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Red Dragon Tattoo Studio.

Directions:  The Red Dragon is very easy to find as it is one of the first tattoo studios as you walk into the entrance of bar street at the start of the old town.  If all else fails anyone in town can give you easy directions to where Bar Street is.

Hussein Bey and ‘JJ’ are really nice guys that can speak fluent English and make a difference in this part of town.  They look after their friends and customers and run a very professional, clean and ‘most importantly’ hygienic establishment.  (They are fully certificated)  The Kusadasi Times News takes who we work with seriously and we only recommend two tattoo studios in this street and one of them is Red Dragon.

When you go there be sure to use your VIP card and say a ‘special hello’ to Hussein and JJ from the Kusadasi Times team for us too!

Studio Number:  (0256) 6143776  

Mobile Numbers:  0535 8668976  0537 5173887

Business Address:  Barlar Sokak (Bar Street) No: 1-3, Kusadasi, Aydin.

Discount:  20% Off All Tattoos when using the Kusadasi Times VIP/Discount card.

The Department of the USA Navy ship called Montery paid visit to the Mayor of Kusadasi, Esat Altungün.  The ship docked in on the 19th of August here in the Port.  Officially known as the Montery (CG-61) with 3,200 USA soldiers inside the ship.  They received their logistic leave on the 22nd of August and leave Port today.  USA soldiers visited the Kusadasi Bazaar, Ephesus and the House of Virgin Mary.  Commander John Kilby thanked our Mayor for his extended hospitality and also Mustafa Esen.  Mayor of Kusadasi, Esat Altungün presented the Commander with gifts as a memory of his visit to Kusadasi.

By Fraser Cain on July 25, 2007

Every year around this time, an email circulates across the Internet speculating that on August 27th, Mars will look as big as the Moon in the sky. And every year, I go ahead and debunk it.  I’d like to inoculate all my Universe Today readers, to make sure you understand what’s going on, and you’re prepared to explain to your eager friends why this non-event isn’t going to happen.

Say it with me. “Mars won’t look as big as the Moon on August 27^th”.
This strange hoax first surfaced on the Internet back in 2003. An email made the rounds with the following text:

“The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter’s gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.”

“The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification”

“Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m. That’s pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month. Share this with your children and grandchildren. NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN.”

There are a few problems with this. The first problem is that the email doesn’t actually mention the date; it just says August 27th. This means it can live on for years and years, going around and around the Internet, forwarded by gullible people to their friends.

The second problem is that it’s wrong. Mars isn’t going to be making a close approach on August 27. The close approach this email is discussing happened back in 2003. It did indeed get closer than it had in at least 50,000 years, but this was a very small amount. On August 27th, 2003, Mars closed to a distance of only 55,758,006 kilometers (34,646,418 miles). The Moon, by comparison, orbits the Earth at a distance of only 385,000 km (240,000 miles). Mars was close, but it was still 144 times further away than the Moon.

Instead of appearing as a huge red orb in the sky, Mars looked like a bright red star. Observers around the world set up their telescopes, and took advantage of this close encounter. But you still needed a telescope. And if you read the email carefully again, you’ll see that it’s trying to explain that.

There’s an extra paragraph break. The last sentence of second paragraph is hanging. It says, “At a modest 75-power magnification “, but there’s no period. The next paragraph starts up with the text, “Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.” In other words, if you put one eye into the telescope and looked at Mars, and kept your other eye looking at the Moon (which isn’t actually humanly possible), the two orbs would look roughly the same size.

Mars and Earth do come together every two years, reaching the closest point on their orbits – astronomers call this “opposition”. And we’re in one of those years. But it’s not going to happen on August 27th. Instead, we’ll make our opposition on December 18th, 2007. At this point, Mars will be 88.42 million km (55 million miles) – further away than its 2003 opposition.

NASA is taking advantage of the upcoming opposition, and will launch the Phoenix Mars Lander in August. The spacecraft will make its shortest possible journey to reach Mars, arriving early next year.

And by next July, it’ll be time to write this article all over again.

Kusadasi Times has a new writer to join our team!

Leigh is no stranger to the Kusadasi Times News and we have worked with her before.  Not only do quite a few people know her in town but she is famous for giving advice and known for her caring demeanour.

Quiet often when people are feeling down she will not only cheer them up but have everyone in stitches too with her light hearted outlook on life.

If you have a problem or need some advice you can now email her here at the Kusadasi Times Paper.

We can’t promise it will be the advice you are maybe expecting but at least she will put a smile back on your face again…

Brace yourself!
You can ask Leigh a question in our forum here.

Generally the community are pretty chuffed with this improvement.

The winners were a group known as KAOS who won with their song, “Böyle ayrılık olmaz.”  After many live performances from talented youngsters in ‘Ada’ the judges decided on KAOS who won with 775 above all the other contestants.
They were each presented with a microphone shape cup and a special gift each.
This is a competition that is to be planned on a yearly basis.

The Kusadasi Times extends their congratulations to KAOS and wishes them even more success in the future.

 
One of Turkey’s private radio station Kuşadası 105Fm (since 1992) and Kuşadası Municipalilty arranged this competition . 13 group of people join the competition. They all had live performance. Jury had vote and 775 point KOAS became first. Who be placed in this they they had special present and microphone shape mug given to them.

Holidays 4 UK Limited – In Administration
Ian Oakley-Smith and David Chubb have been appointed as Joint Administrators of Holidays 4 UK Limited on 3 August 2011 to manage their affairs, business and property as their agents and without personal liability. Ian Oakley-Smith and David Chubb are licensed in the United Kingdom to act as insolvency practitioners by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Customers in the UK can call the CAA call centre on 0844 4933 037.

Customers in resort can call the CAA call centre on +441614445810.

More information can be found at www.atol.org.uk

Directions: 

The Alo 24 Restaurant is quite specialized as they still use old recipes dating back from years ago and many people go there for dinner or after a night out. You may also order a nice breakfast there too.  Their soups are very specialized and traditional as well as their kebabs and their Turkish pizza which is better known as ’Lamacun’ in Turkish.

The owner Husein Bey has a very warm character and kind demeanour and could not be more helpful.  Thus they have a successful chain of restaurants and a pansion; they are also certificated for their hygiene standards too.  This accreditation is something they are very proud of and what keeps their quality standards high and their customers regular.

Don’t just take our word for it, go and taste their authentic cuisine yourself with friends or family!

They are easy to find as they are in the road where the Wednesday clothes market is held or where the Dolmus station is too.  The road that is straight up in front of the main entrance to the Belediye building will take you up to Dunya Optik on the top left corner where the Dolmuses pull in.  (Dunya Optik who is also a member of our VIP scheme).  When you turn right after Dunya Optik just up on the opposite side of the same road which is quite mainstream, you will see Alo 24.  Or quite simply just order in instead!

N.B.  The Alo 24 Restaurant is open all year round and as an extra benefit your VIP card may also be used in their restaurants in Didem, Fetiye and Denizli regions too!

Please also feel free to contact the Kusadasi Times News if you wish to book a table or organize a home delivery and we will be only too happy to help.

Home Delivery:  (0256) 612 2416/ 612 2449  

Business Address:  Ataturk Blv, No: 144, Kusadasi, Aydin.

Website:  www.alo24.com.tr

Discount:  15% Off/ For Every Group of 8 the discount increases to 20%!