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The most private and breathtaking spot in the Cowichan Valley! This vacation getaway is the only building on a 40 acre property surrounded by beautiful Douglas Fir and Arbutus forest. Feel like you have truly gotten 'away from it all', but stay within a 15 min drive of Duncan and Lake Cowichan.
We offer a completely unique and eco-friendly rental as a welcome alternative to the usual options. Learn that the ultimate in 'eco-friendly' can also be beautiful, contemporary, and comfortable. This custom home was built with local, natural, and sustainable materials and is completely 'off-grid'. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to stay in a 'cob' home. Cob is a mixture of clay, sand, and straw - it's what the exterior walls are made of, and they hold up the roof without a single stick of wood! Of course, our home is highly engineered and code-approved - one of the very few of it's kind in North America! Whether you're looking for something eco-friendly, unique, private, or just beautiful with breathtaking views this home is an ideal place to relax and enjoy nature.
Accommodations include two bedrooms with queen size beds, as well as a pull-out double/queen sofa bed. The beds have eco-foam mattresses, down duvets, and bamboo and organic cotton sheets. The bathroom includes a shower and separate water-closet. The contemporary kitchen has 13 ft ceilings and the most energy-efficient appliances on the market. The living room features a beautiful curved cob bench and rammed-earth open burning fireplace for warmth and atmosphere. All the home's finishes are made with natural materials, so those with sensitivities can breathe easy, and everyone can feel good about staying in a healthy place without harmful toxins.
For your outdoor enjoyment, there is a deck and patio table just outside the dining room's double doors, which can be opened up for one large indoor/outdoor eating area. There is also a bbq and fire pits, for when the season allows. Our property connects with Cowichan Valley Provincial Park and it's many hiking trails for endless exploration from the top of the Bluff to the River bottom.
We are both originally from the prairies, and moved to the west coast in 2004. We have busy lives and jobs in Victoria, but have spent all of our free time over the last 2 years building and finishing this eco-home!
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Over our last 8 years living on Vancouver Island, the Cowichan Valley has always been our favourite place to get away to; whether for a day of food and wine tours, or hiking and exploration, or just some relaxation in a beautiful setting. It encompasses everything that we love so much about the west coast and we have never tired of things to do and see in the area.
When we decided to build the most eco-friendly vacation home possible, we searched around the entire lower half of Vancouver Island to find the perfect spot. It had to be a spot with a lot of space and privacy and beautiful views to showcase the best of the valley, not a nearby sub-division or the possibility of one in the future. It was important for us to be able to offer guests an experience where they truly feel they have escaped everyday life. These things were not easy to find on an island like this which is such a popular place to live and visit (and rightly so!). When we found Stoltz Bluff, we knew it was just the right spot from the very beginning. We hope you visit and experience some of the same magic we have felt there.
This home is absolutely one of a kind. The two of us designed and built it ourselves, along with it's off-grid systems. The story of this home is a long and adventurous one! It has had it's trials and joys, and we are very happy to have made it through to the end. We have done an immense amount of learning and research over the last two years and are now excited to share that knowledge and our story with others. We hope to hear from you and will be happy to tell you more and answer your questions. Our website and blog tell the story of our building experience, so please visit it for even more information (may be 'under construction').
The Cowichan Valley is the 'bread basket' of Vancouver Island! It offers a bounty of farms, markets, and wineries to visit, along with delicious local, organic offerings at many restaurants. Cowichan Bay has the distinction of being officially designated as North America's first Cittaslow Community.
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MIB students tap into the power of research to solve business problems.
In business and in life, it's human nature to jump quickly to what seems to be the easiest solution to a complex problem. College of Business graduate students participating in the Master of International Business (MIB) research project course are learning to look (and think) before they leap.
As part of the process, not only do they get the opportunity to engage with a real company with real problems—but they also go through the rigorous paces required to properly design a research project, implement that design and report their findings and recommendations.
Tyler Helms, one of five students in a fall semester project team, appreciates the real-world experience gained as the team examined the inventory challenges being faced by a local company with international customers and a large global supply chain.
"Throughout the semester, we met with the client's marketing group to better understand their current situation," he said. "Ultimately, we narrowed down the focus of our research to helping them improve forecasting and demand planning."
A three-step research process helps bridge ideas into action.
As a first step, Helms and teammates Ines Medved, Monica Rosa, Catalina Sanchez and Rodolfo Vollmer developed a clear statement of the problem and outlined what information was needed to solve it.
Next came a report that outlined the research design.
"We were prompted to be very specific about what kind of research we were going to collect and analyze as part of our process," Helms said.
The focus was on secondary research, including making full use of the proprietary databases, dissertations and articles available in the Florida International University (FIU) library.
For the third step, the student team presented their recommendations to a group of college faculty, including Stephen Barnett, executive faculty director, MBA Programs.
"I was impressed and humbled by the faculty review group, which included several department heads," Helms said. "Their feedback was extremely helpful as we prepare the final proposal to our client."
Helms finds that working on this kind of real-world project—where your conduct professional-level research and make recommendations to your client from an unbiased point of view—a "tremendous experience, a true capstone to the graduate program."
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AerCap Grabs Kingfisher Planes
The Leasing Company taking action
Kingfisher has grounded planes and is seen by analysts as the next potential casualty of the tough industry environment that has already claimed large carriers such as Hungary's Malev and Spanair in Spain.
Aengus Kelly, AerCap's chief executive, said the company has the resources and financial strength to ride the downturn, and has already found new homes for the Kingfisher planes as well as another leased to Global Aviation Holdings Inc., the U.S.-based charter specialist that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year.
Kelly, talking to analysts on a post-earnings' call, said AerCap expects to improve earnings per share this year, and said it remains committed to a big leasing deal with AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines.
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Jennifer Hudson, Celine Dion, Smokey Robinson, Usher and Carrie Underwood joined together for a tribute performance of "We Are the World," which Michael Jackson planned on featuring in his final tour, This Is It. The performance was followed by the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement award, which Jackson's children Paris and Prince Michael accepted on their father's behalf.
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Amazing dish! I don't have a pressure cooker so cooked all but the kale in a crock pot for about 6 hours (pre-soaked the beans too). Instead of fresh bacon I used thick cut bacon that was recently cured at my local butcher shop. Serving with a final drizzle of olive oil and splash of sherry vinegar took the dish from good to excellent.


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VONORE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Waxing the floors, cleaning and setting up - the Vonore Food City is getting ready to open Wednesday morning.
"Right now, we're putting the final touches on the meat and seafood area, getting it out and making sure it's fresh. We're taking care of the bakery/deli, making sure the product is fresh," said Joe Holt, the store manager.
Fresh food isn't all the store is bringing to the area. It also created about 150 full and part-time jobs, including one for Mollyanne Brookens, who feels lucky to work there.
"There isn't jobs - as far as I know, there's not many jobs at all. This is the only thing in Vonore," said Brookens.
Aside from groceries, you can fill your prescriptions and fill up your car with gas.
"We've not really got big supermarkets to pick from, and once we do, it's just prices I guess," said Stephanie Arb, who's excited for the store to open.
Vonore's mayor is excited for a different reason: tax revenues. He estimates the town will get about $200,000 the first year. A big deal, since Vonore's annual budget is only $1.5 million.
"It's going to allow us to do a lot of projects. Some that we have ongoing right now. It'll allow us to do more for our infrastructure," said Mayor Larry Summey.
Summey said some of the money will go towards the planned Veterans Memorial Park, which he estimates will cost the town about $160,000.
Whether it's jobs, convenience or bettering the town, one thing's for sure:
"Very exciting, very exciting," said Holt.
The first shoppers will hit the aisles at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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France's Far Right Climbs Out of the Shadows
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PARIS — It wasn't another French Revolution, but the dramatic showing of France's far right in last week's presidential election was a bombshell that left France shaken and Europe confused and alarmed.
Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front party won 18% of the vote in the first round presidential election in which ten candidates competed. Nine were from either left or right, and only one a self-professed centrist. In France, the center has all but vanished.
President Nicholas Sarkozy did better than polls had predicted, but the widely anticipated first place win of Socialist Francois Hollande was still a humiliation to the hyperkinetic Sarkozy who sought to wrap himself in the French flag. Polls show Hollande, a bland, unassuming figure, continues to lead Sarkozy in the final runoff election to be held on 6 May.
The National Front is no longer on the ballot in the final two-man race, but it remains the hulking 800 lb gorilla in the ornate drawing room of French politics.
As Marine Le Pen said, French politics will never be the same again.
Just who and what does the National Front represent? I spent a day in the late 1980's interviewing party founder and father of Marine, Jean Marie LePen, and have followed the Le Pens ever since.
Leftist critics have branded Jean-Marie Le Pen as a fascist, and his daughter, and now party leader, a fascist wolf in a designer dress.
This view is not accurate. I found the big, burly, convivial former paratrooper a modern-day apostle of the Vichy France of 1940's era: ardently Catholic, anti-foreign, a hater of Islam (Jews used to fill this role), an enemy of the rich industrial class and what he calls "Jewish money," a fierce foe of Communism and Socialism, and advocate of harsh law and order. "Emigration equals invasion," he memorably told me.
The term "fascist" is over-used. The Le Pens are traditional rightists familiar to France, Spain, Turkey and Portugal during the 1930's.
Marine Le Pen softened her father's rhetoric and is more discreet, but her policies are similar. She wants France to ditch the Euro, end globalism, break the power of the banking elite — a goal shared by Hollande — and crack down on crime and emigration.
Marine Le Pen's policies are stridently anti-Muslim. She blames France's 5-6 million Muslims for many of the nation's troubles. Islamophobia has replaced the right's anti-Jewish creed of the 1930's. Unfortunately, this toxic practice has also spread to America's hard right and religious fundamentalists.
Sarkozy, in an desperate attempt to attract National Front voters on 6 May, has also jumped on the anti-Muslim bandwagon and has intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric, warning of the alleged dangers of mosques, halal meat, veils and terrorism — which has become code for Arabs.
Sarkozy, a close ally of Israel, is beating the war drums for attacks on Syria and Iran. France's 600,000 Jews are solidly behind him.
The big question now is how many of the 6.4 million French who just voted for the National Front can Sarkozy and his UMP party attract. This shift will decide the election.
National Front supporters are a mixed bag. There are working class people furious their factories are being closed and outsourced to East Europe or Asia as unemployment heads over 10%. Many blame Sarkozy and his business mogul friends, or Jewish finance, Muslims, or Americans. They are angry and explosive and find many like-minded workers across de-industrializing Europe.
Other National Front members come from the ultra-conservative Catholic haut bourgeoisie, the same class that supported Marshal Petain's Vichy government during the war. They saw Communism as a far greater threat than Hitler's National Socialism. Francois Hollande's Socialists and its far left allies horrify France's bourgeoisie.
The National Front also draws Muslim haters, anti-Semites, supporters of an all white France, the elderly, and minor neo-fascist groups, as well as small shopkeepers fearing their businesses will be crushed by huge retailers. In the 1950's, a rightist political Party led by Pierre Poujade fought for "petits commercants."
France's right and left have been locked in battle since the 1870's. Now, the forceful entry of the National Front into this conflict has muddied this two-way fight.
Marine Le Pen's strategy is to break up Sarkozy's UMP party and become the party of the center-right. If Sarkozy is defeated on 6 May, his bickering, unstable party may indeed fragment, allowing Le Pen to pick up the pieces in important parliamentary elections on 6 June.
Europe's neo-fascists, like Holland's Geert Wilders' Freedom Party, are cheering Le Pen's stunning vote win. Europe's center-right leaders are not. They fear growing economic malaise and stresses will spark the same kind of surge to the far right seen in France.
They fear as much a win by Hollande's big-spending Socialists will undermine their efforts to stabilize continental finances through austerity and saving, or even wreck the vital Franco-German entente that is the foundation of European unity.
But Le Pen's calls to quit the Euro, return to the franc, and protectionism find many ears across Europe.
Eric Margolis [send him mail] is the author of War at the Top of the World and the new book, American Raj: Liberation or Domination?: Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World. See his website.


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4-star hotel with a restaurant in Madrid (Retiro - Prado)
With a stay at Hotel Claridge Madrid, you'll be centrally located in Madrid, convenient to Royal Tapestry Factory and Prado Museum.
This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Crystal Palace and Velazquez Palace.
Make yourself at home in one of the 114 guestrooms featuring minibars and plasma televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include safes and desks, and you can also request cribs/infant beds (complimentary).
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a health club, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and babysitting/childcare.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Dining is also available at a coffee shop/café, and room service (during limited hours) is provided.
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. This hotel has 5 meeting rooms available for events. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This 4-star property offers access to a business center. 5 meeting rooms are available. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. This business-friendly hotel also offers a health club, tour/ticket assistance, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 114
- Babysitting or childcare
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Health club
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free Wi-Fi
- Restaurant
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Self parking (surcharge)
In your room
- Climate control
- Minibar
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Television
- Desk
- Free Wi-Fi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Pillow menu
- Plasma TV
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Eat and drink
Claridge Cafe-Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in Spanish cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
The fine print for Hotel Claridge Madrid
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at noon
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
24-hour check-in
- Self parking fee: EUR 19.50 per day
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Standard Room, 1 Queen BedMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 infant)
Standard Double Room, 1 King BedMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Executive Double Room, 1 King BedMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Standard Single Room, 1 Single BedMax Occupancy: 1 guest
Executive Studio, 1 King Bed with SofabedMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children)
4-star boutique hotel in the heart of Kensington and Chelsea
With a stay at Rydges Kensington London in London (Kensington), you'll be minutes from London Natural History Museum and close to Imperial College London.
This 4.5-star hotel is close to Royal Albert Hall and Selfridges.
Make yourself at home in one of the 81 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a fitness center, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Rydges Kensington London. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Full breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Featured amenities include a computer station, express check-out, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in London? This hotel has 1076 square feet (100 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request).Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is also on site where guests can unwind with a drink.
An Internet point is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is available throughout the property. Event facilities measuring 1,076 square feet (100 square meters) include a 4 meeting rooms, a conference center,and banquet facilities. This Victorian hotel also offers a fitness facility, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests.
Rydges Kensington London is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 81
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
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- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Conference space size (meters) - 100
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Conference center
- Year Built 1789
- Conference space size (feet) - 1076
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
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The Jam Cupboard - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
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When you leave
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- Breakfast fee: GBP 15 per person (approximately)
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You'll be sure to take flight school by storm in this Maverick/Goose inspired ensemble which includes: A zipper front flight dress with interchangeable Maverick and Goose name badges, miniature ruffle hem and embroidered Air Force style patches. 2 piece set. Polyester. Hand Wash.
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I bought this dress for my teenager and I can't give it 5 stars because I think it should come with shorts or leggings with it. It does go to her fingertips, but she is short. It is very cute, very well made, but as a parent, this dress needs to be longer. She has to wear it with shorts or pants underneath.
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This costume fit great, shipped and arrived quickly and exceeded my expectations in quality. The glasses and costume are both perfect and go well with the men's version!!
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I ordered this costume as a part of a couples 'set' for Halloween and an 80s party... Celebrate Express was a HUGE help when i needed to overnight the costume and was by far the lowest in price! The costume looked great! My only feedback about the 'fit' is if you have broad shoulders.. be prepared to not move while wearing this. The material is not stretchy and has no give what-so-ever. Also, it is relatively short. I am 5'3, 125lbs and it just barely covered my backside... good thing I was wearing shorts :). But overall I would def recommend this costume.
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He's a former teen idol who's starred in almost 40 feature films and earned his first Oscar nomination earlier this year at the age of 41. So naturally, our first question for Matt Dillon is, What's it like to be Entourage star Kevin Dillon's brother? ''Yeah, yeah, right,'' he answers good-naturedly. ''I've had people come up to me and go, 'I just wanted to tell you, I loved ...,' and I'm like, 'Thank you very much.' And they're like, '...your brother's show.''' He grimaces and collapses into the table. ''But I'm happy for him.''
But don't worry about Matt Dillon he's fielding plenty of compliments on his own. After his young-punk, teen-heartthrob days in the early '80s (The Outsiders, The Flamingo Kid), he flew under the radar for the next decade, despite roles in plenty of notable films (To Die For, Drugstore Cowboy, There's Something About Mary). It's only with last year's Best Picture winner, Crash, that Dillon finally received recognition for the daring and unexpected choices he's been making all along. ''I don't think it's my best performance,'' Dillon reveals of the role that earned him a Best Supporting Actor nod. (Instead, he gives that prize to his turn as a homeless schizophrenic in 1993's The Saint of Fort Washington.)
He's particularly proud of his latest project, Factotum, a moody drama based on Charles Bukowski's blunt 1975 novel, in which he plays the author's often drunk and rarely employed alter ego, Henry ''Hank'' Chinaski, with a mix of hatefulness and empathy. (The film is now in limited release.) ''Some movies you've got to stay focused and stay in character more throughout the day, otherwise you lose it,'' says Dillon over a New York lunch across Central Park from his Upper West Side apartment. ''I had to keep Hank close. If I moved away from him for too long, then I'd have to ramp up again. At the end of the day I was able to leave the character behind me, but I would go home and I would read Bukowski or watch interviews he did.'' On the set, the hours of homework certainly paid off. ''He had a depth that stopped me in my tracks,'' says costar and longtime pal Lili Taylor. ''This period in his life is like a blossoming, not only as a man but as an actor. Johnny Depp is at a similar point he's coming into himself in this great way.''
While Depp has become something of a family-film star, Dillon has embraced his lurid side. With equal parts booze, cigarettes, and domestic violence, Factotum is another tough role for Dillon, coming the year after his morally bankrupt Los Angeles cop in Crash. ''I like characters that are controversial and have a dark side to them,'' he says. For better or worse, Hollywood seems to be catching on. ''Recently I was reading a script that they sent to me to play this guy who was a racist, pedophile criminal,'' he says incredulously. ''I was like, 'O-kay.' I do have standards.'' (In other words, don't expect to see him in that one.) With one memorable Factotum scene that involves a case of crabs and a roll of duct tape, however, Dillon is loosening his standards on showing some skin. ''This is the first time you've seen me full-on bare-assed,'' he says. (Yep, not even in that Wild Things three-way.) ''I draw the line understandably at frontal nudity. But it was written in the script and I accepted that it was there.''


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Jovan Jovanov is one of the Macedonian most successful composers, arrangers and producers of POP, R&B, POP-ROCK, HOUSE, HIP-HOP music in Macedonia. As Bachelor of Music in Education, he is currently enroled on the postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Music in Skopje.
He is born on 27th of May 1981 in Skopje. He began his music education when he was 6 years old. He plays piano, guitar and percussion instruments.
As composer, he cooperated with many famous people from our region. He received many prizes and acknowledgements from festivals. His songs, performed by Toshe Proeski (2004) and Next time (2008) on the Eurovision Song Contest and Bobi Andonov (2007) on the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, represented Macedonia. Furthermore, he was arranger of the song of Vlatko Ilievski on the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011.
He is the winner of three first prizes on the most famous festival in Macedonia-MakFest with the compositions "Magija", performed by the music group Magija (1998), "Ti me sakash", performed by Jovan Jovanov and Maja Sazdanovska (2005), "Ne planiram", performed by Lambe Alabakovski (2010). He is the winner of two second prizes on MakFest for the compositions "300 godini", performed by Adrijan Gaxha (2005) and" Bez tebe tivko umiram", performed by Next time (2008). Moreover, he is the winner of third prizes for the compositions "Da te vidam pak", performed by Jovan Jovanov (2003), "Se na svoe mesto", performed by Zoran Stamenkovski (2006) and "Nekade posle 2" performed by Elvir Mekic (2007).
Jovan Jovanov launched his own company Jovanov Records Ltd. (Sole proprietorship) Skopje in 2008. He began to work on other artists' careers as their manager. Jovan Jovanov demonstrated his skills for music -director at the same time. He began to direct music, and than to edit music videos.
He has released over 200 compositions. Though being very successful for his age, Jovan Jovanov doesn't want to stop here, but he wants to spread his success outside the borders of the Republic of Macedonia.
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Many people consider rhythm and blues music a pastime that is far behind this current generation. That was until Southern New Jersey's favorite sons Niko , Tarius and Babyboy came together to form 120. 120 brings R&B music back in style with twists containing spins on the "typical topics" of love, life, and pursuing your dreams for the masses and generations to come.
Many have asked the age old question, where does the name 120 come from, but few realize that the response is actually right under their noses. Everyone gives 100 percent of themselves to a dream, while this dynamic trio is giving 120 percent of themselves to making dreams become sweet realities, and aptly named themselves 120. Which truly represents all that they pour into their music
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We got there around 2 PM. Hot in Greensboro. 95 degrees. If this place isn't good, it will be a long afternoon. The first impression wasn't great. They have nine taps. Five weren't their own. Miller lite, Rolling Rock, Shiner Bock, Spaten Lager, and Sierra Nevada. No treasures in the bunch. Sierra Nevada is good, but readily available. They had only four of their own. Battlefield, a schwarzbier; Red Oak, a vienna style lager; St George, a strong Maibock; and Humminbird (sic), a lite lager. We had samples of all of the Red Oak beers. My question is: Why the Millers and Shiners? The Red Oak beers were fine. Something for every taste. The Battlefield was our favorite. I didn't notice a "funky" taste. Instead an appealing touch of sweetness complementing a very true to style dark lager. The maibock was also wonderful. Strong, malty and slightly sweet. The vienna is a fine example of the style. I don't usually favor light beers. But the Humminbird went down well on a hot summer day. A strong and pleasant malty aftertaste. Nothing particularly hoppy. But this is a lager house, not an ale house. Can't expect a strong dose of hops.
We ordered the Drunken Chicken. If the chick got drunk on the local beers, he died happy. A fine choice. Nicely seasoned, dirty hands food. Finally we had a chance to discuss beer with Adam, the manager. No need to pester him for free stuff. The beer and foor were excellent. A can't miss stop. We'll be back.
The visual surroundings were extraordinary. Both in the Pub itself and around the neighborhood. I took several pictures and posted them on this site. They are described in an earlier review. We didn't have any food on Friday. But they opened early Sunday serving breakfast and brunch so we came back. Had an oyster and bacon omelette washed down with three pints and a couple more samples. They had just put on their Jubilee Ale, described as a Pale Ale but very hoppy. Also outstanding.
I like Magnolia
On our most recent trip, we learned that CCB has a new brewer – Tom Conklin. We spent some time with Tom and came away very impressed. He is bright, knowledgeable, personable, experienced (8 years with Abita), and committed to maintaining a consistently high-quality product. As always, we started with the Black and Red. They were wonderful and indeed true to type. If you expect big, hoppy beers, you won't find them here, as the Black and Red are German-style lagers – a Schwarzbier and a Vienna. The emphasis is on the malt. One of the Seasonals on this visit was a Kolsch. Ordinarily, not our favorite beer style, it was wonderful. Clean, fresh, with a fine malty aftertaste. A helluva beer to chase oysters. We are looking forward to the Octoberfest that Tom will have ready in the fall.


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Game Changers
Why digital publishing is like Internet retail for Financial Times.
Back in 2002, when the digital strategy for most publishers still revolved around posting magazine stories to Web sites, the Financial Times adopted a strategy that previewed what was to come: charging online readers for content.
Today, as the reliance on advertising revenue proves untenable for many publishers, the industry is revisiting the idea of paid content. Two camps have emergedŌĆöthose who think content should be paid for, and those post-Web 2.0 observers who say all content should be freely accessible and freely shared on the Internet.
For the FT, the switch has been a boon. Total global paid-for circulation is 563,026 (with digital subscriptions up 27 percent to 149,0947), while across print and online, the FTŌĆÖs average daily audience reaches 1.9 million. The FT GroupŌĆöwhich includes Financial Times and FT.com, as well as M&A intelligence service mergemarket and The EconomistŌĆösaw revenue jump 9 percent to about $300 million in the first half of 2010, while adjusted operating profit more than doubled to about $47 million.
Within the FT, content revenues are projected to overtake print advertising in 2011 (even as print advertising shows growth in 2010) and total advertising by 2013, with digital formats accounting for one-third of total revenue by 2012. The FT also raised its subscription rates by about 10 percent, with standard subscriptions costing about $221 while premium subscriptions go for about $325. FT.com registered users are up 77 percent to 2.6 million.
Still, it hasnŌĆÖt been a totally smooth road. The FT laid off more than 80 employees in 2009 and some observers have taken the FT to task for what they consider a clumsy consumer-facing pay wall, as well as the decision to put traffic-driving blogs behind the wall.
Here, FOLIO: talks to FT CEO John Ridding (a former journalist himself), about the remaking of a business model, and why online publishing has more in common with Internet retail than traditional media.
FOLIO: Financial Times had significant success in 2009 with digital subscriptions and digital revenue. How does 2010 compare? Does the model continue to be profitable? What have been the highlights of this shift? What areas didnŌĆÖt go according to plan and how did you respond?┬Ā
John Ridding: WeŌĆÖre pleased with the performance of our digital content engine and there are two pistons there. One is the┬Ā FT.comŌĆÖs subscription machine. The other, which people know less about, is corporate content. Both of those engines were up double digits in revenue growth. One is focused on the consumer market, through products such as FT.com, while the other revolves around corporate licensing. Every news organization has been at the mercy of the advertising cycle for decades. That makes it difficult to plan and manage a sustainable business and invest in quality journalism.
Our starting point is we need quality journalism and we need a business that can sustain quality journalism. When times get tough, there are two ways you can respond, including, as lot of publications have done, by trying to cut newsroom costs. The danger of that is you get into a death spiral by reducing the quality of what youŌĆÖre doing and exacerbating the sales and readership issue. We took the view that everything would come down to the quality of our journalism, therefore we had to develop a business model that would support it. That meant increasing prices. We doubled the price of our newspapers in pretty much every market┬Ā and we have the confidence to charge for our journalism online.
FOLIO: How much of a role do other premium servicesŌĆösuch as research, marketing intelligence, licensingŌĆöplay for FT?
Ridding: Three or four years ago, FT was sold through aggregators such as LexisNexis. We got a cut, but we had the view that we werenŌĆÖt getting our fair share of the revenues. We decided on a completely new approach that requires companies wanting FT journalism to have a direct license from FT, and we set the price. It was a bold move at the timeŌĆöwe were giving up known revenue and going it alone.
Today, we are on the cusp of having our 1,000th direct corporate customer. Having those two consistent, coordinated engines of digital content revenues provides a much stronger and sustainable base to the business. It gives us confidence to invest in the newsroom, but it also supports advertising. There quite often is a misconception that there needs to be either an advertising model or a paid content model. We have both. By charging for journalism online, we have a much more compelling proposition┬Ā for advertisers because weŌĆÖre proving engagement and we can charge higher ad rates.
ItŌĆÖs a virtuous circle. If you get the content machine right, it can therefore support the advertising side of the business.
FOLIO: How has the revenue ratio changed across the product line?
Ridding: Next year, we expect content revenues will exceed print ad revenues for the first time in our history. Digital formats will supply one-third of revenues by 2012. By 2013, content revenue will exceed total advertising revenue.
We thought content revenues would surpass print advertising this year, but print is doing better than we expected. One of the reasons itŌĆÖs hard to predict is because the ad cycle is shorter, so the visibility of ad revenues is less. ItŌĆÖs fair to say that after a brutal 2009, things have improved in 2010, but the visibility of how much itŌĆÖs improved is less. Marketing departments are more wary of long-term commitment.
FOLIO: Profits for the FT Group were up more than doubled in the first half of 2010. What drove that growth?┬Ā
Ridding: Two factors: revenues were up robustly across content and advertising and a lot of the cost and efficiency measures we focused on in 2009 are seeing the full-year impact come through.
FOLIO: In an interview with The New York Times, FT.com managing director Rob Grimshaw said, ŌĆ£This isnŌĆÖt publishing as much as Internet retail.ŌĆØ Do you agree with that? If so, what is the difference?
Ridding: When we started this online charging model, the primary reason was to raise revenues from content and to provide another foundation in addition to advertising. At the time, we didnŌĆÖt realize a more powerful benefit for the organization was the data and information it gives us about the audience.
In the U.K., a lot of newspaper sales are newsstand. We donŌĆÖt know whoŌĆÖs buying, itŌĆÖs very anonymous. When you move to a paid online subscription and registration model, one of the most incredible things is the information it gives you about how people are engaging with your journalism. You can be much more scientific about how you market and develop productsŌĆöyou can see what people like and what they pay attention to.
For example, you can look at people who havenŌĆÖt subscribed yet but are still reading and then market to them based on patterns of recent subscribers. You can look at the efficiency of the conversionŌĆöhow many unique page views does it take to turn into subscriptions. Data analytics are a game changer. We are investing significantly in data analyticsŌĆöit helps in every facet of the business and it helps you target your audience in ways you never could before.
FOLIO: How do you collect data? What is the ŌĆ£propensity modelŌĆØ FT uses around it?┬Ā
Ridding: One way is through a dedicated analytics team. One of the challenges is that with more than 120 years of history, weŌĆÖve built up different data sets. Part of that challenge is coming up with a coherent set of data. We have lots of data, but we need data that is consistent.
FOLIO: How is data affecting your marketing approach?
Ridding: A couple of examples spring to mind. An airline wanted to reach geographic readers in the U.S., Middle East and Europe. We can identify the cohorts of those readers. The result is to target a campaign to an audience that is exactly what the client is looking for.
Similarly, with marketing and subscriptions, you can trigger upsell. The idea is that you look at readership patterns and look for similar patterns being displayed by registered users┬Ā and market directly to them. The conversion rates are eye-catching. Even a small percentage change in the overall conversion rate has a profound effect when youŌĆÖre dealing with millions of unique users.
The FT can identify the best new subscriber prospects based on their on-site behavior. Response rates are six to seven times higher than traditional acquisition campaigns, and those data-driven predictive campaigns are now responsible for 20 percent of new subscriber acquisitions every week.
FOLIO: What content performance metrics do you look at? How do revenue-per-user ratios drive the strategy?┬Ā
Ridding: WeŌĆÖll never edit by the numbers. I came from the edit side of the fence, I spent 16 years as a journalist, and IŌĆÖm very aware now that IŌĆÖm on the business side that it is entirely their business. ItŌĆÖs fascinating and useful for them to understand what stories are striking a chord, but itŌĆÖs entirely up to them how they use that data.
One of our key metrics is average revenue per user, which has effectively doubled in the last 12 to 18 months, and we expect it to continue growing partly because we raised prices, but we have a very loyal readership and the price increases have stuck. That is also a function of improved retention rates.
FOLIO: How do the economics of a paid content model compare to a traditional ad-supported publishing model where editorial is treated as a cost center? How do the margins compare? WhatŌĆÖs the key to maintaining profitability?
Ridding: One of the reasons weŌĆÖve made this the center of our strategy is because weŌĆÖre a global publication, which is very expensive. The costs of printing and flying newspapers around the world are not inconsiderable. The U.S. is our single biggest market, but the economics of flying newspapers around the country are challenging. That puts limits and constraints on scale.
Digital channels enable you to reach a much more dispersed model. The iPad is potentially a game changer. For us, itŌĆÖs very liberating. We had no idea what to expect when the iPad was launched. In the first month, we had 250,000 downloads. ItŌĆÖs very exciting when you see that latent demand becoming real. There are zero marginal costs of adding digital subscribers. With a paid-for business model, that is all very high margin revenue.
FOLIO: The FT is the only media company to win one of the first five Apple Design Awards given to app developers for the iPad.┬Ā How do you leverage the iPad? With paid content a priority, how do you work with Apple and the many restrictions theyŌĆÖve put on publishers when it comes to customer data and monetizing audience?
Ridding: We are channel neutral. Readers should read the FT on whatever platform makes sense to them. But there are two principles we follow with any channel: that we have pricing power and we have a direct relationship with the reader. That works with us with the Apple model. The app itself is free to download. If you subscribe to FT.com, you can get our content through any deviceŌĆöiPad, the Blackberry, or the next thing that comes along.
From a customer perspective, itŌĆÖs really simpleŌĆöthey donŌĆÖt need a dozen different accounts. This keeps it simple and the pricing power is consistent. One of the reasons weŌĆÖve seen such take-up is that itŌĆÖs such a clean model. WeŌĆÖve had 400,000 downloads of the new iPad app and 44 percent of our iPad users are in the U.S..
FOLIO: How is this affecting print? How have print subscriptions and newsstand performed?
Ridding: WeŌĆÖre seeing two sources of growth with printŌĆöthere has been some recovery and weŌĆÖve been taking share in every market. The reason weŌĆÖre taking share comes back to having confidence in the value of our content. In all of the major readership surveysŌĆöMRI, etc. ŌĆöweŌĆÖve increased readership.
FOLIO: WhatŌĆÖs the priority for 2011?
Ridding: Our strategic priorities include continuing to build out digital content channels. In the last three or four years, weŌĆÖve been focused on things weŌĆÖve done deliberately, such as the paid online model, sustaining a global newsroom and the channel neutral approach. But new devices are changing everything. The rise of mobile is hugely important and profound.
WeŌĆÖve got a world where people are becoming comfortable┬Ā paying more for content. Even Google is looking at a subscription platform. At the core of that is being focused on differentiation.
In terms of specifics, that means developing new formats and publications and looking at some of these new emerging economies where you see dynamic business performance and investor interest. We launched China Confidential, a premium service for investment advice. We launched a blog called Beyond BRICs that looks at emerging markets. We are very keen to develop nichesŌĆöspecialized areas of content that is must-have information.
The core FT and FT.com mission is to provide global news and analysis. Underneath that is the opportunity to develop specialist niches. There are so many opportunities to take readers to the next level of specialization.
From Cost Center to Business Driver
In May, a story on The Daily Beast asked if Gillian Tett, who had recently arrived stateside to take over the role of U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times, was ŌĆ£the most powerful woman in newspapers.ŌĆØ
As the top U.S. FT editor, Tett oversees a group of 60 editors and reporters with the goal of providing high quality, intelligent journalism and analysis from a global platform. ŌĆ£Reporters are told they have to serve both the newspaper and the online edition,ŌĆØ says Tett. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre trying to integrate the operations, but different parts have a different emphasis. We have a special dotcom editing team in New York and weŌĆÖre organizing around thematic linesŌĆösuch as a banking group or a media and consumer group. We also have specific editors more focused on the print edition and we often look to London for that.ŌĆØ
The goal is to drive readers across all products. ŌĆ£In the paper we have a lot of references to our online offering,ŌĆØ says Tett. ŌĆ£Online, weŌĆÖre not just offering news but weŌĆÖre also trying to aggregate other interesting sources of information. Maybe IŌĆÖm caught by a story on the Federal Reserve. I can click on that, or I can click through to a multimedia package or cross-reference similar stories from around the world, or I can click on a special blog, like [the FTŌĆÖs] Money Supply. ItŌĆÖs a very multi-tiered set.ŌĆØ
FT Events: Independent Profits
In 2005, the FT produced seven events, which were located primarily in the U.K. In 2010, the group will produce 63 events around the world.
The global conference and event team operates as an independent entity within the FT portfolio, but is responsible for driving a deeper relationship between both advertisers and audience, as well as serving as a massive profit center, delivering a 23 percent net margin, according to Jayne Van Hoen, managing director of global conferences and events.
Events are divided into three categories: high-level macroeconomic events for a C-suite audience in industries such as telecom and pharmaceuticals; awards programs, such as the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Awards (a ŌĆ£successful and very lucrative part of the portfolio,ŌĆØ according to Van Hoen); and custom events, which can range from a client-sponsored breakfast for 50 people to a two-day event for 300 attendees. FT will produce 35 custom events this year, more than half its entire event portfolio. ŌĆ£The reason clients are moving into that space is we can demonstrate ROIŌĆöthey can see if they spend X with us, we will deliver Y,ŌĆØ says Van Hoen.
The team features 26 full-time employees (and one full-time editor), while hiring freelance specialists to program events.
The FT event business has been growing by 18 percent since 2005 and should continue to grow in that range, according to Van Hoen. Heading into 2011, multimedia offerings combining live events and digital platforms are a priority, including real-time and on-demand video.
ŌĆ£We are looking to develop a saleable library around our event content,ŌĆØ says Van Hoen.
A New Look at Audience Development
Contrary to popular opinion, moving to a pay wall has some advantages for circulation and audience development, according to Greg Zorthian, the Financial TimesŌĆÖ president of the Americas and global circulation director. ŌĆ£One of the beauties of the paid content model is it actually makes our job easier on the circulation and advertising side,ŌĆØ says Zorthian. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre almost ambivalent to which platform the subscriber wants. I donŌĆÖt have to worry that theyŌĆÖll go to the Web to get what weŌĆÖre selling in the newspaper for free. We charge for content, not for platforms.ŌĆØ
While the FT doesnŌĆÖt mind cannibalizing platforms (say, a reader preferring the iPad over the newspaper), it does not want to cannibalize on price. Full price for an annual newspaper subscription is $348. ŌĆ£We have to know what the prices are across all platforms, which sounds simplistic, but for us itŌĆÖs a challenge,ŌĆØ says Zorthian. ŌĆ£We distribute the newspaper in 140 countries and have introductory offers that sign people up as they get used to it. We do similar things in the online area.ŌĆØ
Bundled packages could include one or two levels of online contentŌĆöregular or premium levels, plus the print newspaper. ŌĆ£These arenŌĆÖt treated as separate products now,ŌĆØ says Zorthian. ŌĆ£The popularity of the package varies region to regionŌĆöwe havenŌĆÖt seen much take up in the U.S., but we do see it in Asia.ŌĆØ
Conversions Require Five Contacts
The FT offers traditional sampling devices such as trial offers and low cost short-term introductory offers (as well as day passes). Readers can register to receive 10 stories in any given month before theyŌĆÖre required to subscribe. ŌĆ£The beauty of our model is we can move the barrierŌĆöif itŌĆÖs not working we can move it up or down to be more consumer-friendly,ŌĆØ says Zorthian.
However, converting viewers into subscribers requires a very specific formula. ŌĆ£It takes about five different forms of contact with potential subscribers before they do subscribe,ŌĆØ says Zorthian. ŌĆ£It can be any kind of contactŌĆöe-mail, direct mail, insertŌĆöbut if itŌĆÖs above five they wonŌĆÖt subscribe and if itŌĆÖs below five they wonŌĆÖt either.ŌĆØ
New Metrics
In May, the FT announced a new audience metric called Average Daily Global Audience, which uses several sources to measure global readership across print and online and is independently ŌĆ£assuredŌĆØ by Pricewaterhouse Cooper. Duplicated readership is removed. ŌĆ£Those tools take us into the new era of how content is being delivered,ŌĆØ says Zorthian. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre not wedding to an ABC circulation. The old days of ŌĆśtonnage is better than page views,ŌĆÖ weŌĆÖre not wedded to that. We want quality circulation that ideally is paid for.ŌĆØ
Newsstand sales account for less than 10 percent of FTŌĆÖs circulation, but the publisher has been aggressive about increasing prices. ŌĆ£When I joined FT in 2004, our newsstand price was $1 per issue,ŌĆØ says Zorthian. ŌĆ£Since then, weŌĆÖve raised the price three times and now itŌĆÖs at $2.50.┬Ā WeŌĆÖve seen some slight fall-off since going to $2.50, but not enough to hurt revenue.ŌĆØ
People who buy one FT product are more likely to buy additional products, according to Zorthian. ŌĆ£It could be a high-end newsletter or conference where we mine lists,ŌĆØ he adds. ŌĆ£One of the great prospecting tools for b-to-b content sales is looking at the number of individual FT.com subscriptions in a company. If we have pretty good penetration, that might mean the entire company is a candidate for a package. WeŌĆÖre getting better and better at data mining and applying it to other questions.ŌĆØ
Over the last two years, the Internet has been the leading source of newspaper subscriptions. This year, the FT is seeing more total subscriptions from the Internet than any other source. ŌĆ£As e-readers and tablets penetrate the market more and more, we will look at using them instead of the newspaper,ŌĆØ says Zorthian.
Testing to Improve Campaigns and Marketing Response
Marketing efforts are increasingly Internet-focused, particularly through search engine marketing. ŌĆ£We can fine tune creative to difference audiences and we can also track a userŌĆÖs path to gauge their onsite experience so we can see who registers and subscribes,ŌĆØ says Elissa Tomasetti, vice president of marketing and audience development. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre testing communications to customers based on geography, demographics, user behavior, and reader patterns. That dramatically improves conversion rates.ŌĆØ
FT.com subscription conversion rates jumped by 63 percent through testing different creative elements on landing pages and subscription barriers.
The FT also uses optimization tools such as Optimost for integrating multi-variant techniques on-site. ŌĆ£We can test mini variables in a communication,ŌĆØ says Tomasetti. ŌĆ£The phrasing of an offer, the color, where it is positioned. We can get results in short period of time that help us improve customer experience.ŌĆØ
A database management team is tasked with maintaining and improving the FT analytics interface and the group works closely with marketing to run customized reports. ŌĆ£We can do it on a daily basis, but if weŌĆÖre working on a specific project, we can pull customized reports,ŌĆØ says Tomasetti. ŌĆ£They also have specialists within their team to help deliver those models, target users who behave like subscribers, then apply marketing tests to campaigns.ŌĆØ


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Villa Tjarita Kusadasi
Official Contact Details - Villa TjaritaPhone: +90.538.277.9528
Executive Style self catering hilltop Villa, Panoramic mountain and sea views.
- Price from 72 EUR / Day / Per unit
- Capacity up to 8 people
- 3 bedrooms & 3 bathrooms
Last updated: 03/18/2011
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Situated on a naturally elevated and gently sloping hilltop, Villa Tjarita is located in the Long Beach area. It offers stunning uninterrupted panoramic views of Kusadasi Bay and the Greek Island of Samos. A short distance away from three large towns, Kusadasi 11km, S'ke 12km, and Davutlar 7.5km. Villa Tjarita appeals to owners who traditionally favored and enjoy a four-star + holiday home accommodation. A superb setting which includes your own private sunset. For those who want a place of their own in the sun without compromising quality and comfort, Villa Tjarita is by far a prestigious holiday home.
Peace of Mind Property Management Company manages the property locally in Kusadasi. They will ensure the property is always in first class condition. They can assist with any issues that you may have, be it translations, queries about excursion or medical issues, they will be happy to help in order to ensure your holiday is an enjoyable one.
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The Kusadasi Setur Marina is one of the largest and best equipped marinas in Turkey with a capacity for 629 yachts, afloat and on shore. Between 2500 and 3000 boats visit the marina each year. The marina is located on the latitude 37.52 N and on the longitude 27.15 E. Repair service, security, and customs are some of the 24 hour services available at this marina.
Today, Kusadasi is one of Turkey's most sophisticated holiday centers a perfect place for vacation with its sandy beaches and glassy water. The contrast of the lively holiday life with the quietness of ancient ruins creates the special atmosphere of the city. Kusadasi receives about 300 days of sunshine during the year on average; providing an excellent environment for an unforgettable holiday. Windsurfing, water skiing, sailing and beach volleyball are only a few choices for the lovers of active life. There is a great selection of water facilities as well as numerous powdery, sandy beaches with warm clear waters where you can sunbath restfully during the day.
As the sun sets, the attractive caf�s and restaurants along palm-lined boulevards get busier and livelier. It is a great delight to watch the arrival and departure of the yachts and cruise ships as you take in the stunning panoramic view of the sunset during cocktails before dinner. The restaurants in Kusadasi offer a delicious array of food, serving a variety of fresh seafood from the Aegean Sea and other specialties of the region. The night life involves dancing and entertainment at lively bars or discos until dawn- an end to an ideal day in Kusadasi.
Kusadasi has a typical Mediterranean climate with hot summers and mild winters, providing a long tourism season. According to the year 2000 census, the population in Kusadasi includes 50,000 residents consisting of about 99% Turks.
SUN, FUN, AND RELAXATION! Kusadasi is one of Turkey's principle holiday resort towns, offering an excellent environment for an unforgettable holiday. Situated on the west coast of Turkey, 90km south of Izmir, Kusadasi is the heart and one of the most attractive cities of the Aegean. It is close to important historical sites including the principle cities of ancient times such as, Ephesus, Didyma, Priene, and Miletus to name a few.
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- 7 Cypress Hills Sitesi, Kusadasi/Aydin, 9400, Kusadasi, Turkey
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- city, countryside, mountainside, near cultural interest, near diving spot, near fishing area, near historical interest, near restaurants & bars, near shopping area, near the beach, near water sports!
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Only fifth-teen Min's drive from the villa is a unique health center where they offer various therapies which are used to treat many kinds of illnesses including, blood,liver circulation disorders, scars, migraine and cholesterol problems. Twenty Km of blue sandy beaches, warm turquoise seas allowing many types of water sports.****** Must See Mosque:
You do not have to leave Ku'adasi to marvel at the history of Turkey.
In the center of the city, the Centrum, lies The Fortress Mosque, built by the vizier Okuz Mehmet Pasa during the 17th century, and has a capacity for 550 people. The entry door is decorated with mother of pearl. The stained glass and Ionic columns exemplifies the best of the craftsmanship of the Ottoman Empire.
There are several mosques throughout Ku'adasi where visitors can view the different 17th century styles of Ottoman architecture. For example, the Hajji Ibrahim Mosque, where roof tiles cover the rectangular ceiling of the rectangular planned mosque. The Turk men Mosque and the Camiatik Mosque are other sites worth visiting.
****** Must See Historical Sites of Turkey:
When you journey outside of Kusadasi a whole other world awaits you.
1.Efes (Ephesus)-once the commercial center of the ancient world will be one of the highlights of your visit to Turkey. The city was built in dedication to the Goddess Artemis. Her temple was once one of the Seven Wonders of the World but was later destroyed by Alexander the Great. Ephesus was also the home of the Greek natural philosopher Heraclitus. In his book On Nature, he introduced a new self-conscious method and language. Ephesus was also home to one of the Seven Churches of Revelation. The Ephesus International Festival is held annually during the month of May.
2.House of Virgin Mary:
It is recorded that St. John brought the Virgin Mary to Ephesus after the death of Christ. And she spent her last days in a small house (Meryemana Evi) built for her on Mt Nightingale. It is now a popular place of pilgrimage for Christians and Muslims. The house has received the official sanction by the Vatican, and Christians observe a commemoration ceremony every year on August 15th.
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