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Welcome to this issue of In Touch, your lifestyle magazine covering a host of editorial features, local advertisers and a what's on guide.This issue we feature and interview with An-drew Oliver, a very talented musician and singer who really does promote his passion throughout Cyprus.Sonia Kilvington visited the top crime writers festival in Harrogate, Yorkshire meeting several personalities of the book world and produces a great article.There are two big art events in Pafos this month and we are pleased to help promote them.Alan Waring continues with his risk watch acticles. No holds barred.The Rat Pack, now I don't remember them, prob-ably too young, but I understand they were top top entertainment. There are number of music events to celebrate their style. So if you enjoyed Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis, here is your chance for a great evening entertain-ment. September is a big month for what's on, check out some of them in the magazine.My sister, family and friends have been staying at a hotel in Ayia Napa favoured by Scandina-vians. It was heaving. Ayia Napa was packed. A good sign for the much needed tourism trade. Let's hope it keeps that way.Anyway, enjoy the read.

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Most of us in Cyprus are still reeling from the shock of the Mari naval base explosion. Given the scale of the blast, deaths, injuries and damage, the gravity of the event demands a full, independent and public inquiry with a wide brief, regardless of the internal investiga-tions that undoubtedly will be carried out. It is vital that lessons are learned and acted upon, both those specific to this particular event as well as those of a more generic nature that would also apply to other kinds of major hazard.Accusations are already flying thick and fast and fingers of blame are being pointed, almost exclusively at senior govern-ment figures including President Christofias himself. I do not intend to join that fray. Indeed, like most of the general public, I simply do not possess enough factual information to go on. However, I am in a position to make some general observations and suggestions for good management of such materials, based on my many years input to Major Hazards Risk Management in a variety of industries (oil & gas, petro-chemicals, explosives, defence).

A Dark Satanic MillSome years ago, one of the world’s leading explosives manu-facturers suffered two fatal explosions at different sites within a few months of each other. The company operated a number of sites in the UK, including toluene nitration plants as well as mixing and filling stations. The company were prosecuted

and I was commissioned to carry out a company-wide review of their safety systems, in part so that the company could produce a defence report to the court showing that it had already learned lessons and was active in trying to improve its systems.

Among the sites I visited was a manufacturing unit in a remote coastal location in Wales. This explosives factory had been in operation for the best part of 100 years and was, by my reckoning, a place worthy of the description ‘dark satanic mill’. Nevertheless, basic lessons had been learned as the site was remote from habitation and flanked by natural blast barriers. On the one side lay the sea and to the landward side behind the factory was mountainous terrain which separated it from the nearest village. Blast banks and underground bunkers were a feature of the site.

A factory supervisor was assigned to show me round the site, operations and facilities and provide copies of their standing safety procedures and instructions. As we went round this relic of Victoriana, I casually remarked that there seemed to be more than ample car parking lots. ‘Oh no, that’s not a car park’, he answered equally casually, ‘that flattened area over there

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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 is a Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and spent several years on studies in the UK National Health Serv-ice. Contact :[email protected]

was where the Biacci filling station blew up. Two people were killed. The new one is that building on the right’. It was with some trepidation that I agreed to enter the new filling station to see the processes.

Apparently, despite metal detectors fitted to the filling hop-pers, occasionally stray pieces of metal such as a bolt or a washer got through into the grinding and prilling unit before the blasting explosive was packed into sheaths for the salami-like final product and stray metal was determined to be the proximate cause of the explosion. Improved metal detectors had been fitted but was this enough, I wondered?The Boiler Acid PatrolOnward to one of the nitrators! These are the reactors which boil up toluene with concentrated nitric acid to produce tri-nitro toluene or TNT. As I accompanied the supervisor up to the top of the reactor, which fortunately was off-line, I was surprised to learn that he and other employees were still tak-ing samples manually with a long-handled dip ladle. Impres-sions of Victoriana were now setting fast. I was so relieved to get down from that potential ’rocket launcher’ as I had no desire to be the first man on Saturn.

Mr Supervisor then looked at his watch and blithely an-nounced that it was time for the ‘Boiler Acid Patrol’. He then explained that nitrated toluene is only stable within specific temperature and humidity limits, so it was important for regular checks to be made. The function of the Boiler Acid Patrol was to make these checks by reading thermometers and hygrometers around the site. This ritual had been going on more or less since the site had started. It was a ritual as archaic as lighting gas street lamps in Victorian times. Again, I was amazed that such manual monitoring had not been replaced by modern automatic sensors connected to alarm and shutdown systems.

When I raised these issues, the Plant Director acknowledged that the plant and many of the safety systems and procedures were outdated. However, conscious decisions had been made not to invest new money on such things, as the plant had already exceeded its useful life and was scheduled for closure. When asked what the timetable was for closure, he suggested a vague five to ten years but no actual decision had yet been made. When pressed further on how long these closure plans

had been under discussion, he admitted that it was at least ten years. Meanwhile, people had been

killed. I had no faith that the company had any real intention of closing this site

and concluded that the archaic safety practices would continue for years

and possibly decades using the rather feeble excuse of cost

and ‘likely’ closure.

LessonsFrom the above case, the following key principles may be drawn:

• Explosives facili-ties, whether manu-facturing and/or storage, should be sited remotely from dwellings and other

sites, especially those with major hazards of

their own or which are

critical to the country’s infrastructure.• Sites should be selected that have as many natural or man-made blast barriers as possible, so as to deflect blast upwards.• Distance and separation of inventories should be accompa-nied by storage units and cover that together avoid explosives ‘sweating’ or other adverse temperature/humidity effects.• Inventories should be kept to a minimum.• Use modern technology to monitor stability of explosive materials.• Safety management systems, safety procedures and safety culture need to reflect the actual risks to life and limb and not be diluted to suit commercial considerations.

Fatal AssumptionsIt is that last bullet point above which features so predomi-nantly in every major hazard case I have dealt with, in all industries. One needs to remember constantly that so often competent personnel at site level are not matched by equally competent or well-motivated superiors at headquarters somewhere else. Assuming the reported allegations are true, it would appear that senior officers at the Mari naval base expressed on a number of occasions their deep concern to the Defence Ministry about the condition of the particular explosives containers but requests for improved storage were rejected on cost grounds. Further, it is alleged that offers from several friendly countries in 2009 to dispose of the materials were ignored as was a nudge from the UN.

Safety risk assessments and decisions based on them should be undertaken by competent persons at site level, with exter-nal assistance 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

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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY with Adam Gardiner

I have agreed to go through the handbook with her and get her used to taking the camera out, switching it on and off and saving her first attempts at photography, on the camera to begin with. I shall show her, using the handbook instructions, how to take a dozen or more straightforward shots of familiar things or people close at hand and delete those she doesn’t need to keep. Simple things like turning the camera off and on again, tak-ing the lens cap off , leaving the auto focus switched on, making sure that the memory card is in it’s slot and how it works to record the still and video images are easy to demonstrate and for the novice to quickly become familiar with. I will discuss using different types of media for storing her images securely, and accessible when she needs to use them. Using rechargeable batteries and

Because most of us are now used to using mobile phones and digital cameras regu-

larly it is easy to forget that there are many people who have never used them and may

be nervous about even touching one. Recently a lady asked me to explain the basics

of her new digital camera to her – she has not even switched it on and doesn’t know

how to charge the batteries or where they are.

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where to buy the batteries and chargers. Best of all I will advise her to take it slowly, sega sega, while she gets to know all she can about the subject and her equipment - she may make it a social asset by sharing photographs after meals or trips out with friends and probably best of all with her world wide circle of family and friends – grand-children especially will love to catch glimpses of Gran and Gramps’ doings when they are ‘off duty’ and dressed down. Finally we can all benefit from talking things over with others interested in the same things so I will suggest that she can try and find friends, neighbours or a group such as the U3A Digital Photography one to encourage her to learn and have fun while doing so.How to take Better Photos – Part 2Learn to compose the shot in the viewfinder or cap-ture screen. If your camera has grid guide lines to help you divide the scene into nine squares, for instance, learn to use these to arrange the picture elements along the ‘thirds’ lines, either horizontally or vertical-ly, possibly both. Sometimes a dramatic shot will have just one main element slap bang in the centre but more often (see both today’s shots) you will need to move yourself or the camera around for interesting compo-sitions of people, places or objects. Develop an acute awareness of photo opportunities when you are out and about and grab them quickly – the ‘critical moment’ as expoused by photo journalists is just that – there for one brief moment then gone forever so take enough battery and memory card power to last all day and keep ‘firing’ away until your finger is sore. At least your lens barrel will not overheat and burn your hands when you have to change it (this will be more familiar to some of us than others – ask your Granddad to explain it). At

a wedding or other important occasion aim to bring back several hundred shots to select the best from - to the person who asked me recently how I get such great photos now you know! One percent inspiration and the rest is perspiration. Actually the inspiration is mainly in getting yourself prepared and to the right place at the right time – those great shots of the Royal Wedding recently were not taken by accident, imagine if you had been able to get some of those! No reason why not, your job is to keep your eye glued to the viewfinder and get some cracking pictures that you will always be proud of.© Adam Gardiner 2011

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The multi-talented Andrew Oliver is a renowned Elton John tribute act as well as a singer and musician in his own right. Classically trained and a former choir boy, Andrew recently brought his unique blend of entertainment to the Lithos Sports Bar in Oroklini. After his first set as ‘the piano man,’ with pop classics from bands such as the Eagles, he came back in full pop persona as the flamboyant entertainer Elton John.After twenty years as an interna-tional performing artist, Andrew has settled in Cyprus, where his tribute act and work as an entertainment promoter are well known across the island. I caught up with Andrew Oliver before his metamorphosis; as there were some questions I wanted to ask ‘the music doctor!’

I believe that similarly to Elton, who went to The Royal Academy of Music in London, you are also are a classically trained musician?Elton John went to the Royal Academy of Music in Lon-don every Saturday morning and he was indeed classically trained; I am also classy trained, I started when I was nine years old. I got into one of the music colleges in London; but I went to Colchester Institute as I am a Suffolk boy. I went there for five years and got my ‘A’ levels and a degree. I trained as a classical tuba player and I played in the sym-phony orchestra and brass bands, but secretly played pop and rock and roll, on the side. When I left college I was only playing once a month, but I was offered a job in a rock and roll band called White Sands. They were playing Santana, Latin rock, at the time. We wore white Lune pants and cheese cloth shirts, it was the early seventies and we all had hair down to our shoulders!

When did you discover you could sing like Elton John?I didn’t really; somebody told me. It was the end of the eighties. I had been working as a backing musician and ac-companist in a lot of variety shows with Bob Monkhouse, Lenny Henry, Vince hill, Bobby Davro. I was the guy at the back, reading the music, playing with the band; but at the end of the eighties, backing tracks came in and people

didn’t need live bands as much. I needed to change direc-tion, and I thought I would end up as a lounge lizard in piano bars! I got an audition at the Café Royal in Regent Street, London. I was playing Georgia, and Summertime, and they asked me to rock it up a bit. I played Billy Joel and they asked me to rock it a bit more; so I played Croco-dile Rock, and they said ‘That’s it! Have you ever thought about doing Elton John?’ It was the agent for the Café Royal job, which gave me the idea.

Are any of the outfits you wear during the show, originally owned by Elton?After the Café Royal audition, I immersed myself in Elton for twelve months, reading all of the books and going to lots of concerts and I bought the costumes, some of them original, which he sold for charity. He opened a shop called, ‘Out of the Closet’ in King’s Road, London. I whizzed down there, and there were rails and rails of his clothes, some of them were stage costumes; mostly from the eighties. I grabbed about a dozen costumes! The more recent ones, I have had copied at Limassol in Cyprus.

You have given concerts all over the world in places as diverse as Egypt and Singapore – why did you decide to live in Cyprus?

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I came here in 2003, on a six month contract for Thompson Holidays, working in their hotels with a show. I had just turned fifty and I thought, do I want another ten years of touring? I love touring but I am not getting any younger and I thought it would be nice to sleep in my own bed. I bought a little retirement home in the mountains for when I finally came off the road – but my shows are very popular in Cyprus; I have never worked so hard in my life! I like Cyprus, the lifestyle, the climate, the food; it suits me.

Elton is well known for his flamboyant, jet setting lifestyle, is that something you aspire to?Elton is certainly well known for his flamboyant, jet setting lifestyle. Fif-teen years ago I got booked at a hotel at Singapore. I was at the height of my Elton touring, and I was almost treat like the real thing. There was a limousine and a minder waiting or me at the airport. I arrived after a fourteen hour flight, thinking I would be working the next day - but they said no you’re working tonight! I did have a little tantrum, I must admit. Then they gave me a big brown envelope full of money, and I thought …wait; just let me get myself together! It can go to your head.

Which song do you enjoy performing the most?Usually the latest song I have learnt, but failing that, I always say, ‘Your Song’ as it was the first song I learnt as a kid. It’s a beautifully crafted song and I usually finish my show with it. It means a lot to me.

Have you ever met the real, Sir Elton Hercules John?No, but he knows about me and has been interviewed about me; when he was asked, what he thought, about what Andrew Oliver was doing, he said, ‘I have heard he does it really well.’ I do the show with love and the mannerism are just enough - not to overdo it. It’s not a comedy impression. I think he respects that. Elton says, ‘anyone who can make a living being me…good luck to them!’

How did you feel as a performer when Elton came out as a gay man?It doesn’t bother me as I went to a classical music college and every other man was gay. We were all wondering about our sexuality when we were twenty. It’s no big deal in the music game. I was very happily married for twenty years, although some people think I am gay because of the job I do. But I am only acting!

Candle in the Wind, holds the record for the bestselling single of all time – do you include this song in your performance?I do include it in my show as it is a great song; a sad, poignant song, about someone who suffered because of their fame. Elton, who’s not as famous as Marlin Monroe, has also suffered, and even I, on my little level, have suffered a bit too; from jealousy, envy, people gossiping and lying about me. You can imagine the pressure she was under, to live that dream. It’s a shame what happened to her…

With your talent as a musician and singer, do you perform in your own right as well as the tribute act?A lot of people in Cyprus think I retired out here, became a musician and then became an Elton tribute act, but I have been a musician for fifty years; part of the last twenty years I have been doing Elton; but I can guarantee, I have done more shows as myself than Elton. The Elton show has given me the opportunity to travel a lot more and become famous. It’s my gim-mick if you like. I do write my own material, but even those songs people will say ‘it sounds a bit like Elton.’

I have also worked in an Abba band, an Eagles band and even a Chas & Dave band - I am with a Rat Pack show at the moment! I am also a music promoter. I am very versatile and I like to do different things.

How do you see yourself in the future?I like to play in hotels and I enjoy playing background music, I have a new show called An Evening with Andrew Oliver, which I play in nice, smart restaurants. I can see myself at seventy, tinkling away in a hotel lobby or classy restaurant somewhere. I love to play music. It’s not about ego or the money. I think of myself as the music doctor. Hopefully I can lift some-one’s mood, relax them and make them smile. I am happy with that.

For more information on Andrew Oliver visit his website at www.andrewoliver9.co.uk© Sonia Kilvington 2011 www.soniakilvington.com

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The devastating news of the explosion at the Evangelos Florakis naval base has invoked a range of reactions – grief, concern, sympathy, outrage, anger, courage and selfishness – the same emotions that were expressed when disaster struck the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan recently. Indeed, it is in the midst of such tragedies, that we need to remind ourselves that the love of God is never in question.When we were created we were given free will, but free-dom brings with it responsibility. We are not puppets, since we have the choice to either be concerned solely about ourselves, or to obey the words of Jesus:“Love God with all your heart …. And…. love your neigh-bour as yourself.” (Mathew 22 v 37a and 39b)In the Bible Cain asked God:“Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Genesis 4 v 9)The answer is “Yes” – we are responsible for one anoth-er. The lesson to be learned from this tragedy is to make sure it, or similar situations never happen again. We cannot escape all calamites – e.g. earthquakes, tsunamis etc, but we can use our common sense to avoid unneces-sary and thoughtless behaviour, which causes heartache and misery to our neighbours, wherever or whoever

they are. If power cuts last for a year, so be it! God forbid that we should grumble! It is easier to live without electric power than it is to live without a loved one.Finally, Jesus tells us that, if we want God to forgive us, we have to forgive those who trespass against us. This, too, is a command, not an optional extra. May all our prayers be that the peace of God, which passes all understanding, be with the bereaved families and with the families of those who have been injured in this terrible tragedy.

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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 mending. 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 it was not an economic necessity but it kept their hands from being idle; so take heed.Hougie Board. Score Tool and Project Book Wow! this is all I can say. If like me, you get fed up with measuring and getting different answers then this is the board for you. It has centimeters marked on one side and inches on the other and is especially designed and sold for craft workers by Kay Rutter. To watch her demonstrate this tool is something else - there seems to be 101 things that it is most useful for. Very often when get inches and try to convert them into centimeters in our heads it is too easy to come up with the wrong answer but using this board it is very quick and easy. Another Hougie trick is to score your card on both sides to gently stretch the fibers from both sides of your card, which makes the score lines really flexible, I made the quickest stepper ever, and you too can make any size box easy peasy. all of these items are available at Stitches shop but, do be aware we are closed from 7th August until the beginning of September, except for Monday mornings.Classes I am still teaching at my house and Dhekelia I live along the Dhekelia road so am easy to find and get to. We did quilling last week and this week we are to cover water colours.

Wedding cards I used the same decoupage to make these two cards but it shows how you can change them completely by using different backgrounds and colours.

Secret card I used the Hougie board to meas-ure this secret card. There are little pockets inside for you to add any special messages to delight and surprise the recipient, I kept to my animal theme this time but so many ideas came to me so if I had a class doing this we would see some fantastic displays.Dufex Die Cut Decoupage You all know I love doing decoupage, but I must say I am blown away by the new designs that are available from Dufex and although I still believe one should learn decoupage properly how to walk though the picture and work out how to cut and layer. I just love these designs with no cutting fid-dly bits and again if I use different backgrounds and papers I can get two cards out of one sheet and some of these are only 2 Euros - Stitches here I come for some more of these lovely designs.

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Any excuse to be in an air conditioned room is good enough. My craft room is just that and overlooks the Med, so as I write this craft page I have the best of both worlds and I wouldn’t change it for anything. I was recently given a lovely book as a present. Entitled ‘Royal Pleasures and Pastimes’ the opening paragraph states ‘In Edwardian times the women of any household should find suitable domestic work to fill their days, the Puritan ethic being that “the devil makes work for idle hands”.

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I’ve never seriously thought about dying. My health has always been good, I’ve never had a serious, life threatening accident or illness and I’m really enjoying life in my peaceful retreat of a home in the Troodos Mountains.So many of my contemporaries – particularly those of my Soho, London days - the days of drink, drugs and easy loving, seemed to have died early. Their passing, although sad, did not affect me too much. Life in Cyprus is so, so vibrant, so real, so pleasingly simple, so far away from those mad, mad surreal days of my past. Yet is some ways I miss that delicious feeling of ‘naughtiness’ When I think back on some of the things I got up to, well, I blush. I have never married – always been far too busy! – but I’ve known my fair share of men and never really asked about or worried about their marital status.All that makes me sound like a heartless, predatory bitch. I don’t think so, I just went with the flow. Peer pressure really dictated my social life in London – and often still does when-ever I return to my London base. It’s only when I’m in my Platres home that I find my true self.Why am I writing all this? The undernoted little story will make you smile but for me I think, it could have been me! Only my name’s not Maralyn.Two ladies meet in heaven.First woman: “Hi Suzie”Second woman: “Hi Maralyn, fancy seeing you here, how did you die?”Maralyn: “I froze to death”Suzie: “Poor you, that sounds so horrible”Maralyn:“Actually it wasn’t so bad. After I stopped shivering and shaking from the cold, I began to feel sleepy and surpris-ingly quite comfortable and warm, so in the end I had quite a

peaceful death. But you tell me, what happened to you?Suzie: “Well, you know me, a bit overweight and always jeal-ous of my husband’s easy ways with the ladies. The result was that I died from a massive heart attack. I was so sure that my husband was cheating on me, that I let him think I would be out all day but instead I came home in the early afternoon, sure I would catch him in the act. You see I had the day before, accidentally overheard him on the phone arranging to meet someone at lunch time. I was sure I’d catch him this this time. What happened, I burst into the house expecting to find him in bed with some hussy, only to find him alone, in the kitchen, making himself a cup of tea. Of course I was in a right rage and accused him of all sorts of things and then proceeded to search the house from top to bottom, looking for the other woman, who I was sure was there, but hiding somewhere. I ran up to the bedrooms, looked under the beds, in the ward-robes, rushed up to the attic rooms, down to the basement, moving heavy old furniture out the way so I could search everywhere. Out in the garage, down in the garden shed. I searched everywhere. I was sweating like a pig and totally exhausted. So much so that in the end I just keeled over with a massive heart attack and died.Maralyn: “Hmm! Shame you didn’t think to look in the freezer – if you did, we’d have both still been alive!”.In my youth - THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD – GO I

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The Hazardous Journey

I was travelling to London by coach to see my daughter, who had a flat in Harrow. It was quite a journey from Carlisle, my home town in Cumbria, but I was anxious to see Jane, as we had not seen each other for months.Jane was training to be a nurse, at a large London hospital. I was going down to see her by coach, mainly because it was cheaper than the train, and this was important to a person living on a small pension, like me. I had been worrying about this journey as I was not a good traveller, but as the coach left at midnight and we would be travelling all night, I thought I might be able to sleep for most of the way.The coach was warm inside, when all the passengers boarded, which I think we all appreciated, as the weather was very cold for February. There was a threat of snowfalls, and there was ice forming on parts of the roads, but I thought the motorway was usually clear due to the volume of traffic.We sat for a few minutes with the engine running, waiting for the driver finish his paperwork in the drivers briefing room. He eventually boarded the coach through the passenger door, closing it behind him, and then climbing into his seat ready to pull out of the coach station.He was a huge man, with very ginger hair, an ugly scar ran down his left cheek, and as he looked around to check the passengers. I could see from my front seat on the opposite side to the driver, his thick bushy eyebrows, and huge brown eyes. He did not look very happy, in fact he looked very annoyed for some reason. He noticed me watching, and smiled, but it was more of a leer, and he looked rather threatening.I ignored him and as the coach pulled out I closed my eyes and shortly fell asleep. How long I slept, I do not know, but I awoke suddenly as I felt the coach skidding, we were travelling too fast down a hill, a very steep hill. I could not understand, as my sleep befuddled mind thought there are no steep hills on the motorway, but we were skidding and sliding all over the road, which was covered in ice, and a blizzard of snow was blowing, hiding the view of the sides of the road and even the road itself. The driver was struggling with the steering wheel as we swung dangerously sideways on the ice covered road. Passengers were screaming and bags and baggages were falling out of the overhead shelf. There did not seem to be any other traffic coming towards us, luckily but the little that could be seen, from the windows, was just the ice covered road and the blinding white snow, falling from the dark nighttime sky above.The coach was now out of control, and we skidded off the road and over the edge of huge seemingly bottomless drop. All we could see reflected by the coach’s headlights was the blind-ing snow blizzard as we dropped, weightlessly into space. The mind is a funny thing, as we dropped, all I could think of, was that I was not going to see my darling daughter. There was an almighty crash, and pain as I hit my head, I struggled up and found myself on the floor tangled up in the sheets of my bed. I had been dreaming and fallen out of bed!I looked at my watch; it was only eight o’clock in the morning. I did not get the coach till midnight. I had a shower and went down to get my breakfast, puzzling over my dream. I put it out of my mind and spent the rest of the day packing and getting

ready for my journey.It’s true I did think once or twice during the day about my dream, but I knew that there was no steep hill on the motor-way and the weather though very cold was clear.I had everything ready and packed and took my two suitcases with me to the coach station. We were told that there would be a delay as our coach had some minor problem that was being fixed by the mechanics in the garage. The delay turned out to be more than an hour, but finally we were able to board the coach. As we left the coach station it started to snow, the light snow soon covered the icy road with a white sheet, reflecting back through the front windscreen as the coach’s lights hit it. I glanced at the driver, whom I had not looked at, as he had climbed aboard as I was putting my coat into the luggage shelf. I was amazed to see a very large man with ginger hair, huge eye brows and a scar on his left cheek. I was digesting this fact, coincidence it must be, but knowing there was no steep hill on the motorway. I was not worried. I did not think I would fall asleep as I very rarely could on a long journey. I took my laptop out of its case and after switch-ing it on, I checked to see if I had any mails. I turned the sound down as I did not want to upset anybody who might be dozing off, The screen was lit up enough to see easily and I had a spare battery with me, if the one in use ran out. I had no emails so I wandered on the web, checking out things that interested me, particularly gardening items. I had become a keen gardener since I had retired. I was deeply immersed on the internet when suddenly the coach skidded round a bend. We should have been on the motorway but I could just see, through the blinding snow, that we were not. I called across to the driver, asking him why we were not. He said “The motorway has been closed due to a bad acci-dent. Two or three junctions are closed, and we have to join it further down” “Where are we now?” I asked“On the old road” he said, “Going down Shap Fell!”I was horrified, I remembered talk of Shap Fell, when I was a kid, admittedly the road had been restructured since then, but I remembered the story of a coach going over the edge…I tried to calm myself down, but the coach was going faster and faster, and swinging from side to side. I remembered the coach had been delayed because the me-chanics were working on it.“What were the mechanics doing to the coach?” I asked the driver.“Fixing a fault with the brakes” he said as he struggled with the steering wheel.Then we were skidding sideways, the passengers were scream-ing as the coach finally shot out into the darkness, dropping downwards into the flurrying snowstorm.I am not going to get to see my daughter I thought as we flew through the air!

©Bob Jenkins Larnaca Writers GroupFor more Information on Bob visit the Larnaca Writers page at www.soniakilvington.com

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THE QUIET ART OF DECEPTION

(Oh! What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive Sir Walter Scott, Marmion)While we have all, I’m sure, been brought up to be honest and straightforward in all our dealings there are times when exceptions have had to be made as a public duty to circum-vent wrongdoers or for the greater good. It does not take a cunning liar to make others believe in an intention to take one course of action while planning another but it certainly helps, especially when done well as Ewen Montagu did in setting up the elaborate intelligence operation to deceive Nazi Germany as to the allies invasion plans for Sicily in the famous ‘Man Who Never Was’ sting. Similarly the ‘Phan-tom Army’ supposedly established in South East England, commanded by a very believable George Patton and sup-ported by massive bogus signal traffic combined to reinforce Hitler’s belief that the real target of the invasion of Europe was the Pas de Calais and that Normandy was a diversion, long enough to help Montgomery get his armies securely ashore where he was least expected. The atrocious weather also helped the deception as the defenders were unaware of the weather forecast updates available to the allies only which predicted a short break in the storms which had caused a one day postponement to June 6th. Three more top secret surprise deceptions were unveiled in the coming days – an artificial Harbour (Mulberry) towed across the channel in sections, with sunken ships forming breakwaters and which avoided having to capture and repair existing harbours which would have taken months to bring into service; miles of un-derwater flexible pipelines (Pluto) to carry the necessary fuel, and ‘funny’ mine clearing flail vehicles on tank chassis which, having been initially used on the invasion beaches were ideal for the mine studded fields in Europe. Many allied lives were spared and the war shortened by these innovations.

Before the US war of independence when the British fought the French and their Indian allies the British high visibility uniforms (red coats and white facings and leggings), and formal infantry drill formations were found to be inappropri-ate, as was the case in Africa and other parts of the Empire,

and when a volunteer militia formed during the French/Indian war in the mid eighteenth century it was trained by a Major Robert Rogers, wore forest green clothes and became the major scouting unit of the British Army and were soon successful in action against the French. Their deceptive (i.e. irregular) tactics and camouflage and ability to by pass regu-lar routes by stealth made them the forerunner of modern special forces and to this day three formations, the Canadian Queen’s York Rangers (1st American Regiment), a Michigan Battalion of the US National Guard and the US Rangers claim descent from the original Rogers Rangers making them the oldest continuously serving Special forces – ‘Who De-ceives Wins’ perhaps complementing the SAS’s ‘Who Dares Wins’ appropriately.

The art of deception did not begin in modern times. In fact the oldest story of all tells how Adam fell from grace after the devil in the form of the snake tempted Eve with lies about God’s intentions and she in turn convinced Adam to taste the forbidden fruit. They then they attempted to deceive God, (as if ), by making clothes to cover their nakedness and Adam tried to hide when God called him. In this case the unintended consequences were painful and long lasting as the deception back fired on the perpetrators, and us. Other examples in the Hebrew bible however had more success and resulted in the defeat of enemies of the Israelites. Joshua’s spies, for example, hid out in Rehab’s brothel while she sent their pursuers off in the wrong direction; Moses’ mother sent him floating off in a basket hoping that he would be found and cared for, which of course he was, by Pharaoh's daugh-ter; and Joshua set up an ambush by pretending to run away from the men of Bethel so that the city was left undefended and when they rushed out to finish off Joshua’s army the am-bush was sprung and the city fell. This was a classic example – even better than the Trojan Horse!© Adam Gardiner 2011

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This year’s crime writing festival in July was a resounding success, attracting over 9,000 visitors and a dazzling array of bestselling crime writers, including Mark Billingham Martina Cole, Dennis Lehane, Val McDermid and also In Touch favour-ites, Zoë Sharp and Leigh Russell.The festival was chaired, for the first time by Dreda Say Mitchell, who brought much warmth and personal charisma to this prestigious event. The crime writing festival had something to offer every crime reader with a packed three day programme of panels, discussions and celebrity guests.


The event traditionally begins with a creative writing day for new and prospective novelists called, Creative Thursday, which was attended this year by many budding crime writ-ers, with workshops from Alan Guthrie, Stuart MacBride and Dreda Say Mitchell. Selina Walker from Transworld Publishers hosted a talk on improving the quality of sub-mission letters and synopsis. The day concluded with the exciting Dragons Pen event, hosted by Mark Billingham, in which brave amateur writers pitched their novel ideas to a panel of distinguished editors and agents.

Theakstons Old Peculier Novel of the Year AwardThe programme began with the presentation of the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award. Always a glittering occasion; this year’s prize went to Lee Child for his exciting thriller, 61 Hours. The prize is tra-ditionally awarded to the author receiving the most votes from the readers, who vote for the winner on line at the festival site. My review and exclusive interview with Lee Child will be published in the next edition of In Touch.Sophie Hannah

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The Old Swan Hotel, HarrogateThe festival was staged at The Old Swan Hotel, an elegant building in the heart of Harrogate, famed as the hiding place for Agatha Christie during her eleven day disappearance in 1926. It was also the location of the film 'Agatha' starring Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave. It is thought that Agatha disappeared after finding out her husband wanted a divorce. She booked herself into the The Old Swan under an assumed name, Theresa Neele, taking the surname of her hus-band Archie’s mistress. The press coverage and public reaction at the time was very negative with many of her fans believing she had staged it as a publicity stunt; although those who knew her believed she had suffered from a nervous breakdown.

Visitors to the FestivalA major part of the appeal of the festival is the friendly atmosphere. Many readers travelling on their own make friends and catch up with old faces. I was pleased to meet up with friend and fellow writer, Linda Stratmann, who recorded her experience of the festival for In Touch magazine.The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival at Harrogate is always a total blast to the senses. Surrounded by writers, both famous and soon to be famous, many of them actively scribbling in every spare moment they get, and passionate and knowledgeable fans of the genre there is such a buzz of energy and enthusiasm that it always acts as a huge stimulus. I return from Harrogate both exhausted and full of plans and ideas, with fresh impetus and determination. The great pleasures of Harrogate are meeting old friends and making new ones, seeing so many writers whose

work I admire and discovering exciting new authors to read. The high points for me this weekend were the success of the CWA dagger reception, listening to discussions with Lee Child and Dennis Lehane, and the gracious speech of P.D. James. I always feel I should curtsey as she passes by!

The Poisonous Seed by Linda Stratmannis available at Amazon.com & Amazon.co.ukFor more information on Linda visit her website: www.lindstramann.comThis novel will be featured in a future edi-tion of Author Interviews.

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Mark Billingham at the FestivalIt is always a pleasure to catch up with Mark Billing-ham. I asked him about his experience at this year’s festival and also about his new book….

Which events were you involved in?I did the Dragons Pen and I am hosting the quiz on the Saturday night, which everybody takes very serious-ly. It’s a real festival tradition that we have this big quiz on Saturday night and there is a cup, a trophy, which is presented to the winning team. The wining team which has professionals in it – if you have a professional on your table - like a crime book reviewer or a crime writer, you cannot win the other prizes; the books and everything. That’s for an amateur team, a reader’s team. Everyone takes it seriously - it’s very hard fought! And then I am doing the special guest interview on Sunday morning with Dennis Lehane.

Are you looking forward to that?Yeah I am a big fan of Dennis. He is a lovely guy and a great writer so that should be fun.

Next year you’re chairing the festival?Yes for the second time. The last time was at this hotel. It was back in 2004, I think I chaired it last. I am very thrilled to host it again. It’s just like hosting a party and inviting your favourite guests. There is a committee involved, but as the chair I have already got three of my special guests involved, John Connelly, Harlan Coben, Charlaine Har-ris and two more fantastic special guests. We are thinking already, about a year ahead. The festival is a real, professional operation. So we are already well into planning next year.

It must take a huge amount of organisation?We have several big meetings, three or four times a year. We are all in touch for the rest of the year – batting ideas back and forward. We talk to publishers and to writers. The reason the chair is always a writer is because they have connections with other writers and are friends with other writers. So I can just ring up Michael Connelly and ask him if he wants to do it; last time I chaired, George Pelecanos and Ian Rankin. You have that personal approach, writer to writer, which is often better than writers being approached by publishers.

You have your next Thorne book coming out soon?Yes Good As Dead, which is out on 18th August, which I am very excited about. I just got texted the first early review from The Daily Express, which was a goody, thankfully. It’s always a fairly worrying period when you are waiting for reviews to come in.

You still worry about them?God yes, the day you stop worrying about that stuff, you should probably knock it on the head. The day you take it for granted. The day you don’t get excited about seeing your book in the shop. I still get hugely excited about seeing the book in the shop; my mum still goes into shops turns them round and puts them at the front of the shop!

Is there anything you can tell me about the book without giv-ing too much away too much away?It’s quite a different book. It’s a Thorne novel, but the other major character in it, is a woman called Helen Weeks who featured in a stand-alone novel I wrote a couple of years ago, called In The Dark. I had a lot of correspondence from read-ers; saying when are you going to write about her again? And

I wanted to write about her again, so I now have a book with the two of them in, but for reasons I cannot mention they are never in the same room at the same time until the very end of the book. It’s a siege novel, its race against time novel. It all happens very quickly over three days. There is a very new look to the book as well, the jacket design is very different; all the books are being redesigned; it has to happen every couple of years - so I am very excited.

Any more plans to them on TV?We are adapting three more at the moment - that will be nine hours. We are adapting the next three books in the se-ries which are Lazy Bones, The Burning Girl and Lifeless. They are been written right now; but we probably won’t be filming till the beginning of next year as the screen plays have to be written and David Morrissey who plays Thorne is very busy. Three more in the pipeline…

As Good As Dead by Mark BillinghamAvailable at Amazon.com & Ama-zon.co.ukFor more information on Mark BillinghamCheck out his website and forum at: www.markbillingham.comMark’s previous interview with Sonia Kilvington can be viewed at www. Soniakilvington.com

In the next edition we have an exciting, exclusive interview with internationally acclaimed author Lee Child and catch up with In Touch favourite, Leigh Russell at Harrogate© Sonia Kilvington 2011www.soniakilvington.com

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Open Studios 2011 Paphos and Limassol, CyprusLaunch and Preview EveningOn the evening of September 28, this year’s event will be launched, once again, at the Palia Ilektriki in Old Town, Paphos. The evening will be marked by good wine, good music and the best of this year’s participants displayed for your enjoyment. Remember, all art on display is for sale except where otherwise marked.Entrance is free and everyone is welcome!

Open StudiosCome and enjoy the art and creative talents of the participants of Open Stu-dios 2011 – take your friends and family and spend time with people who would love to tell you more about themselves and their creations.

What is Open Studios?A group of volunteers came together some seven years ago and a membership group of artists and artisans were born. But nothing ever stays the same and over the years organisers have changed and so have the participants. Now in its sixth year of existence, Open Studios have refined the experience.

When is it?Paphos and Limmasol Open Studios is always in October, officially our Cul-ture Month. During the first four weekends various artists all the way from Polis in the North, Paphos in the West to Limmasol in the middle, open their studios and workspaces to share their secrets with the public. A full schedule of all artists, their opening weekends and times, together with printable maps may be found in the Guide, distributed through libraries, galleries, art supply shops and just about every kiosk in the areas. For any further information. Please visit the website : www.openstudioscy.com

What can you expect from Open Studios?With 24 members participating this year, there really is something for every-one. From watercolour artists to potters, from sculptors and woodworkers to jewellery designers, not to mention beautiful textiles and photography, mosa-ics and printmakers. The artists and artisans open their doors and welcome the public into their studios and homes to show off their beautiful works of art. It’s a fantastic opportunity to gaze at amazing treasures and to speak to the person who created it.

Pick out a few artists from the guide who are exhibiting in a particular area and create your own studio tour.

Don’t forget that most of the studios are in very easy reach of wineries, producing the best of Cyprus wines. Some of these are Tsangarides Winery in Lemona, Ezousa Winery in Kanniviou and Tsalapatis Winery in Letymbou on the West Coast and the wonderful Zambartas Winery in the hills above Limassol. You will be travelling through villages where you will experience the hospitality of local taverna owners, enjoy a sumptuous meze or a snack and sent on your way with a smile to go and explore the next studio or workshop.For further information, visit www.openstudioscy.com or please telephone +357 99 752 687.

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Andrea Morrelli as DEAN MARTIN, Martin Rhodes as FRANK SINATRA & Rahul Demello as SAMMY DAVIS Jr

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Poker players, in addition to buying a ticket, will need to book their place in advance with a non refundable

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The Aliathon Bowling Club raised over €2,000 at their Charity Day in April this year.This year’s President, John Warner, was determined to improve on last year’s total. The changes he made to achieve it proved very successful, nearly doubling last years amount.The annual event consists of a bowls match between teams selected by the current and past Presidents’, each player taking part is sponsored by Fraser Mackinlay. The club also runs a selection of stalls, games and a raffle to raise extra funds on the day. The President chose The Cancer Patient Support Group and The Friends Hospice Paphos, two very worthy causes, to donate the proceeds to.The cheques were presented to the two charities at the July coffee morning of The Cancer Patient Support Group.Currency Solutions, another sponsor of the bowling club, raised money for charity at several other events held at the club during the year. Nana Kilpela from Currency Solu-tions presented a cheque for nearly €200 to The Cancer Patient Support Group at their August coffee morning.

Aliathon Bowling Club Raise Over €2,000 for Charity

Pictured (L to R) are John Warner (President, Aliathon Bowling Club) with Jackie Cottrell(The Friends Hospice Paphos) and

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Cyprus will be holding its first World Bowls Championship event at the Con-stantinou Brothers Athena Beach and Athena Royal Hotels in Paphos from 17th-30th October 2011.

Fifteen countries will be competing in this prestigious event including USA,Canada, Spain, Holland, Scotland, Eng-land and of course, Cyprus

Entrance tickets are now available at the Reception Desk in the Athena BeachHotel or from local bowling club Secretar-ies. Daily tickets cost 5 euro and weekly tickets 25 euro.

First World Bowls Championships to be held in Cyprus.

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BRITISH GUIDING IN CYPRUS…STARTS A TREFOIL GUILD GROUP….

What is the Trefoil Guild?? …… please read on…………

An organisation linked to and supporting Guiding world-wide. Membership is over 20,000 members in the UK – mostly made up of women and men who have been and still are connected with Guiding and Scouting.

Pioneering ahead, a group of six enthusiastic ladies met on 25 June with the aim of starting a Cyprus County Trefoil Guild Group to support British Guiding in Cyprus. The ‘ six’ comprised of 3 current Guiding Leaders, three ex-Guid-ing Leaders one of whom is already a Trefoil Guild Member linked to the UK. (See photo). Six Members are required to founder a Guild group and therefore, in compliance with this ruling, we completed our registration forms which were forwarded to the Trefoil Guild UK. The formation of our Group is ground-breaking as we will be one of only a few international Trefoil Guild Groups to date. The Guild’s aim is foremost to offer support and practical help to the British Guiding Units on the Island by fund rais-ing, testing for badges and helping with special project work, assisting at Unit Meetings when help is needed, keeping in touch with Girlguiding and to carry the spirit and message of Guiding into the communities where we live. Of course, Guild Members are also serious about having fun, friend-ship and enjoying a good social life. We now need new Members to join our ‘six’ SO PLEASE come and join us. Membership is open to anyone over the age of 18 who has been or still is a member of Girlguiding UK. If you enjoyed the camaraderie, meeting friends with a similar outlook you will find the Trefoil Guild the place to be!! Even if you have never been involved in Guiding but like the idea of learning something new, travelling, meeting new people or getting involved in local Guiding projects, then you will find the Trefoil Guild is the place to be. A warm welcome awaits anyone who subscribes to our aims and principles.

The Cyprus County Trefoil Guild (our registered name) is only a couple of weeks old but the Trefoil Guild first started in 1920 in the UK when Ex-Guides began to form unofficial groups with the purpose of maintaining contact with their old guide companies. In 1935 an organisation named "Old Guides" was formed, then in 1947 The Girl Guides Association amalgamated the various groups of ‘Old Guides’ and the name ‘The Trefoil Guild’ was adopted and Trefoil Guilds first registered.

The Trefoil Guild has its own quarterly Handbook and Members are proud to wear a modern red or cream polo shirt uniform. The Guild plan to hold their first ‘official’ meeting on Satur-day 1 October and the venue will be based upon the general location of those interested. We look forward to meeting you and a warm welcome is assured. Are you are interested after reading the above? Would like to find out more about joining the Cyprus County Trefoil Guild?, then please contact our Secretary, Gwyneth Green on 26 939411 or 96395297 for a chat or e-mail on: [email protected] For further information about the Trefoil Guild UK, please have a look at their official web site on: www.trefoilguild.co.uk The Trefoil Guild says: ‘Getting Involved and Making a Difference ‘

The ‘founding group’ clock-wise are: Joan Davies, Michele Cook, Babs Schultz, Jo Smith, Gwyneth Green – Secretary and Gill Boughton Chairperson.

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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

Come dine with me

August meeting Monday the first, was a low turnout with just 18 present held at the Cafe Platea opposite the old church Paralimni.

We now have a new administrator Josephine Fell,who will be co-coordinating activities within the club. After a full discus-sion it was agreed that a small charge should be made to to help run the evening this was agreed at 5 Euros per meeting. The sponsors for future meetings is still in place. Our sponsor for September is Paul Coles Director of Kca global.

The meeting was good with several members creating busi-ness connections.Next meeting Monday the 5th September at Senso bar Paralimni,

5,30 pm start prompt at 6 pm. We hold meeting every month the first Monday of the month.

Guest welcomed , with the aim of becoming a member, please call Josephine 99122539 to secure your place.

Remember Networking is to help you improve your Business.

Cyprus island wide, September 2011 next meetings, all welcomed and start at 6pm.

Larnaca. Thursday the 29th September at Flamingo Hotel Mackenzie- Larnaca Call Tom at 99106727.

Limassol. Tuesday the 20th September at Cosmos Hotel Monogroulli near Limessol call Chris at 99226829.

Paphos. Wednesday 14th September at Sunset restaurant T.D. bar call Ursula 96502423

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VOLSCHENK ARTMaria possesses, or is possessed by, an intense sense of curiosity which leads her constantly to search for new artistic experience. As a result she works in watercolour, pastel, oils and acrylic and on a broad spectrum of subject matter. A regular participant in Open Studios, Maria’s work has caused many visitors to comment on its diversity. It’s almost, they say, as if six different people were exhibiting at the same time and under the same name.Her work ranges from delicately accurate line and wash paintings of Greek Orthodox churches to colourful African primitives and from Impressionist still life to powerful abstracts. Her most recent work is larger, bolder and more colourful.Art is by its nature a journey of discovery and its creation a process of exploration of the relation-ship between the painter and her subjects. “If you keep producing the same sort of thing,” she says, “there is no growth or development.”Maria is one of a group of rather talented artists who meet regularly at the Kamares Club where they exchange ideas, discuss styles, go on field trips in search of new material and generally have a good time doing what they love best - painting.After a commercial career culminating in several years as the Administration Manager of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest shopping mall, she established her own successful art gallery in Johannesburg. Before that she worked at the Carlton Centre in mid-town Johannesburg and came very close to being blown up by a bomb planted by African freedom fighters.When her husband retired they moved to Cyprus where life promised to be a little quieter. Maria now lives in Tala with her husband and two boxer dogs (not necessarily in that order) and pursues her dream of becoming a widely recognised artist.Maria paints under her maiden name of Volschenk, a name which translates as ‘full measure’ and was handed down by an otherwise forgotten 17th century Norwegian ancestor who ran a pub in Oslo. The name suits Maria rather well since she really has always lived life to the full – and still does.Although essentially self taught, she studied art in both Umbria and at Lake Como. She also learned a lot from Elli Lestas, a Masters Graduate of Goldsmiths in London.To see more of Maria’s work visit her website at www.creativeheritage.net. She can also be found on Facebook under Volschenk Art. Contact her for further details on 99 512 959.

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Jeffery Eddison had always been greedy. As a young boy he had been greedy, his mother had said it, so had the din-ner ladies at his Junior School. Even while the tables were being cleared it would be Jeffery, still be queuing up for seconds, who would be looking with anxiety at the uneaten food being loaded into the pig swill bins.But now he had it under control. He was successful, a man in his early for-ties, admittedly a little overweight, but a fine figure of a man, well dressed, greying slightly at the temples but suc-cessful, undoubtedly so.His job involved regular travel, a certain amount of responsibility and a good enough salary to make him feel relaxed about his shopping, eating and drink-ing habits. He would not describe himself as self-indulgent, but he would admit to liking the good things in life and being able to afford them. The first time he’d thought about stealing a suitcase from an airport car-ousel was last year. He’d flown out to Cyprus for a brief holiday. At Larnaca airport travelling unconcernedly on the carousel was a large package heav-ily wrapped in brown paper. It was nearly the size of a normal suitcase. Jeff caught himself thinking he could pick up the parcel and disappear through customs with it. His curiosity was aroused, what was in the pack-age? A stereo? A valuable gift? What? His thoughts were interrupted as a young couple, with two small children claimed the object of Jeff’s curiosity and added it to their collection of cases on the airport trolley.But by now the seeds of a plan influ-enced by greed had been sown.A month later he was in Amsterdam on a shuttle to Heathrow. Again, as the luggage lurched around the carousel his attention was drawn to a renegade case that no one seemed to want. It was plain, dark grey. How easy it would be to wrest it from the noisy conveyor belt, and amongst the throng of fellow pas-

sengers disappear with his prize. It was impossible of course, he had to wait for his own rather distinctive dark green Samsonite case which contained clothes for a four day trip, electrical items and his trade papers and magazines.It was probably at this point that Jeff’s plan developed further. On his next flight he would take only an overnight bag, take it as hand luggage, leaving him free to claim an unwanted case and see what happened.Two months later he was returning from a weekend in Paris. The tempta-tion was irresistible. The situation was just right. He had no case of his own, he’d walked straight to baggage reclaim and the carousel was rumbling. He grew impatient as fellow travellers began to queue alongside him and still no luggage had appeared. There were encouraging noises from the direction of the baggage handlers, but nothing had come into sight. He was reasoning to himself that this delay was an omen, a sign of bad luck and he was about to abandon his quest when the first case appeared on the rubber tracking. It was so simple. A large, dark brown, anonymous case lumbered through the gates immediately. He picked it up, showing the appropriate signs of grati-tude and surprise at his good fortune. On to the trolley, past the nonchalant gaze of the customs, away from the friends and families waiting to greet his fellow passengers and he was walking to the parking bay where he had left his car on Friday afternoon.Today he was driving home. For the last two years he had lived on his own: a separation and subsequent divorce leav-ing him to return to an empty house. His emotions were heightened. He knew that his first response upon arriving home would be to break into the case and assuage his curiosity. Saturday’s post, the Sunday paper and the answer phone would have to wait.He pulled into his drive, opened his garage doors and drove inside. With

slightly nervous fingers he pulled the case from the boot placing it on the garage floor. It was encouragingly heavy. Once in the kitchen he looked around for a suitable implement. He didn’t want to ruin any of his kitchen knives, so showing some restraint, he went back to the garage returning with a selection of screw drivers and pliers. The case yielded its contents with ease. Underneath the obligatory trousers and shirts was a collection of goods unintended for the eyes of the customs officers! The table was soon littered with CDs, boxed sets of cuff links, ear rings and necklaces, perfumes and colognes. Jeffery didn’t know the value of the goods. He knew CDs sold cheaply at car boot sales and markets, but he didn’t know about the jewellery and perfumes. So, what to do? He decided he’d store everything in the wardrobe in the spare room and do some research. He made a list of the brands of perfumes and jewel-lery, closed the spare room door firmly behind him and headed for his study, his desk top and the wonders of the internet.This e-bay thing is a marvellous inven-tion he thought.. He’d managed to sell virtually everything. To a well organised man like him the whole activity had been plain sailing, or plain selling he joked to himself. One suitcase, some moments of tension, some imagination, determination and planning and he now found himself four hundred pounds better off. This was better than working for a living. When his next opportunity arose Jeff was wondering if there could be any way of cross checking passenger lists with missing luggage. He decided as a ploy that he would go to a carousel that catered for a flight he had not been on. That way, he reasoned, no amount of cross referencing would identify him.So, here he was on a busy Sunday evening and he strolled to carousel 4 instead of joining his recent flying companions who were beginning to gather at number 2. As usual, he felt the slight rise in body temperature,

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the slight frisson of excitement as cases began to clatter from the raised ramp onto the conveyor belt. He soon spotted a case that was a likely can-didate and moved to take it from the belt. As he did so a dark haired man of around his own age said, ‘Excuse me,’ and with a firm grasp pulled the case and hefted it onto his trolley. OK, let’s just wait for another, or even try at a different queue. Jeff had no more time to weigh up the options when an undistinguished suitcase made a noisy arrival onto the belt. It was like clockwork. Off the belt, onto the trolley and on towards customs.The customs officer who called Jeff over to him was bearded, just going to fat and might have been a retired police officer - he had an air of self confidence and assurance.‘Good evening, Sir, did you have a good flight?’Jeff felt a pulse beating at the side of his head. He was lost for words and felt a surge of panic rising. Somehow he managed a ‘Yes, thank you.’ and was wondering whether he should just run for it. Clearly not a sensible choice in these days of heightened security.‘My wife and I were there last year, Sir, lovely holiday. Bit too hot for us in August, so we went a bit later. Octo-ber, lovely.’What, or rather where was he talking about? Jeff hadn’t been very clear about the flights that had used carousel 4. He

didn’t recognise the airport code on the case’s handle.‘Anyway, Sir, just a routine check and then we’ll let you be on your way. Can I see your passport, please?’Jeff felt as if this moment was passing in slow motion, as it sometimes did in the films. Silently he handed over his well used passport.‘I see you’ve travelled quite a bit, Sir, not many people get so many stamps these days. Thank you, Mr Eddison.’Nervously, he replaced his passport wait-ing for the inevitable request and begin-ning to formulate his explanations.‘Right, Mr Eddison, can I ask you if you packed this case yourself?’A weak nod.‘And has anyone asked you to carry any-thing for them or been able to tamper with the case?’A slight shake of the head.‘Righto, Mr Eddison, that seems OK to me.’Can it be true? Is this it? Is he going to be let off and be able to leave? The re-lief on his face must have been obvious.Then, ‘Could you just open the case for me, Sir?’‘I can’t remember the combination, officer, I feel such a fool. I’ve got it written down at home, I’ll be able to open it when I get back.’The bearded man grinned. ‘Don’t worry, Sir, I shouldn’t really be doing this, but you get a bit good at this after a few years.’ Very carefully he placed

his index finger on the first barrel. He eased it backwards very slowly and must have felt some slight freedom in the movement. ‘Your first number’s a 7. Does that jog your memory, Sir?’A feeble smile.What a helpful man this customs officer was. The second barrel yielded and was announced as a 6. With a theatrical, ‘Ta da!’ the combination of 7 6 7 was cheerily declared.‘Now, Sir, you packed this yourself, no one has had a chance to tamper with it and you haven’t left it unattended? Would you mind just opening this for me now?’Could he possibly get away with this now? Would he be able immediately to identify the contents and show owner-ship? Daring hardly to breathe, Jeff opened the case, the contents facing him, the top raised towards the officer.Clothes. Thank God for that. Noth-ing incriminating, nothing illegal. He was safe. He turned the case around to assist his newly found friend. ‘Can you explain these, Sir?’Jeff stared at half a dozen small plastic bags that were stored between some shirts. He’d seen enough films to know what these contained.‘Turkey’s nice at this time of year, isn’t it, Sir? I know some people find it a bit hot, but I don’t think you’ll need to worry about that for some time, will you, Sir? ’

©Les Jamieson Larnaca Writers.June 2011

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Business networking event promotes trusted businesses

in CyprusiConnect-Cyprus offers help to business owners with free networking evening

As Cyprus struggles to maintain its reputation as a finan-cial centre and speculation continues about the island falling victim to the euro zone crisis, business owners from across the island were recently offered the chance to share important business skills at an exclusive networking evening. Attracting more than 70 business owners, the event took place at DT’s restaurant/bar on Tomb of the Kings Road in Paphos on Wednesday 24th August. The island’s economy, which was expected to grow by 1.8%* during 2011, has now stagnated and it is uncertain whether the country will be forced to seek a bail-out by the European Union. The explosion at Mari naval base has resulted in businesses suffering intermittent power cuts and lost revenue costing thousands of Euros. Founders of iConnect-Cyprus, a new island wide business network for trusted Cypriot businesses, are hoping that by bringing local business owners together to share skills and experiences, they can inspire and mutually support each other whilst helping to breathe new life back into the struggling economy. The new business-to-business and business-to-consumer network will offer its members the chance to meet business owners from the whole region; planned events will also see expert speakers from different business sectors give short talks on their area of expertise. Chairman of iConnect-Cyprus, Mark Kirby, believes the network will provide businesses real opportunities to increase trade by connect-ing people “who might never normally meet. iConnect will bring together business minds of Paphos and the other regions across Cyprus and offer them an evening of great commercial insight where they can share expert opinion, financial guidance and also some great food!”He added “I have been in Paphos for six years and as man-aging director of an international foreign exchange busi-ness I have seen the impact the recent power cuts have had on the business community; the risk of a bailout has also made 2011 a struggle for countless companies of all sizes. Wednesday night offered some light relief and a fantastic opportunity to meet new people and share new skills that will help their businesses grow.”The diverse community of 70 business owners who at-tended the iConnect launch event ranged from restaurant owners to web based and communications technology spe-cialists, marketing experts, property owners, and financial service providers among others. Simon Phillips, owner of IT Solutions and managing di-rector of Daily Deals CY, said: “The past few months have

been difficult and as an SME business things like power cuts can really hurt us financially, so events like the iCon-nect networking evening are just what we need. The event not only introduced me to potential new business oppor-tunities, but I also had a chat with a restaurateur wanting to know more about social media tools like Facebook and Twitter to promote his business; he left with a great moti-vation and some hints and tips on how he can implement these in his own business”. iConnect members will also be given the opportunity to set up a Quality Management system, have access to the iConnect business member services and be invited to at-tend events that will teach skills ranging from the use of social media to marketing and banking. Mark Kirby added “We are fully aware that budgets for marketing, PR and networking are tighter than ever, however we believe the calibre of members who have already registered with us will be very attractive to business enterprises looking to grow, by providing quality services to consumers and other businesses alike. With 70 business owners joining us at our very first event, we are confident about the growth of iConnect island-wide.”

For more information about iConnect including how to become a member visit: http://www.iconnect-cyprus.com/

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Across1. Twelve (5)4. Hoard (5)7. Unaware (9)8. Gape (4)10. Wore away (6)12. Birds of prey (6)13. Notion (4)16. Large spider (9)18. The lowest point of anything (5)19. Implied (5)

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DoWN1. Journal (5)2. Menagerie (3)3. World's longest river (4)4. secret or hidden (6)5. Bustling (7)6. Abated (5)9. Placed a bet (7)11. Thinner (6)12. consumed (5)14. Proficient (5)15. Female relative (4)17. Part of a circle (3)

CROSSWORD 02Across1. Anteater (8)8. common (5)9. regions (5)10. Employed (4)11. Nearer (6)13. sartor (6)15. overt (4)18. Mediterranean fruit (5)19. Dialect (5)20. List of technical terms (8)

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As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his cell phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice ur-gently warning him, “Henry, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on the M1. Please be careful!”“Heck,” said Henry, “It's not just one car. It's hundreds of them!”

Three sisters, ages 92, 94 & 96, live in a house together. One night the 96-year-old draws a bath, puts her foot in and pauses. She yells to the other sisters, 'Was I getting in or out of the bath?'The 94-year-old yells back, 'I don't know. I'll come up and see.' She starts up the stairs and pauses, 'Was I going up the stairs or down?The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters, she shakes her head & says, 'I sure hope I never get that forgetful, knock on wood.' She then yells, 'I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door'.

I defy anyone not to laugh at this!A mother took her five-year-old son with her to the bank on a busy lunch-time.They got behind a very fat woman wear-ing a business suit complete with pager. After waiting patiently for a few min-utes, the little boy said loudly,"Wow, She's fat!”The mother bent down and whispered in the little boy's ear to be quiet..A couple more minutes passed by and the little boy stretched his arms out as far.As they would go and announced; "I'll bet her bum is this wide!"The fat woman turned around and glared at the little boy. The mother gave him a good telling off, and told him to be quiet. After a brief lull, the large woman reached the front of the queue. Just then her pager began to emit a "beep, beep, beep"The little boy yelled out, "Run for your life, she's reversing!!"

Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf one fine March day. One remarked to the other, “Windy, isn't it?”“No,” the second man replied, “it's Thursday.”And the third man chimed in, “So am I. Let's have a beer.”

Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other & said, “Now don't get mad at me. I know we've been friends a long time, but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't remember it. Please tell me what your name is.”Her friend glared at her for at least three minutes; she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, “How soon do you need to know?”

A handful of 7 year old children were asked what they thought of beer:'I think beer must be good. My dad says the more beer he drinks the prettier my mum gets.' -Tim, 7 years old'Beer makes my dad sleepy and we get to watch what we want on television when he is asleep, so beer is nice.'-Melanie, 7 years old'My Dad loves beer. The more he drinks, the better he dances. One time he danced right into the pool.' -Lily, 7 years old'I give Dad's beer to the dog and he goes to sleep.' -Shirley, 7 years old

Two elderly women were out driving in a large car - both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruis-ing along, they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red, but they just went on through.The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself 'I must be losing it. I could have sworn we just went through a red light.' After a few more minutes, they came to another intersection and the light was red. Again, they went right through. The woman in the passenger seat was al-most sure that the light had been red but was really concerned that she was losing it. She was getting nervous.At the next intersection, sure enough, the light was red and they went on through. So, she turned to the other woman and said, “Mildred, did you know that we just ran through three red lights in a row? You could have killed us both!”Mildred turned to her and said, “Oh, crap, am I driving?

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