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Sri Lanka, a country bathed in sunshine is now exploring ways of using this natural resource at an optimum level in an endeavour to provide electricity to all houses and to overcome the power crisis.
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) took its first step in this direction by connecting a solar power panel to the national grid for the first time. This solar panel is installed at the Worldview Global Media Office and Training Complex in Battaramulla.
Sri Lanka's leading solar power panel providers have formed a Solar Industry Association, targeting solar panels for 200,000 houses.
Secretary of the Solar Industry Association and Managing Director, Shell Renewables Lanka Ltd, Pradeep Jayawardene told the Daily News that four leading solar power specialists - Shell Renewable Lanka Ltd., Selco Lanka Ltd., Alphatherm Company and Access Solar joined hands to fulfil this aim.
He said that 1.8 million houses in the country do not have electricity, out of which 400,000 households can afford solar power panels. "Our target is to cover at least 50 per cent (200,000) of these houses," Mr. Jayawardene added.
At present 25,000 houses get electricity from solar panels. The solar industry grows by 300 per cent annually. In 2001 alone, 10,000 houses opted for solar power. In the Uva province alone, 5,000 houses now get power from the Sun with the assistance of the Uva Provincial Council, which granted Rs.10,000 to each family.
The Estate Infrastructure Ministry also began a solar electrification project by providing Rs.10,000 to each estate household.
"We need to have State patronage to reduce the capital cost borne by the end user by providing them with loans and other subsidies," Jayawardane explained. He said their Association will mainly focus on North Central, North Western, Uva and Sabaragamuwa provinces and the Ampara district in achieving this target.
"As companies engaged in the solar power industry, we also encourage them by giving them credit facilities and easy payment facilities on our own, without the participation of banks. This will see a drastic reduction in kerosene lamp accidents as solar electricity is totally safe.
Solar power is also environmental friendly because there is a reduction of carbon emissions," he remarked.
The solar power panel at Battaramulla, the biggest in Sri Lanka, supplies 25 Kw daily to the national grid. By end 2002, this will increase to 100 Kw.
Power and Energy Minister Karu Jayasuriya, who inaugurated the Battaramulla solar power project installed at Worldview Global, has said that the supply of solar power to the national grid for the first time was a landmark in the history of the Ceylon Electricity Board. Such an addition, though on a small scale, is great relief for the CEB considering the present power crisis.He said the government is taking policy decisions regarding the implementation of new projects to overcome the power crisis.
The Ministry will also encourage the private sector to establish mini hydropower projects using small waterfalls.
Oddvar Laegreid, Minister Counsellor of NORAD, one of the prime movers behind the project, has said the implementation of solar power projects in Sri Lanka was a major step as the country is blessed with plenty of sunshine. He points out that the country can use renewable energy resources which are available in abundance to overcome the power crisis.
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Earlier this year I finished writing an article in which I tried to find the salary breakeven point for private vs. public college graduates [3], a task that was impossible because I couldn't find enough publicly available information at the time. I was trying to figure out whether college was "worth it" and if so, whether public or private college was a better value. Since I didn't have enough data, I just took some "average student loan debt" figures and calculated the breakeven point.
In a recent Business Week article [4], they took a 2007 College Board analysis that showed college graduates earned 61% more than high school graduates over a 40 year career. Master's degrees earn 93% more. It's not the private college vs. public college debate but it's certainly a good look at whether student loan debt, in general, is worth it.
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Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) has given investors ample reminders that the company intends to be an active acquirer for the foreseeable future. Likewise, management has made no secret of its intention to expand its hardware assets and its desire to add product/industry verticals to its model. Oracle achieved all of the above with Monday's surprising announcement that the company will acquire session border controller specialist Acme Packet (Nasdaq:APKT) in an all-cash deal.
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Assuming that both companies take care of every detail, and that no rival bidder pops up, Oracle will acquire Acme Packet in a $1.7 billion deal that pays investors $29.25 per share in cash, a 22% premium to Friday's close. While that may seem like a solid premium for a company that spent the last six months of 2012 below $20 per share, it's still well below the 52-week high ($36), not to mention the all-time high of nearly $84 from April 2011.
At about 5.7 times the 2013 average sell-side revenue estimate, this is not an uncommonly expensive deal for Oracle, nor for growing hardware companies. Given Acme's rather dramatic decline in profitability over the past year, however, the deal will look expensive on short-term profit metrics.
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Buying into the Lull
As the stock's price performance might suggest, these aren't banner days for Acme Packet. That shows up in the company's fourth quarter earnings report.
Acme Packet reported that revenue fell 15% from the prior year, with product revenue down 20%. That steep decline reflects not only lower carrier spending from companies such as Verizon (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T (NYSE:T), but sluggishness in enterprise customers as well. Even so, this result was slightly better than expected.
Acme's margin performance was also better than expected. The company's gross margin fell about 50 basis points from last year, but it still did about a half-point better than many analysts expected. Likewise, the company kept a fairly tight leash on operating and sales expenses. While the nearly two-thirds decline in non-GAAP operating income was pretty shocking, the resulting operating margin was stronger than expected and drove an operating beat.
Unfortunately, the news of Oracle's bid pretty much dominates this quarter, and management canceled its conference call. Slightly better than expected product revenue was a positive, but I'm not sure that investors in Sonus Networks (Nasdaq:SONS) can take much from that result.
So, What's Oracle Thinking?
I would think that Oracle's acquisition of Acme Packet will puzzle a few investors on a few different levels. For starters, Oracle's acquisition of hardware assets hasn't always gone according to plan, with Sun Microsystems offering arguably as many challenges and problems as opportunities.
SEE: Biggest Merger And Acquisition Disasters
So why does Oracle want more hardware? And why would Oracle want a business that is so heavily weighted (about 80% of revenue) to service providers/carriers?
The carrier exposure is an interesting topic. Given how Acme's session border controllers facilitate the delivery of voice, video and multimedia, it looks like a logical long-term play for ongoing traffic growth. It also gives Oracle a distinct industry vertical into which it can sell a whole stack of software products. Then there's the potential of IP Media Subsystem (IMS) architecture to recapture the over-the-top messaging revenue of companies like Facebook (Nasdaq:FB) and Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT) Skype, but rival Huawei has been making real inroads here.
I would think that Oracle is also intrigued by Acme's potential in the enterprise market. Even though SIP trunking has slowed recently, enterprises really can look to SIP trunking as a superior economic alternative to TDM. More and more enterprises are adopting VoIP and unified communications, and session border controllers are key to that adoption. As just one example, call quality declines significantly for VoIP when SBCs are not in use. It's worth noting that SBCs have a security aspect to them as well, and security could be another attractive market for Oracle for the long term.
Given that most investors and readers who know about Oracle see its substantial market position in enterprise IT, it's not hard to imagine that Oracle sees itself introducing Acme hardware to its large existing enterprise customer base. I also wouldn't ignore the longer-term possibility of additional acquisitions and/or internal developments leading to more comprehensive "plug and play" turnkey solutions for enterprise unified communications.
Plenty Can Go Wrong
Oracle has never been afraid of taking on risks, and while buying Acme Packet in the midst of a carrier spending lull does de-risk the deal to some point, there are still plenty of ways for this deal to go wrong.
For starters, while Acme Packet still has upwards of 50% of the SBC market, it's leveraged toward the carrier market. Rivals like Sonus and Huawei have been chipping away at Acme's share. At the same time, partners/customers like Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) could well look to be entering the market themselves.
On the enterprise side, Acme's share is less dominating (about one-third of the market) and the primary competitor, Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO), is more formidable. What's more, companies like Juniper (NYSE:JNPR) and Cisco are increasingly incorporating the features of SBCs into various routing products.
And it's not just the question of whether the Acme deal goes sour for Oracle or fails to live up to expectations. It's hard to imagine that Oracle won't be following up this deal with additional investments (in the form of further M&A and/or internal complementary hardware/software development), and that could ultimately be throwing good money after bad.
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The Bottom Line
I thought that ongoing growth in the SBC market would be enough to support a fair value for Acme Packet in the mid-$20s. On that basis, it would seem that Oracle overpaid and is destroying shareholder value. I'm not so sure, though, since that mid-$20s fair value was predicated on what Acme could do by itself in the enterprise market. The support of Oracle could both accelerate enterprise adoption and increase the likelihood of that penetration.
For Oracle, this deal doesn't change a whole lot - at least not today. Adding the carrier/service provider vertical is an interesting opportunity. These companies spend tremendous amounts of money on hardware and software to support/build/refresh their networks, and delivering a wider suite of hardware and software for this market would add meaningfully to Oracle's total addressable market. At the same time, this gives the company a new market within its broader enterprise focus and the opportunity to benefit from enterprise adoption of VoIP/VoLTE and unified communications.
With a fair value in the mid-$40s, Oracle still looks like an interesting stock today. Combining good strength in middleware with emerging opportunities like Exadata, Oracle looks like an interesting large cap IT stock in a market where valuations and guidance have gotten pretty tricky over the past couple of quarters.
At the time of writing, Stephen D. Simpson did not own any shares in any company mentioned in this article.


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Seiwell, 19, who gained notoriety for his arrest for the bomb threats last May, pleaded guilty Monday to charges of manufacturing methamphetamine and operating a methamphetamine lab.
He and another man were arrested in January when police discovered they were operating a methamphetamine lab in a car in the parking lot of the Dorrance Township municipal building.
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■ On May 9, 2013, police with dogs searched the high school for 45 minutes after "Ricin is in the school" was written on a restroom wall.
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> Hi,
> Say I have a sales history table that has the following fields: custid,
> invoicedate, prodid, quantity, cost, sale. And that I want to select
> sales records where invoicedate is between 5/1/04 and 8/31/04 and where
> these are new sales for each customer, meaning that the customer did not
> buy the prodid in the period 1/1/04 to 4/30/04. I know conceptually
> that this is a difference between two sets based on custid+prodid but I
> don't know how to express this in SQL. Please help.
> Dan
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Sales tax is not applicable in New York for this type of service.
Depending on whether you incorporate or not, the business may have to pay income taxes and franchise taxes. If you do not incorporate, you will be liable to pay income and self employment taxes on your net revenue.
If the people doing the praying are not employees, then you will simply send them a 1099 at the end of the year for the amount of money you have paid them. They will then be responsible for handling any taxes that are owed from that income.
Corporate taxes in Israel are lower and income taxes are on par with the U.S. However, the question of international taxation often has more to do with where you intend on being paid rather than where you set up the business. If you set up the business in Israel but take payment in the US, you will be taxed in both countries. Further, the transaction costs involved in moving money from the US to Israel may outweight in potential benefits to setting up the business this way.
In the end, it's probably better to set up the business in the US.
the people who pray are not my employees but some of them are outside the USA - do i still need to send them a 1099?
Thank you for your response.
Sending them a 1099 reduces your tax basis within the US. Thus, you would want to send it out regardless of where the service provider is located. However, if the amount that is being paid out to the Prayors (for lack of a better term) is significant, you should consult with an accountant to see if there is a better solution to lowering your tax exposure.
can i open this prayor bussiness in the US accept credit card in a us bank and operate the bussiness in isreal ?
what date in the year do i need to pay income taxes?
what do you suggest i incorporate this type of bussiness or not?
Because the business is a virtual business, you can in fact operate it from Israel if it is located in the US.
However, I would suggest not incorporating until you earn enough money through the business to justify the expenses of incorporating and the compliance expenses that go along with that. I would suggest simply starting the website and running it as a sole proprietor.
Income taxes on personal income are generally due every quarter of the year. Here is a guide you can use: http://taxes.about.com/od/taxplanning/ht/estimated_taxes.htm
how often do i send a 1099 to the prayors ? where and how do i make the 1099s
You send a 1099 to the Prayors at the end of the year (they must be submitted prior to January 31). It's only done once a year.
To send the 1099, you need to first obtain 1099 forms. To order the forms, you need to call the IRS and request the forms (or you can purchase the forms at a stationary store). Contact the IRS at 1-800-829-3676. You then fill out the form at the end of the year and send a copy to the Prayor and a copy to the IRS.
ok thanks alot i have one last question its regarding somthing else - its a general question - if i have 20,000 cash can i deposit it in my personal bank account ? will the goverment intefere and ask where i got the money from?
Yes, this will generally not trigger any sort of inquiry from the government.
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05/18/2011, Bozburun
Well we're now officially on our way home. We've just left Cold Water Bay in Turkey which is the furthest east we'll be on this whole trip, it's all westwards from this point on.
I don't think I expected Turkey to be just so beautiful. The waters are deep azure blues and turquoises, the steep cliffs and deep gorges are spectacular. We love the deep water close to shore so that we can anchor with a long line ashore which keeps us from swinging on our anchor. Cold Water Bay itself was a very fantastic spot, we anchored opposite the busy part and had the most perfect little bay all to ourselves with high cliffs clear water and a smell of pine trees in the air. We anchored in the middle and you couldn't have fit another boat either side. The peace is only broken by the local boats who keep visiting to try and sell you things (at exorbitant prices) or invite you to their restaurant ashore (often a great experience).
Before Cold Water Bay we stopped for two nights in Fethiye to provision and get some other jobs done. The marina was expensive but we managed to get the password to their wifi without staying. We're getting very good at sourcing free wifi, sometimes though it takes a coffee ashore to get the right password from a cafe then unknowing to them we use our long range aerial on the boat to stay connected from our anchorage (unfortunately we managed to anchor immediately off the local mosque, The haunting call to prayers is blasted over megaphones at high volume all hours of the day, at least you certainly know you're experiencing another culture).
While in Fethiye we also had a Turkish bath, we checked out a very traditional venue in the town but the smell kinda put us off so we opted for the "westernised" version in the Marina resort. It was quite an experience, you lay on a very hot marble plinth and get an extreme exfoliation (after which you can see bits of your skin all over the marble surface), next you get absolutely smothered in soap foam followed by a very slippery but rough massage. We were done by a fairly wirily young woman and it was obviously quite a workout for her as you could hear panting for breath!
Throughout Turkey we keep seeing the most fantastic range of Gullets (local cruise boats that take people on short cruises and sight seeing), I keep forgetting to take a photo but some of them even have water slides from the top deck through the hull and out the side, they look great fun. The gullets captains have the reputation of being quite aggressive over the best spot in an anchorage though (last night one dropped their anchor over ours and then just told me not to worry they'll be going in an hour and we can re-anchor then... friggers!). We do try and avoid them because they charge around at high speed playing loud dance music.
We've about two more weeks in Turkey and now we're going to head in the direction of Bodrum and visit the many small anchorages along the way. The weather is perfect, we've been swimming a bit and the winds are very favourable. Mikes been spending more time behind the wheel and did a fine job berthing us at the last marina.
Mike and I wish a very happy birthday to Emily, Georgia, Anna, Harry and Tina!
We miss you here at home, May has been full of Communion & Confirmation celebrations, great family reunions, but the usual story here with the weather, sun finds it very hard to shine for us. We enjoyed The Queen and Barack Obama visits and poor Garret Fitzgeralds State funeral. Keep happy and enjoy every minute, cant wait to see where you'll spend your birthday Mike, early wishes in case i'm not on line june 1st, Ha,ha xx
05/11/2011, Fethiye
After leaving Marmaris marina and completing our long list of jobs, we decided to slow the pace down and start our cruising experience for real. We don't even mind if we're only sailing at 3kns now. We have been enjoying some lovely little anchorages, without wifi connection (I couldn't get my daily news fill) and with fantastic weather.
Our first anchorage was a little bay called, Ekincik, where we successfully tied our new long line from the stern to the trees to stop the boat moving around. It's a very Turkish system but a great idea and easy to achieve when the edge of the water has a 5-10 meter drop. From Ekincik we hired a small put-put boat to take us up the Dalyan River to view the ancient city of Caunos and the Lycian tombs carved into the rock. We even rolled around in some mud and fed crabs to sea turtles.
Next was Wall Bay (thanks Jack for the recommendation) where again we lounged around, had our first swim in the Med, read our books and had long lunches. I think this is more like what the next 18 months will be about rather than the previous month of trying to avoid force 7 winds.
This morning we (I) spent time practicing single-handed sailing and man overboard maneuvers. I think Hugh was impressed though if the fender we used to simulate him were real, he would have concussion at one point.
We're in Fethyie now for provisioning and wifi. Tomorrow we're off to Cold Water Bay, which will be exciting as this is the further point East we will go on this trip (the furthest point away from Sydney). After that it's all one way home.
Hope your well, its turned cold here......
05/07/2011, Marmaris, Turkey
Summer is finally here!
The weather is warming up (25 degrees today) so it's finally comfortable to be in singlet and shorts! Clear sky and light winds. Haven't been swimming yet but hopefully soon.
We've been in the Netsel marina in Marmaris for the past week, this place is brilliant. Finally we found somewhere we could get all our jobs done and buy a lot of the equipment we couldn't find in Greece. There is not just one good chandlery (shop for boat spares) but a whole district of them! Our bikes have been getting a workout ferrying shopping back and forth from the town and around the marina. For once the list is getting shorter rather than longer. We finally bought ourselves some quality wet weather gear though we don't really mind having no need for it now :) We even bought some big cushions and sun-beds for the deck in anticipation lazy days lying the in sun.
We also bumped into Jess (photo) who did the skipper course with me back in Sydney. Jess is working on a flotilla yacht with a young Skipper called Jack who was here last season. Jack has been a great help with advice around our boat and also we some local knowledge and tips for where we'll be heading next. Jess's boss John too has been a wealth of knowledge and even took us all out for dinner last night to a good local restaurant which was lovely.
Marmaris is a big base for the charter boats and it's really set up well, the marina is expensive though. Mike and I didn't even ask the price (everywhere in Greece was either free or six Euro's per night). Yesterday we went into the office to pay and were a little dismayed to hear that all this connivence was coming at a cost of 76 Euro per night :(
Our plan is to cruise within Turkey between Fethiye and Borum for the next four weeks. Promise to bring out the camera again this week. It's a very different feeling now we're not battling bad weather!!!
Sounds great - brought back memories of sailing down the Turkish coast in 92 - make sure you check out some of the old Roman ruins as you head down. Such a beautiful part of the world...I think we need more PHOTOS! (Of the sun lounges.)
04/27/2011, Simi
Hi all,
I just wanted to say thank you for all my birthday wishes. It's great to hear from you all when on the other side of the world.
Mike and I have had a less than relaxing day and night, we docked in Simi just ahead of yet another force 7 that blew on our beam all night and most of today. We're tied stern to the quay with our anchor out front and basically we couldn't leave the boat for fear of dragging back onto the quay or another boat. I've been fidgeting with lines all day but we're through the worst of it now. Mike's in great form though, as he reminds me there's no point in both of us worrying :)
Tomorrow the wind is set to ease so we'll go ashore and have an explore.
Best wishes,
Old man
Late Birthday best wishes Hugh
04/26/2011, Simi
Happy Birthday Hugh (33 on Wednesday) from your family, friends and Mike. We wish you a fantastic year ahead and may all your dreams and wishes come true.
Santorini was a great place to spend Easter weekend. At midnight on Saturday night, we joined the locals in their square to celebrate their traditional Easter blessing and thanksgiving for the end of lent. We were told that during prayers they will light candles and set off fireworks. We were half dosing sitting on a wall waiting for the fireworks when someone hurled a homemade device just past our heads that shook the ground and us with it. It was game on for the next thirty minutes or so with people running for cover as the locals set off what had to be the biggest homemade gunpowder bombs we had ever seen and heard. They were literally the size of footballs and left fire in their trail. As Hugh said, "it's funny to see one side of the small square with the priest trying to say prayers and only ten meters away what looks like hoodlums with no law and order". Yet it was all condoned, cheered and was rather funny. After the fireworks, we went for the traditional feast but unfortunately we failed to finish it. We were going well until we got to the distinctive looking lambs offal soup.
We stayed in Santorini until Monday morning then had a lovely eight hour sail (54nm) to Astipalaia. A quiet little Island on route to Rhodes. What strikes me most about sailing around the Greek islands is the lack of other vessels. Perhaps its the time of year but on that long trip we only passed one ship in the distance. At marina's or anchorages we are generally alone or one of a few boats. It rather pleasant as room is not an issue but surprising nonetheless.
Today, Tuesday, we are motor sailing all the way to Simi, another small island on route to Rhodes. This trip is our longest yet, eleven hours with little wind. It's nice to have calm seas for the first time since we set off from Athens so we can sit out in the cockpit, read our kindles and enjoy the surrounds. We actually transited through Turkish waters for a while.
Happy birthday - glad to hear the weather has cleared up a bit. Hope you have a wonderful day and spectacular year. all the best
Best Wishes mum
Hope your day and year to come are fantastic...
High to Mike.... :)
Europeans and their fireworks - just crazy! Reminds me of the time Ash and I were in Rome for New Years many years ago. Absolute mayhem! Glad to hear you both survived and that you're soaking up this experience.
Owen x
Rick =)
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04/23/2011, Santorini
This is simply stunning, the sun has finally come out, it's warmed up and we're floating in the clear blue water of the Santorini caldera looking up to the white walls and blue roofs of Oia... I need to step back a couple days though because we've travelled quite a bit since we last spoke.
After Paros we headed to Ios which turned out to be a great idea because finally the day of force 7 came and we had superb shelter. The wind howled and howled but we felt very safe because we'd doubled up all our lines again and the port offered complete shelter form the north. Mike is becoming an expert at reading all the weather sites and helping to decide when we'll move or not, certainly Thursday was a day to stay put!
Ios itself wasn't much to see because it's still very much the off season here. You certainly get the impression it's a party island but it was very cold and very few people were around. We did a bit of bike riding but with frequent rain we spent a lot time inside. Fortunately with our super strength WiFi aerial we can always find a connection so even in bad weather we can be productive researching our next legs and buying yet more equipment online.
When the weather cleared somewhat on Friday we set off for Santorini, again it was a rough crossing but what a fantastic experience to enter the famed caldera of Satorini by sea!
Santorini (Thira) is one of the most famous of the Greek islands, you'd recognise it from Greek postcards of the white churches with blue roofs perched along a cliff top. It is what remains after a giant volcanic eruption that has left a huge flooded caldera. We sailed right into the caldera from the north under the small village of Oia with spectacular views from below.
We found a mooring under Oia and used the dinghy to get ashore. We were presented with a staircase that rose for hundreds of meters but the reward at the top of Oia was well worth it. Oia is an amazing place with stunning vistas on almost every turn. It was special as well to be able to sea Whippersnapper floating far below. Oia is famous for the most beautiful sunset in the world and we think they're probably right. It is still early spring here though and once the sun sets it's very cold, around 12 degrees! One minute you're sitting in the sun in a t-shirt the next we looked like we were about to go skiing.
To be honest most of this trip so far has been cold, we've both wardrobes full of singlets and shorts but almost everyday we're in the same long pants and hoodies, Mike is still sleeping in full thermals! Can't wait for the summer heat.
Easter is a big deal in the Greek Orthodox church, tonight there are celebrations in the streets followed by a midnight meal to mark the end of lent. We've a booking at midnight so here's hoping we can stay up that late!
04/19/2011, Paros
It's force 6 now and forecast to stay like this with some force 7 until Friday.
This strong northerly wind in Greece is called the Meltemi, it is a little early for the summer season and they say it can easily blow for up to a week. We were going to wait out this bad weather in Kythnos but we saw a quick weather window on Sunday and sailed 6 hours towards a bigger island and some better shelter. Now we're holed up in Paros with a few other cruisers to await better weather.
We're feeling very secure with doubled mooring lines front and back but the howling sound of the wind is a little unnerving (for me that is, Mike is totally relaxed). It's fun being with a crowd of other cruisers though, we have a couple Greek yachts, two French yachts , a Belgian yacht and a Czech charter boat.
This one little French yacht is tucked in next to us and it must be no more than half our size, the top of it's cabin is no higher that our deck! The young couple on board have been sailing in the Med for a year already and plan another 8 months. Mike and I feel like we're lauding in a castle next to them so we plan to extend some hospitality today, hopefully a game of cards.
Late last night the Czech charter boat came in, we've all heard stories about the follies of inexperienced skippers and crew but I'd be surprised if in the remaining duration of our trip we see such a near disaster as this.
It was dark and still very windy, Mike and I saw the this 45 footer motoring close to the pier so we went along to help with lines. They were attempting the shallow end of the pier close to a corner. Normally the operation would have them reverse slowing into the dock, fix stern lines and then quickly run the lazy anchor lines forward to secure the bow. To make it easy for them I was on the bow of the windward yacht (already moored) with the lazy line in hand to pass to their bow-man. They came in normally, using the bow thruster to keep the nose into the wind then as they got closer to the dock they appeared simply to let go of the controls. The bow quickly veered downwind and the stern then slammed into the boat I was standing on. The only thing that then stopped them smashing their bow on the stone pier was that they then ran aground! By this time is was apparent none of the crew spoke english or knew what they were doing. Somehow we were able to straighten them up and as none of the crew seamed in the slightest bit interested in taking the anchor line I boarded them and run it up front. By this time there was a fair crowd and one man who was able to get a few words to them. Mike and I watched in horror as the charter skipper then decided to winch his yacht to windward from the yacht he'd just hit. The forces on this much smaller boat must have been immense but to our surprise it worked with no further damage and they were floating again. Being unable to communicate with them we left the circus very glad they were not going to be our neighbour on the pier!
04/16/2011, Kythnos Island
And we're off - Greek Island hopping on route to Turkey
The first week was great to get to know our new home (and wow how quickly we made Whippersnapper our home). I don't think there is a millimeter of space left where Hugh hasn't stuck his head or examined what's what. He is in his element with his toolbox in hand fixing things up the way we want them. A lot of our prior research and online purchases turned out to be great and although the list of modifications is still growing we're feeling well set up.
As the second week started we were itching to go sailing to test out Whippersnapper but were told that we couldn't leave the marina until we had hardcopies of our Australian registration papers. Way too many rules for two young guys on holiday wanting to go sailing so we christened Whippersnapper early on Tuesday morning, dodged the Port Police and snuck out of the marina for our shake down cruise.
With blue sky and a steady 12 knots of wind we had a perfect day of sailing. We took out all the sails, including our new special furling gennaker and found Whippersnapper has a fair turn of speed. Then we laid back and enjoyed the day (check out the pictures to see how the modern day skipper sails!) Life couldn't be better until we got a 42kn force 8 wind on anchor that night, just a little reminder for us about the serious side too. We slept with the iPad for two nights with its anchor alarm on to alert us if we were dragging. Who said the Med doesn't get bad seas, oh yes Hugh when trying to persuade me to go ☺
Friday we were back in Athens to get our final papers, provision the boat and say our goodbyes to Panos and the team. Panos has been brilliant helping us through the minefield of Greek bureaucracy and the team at Vernicos Yachts fantastic in helping us prepare the yacht.
Friday 5pm we left Athens heading for a port called Sounion, a handy 3.5hr journey. Hugh and I smiled at each other, as we knew it felt different now, this is really the start for us. We set anchor just under the Temple of Poseideon (built around 444bc), which was lit at night, a great way to fall asleep looking out of the cabin porthole at a wonderful site.
Today (Saturday) we have arrived at a beautiful little island called Kythnos. We were lured here by the 54degree hot springs and to escape the upcoming force 7 weather. The springs are closed but the island is not disappointing. The strong winds are forecast to continue so we may be here for a few days.
See you in Las Palmas :-)
Love the new 'Whippersnapper' name design. I guess now is the right time to wish you 'bon voyage' or as they say in your part of the world 'asfal�s tax�di' (I think!). Keep up the great posts - we are all really enjoying following your trip.
Loving the blog too!
Its great to hear� to read all the stories about your trip!
I am so envious ;-)
Cant wait for the next 20 months of photos and stories about your adventures.
Best wishes
Safe sailing back to Sydney. Love P.
04/09/2011, Athens
Well we're still here, no movement, haven't even left the dock.
We did receive the required Greek paperwork but only by 4pm Friday Sydney time so our hope is to receive our rego from Australian on Monday now.
It's not all bad actually because we've been kept quite busy so far with many jobs. I think even if we could go for a sail we'd be delayed try to get various works done. It's a little bit like "how long is a piece of string", you start one job and another becomes apparent before you finish the first. We are trying to get as much done here as possible.
The Greek workers are also a little amusing, they all seem to have very long and heated discussions about the best way to achieve something without actually spending much time achieving it. Mike and I spend some time bemused while they shout at each other about what is required worried inside that something is about to cost us $1000 when someone will finally turn to us and translate "it's going to be very expensive... we think almost as much as $40."
That said though we had 3 guys from Raymarine (navigation systems) on the boat for 9 hours and they're coming back again today! Our radar is not woking and we are worried because if it is the actual unit it will be expensive but so far we're still hoping it's a connection problem.
The photo above is typically what our boat looks like now, we had it all nice and organised but now it seams we've pulled apart just about all of it.
We're also suffering withdrawals from superstores like Bunnings and Whittworths. All the stores here in Athens are very small and poorly stocked. We're constantly thinking oh we need a such and such which we know would be very easy in Sydney but it's near impossible to find anything useful here.
I'm making it sound frustrating but don't feel too sorry for us, we're having an absolute ball :)
Oh and Phillip we installed the BBQ yesterday and the mount is perfect thank you!
Don't think for a second we feel sorry for you :) At least you will know your boat inside and out by the time you set sail!
You haven't even set sail and already we're enjoying the blog! That's great you're now sleeping aboard - it must be starting to feel like home. Fingers crossed the radar problem is something very simple and only costs $40 too.
x Katie, Sam and the crew
04/05/2011, Alimos Marina, Athens
Well we're here in Athens, we arrived Friday lunch time and after dropping 92kg of luggage into our hotel went straight to meet with the broker, Panos. Our yacht was stored on the hard (out of the water on land). It was fantastic to finally see it in person and know that it is what we paid for (despite being covered in dust)!
Conveniently we'd ordered some folding bikes online and over the weekend they've been great. It took some time getting used to the "Urban Lite", not quite the high performance kit I'm used to which led me to rename them "Urban Shite" but they've since been forgiven. We've been riding around loads, to and from the hotel, supermarkets, restaurants, the brokers office and the yacht. On Saturday we rode into Piraeus and along the coast which was great. Every few hundred meters there would be another marina full of huge yachts and interesting things to look at.
Monday the boat was launched into the water, it was a bit tense watching our boat swinging around like a toy but we were grinning from ear to ear.
Now we're happily afloat in the marina, the boat is all cleaned up and absolutely brilliant. Last night was our first sleep aboard and despite it being very cold we were thrilled. The boat is in almost perfect condition. We're most impressed with the interior right now (to cold to be on deck), it has very cool lighting and is quite luxurious. There are a multitude of systems onboard, it's quite daunting at times but we'll be on top of it all soon enough. Amazing to think this is going to be home for the next 20 months.
Despite all this excitement there is some bad news... we can't leave the marina, not even for a quick sail! Although we're busy not being able to use the boat is like torture. Basically we're waiting for a document confirming our yacht has been deleted from the Greek shipping register, without this we can't get our Australian registration and without our Australian registration we can't get a Greek transit log, no Greek transit log means no sailing. We're hoping to have the deletion document by the end of this week but who knows, as Panos said... welcome to Greece.
So glad you made it with all that luggage! Great to see the picture of the boat. I guess paperwork is always going to be frustrating - but once you have it you will forget all the hassle. So excited for you both
It looks GREAT and you both look really happy. Can't wait to see it in real life.
Keep the updates coming. That means you too, mike :)
x L
03/23/2011, Sydney
It's amazing how a few simple words can change your life as they did for us on the 28th April 2010 at 1.14pm, when Hugh had the foresight to send an email with the subject Long term goal 3-7 years asking:
Think I'd like to take a year off and sail around the world, will you come with me?
Eleven months later we are only a week out from starting our adventure. I'd be lying if I didn't say we're a little excited. Planning for the trip has been great fun. We exhausted multiple spreadsheets, budgets and on/off moments until we knew around Christmas that the financials might actually work.
While the adventure will be priceless, for fun or for the challenge, we plan to do the trip cost neutral. Ask us in two years if that transpired.
We have been busy doing courses, selling belongings and buying equipment with parcels arriving both in Athens and Potts Point every other day. Items include folding bikes, remote controlled autopilot (uninterrupted sun baking on the foredeck while boats pass by) and even a washing machine.
Why wait 3-7 years when we can have much more fun now. Goodbye friends, family and Australia - we will miss you.
We are also doing the ARC this year on Beyzano and look forward to meeting you in Las Palmas.
Have a safe trip! Will keep track of your adventure on your website.
Rob and Rhian
I'll watch your progress keenly. Wh knows, may see you 1/2 way on the Manly Ferry. Unlikely but a nice thought.
02/10/2011, Sydney
After looking at what feels like hundreds of yachts online and some examples here in Sydney over the last six months... we've done it.
Meet "Alithia" a 2009 Beneteau Oceanis 46!
Click on the link to our gallery to see some photos in the album "Alithia".
The contracts are exchanged, a deposit paid and a settlement date estimated to be mid March.
We had a fairly good idea of what we wanted and when we came across this yacht online it seamed too good to be true, all the ducks aligned. We'd found a very young boat with loads of kit and an owner willing to negotiate. Our currency was strong and the timing perfect.
We had it surveyed more just because we couldn't be there in person but the results show it's in excellent condition - understandably as it's less than two years old.
We choose an Oceanis 46 because it is a very popular boat and established cruiser, we'll have loads of room onboard and it should be a very comfortable passage-maker.
We plan to rename Alithia, Whippersnapper.
Now the fun task of the fit out begins. Alithia already has a great inventory including some big ticket items like, teak decks, a diesel generator and air-con. We plan to add a few extras including a water-maker, an SSB radio, sat phone, more sails, and numerous bits of safety equipment. We've spreadsheets of all the extra equipment we'll need and I'm having a field day finding all the best prices online.
02/09/2011, Sydney
Well it's really going to happen! After months and months of research, numerous courses, and long distance negotiations we've bought a yacht in Athens and we are planning to fly out early April.
The full plan in case we haven't told you already...
Starting in the Eastern Med we're going to sail all the way home to Sydney in a continuous westerly direction (the trade routes), it will take us approximately 20 months all up. It's a little like a circumnavigation without the Indian Ocean.
It's going to be a huge adventure and a massive lifestyle change, we can't wait.
The basic itinerary (almost certain to change) is;
April 2011 Greece > Turkey
May 2011 Turkey
June 2011 Turkey > Greece > Croatia
July 2011 Croatia
August 2011 Italy > Sardinia, Corsica
September 2011 Balearic Islands (Spain)
October 2011 Costa del Sol (Spain) > Gibraltar,
November 2011 Canary Islands > Atlantic Crossing
December 2011 Atlantic Crossing > St Lucia
January 2012 Caribbean Windward Islands
February 2012 Caribbean Leeward Islands
March 2012 Caribbean Sea, Columbia, Panama
April 2012 Panama Canal transit > Galapagos Islands
May 2012 Pacific Crossing
June 2012 French Polynesia
July 2012 Society Islands > Tahiti
August 2012 Cook Islands > Tonga
September 2012 Fiji > Vanuatu
October 2012 New Caledonia
November 2012 Sydney
For the Atlantic crossing we'll be taking part in the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) which is organised by the World Cruising Club (http://www.worldcruising.com/arc/).
We hope to make this blog a place where you can come to catch up on our adventures and check out some photos. There will also be maps on which you can follow our progress.
Below are two blogs of yachts who have just completed a similar journey. We've been emailing the crew of both for some time now. Brad and Kat on Ghost and the Dransfield family on Nika have all helped enormously in the inspiration and planning of our trip.
... and yes, I can see myself catching up with you in one of those exotic locations. Thanks for asking.


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The works by Boris Johnson, Joanna Lumley and Sir Paul McCartney were sold off, with all proceeds going to Watts Gallery and Transplant Links Community
Put on your Christmas hat, turn up your stereo and belt out these festive classics with us!
The artwork, along with others, will be sold by auction to raise money for Watts Gallery and the Transplant Link Community
Christie Goodwin has been taking photographs since the age of 12 and has built up an illustrious career in the music industry capturing top recording artists on tour
Sir Paul McCartney heads the top 40 music millionaires with the One Direction quartet worth £100 million
John Bennett from Witley was one of those who saw the Fab Four performing in Guildford
FORMER Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, who has a property in Cranleigh, has published an eBook of never-before-seen photographs.
Cranleigh Arts Centre hosts a tremendous gig for fans of 60s R&B, when Animals & Friends are joined by legendary US guitarist Steve Cropper on Saturday February 16, at 8.30pm.
IT has been two years since The Overtones were overheard by a talent scout while working as decorators in a shop near Oxford Street, landing them a recording deal with Warner Music Entertainment.
The release of Love Me Do, The Beatles' first single, is often seen as a turning point in the history of popular music - the old rockers and crooners being swept way by the Mersey tide.
SIX ex-News of the World employees are facing charges relating to the alleged hacking of Walton schoolgirl Milly Dowler's mobile phone.
Jim Mullen, "the man with the thumb" appears at The Freeholders Pub, Farncombe on Wednesday (June 13) as part of the Jazz@The Cavern series.
THIS year's Eurovision Song Contest entry has a special link with Staines thanks to the selection of legendary crooner Englebert Humperdinck.
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings have embarked on a UK tour this October, playing 36 theatres nationwide, through to December with many of their dates aleady sold out.
AMATEUR songwriter Steve White is celebrating a second year of success in an international songwriting competition.
ENGLAND'S rugby team took time out from their busy Six Nations schedule to help two charity causes.
INTIMATE pictures of members of The Beatles at their homes in Esher and Weybridge have fetched £6,500 at auction.
A BEATLES fan is set to auction off a series of photos she took of the Fab Four at their homes in Elmbridge during the band's heyday.
ONE of Sir Elton John's favourite bands will be at the heart of the fundraising Peaslake Summer Ball at Wildwood Golf Club, Alfold, near Cranleigh, on Friday, June 18, for which tickets are already on sale.
HAPPY couples can now get married on Concorde after Brooklands' grounded jet became licensed for wedding ceremonies.
CHIDDINGFOLD Live Music Club is sadly no more, but welcome instead to Haslemere Live Music Club.
INTERNATIONALLY-ac-claimed band Get Duffy — branded by NME music magazine as "guaranteed to absorb you from start to finish" — are coming to Walton with a series of performances.
A FEEL-GOOD show that will remember the songs of the Motown era and have the audience dancing in the aisles is arriving in Woking next week.
Taking five with Sheryl Crow and blogging DJ Mark Goodier.
SINGER Lianne Carroll will be visiting the Epsom Playhouse next month.
IN a recording studio in Claygate, internationally-renowned tenor Gardar Cortes has been putting the finishing touches to his second album.
SPIKE Edney brings his band to the Bisley Pavillion in Brookwood, Woking, on Friday, December 7 for a night of Motown, stax and soul classics. Founded by Queen's keyboard player and musical director, Spike Edney, the SAS Band is the ultimate all-star band. Artists and musicians who have performed with the band to date are part of an ever growing, rotating collection of some of the world's greatest rock and pop performers. Since their debut in 1994, the SAS Band have made TV appearances and performed at select private, public and major corporate events around the world.
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Cameron's snow joyCameron Diaz loved playing in fake snow while shooting her new movie 'The Holiday'.
The actress was delighted when she found out she would be filming a number of scenes in the 'snow' for the festive movie, and was even happier when she discovered it was biodegradable.
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Goafest has had its supporters and its detractors. BrandWagon talks to Colvyn Harris, CEO, JWT, who is also the chairman of Goafest. Also, the views of two agency heads Mahesh Chauhan of Rediffusion Y&R which has been a regular participant at the award shows and Charles Cadell of Lowe Lintas India which has preferred not to enter its work for the awards. Edited excerpts:
FACE OFF Colvyn Harris, Chairman, Goafest
We want to stay away from tallying the metals Whats new and different this year?
Firstly, thematically its different. We are going to evaluate what we are calling survival of the freshest. We are expecting the number of entries as well as delegates to go up considerably this year. We have some excellent international speakers who will be moderating seminars. Then we have the two award shows.
Do you plan to invite international entries for the awards?
I am not ruling out the possibility. Maybe, in future, that will happen.
But our primary mandate was to establish Goafest as a property. We wanted to acknowledge advertising work that has been done within the country.
How do you plan to bring those agencies who have kept away?
The issue is a non-issue in my mind. If an agency says it doesnt have good work, that becomes the main reason why it does not want to enter. And we should be fine with it. If you look at Cannes Lions, many agencies dont enter. However, whats happens is the people in those agencies dont get to benchmark their work. They dont get the recognition. They dont create the positive competitive energy.
Lowe Lintas is not participating because of scam ads. Your comments.
You know, we evaluate scam on one parameter. It should be released. It should carry a letter from the client. As long as agencies fulfill the criteria, it is not scam. It is an age-old debate. We do not encourage it. We do not wish that scam work is entered.
Do you plan to include the agency of the year award anytime soon?
We start the process every year by inviting the heads of the agencies to debate that. Everybody has reached the conclusion that the attempt should be to recognize great work done by individuals. So we consciously want to stay away from tallying the metals.
FACE OFF MAHESH CHAUHAN, Group CEO, Rediffusion Y&R
If only Goafest could be a device to unite the industry
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MCV is reporting that MMO publisher Trion Worlds will close its European office located in Guildford, UK by week's end. The European headquarters for the company will lay off ten employees and close the office this week, according to the report. Staff affected by the closure include Trion Europe boss John Burns, communications boss Jon Goddard commercial director Jeff Pabst, senior brand manager Dominic Wai and PR manager Gary Burns. MCV has confirmed the news with Trion, who offered the following statement:
"As part of its recent company realignment, Trion's European publishing office based in Guildford, UK, will be closing down," the company said in a statement. "European localized versions of Trion's live and upcoming games will not be affected as all regional game development and support continues from Redwood City, CA."
Trion Worlds operates four online games in Europe and North America including the SyFy transmedia tie-in game Defiance, MMORPGs Rift and ArcheAge, and the online strategy title End of Nations.
Last week Trion Worlds closed its San Diego offices, laid off the staff there, and moved development of Defiance to its Redwood City, CA offices.
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Pretty Little Liars Season 4, Episode 15 Made Marlene King Cry! — But Why?
Pretty Little Liars can prompt a slew of intense reactions: laughter, theorizing, tears. PLL showrunner Marlene King has a case of that last one. What Season 4B PLL episode is making her cry?
"I cried when I saw the final playback for 413 today," Marlene tweeted yesterday. "@PLLijah wrote a beautiful script and @norbuck shot the heck out of it." So, the Halloween episode, right? But, wait! We're pretty sure the "413" was a typo and Marlene was actually referring to Season 4, Episode 15: "Love ShAck, Baby."
Check out director Norman Buckley's response to Marlene's tweet: "@imarleneking cried at Ashley, no? So heartbreaking! Thanks for kind words. #PLL415" When a Twitter follower asked Norman to clarify if it was "413" or "415," Norman confirmed that it was, indeed, Episode 15 they were discussing (an episode he kept social media well apprised of throughout the prepping and filming process, so we think he'd know).
So, back to the issue at hand: Hanna is making Marlene cry. We're pretty sure Caleb makes his final appearance on Pretty Little Liars in Episode 14, so could this be referring to the aftermath of their teary goodbye? Might a Hanna breakdown happen while she's hanging with the Liars at The Brew? We're also getting a "Hefty Hanna" flashback in this episode. Norman posted a pic of Ashley Benson looking downright miserable as Hanna in the flashback — is this when she pulls at our heartstrings? We hate to see Hanna so sad!
Why do you think Marlene is crying? Share your theories in the comments below!
Catch the Pretty Little Liars Season 4 Halloween special on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC Family.