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Contributors: Adam Gardiner, Heather Gardiner, Sonia Kilvington, Dr. Alan Waring, Bob Jenkins, Clive Gardiner, David Dancey

Publisher: Marju Moran Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.freeintouchmagazine.com

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It was great to see superb actor John Malkovich here in Cyprus and it must mean a lot to the production company who successfully organised and negotiated his appearance on stage in Nicosia. In this month issue, Sonia Kilvington interviews two top crime writers, including Lee Child who tops the best selling lists in New York. What a coup for Sonia.I always enjoy Heather's articles which seem to attract so much reader response. I know Heather is getting busier in her line of work, travelling throughout Cyprus on a regular basis demonstrating her skills and attending various craft fairs.Alan Waring, continues with his risk column. I always see Alan as a serious writer, but I had to laugh when I received an e-mail from him which clearly shows he has wonderful humorous writing skills. Unfortunately I cannot share the content. Nothing rude about it, just so funny.I ventured into Pafos recently with some visitors and found DT's bar. I had heard so much about it so we took the opportunity to see for ourselves.I was very impressed, great food and service and very busy. Great value for money. A big thanks to Linda and her staff for such an excellent ser-vice and for making my visitors feel special.Not long before Christmas now, as if you needed reminding.

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In the previous Risk Watch in Financial Mirror (‘A Gamble that Cost Lives’), I identi-fied a number of key principles applicable to the safety of sites that make, handle or store explosive materials. In this article, I make further observations and comment on the Mari-Vassilikos disaster and, in particular, the applicability of relevant EU Directives as well as whether the official inquiries into the disaster are up to the task.EU Major Hazards DirectiveFollowing the Seveso disaster in Italy in 1976 and other disasters, the European Commission issued in 1982 its first directive on the prevention of major accidents involving dan-gerous substances in industrial settings. The so-called ‘Seveso Directive’ was later revised, strengthened and re-issued as EU Directive 96/82/EC in December 1996.

The Directive applies to specified dangerous substances listed in Annex 1 that are present in quantities that equal or exceed specified threshold amounts. Explosives are in the list. Pres-ence includes processing, creation, use, handling and storage. However, although the scope excludes military establish-ments, installations or storage facilities among others, see later for how I argue that the Directive should nevertheless be applied to a Mari-Vassilikos context.

For sites where the Directive applies, the Member State government ‘shall ensure that the operator is obliged to take all measures necessary to prevent major accidents and to limit their consequences for man and the environment’. Among obligations of operators is the requirement (Article 7) to draw up, maintain and revise as necessary a Major Accident Prevention Policy (MAPP) ‘designed to guarantee a high level of protection for man and the environment by appropriate means, structures and management systems’. Note the word

‘guarantee’. Proximity of other sites, especially if they also have major hazards, must be addressed in order to prevent a domino effect (Article 8) and the public must be suitably informed. Operators must prepare, review and revise as neces-sary a detailed safety report (Article 9) demonstrating: the effectiveness of the MAPP and its associated safety manage-ment system, as detailed in Annex III; systematic identifica-tion and assessment of major hazards and the corresponding safety measures; adequate safety and reliability in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of any installation, storage facility, equipment infrastructure relevant to major hazards; and adequate internal and external emergency plans.

Should the EU Directive Have Applied to Mari-Vassilikos?Owing to the quite large quantity thresholds cited in Annex I, the numbers of sites to which the Major Hazards Directive strictly applies is limited. However, for those sites containing dangerous substances in smaller but still significant quanti-ties, other EU Directives such as the Safety & Health at Work Frame-work Directive 89/391 EC will apply. In the UK, for example, generally it has been accepted that major hazard sites that fall outside the scope of Directive 96/82 EC (e.g. because of lower inven-tories and/or disapplica-tion) should nevertheless adopt voluntarily the requirements of 96/82 as the ‘nearest relevant best practice standard’ so as to achieve comparable levels of protection and therefore compliance with the general safety & health

Mari-Vassilikos Disaster:

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The Risk Watch ColumnBy Dr Alan Waring

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Dr Alan Waring is an interna-tional risk management consult-ant with extensive experience in Europe, Asia and the Middle East with industrial, commercial and governmental clients. He has contributed reports to the Fennell Inquiry into the Kings Cross London Underground Fire and the Sea Empress Oil Tanker Disaster Inquiry as well as input to the post Piper Alpha Disaster Inquiry response. Contact :[email protected]

Directives. This means having a MAPP, SMS, risk assessments, emergency plans etc. I myself was involved with a number of such evaluations for UK sites under the Control of Major Ac-cident Hazards Regulations.

So, I would argue that even though the EU Major Hazards Directive per se may not have applied to the Mari Naval Base storage facility, the basic principles and elements of that Direc-tive should still have been implemented. Furthermore, the Vas-silikos power station (built over the period 2001-2009) should also have followed the same principles owing to significant bulk storage of flammable liquid fuel. In addition, a gas ter-minal is proposed to be added to the power station site, which would give further good reason to follow the Major Hazards Directive principles. Indeed, Article 12 requires Member States to ensure that land-use planning takes full account of proxim-ity of sites, separation distances, residential areas etc.

Key questions that the official inquiries should address include:

Did the EU Major Hazards Directive 96/82EC apply to •either the Mari naval base and/or the EAC Vassilikos power station site?If Yes, was the Directive fully implemented and if not why not?•If No, was the Directive nonetheless implemented as ‘near-•est relevant best practice standard’ and if not why not?For both sites, what evidence is there of a competent •MAPP, SMS, risk assessments and actions taken to miti-gate those risks? Were the internal and external emergency plans of both •sites up to scratch and did they function effectively?Did the decision to locate the Vassilikos power station next •to the Mari naval base take account of a competent risk evaluation, including collateral damage and domino effects?Will a competent major hazards risk evaluation be done for •the replacement power station and where will it be located? – presumably not at Vassilikos.

Will the Official Inquiries Get to the Truth?In my previous article, I argued strongly for a full, independent and wide-ranging public inquiry into this disaster. However, the Cyprus Attorney General has stated that such a searching inquiry would be too difficult for a small country like Cyprus to organize and is not justified. Being a small country did not

stop Singapore, for example, from conducting the very searching Nicoll Highway Collapse Inquiry – but

hey, I was forgetting etzi ine stin Kypros!

There will be two parallel inquiries. The police will conduct a criminal

investigation to establish wheth-er any laws have been broken

and whether any criminal proceedings are warranted.

Unfortunately, despite their general compe-tence, it is doubtful that they will possess the technical knowl-edge and forensic expertise required for this specialized task. In the UK, the police work closely with technical experts from the Health & Safety

Executive on major accident investigations

but no such comparable

body to the HSE exists in Cyprus. Perhaps experts can be supplied via the European Commission or the HSE to assist the police investigation.

The other inquiry, which will seek to identify causes and ac-countabilities, will be conducted by an experienced lawyer Mr Polys Polyviou and will, according to the Attorney General, ‘examine this catastrophe in its entirety’. With no disrespect in-tended, as Mr Polyviou’s expertise lies in banking and finance law, is he really the most suitable candidate for this investiga-tion, which will involve considerable understanding of indus-trial and technical forensic matters? Also, a multi-disciplinary investigation team is warranted, not a single person.

What is really required for an inquiry of this kind is an experienced judge who has headed major forensic investiga-tions. Two who immediately come to mind are Judge Richard Goldstone from South Africa who has headed UN war crimes tribunals and Lord Cullen, a former Lord Justice General of Scotland, who headed the public inquiries into the Piper Al-pha offshore installation disaster and the Ladbroke Grove Rail Disaster. Both have impeccable credentials and a reputation for getting to the truth of complex matters with a no-nonsense efficiency. Coming from outside Cyprus, either would provide that crucial independence that this inquiry will require if it is to enjoy the full trust and confidence of the victim’s families and the population at large. Sadly, this is not to be.

Dark Clouds of RecessionBusinesses in Cyprus are already experiencing a sharp revenue and efficiency downturn and increased costs resulting from the disaster. The Financial Mirror and most pundits predict a recession will follow. Former Finance Minister Mr Sarris predicts government belt tightening will have to be far more severe than proposed before the disaster. Cyprus banks have just passed the ECB ‘stress tests’ but, as these were conducted before the disaster, are they now a reliable predictor of their robustness? A credible public inquiry is vital to restore public and investor trust and confidence. Safety risk assessments and decisions based on them should be undertaken by competent persons at site level, with external as-sistance if necessary. Safety management systems and protocols at site level should take precedence over ‘political’ or other questionable considerations higher up the tree. Civil servants and politicians clearly cannot possess the technical knowledge and competence to know whether explosives are safe or not. They are prone to make naïve, and possibly fatal, assumptions.©2011Alan Waring

“Published originally in Financial Mirror www.financialmirror.com and reproduced by

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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY with Adam Gardiner

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LOOK OUT FOR MORE COLOUR Out and about look out for local colour – how's this for a great bit of colour on the clowns Mihail and Neychev at the local 'Oups' garden centre and pet shop at their Craft Fayre. An opportunist shot which would be great to use on a calendar or greetings card – look them up at drartik.com, facebook.com/DRARTIK & /Neychett for more info.TECHNICAL VERSUS ARTISTIC At a recent meeting of the Larnaca U3A Digital Photography Group one of the members remarked that newcom-ers to the group can easily be put off by the more ex-perienced members talking about f stops and shutter speeds when they are more in need of advice on how and what to photograph and how to start using their new camera. Good point; this started me thinking that whatever the subject the group shouldn't blind newcomers with science but take care to pace the discussion to suit everyone and perhaps have a short technical session set aside while one to one advice is given to beginners - although the critiques need to be open for all to participate and learn from.

LOW LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY As the nights are drawing in again opportunities for using your camera outdoors in artificial light conditions are returning so now is the time to brush up your techniques and dust off the tripod in the cupboard. If you haven't tried your this yet go out when the shops and towns light up their Christmas displays and try setting your camera to settings recommended in your user manual or even just using the point and shoot method in differ-ent modes and see what transpires. A good place to start is the car park of Orphanides in Larnaca and the Finik-oudes promenade - see the example 'neon' sign taken hand held on normal 'auto' setting.

© Adam Gardiner 2011

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Lee Child is one of the most internationally successful crime writers in the world. His series of books featuring maverick hero and former military cop, Jack Reacher have been translated in forty different languages and regularly top the bestselling charts in Britain and America. After a long career in television Lee was fired from his job at Granada Television in 1995. He then moved to New York and embarked on a new career as a novelist and his debut novel, The Killing Floor, was an instant worldwide success.61 Hours, the fourteenth book in the series was this year’s winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, award. In 61 Hours, Reacher is stranded in a small prison town in South Dakota after a bus crash and becomes the protector of a brave witness, who is set to testify against a vicious band of criminals. With the town under threat from the elements and an enemy who is determined to prevent the trial, Reacher needs to stop the killer, before it’s too late…

Were you surprised to win the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year award?It was unexpected, I think it’s inevitable that when have been around for a long time you become part of the furni-ture and I think people subliminally focus on newer authors, when it comes to the awards.

How many novels have you written in the Jack Reacher series, so far?61 Hours, which won the prize was number fourteen in the series, then fifteen, and sixteen is coming out in Sep-tember, it’s called The Affair; I am under contract for two more which will bring me up to number eighteen …and after that we’ll have to see what happens…

You mentioned retiring during your last visit to the festival?I am not a workaholic, I feel like you should work a bit then

you should retire, I will retire at some point; but I don’t know exactly when.

Your brother was at conference with you the last time, is he still writing thrillers?My brother has just finished his third book; he is a lot younger than me, so he is that many years behind me, he’s just starting out, really.

Do you ever get bored with Jack Reacher or does he still surprise you?I don’t get bored at all, because the way the series is set up; it’s not location based and it’s not employment based, he can go any-where and do anything, and so I honestly feel, when I start a new book, it’s a completely fresh new book. I am not bored at all.

You worked in television; I believe there was a problem when you left Granada, did this inspire you to be a novelist?I was fired because of restructuring, all the people there were let go, new people came in and so it wasn’t so much that it inspired me to write, it was that I had to find something else to do, to make a living and I thought I would give it a go, see what happened if I tried writing.

Why did you choose America and not England for your setting?I wanted to write that character, the wonderer, the mysteri-

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ous loner, and really that needs a very big country with open spaces and the feeling of frontier, and it wouldn’t have worked in England or anywhere in Europe I think, because Europe is too densely populated and too civilized; you don’t have those mysterious places.

Do you think you are more popular in America than England?I think it’s about the same.

Your descriptions of New York are so vivid; did you have to do a lot of research?I live in New York so that’s easy for me, actually it is almost the other way round, with New York, I have too simplify it a little bit, so that it’s accessible to most people. They don’t want too much detail. I don’t do a lot of location research, it’s just if I have been to a place, I remember things about it, I remember the feel, I remember the first impressions, because that’s all Reacher ever gets, is first im-pressions.

Can you tell me about your involve-ment with the festival this year?I have been here since the start on Thursday, I guess it was, the opening ceremony and the prize, and then yesterday was a lot of media and the ITV3 thing in the evening, and today I have got a few things to do, I will try and catch some of the other authors and I have got an event tonight at eight thirty.

How much do you prepare for the event in advance?I prefer not to prepare, because I prefer to be kind of spontane-ous; when I see the audience, and you can sort of judge what the audience wants, what mood they are in. I don’t like to have a prepared speech, I think it’s better to just go with the flow.

Is there a particular author that you enjoy reading or whose panel you will watch?There’s a lot of people here, yes; I mean, the nice thing for

me is the different mixture of authors and so on from the American conventions, there is some overlap, there is quite a lot of American authors here, but I get to see the British authors, Dreda Say Mitchell for instance, a friend of mine, I think she is a lovely person but I think she is also a terrific writer, I am a big fan of hers, S. J. Bolton, I’m a big fan of hers and the new people; you know that one of the inspiring things about these conference is that you will always find a couple of new people who are really good, and that’s reassur-ing in a way, it’s also scary in a way, because there is always a lot of competition, going.

Is there a point where you get to a level of success and stay there, or do you feel you have to push yourself a bit more with each book?I am watching the rear view mirror all of the time. From

the point of view of the readers, you can’t let them down, you have to give them the maximum effort every time, you can’t rest on your laurels, so there is that aspect plus the business is always changing, the economic surroundings of the book business is always changing, so every year seems to have new difficulties; you have to continuously do the best you can and also find new ways to promote yourself and promote the whole genre as well.

It seems very supportive at the festival?It always is; absolutely, crime writers are incredibly friendly, very supportive, we understand that there is room for everybody; it’s not like a football team, if you get on a football team someone else has got to be dropped. It is not like that. There is room for every-body. Totally generous, nice, wonderful people who will help you out if they can. They are very supportive of new and upcoming writers

Do you ever see yourself writing anything else, such as a stand-alone book?No. I don’t want to do that, because I think the readers expect a Jack Reacher book and together, collectively, we cover a very wide spread. So that, I understand if the reader wants something different,

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but then they can go and read somebody different; it’s not up to me to provide everything for them and equally all these other writers are doing their thing. The great thing about be-ing a writer is, every single one of us is absolutely the best in the world at doing your own book and therefore, the reader has a large menu to choose from.

Do your editor and publisher have much input in the process?By this stage they don’t need much editorial input because the series is pretty much on track. Editors and publishes these days are very important in terms of commercial promotion, marketing and organization. Absolutely, we could not do it without them.

How do you feel about readers downloading your novels as eBooks?In principle I am perfectly happy about it because it’s all about the story and it really doesn’t matter how the story gets to the reader; it can get any way, there is obviously a large number of ways; audio book, large print. My books are even available in Morse code. There is a little specialist society in the states that military radio operators who have gone blind in old age, there is a couple of hundred of them, they organized themselves and they get books on CD in Morse code because that’s how they want it; and so it doesn’t matter how the story gets to the reader in principle. In terms of a business model, it is confus-ing at the moment and no doubt it will shake down over the next couple of years and we will have some sort of coherent system. The main problem is that you might be able to predict that a million people may want to read my next book but you don’t know how many of those will be eBooks or physical books, so you don’t know how many physical books to print; so at the moment there is a little bit of tactical confusion, but overall I think it’s just a question of getting the story from my head to the readers head and it really makes no difference how it gets there.

You have reached the stage of being extremely successful. Do you still worry about your reviews - do you still read them?I do read them, I read all of my reviews, you know it doesn’t bother me because I have lived with the book for a year; I know what’s right and what’s wrong with it, I know

better than the reviewer, where its weak and where its strong. There is nothing a reviewer can tell me that I don’t already know.

What about the readers who post reviews on Amazon?Amazon is an extremely open and demo-cratic platform, people can say what they like, so inevitably you are going to get a wide spread, some of them are going to be five star, some of them are going to be one star. Some of them are going to make sense and some of them are going to be nonsense. But that’s just, all part of the open society.

Is there anything you wish to add?I would just like to say thank you to all of my readers in your part of the world. I am very happy they are reading the books and I hope they carry on enjoying them.

61 Hours by Lee ChildThe award winning novel is available on Amazon

For more information on Lee visit his web site

at www.leechild.com

Lee Child’s exciting new thriller The Affair is now available on Amazon.No. 1 in the NewYork Times bestsellers list.

For more information on the Har-rogate Crime Writing Festival visit: www.harrogate-festival.org.uk/yourebooked/Their fantastic new site has inter-views, book reviews and competi-tions.

Next month’s author interview is with the renowned crime writer Val McDermid- don’t miss it!© Sonia Kilvington 2011 www.soniakilvington.com

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Continuing our series of interviews at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival, we catch up with in Touch favourite, Leigh Russell and discuss her experi-ence of the event.

Leigh at

Harrogate

When did you arrive at the crime festival?I arrived on Thursday and I am staying here for the whole event because it’s such a fantastic weekend at Harrogate, I didn’t want to miss a minute of it. It re-ally is an extraordinary weekend because people are so friendly, and the hotel is packed with writers and read-ers who are really passionate about books, you can walk through the lounge and everyone there is reading books. Then of course you have people like Val McDermid and Mark Billingham; so friendly, always ready to chat to everybody. It’s a really lovely atmosphere here.

Are you hosting a table at the author’s dinner tonight?I am hosting a table tonight, I am not quite sure what that involves but I have been told that I just have to eat and talk to people and I thought well I can do that, and if can’t do that, I will just have to drink as well. I am look-ing forward to it; everybody says it’s a relaxed, fun event.

Do you intend to watch any of the panels?I have been to quite a few of the panels. It’s always interest-ing to hear other authors speaking and at Harrogate you get the authors who are at the top on their game. So I have heard Martina Cole Tess Gerritsen, Sophie Hannah and I looking forward to hearing Frances Fyfield because she is a particular favourite of mine. Just so many, Linwood Barclay, Lisa Gard-ner, I heard last night; a lot of things that they said resonate, it’s just so interesting, it’s s a really entertaining and informative festival.

Can you tell me about your new book?My new book is called Dead End. My detective, Geraldine Steel is now number one bestselling female detective on Amazon kindle, which is quite exciting. I have delivered the next book which is coming out next year, I am not telling anyone the title, yet; you will have to wait and see, but in that book Geraldine relocates, because up until now she has been based in Kent. In the book coming out next year, which is now with my publisher, Geraldine has moved to London and so she is going to be in the Metropolitan Police Force,

which shakes things up a bit; because I don’t want to get too formulaic, but at the same time, it is still Geraldine and it gives her a different location, and I do actually deal with location in the fourth book. It gives the book a little more depth and also, of course, she has a new team around her. In the fifth book, which I am writing at the moment, her men-tor from Cut Short, D.I. Carter; he comes back in briefly and Kathryn Gordon, so that the characters that have al-ready been established have not been abandoned completely, but Geraldine has moved on. She just keeps in touch with them. But again, the main thrust of the book is the murder investigation.

Have you signed up for any more books at your publishers?Initially I was signed up for three books with my publisher, and they have proved so popular they have signed me up for an-other three, the one for the next year is delivered, I am writing the one after that, and there will be another one after that, and then I hoping the books will continue to sell well and we will just carry on. I have twenty books in mind. I have the last scene of book twenty in my head. Not quite sure how we are going to get there, I think that Geraldine will have a few problems and ups and downs in her personal life before we get to the end of the series, but her life is very much in the background of the book. I am surprised by the following she seems to have. I get lots of emails asking when she is she going to get herself sorted out and find a decent bloke; but that’s very much in the background; it’s the murder stories which are the main interest of the book.

In Dead End I was interested in Geraldine’s search for her mother, will that continue into the next book?That is going to continue for a while, in the book coming out next year that is a little bit in the background and she is busy with her move to London and getting herself established in another police station, with a new team around her, but it is still there in the background and so there will be more about that in the following book. Eventually I think that story line will have to find a resolution, but not for a while.

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Are you doing a lot of research on London for the next book?I live near London and one of my daughters lives in central London so it is easy to get there and I have been travelling around a bit. I had a scene in mind were a body could be deposited, I researched it on the internet, and I found somewhere and I looked at the aerial photography, so I had seen the place on line, then I went there and it was so exciting because it the real place was exactly how it looked on the screen. I was meeting one of my daughters afterwards for a drink in a busy in a pub and I rushed in excitedly and said, ‘I have found a fantastic place to dump a dead body,’ and my daughter said, ‘Keep your voice down mum!

Are you still working as a teacher?I am still doing some teaching, I am actually teaching a unit of crime fiction at sixth form, next year, which should be fun, we will be looking at Willkie Collins, we will go through Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, who is really as much a precursor of superman as he is a precursor of Poirot and Rebus, and then we are moving on to an Ian Rankin, The Complaints; the role of the police force has changed very much by the time we get up to current times.

Are you teaching any creative writing courses?I run creative writing courses for The Society of Authors, that’s for members only; I also do writing workshops at “Get Writing,” for the University of Hertfordshire. I have couple of courses lined up; I am doing one in France at the end October, which I am really looking forward to; it sounds like a wonderful place. They have a chef there and there are local wines. We will basically be writing in the morning and then the afternoons are free; I will do some one to one sessions in the afternoons, and in the evening we will all sit around a table, eating and drinking and talking about writing. The place is called Mas Saurine. It’s open to anybody form successfully published authors down to people who have just started writing. Writ-ing is a great lever; you can have someone who is an award winning author and some who is just starting out, and everyone’s writing. You never know what is going to happen; anyone who is writing now could be published successfully, this time next year. Things can happen really quickly; if you had said to me five years ago, I could be a successfully published author and have two bestselling novels and be topping Amazon kindle list, I would have said, I don’t know what you are talking about, I don’t even write…

Dead End by Leigh Russell is availableat Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.For more information on Leigh Russell visit her new website www.leighrussell.co.ukFor information on the creative writing course in France www.writingfrance.com

If you have any questions on the Harrogate Crime Writing

Festival please send them to www.harrogate-festival.org.uk/yourebooked/2011/09/ask-us-a-question/© Sonia Kilvington 2011www.soniakilvington.com

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This has always been assumed to be particularly strong amongst the female population. It was always the woman’s role, even those of noble birth, to provide comforts to improve family life so their days were spent baking, brewing and of course mend-ing. In very wealthy houses unpleasant tasks were performed by the servant class but even then the mistress would be there to supervise all of this. The belief that women should be kept fully occupied in this way even extended to the upper echelons of our society and the Royal Princesses and Queens could be found whiling away pleasantly with a tapestry or piece of embroidery. For them as not an economic necessity but it kept their hands from being idle; so take heed.

Hougie Board At some time we have all said “I'm no good at measuring” but the truth is that we can all measure; what we can't do is measure accurately but with the 'Hougie Board' everyone can. This board has all the measurements accurately done for you – it has centimetres and half centimetres (5mm) on one side and inches and half inches on the other and with a 12inch/30cm work area it caters for the scrapbooker as well so if your project instructs you to 'score' a line at 6cm turn the board over to the cm side and score down at six cm accordingly – it's that easy. You will not need to pick up a pencil and ruler and you won't have to try and convert from inches to cm.

Your 'Hougie' will measure accurately and right first time and every time, and with this knowledge comes confidence and therefore speed so you will be able to tackle more projects in the time available and others which you may have shied away from. There are many unusually shaped cards to be made using the board, such as the 'V' card, the quickest 'stepper' card even a 'fold shutter', a diamond or 'spring' card, 'criss cross' card and a double tag pocket card There are many special effects on

cards made possible by using the board in addition to emboss-ing. Decorative score lines and changing the card angle to get different shapes such as diamonds and squares and perhaps best of all a range of gift boxes of any size, a favour or wedge box, an exploding box and an exploding pyramid box demonstrate the utility and variety of craft items it is possible to make thanks to this remarkable craftmakers tool – as indispensable as scissors and ruler and a wise investment.

Other interesting products available are 'rosette flower' card decorations, a handmade notelet gift set and small cards which can be used for birthdays or at Christmas. I can now finish off by making my own envelopes for putting the cards in. Watch out for me demonstrating the Hougie board at the Dhekelia 'Dash' on 8th October' at Cessac Dhekelia on the 15th and at BFAWS on the 22nd.Happy Crafting Heather 99137087

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As I write this in Larnaca in September there is no sign of the hottest summer I've ever known abating; not that I'm complaining as I love all the seasons as they are all good in their own way. Speaking of the heat, we chose to move house in August and are now nearly settled in a bungalow but still haven't got used to not climbing stairs. It is lovely but we were both exhausted by the move – our thanks to all of our kind friends who helped us in all sorts of ways – we couldn't have done it without you all. Now back to the craft.

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As Mothers’ Days go, I suppose it started just like any other. The kids all came round during the morning and dumped pot plants, chocolates, cards and flowers on the kitchen table. “I have got a nice leg of lamb in the oven, if any of you would like to stay for lunch” said Phyllis.As usual everyone declined.“Places to go, people to see……usual excuses” thought Phyllis.After they had left Phyllis took a flower from the bouquet and paced it in a little silver pot on the mantel piece. Beside the pot was a framed photo of a little boy sitting on a tricycle and smiling. He looked about three or four years old in the picture. It was Jack, the last of her children to be born. She and Gilbert thought their family complete when little Jack suddenly came along and took everyone by surprise. It was her favourite photograph of him. Sadly, Jack had died of leukemia several years previously.Phyllis Jonah certainly lived up to her name. People crossed the road to avoid her. Sometimes you could hear her coming up behind you, usually sighing or sniffing.If you were lucky, there would be enough time to dodge in to a shop before she caught up with you. She had fallen out with just about every GP in town, or they with her. Current-ly she was without any doctor at all. Apart from her health and talking about her dead son, Phyllis had very limited top-ics of conversation. People remarked that she never seemed to mention her other children, or even the recent arrival of her first grandchild. She only ever talked about little Jack.Phyllis knew what people thought of her….what people said

about her. She believed that only those who had lost a child themselves might understand how she felt. When she was down, she would go to the writing bureau and take out a letter. It consisted of four or five pages in longhand, written with a fountain pen on expensive blue stationery. She placed it on the table and put the kettle on. Some time ago she had written to Barrington Balfour the elderly British B movie ac-tor. Barrington was well known for his long and very public mourning of his late wife Elspeth. He had never come to terms with the grief of her passing. Time for him was no healer. Phyllis saw him as a kindred spirit perhaps. One day she had poured out her heart to him in a long letter, never thinking that he might reply. The letter he returned was most gentlemanly, caring, and understanding. Something she would treasure forever. In spite of the letter, she still had questions she needed answers to before she could ever begin to accept Jack’s death.At one o’clock sharp her husband Gilbert got up and came downstairs. He was on nightshift this weekend. Phyllis had the Sunday roast ready on the dining table. Gilbert looked tired and wan, almost albino in appearance. He was as pale as his white toweling dressing gown. They hardly exchanged two words during lunch. In truth, they did not speak much at all anymore. Gilbert took some medication with his coffee and crept back to bed, leaving Phyllis to wash up on her own.Phyllis then made herself another cup of coffee to take in to the front room. On the way she heard the letter box clack. From the hall mat she picked up the TownTimes, the local free paper. She liked to do the competi-tions and read the Births, Deaths, and Marriages column. Flicking casually through the pages her eyes fell upon a

small box advert.‘An Afternoon of Clairvoyance at the Spiral Street Spir-

itualist Church, Three O’clock Onwards, All Welcome ’

She had considered visiting a medium before, but had been talked out of it by her family. “…It’s all a trick...preying on vulnerable people like that…the vicar will be horrified if you go…..”But where were her family now?“All getting on with their own lives…fair enough” thought PhyllisDeep down she knew she would never be at peace with herself unless she could find out what she needed to know. She put on her

coat, locked the door and set off down the hill towards the town.

The Spiritualist Church was tucked away down an alley off Spiral Street. Phyllis dithered about a

bit outside feeling naturally apprehensive. “Hello Phyllis….long time no see”

It was Evelyn Davis who she had worked with at the

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King’s Hotel years ago. “Are you coming to pay us a visit?” enquired Evelyn“Well I have been considering it for a long time now, but I did not have any one to come with, you know and…”“Well you have now! Said Eve-lyn, putting her arm around her shoulder.“Everyone is ever so nice here…you’ll see. Our minister and medium is a smashing young man called Ste-ven Crofts. He is truly marvelous. Come in and have a cup of tea and a biscuit…we have chocolate bourbons to-day” she laughed tapping her shopping bag. Phyllis felt heartened by her meeting with Evelyn after all these years. She was from a time when they were both still young and life was more carefree in those days. They had shared many a laugh at the King’s Hotel that’s for sure! Phyllis could not remember the last time she had laughed.Being Mother’s Day of course, the spirits were eagerly queu-ing up to offer a word or two to the living. Some messages were instantly claimed in the congregation, while others tended to be a bit more elusive or obscure. Evelyn explained to her that some mediums enter a trance like state and re-member nothing afterwards. Steven, she continued was not like that. He remembers everything. Once he told her he felt as if he was sitting beside himself, while his body was being used as a sort of radio receiver.Eventually Steven Crofts began to tire, and concluded the session of clairvoyance. The service then ended as it had begun with some simple prayers. Afterwards there would be period of free association with refreshments. Phyllis felt disappointed there had been no message for her. Although she felt she might well try gain on another day soon. During the tea and chat Steven Crofts approached them, and Evelyn introduced Phyllis to him.“I understand it’s your first visit to our church today, what did you think of it?…will you come again?”“I thought it was very nice Mr Crofts” said Phyllis, embar-rassed she could think of nothing more eloquent to say.“Please call me Steven…everyone else does.” Steven looked a little sheepish and gave a little giggle.“Fee- fi - fo – fum...does that mean anything to you Phyllis?”Phyllis looked suitably thoughtful …“No, I don’t think it does actually” said Phyllis, almost apologising.Everyone smiled and looked a bit puzzled. At that moment the minister got mugged by the healing group who had a long list of requests to get through.“Sorry” said Steven.“See you next week then” said Phyllis still smiling.

Evelyn gave her a hug, and they left together arm in arm.

That evening Gilbert left for work early. Phyllis went up to Jack’s old room.

She had kept it more or less as it was when Jack was alive. Some said

it was a shrine. Phyllis felt oth-erwise. She looked across the allotments and up the hill to where Jack was buried in the public cemetery. Next door Mr Large was water-ing his beans. “What a bumper crop it’s going to be this year “thought Phyllis.Mr Large was about six foot six tall, and had been in one of the guards regiments when he was a young man.

Little Jack liked to go round and help him water

the beans when he was alive.

“Dennis Large must have seemed like a giant to him” mused

Phyllis.Although she hovered regularly, each

time she went to the room she would do a little dusting. While she was dusting Jack’s sto-

ry book cassettes some fell to the floor. Picking them up she noticed one was empty. In the interest of tidiness, she flipped open the cassette deck to see if it was in there. Still sitting in the machine after all these years was Jack and the Beanstalk, his favourite story. Hands trembling, she removed the cassette and held it to her breast. The mediums words came flooding back…..“Fee-fi-fo-fum”Tears of joy ran down her face and chin, falling to form little pools on the bedroom window sill. Mr Large waved up to her, but she did not notice.Next day Phyllis put on the new dress she had been saving for something special. After picking up a cancellation ap-pointment at the hairdresser, she headed for the job centre. Seeing her reflection in shop windows from time to time, she exchanged a sort of knowing little smile with herself. Need-less to say, Phyllis got the job.

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The actor recently visited Cyprus to perform on the stage in The Infernal Comedy: confessions of a serial killer at the amphitheatre Makarios III in Nicosia.It was a performance not to be missed by the impresario of cool, enthralling the audience with his icy calm de-meanour and seductive wit. The actor who starred in films like Dangerous Liaisons and In the line of fire was backed up by a superb cast and a exceptionally high calibre of music performed by Vienna's Academic Orchestra.Malkovich is one of the most compelling minds in enter-tainment. His celebrated performances span the range of thought provoking films, whilst taking on roles of actor, director and producer.

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My wife Helen and I have just returned from a four week holiday in the USA. Throughout that time, only one topic dominated the front page news. Television stations did lit-tle else than broadcast doom and gloom about the global financial downturn. So much broadcast time was devoted to advising people on how to protect their retirement funds,

purchase gold, or tell them what they should do with their stocks and shares. It seemed there was little else of importance happening in the world.When we arrived back in Cyprus, things were not much different.

People were either talking about tensions in the Middle East, or shaking their heads about the risk of Greece defaulting on its debt repayments and the wisdom of investing in the euro.Given all these worries and concerns, it seems this is a good time to make a wise investment in the Kingdom of God. The dividends keep growing and the retirement plan is heavenly! Don’t take my word for it – listen to what Jesus has to say on this subject:

“Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6 v 19-21, 25 &33 NIV)May God give you peace of mind in these days of uncertainty.by David DanceyLarnaca Community Chrch

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Limassol Toastmasters – Guest Speaker with a ZEST FOR LIFE!.....

The 29th September 2011 found Limassol Toastmasters again in high spirits and looking forward to an informative and exceptionally entertaining evening – with Mike Ball giving a short Evaluation Training session and Ken Reid returning to Toastmasters as promised for the second time as a Guest Speaker. The President Bob Buckerfield opened up the evening in-forming all they had a variety of very interesting projects and speeches to look forward to whilst listening and learning, also the welcome return of a Guest Speaker. Chrissie Ball gave an unusual but deserving Toast to start the evenings procedures raising her glass to “The Humble Biro” The Humourist Anne Parker with a mending broken shoul-der and elbow, 19 metal pins removed but still in strapping from an accident a few weeks previous put on a brave face giving a detailed, hilarious 3 minute speech on how, when and where the accident occurred. A variety of unexpected questions were asked by the eve-nings Table Topics Master Emilio Wehrhahne to randomly selected members – giving them the opportunity to ‘show off ’ while practising their talent of impromptu speaking – always a favourite (nail biting) session of the evening full of unexpected quick two minute answers, this being what Table Topics is all about. Mike Ball explained to members and guests alike – the art of giving an evaluation and the inspiration it should give to the recipient to do better – by making constructive sugges-tions rather than criticisms, and most of all giving reassur-ance, building the Speakers confidence.

Limassol Toast-masters were very pleased to see Ken Reid back again on holi-day in Cyprus, – his last appear-

ance as a Speaker

was in 2010, giving a most informative and entertaining speech on being blind and the ‘ups and downs’ of entering the London Marathon. His speech this year informed his audience that being blind doesn’t mean you can’t see, ex-plaining in detail how a blind person copes with an everyday busy lifestyle – making light-hearted, comical and personal references from time to time, absolutely amazing! - ‘his zest for life’ is a lesson to us all. Will he surprise us with another speech next year? – we have our fingers crossed! In the second session of the evening Toastmaster Peter Shel-

drake introduced five Speakers - starting with new member Kevin Mannion giving his Icebreaker speech entitled ‘In Praise of Sawdust‘, an original speech about an involvement with ‘Sawdust’ all through his life - Maria Wehrhahne this being only her third speech – ‘Money Makes the World Go Round‘, an extremely informative speech on today’s impor-tance and implementations in the use of currencies - Sylvia Buckerfield, ‘There’s Life in the Old Bag yet!’, trying to inspire people to use less plastic carrier bags – Will Smith ‘Singing for My Supper‘, an ingenious after dinner speech – and Mike Ball’s speech ‘Didn’t She Do Well‘ – with refer-ence to the presentation of an award.Sylvia Buck-erfield received a certifi-cate and pin after complet-ing her first 10 speeches and achieving Com-petent Com-municator status – thanking Mike Ball for his gracious acknowledgement of her award encompassed within his speech. General Evaluator for the evening Bob Buckerfield then introduced the Evaluators’ for the five Speakers, Sylvia Buckerfield - Konstantinos Dessis - Emilio Wehrhahne - Mike Ball and Anne Parker. The Winner of Table Topics Ricardo Jimenez, and the Best Evaluator Anne Parker both received their certificates at the lectern. Maria Wehrhahne voted Best Speaker of the evening also received her certificate and trophy. The President then expressed grateful thanks on behalf of Limassol Toastmasters’ to Ken Reid for such an informa-tive speech about a blind persons capabilities on leading an independent life – a real ‘eye opening’ experience.

Sylvia Buckerfield receiving her certificate & Pin on achieving Competent

Communicator status.

Mr Ken Reid - Guest SpeakerDon’t miss out on a really great evenings informative and entertaining speeches, we hold our meetings in pleasant surroundings at the Atlantica Miramare Beach Hotel, Limassol, during a superb 3 course meal every third Thursday, 7.30 p.m. – our next meeting is 20thOctober 2011 – We hope to see you there. For further detailed information & bookings please con-tact our Sergeant-at-Arms Anne Parker Tel: 25 632446 – Mob: 99 269016 – Email: [email protected] Please take a moment to visit our website – www.limassol-toastmasters.com

The legend beneath white sails arrives in Larnaca on 8th November and departs at 1800 hours for Beirut onto Iskenderum, Antalaya arriving in Pafos 15th November at 13.30.The Sea clouds life story is more thrillling than some novels. She was built in 1931 in Kiel at the request of a Wall Street broker. It was his wife Lady Marjorie Post, who shaped the Sea Cloud.s character.Lady Marjorie had exquisite taste: only the best was good enough for her. She loved golden bath fixtures, carrara marble, precious woods, solid brass and antique furniture. The on-board ambience is a result of her weakness for extravagance.Even today the Sea Cloud embodies that luxury and love of life - in the two owner's suites and eight cabins as well as in the stylish new cabins.Today the four-master barque is at home on the world's oceans as a cruise ship extraordinaire. Those who have sailed with her in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean or the Atlantic, return to her again and again.The Sea Cloud is truly a Queen of the seas.

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What's Up Doc?There are, it has been re-ported, more scientists active today than there ever have been in all previous ages put together yet it seems

that the more we discover, the more we realise that

there is yet to discover. The bard put it well when he said

that there are more things in the universe than we could possibly imagine – how true this is is being constantly being demonstrated.

The latest example that I am aware of are the minute particles called Neutri-nos which apparently arrived at a target seven hundred kilometres away before they were fired from the Cern particle accelerometer. An impossible trick, one imagines, involving them travel-ling faster than the speed of light or taking short cuts by switching between dimensions. Great, just as we are getting used to life without the Higg's Boson now we have got to put up with tiny wee invisible things with

no mass to speak of running rings round us and our fanci-ful theories while zipping through the earth without stop-ping, even speeding up by ducking in and out of space time dimensions at many kilometres per nanosecond, and totally ignoring us and our puny understanding of just about eve-rything. Where is Jules Verne now that we need him? Bring him back, that's what I say.

And what about the man who spontaneously combusted? I have always been under the impression that our bodies, being made of eighty percent water, are hard to burn at normal room temperatures but here we have another case of the charred remains of some poor individual who's relatives were spared the cost of a crematorium and without being given the option – a breach of their human rights surely? If it could happen to him then what about the rest of us? It would be too late for us to apply for compensation after the event, or post BBQ, so perhaps we ought to submit our bids in ad-vance, just in case we go up the chimney involuntarily. You can never be too careful, can you? Mind that neutrino that you don't trip over it on the way out.

A final thought. The Cern accelerometer is in Switzerland: do you think that the genomes of Zurich have had anything to do with these phenomena? Nothing would surprise me now that the Swiss banking laws have been radically changed to expose the guilty – perhaps they were trying to destroy the client evidence in case of unfortunate repercussions and it got out of control. Plus ça change plus c'est la même chose

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Following last years highly successful open day the Aliathon bowling club, based in Kato Paphos is holding another one on Sunday November 6th.Last year 50 people attended the day, the majority new to bowls and interested in giving the game a try. As a result twelve new bowlers signed up for coaching courses on the day with several others starting courses early in the New Year. Everyone is welcome to come down and try their hand at the game, with qualified coaches on hand to show you the basics of the game, shoes and bowls along with refreshments are provided.The general idea is that if you like the game and want to give it a try you enroll for a six week coaching course, the time and day is flexible to suit you and the coach.The Aliathon is a friendly and active Bowling Club with a good social life and plenty of games both friendly and competitive going on to suit everybody’s taste. If you have bowled before and want to start again or never played before and just want to give it a try come down anytime before 1.00 p.m. on Sun-day 6th November for a free taster to the fascinating game of Lawn Bowls.For more information and directions of how to find were we are visit our website at www.aliathonbowls.com or you can ring Steve Horrocks on 99843016.

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A secret society is a club or organization whose activities and inner functioning are concealed from non-members Secret Societies are organized conspir-acies working in secret to achieve a hidden agenda. Members use secrecy to protect themselves and their movement. Critics view Secret Societies as malevo-lent organizations working against the general will of mankind. ‘ Members may be required to conceal or deny their membership, and they are often sworn to hold the society’s secrets by an oath. Violating the oath may result in the application of severe sanc-tions. Like the most successful forgeries, the most effective secret societies are unknown beyond their adherents. Members may be required to deny the organization itself exists.

10. Ordo Templi OrientisOrdo Templi Orientis is a mystic organization that was started in the early twentieth century. The group was established along the same lines as the less secretive Freemasons, and suppos-edly relies on ritual and occult practices as a means for members to move from

one level of prestige to another within the organization. The general philosophy of the group was a belief in new age esoteric principles and practices as a method of realizing one’s true identity. Famed occultist and all-around eccen-tric Aleister Crowley composed much of the group’s lore, including a manifesto called the Mysteria Mystica Maxima, and he later became its head. After his death, the influence and popularity of Ordo Templi Orientis began to wane, but it still exists today and has various chapters scattered across the world, chiefly in the United States, the U.K., and other parts of Europe. As Aleister Crowley’s popularity as a new age figure has continued to grow, more and more of the teachings of the Ordo Templi Orientis have come to light. As such, the group makes much less of an attempt to be secretive today than it did in the past. This doesn’t mean that they don’t still have some bizarre practices. Chief among these is the group’s fixation on the sexual, especially their teachings on the “ado-ration of the phallus” and the magic of masturbation.

9. KrypteiaThe Krypteia was an ancient rite of pas-sage for promising young Spartan men who had completed their formal educa-tion. Naked and armed with only a knife, these 18-year-olds were instructed to sur-

vive by any means necessary as they patrolled the countryside in search of revolts and misdeeds. Those who survived (and indeed many did perish) were welcomed with open arms into the Spartan army. According to tradition, members of the Krypteia were permitted to kill serfs known as “Helots”

without fear of blood guilt.

8. The FeniansThe Fenian Brotherhood was an Irish nationalist organization dedicated

to eradicating British rule in Ireland. Founded by John O’Mahony in 1858, the American-based group hoped to achieve its aims by invading British-occupied Canada and holding it hostage in return for Ireland’s emancipation. As far-fetched as their plan may sound, it wasn’t without merit. After all, the Brotherhood counted among its members thousands of men who had fought during the American Civil War and it had the financial support of tens of thousands of Irish immigrants. Equipped with military training as well as patriotic love, the Fenians attacked Canada on three separate occasions in 1866, 1870 and 1871. On each occasion, they were repelled by a combination of Canadian voluntary forces and American government intervention. The movement eventually fell apart, but its legacy is still felt: According to many historians, the risk posed by the Fenians was one of the most important impetuses for the confederation of Canada. The Fenian Brotherhood was named in honor of the Fianna, a brave band of ancient Irish warriors.

7. The Black HandThe Black Hand was a secret society of anti-imperialist political revolutionar-ies that was started in Serbia in 1912.

It formed as an offshoot from Narodna Adbrona, a group that sought to unite all of the Slavic people of Europe under one country. This required the separation of Serbia from the monarchy of Austria-Hungary, which had annexed the country some years before. With this in mind, the group began disseminating anti-Austrian propaganda and training saboteurs and assassins to disrupt political rule within the province. Their plan was to incite a war between Serbia and Austria, which would give them a chance to free their coun-try and unite the different Slavic nations as one. Black Hand would be all but forgotten today if not for their unlikely involvement in one of the biggest events of the twentieth century. In 1914, the group engineered the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The job was badly botched, and was only completed when a low-level hood named Gavrilo Princip stumbled upon the Archduke’s car and shot him to death at close range (see photo). Still, the results of the assassination were catastrophic. Within days, Austria-Hungary had declared war on Serbia, and after the allies of both countries joined the fray, the small dispute managed to escalate into WWI. The aftermath of WWI eventually led to WWII, and this led to the Cold War, which makes the Black Hand one of the most strangely influential forces of the twentieth century.

6. Majestic 12Majestic 12 is the alleged code name of a secret committee of scientists, military leaders, and government officials, sup-posedly formed in 1947 by an executive order of U.S. President Harry S Truman.

The alleged purpose of the committee was to investigate UFO activity in the aftermath of the Roswell incident—the supposed crash of the alien spaceship near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. The Majestic 12 is an important part of the UFO conspiracy theory of an ongoing government cover up of UFO information. All the alleged original mem-bers of MJ-12 were notable for their military, government,

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and/or scientific achievements, and all were deceased when the documents first surfaced.

5. Vril SocietyVril is a substance described in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1871 novel The Com-ing Race, which was later reprinted as Vril: The Power of the Coming Race.

The novel is an early example of science fiction. However, many early readers believed that its account of a superior subterranean master race and the energy-form called “Vril” was accurate, to the extent that some theosophists accepted the book as truth. Furthermore, since 1960 there has been a conspiracy theory about a secret Vril Society. Speculation on Vril has not ceased. The legend has received a further layer of elaboration from recent authors like Raymond Bernard who conflate Bulwer-Lytton’s “Coming Race” with specula-tions about interior civilizations which live on the inside of the Hollow Earth. (The concept of a hollow earth was first advanced by Edmond Halley at the end of the seventeenth century.) By contrast, Bulwer-Lytton’s subterranean people dwelt in caverns within the crust of a solid earth. The world of the Vril-ya is always described as being underground tun-nels, artificially lit (using Vril). The book contains no sugges-tion of a hollow earth; theories of this kind are only found in subsequent works. Bulwer-Lytton makes many references to the scientists of his time such as Faraday and Darwin proving the existence of Vril.

4. Ku Klux KlanKu Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as The Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the

United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically expressed through terror-ism. Since the mid-20th century, the KKK has also been anti-communist. The current manifestation is splintered into several chapters and is classified as a hate group. Klan members adopted masks and robes that hid their identities and added to the drama of their night rides, their chosen time for attacks. Many of them operated in small towns and rural areas where people otherwise knew each other’s faces, and sometimes still recognized the attackers. “The kind of thing that men are afraid or ashamed to do openly, and by day, they accomplish secretly, masked, and at night.” With this method both the high and the low could be attacked.[38] The Ku Klux Klan night riders “sometimes claimed to be ghosts of Confederate soldiers so, as they claimed, to frighten superstitious blacks. Few freedmen took such non-sense seriously.” The Klan attacked black members of the Loyal Leagues and intimidated southern Republicans and Freedmen’s Bureau workers. When they killed black politi-cal leaders, they also took heads of families, along with the leaders of churches and community groups, because people had many roles. Klan violence worked to suppress black voting. In reaction to social changes, the Klan adopted anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic, anti-Communist and anti-immigrant slants. They still exist to date.

3. Thule SocietyThe Thule Society, was a German occult-ist and völkisch group in Munich, named after a mythical northern country from Greek legend. The Society is notable chiefly as the organization that sponsored

the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (DAP), which was later trans-formed by Adolf Hitler into the National Socialist German

Workers’ Party (Nazi Party). There is no evidence that Hitler ever attended the Thule Society. But there was great enthusi-asm among Thule members for Hitler, most notably Rudolf Hess and Dietrich Eckart. The occultists believed Hitler to be the prophesied “redeemer of Germany”. They were Hitler’s first “disciples” and as such were crucial to his meteoric rise. A primary focus of Thule-Gesellschaft was a claim con-cerning the origins of the Aryan race. “Thule” was a land located by Greco-Roman geographers in the furthest north (often displayed as Iceland). The term “Ultima Thule” is also mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in his pastoral poems called the Georgics. Although originally Thule was probably the name for Scandinavia, Virgil simply uses it as a proverbial expression for the edge of the known world, and his mention should not be taken as a substantial reference to Scandinavia. They identified Ultima Thule, said by Nazi mystics to be the capital of ancient Hyperborea, as a lost ancient landmass in the extreme north: near Greenland or Iceland. These ideas derived from earlier speculation by Ignatius L. Donnelly that a lost landmass had once existed in the Atlantic, and that it was the home of the Aryan race, a theory he supported by reference to the distribution of swastika motifs.

2. The Priory of SionAfter the publication of the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, a great deal of interest in the Priory of Sion has been created. The Prieuré de Sion, translated

from French as Priory of Sion, is a name given to multiple groups, both real and fictitious. Unfortunately for those hoping to find and join the Priory, it is claimed fictional by many. They say it was a hoax created in 1956 by a pretender to the French Throne, Pierre Plantard. Despite this, many people still continue to believe that the Priory exists and functions to this day. The authors of the well known book, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, misled by the hoax, stated:1. The Priory of Sion has a long history starting in AD 1099, and had illustrious Grand Masters including Isaac Newton and Leonardo da Vinci. 2. The order protects certain royal claimants because they believe them to be the literal descendants of Jesus and his alleged wife Mary Magdalene or, at the very least, of king David. 3. The priory seeks the founding of a “Holy European Em-pire” that would become the next hyperpower and usher in a new world order of peace and prosperity.

1. Opus DeiOpus Dei is an organization of the Catholic Church that emphasizes the Catholic belief that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path

to sanctity. The celibate numeraries and numerary assistants live in special centers, while associates are celibate members living in their private homes. The order was founded in Spain in 1928 by Roman Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá with the approval of Pope Pius XII. When Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code was published, it claimed that Opus Dei was a secret organization within the Church whose aim was to defeat the Priory of Sion and those who seek to uncover the “truth” about Christianity and the alleged royal bloodline of Christ. Outside of the book, there has been a great deal of controversy over Opus Dei because of the strictness of its reli-gious structure. The Catholic Church forbids secret societies and membership in them, and Opus Dei investigators have frequently debunked claims that this organization is acting in secrecy to further a sinister agenda.

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PAPHOS WEDDING FAIR ‘In Any Event’ are pleased to present their second Wedding Fair on Sunday 30th October at the Coral Beach Hotel and Resort at Coral Bay between the hours of 11am – 7pm. The Fair will feature wedding companies and associated busi-nesses showcasing their products and services

Exhibitors include companies specialising in all aspects of a wedding such as make up, hairdressing, car hire, entertain-ers, florists, jewellery, photography, video, stationery, hats, travel, cakes and of course bridal wear and dresses.

Anita Hopkins from In Any Event confirmed ‘ Weddings are such an important event, particularly here in Cyprus, and we see this as an excellent opportunity to bring together the best wedding specialists in Cyprus to showcase their prod-ucts, experience and expertise. Organising a wedding can be time consuming but the Wedding Fair gives couples the chance to see many options in a single day’.

Admission is Free and there will be two fashion shows dur-ing the afternoon – there is also the opportunity to win a 500 euro voucher donated by Kimberley Diamonds.

For further information or to book your space please contact In Any Event via; [email protected] or call 99 387 311.

SUNDAY 30th October

When I decided to start doing yoga, it was merely for the physical benefits. I knew it would make me stronger, more flexible, and give me a nicely toned booty and abs. But what I know now about the practice of yoga is that it's more of a spiritual quest rather than a physical one. You will begin to understand that there are two worlds we exist in, the spiritual and the non-spiritual, and will start to recognize the differ-ences between the two. You will achieve emotional stability and mental clarity, inner balance, and insight into who and what you truly are. Yoga is a way of being, it's a lifestyle passed down to you from over 5,000 years of history. Almost like a guide to help you live a happy and fulfilling life, to keep you in constant flow.

Yoga is not a religion, but rather a philosophy, and a huge part of Indian tradition. The practice of yoga has Hindu roots and is thought to have first been passed on by Lord Shiva, to his wife Pavarti. It is regularly mentioned through-out ancient Indian scriptures called the Vedas. The actual word "yoga" comes from the Vedic Sanskrit word "Yuj" which means "union" or to "join" or "unite", signifying the connection between mind, body, and spirit.

The poses are called asanas, each having a specific effect on the body and mind. Physically, you will gain greater strength

and flexibility, as well as increased endurance, more tolerance to pain and improved blood circulation. Mentally, the poses will help you focus and be single minded so that you can achieve mental calmness and clarity.

There are many poses and variations of poses in yoga. There are sitting poses, standing poses, laying down poses, even standing on your head poses. Each pose is targeted to have a specific outcome. There are poses to increase sex drive, lower blood pressure, relieve stress, boost energy, reduce cramps and PMS, there is a pose for everything. The more you practice the yoga poses that you like, the faster you will begin to feel balanced and physically, emotionally, and mentally healthy.

A series of poses that I learned first was a variation of poses called the "Sun Salutation". It is a series of twelve poses, made up of forward bending and backward bending pos-tures. This variation will help pump blood through out the body, as well as increase digestion by increasing your intake of oxygen. It's a great way to help your body detox and get rid of daily toxins.

Visit www.yoganearby.com for your nearest yoga teacher.

Amazing Benefits Of Yoga

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Many people suffer from a variety of different types of back and lower back pain. One of the common culprits is a diagno-sis called Sciatica. Sciatica is a pain that is experienced down the lower back and posterior regions of the legs. It can present after the slightest amount of physical exertion and can be present for days on end if not attended to. The phrase 'Sciatica' itself, although, is just a description of what is really going on and not the cause. Many different structures in the lower back and leg can cause these radiating symptoms. A chiropractor is trained to understand and properly diagnose your symptoms. He has many tools to figure out the origin of the problem and help solve the sciatica symptoms you suffer from.

The sciatica nerve is the biggest nerve in the body. It is also the widest and the longest nerve of the whole peripheral nervous system. It is composed of the nerves that exit the lower lumbar and sacral spine. The specifics nerve roots that constitute the sciatic nerve are L4, L5, S1, S2 and S3. As these nerve roots gather they travel inferiorly towards the lower leg and pass under the gluteus muscles, which are the buttock muscles. The sciatic nerve carries almost all the information from the spinal cord to the lower extremities. Needless to say it is extremely vital in its functions and responsibilities.

As a chiropractor, it is always comes back to correctly di-agnosing the cause of the problem to correctly create an effec-tive treatment plan. There are many areas along the sciatic nerve that can be irritated by the surrounding bone and tis-sue. Knowing which one is the culprit helps create the correct treatment. One of the primary areas of irritation the sciatic nerve is at the origin of the spinal nerve roots. This could be caused by degenerative disc disease or joint irritation. Another common area that causes problems to the nerve is in the posterior buttock region. A muscle called the piriformis can often spasm and push down on the nerve as it passes underneath its surface. Another potential cause of sciatica is pressure on the back of the leg due to how we sit in chairs or on benches throughout the day. An incorrect seat can cause chronic problems over time if not addressed.

Once the correct diagnosis is achieved, treatment can begin. If the problem originates at the spinal nerve roots, pres-sure must be decreased at the disc level specific to the area of irritation and problems with joint inflammation must be

removed. Chiropractic adjustments are the best choice to re-move both of these problems. If the problem lies at the level of the piriformis muscle, soft tissue therapies must be used to decrease the amount of spasm occurring in that muscle belly. Finally, if it is a problem with how you are sitting in your chair, positioning of the chair and desk you sit at each day must be improved.

Until the correct connection between cause and treatment are found, your sciatica will continue. The pain, numbness, and tingling will not abate, but only continue to get worse. The aforementioned irritants and solutions are not the only possible combinations that potentially could be related to your case. Your chiropractor is one of the best trained practitioners to properly diagnose and treat your sciatica symptoms. If you don't have a chiropractor contact a friend or family member who has been who can recommend you to one that you can trust.

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Art & Photography ExhibitionLeptos Kamares Club – Saturday 3rd December

In Any Event are hosting an Art and Photography Exhibi-tion at Kamares Club near Tala on Saturday 3rd December from 11am to 4pm. The exhibition will feature work from renowned locally based artists and photographers with the op-

tion for visitors to purchase or commission their work. Set in the delightful Kamares Club there is ample parking, easy access and refreshments will be available throughout the day.This is the third art exhibition which In Any Event has hosted and following the success of the first two they are expecting more participants for this event. ‘The Paphos region is home to many talented people and we are pleased to be able to show-case their work to the general public and help promote their individual styles and skills’ a spokesperson said.For further information or for artists wishing to exhibit please call 99 387 311or e-mail, [email protected]

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Most of us are aware, hypertension (high blood pressure) is a very dangerous condition and is the major cause of heart at-tack and strokes. Most people who suffer from this condition go to the Doctor and are put onto BP lowering drugs and are placed on a very low fat diet.

In fact the drugs are very dangerous and do not get at the root cause of the problem which is a hardening of the arterial walls. The cholestrol is the substance that the body uses to make the arterial walls smoother, so that the blood can pass through much easier. The arterial walls get damaged and ripped in places and the cholesterol acts as a kind of plaster.

Therefore the real problem is the inflexibility of the arterial walls and therefore the body sends more 'repair kit' in the form of plaque or cholesterol.

It was only in the 1990s that a team of scientists discovered that the body produces nitric oxide (NO).

The scientists discovered that not only does the body produce nitric oxide, but that its function within the body is critical to the maintenance of supple arteries: they discovered that nitric oxide is a powerful vasodilator - this simply means that it keeps the large arteries open and maintains their smooth 'Teflon' like surface so that blood can flow normally. This research culmi-nated in them winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine 1998.

We know that when the arteries become stiff and deposited with plaque and other fatty substances, the body is much more likely to suffer thrombis, heart attack or stroke. It is generally accepted that stiffening of the arteries is a fact of life - all part of the ageing process. We now have evidence that taking the right supplement can not only stop this process of stiffening but in many cases reverse it.

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SATURDAY 22nd OCTOBER 2011Dhekelia Saddle ClubRegistration from 11amShow Starts 12 Noon

Categories includeAgilityBest in ShowBest PoochBest PuppyBest Ex-BFAWSBest VeteranOwner and Dog Look Alike

Also on the Day - Bazaar, Raffle Family FUN For more information contact

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Down1. Models of excellence (6)2. speculation (7)3. Impart skills or knowledge (5)4. Is afraid of (6)5. Actual (7)6. corvine bird (5)7. cricket team (6)13. Had a lofty goal (7)15. Adult male chicken (7)16. weighing machine (6)17. Pinnacle (6)18. Apprise (6)20. Efface (5)22. Visual representation (5)

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Most of us have thought which celebrities we would like to meet and what we would say to them. Well this is your chance. In a make believe situatiion we are asking readers to invite six celebrities plus three friends or fam-ily to a dinner party.Tell us why you are choosing each of the celebritiies, what would you like to discuss and tell us which restaurant in Cyprus this dinner will take place. You can choose who-ever you like, but remember, your reasons are important.If you would like to take part in this feature, send in your list a ssoon as possible. Include your name, telephone number and if you have a head and shoulder photo of your self, send it in: [email protected] subject: Come dine with me

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I woke up this morning at 8 and could smell something was wrong. I gotdownstairs and found the wife face down on the kitchen floor, notbreathing!.I panicked. I didn’t know what to do…………………Then I rememberedWetherspoons serve breakfast until 11.30.

Paddy got a letter in the post this morn-ing. It landed on the floor.It says on the envelope DO NO BEND. He’s still wondering how to pick it up!

A guy walks into a post office one day to see a middle-aged, balding man stand-ing at the counter methodically placing "Love" stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. He then takes out a perfume bottle and starts spraying scent all over them.His curiosity getting the better of him, he goes up to the balding man and asks him what he is doing. The man says "I'm sending out 1,000 Valentine cards signed, 'Guess who?'" "But why?" asks the man. "I'm a divorce lawyer," the man replies.

After both suffering from depression for a while, the wife & I were going to commit suicide yesterday. But strangely enough, once she killed herself, I started to feel a lot better. So I thought…Sod it….soldier on.

Two cowboys came upon an Indian lying on his stomach with his ear to the ground.One of the cowboys stops and says to the other, "You see that Indian?""Yeah," says the other cowboy."Look," says the first one, "He's listen-ing to the ground. He can hear things for miles in any direction."Just then the Indian looks up. "Covered wagon," he says, "About two miles away. Have two horses, one brown, one white. Man, woman, child, furniture in wagon ...""Incredible!" says the cowboy to his friend. "This Indian knows how far away they are, how many horses, what color, what's in the wagon -- just amazing!"The Indian looks up and says, "Ugh ... not amazing ... wagon ran ... over me ... 30 minutes ago!"

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The teacher said, "Let's begin by re-viewing some American history.Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'?"She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Little Hodiaki a bright foreign exchange student from Japan, who had his hand up: 'Patrick Henry, 1775', he said.'Very good!'Who said, 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth?'Again, no response except from Little Hodiaki, 'Abraham Lincoln, 1863''Excellent!', said the teacher continuing, 'let's try one a bit more difficult...'Who said, 'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country?Once again, Hodiaki's was the only hand in the air and he said: 'John F. Kennedy, 1961'.The teacher snapped at the class, 'Class, you should be ashamed of yourselves, Little Hodiaki isn't from this country and he knows more about our history than you do.'She heard a loud whisper: 'F . . K the Japs,''Who said that? I want to know right now!' she angrily demanded.Little Hodiaki put his hand up, 'General MacArthur, 1945.'At that point, a student in the back said, 'I'm gonna puke.'The teacher glared around and asks, 'All right! Now who said that!?'Again, Little Hodiaki said, 'George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.'Now furious, another student yelled, 'Oh yeah? Suck this!'Little Hodiaki jumped out of his chair waving his hand and shouted to the teacher, 'Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewin-sky, 1997!'Now with almost mob hysteria someone said, 'You little shit. If you say anything else, I'll kill you.'Little Hodiaki frantically yelled at the top of his voice, "Michael Jackson to the child witness testifying against him, 2004.'The teacher fainted.As the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, 'Oh shit, We're screwed!'Little Hodiaki said quietly, 'The Austral-ian Rugby Team 2011.'

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