The Dodecanese is a complex of over 163 islands and islets, set in the Aegean Sea, of which only 26 are inhabited. The islands form part of Greece's eastern border with Turkey. The largest islands of the Dodecanese are: Rhodes, Kos, Astipalea, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kassos, Kastelorizo, Leros, Nisyros, Patmos, Symi and Tilos.
In the summer the prevailing wind is the Meltemi that blows from the N � NW. It blows from June through to October and at its peak may reach a force 7. The spring and autumn sees winds from the SE, usually with strengths between 2 � 4. Summer temperatures can rise to 35 deg C. The winters are mild.
The Dodecanese have been inhabited since prehistoric times. They were ruled first by the Minoans and then the Achaeans. But their economic and intellectual development began with the arrival of the Dorians in 1100. Kos prospered in the 4th and the 3rd century BC because of the School of Medicine founded there by Hippocrates. The Romans occupied the islands in 146 BC to be followed by the long Byzantine period till the time of the Crusaders. In 1309 the Knights of the Order of Saint John became the rulers of Rhodes and then extended their sovereignty to the other islands as well. In 1522 the islands fell to the Turks and in 1912 by the Italians. The islands of Dodecanese were united with Greece in 1948.
Patmos is in the north of the Dodecanese. Skala Patmos is the natural harbour on the eastern side of the island. Care is needed when approaching Skala, as there are several reefs. When the Meltemi is blowing the approach is subject to fierce gusts off the surrounding high land. Yachts can go bow or stern to the quay. The bottom is sand and weed and holding is good. There is reasonable shelter from the Meltemi but strong SE winds make the harbour untenable. Water is available on the quay and fuel can be delivered. Most provisions ca be obtained at Skala and there are good waterfront tavernas.
A visit to the monastery of St John is worthwhile but appropriate dress should be worn. Other anchorages on Patmos include: Ormos Meloyi, Ormos Livadhi, Ormos Kambos, Ormos Stavros and Ormos Grikou.
Arki lies 6 miles to the NE of Patmos. Yachts can anchor at Port Augusta. The bottom is good holding in mud and weed and the shelter is good. The only facilities are a couple of tavernas on the waterfront.
Nisos Lipso lies 2 miles to the S of Arki. There is a small harbour at the village of Lipso. Yachts can go bow or stern to the quay on the W side. Alternatively anchor of in the bay. The bottom is sand, mud and weed and the holding is bad. Water and fuel are available on the quay. Most provisions can be obtained in the village and there are several good tavernas on the waterfront serving fresh fish. The village is attractive and unspoilt by tourism. There are several bays on the south coast that yachts can anchor in.
Nisis Gaidharos is the northern most of the Dodecanese and lies only 8 miles of the Turkish coast. Ay Yeoryiou lies on the south coat of Gaidharos. Yachts can go bow or stern to the northern part of the ferry quay. Holding is good as I shelter from the Meltemi but strong southerlies make the harbour untenable. Provisions are limited and there are 3 tavernas.
Leros lies just to the north of Kalimnos. The island has spring water and parts of Leros are wooded and green. Lakki is in the SW of the island. Yachts can go bow or stern to in the marina and pick up a laid mooring line. There is water and electric at every berth. Most provisions can be obtained and there are tavernas nearby.
Ormos Parhteni is a large bay on the coast of Leros. Yachts can anchor in the eastern end of the bay. The south coast is a military installation and yachts are prohibited, as is photography of any part of the bay.
Ormos Alindas is a deep bay on the eastern coast. In the absence of a northerly wind yachts can go bow or stern to the mole. Alternatively anchor off on the western side of the pier. There is water near the quay and fuel in the village. Most provisions can be obtained and there are some tavernas on the waterfront.
Pandeli lies to the south of Ormos Alindas. Yachts can go bow or stern to the outer part of the mole or alternatively anchor off the beach. Good holding on a bottom of sand and weed. There is water on the quay and fuel can be delivered. Some provisions can be obtained but Platanos, a 15 minute walk away, provides better shopping. The setting is most attractive with bougainvillea, oleander and tamarisk growing everywhere in the village.
Kalimnos lies just to the south of Leros. It is in the main a barren island though there are some green valleys.
Pothia is the capital and is the centre of what remains of Greece's sponge fishing industry. Although most of the sponges are now taken from the North African coast. Yachts can go bow or stern to the quay in the SW just N of the ferry quay. The bottom in mud and weed and the holding is only moderate. There is good shelter from the Meltemi. There is water on the quay and fuel can be delivered. All provisions can be obtained and there are plenty of tavernas to choose from.
Vathi lies on the eastern side of Kalimnos. Yachts can go bow to the pier or the quay. The bottom is sand and weed and provides good holding. There is water on the quay and limited provisions can be obtained in the small village. The valley inland is very attractive with orange and lemon groves.
Pserimos is a small island just to the E of Kalimnos. Pserimos village is on the SW side. Yachts should anchor of where convenient. There are tavernas on what is a fine beach. This attracts tripper boats from the surrounding islands and the place gets packed in the summer.
Even though the abundance of opportunities for promoting a business online can make it seem like online marketing is the only way, using offline methods for promoting a business can be a very important and effective way to increase your bottom line.
The point of all of your marketing efforts is to make money. Am I right? It goes without saying that to make money with your business you first need to have your act together in having the right message for your target audience and being able to convey that message to your target audience. OK, so where do you find your audience? Do you really think your target audience does nothing more than look at a computer?
Think about your daily activities and the offline business promotion ideas will surge quicker than Michael Phelps swimming laps. When you woke up in the morning and were getting ready for work, I'm pretty sure you were drinking coffee, juice, or some other beverage. Mugs can be printed with a business logo, website, slogan that your potential customer can have in front of them. The message on a mug can be seen up to 10 times a day, meaning that a $5 mug gets a Cost per Impression of less than three-fifths of 1 cent throughout its one to two year lifespan. People will see your message whenever they're thirsty. And how often do people get thirsty? Hmmmm....
Moving along in your morning, odds are you're one of the millions who drove to work today. As you're puttering along in traffic, the idiot who just cut you off has some bumper sticker about the pride he has in his honor student. Bumper stickers are a great way to get someone's attention while they are driving. Yes Virginia, even though we may one day make personal loans to buy gas, millions of drivers times millions of bumpers make millions of chances to get your message out this way.
Now you're at work. Called into yet ANOTHER meeting, you're scribbling away furiously. Pens are used at some point in time by practically everyone who communicates. These pens can have your company information on them, which would be seen over and over and over. Plus, pens are cheap so you can get more bang for your buck.
And, lest I forget, what about your schedule? Do you have time for that meeting next week? You'd better check your calendar. Calendars are used all year, every year. They are referred to several times daily, which means potential customers can see your message often. Assuming that someone looks at a calendar three times daily, a $3 calendar brings the cost per impression to $.002 cents! Calendars are a necessity and make great Christmas Gifts. Here's the real kicker. A same size ad in the yellow pages costs $4,000 a month or $50,000 a year.
Moving along to your ride home, you are heading out of the office and while carrying some extra work to bring home, your keys fall on the ground. Key chains are another commonly used item that you can place a business message on to advertise yourself or your business. Key chains go everywhere and are seen an average of 10 times a day and have a marketing life of five years which means 18,250 impressions for a $2.00 key chain. This equates to a cost of .00010. Advertising doesn't get any better than this.
I've given a few offline business promotion methods here. This certainly is not the entire list - I encourage you to expand your business promotion horizons beyond the rectangular shaped screen you're looking at now. The offline world of promotion provides an array of opportunities that you may be missing.
In the primeval days of August 2008, we armed you with a response if anyone were to ever ask you what you’d buy instead of a Maybach: Aston Martin’s £1,000,000 (AU$2,227,215) One-77 supercar.
A couple of new images, and a wee bit more detail, has since emerged. The inside word is that we should expect to see the One-77 loaded with a 7.3 litre V12, shoving 522kW out the back and you into your seat with 750Nm of torque. All of that power will be put down courtesy of a mid-mounted six-speed semi-automatic manual transmission, with Auto Shift Manual (which means you can’t blow it up as easily) and Select Shift Manual.
The two-seater One-77 will be available in both left- and right-hand-drive (hallelujah!), and, to make the most of the phenomenal power, the body panels will be crafted by hand from the finest aluminium, and the monocoque frame from carbon fibre. This will help the supercar maintain a respectable 1496kg.
Other neat features include a deployable rear spoiler (no word on whether you’ll need a Veyron-like key to activate the function), adaptive suspension, carbon ceramic brakes (of course), as well as stability/traction control.
Only 77 units of the One-77 will be offered.
Boys Costumes are also strongly influenced by television programmes this year,with one cartoon character taking 3 of the top 5 places, and the other 2 places also being TV characters boys are easily pleased this year.
Number 5
The Incredibles cartoons and movies are popular with most boys and girls and a lot of boys this year will dress up as Dash, this costume is popular with boys from aged 4 to aged 10.
Number 4
Is the first of the boys costumes to come from the popular cartoon Ben10, The Ben Tennison costume means that boys can dress up like their hero this year, maybe they will see off a couple of aliens as they go trick or treating this year.
There is an added bonus with the ben10 costume, Without the sneakers the costume becomes a pair of pyjama's.
Number 3
This costume although not from television, comes from one of the most popular films this year Wall-E The lovable robot is now available as a Halloween costume and it is just as popular as the movie itself.
Number 2
Back to the Ben10 cartoon for this favoured boys costume, Heatblast isn't only a favorite character on the cartoon but pardon the pun the costume is also hot hot hot.
Number 1
As the most popular character from the Ben10 series it comes as no surprise that it is also the best selling halloween costume this year, Four Arms is the costume most boys want to wear this year.
Men are creatures of habit and can wear the same costume year after year, but this year is different and sales of mens costumes have increased rapidly fun seems to be the theme for men this year as the are dressing up as some very zany characters.
Number 5
The Genie of the lamp, we wont go into too much detail about this costume as it is a little rude, lets just say that apart from raising some eyebrows wearing this costume will certainly get you noticed this halloween and be warned there will be a lot of inuendo flying around if you choose to wear this to your Halloween party.
Number 4
The movie has been around for some time now but the edward scissorhands costume is still as popular this year as it ever was, it is cutting up the opposition, and should be considered a classic Halloween costume.
Number 3
Hippie dude a throwback from the sixties is very popular amongst the men this year and are becoming more and more difficult to find in the stores, wearing this costume to a halloween party will have you chilled out and swinging all night.
Number 2
It takes a braver man than me to even consider wearing this costume, yes it is fun and you would get some funny looks all night especially if you were standing in a dark corner. count dracula has always been popular at this time of year but his blow up friend will turn a few heads (no pun intended).
Number 1
The simpsons characters have been popular at Halloween for many years now and this year is no exception, the number one character costume for men this year is Krusty the green haired clown,expect to see a lot of clowns this year at halloween as he is out selling any other costume by 3-1.
This years Girls are heavily influenced by television with four out of the top five selling costumes coming from their favourite TV shows, which leads us nicely to our list.
Number 5
On this years top selling girls costumes list, High School Musical and High School Musical 2 have given girls a new Heroine to look up to and aspire to be, Gabriella is a big favourite amongst girls of all ages and the Gabriella costumes are flying off the shelves.
Number 4
Hannah Montanna, was a hit last Halloween and the costumes are still selling like hot cakes this year hence the number 4 position, this T.V character is a popular figure for girls from 4-16 and I am sure this costume will be featured in the top 5 next year.
Number 3
Going away from T.V for this one the little Princess costume, has always been popular amongst younger girls and at number 3 this year is no exception.
Number 2
Back to television and surprisingly a lot of girls this year want to be a male character this character is yellow square wears brown shorts and lives in a pineapple under the see, yes it's Sponge bob girls are snapping up these costumes for Halloween this year. or is it sponge babe square skirt?
Number 1
From Television again and selling out as soon as they hit the shelves is the JoJo's Circus Costume, this costume is hot hot hot this year and it is getting more and more difficult for suppliers to keep up with the demand for them.
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