is now a world-renowned label with outlets throughout the world. This four-storey flagship branch on Duddell Street in the heart of the financial district offers highly stylish items with an oriental edge. Noted for menswear, womenswear and accessories in bright, bold colours and luxurious fabrics, Shanghai Teng is perfect for some unique designer gear to take home with you.
- Address: 1 Duddell Street, Central
- Tel: +852 2525 7333
With over 130 labels spread out over four floors, Pacific Place Shopping Mall has a complete range of high-end goods available. Fendi, Hermes, Chanel, Vivienne Tam, Cartier… all the world's leading fashion brands can be found here. Located east of downtown Central, directly above Admiralty MTR Station, this stylish mall is walking distance from many of Hong Kong's finest hotels including Conrad, JW Marriott and Shangri-La. There is also a movie theatre and a host of excellent dining options. Read More...
- Address: 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong Island
- Tel: +852 2844 8988
If the sight of designer labels starts to become too predictable, you should head up the slope, away from Central MTR, and west along Hollywood Road. Among the cool bars, restaurants and kooky boutiques you will find Upper Lascar Row (colloquially known as Cat Street), home to the best collection of antique dealers on Hong Kong Island. You never know what you might find: jade jewellery, Ming vases, and artwork from across China can be found in one of the many shophouses that line the street. Prices vary dramatically depending on the item and bargaining is expected. The closest subway is Sheung Wan. Read More...
- Opening Hours: 11:00 – 19:00
- Address: 222 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
- Tel: +852 2291 0006
Pottinger Street Market
This modest collection of small stores isn't worth travelling across town to find, but it offers a nice opportunity for picking up cheap knick-knacks, loads of gaudy costumes, cheap fashion jewellery and some ladies clothes. Bargaining is expected so don't pay the first price, and don't expect brand name items to be genuine. Pottinger Street Market is laid out going up the slope from Des Voeux Road Central to Wyndham Street.
- Opening Hours: 10:00 – 18:00
- Location: Pottinger Street, Central


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Sweet Girl had a lot of fun with our alphabet review last week (click here to see more), but now it's back to the letters. This week is all about letter E and it's sound.
Alphabet Sensory Bin
I always like to start with the sensory bin so we can talk about the letter and it's sound. In our bin this week we have lots of capital and lowercase E/e's, some elephants, an Eskimo, an eel and the number 8.
Hide and Seek Puzzles
I pulled out our stash of Easter eggs and used an old egg carton to make this hide and seek puzzle game. I printed off six pictures that begin with the "e" sound (egg, elephant, Elmo, envelope, elf, eight), cut them in half and placed one half in an egg. I put the like pieces in the same colored egg (the two halves of the elephant are in the blue eggs). I think Sweet Girl will enjoy this one!!
E is for...Elmo
E is for...Elephant
Letter E patterning
I found this neat "letter E" patterning sheet at Making Learning Fun and thought Sweet Girl would enjoy it since we have been working on patterning a lot lately. I pulled out the correct patterning pieces to make it a little easier for her.
Be sure to check back at the end of the week to see our fun letter E crafts!!!

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ATCHINSON, KS (08/08/2014)-- Benedictine College is pleased to announce that Rachel Erb of Alton, IL has demonstrated the academic excellence necessary to earn a place on the Dean's List for the Spring Semester of 2014.
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Taking advantage of a crisp winter afternoon, the Seahawks held their final intrasquad scrimmage of the preseason Sunday as they prepare for another stiff schedule that begins with four games on the opening weekend.
UNCW faces 2012 College World Series participant Kent State (47-20, 19-2 MAC) at 4 p.m. Friday at Brooks Field. The Seahawks play Virginia Tech (34-21, 11-19 ACC last season) at 4 p.m. Saturday, then close the action Wednesday playing each team in a doubleheader that starts at 10 a.m.
Christian MacDonald and Blaze Tart were the starting pitchers for each team on Sunday, and on the Blue team UNCW coach Mark Scalf might have given a glimpse of his opening day lineup and batting order:
2B – Bass, SS – Connelly, 1B – Ridge, RF – Molinaro, 3B – LaGrange, DH – Dick, C – Farber, CF – Austin, LF – Wolfe.
That's three freshmen, a sophomore, two juniors and three seniors, if the Seahawks veteran skipper opts to go that route.
- UNCW coach Randy Hood told me last week that in the last seven months right fielder Tyler Molinaro worked hard on his body and solidified his swing. He's certainly ripped, and in the first inning he crushed a two-run homer over the 360 sign in right-center. The ball easily carried 400 feet, maybe more.
- MacDonald, a 6-4, 210-pound junior has a fastball that can hit the low 90s. He had a strong summer pitching in the New England Collegiate League and was strong Sunday for 5 2/3 innings, scattering five hits and allowing one earned run. MacDonald had a 9.53 ERA in 11.1 innings in 2012, however, expect him to land as either the Sunday or midweek starter this season.
- Tart had a rough first inning. The first four batters he faced scored. After that he battled his control a bit, but allowed only one more run in the next two innings. Tart, a redshirt junior, was the club's top pitcher before injuring his elbow midway through 2011. He missed all of last season as he recovered from surgery.
- Steven Linkous is fast. Molinaro and Hunter Ridge told me to watch for him this season. The freshman infielder from North Brunswick beat out a bunt hit yesterday and appeared to steal second base, although he was called out. He projects as a utility infielder at this point, although he started at third for the backups.
- Can see why the staff feels comfortable with freshman Terence Connelly at shortstop. He has excellent preparation on ground balls and an adequate arm. Perhaps just as important, he's developing good chemistry with rock solid second baseman Michael Bass, the Seahawks' best defender.
- Joe Bertone had two line drive base hits and could figure in the mix in the outfield.
In case you missed it, here is my season preview story that ran in Sunday's StarNews and a sidebar that delves deeper into the Seahawks' depth chart.
Here's the rest of the first two weeks of the Seahawks' schedule …
Feb. 20 – @ Charleston Southern, Feb. 22-24 – LEHIGH, Mar. 1 – STONY BROOK, Mar. 2 – SAN DIEGO, Mar. 3 – GARDNER-WEBB
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I have sat, watched and come away impressed. This team has the pitching, a lot of speed also. These kids should be able to hit around .310+. They will be fun to watch and if they start good, they will improve over the course of the season. They all seem to like one another also. That will be the key to the freshman having success and contributing early in their careers here.
Hawks have a solid group of pitchers,a solid starting 8 with ample reserves.
Collectively every position has a quality back-up so plenty of choices and talent for coaches to work with.
Hawks should have a great season.
Hawks hit .302 in 2012,too many k's.
If they reduce strikeouts by 5 % of more this possible.
FYI Hawks strick out 1 of 5 AB in 2012,this needs to come down.
Brian, I am happy to see you take on blogging and reporting for the baseball team. I know it will as outstanding and thorough as your reporting of the basketball Seahawks. I think we can expect that you will cover a lot more wins by this well-coached bunch of student athletes. They are class performers with excellent pitching. Eager to see how the freshmen fit in and develop.
Thanks for the great job you do and keep it up!
Thanks Bob, I'm looking forward to it. We'll have a rotation of writers providing game coverage throughout the course of the season but I'll be the point man.
So will you have 'efficiency" baseball ratings like those in basketball?
ChuckWizard: I don't think efficiency ratings for baseball exist. There are already ample stats to evaluate baseball players, OPS (the combo of batting average and slugging percentage) being one valuable metric.
@Brian–good I am old school not into "sabremetrics" .
I think some sports have gone overboard.
The box-scores I still view game by game.


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Bridgend Ravens resume their Principality Premiership campaign as they host high flying Pontypridd at the Riverside Hardware Brewery Field this weekend (KO 1:30pm).
After deposing of local rivals Bridgend Athletic in the Swalec Cup last weekend, Pontypridd head to the home of the Ravens looking to build on their win against fellow high flyers Llandovery recently. The 'Valley Commandos' currently lie second, just two points behind leaders Bedwas but with two games in hand.
Bridgend Ravens are weakened by Ospreys call ups again. After 8 Bridgend boys started for Ospreys v Quins last weekend, Arthur Ellis and Jamie Murphy are poised for their first RaboDirect PRO12 appearances, after being named on the bench for the game against Ulster.
In the pack, Marc Thomas returns from Ospreys duty to partner Ashleigh James and Owen Williams in a strong front row. Owain Lloyd and Lee Davies combine at second row, with Andrew Waite, Jonothan Vaughan (c) and Tom Morgan making up a physical back row.
Ben Ellis starts at scrum half, with Tom Habberfield, Tom Grabham and Chris Williams unavailable at 9, and he partners ex-Ponty favourite Lewis Williams. Nathan Edwards starts on the wing, with Glen Lewis on the other wing. At centre, in form Steve Winn again partners Sam Campbell, with Ben Thomas at full back.
On the bench, scrum half Glenn Holloway (Llantrisant) is poised to make his debut after joining The Ravens, and he's joined by Rhys Thomas, Nick Hopson, Lloyd Evans, Scott Hicks, Jonathan Thomas, Gary Carpenter and Chris Francis.
The full Bridgend Ravens team is as follows:
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2 - Ashleigh James
3 - Owen Williams
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7 - Jonothan Vaughan (c)
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OK so it's not technically a castle, but Tankardstown House is a truly amazing place to celebrate your wedding day. Built on a large country estate in the 18th century, the manor house oozes indulgence and luxury. The Orangery , which seats up to 250 guests, is one of the most beautiful rooms I have ever laid eyes on, particularly when is it set up for a wedding. The attention to detail is second to none. The tables are always beautifully set with shiny cutlery and wine glasses sparkling in the sunlight.
As the sun goes down, candles on each table twinkle and the sound of music and chatter fills the room, happy guests mingle and the scene is set for the perfect evening.
I love setting up cakes at Tankardstown House as they have the most beautiful marble topped table with a large ornate mirror behind it. The perfect backdrop for your wedding cake display.
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Scandals taint Hong Kong election
March 23 - Protesters claim both front-runners in the Hong Kong leadership battle are tarnished by scandal. Lily Grimes reports.
An unfriendly welcome for one frontrunner… and the other. Both Henry Tang and Leung Chun-ying are tarnished by scandal. Protesters claim the two main candidates in the battle for the Hong Kong leadership are mired in corruption and say neither is fit for office. The next leader will be chosen on Sunday, however not by the people but by a Beijing election committee. Political analyst Willy Lam says this public discontent increases the pressure for a fuller democracy. (SOUNDBITE) (English) POLITICAL ANALYST AND CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG PROFESSOR, WILLY LAM, SAYING: "Most people do not seem to be happy with either of the two candidates, so I think now that there is a strong feeling amongst the public, even the ordinarily passive, apathetic Hong Kong people, that they should fight harder for a real one person, one vote election.'' Whoever wins, thousands are expected to demonstrate on election day Lily Grimes, Reuters


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We had a whale of a time for 2 days @IIMB campus during inauguration and orientation in May 2009. We hope our juniors enjoy the stay as much as we did. Make the most of these 2 days, get to know your classmates and seniors. We are sure you will remember May 28 - May 30 as starting of a new era in your lives.
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The Yankees paid big bucks to lure Jacoby Ellsbury away from the rival Red Sox and also brought in veteran outfielder Carlos Beltran, catcher Brian McCann, third baseman Kelly Johnson and former Oriole Brian Roberts. There's a lot there on paper, even though they lost top all-around player Robinson Cano to free agency, but there are a ton of miles on that lineup and a lot of physical question marks. But any team that can keep Ichiro Suzuki or Alfonzo Soriano on the bench is probably a pretty good offensive team.
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I am not a photographer but the honest truth is that I do not want to take the time to learn. I am happy like that:) I had my faithful Canon G9 on automatic pilot, I shot and then proceeded to throw a bunch of light on it. Kinda like it.
Also here is the freshly painted canvas ready for the next painting, BW5.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Moon Over Our Little Corner of the World and Ready For BW5
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Animal Planet :: Hand Drawings by Guido Daniele
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
DavEm Cook Breakfast
|Check the size of those yolks
|Emily had fun arranging her plate for the photographer!
Menu: sunny side eggs, blueberry pancakes, bacon and sausage! Not often do we splurge like this, YUMMY!
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Bonjour From the Studio
I have been working on very pale papers to use in my next installment in the Botanical Woman series. I quickly found out how hard it is since I cannot glaze much or else they are not very pale any more. They range from almost white to taupish, ivory, etc...They do not photograph well so nothing to show here.
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Friday, January 21, 2011
From My Studio....
...working on papers...many more steps before these will be considered finished but especially glazing over to tone them down.And yes, I do use that flower stamp a lot right now:)
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
BW4...at Last
There seems to always be something that I would like to change or add or....so it is difficult for me to say "the end" but finally here is my BW4: could hardly be "more botanical" that this, no? By the way, BW4 = Botanical Woman 4, the 4th one of the Botanical Woman series. Wow...6, 8 , 10 more to go?
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What Has Delighted Me....
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Of Fresh Lettuce and Palette....
....not in the studio together or the kitchen for that matter! But I thought that somehow they looked lovely together in the same post! I am thinking that the palette is probably nicer than the finished painting....whenever it will be done!
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
As I said, I think, in a previous post I did not like orchids until recently but now I am bewildered by their intricate beauty, including when one weary bloom finally falls on the window sill. I will give it a last affectionate and admirative look.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
.....for now! A new blog banner for the new year, that is.
I spent WAY too much time on this (including some of hubby's time) on a day when I should be busy with preparations for dinner (early tonight at 5pm) with DavEm: roasted leg of lamb with greek potatoes, salade, tarte aux pommes.BW4 will have to wait. Yesterday I repainted the background a beautiful creamy color, love it.
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Ok, ok, just a temporary banner! I do not have time to work at this any longer, patience!
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text: Homepage chevron_rightBlogchevron_right Post Our Northwest December 8: music, not mourning Tuesday, December 8, 2015by Jon Osterberg Hard to believe, but today marks 35 years since the day the music died for a generation of baby boomers. John Lennon was gunned down outside his New York apartment on Dec. 8, 1980. The ex-Beatle was 40 years old. His deranged killer remains behind bars. Much of America learned of it while watching Monday Night Football. I found out from a radio report while driving home after watching the Seattle Sonics beat San Antonio at the Kingdome. Five years later, my lifelong friend Tim persuaded me to join him for what he called "Lennon Night" at Seattle Center. Tim and other fans gathered each Dec. 8 around the International Fountain to play their acoustic guitars, singing Lennon and Beatles songs in tribute to the slain musician. It was an admirable sentiment: Rather than wallow in sadness over Lennon's murder, people gathered to celebrate the man and his music. Tim had zero qualms about performing in public. I, on the other hand, had never done so, and I had no desire to play guitar and sing outdoors in front of people. But Tim was persuasive. And so I found myself standing alongside the fountain the night of Dec. 8, 1985. Joining us was a guy Tim had met at previous Lennon Nights whose name escapes me. But he knew the songs, knew them in the correct keys, and the three of us meshed nicely, leading sing-a-longs for a handful of other attendees. Awhile later, absorbed in the songs and having a surprisingly fun time, a bright light distracted me. I looked up and became amazed. A crowd of 50 or more had gathered … and among them, walking our way, was a KOMO-TV cameraman whose strobe lit us up. For a moment I felt mortified. Not just because I suddenly caught stage fright, but because my immediate bosses at the time were ultra-conservative. What if my marketing director, a former Marine Corps colonel, saw me on TV playing long-hair hippy music? Would I fall into disfavor at work? But the KOMO crew egged us on, so we played more music. Afterward we drove home to watch and videotape ourselves on the 11 o'clock news. A still clip from my Betamax recording of KOMO News appears here. That remains the only time I "performed" (if you can call it that) in public. My good friend Tim is gone now, having died in 1998 far too young, like Lennon, at age 40. For me, I choose to celebrate the music each December 8 – John's and Tim's. Share on social media 2


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The 4 day Ras Mumhan International race got underway in Killorglin, Co Kerry on Good Friday with a 96 kilometre stage that included 4 categorized climbs. And in true Kerry fashion after a long dry spell the heavens opened for the race! Despite this the stage was one of the fastest in recent times with an average speed of nearly 44 kph. Dungarvan Cycling Club entered a team of 5 but unfortunately only 4 started as Daryl Kearns had to stay at home due to illness. Marc Flavin, John Hodge, Aidan Connell and George MacLeod took to the line ready for what lay ahead.The usual mad dash at breakneck speed out the Killarney road opened the stage with riders losing contact early on. From here on the race switched to narrow, rolling and heavy roads where the bunch was gradually whittled down to a much smaller group than the 178 that started. Several breaks formed and were caught before a large bunch of 82 riders reached Killorglin together for the tough finish up the main street.
Tom Mazzone (Isle of Man) took the stage from Matteo Ciagala (Aquablue) with Paudi O Brien (Killorglin) in 3rd. Marc Flavin and John Hodge finished in this bunch also. Aidan Connell came home in the 3rd bunch to finish with George MacLeod coming in in the next group. Such was the severity of the stage that 15 riders finished outside the time limit and are on their way home already!
Stage 2 of Ras Mumhan got underway at 11am on Easter Saturday from a dry but cold Listowel in Co Kerry. Ahead lay 130 tough kilometres with some 9 KOM climbs along the way. As with the first stage the pace was extremely fast in the early stages and just fast for the rest! A breakaway group of 5 contested the finish up the hill in Athea with Paul Kennedy (Newcastle West) taking the honours from 2016 An Post Ras stage winner Eoin Morton (UCD). Dillon Byrne (VCUK Velochampion) completed the podium in 3rd. Behind the race was in bits! There was another group of 7 some 20 seconds back containing stage 1 winner and yellow jersey Tom Mazzone (Isle of Man).
The main field lost considerable time on the 12 men who comprised the front and chase groups.The race split to pieces, with the third, small, group on the road losing more than two minutes and everyone else over three minutes behind. Over half an hour had passed before all riders were across the line! Marc Flavin and John Hodge came in 44th and 46th @ 3:22, Aidan Connell was 124th @ 20:11 and George MacLeod was 146th @32:11. Overall Paul Kennedy leads the race with Marc Flavin 46th @ 3:24, John Hodge lies 49th @ ST, Aidan Connell is 132nd @ 37:14 and George MacLeod is 151st @ 55:42. Stage 3 is the famous Valentia Island stage that zig zags and criss crosses the Kerry countryside around Waterville. 155 kilometres with a Cat 1 climb thrown in for good measure along with 6 others, you can be sure it will be a well strung out peloton that comes into the finish in Waterville.
Stage 3 of Ras Mumhan was 150 kilometres based out of Waterville. The longest stage of the race was always going to be the real turning point. And on a day when strong winds blew the peloton to bits, the time gaps were significant. Lawrence Carpenter of the Surrey League Team took the stage from Ronan McLaughlin (Aqua Blue Academy) and Keith Finn (Planet-X Bikes). John Hodge had a great day on the tough Kerry roads coming home in 21st place only 27 seconds behind the winner. Next home was Marc Flavin in 37th place @ 2:14. The race was blown apart so much that no group on the road had much more than 20 riders in it! Aidan Connell was next home in 110th place @ 28:44. Then we had George MacLeod coming in 136th @ 42:27. Super riding by all on a tough day. Overall with one stage remaining Dillon Byrne (VCUK Velo Champion) take over as leader by only 16 seconds from Ronan McLaughlin (Aquablue) with first stage winner Tom Mazzone (Isle of Man) only another second back.
John Hodge lies 23rd overall @ 3:44. Marc Flavin is 37th @ 5:31. Aidan Connell is 119th @ 1:05:51 and George MacLeod is 140th @ 1:37:52.
The final stage and it's all to race for at the top of the GC so the day is sure to be a fast and attacking one. Its 115 kilometers with the first 75 kilometers mostly flat before the race switches to the laps of Killorglin that are covered 10 times with the leg bursting climb through the town each lap! We'll have a report on the last stage next week.
The Ras Mumhan team would like to thank Dungarvan Nissan for the use of a car over the weekend and also Kevin Forde of Daybreak service station for filling the tank with petrol before they left. Two great supporters of DCC always, that's again.
Sunday also saw racing in Rathdowney, Co Laois with Alan Landers and Davy Nugent making the trip up there. Alan was in the A3 race and it was a tough race made worse by cross winds and it was lined out a good few times with guys getting dropped early on. Alan managed to hang on and gave a great gallop to the line finishing outside the places but not far away. Well done Alan. Davy rode a good race with the A4's finishing in the bunch at the end.
Recent Spins
Last Tuesday saw the return of the midweek club spins. A good turnout of 15 headed into a tough headwind to Cappoquin. Some relief over Dromana and down to Villierstown. A pacy cruise over Aglish and back up to the Welcome Inn, all looking forward to the tailwind home. Many thanks to John Moloney for taking charge if this group. A flat 45 kilometers covered in 29.6kph. The Saturday club spin had 10 out covering 100 kilometres around the Dungourney route. After a quick separation on the climb into Dungourney the group were reunited by a flock of sheep and lambs on the road. Then came the coffee stop in Castlemartyr that was full of antics but all good fun. The spin home back the main road saw a lively pace but the group stayed together bar two veering off for the short cut home. Also on Saturday, five very sleepy-looking souls departed Dungarvan at the unearthly hour of 7am for the 250k DCC April Audax, taking in Kilmac, Carrick, Fethard, Urlingford, Cashel of the Kings, Cahir, Mitchelstown, Fermoy and Lismore. Special thanks to Emily's Tearooms and Ladyswell for delicious much-needed sustenance along the way. A constant north-westerly breeze made the journey tricky and only relented after Mitchelstown. However there's always a silver lining as the group were shunted home in double quick time. 252k @25kph in 10hours 5mins. Roll on the planned 300 in May.
On Sunday Group 2 went to Old Parish, Ardmore, Youghal, Killeagh, Mt Uniake, Inch, Tallow, Lismore and home. 6 in group as far as Youghal, where two turned right over Knockanore owing to time commitments, leaving 4 for remainder of spin. Around 110km covered at an average of 30kph with a few nice climbs along the way, where it felt as if wind was only behind group from Lismore home. The Back road group's Easter spin saw 8 riders tackle a number of new roads again, which brought the group out to Coolnasmeer, Kilbrien, Knocknpower and down the black hill to Cappagh they then travelled along Canty to Knockmaun where a left turn took them onto the cat 1 climb of Barry 's boreen which drew a few beads of sweat and some choice words before the group headed for kielys cross and the welcome coffee in Ardmore, after the refreshments a lap of the village was tackled to enjoy the beautiful scenery on offer then they headed back towards home via Ballyquin beach, the back roads around Old Parish and the decent back into Dungarvan finishing with 1000m of climbing at an average speed of 27kph.
Group 3's Easter Sunday spin was a hilly one. Flat to Cappoquin and then the long climb up over the Knockmealdowns. A fast descent to Newcastle and then pretty much up and down over to Clonmel and Ballymacarbry. The captain is always seeking out new roads and debuted some new inclines for the group to try out around Marlfield and Knocklofty. No bother to Group 3 who were all eager to get home for Easter eggs. The pace ratched up in Ballymac and the quick tempo was kept going down to Colligan and across the military road. 20 cycled the 95 kilometer route with just under 1000m of climbing in 27kph. Group 4's Easter Sunday spin coincided with the very well-organised Suicide or Survive charity event from Leamybrien to Kilmeaden via Bunmahon. Only two weeks ago the group descended the hill to Bunmahon, and the ascent proved to be absolutely no problem. Following a banana-stop mix up in Kill the group got back together along the backroad to Kilmeaden and worked their socks off into the strong headwind to Leamybrien, where a great spread of food was on offer to all. Fast rollovers were the order of the day on this last 20k in order to keep a good rhythm, so it was no surprise that the group was joined by outsiders who saw the benefits of being safely sheltered. Many thanks to the organisers and the many stewards along the way. Afterwards the main group pushed on for home by Durrow, whereas the mountain goats opted for more headwind over the Maama Road knowing that the wind would be to their back from Beary's Cross. Official spin distance 90 kilometers at 24.1kph. We wish our G4 contingent heading to the sunshine in Mallorca a safe trip and a wonderful cycling adventure.
8 cyclists took to road on Sunday with Group 23K leaving Dungarvan and heading for Lemybrien via Durrow. The group took part in the Mental Health cycle which headed back to Durrow and then onto Bunmahon through Kill and onto Kilmeaden where the group stopped for a short while . The group then headed for Lemybrien along the N25 for much needed refreshments. The group then headed for home via Durrow with 89 kilometers covered at 22 kph. Last Sunday saw 9 cyclists from Group 5 take part in the Mental Health and Suicide Awareness cycle; two of the group cycled from Dungarvan and the rest met them in Lemybrien for the start. 10am saw them on the road to Durrow, Bunmahon and Kill, where they had a welcome water stop after a few hills. They headed out again for Kilmeaden and the dreaded main road back. Sure enough a headwind greeted them and the Group split into small pockets using rollovers to get everyone back to Lemybrien safely. 56 kilometers (89 kilometers for our 2 hardy souls who cycled from Dungarvan) at 21 kph was a spin well done and for a great cause.


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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Bits and Pieces
Part of me also says, "WHAT??? I have worked SO hard and lost all this weight and I still have to lose at least 55 more pounds? UGHHH!!!" But most of the time, I am just happy and excited to be where I am.
I remember last June (it is ALMOST June so that's one year ago) when I weighed 278 pounds. It gets pretty hot here in the summer, so I had gone out and bought several nice new tank tops and sleeveless shirts (my size at the time was 26/28 or 3x). They all looked so nice on me (I thought?) Anyway, last week it got into the high 90's here so I went and got out all these nice new tops from last summer. (Yes I have fat arms, but no I am not going to suffer in the heat just to hide them). I put on the first one... WAY too big. Tried the second one. SWIMMING on me. Tried the third, fourth, fifth... all the shirts from last summer... and they are all SO BIG on me that I cannot possibly wear them! Mind you, I will wear bigger clothes just to get by, but there is no way I could wear any of these without looking like a clown in a potato sack. I could have fit one of my teenagers in there with me! I had to retire those shirts, and go to Wal-Mart for some cheap new tank tops to get me by this summer. And guess what! I got to shop in the NORMAL SIZE section!! Not the plus size!! Holy cow! I had read other people who say they felt like everyone was looking at them like, "why are you in this section? You're too big." I thought that was silly. But that is JUST how I felt. Like I was in forbidden territory or something! Funny. Anyway I found some shirts that fit me... size 16!! And they were cheaper than the Plus size shirts. They were only $5. Amazing.
Now, about the number 223. It is a special number. I blogged about it way back here... in my second post ever! I wrote:
"at what point will I no longer be severely obese? ...when my BMI is under 35, I am just "obese." To reach that goal I must weigh 223 pounds! Wow, that sounds skinny at this point! So... lose 23 pounds and I am no longer morbidly obese. Lose another 32 pounds and I am no longer severely obese. For a grand total of 55 pounds I must lose to REACH "obesity." And then, I suppose, I can escape from that as well. "
Yes, folks, according to most accurate BMI charts, I was first morbidly obese, and then severely obese. And now, at 223, I am just obese. Yay, right? Well... a little wrinkle in my carefully thought out calculations. BMI is based on height and weight. This might sounds stupid, but I was always told I was 5'7. So I assumed I am. However, at my last doctor appointment they said I was 5'6!! WHAT?? If that is true, it throws my whole BMI off. It means I have to lose MORE weight to be normal weight... MORE weight to be just obese! It screws up all the calculations. And those of you who understand the importance of numbers get where I am going with this. I mean, if you thought you weighed 240 and suddenly found out your scale is off by 10 pounds and you really weigh 250, it FEELS like you are fatter and have ten MORE pounds to lose.
So, yesterday I took a deep breath, grabbed a book, a pencil and a tape measure and stood as tall and straight as I could against the bathroom wall. I looked it the mirror and I marked my height on the wall. I did this three times to be sure I was being accurate. And... drumroll. I am, indeed, 5'6. BAH!! In fact, I am actually closer to 5' 5 1/2", but screw that. So I went back to my trusty BMI calculator to get my new numbers.
My starting BMI was 44.9 ... Morbidly Obese.
My current BMI is 36.0 ... Severely Obese.
To be just "Obese" I need to have a BMI under 35, meaning I must weigh 216 pounds. UGH. Why couldn't I just be an inch taller??
Anyway, it's ok. I am still 55 pounds down. When I lose 7 more, I will be out of the Severely Obese category. (You don't know how badly I just wanted to ignore that doctor and pretend I am still 5'7 so I have something cool to be excited about... but again, it's all about being honest with ourselves.) And to Escape from Obesity, and just be "Overweight" I need a BMI under 30, which will happen at 185 pounds. I will have a normal BMI (under 25) at 154 pounds. A lot to think about. But I AM going to do this.
Okay, I am off to ride my bike! Have a great day!
14 comments:
- Mal said...
I'm really happy I found your blog. Congrats on your successes!
- May 21, 2008 at 10:13 AM
i totally remember reading that post, way back when! i think it is great that you have gotten here, and i know you do too. it is so interesting how it is kind of about perception, you know? like, 223 was important because of this calculation and now 216 is the number. i just knew, reading that post so long ago, that you would get to 223 and it would be huge and so now i just know that you will get to 216 and that will be a huge accomplishment. it is so cool how you have changed your life and become so much more comfortable. i say congrats on reaching this milestone (even if it was set with slightly inaccurate data)! :)
- May 21, 2008 at 10:40 AM
- Sunny said...
OMGosh I love reading posts like this.....these thoughts and calculations are constantly running through my head....it's fun to see the "thoughts" of others. Congratulations on 223!!! Wahoo! Who cares if things have changed a little bit in the meantime - - you were headed for that number, it was significant and now you've reached it - that is AWESOME!
- May 21, 2008 at 10:58 AM
I know exactly how you feel! I'm only 5'3 and I have to get to a tiny 170lbs to not be in the obese catagory. 170lbs!! thats skinny to me!! Right now I'm at 180lbs and I have just started to be able to shop in regular peoples clothing again. Boy is that nice. Well keep up the good work and the encouraging words! You've come a long way!
- May 21, 2008 at 11:01 AM
- beverly said...
Good job!
- May 21, 2008 at 11:37 AM
- Deb said...
That is awesome you are halfway there. It has me thinking...by next June will I be halfway there? Hmmmm..... Anyway, a big congrats to you. It is so encouraging to find people who are successful!
- May 21, 2008 at 11:46 AM
- Melanie said...
Hi Lyn,
Congratulations! You are a real inspiration to me. Your halfway point makes me jump for joy! Keep up the wonderful work!
- May 21, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Congratulations on the 223. It's still a major milestone for you.
How great that this is a celebrations of shirts too big, smaller sizes, normal sizes and now it's time to ride the exercise bike. There was no statement of frustration leading to a desire to EAT. Even if it crossed your mind, it wasn't important enough to blog about. It's a disappointment, but just ". . . a little wrinkle in my carefully thought out calculations." What a different mindset from 55 pounds ago. Congratulations!
- May 21, 2008 at 4:46 PM
- Heather said...
that is so exciting!! I an relate with the summer clothes becaue I had a similar experience. I pulled out all of my tops and they were huge. Sorry to see some of them go because they were cute, but Im not sorry to see the size go and Im sure you arent either. congrats on all your accomplishments!
- May 21, 2008 at 5:28 PM
- MB said...
You should be proud of what you accomplished no matter what the BMI charts say. You're doing so great!
P.S. I've been voting for you :)
- May 21, 2008 at 6:22 PM
- Dinah Soar said...
I'm so happy and excited for you reaching 55 pounds lost!
You've come so far and I'm enjoying reading about your journey. Keep up the good work.
- May 21, 2008 at 7:31 PM
You go Lynn! congrats on your halfway. You are doing a great job and so funny. I remember going from severely obese to just obese and am now looking forward to being "overweight." Not many folks would understand that. I still can't wrap my head around shopping in the regular sizes. When I go to the mall I still head straight for Lane Bryant, and online I don't really know where to go anymore.
- May 22, 2008 at 5:30 AM
- RunningNan said...
I know how that feels. I went my whole life thinking I was 5'4, and I'm actually 5'3.5. So I just go with 5'3, and work from there. I'm 157 and I'm still classified as overweight. I feel great inside though, so if 168 is where you are comfortable at, then go for it! You've come a long long way. We are all proud of you.
Congrats on the 223~
- May 22, 2008 at 5:33 AM
- Twix said...
This is wonderfull!!! Very happy with you! Way to go! A size 16!! Wooo!!! Yea! :D Congratulations! Half way there, that is AMAZING!!
- May 22, 2008 at 5:49 AM


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Peter Marshall (May 27, 1902 – January 26, 1949[1]) was a Scots-American preacher, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC and twice appointed as Chaplain of the United States Senate.
He is remembered popularly from the success of A Man Called Peter (1951), a biography of him written by his widow, Catherine Marshall, and the 1955 film adaptation of the same name, which was nominated for an Academy Award for its cinematography.
Early life and education
Born in Coatbridge (North Lanarkshire), Scotland, Marshall heard a strong calling to the ministry at a young age. Despite having no money, he emigrated to New York in 1927 when he was 24. He graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1931.
He was called as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, a small, rural church in Covington, Georgia. After a brief pastorate, Marshall accepted a call to Atlanta's Westminster Presbyterian Church in 1933.
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In Atlanta, Marshall met his future wife, Catherine Wood, then a student at Agnes Scott College. They married in 1936 and had one son, Peter John Marshall (January 21, 1940 – September 8, 2010).
Peter J. Marshall followed his father into the Presbyterian clergy and ran a national ministry, Peter Marshall Ministries, from Orleans, Massachusetts. He wrote many books on the Christian faith in the United States.
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In 1937 Marshall became pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.. In 1946 he was appointed as U.S. Senate Chaplain, serving from January 4, 1947 until his sudden death of a heart attack just over two years later. He was 46 years old.[2][page needed]
Marshall is buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery (Section C, Lot 344, Site 1) in Brentwood, Maryland.[3]
Catherine Marshall developed a career as a writer, publishing more than 220 books. These included many editions of her late husband's sermons, several of her own inspirational books, and the best-selling novel Christy, inspired by her mother's accounts of her early teaching years in Appalachia.
In 1959 Catherine Marshall married Leonard LeSourd, executive editor of Guideposts magazine.[6]
Catherine died on March 18, 1983, and was buried at her request next to her first husband Peter Marshall.
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The Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has an undated carbon copy transcript of Catherine Marshall's biography, A Man Called Peter. The undated transcript includes penciled annotations. The Society also holds a collection of Marshall's sermons from his years as a pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church and New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
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Attention All Arizona Volleyball Letterwinners
Sept. 7, 2001
Friday, October 26
Volleyball Reunion:
The University of Arizona Letterwinners Association will host a reunion for all former Arizona Volleyball Letterwomen. There will be a dinner reception, starting at 5:30 pm in the Stadium Club (eastside of Arizona Stadium).
After dinner we will watch the 2001 Arizona Volleyball Team compete against UCLA @ McKale Center, starting at 7:00 pm. We will honor all Volleyball Letterwomen in attendance during the match.
Saturday, October 27
Arizona Football vs USC Tailgate / Football Game:
All returning volleyball letterwomen will be invited to attend our Arizona Letterwinners Tailgate prior to the UA/USC Football Game. The tailgate will start approximately 2 � hours before kickoff and be located on Bear Down Field.
Each returning Volleyball Reunion Team Member will receive two (2) complimentary football tickets for the UA/USC Game.
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The smash hit of 1990, and the first collaboration between Richard Gere, an established romantic lead by this time and Julia Roberts, as she was to hit the big time. Roberts is the hooker with heart of gold, and Gere hires her for the week, Pampers her, parades her around all the bet events and the pair fall in love. It's a simple Cinderella type story with enough heart to work. It's far from perfect, but it not bad either. Gere is on his way out by 1990, with the days of Officer And A Gentleman falling behind him and it's Robert's film as she's the spark that lights up the conservative world of 80's businessman and the silver screen.
Fun, sexy and like Dirty Dancing three years earlier, featuring a killer soundtrack that was destined to keep the film in the public's conciousness far longer than it rightfully deserved, this small romantic comedy was destined to become a classic. Is this warranted though? Personally, no. It's no better than an any good Rom-Com but it hit the right buttons at the time and like most phenomena, it's earned its place in cinema history, right or wrong.
Hardly overrated as it certainly wasn't critically acclaimed at the time, but if you only saw one rags to riches romantic comedy, I would recommend tons of films over this, especially My Fair Lady (1964), of which this bares a passing resemblance.


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text: "My dad turned me on to the blues when I was just a kid. He loved listening to the legends. My old man was a self-taught guitar picker. He even figured out how to play Dixie and Yankee Doodle at the same time just like Chet Atkins, all by ear, amazing. He was the first and biggest influence on me as a musician. I remember him playing BB King and T-Bone Walker licks and thinking, that is the special stuff. I want to to play that kind of music. I remember this one time as a kid, my dad and I watched a show on PBS TV about the blues. This interview with Gatemouth Brown had us both in a trance. We couldn't get enough. The slivers of music clips during the show were like little pieces of gold. To this day, I stop in my tracks when I hear the blues out in public. I absolutely have to know where it's coming from. That feeling that I got when I listened to the blues legends as kid still comes over me. They knew exactly what they were cookin' up. They had the recipe."


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There hasn't been much to smile about for Southend fans over the last couple of years.
For a start they have been watching a team cobbled together from a handful of contracted players, a smattering of youth team players and a rotating door of loanees. This in itself is difficult enough for a manger to cope with.
But against the back drop of multiple winding up orders, non-payment of player wages, transfer embargoes, and the unceremonious sacking of assistant manager Paul Brush, it made managing Southend United a virtually impossible job for then manager Steve Tilson, and so it proved as the season climaxed with relegation.
Understandable then, the fans angry reactions to seeing their local hero being placed on gardening leave by chairman Ron Martin, the man widely viewed as the villain of the piece.
However, into the fray stepped newly appointed manager Paul Sturrock, accompanied by his new assistant Tommy Widdrington. Neither has officially signed as the embargo is still in place.
However, this hasn't stopped a flurry of transfer activity, and Blues fans starved of good news and new players for so long, are suddenly gorging themselves on the plethora of players auditioning and winning parts in Sturrock's plans for re-inventing Southend United.
It hasn't all been good news for Sturrock mind, a mini exodus of players, following the mutual cancellation of their contracts. A result of the players having become disillusioned with the clubs current regime, regular arrears in paying player wages, (some of which are still believed to be outstanding) the main concern.
Pre-season, hasn't exactly gone to plan either, the big opening game against Roy Keane's Ipswich, and local side Canvey Island having to be cancelled at Sturrock's request. Sturrock stating he needed to build on the seven players he inherited before playing any pre-season friendlies.
Although the conspiracy theorists amongst Southend's popular online forum Shrimperzone, believe the protest against Martin's running of the club, in plan for the Ipswich game played its part in the fixture not taking place.
Southend, with Sturrock at the helm, have now replenished their ranks, albeit on pre-contracts, that pesky embargo still hindering true progress, and have even got a couple of pre-season friendlies under their belt.
A 2-0 loss at non-league Dartford and a far more impressive 1-1 draw with championship side Derby the outcomes so far. It's through these games that Southend's extremely loyal, and battle hardened fans are daring to allow themselves a glimmer of hope.
Impressive performances from newly crowned club captain Craig Easton, alongside Anthony Grant in the centre of the park. Ryan Hall, snapped up from non-league Bromley has impressed on the wings with his directness and clever runs. Zaboub and Soares have both showed promising glimpses of their ability too.
Meanwhile at the back, Peter Gilbert, Bilel, Clohessy and Coughlan displayed a strong pedigree, conceding only the once against opposition two tiers above. Experienced Rhys Evans has also signed a pre-contract to cover the goalkeeping position.
With this influx of players comes hope, although fans are realistic too, they understand with the embargo still in place and the results of the HMRC audit to be revealed August 2nd, the rug could yet be pulled from under them. And with under a week between this pivotal date and the start of the season, it truly is a critical decision.
Chairman Martin realises this, and will be hoping with the backing of Sainsbury's, the club can overcome yet another hurdle.
It will take a lot more though before he wins back the trust of the excellent fan base he has been very lucky to inherit, but a fan base, that if examined closely, will betray a slight new spring in their step; let's hope they get the outcome they truly deserve, on and off the pitch.
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As a pair of towers in Tokyo are being prepared for their grand opening, there is a series of murders of people connected to the towers. Conan suspects that the mysterious Syndicate may also be involved.
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Now Meghan Markle's Sister Has Been Hospitalized
Honestly this is turning into an episode of Bold and The Beautiful.
The outspoken (estranged) half sister of Meghan Markle has allegedly been hospitalized after a confrontation with photographers.
She has reportedly broken her ankle and fractured her knee during the incident and is currently receiving care.
Samantha's boyfriend, Mark, broke the news to media site TMZ, along with his version of events.
Meghan Markle's half sister Samantha is reportedly now in hospital. Celebrity website TMZ is now reporting she has suffered a broken ankle and fractured knee. #9News pic.twitter.com/YGXKkaSxb9— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) May 16, 2018
It is being alleged that the pair were driving in Florida when a photographer veered in front of them.
Mark, who it seems was driving, swerved to the left to avoid a confrontation but instead hit a concrete barrier near a toll booth.
He said his girlfriend first hit the windshield before dropping to the floor mat.
Samantha, who also suffers from multiple sclerosis, was then unable to lift herself up and her foot was reportedly twisted backwards.
Mark then drove his girlfriend to the emergency room where she is being treated, while the photographer reportedly fled the scene of the incident.


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In modern times we can watch in many ways, we can watch movies online free, we can watch free streaming movies, HD Movies, full movies, good movies in a cinema, in Blu-Ray, DVD and we can even buy them in streaming services like Megamovies.cc. Without taking into account which method we use to watch movies, we can say that watching movies is one of the best forms of communication we have today.
As a communication tool, watching movies has several benefits that can be taken advantage of, which can help us to learn new abilities, skills, and much more if they are consumed in a correct way and if the movies are actually made to teach and inform. However, most people think that movies are just to have fun, but this is not exactly its only benefit, and we will tell you why.
To watch movies is one of the greatest entertainment sources for people around the world. People enjoy all kind of movies and in this way, they can even change some aspects of our life if they're taken seriously enough. Almost all movies can teach a lesson to anyone, as movies are always different and there are tons of genres to choose from, but they are always made with a certain purpose.
For example, animated movies are mainly supposed to be watched by kids to entertain, and in most cases, to teach and develop a base in education. Documentaries are mainly made to inform and talk about a specific subject in deep, while action and sci-fi movies are almost every time made with the purpose of entertaining and making an emotional impact on the spectator with exciting scenes.
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They tend to develop and produce certain in emotions in us, to watch movies also relieves us from stress, make us relax and sometimes, depending on the kind of movie, they can make us stressed and emotionally unstable, if the information isn't taken correctly or the movie is just made to do that.
Depending on what you think a movie is made for, there are certain things that could change in us when we watch movies. Here you have some of the most important features of watching movies:
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Documentaries, history, and movies about happenings of real-life or just real people, can be really informative and teach us many things about the world. When we watch free movies, we tend to get all kind of information from the context and the story itself, and if they're trying to depict a real life event or a difficult concept in an artistic way, we can eventually learn many things and have some perspective on new information if the movie is consumed correctly. This can be used as an educative tool and as an entertaining source of information.
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Movies are sometimes a great source of entertainment; they always have a big impact on our emotional health. Some of them are specially made to make us forget about our problems by introducing us to new ones or just make us forget stressful situations with fun stories and interesting ideas. The more involved a person gets with a movie the more likely that person is to relax, making it a top way to de-stress in moments of emotional unstableness.
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Movies, being a great source of information can also teach us many things about social interactions and problem-solving of real life. When we are kids, for example, we can get new ideas of how people really are and take new information about how to deal with other people, face difficult situations or just behave in social environments. The social effects of movies can be both direct and indirect, on children and even adults, via repetition and visual representation.
Many movies are made in a way that makes us feel inspired. These movies tend to develop a certain kind of structure while being played in order to make us feel related in a certain way and eventually inspire us to do great things or just be different. This is one of the most important features of watching movies, as this can change someone's life if taken correctly.
Even so, we can easily say that movies are always a great way to not only forget about the world around us but also to inform, relate and even increase our awareness of important happenings in the world, a totally different objective of what we're accustomed to. Watching movies has several benefits and if they are watched in a way to not only enjoy but to get something from them, watching movies is one of the best ways to improve the culture in any person.


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You may already be familiar with the cat utility, which can send files to standard input and output. Ncat does something similar, except it's for sending data over the network or accepting data to a local machine. In the right hands, ncat can be an extremely useful tool for system administration and troubleshooting.
Setting up Ncat should be pretty easy. It's packaged for most major Linux distributions, so no compiling should be required. Depending on the distro, it might be packaged separately or as part of the Nmap suite. Ncat is part of the nmap package on Ubuntu 9.10, and is ncat on openSUSE. Note that you may also run into variations of ncat called Netcat and others. It has been implemented in a number of ways, but ncat is probably the most popular version in use today. You can do mostly the same things with other versions, but the options may differ
Ncat is also available for other platforms. If you're working with a mixed network, check out Nmap.org's download page to find source code and binaries for other operating systems.
Let's take a quick look at some of the things that ncat can do.
Copying Files
You can use ncat to transfer files over the network in the absence of SSH/SFTP or FTP. I don't really recommend it as a long-term substitute, but you can do it. Here's how: On the machine to copy the file to, run ncat -l 8080 > test.txt and on the machine to copy from, use ncat remotehost 8080 --send-only < filename.
If you omit --send-only, then ncat will just keep the connection open until you press Ctrl-c on one of the machines.
So, why would you use ncat rather than tried and true scp or sftp or any other method of copying files? Primarily, this is a last-ditch method when one of the machines may not have SSH installed or when a user doesn't have access to the remote system. Want to let a friend or client copy a file that's too large to email to your server or desktop without having to create an account for them? Use ncat.
Another use case is copying the output of a command directly to another machine rather than creating a file locally and then transferring it. You can actually do all kinds of interesting things using ncat to copy data between hosts, up to and including copying entire disk images. Rather than creating files from a disk image, you could simply use ncat to copy an entire partition over a network connection directly to a partition. Use with caution!
Testing Services
My favorite use of ncat is as a way to test how services are behaving. If you want to "talk" directly to a service over the network, ncat can be used to connect directly to the port that you're working with so you can manually query the service.
For instance, you could use ncat to test SMTP, POP3, IMAP, HTTP, or just about any other service where you can "speak" the protocol. For instance, if you wanted to send an email to test an SMTP server you could connect to the server with ncat mail.localhost.net 25 and then follow the standard script to send mail.
Want to see the headers sent by a Web server? Connect to the server with ncat servername.com 80 and then send the following commands:
GET /pagename HTTP/1.1 host: www.servername.com
The blank line is where you hit Enter again after the second line. You should see something like this:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:53:55 GMT Server: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.10 with Suhosin-Patch X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.10 Set-Cookie: bb2_screener_=1269744842+184.108.40.206; path=/ X-Pingback: http://www.host.net/xmlrpc.php Link: <http://wp.me/kH9O>; rel=shortlink Transfer-Encoding: chunked Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
But what if you want to see what your browser sends to a server. You can do that too. Run ncat on your local machine like so: ncat -l 8080 < filename > browserheaders.txt and then point your browser to localhost:8080. Note that you can omit sending a file to the browser, but you'll get fewer results. You should see something like this:
GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:8080 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:188.8.131.52) Gecko/20100214 Linux Mint/8 (Helena) Firefox/3.5.8 Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8 Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7 Keep-Alive: 300 Connection: keep-alive
If you want a full-fledged network sniffer, then you might want to look at tcpdump instead. But for a quick header check or talking to network services to get a health check, you want to know your way around ncat.
All in all, ncat is an extremely useful tool to have around. It's a fairly complex tool that has well more options than I've touched on here. If it sounds interesting, be sure to read up on the Ncat Users' Guide to learn all about what ncat can do for you.


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To provide more transparency and insight into its disclosure philosophy, Microsoft today announces three updates to disclosure practices:
First up, Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) at Microsoft document clarifies how Microsoft responds not only as a vendor impacted by vulnerabilities in its products and services, but as a finder of vulnerabilities in third-party products and services, and as a coordinator of vulnerabilities that affect multiple vendors. Drawing upon our years of experience, we've seen that disclosing vulnerability details and/or exploits before a vendor has a chance to address the issue amplifies the risk of attacks.
Second, as part of the MSVR program, MSVR Advisories is released for issues discovered by Microsoft in third party vendors' products. These issues were privately reported to the companies who've since provided remediation. Since it began operating in Aug '08, MSVR has privately reported many vulnerabilities to other vendors to help improve the broader security ecosystem. MSVR Advisories further document our commitment to handling vulnerability disclosure in a coordinated way.
Finally, to help affirm Microsoft's commitment to the security of the computing ecosystem, Microsoft adopted an internal corporate Disclosure of Vulnerabilities policy that establishes protocols for employees to follow when a vulnerability is discovered in a third party product or service.
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