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The Great Scam! Who Owns Your Domain Name?

movilla — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:58:55 +0000

Is it you or somebody else?

You see there are thousands of website owners out there who are potentially sitting on a “time bomb” when it comes to their domain name.

These website owners actually are not the registered owners of the domain name for their website, it is their web design company or hosting company.

The problem is that if you are not the rightful owner of the domain name for your website you have no control over the domain name.

It is quite common for some unscrupulous web designers to register their clients’ domain names in their own name. This basically gives the web designer a hold over their client.

This means if the client wants to move host or designer the web designer could refuse to transfer the domain name or charge a hefty fee to do so.
If a client falls out with their web designer, the designer could shut the site down in a matter of hours.
A web designer could sell the domain name to one of his client’s rivals.
All domains owned by a web designer are assets. This means if the web designer sells their company the domain names can be passed with the company. Alternatively if the web designer goes into liquidation, the administrator could sell all the domains held to raise funds.

To check who owns your domain name simply visit www.easily.co.uk and enter your domain name, select the extension and then click search. On the results page just click on the info icon against the relevant extension. The details for the domain name will appear on the screen.

Hopefully you are the registered owner.

Chineese Tattoo Horror Stories

movilla — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:04:40 +0000

I have just been reading about the horrors of Chinese Tattoo Designs – some quite scary stories.

It just goes to show though how people are very trusting of others. Those poor people thought they were getting a tattoo that meant one thing when in fact it was another.

I also downloaded the free mini guide and it is a must read for anybody who is thinking of getting a Chinese Tattoo – really sound advice and tips to make sure you don’t get caught out.

A New Tourist Guide For Northern Ireland

movilla — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:15:08 +0000

While looking for somewhere to go over the May Bank holiday weekend, I stumbled upon a new website called 360ni.com.

It has justed started and looks very promising with new entries being added daily. It is an independent guide to Northern Ireland with some great photographs as well.

This is what Northern Ireland needs as the NITB website just seems to be a slideshow and that is it, plus it seems to be out of date as well.

Good luck 360ni and hope it works out for you.

Tractor Pulling Mullahead Ploughing Match 2009

movilla — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:04:31 +0000

I was fortunate enough to be invited along by The Mullahead Ploughing Society to take some low altitude aerial photographs of the event on Saturday 28th February 2009.

The site is vast with over 150 entrants competing in various ploughing classes. From the traditional horse ploughing right through to the modern reversible plough, something for everyone.

It has to be said that the main attraction for many is the Tractor Pulling, this has grown over the years into an event almost of its own.

Here is a view of the main tractor pulling arena:

Here are some more photos of the competitors in action:

This Massey shot past the 70m mark with ease.

You can view more photographs and purchase prints of the event by visiting the Mullahead Ploughing Section over at a AWeeClick.com – GET £5.00 OF YOUR ORDER AT AWEECLICK.com BY USING THIS VOUCHER CODE – Mullahead

For more information on Tractor Pulling in Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland visit the ITPC website.

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Latest Accommodation Offers And Cheap Hotels

movilla — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:21:55 +0000

Cheap Hotels And Accommodation

We have been busy designing a new website called AccommodationOffers.co.uk/a>

The website allows accommodation providers to submit their latest offers and special deals. Visitors to the site can search by location, type of accommodation, price saving and various other criteria.

From cheap hotels to luxury hotels, from bed and breakfasts to guesthouse, plus self catering, camping etc. - there will be something for everyone’s budget.

There are some great deals to be had, especially huge savings at some of the top luxury hotels in Northern Ireland, England and the rest of the United Kingdom as well as Europe.

Flooding In Portadown Northern Ireland

movilla — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:20:00 +0000

On Saturday 16th August 2008, Northern Ireland recorded nearly a month’s rainfall in one day. In a typical summer’s August this may not have caused any problems, however as the summer leading up to this day, had, shall we say, been rather wet, problems were inevitable.

You could not have imagined even if you had tried the consequences that unfolded during that afternoon. The recently completed underpass on the West link in Belfast filled up with water, the water overflowing the top of the safety walls, some 20 or so feet from the bottom of the submerged road below. 20 million gallons of water had filled the underpass, it was reported cars had been abanonded in the underpass as driver’s could not escape the torrent of water heading their way. It took 2 days for the fire brigade pump out the water.

The reason behind this particular flooding was that a nearby river burst its banks and caused a deluge of water to head towards the underpass. A once in a life time event.

Many parts of Northern Ireland were affected by the worse flooding in living memory. In Portadown the River Bann burst its banks and the flood planes rapidly contained the water and in many cases with only inches to go before it would have overflowed into surrounding residential areas.

Here is a picture showing the extent of the flooding across the meadows – it was taken from the access road down to Portadown rowing club.

Image Reproduced courtesy of Elevated Aspects Aerial Photography

Portadown golf club was also badly hit by the flooding and a number of the greens and fairways were under several feet of water.

It took about 4-5 days for the flood plains to drain back into the river. Hopefully there will not be another flood as large as that for many years to come.