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Dear Reader!To all Beach News readers,Last month has been a very tragic one. Cyprus will never forget the 11th of July 2011, the loss of 13 loved ones and the effect of the explosion on the economy of the island. I know that Beach News has as a policy not to refer to sad news but unfortunately as a responsible newspaper we will have to make an exception.Archie’s column refers to the incident with a complaint for the people that rule the island. The government and all the public services, people that work there, people that serve the tax payer and not only, have to serve every one with a responsible attitude in order to protect the democratic constitution of a free state. Governments that have been elected by their citizens, in order to protect and rule in a manner of justice and free will. To predict and compensate in any case the right of every individual living under the country’s laws and justice department.Cyprus a country of 800.000 souls, that has just won its independence in 1960 and was recognized by the entire world organizations under the UN laws, suffered much more since then rather than all those years of occupation. War in 1963-64, the coup in 1974, the Turkish invasion that followed and separated the island in two. A war that up till today has not yet ended. The tragic crash of the airplane Helios that killed 121 passengers that until today no person has been found responsible or convicted and now the explosion of the naval army base in Mari that killed 13 innocent civilians show us how irresponsible are the people that rule this little island, an island that just happens to have a beautiful shape, a strategic location and great hospitality.I will not write more about our latest incident in order to keep our positive thinking in progress. I read the other day that all Hotels in Cyprus are fully booked and that this year has been a good one. Many wonderful visitors are visiting our island and according to Beach News feed back are having a very nice stay.In every edition of Beach News I always warn you to take good care of yourselves under the sun, that protection is a must for every one, to be applied every 3 hours, but unfortunately not every one has been listening to me. I called up the hospital and all the private hospitals to find out how many burning incidences they have treated up to now, and I sadly found out that there has been an increase this year comparing to last year up to July. Therefore it’s not fair to come to Cyprus and having to pass 2 or 3 days of your holidays in the hospital or in your rooms because of your sunburns. Use your sun protection creams and wear your hats.In this edition, once again, our team will provide you with information that would help you have a better stay, to relax and enjoy yourselves, to read and learn more about things that happened or happening. Many beach parties will take place in August under the stars in various locations.

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Andy and Jenny met each other while Andy was studying Fine Arts

and Sculpture and Jenny was studying Radiography in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Andy opened “The Wooden Horse” a coffee shop near the University to fund his studies, which is where they met. They married in Nicosia in 1967, and a few months later returned to South Africa where they opened “The Castle Inn”, a restaurant and beer garden in Johannesburg. In 1972, they moved to Cyprus, settled down in Famagusta, when their lives were disrupted with the 1974 Turkish invasion, forcing them to return to South Africa. There, Jenny and Andy’s two sisters Lya and Maro, opened a Greek restaurant “The Three Sisters” in Johannesburg.Andy and Jenny returned to Paphos permanently, with their four children in 1980, where they took over the restaurant form its original owner Kokos “Hondros” (meaning the fat man) and kept the name and its tradition. They have been running it ever since. Andy simultaneously had many successful art exhibitions, won first prize at the International Biennale in Cairo, as well as writing three books of which

the first was awarded with the State’s Literature Prize. The Hadjiadamos family have been running Hondros Restaurant for over thirty years. Here is a brief interview with Jenny and her eldest son Yorko, now manager of Hondros.

I see you have just renovated your restaurant.

Yes, we have done a major overhaul. It was necessary, but all along keeping an eye on the main topic of keeping the traditional theme.

It’s good that you are keeping the local tradition.

Yes, not only the structure and furniture but the menu too has maintained its Cypriot taste. It is essential in this area for Cypriots and visitors, because so much has been lost of our local colour with the rapid development.

What are your specialities?

The menu. All our recipes derive from advice and help from family, mothers, aunts, cousins, etc, a lot of tasting and testing, it’s a continuous exercise in our kitchen. Our main menu stresses Cypriot specialities and seasonal foods such as Mousaka, Afelia, Yemista, Sheftalia and many more. We always cook Souvla and Suckling Pig of Feast Days with the related soups and side dishes. And in the background old and new Greek music complimenting our authentic atmosphere.

What does the future hold for you?

Hard work, attention to detail and, of course, taking care of our valued customers.

Any dreams?

Yes, we all hope to get financial sponsorship to help create a gallery to house the extraordinary works of Andy Hadjiadamos in Paphos so as to share his creativity with one and all.

HONDROS TAVERNSINCE 1953

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services can conveniently topped up, either virtually of physically as and when required by consumers;• Prepaid products and services are sold across a broad footprint of traditional and non traditional outlets; and • Prepaid products and services enable the countries unbanked consumers to transact efficiently.How does Otero add value to its customers? By facilitating a wider range of electronic products additional profits are generated for the retailer.The supply of products and services via prepaid channels is becoming an increasingly significant distribution model. This is because the distribution of physical product is often logistically difficult and very costly. The limited availability of product range in physical format is also contributing to the shift to electronic products. By consolidating all the existing products on one efficient point of sale device an exceptional level of service and convenience for the consumer achieved.The company’s ability to develop and distribute innovative prepaid products and services through its national footprint of touch points has allowed it to “take” first world products and services to consumers in a quick, easy and convenient manner. “TAKING THE PRODUCT TO THE PEOPLE”In essence, MOBEE PAYMENTS is able to enhance the consumer’s ability to transact conveniently, affordably and with greater accessibility and choice.BEE CONNECTED

Why Pafos in 2017?Paphos, situated on the

southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus, the only divided country in Europe is a natural gateway and timeless bridge between three continents, Europe, Asia and Africa.Today, this city with its long history of 2,300 years, aspires to become the first European Capital of Culture in the southeastern extremity of Europe. The big challenge is to compose through the contradictions and become a living example of the contribution in shaping the modern European multicultural identity. The tragic experiences of the continuing division of Cyprus, the mosaic of people from different nationalities and cultures representing the society of a small town of 50,000 inhabitants, the island’s distance from the heart of Europe, strongly influenced the city suffered from foreign invaders, the diverse influences accepts that tourism development in recent decades and the search for a balance between the development and preservation of cultural and environmental physiognomy, determine the parameters of the project we want to undertake.

Pafos and the wider district area throughout the years have had a significant role in shaping European culture and civilization. In these area ideas and principals were fertilized and contributed in the enrichment of European

culture. Ideas and principals such as love and beauty are recognized elements of the common European cultural heritage. To this direction, monuments, texts, ideas, articrafts, and the vast amount of myths and traditions have had a significant contribution. A universal recognition of this contribution is the declaration of the new Pafos area (the ancient city of Pafos) as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1981.

Pafos’s relationship with European culture is not limited in the past. Over the last 25 years or so, the area of Pafos, spearheaded by the city of Pafos, has developed a wide network of contacts and relationships with local and regional authorities, organizations and individuals in the area of Europe. Examples include the twinning of Pafos with six towns to Greece, also the twining of Pafos with Anzio in Italy, Sofia, in Bulgaria and Sefton of Great Britain, and organizations like Europa Nostra and Les Rencontres. The effect of such a relationship in European cultural activities and events cover a wide range such as arts, cultural heritage, environment, sports, youth, etc. Notable examples in the field of culture, are the internationally recognized annual opera event “Pafos Aphrodite Festival” and also the annual “International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama.”

These relationships, contacts and experiences are a good basis for developing a multi-layered network of relations and exchanges between Pafos and other cities, artistic and spiritual bodies (academic), non-governmental organizations active in the broader field of culture , institutions (museums, research centers, libraries, galleries), Media etc. Through the Institution of the European Capital of Culture our ambition is to transform Pafos to a factory of European culture. Using the essential characteristics of modern European cultural creativity and prominent elements of local cultural tradition, we aim to produce an authentic cultural product, capable of enriching and enhancing European cultural identity for a long time. Understandably, such a project will promote and highlight the cultural diversity of modern Europe, while highlighting the common aspects of the Culture of Europe.

Our vision for 2017, the South East Mediterranean, which for centuries has been marked with instability, conflicts and hot debates, will form a place of cultural synergy, multicultural creation and peaceful coexistence.

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main anchor events in July. The

East Coast city’s social calen-

dar is characterized by greatest

horse racing event in Africa the

Durban July held on the first Sat-

urday of the month and ending

in the last week of July with the

established 32nd Durban Inter-

national Film Festival with the

premier of many South African

and international films including

the recent winner of the Palm

d’Or Terence Malick’s the Tree

of Life.

This winter season was espe-

cially brilliant with the Interna-

tional Olympic Committee hold-

ing their 123rd session at the

ICC which culminated in the

announcement of the host city

for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The contending cities were Mu-

nich in Germany, Annercy in the

French Alps and Pyeongchang

in South Korea which was their

3rd attempt at securing the

Winter Olympics. For those not

that interested in the Olympics,

there was the added glamour of

the much televised wedding of

Prince Albert of Monaco to South

African Olympic swimmer, Char-

lene Wittstock, who like another

South African celebrity, film star

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Charlize Theron also hails from

Benoni, near Johannesburg.

To tie the IOC announcement

together with the nuptials of the

2nd royal couple in two months

was that Prince Albert is on the

IOC serving as President of Mo-

naco’s Olympic Committee. On

the day of the Durban July, TV

coverage was divided between

the horseracing and the very

grand Catholic wedding of Prince

Albert to Charlene Wittstock in

Monaco, made all the more sig-

nificant with images of the South

African flag flying high in Monte

Carlo.

Amongst the South African press

and also politicians there was

much speculation of Durban be-

ing touted as a possible Olympic

Host city for the 2020 Summer

Olympics after South Africa’s

successful staging of the 2010

FIFA World Cup. In May this

year the South African govern-

ment announced that it has no

intention of submitting one of the

major three cities as possible

contenders for the 2020 Summer

Olympics.

After the successful IOC session

was hosted in Durban in which

Pyeongchang was announced

as the Winter Olympic host city,

those stirring about a South Af-

rican city becoming a possible

Olympic host city came to the

surface again. The most obvious

city is Durban as the summer

Olympics is held in August and

Johannesburg and Cape Town

the weather is terrible besides

the fact that in both those cities

there is not a dedicated sports

precinct so close to the temper-

ate shores of the Indian Ocean

quite like that of Durban.

Along with the newly built Mo-

ses Mabhida stadium, the King

Shaka International Airport and

the necessary surrounding infra-

structure, Durban would be the

ideal city to host an Olympics in

a decade’s time. What prompted

the government’s initial refusal

was the cost involved – over a

R100 million an equivalent R10

million Euros. That R100 million

could be spent more effectively

on basic service delivery to the

greater municipal area. The ini-

tial government refusal seems

to have weakened considerably

after the arrival of Prince Albert

and his new bride, Princess

Charlene formerly of Benoni on

Durban shores, for the IOC ses-

sion the first week of July fol-

lowed by the Royal couple host-

ing a lavish wedding reception

held at the opulent Oyster Box

Hotel in the affluent suburb of

Umhlanga.

The IOC praised Durban as a

major sporting and events capi-

tal after the successful hosting

of the 123rd IOC session. South

Africa as a country is being firmly

touted as an International Sport-

ing destination especially after

hosting the Rugby and Cricket

World Cups in 1995 and 2003

respectively as well as the FIFA

2010 World Cup along with the

Indian Premier League. So it

really is only a matter of time

before the Olympics grace Dur-

ban’s temperate Indian Ocean

shores.

The Sports Minister Fikile Mba-

lula is adamant that a South Afri-

can city should still put forward a

bid along with Rome and Madrid

for the 2020 Summer Olympics,

with Durban being the frontrun-

ner. If Rio de Janeiro could get

the 2016 Olympics, Durban

should be a piece of Monaco

blessed wedding cake.

The deadline for submissions to

host the 2020 Summer Olympics

is 1st September so maybe there

will be a change of heart about

Durban submitting a bid, espe-

cially after so beautifully hosting

the IOC session, the Durban July

and a Royal wedding reception

in the space of a week. So while

Durban was literally basking not

only in the warm winter sunshine

but the international media at-

tention, it really was the South

Koreans who were the winners,

with Pyeongchang being the

first Asian city to host the Win-

ter Olympics, a choice so often

dominated by the European and

North American ski resorts from

Lillehammer to Vancouver.

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INGREDIENTS:1/2 cup plain yogurtJuice of 1 lemon, plus lemon wedges for garnish1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the grill2 to 3 cloves garlic, smashed1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander1 1/2 teaspoons ground cuminKosher salt and freshly ground pepper4 6-ounce skinless center-cut salmon fillets1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro or parsley, for garnishMethod: Stir together the yogurt, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, coriander, cumin, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste in a small bowl. Pour half of the sauce into a large resealable plastic bag; cover and refrigerate the remaining sauce. Add the salmon to the bag and turn to coat with the marinade. Refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes, turning the bag over once.

Preheat a grill to medium-high. Remove the salmon from the marinade and blot off excess yogurt with paper towels. Lightly oil the grill and add the salmon; cook, turning once, until browned on the outside and opaque in the center, 4 to 6 minutes per side, depending on the thickness. Serve with the reserved yogurt sauce and garnish with the herbs and lemon wedges.

INGREDIENTS:/2 cup heavy cream1 8-ounce container sour cream2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled2 scallions, finely chopped1/2 teaspoon garlic powderKosher salt and freshly ground pepperMethod: Make the dip: Blend the heavy cream in a blender until slightly thickened. Add the sour cream, lemon juice, blue cheese, scallions and garlic powder and pulse to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and chill 2 hours.Make the chips: Heat 1 to 2 inches vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 350 degrees F. Rest a cooling rack on a baking sheet lined with paper towels. Spread some flour in a baking dish, add the beet slices and toss. Tap off the excess flour, then fry the beets in batches (don’t overcrowd the pot), stirring occasionally to make sure they don’t stick to each other, 3 to 5 minutes, or until the fizzling around the chips slows down.Transfer the chips with a slotted spoon to the rack and season with salt. Let cool at least 5 minutes; the chips will crisp up as they cool. Return the oil to 350 degrees F between batches.Replenish the oil, if necessary, and return to 350 degrees F. Dredge the sweet potato slices in flour and fry in batches, stirring, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to the rack, season with salt and let cool. Serve the chips with the blue-cheese dip.

INGREDIENTS:1 tablespoon unsalted butter2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil3 cloves garlic, minced2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails intactKosher salt and freshly ground pepper

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Cooking With LuxuryBy Andy Clay

Andrew Clay, our resident chef, was born in England, brought up

in Australia and then moved to Cyprus with his Cypriot mother, brother and sister when he was eleven. After finishing culinary school in Nicosia, then the national service and working in a few Paphos hotels, he started to travel. Working his way through England at various hotels for three and half years, then moving on to Bermuda for a year. Then back to Cyprus to open the Anassa hotel in Polis for a few years. A year in Dubai’s Burj al Arab, the first seven star hotel in the world. Then came Richard Branson’s private Necker Island, and while at Necker he also went to Richards’ safari lodge in South Africa to train the local staff for 3 months, then returned to Necker for three and half years. Then off to East Africa, Tanzania, where he met his American

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wife, an animal biologist, who he won over by cooking a lobster dinner with champagne in the middle of the wild

African plains. There he opened a new lodge, where he stayed

for one and a half years. from Africa to the

states to Australia, and many more He now lives full time in Cyprus with his wife and 2 year old baby girl, but travels from Africa to

the States and Australia. While

traveling Andrew has cooked for many high

profile people including, Robert Deniro, Bob Geldof, Bill

Gates, Rod Stewart, Greg Norman, Obama Barak, the Sheik of Dubai, Natalie Imbruglia, Tyra Banks, Ron Howard, the Bransons (who’s house he usually stays at when traveling through England) and that is only a few to mention. He also works every so often at the Almond Tree restaurant and Hondros Taverna in Paphos when his best friends Andreas and Yiokos ask him.

4 plum tomatoes, chopped2 bunches scallions, chopped3 cups cooked white rice3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsleyLemon wedges, for serving (optional)Method:

Heat the butter, olive oil and garlic in a large skillet over medium-high heat until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the Cajun seasoning and shrimp and cook, stirring, until the shrimp begin to curl, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.

Add the tomatoes and scallions to the skillet and cook, stirring, about 1 minute. Add the rice and 1/4 cup water and continue to cook until the rice is warmed through and the shrimp are opaque, about 3 more minutes. Stir in the parsley and serve with lemon, if desired.

The Almond Tree Review

I would consider myself a “foodie” who likes

to try new experiences so Paphos as a

holiday destination is right up street as there

are so many restaurants to choose from

then when a local ex-pat living in Cyprus

recommended somewhere which I had not

tried before I was eager to try it out.

The Almond Tree is not far from the harbor

and the tourist area of Paphos which is only

a 5-10 minute walk away, but it’s definitely

not your typical tourist restaurant. We

booked in advance which is something that

they recommend in the summer months and

when we arrived we were warmly greeted

by the Maitre’d who made us feel like we

had know him for years.

We chose to sit outside as it was another

warm evening and were luckily enough to

be shown to a table on an elevated section

so that we could see all that was going on.

After soaking up the relaxed and intimate

atmosphere for a few minutes, checking out

the place and the other diners we turned our

attention to the wine menu in front of us. The

choice was amazing and there were plenty

of local and international imported wines

to choose from, something for everyone’s

budget. We couldn’t choose as there was

so many so the Maitre’d helped and made

a few suggestions, we eventually agreed

on a Pinot Grigio Rosé which was very

reasonably priced at €19. It was delicious,

dry, fruity and very cold- just the way I like

it.

The food menu was equally as good and

we were blown away by the choice, the

more we read the more we wanted to try

until eventually I was so hungry that I had to

make a decision; the Key West Crab Cakes

with Thai Red Curry Sauce as a starter and

the Fillet of Beef with Blue cheese sauce as

a main course whilst my friend ordered Oven

baked Feta Cheese to start and Tarragon

Prawns with Garlic and Lime Cream Sauce

as a main course. Luckily after we had

ordered, the waitress bought us a fresh

tomato bruschetta to keep us going, it was a

nice touch as by now we were starving.

The food did not disappoint when it came

the Crab Cakes were delicious with a spicy

kick in the sauce and the Feta Cheese

melted into your mouth – both heavenly.

The main courses were equally as good,

both delicious and cooked to perfection.

The quality of the ingredients were first

class, the vegetables that the meal came

with were fresh and wok-flashed to perfectly

al-dente and healthy whilst the potatoes

were cooked with fresh herbs, all beautifully

presented, a feast for the eyes as well as

the stomach.

After our meal the chef, Andreas

Michaelides, came out to ask us how our

evening had been, he wasn’t fishing for

compliments but was genuinely interested

in our feedback. He insisted that we try

a desert so we shared the Soft Centered

Chocolate Cake which was gooey in the

middle and spongy on the outside – what

better way to end such a delightful evening.

We were pleasantly surprised by the bill too;

€35 per head was more than reasonable

for the quality and service which we had

received.

I don’t say this very lightly as it takes a lot

to impress a food lover but it was one of

the enjoyable meals I have ever had and

certainly the best in Paphos.

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which are marinated in our secret sauces,

grilled to perfection served with chips and

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Cyprus History & CultureSocial Apathy…

By Andreas C Chrysafis

Apathy can be summed up as a state of mind where

an individual has an absence of interest or concern to certain aspects of emotional, social or physical life. These feelings of lack of interest can also cause rapid deterioration in governments, its institutions and public services but most worryingly, it affects the nation in the worse possible way. If not tackled with “surgical precision”, apathy can quickly develop into an affliction!

This new phenomenon is normally brought about due to stress and disillusionment where it quickly manifests a feeling of “indifference” and “helplessness”. When that happens, it triggers off an avalanche of inter-related psychological and physical problems, which in due course can become impossible to deal with. Imaginary or real, apathy should be eradicated but such a process cannot be done so easily! Once ethos sets in, it will take years to get rid of its detrimental effects on individuals and society at large; it is absolute!

If the present behaviour is the measuring stick of yesterday’s policy results, then today’s attitudes can be summed up as the main cause of social apathy. Plato, the greatest thinker of all times affirmed that: “the price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men”. He was certainly not wrong!

Globalization, brutal capitalism, manipulation by the media, especially by television and government shortsightedness, could be considered as the leading players of generating insecurity so commonly experienced by people, right across the social spectrum. With the ever-growing unsustainable materialistic philosophy on self-indulgence and consumerism, those forces have fostered public attitudes never experienced before. Consumer indoctrination has been cleverly applied to appeal to people’s emotions and not necessarily to their reasoning. Undoubtedly, materialism has become the defining measure of success and has touched every sector of society at the expense of everything else.

As it happens, the majority of people live in a world filled with insecurity and share grave concerns for the future. Historically, there has never been such negativity and lack of interest in the political process, religion or social behaviour. The stable community care of the past has been diminished and replaced by the desire to “prosper by accumulation” of “material things” at any cost. This social trend on

materialism has been cleverly implanted in people’s minds through mass media manipulation and clever marketing ploys, as a means to instantaneous gratification. Consumerism has become addictive and people buy products indiscriminately, believing it will make their lives easier and more appealing.

An additional contributing factor to apathy is the prevailing trend of unbridled hedonism. Due to feelings of “hopelessness” and “indifference ”, society has turned itself towards hedonistic entertainment as an antidote to its economic and social woes. Unable to resolve pondering issues, people have chosen to become observers; watching with enthusiasm thrilling and often gory shows that appeal to their senses rather than their common sense. Football hooliganism, anti-social behaviour, uncalled-for violence and brute force inside the arenas attract hundreds of spectators. They flood the stadiums to watch their idols to “battle it out” or to “perform” with their fists rather than with their sporting skills as a means of escapism; Salve

Lactum, just like the Romans did in the Coliseum!

It is much easier to be passively controlled than to take initiative, and perplex societies such as Cyprus, are ideal candidates on fostering apathy. The socio-economic conditions on the island have certainly transformed the nation to the point that social consciousness has taken a back seat. It has been replaced by a new culture, one that wallows in materialism and divine apathy, while the government and its

institutions sink their heads in the sand believing that the problem will go away, or it does not really exist!

Over 70% of people in Cyprus declared that they are politically and socially disillusioned of the behaviour of the leadership and have lost interest in politics or elections (Cymar poll). Politicians are trained to perform just like actors playing their part in a play, and this sort of shallow attitude, certainly adds to the prospect of apathy taking root in a society.

Some people may believe, that it’s their right to act indifferently to others’ needs and have become desensitized to things that do not affect them personally. This is a classic behaviour of public indifference, and its negative effects can quickly escalate into a domino effect. The existence and fostering of such pessimistic views, offer little scope or optimism of ever changing.

There are obvious indicators that apathy has prevailed over common sense for a variety of

reasons, such as; the ongoing refugee dilemma; people’s jobs are at risk; unemployment; falling living standards; disillusionment, political shenanigans and institutional corruption but above all else, there are no obvious social models to aspire by and create a caring society build on fairness. For the less privileged sectors of society it means living without hope, while the wealthy are getting wealthier and the poor are getting poorer! These are valid reasons for public discontent and the escalation of social apathy…

All considered there is always a solution to a problem! The way to wipe out apathy can only be with the introduction of fairer policies, but most importantly by: Education! Education and Education! But, what kind of education? One that fosters: “do as you’re told” or one that endorses the concept of “taking initiatives and leadership”.

In Cyprus such progressive mentality has never existed. People behaved as “followers” rather than “leaders”, and this stigma can be attributed to an intractable unionized education system, unwavering traditions and dogmatic religion. Emperor Justinian I in 529AD, decreed that all philosophy schools to be closed down, because… as an absolute Monarch and god’s representative on earth, he perceived that such free thoughts were at odds with the Christian faith, which demanded blind obedience, subservience and dogmatic blindness to passions, new ideas and new thoughts.

Education is the light out of the darkness, and it’s crucially important to provide the opportunity

for students to make choices, and become independent thinkers to discover and learn for themselves; such training will ultimately create a caring community free from apathy! Students of all ages can then learn to develop the manner by which to become ethical people, as opposed to people who merely do as what they are told. This means they create trusting relationships and feel safe; a crucial ingredient for success! For those who want to take control or abandon power this can be a scary experience...

Such freethinking and inventiveness is badly missing from the present education system including government, businesses and society at large. What is even more disturbing, the majority of graduates have been psychologically molded to aspire for a career in the public sector; they’d rather have security at hand than take daring initiatives! Then again, society in Cyprus - dominated by a stagnating political culture and unions - has always encouraged new generations to maintain the status quo by means of nepotism as a way forward. Now a big majority of them are utterly spoilt, demanding and depending on materialistic “things” as a way of life, rather than aim for social consciousness.

Such self-serving mentality does not do any good in a progressive society. Cyprus needs to groom and train new freethinking citizens and not social puppets! Students on the other hand, should be free persons with free minds to explore new ideas and not be brainwashed by the existing old-fashioned political cultures. So far, the principle of “do as you are told”, it has not produced encouraging results, and as long as it continues unchallenged, apathy will nibble away at peoples’ aspirations.

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As I wait to see the dentist at the General Public Hospital, be-

cause times are tough (and besides, I pay my taxes), I am think-

ing about the rottenness of the system as people cut in The Line be-

fore me and hospital staff talk to me curtly as if I am an illiterate goat

herder’s wife who is also illiterate. I am thinking these things when an

elder German gentleman comes up behind me, inquiring if this is The

Line. Indeed, it is The Line, I inform him, and he steps in place behind

me and I return to my own thoughts.

A friend who lives in Germany told me that the health care system in

Germany is terrific. You pay a certain amount every month, and, you

can see any private doctor you like. Apparently, they don’t have out-

patient services for the public. Imagine, no Lines.....

Knowing the German penchant for order, I imagined that the German

Health Care System must be a smooth running system with proper

infrastructure, punctual and polite health care providers, and up to

date health services (i.e. they don’t dispose of newborn babies left for

dead in trash cans, ..... yes people, this really happened...., and the

baby turned out not to be dead when it was found by a cleaning lady

in a hospital rubbish bin).

Just as I pictured the utopia of the German health care system in my

head, my new German friend standing in The Line behind me seemed

to have read my mind, and sparked a conversation about the subject.

He informed me that truly, the German system allows you to visit any

doctor you like while the costs are covered by the State. ‘Remark-

able’, I replied. ‘However’, he went on to say, ‘if you are waiting to see

the doctor and a private patient comes in then they go in The Line

before you because they are a paying customer’. Also you pay for a

percentage of the cost of your medication in Germany; in Cyprus it is

totally free.

Hmmmm. This did not fit the utopia of German health care that I had

imagined. It sounded more like Cyprus, except, as an extra, you got

to feel poor along with sick at the doctor’s office. At the Paphos Gen-

eral Hospital at least you don’t feel like a lower valued citizen com-

pared to the rest of the sickos waiting in Line, because everyone is

in the same boat. Everyone cannot afford private health care, and

everyone opts for the accessible and highly inconvenient option of

Outpatient Services at the Public Hospital.

While my new German friend and I were chatting about this subject,

The Line kept getting shorter, and my turn came, so I registered to

see the dentist, and navigated my way to the dentist’s office. Just

as I sat down to wait my turn there, a lady walked out of the dentist’s

office, plopped herself down in the chair next to me, and commenced

sobbing uncontrollably while holding her head in her hands. Appar-

ently, she was in a lot of pain. Pain I wanted to spare myself from.

I started to panic and have crazy thoughts of walking out - I mean, I

could pull my own teeth out if need be, and eventually, just get a set

of false teeth....no-one will know the difference...

So, when the dentist called my name, got me in the reclining dentist

chair, exhibited nil bedside manner, and asked me bluntly if I wanted

to be anaesthetized before she began her torturous ritual with her

sadistic instruments, I enthusiastically opted for state sponsored pain

medication, which was provided in full, at no extra charge. I felt noth-

ing and paid nothing, but whether my tooth got fixed remains to be

seen.

A day at the dentist

By Dora GeorGiou

Well, what a month!!! …. In Cyprus, that is; the cool summer romance

place … where fireworks go off almost every night from dinner boats … and of course … “abandoned” bombs explode and leave an entire island with electricity problems… and then of course one is not so cool anymore unless you’re in a government owned office where the air-con is working at full power … in which case you’re hoping that there WILL be red-tape, bureaucracy and “siga-siga” (slowly-slowly) … so you can get to spend the whole day there! …

Who needs to get attacked?? … in-fact, would it actually make a difference if we were? … Would I personally really make the effort to get off the beach? … Or get up from the coffee shop before I’ve lapped the last drop of coffee from the base of my frappe glass? … For SURE … if the coffee shop had plasma television and they agreed to switch channels so I could just get a grasp of how exactly we were attacked, then I’d probably order another frappe, but only if they agreed to switch back to the football over the next five minutes! … And they would also have to bring me a small bowl of

nuts to chew on … to overcome the stress (over the football game, that is!) … I mean, there’s money on the game!! …

Perhaps this is the very attitude that lead to the very tragic incident that occurred earlier this month … totally arrogant apathy … that exists among us … and has merely manifested itself into our leaders … which ultimately are nothing more than a dramatized reflection of who we are! It seems even more tragic that we’re trying our utmost to overthrow these so-called leaders … but is this actually gonna change anything??? … Yep, Waiter! … Make that another frappe please! …

Nothing will change! … Perhaps its time for each of us to actually take the time to reflect … Not on what happened … but to reflect upon ourselves! …

… do I care to reverse my inherent criticism of everything around me, maybe spend some time to actually look for the good in everything around me … take the flack and forgive others for things they may have done to me … and at the same time to think

of ways to bring a smile to someone each and every day …? … Yeah, by this time most people will be turning to the next article …

If you’re still here … yeah, guys, mistakes happen, yes, very pathetic, irreversible stupid mistakes that leave gashes in people’s hearts … and yes, someone will have to answer for it and be held responsible, BUT we’ve all, somewhere, sometime … we’ve all hurt someone… betrayed, cheated … and even dumped them with the blame.

Maybe its time to stop blaming … and to start loving again. It starts within our daily live’s, in our homes, wherever we may be, with everyone who is around us. Yes, we are all different, and we all have our own special way of showing our love … and in all truth, I believe that most people are showing it … yet, perhaps, just perhaps, in these times of turmoil in our world, perhaps its time we began to up the tempo a little bit…

I wish love and strength to all who lost their loved ones; May they all rest in peace … May their sacrifice not have gone in vain!

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centers, spaced about 12 to 15 miles apart. Then, starting around 500 B.C., signs of warfare emerged in the form of trophy heads and depictions of warriors, the two archaeologists report in last week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.One of the regional centers, Taraco, was destroyed in the first century A.D., probably by forces from Puka-ra, the other principal regional center of the area. Pukara enjoyed its status as a pristine state until about 500, when it was absorbed by Tiwanaku, the principal state on the other side of the Lake Titicaca basin.

A similar process of an early state’s arising from warring chiefdoms has been described in the Oaxaca Val-

ley of Mexico by Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus, archaeologists at the University of Michigan. By 4,500 years ago, there were some 80 vil-lages in the valley. As population in-creased, a period of intense warfare lasted from 2,450 to 2,000 years ago, culminating in the victory of one town over all the others in the valley and the formation of the Zapotec state.With the same process now docu-mented in both North and South America, “we are coming closer to having a model for pristine state for-mation that may have worldwide sig-nificance,” Dr. Marcus said. “It also shows that our species, when thrust into almost identical circumstances, behaves in almost identical ways.”Dr. Stanish believes that warfare was the midwife of the first states that arose in many regions of the world, including Mesopotamia and China as well as the Americas.The first states, in his view, were not passive affairs driven by forces be-yond human control, like climate and geography, as some historians have supposed. Rather, they were shaped by human choice as people sought new forms of cooperation and new institutions for the more complex so-cieties that were developing. Trade was one of these cooperative insti-tutions for consolidating larger-scale groups; warfare was the other.Warfare may not usually be thought of

century French naval commander was shocked to see a Dutch captain sweeping out his own quarters. Like-wise, I used to run into the mayor of Amsterdam at the supermarket, and he wasn’t engaged in a populist stunt (mayors aren’t elected here but are government appointees); he was shopping.For American cities to think outside the car would seem to require a men-tal sea change. Then again, Ameri-cans, too, are practical, no-nonsense people. And Zef Hemel, the chief planner for the city of Amsterdam, reminded me that sea changes do happen. “Back in the 1960s, we were doing the same thing as America, making cities car-friendly,” he said. Funnily enough, it was an Ameri-can, Jane Jacobs, who changed the

as a form of cooperation, but organ-ized hostilities between chiefdoms require that within each chiefdom people subordinate their individual self-interest to that of the group.“Warfare is ultimately not a denial of the human capacity for social coop-eration, but merely the most destruc-tive expression of it,” the anthropolo-gist Lawrence H. Keeley writes in his book “War Before Civilization” (Ox-ford, 1996).Compared with other species, hu-mans are highly cooperative and al-truistic, at least toward members of their own group. Evolutionary biolo-gists have been hard pressed to ac-count for this self-sacrificing behav-ior, given that an altruist who works for the benefit of others will have less time for his family’s interests and leave fewer surviving children. Genes for altruistic behavior should therefore disappear.Darwin’s solution to this riddle was that groups of altruists would prevail over less cohesive groups. This im-plies that natural selection can oper-ate on groups, not just individuals, a thesis that many biologists reject.But group-level selection is more likely to operate the fiercer the com-petition is between groups. Samuel Bowles, an economist at the Santa Fe Institute, believes warfare be-tween early human groups was in-tense, and explains the very slow growth of population prior to 20,000 years ago.Warfare “may have contributed to the spread of human altruism,” he and his colleague Herbert Gintis write in their new book, “A Coopera-tive Species”(Princeton, 2011). “We initially recoiled at this unpleasant and surprising conclusion. But the simulations and the data on prehis-toric warfare tell a convincing story.”

Archaeology lends some support to the idea. “Groups that successfully organize themselves to raid others will acquire external resources and, in the long run, will be at a selective advantage against groups that are less well organized,” Dr. Stanish and Dr. Levine write of their findings in the Central Andes.“Both war and trade are sources of outside wealth,” Dr. Stanish said in an interview. The leaders of early states had to keep people working. They relied on religious rituals to or-ganize the labor force and material inducements from war and trade to satisfy the elite.As the population in a region grew larger and richer, regional chiefdoms would form and start raiding one an-other for plunder. “Once this kicks in, it sets up a dynamic in which it’s hard to be peaceful,” Dr. Stanish said. “You either organize on a regional level or get killed or absorbed.”Of the regional chiefdoms that start a war for dominance, all but one will perish before the pristine state is formed. So why not form nonag-gression pacts rather than take such a gamble?Dr. Marcus suggests two reasons. One is that human social skills evolved in the small hunter-gatherer groups in which everyone lived until 15,000 years ago. “When humans try to run larger and more complex soci-eties, with hereditary inequality, they are pushing their sociopolitical skills to the utmost,” Dr. Marcus said.Another reason is that elites who run chiefly societies “are very aggressive and competitive — they assassinate rivals even when they are siblings or half-siblings,” Dr. Marcus said. “Com-petitive interaction is one of the most powerful driving forces in evolution, whether biological or social.”

minds of European urban design-ers. Her book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” got European planners to shift their focus from car-friendliness to overall livability.When I noted that Manhattan’s bike lanes seem to be used more for rec-reation than transport — cyclists in Amsterdam are dressed in every-thing from jeans to cocktail dresses, while those in Manhattan often look like spandex cyborgs — Mr. Hemel told me to give it time. “Those are the pioneers,” he said. “You have to start somewhere.”What he meant was, “You start with bike lanes” — that is, with the con-viction that urban planning can bring about beneficial cultural changes. But that points up another mental dif-ference: the willingness of Europe-ans to follow top-down social plan-ning. America’s famed individualism breeds an often healthy distrust of the elite. I’m as quick as any other red-blooded American to bristle at European technocrats telling me how to live. (Try buying a light bulb or a magazine after 6 p.m. in Amsterdam, where the political elite have decreed that workers’ well-being requires that shops be open only during standard office hours, precisely when most people can’t shop.)But while many Americans see their cars as an extension of their individ-ual freedom, to some of us owning a car is a burden, and in a city a dou-ble burden. I find the recrafting of the city in order to lessen — or eliminate — the need for cars to be not just grudgingly acceptable, but, yes, an expansion of my individual freedom. So I say (in this case, at least): Go, social-planning technocrats! If only America’s cities could be so free.

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Shortly after the singer Amy Wine-

house, 27, was found dead in her

London home, the airwaves were

ringing with her popular hit “Re-

hab,” a song about her refusal to

be treated for drug addiction.

Amy Winehouse, British Soul

Singer With a Troubled Life, Dies

at 27 (July 24, 2011)

The man said “Why you think you

here?”

I said, “I got no idea.”

I’m gonna, gonna lose my baby,

So I always keep a bottle near.

The official cause of Ms. Wine-

house’s death won’t be an-

nounced until October pending

toxicology reports, but her highly

publicized battle with alcohol and

drug addiction seems to have

played a significant role. Indeed,

her mother echoed a sentiment

heard everywhere when she

told The Sunday Mirror that her

daughter’s death was “only a mat-

ter of time.”

But was it? Why is it that some

people survive drug and alcohol

abuse, even manage their lives

with it, while others succumb to

addiction? It’s a question scien-

tists have been wrestling with for

decades, but only recently have

they begun to find answers.

Illicit drug use in the United States,

as in Britain, is very common and

usually begins in adolescence.

According to the 2008 National

Survey of Drug Use and Health,

46 percent of Americans have

tried an illicit drug at some point

in their lives. But only 8 percent

have used an illicit drug in the

past month. By comparison, 51

percent have used alcohol in the

past year.

Most people who experiment with

drugs, then, do not become ad-

dicted. So who is at risk?

Clinicians have long been aware

that patients with certain types

of psychiatric illnesses — includ-

ing mood, anxiety and personal-

ity disorders — are more likely

to become addicts. According to

the National Institute of Mental

Health’s Epidemiologic Catchment

Area Study, patients with mental

health problems are nearly three

times as likely to have an addic-

tive disorder as those without.

Conversely, 60 percent of people

with a substance abuse disorder

also suffer from another form of

mental illness. Still, it’s unclear

whether addiction predisposes

someone to mental illness, or vice

versa.

Scientists do know that having

a mental illness doesn’t just in-

crease the chance of intermittent

drug abuse; it also significantly

raises the risk of outright depend-

ence and addiction. The conven-

tional wisdom is the link repre-

sents a form of “self-medication”

— that is, people are using drugs

long-term to medicate their own

misery.

There is clinical and epidemiologic

evidence to support this notion. Al-

cohol and drugs affect mood and

behavior by activating the same

brain circuits that are disrupted

in major psychiatric illnesses. No

surprise, then, that depressed and

anxious patients in particular turn

to alcohol and other sedatives.

But these substances are terrible

antidepressants and only worsen

the underlying problem, leading to

a downward spiral of depression

and addiction.

Certain personality disorders also

raise the odds of drug abuse and

alcohol abuse. Narcissistic pa-

tients, who constantly battle feel-

ings of inadequacy, are frequently

drawn to stimulants, like cocaine,

that provide a fleeting sense of

power and self-confidence. Peo-

ple with borderline personality

disorder, who struggle to control

their impulses and anger, often re-

sort to drugs and alcohol to soften

their intolerable moods.

But precarious mental health is

not the only risk for long-term ad-

diction. Emerging evidence sug-

gests that drug abuse can be a

developmental brain disorder, and

that people who become addicted

are wired differently from those

who do not.

Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the

National Institute on Drug Abuse,

has shown in several brain-imag-

ing studies that people addicted to

such drugs as cocaine, heroin and

alcohol have fewer dopamine re-

ceptors in the brain’s reward path-

ways than nonaddicts. Dopamine

is a neurotransmitter critical to the

experience of pleasure and desire,

and sends a signal to the brain:

Pay attention, this is important.

When Dr. Volkow compared the

responses of addicts and normal

controls with an infusion of a stim-

ulant, she discovered that controls

with high numbers of D2 receptors,

a subtype of dopamine receptors,

found it aversive, while addicts

with low receptor levels found it

pleasurable.

This finding

and others

like it sug-

gest that

drug addicts

may have

blunted re-

ward sys-

tems in the

brain, and

that for them

e v e r y d a y

p l e a s u r e s

don’t come

close to the

p o w e r f u l

reward of

drugs. There

is some in-

triguing evi-

dence that

there is an

increase in D2 receptors in ad-

dicts who abstain from drugs,

though we don’t yet know if they

fully normalize with time.

But people are not brains in a jar;

we are heavily influenced by our

environments, too. The world in

which Ms. Winehouse traveled ap-

pears to have been awash in illicit

drugs and alcohol whose use was

not just accepted but encouraged.

Even people who aren’t wired for

addiction can become dependent

on drugs and alcohol if they are

constantly exposed to them, stud-

ies have found.

Drug use changes the brain. Pri-

mates that aren’t predisposed to

addiction will become compulsive

users of cocaine as the number

of D2 receptors declines in their

brains, Dr. Volkow noted. And one

way to produce such a decline,

she has found, is to place the ani-

mals in stressful social situations.

A stressful environment in which

there is ready access to drugs can

trump a low genetic risk of addic-

tion in these animals. The same

may be true for humans, too. And

that’s a notion many find hard to

believe: Just about anyone, re-

gardless of baseline genetic risk,

can become an addict under the

right circumstances.

It also has profound implications

for intervention and treatment.

Long-term drug use usually begins

during adolescence, a time when

the brain is the most plastic.

In those who are most vulner-

able, substance abuse must be

confronted early in adolescence,

before it has set the stage for a

lifetime of addiction.

Who can experiment uneventfully

with drugs and who will be undone

by them results from a complex in-

terplay of genes, environment and

psychology. And, unfortunately,

just plain chance.

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Books & FilmsA Week in December

Sebastian Faulks Reviewed by David R. Walker a.k.a. Southboy

There is a quote to preface A Week in December by Se-

bastian Faulks which goes as follows - `If you talk to God you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia’ by Dr Thomas Szasz psychiatrist from The Second Sin. Reading Faulks latest novel comprising seven major characters from a cross section of 21st cen-tury London society the reader could be forgiven for feeling slightly schizophrenic.

Faulks followed up the brilliant novel Engleby with A Week in December is a skilled enough novelist able to weave seven diverse characters into a com-plex and technology laden almost alienating urban land-scape brought together by an up market dinner party held by a MP’s wife in one of London’s more affluent suburbs. The characters range from a Paki-stani immigrant millionaire with his fanatical son, a hedge fund trader with his drug-induced teenage son, a Polish profes-sional footballer, a idealistic

yet timid lawyer, an unsuccess-ful novelist turned book review-er and a female Tube driver on the Circle line who lives in a parallel online universe. How-ever these seven characters appear to be in search of a tangible plot, much like Piran-dello’s play Six Characters in Search of an Author.

The Tree of L i fe : By the way of grace or of nature

Reviewed by David R. Walker a.k.a. Southboy

Having grown up with three

elder brothers, I am quite

aware of the natural peck-

ing order that exists in family

with all boys. Reclusive Ameri-

can film maker Terrence Mal-

ick’s visually evocative epic

The Tree of Life centres on a

Southern American family liv-

ing in the then idyllic town of

Waco, Texas in the late 1950’s

and early 1960’s. A strict and

religious father, a loving and

luminous mother and three

boys is intimately shot and in-

terwoven with a larger medita-

tion on the existence of God,

the universe, Birth and Death

and the arc from a more pasto-

ral existence to the technology

filled society which has defined

the 21st century. The father is

played brilliant by Brad Pitt and

the mother by Jessica Chastain

each representing the balance

in nature between order, disci-

pline and change with beauty,

Faulks wrote A Week in De-cember from 2005 to 2009 which illustrates as does his choice in seven characters the range of events that have characterized London at the start of the 21st century from the rise of social network-ing in the digital age, to the July 2005 London Transport bombings by Muslim funda-mentalists to the financial recession which severely hit the UK in 2008 vividly por-traying a society which has lost its sense of community while sketching the complex personal relationships which binds a society together and makes a multicultural city like London a vibrant place

to live. This novel is similar to Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities which satirized New York City in the late 1980s, ex-cept that Wolfe is more skilled at being a social commentator than Faulks.

Faulks’ literary strength re-ally lies in a single protagonist

grace and tenderness.

Malick’s vision is a of true au-

teur and is entirely uncompro-

mising, creating a cinematic

experience in The Tree of Life

which is visually astounding,

intimately beautiful and pro-

saic enhanced with amazing

cinematography by Emmanuel

Lubezki. Using a non-linear

narrative, multiple levels of

sound combining breathtaking

music with snatches of interior

monologue from his charac-

ters, the audience has to piece

together the progression of this

journey of a family who suffers

a loss by way of nature.

There are no structured scenes

but rather a series of visually

sublime and breathtaking scen-

ery intercut with a larger vision

of the universe’s origins, the

development of life on earth

and the natural order of selec-

tion. Where Malick excels are

the scenes of the three broth-

ers innocently playing, focusing

on the eldest son, Jack’s view-

point who is deeply affected

by his father’s discipline, bal-

ancing his own aggression by

acts of affection for his younger

siblings. Jack also appears as

an older man, played by Sean

Penn as an architect in Hous-

ton, still affected by the earlier

grief which defined his family.

The Tree of Life is not a com-

mercial film and if viewers en-

joyed Malick’s two previous

films, The Thin Red Line and

The New World, then they will

appreciate this beautiful yet

bewildering meditation on the

origins of existence on earth,

yet his latest visual offering

did impress the jury at Cannes

walking off with the 2011 much

coveted Palm d’Or. See it to

make your own conclusions.

narrative set in a very specific historical era illustrated so bril-liantly in his debut novel Char-lotte Gray during World War II to Engleby set in 1960’s Brit-

ain. A Week in December is a British Bonfire of the Vanities lacking in razor sharp social commentary resulting in the reader feeling more adrift and schizophrenic than the seven characters that the novel por-trays

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Amy WinehouseAmy Winehouse, the British singer who found worldwide fame with a sassy, hip-hop-inflected take on retro soul, yet became a tabloid fixture as her problems with drugs and alcohol led to a strikingly public career collapse, was found dead in her apartment in London, the police said. She was 27.

With a husky, tart voice and a style that drew equally from the sounds of Motown and the stark storytelling of rap, Ms. Wine-house became one of the most acclaimed young singers of the past decade, selling millions of albums, winning five Grammy Awards and starting a British retro-R&B trend that continues today.

Yet, almost from the moment she arrived on the international pop scene in early 2007, Ms. Wine-house appeared to flirt with self-destruction. She sang of an alco-hol-soaked demimonde in songs like “Rehab” — whose refrain, “They tried to make me go to rehab/I said, ‘No, no, no,’ ” crys-tallized Ms. Winehouse’s perso-na — and before long it seemed to spill over into her personal life and fuel lurid headlines.

The interplay between Ms. Winehouse’s life and art made her one of the most fascinating figures in pop music since Kurt Cobain, whose demise in 1994 — also at age 27 — was pre-ceded by drug abuse and a frus-tration with fame as something that could never be escaped. Yet in time, the notoriety from Ms. Winehouse’s various drug arrests, public meltdowns and ruined concerts overshadowed her talent as a musician, and her career never recovered.

On Saturday, as the news of Ms. Winehouse’s death spread, many musicians took to Twitter with deep sadness but no surprise. Lily Allen, who rose through the British pop scene shortly after Ms. Winehouse, called her “such a lost soul.” The singer Josh Groban wrote: “Drugs took her gift, her soul, her light, long be-fore they took her life. RIP Amy.”

As much as her misfortunes eventually took on a sense of predictability, when Ms. Wine-house arrived with her break-through second album “Back to Black,” which was released in

E n t e r t a i n m e n t a n d s h o w b i z

Britain in late 2006 and in the United States the next year, she was a fresh voice with a novel take on pop history. She spoke of her love for Frank Sinatra, Th-elonious Monk and Motown, as well as Nas, the hard-core New York rapper with a sharp eye for narrative detail.

Her greatest love, however, was the 1960s girl groups, something that was evident from the instant-ly recognizable beehive hairdo and Cleopatra makeup that she borrowed from the Ronettes. In an interview with The Los An-geles Times in 2007, Ms. Wine-house explained how a breakup had inspired the songs on “Back to Black,” and described her state of mind in terms of music and alcohol.

“I didn’t want to just wake up drinking, and crying, and listen-ing to Shangri-Las, and go to sleep, and wake up drinking, and listening to the Shangri-Las,” she said. “So I turned it into songs, and that’s how I got through it.”

Amy Jade Winehouse was born in Southgate, London, on Sept. 14, 1983. Her mother, Janis, was a pharmacist, and her fa-ther, Mitch, was a cab driver who nursed a love for music. They both survive her, along with a brother, Alex.

Ms. Winehouse showed an early talent for performing, as well as an eclecticism that would charac-terize her later work. She loved her father’s Sinatra records, but she also liked hip-hop; at age 10 she and a friend formed a rap group called Sweet ’n’ Sour that Ms. Winehouse later described as “the little white Jewish Salt-N-Pepa.” (Ms. Winehouse was the “sour” half.)

She attended the Sylvia Young Theater School in London and later went to the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, a free performing arts school there that counts several other recent female pop stars among its alumnae, including Ms. Allen and Adele, another young singer who is sometimes seen as pick-ing up the neo-soul mantle from Ms. Winehouse.

In 2003, at age 19, Ms. Wine-house released her first album, “Frank.” Influenced by jazz, it es-tablished her as a rising star in Britain. But “Back to Black,” re-

corded with the producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, and the Brooklyn retro-soul band the Dap-Kings, made her an inter-national sensation. With thick horns and club-ready hip-hop beats, the album was a darkly stylish update of classic 1960s R&B, and it was adored by crit-ics and the public alike.

According to Nielsen Sound-Scan, which tracks music sales, Ms. Winehouse has sold 2.7 mil-lion albums and 3.4 million tracks in the United States.

Yet, while “Rehab” was still climbing the charts, Ms. Wine-house made headlines for drug binges and arrests that left her hospitalized and forced her to cancel concert dates.

In October 2007, Ms. Winehouse and her husband at the time, Blake Fielder-Civil, were ar-rested in Norway on charges of marijuana possession. A month later, Mr. Fielder-Civil was ar-rested and accused of pervert-ing the course of justice by trying to bribe the victim in a bar fight not to testify against him. (Ms. Winehouse and Mr. Fielder-Civil divorced in 2009.)

Perhaps the peak of Ms. Wine-house’s career was the 2008 Grammy Awards. She was nomi-nated for six prizes and took home five, including Best New Artist. Yet even days before the show, her appearance there was uncertain because of visa prob-lems. In the end, she performed by satellite from London.

Although Ms. Winehouse has not made an album since “Back to Black,” she tried to revive her career several times. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Ms. Winehouse’s father, who released a jazz album this year, said she had been in good health lately. (Mr. Winehouse was scheduled to perform at the Blue Note jazz club in New York on Monday, but canceled after learning of his daughter’s death.)

Yet Ms. Winehouse’s most re-cent comeback attempt faltered badly. Last month, she canceled a European tour after a perfor-mance in Belgrade on the first night, during which she appeared to be too intoxicated to perform properly.

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w h at ’s o n a n d w h e r eEvents Calendar for Paphos1.) Paphos Aphro-dite Festival; LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN (2, 3 AND 4 SEPTEMBER 2011,8.00 P.M. PAFOS MEDIEVAL CASTLE, CYPRUS).

2.) Dionysia Festival 1st - 31st of August (Stroumbi village of the Paphos district holds a festival in honor of Dionysus, the famed Greek god of wine.

3.) Arkadia 1st - 31st of August Arkadia is a festival which is conducted annually, Arkadia celebrates the heri-tage and culture of Kallepia, a nearby place. Arkadia takes place every August and is a festival celebrated to glorify the beauty of the region, it attracts lot’s of visitors from all around the world.

4.) Ancient Greek Drama Festival - July and August, at the spectacular Kourion am-phitheatre, close by, as well as venues in Paphos

5.) Limassol Wine Festi-val - late August to mid-Sep-tember, a major wine-tasting event in nearby Limassol, taking place at the city’s Mu-nicipal Gardens

6.) PAFOS WALK, Ev-

ery Thursday STROLLING AROUND PAFOS TOWN CEN-TRE (KTIMA) walking tour Strolling around Pafos Town Centre (Ktima) aims to pro-vide an overall picture of Pafos and how Pafos Town Centre evolved and devel-oped from the late Byzantine and Medieval times to what as it was called until recently Κtima.

7.) Exhibition titled: “Fine Art and Craft” “En Plo” Exhibition Hall, Kato Pafos Duration: 8 - 14 Au-gust Opening hours: 10.00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Organizer: Danae Anastasiou.

8.) Wednesday, 03 Au-gust 2011, Concert of clas-sical music by the Stuttgart Youth Orchestra Ancient Odeion, Kato Pafos Time: 7:30 p.m. / Price: 10€ & 7€ Or-ganizer: Due Capi.

9.) FRI, 29 JUL - FRI, 2 SEP SUMMER NIGHTS IN PO-LIS FRI, 29 JUL Traditional Cypriot dances with the Po-lis Chrysochous Municipality dance group.

10.) FRI, 5 AUG “Our Roots”. Traditional and ar-tistic Cypriot songs with the “Mesogeios” music ensem-

ble

11.) FRI, 19 AUG Greek contemporary music with the “Admitos Pitsillides” music ensemble.

12.) FRI, 26 AUG Greek music and music from all over the world with the “Fal-tsa Oneira” music ensemble.

13.) FRI, 2 SEP Best Folk and Greek songs with the “Elena Solea” music en-semble. Venue: Town Hall Square Time: 21:00 Entrance free. For further information please contact 26321321, 22691221.

14.) Pegia Yearly Festival, 14 August 8:30pm, at pub-lic parking space, free en-trance, popular singers from Greece.

15.) Pafia Aphrodite Fes-tival Music and dancing Sup-ported by Ministry of Educa-tion, CTO

16.) August / Village Festi-vals At this time of year most villages hold fairs with music and dance performances, as well as food themed festivi-ties.

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So here I am, sitting in a repu-table restaurant in Gokulam, a

part of Mysore often referred to as “not really India”. It is very clean and compared to places like Delhi or Bangalore not as noisy, the ar-chitecture of the houses is a state-ment on the wealth of the area albeit nothing too ostentatious . A lot of local politicians and wealthy businessmen live in the area with their families and Mysore itself makes a good return from the influx of Yoga students on a year round basis. So you would think there would be a description underneath every meal in the menus, and most restaurants have pretty extensive menus consisting of several pages (yes, I have seen up to 9 pages and that’s not including drinks).

However all you get is the dish’s name as you would pronounce it in English for example Aloo Gobi or Dal Sambar or Mung Dal. Of course you soon learn that aloo means potato and dal means len-tils which gives you a clearer pic-ture but it is still pretty overwhelm-ing when you have no clue what flavours are involved what spices or what textures will grace your taste buds. And when you ask for more information on a specific dish

you will only get the exact name repeated back to you several times by a very polite waiter who some-how thinks that perhaps after 5-6 times of saying “Aloo Gobi, Aloo Gobi” you will remember you were Indian in another life and actually Hindi is your mother language and you will know exactly what dish that is!

So after several attempts to un-derstand what a dish is in between bursts of laughter you begin to get, yet again, that in India...you *have* to go with the flow. So I just closed my eyes and let my fingers point to a few dishes and took it from there. And to my surprise I have not been disappointed; after a while you be-gin to learn and understand words and it also helps when you go with people who have been in India lon-ger and who can help you order. However, though I don’t mind In-dian food (as I don’t eat meat most dishes are therefore appropriate), I have to say I still think Mediterra-nean food is the best cuisine I have ever tried. I miss fish immensely and so many dishes from the Greek cuisine like the salads, especially rocket, olives, feta, oregano and bread. Needless to say that olive oil in India costs nearly 10 euros

for a 300ml bottle, but when eating

out is so cheap (between 2-5 Eu-

ros) you rarely cook at home.

I also have to briefly mention my

experience with taking passport

pictures as the Yoga shala needed

them for registration. Anyone who

has taken passport pics (in the

UK at least) has experienced the

“Don’t smile – hair away from face

– don’t smile – ears have to show –

don’t smile – take your glasses off

and try not to smile”. Well, this was

my experience in India “Madam,

SMILE” click! Yep! That sums up

India very well.

The ones from us who have seen

travel documentaries on India we

are often left with haunting imag-

es of malnourished diseased ani-

mals scraping amongst rubbish to

feed themselves and we are rarely

shown another also very dominant

reality of how animals and hu-

mans co-exist here. From my ex-

perience so far animals are super

chilled out, the cows have a most

serene look that I hope the pictures

I have taken can somehow attest

to that. I have seen horses and

dogs play with each other none of

which looked starved or unhealthy;

in fact some of the dogs (which I

have to say are stray dogs) are su-

per fit and have a stride that even

a most thorough breed dog would

be envious of. I have seen people

from wealthy backgrounds open

their gates and literally feed cows

from the street. There is no fear

of disease and guessing from the

overall look of people around the

area it is a far cry from the one

sided impressions the media often

gives. Yes, I am sure that that is

too a reality in some parts of India

but there is also another reality

that I have to stress is very magi-

cal when witnessed on a daily ba-

sis. Especially when you see ani-

mals in deep sleep practicaly in the

middle of the road with absolutely

no fear that they will be ran over,

because quite simply people would

not do that here.

Indians seem to build their lives

and buildings around nature and

not the other way round. Look a

little closer and you can see how

they build their pavements around

trees instead of how we often do

in the West; cut the tree, build the

pavement, cut little squares in the

concrete and then try to plant a

new tree. We are often raised to

believe that the East is backwards

and undeveloped but in fact the

West still has a lot to learn from

the East, one just has to see their

world from a different angle.

Next time I will talk about the main

reason I have come to India; my

Ashtanga Yoga practice at the

world famous Harvard of Ashtan-

ga KPJAYI and my teacher, the

late great Guruji’s (Pattabhi Jois’)

daughter, 70 year old Saraswathi.

Beach Parties in August:

07/08, Moon light & Beach party, at Light-

house, Faros Beach.

14/08, Full moon party, Rude Boy (Prague)

Czech Rebiblic, at Lighthouse, Faros Beach.

15/08, Annual after sun Beach Party, quest

DJ, 09:00pm-03:00am, at LA PAYA BEACH

BAR.

20/08, 4 Strings (from Netherlands), at Light-

house, Faros Beach.

21/08, Independence day, at Lighthouse,

Faros Beach.

27/08, Extreme night, at Lighthouse, Faros

Beach.

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England Ideal Opponents for Brazil, Says Barroso

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (Reuters) - England should

be invited to play Brazil to mark the opening of the Mineirao World Cup Stadium despite the animosity Brazilian FA Presi-dent Ricardo Teixeira feels to-wards the English, Reuters has been told in an interview.

The stadium is undergoing re-construction work worth 662 million Brazilian reais (260 mil-lion pounds) ahead of the 2014 finals and England would pro-vide the perfect opponents for the World Cup hosts, Sergio Barroso, state secretary in Mi-nas Gerais, told Reuters at the ground.

The stadium, once the second-largest in Brazil with a record attendance of 132,000, is due to be completed in December next year as a state-of-the-art 65,000 all-seater showpiece and could stage the opening match of the World Cup finals.

England were involved in one of the greatest World Cup up-sets when they were beaten 1-0 by the United States in the 1950 finals at the city’s Inde-pendencia Stadium, which is also being rebuilt.

“We want England to play Bra-zil in a friendly in the opening match of the new stadium on February 8 2013 on the recog-nised date for FIFA friendlies,” Barroso said.

“We know what Ricardo Teixei-ra has said about the English, but the opening of the new sta-dium is more than just what he has said and his view of Eng-land. I am speaking to him and

I am going to ask him to invite England to play here.

“FIFA says it is all about fair play and the good of the game so lets see what Mr Teixeira will do about it.

“England was the birthplace of football and Brazil developed the game and there are very strong links between our two footballing countries.”

Teixeira, who also sits on FIFA’s executive committee, has been admonished by FIFA President Sepp Blatter for his public com-ments about England and its media, recently saying in an in-terview that the English “were pirates who could go to hell”.

‘COMPLETE THE CIRCLE’

Teixeira was named in a Brit-ish Parliamentary hearing by former England FA Chairman David Triesman as one of four FIFA executive committee members who suggested they would vote for England’s bid for the 2018 finals if the price was right -- although he was later cleared by an independent FA inquiry.

England lost out in the race to stage the finals to Russia.

On Friday, after Brazil’s 12 World Cup cities were for-mally presented, Teixeira was involved in a spat with Eng-lish journalists who wanted to ask him about his earlier com-ments.

“I do not talk to the English press,” he shouted, and when asked why not, he replied, “Be-

cause they are corrupt.”

Barroso admits that against that backdrop, and because of other demands s u r r o u n d i n g the interna-tional calendar, it might be dif-ficult to per-suade Teixeira to ask England to come to play Brazil, but if that proposal fails, he has of-fered an alter-native.

“As everyone knows a very famous match took place here in Belo Hori-zonte during the 1950 World Cup when the United States beat England 1-0,” he added. “To complete the circle and give England the chance of revenge, per-haps we could also invite the United States and England here for a friendly.”

That match took place at the smaller In-d e p e n d e n c i a stadium in the city, which was demolished in June last year with a new 25,000-capaci-ty stadium cur-rently under construction.

The game would also need to be sanctioned by the CBF presi-dent.

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ARIES Put your plans into motion by presenting your intentions to those who should be able to give you financial support. Gel involved in activities that will stretch your stamina. You are best not to confide in anyone right now. Your luckiest day this month is Wednesday.

TAURUS Emotionally, things may not run so smoothly. Be aware that you don’t get anything for nothing. You may have major blowups with someone you love if you don’t back down. Your luckiest day this month is Sunday.

GEMINI You can prosper if you invest in property or mutual funds. Try to make amends by planning a nice dinner for two. Limitations at work might set you back. You have the ability to motivate others. Your luckiest day this month is Sunday.

CANCER You might want to spend some time by yourself in order to decide exactly how you feel. You need time to put your house in order and sort out what you are going to do about your personal direction. Your luckiest day this month is Thursday.

LEO You can enjoy your involvement in organizations that make charitable contributions. Your professional attitude will not go unnoticed. Travel will also entice you. Someone may be trying to pull the wool over your eyes. Your luckiest day this month is Monday.

VIRGO You can get ahead if you work diligently behind the scenes. Your sensitivity towards those you love will capture their hearts. Travel will be favourable. Find out all the facts before you jump to conclusions. Your luckiest day this month is Friday.

S u d o k u & C r o s s w o r d s

Solutions

LIBRA You may want to make drastic changes concerning your personal partner. Try to be understanding. You will inspire confidence in others. You will also encounter individuals who can help you further your goals. Your luckiest day this month is Sunday.

SCORPIO Try to deal with the problems of those less fortunate; however, don’t allow them to make unreasonable demands. Emotional disputes will only end in sorrow. Cutbacks at work will be a cause for worry. Your luckiest day this month is Tuesday.

SAGITTARIUS Try to curb your tongue and let others at least get a word in. Your best efforts will come through hard work. You may need to make a few alterations to your living arrangements. Mingle with those who can help you get ahead. Your luckiest day this month is Saturday.

CAPRICORN Try to be as mellow as possible. Try not to hurt your partner’s feelings. Don’t be shy; show your abilities! Networking will be a necessity. Your luckiest day this month is Thursday.

AQUARIUS Love can be yours if you get out and about. Take time to deal with the concerns of children. Be discreet about your personal life or whereabouts. Be mysterious. Your luckiest day this month is Saturday.

PISCES Look into ways to make your home more comfortable. Organize your day well if you wish to accomplish all you set out to do. Your leadership qualities will come in handy. A long discussion is in order if you wish to clear the air. Your luckiest day this month is Friday.

Your Stars

23ACROSS1. Flying machine6. Adjusts10. An earthy deposit rich in lime14. Moses’ brother15. At a distance16. Double-reed woodwind17. Chubby Checker’s dance18. Blood vessel19. Naked20. Hades22. Purposes23. What we breathe24. Juliet’s beau26. Excursion30. Shakespeare’s theater32. Bestow33. Get rid of37. Fluff from a dryer38. Part of a lyric poem39. Stepped40. Keenness42. Water nymph (Greek mythology)43. The throat or gullet (archaic)44. Illness45. Welsh dog47. What a knight is called48. Magma49. Female flight attendant56. Assist57. Cab58. Eagle’s nest59. Filly’s mother60. Flair61. Flavor62. Anagram of “Salt”63. A subdivision of Greece64. Come in

DownDOWN1. Maori club2. Area of cut grass3. Dry4. It smells5. One who enters a competition6. Enjoy7. Pitcher8. A dog wags this9. A complex of concurrent things10. Large

11. Bad treatment12. Cowboy sport13. Bottom of the barrel 21. Hairpiece25. ___-Wan Kenobi26. Gawk at27. Murres28. Zingy taste29. Incorporates30. Sheen31. Tops of jars33. Sword34. Operatic solo35. Frog

36. Swirl38. Volunteered 41. Carpet42. Relate44. Missing In Action45. A clique46. For all to see47. Pig48. Tibetan monk50. Story51. Test52. A university administrator53. At one time

(archaic)54. Location55. Fortuneteller

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