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Dear Reader!To Beach News readers from all over the world, hello! Well, to make things clear I am getting married this month, the first in my family. I am looking forward to that day the 17th of September. I find my self very happy and very lucky too. Christiana, my future wife, is an inteligent and wonderfull person.I come from a traditional Greek family with a South African mother and growing up in Cyprus, the pressures of getting married as soon as you finish your studies, is a force felt only in the battlefield. Not once, will you speak with your grand parents, aunties, uncles, all sort of relatives with out them reminding you that it’s time to get settled, and give grandchildren to your mother, even though you do not have a full time job, or you come home early in the morning from parties every night.It’s unbelievable some times, because taking the decision to get married has to do with you and you only - or accepting a proposal. Unfortunately some times I feel that I am doing it for them, to satisfy their ambitions. I really don’t understand it. Why so much pressure to do something everyone is trying to get free from. See the high rates of divorces.Inviting people for the wedding is supposed to be a pleasant moment. It’s a time you share happy news with people you know. To be honest, I have not given out one invitation with out receiving a first comment that actually stresses me. They all say phrases such as “don’t do it”, “are you crazy?”, “welcome to the club”, “now you will see what its all about” etc. What is every ones problem actually with their partner? Is getting married such a tragedy at the end of the day?I know that there are two sides to the problem, that of the boys and that of the girls, and I will have to find out myself, through time, the answers to my question. I could live with that, I will take my chances.To all of you out there have fun, enjoy your stay on the island, enjoy the autumn weather that is much better and friendlier. Take care in the sun with your protection and remember on the 17th to have a drink wishing me and Christiana health, happiness and long life together... forever.Thanks.

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are well adjusted to state of the art technology. The vineyards were planted to allow mechanical harvesting. The grapes are vinified in stainless steel vats, therefore retaining their natural aroma and taste. The KEO winery in Mallia, the island’s largest-boutique winery, is now the home of the entire KEO wine portfolio. Pioneering a new generation of premium Cyprus wines, three flagship brands, born in the winery are named after the estate. KTHMA KEO (Red) is a beautifully

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

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

family have been running Hondros Restaurant for over thirty years. Here is a brief interview with Jenny and her eldest son Yorko, now manager of Hondros.

I see you have just renovated your restaurant.

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

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

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

What are your specialities?

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

What does the future hold for you?

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

Any dreams?

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

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Golf is a relatively new game to the island of Cyprus, but

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of rounds, which are marked on a scorecard by a member of the golf club.There are currently three golf courses in Cyprus, all in the area of Paphos. These are Minthis Hills, Secret Valley and Aphrodite Hills. Opening soon is ‘Elia’ golf course, designed by Nick Faldo. If we in-clude the ‘Paphos Golf Driving Range & Academy’ we come to the conclusion that residents and tour-ists alike, have all the facilities to enjoy one of the greatest sporting challenges – GOLF!Because of the handicap system in golf, players at different levels can play a competitive game. This system allows men, women, and children to compete against each other; therefore, anyone of any age group can enjoy this fascinat-ing game. Often frustrating, always demand-ing, golf is a worldwide-recognised sport, as a uniquely compelling game. One thing is for sure: once you played for the first time, you just want to play it again and again. This is why, by offering the facili-ties where residents and tourists can share their love for the game, will only enrich the products this is-land has to offer.

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headlines for a Durban morning newspaper, should read “SA Ex-pats fight back against UK mob rule”. Images of burning build-ings in Tottenham and Croydon, of rioting on London streets and other major UK cities from Bir-mingham to Manchester flashed across international news chan-nels. As stock market’s rally against a European debt crisis, America’s credit rating is down-graded, Somalia starves and Syria crackdowns on protestors as violent remnants of the Arab spring continue, which saw up-risings start in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen and proceed unabated in Syria and Libya. As civil war continues in Libya, Lon-don’s boroughs flare up in the worst urban violence in decades as shops are smashed, buildings burned and looted all pointing to a universal summer of dis-content. Even the British Prime Minister David Cameron had to cut short his Tuscan holiday to return to a broken Britain and convene an emergency Parlia-mentary meeting. Social media is rife with com-ments about the London violence with Twitter and Facebook mes-sages reflecting a double edged sword of caution and encourage-ment. Many of the recent London riots were co-ordinated attacks

planned through Blackberry messenger, which is encrypted and not available on the more public social media platforms. There are calls in some London boroughs to block Blackberry messenger after dark, even to impose a curfew in some parts of the UK. At the Prime Minis-ter’s insistence, the Metropolitan police forces in London, Birming-ham and Manchester has been visibly strengthened to quell the riots and prevent any further so-cial unrest.The irony about this social un-rest in the UK is that after the storm, many of the protestors can go back to their council flats in Peckham, Hackney and Tot-tenham and claim social welfare and continue living off a state which effectively aids their ex-istence. South Africans who moved abroad to the UK think-ing it was safer than staying in crime ridden South Africa, were

caught unaware by the mind-less violence of the recent Au-gust London riots. But no one is immune to watching violence and looting whether in London, Cairo or Mogadishu unless the population is absolutely desper-ate for food. The hooded British youths weren’t hungry they were blatantly stealing electronic mer-chandise while looting London stores, burning buildings and es-caping the dumb-founded British police. While social media has been the spark for many civil unrests in North Africa, the middle East and now in the UK, the riotous 2011 spring and summer of these northern hemisphere countries pales in comparison to the real tragedy which is occurring in So-malia, with widespread famine, food riots and political instability crippling Mogadishu. South Afri-ca has donated R2 million rand in aid to the famine in Somalia and

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Andreas Charalambous Chrysafis I was born in the village of Ayios Ambrosios, Kerynia, Cyprus but have left the island when I was 13years old to get an educa-tion in the UK. I have lived and worked in Vancouver, Canada and London, UK as an architec-tural designer.

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After spending 3 months in India where I got to focus on my Ashtanga Yoga practice, my therapies, breathing techniques and to read up more on the fu-sion of Eastern and Western philosophies I came to Cyprus to see my family. One of the most frequent questions I’ve been asked here is “Can I lose weight with Yoga?”When the question reaches my ears I have images of the world famous Ashtan-ga shala KPJAYI, also known as the Source of Ashtanga, where I practiced for 3 months. Images of very sweaty practitioners from all levels, all back-grounds, complete beginners to very advanced, from accountants to Olympic boxers to ballet dancers to Economists in the Pentagon to chefs to school teachers. People of all sizes, colours, religions and ages practising together, next to each other, focusing on their own personal physical and mental devel-opment. Looking at more advanced practitioners one cannot but help notice the lean form, from the biggest to even the smallest muscles being very well defined, super strength and super flexibility conditioned together to unify body and mind. One only needs to type “Ashtanga yoga” in Youtube and check the likes of David Swenson, Kino Macgregor or Govinda Kai to witness the physi-cal benefits of Ashtanga.However those images quickly fade from my mind as sadness, disappointment and frustration take over as soon as the question is asked. What do I answer when the point of reference is wrong in the first place? We live in a society ruled by numbers, how much fat to loose, how much muscle to gain, what per-centage fat do I have, how many calories is that, how many calories an activity burns....and the list goes on, and on, and on. And in the process we have lost the one thing that automatically has those answers without overloading our already crammed up minds. We have lost communication with our bodies. We have lowered the volume of that voice so low that we rely on outside numbers and diets and personal trainers and doctors to tell us what we already know inside our bodies. We are not in tune anymore. Like a baby knows when it wants to eat, how much, how often or when to sleep you once knew also. But somewhere along the line you have forgotten. We can regurgitate how we have forgotten to communicate with our bodies, we can again blame our stressful lives to sustain our masks. But that is not my aim. The question is not “Can I lose weight with X type of exercise?”... the question is “Do I feel good when I do that? Do I feel happy, stronger...do I feel Alive?” When one is hungry and has something to eat, one knows when he has over-eaten, when gluttony has overtaken and the gut, stomach and liver are over-loaded with work. Same applies the other way round; one knows when the body is undernourished, weak and in need of energy. Or maybe we don’t; we have numbed our instincts and lowered that voice so far down, raising future generations with the same mindset, that we now have to relearn to speak the language of the body. Switch the TV set off for 15 minutes and sit there in silence, no judgement, just observing and listening to what it is that body has to say; maybe nothing; maybe everything, in time it will speak the same way it speaks through disease or the feel good factor. The body has its own language. In the sheer volume of rubbish things we have to do in our day to day lives this is surely not that crazy. Maybe it’s time we start speaking with our bodies, maybe it’s time we started listening, away from numbers, the “rights and wrongs” of diets, the exercise fads. When I came from India many people in Cyprus and London asked me “Isn’t India the land of contradictions?” And when I look at the West I see just as many contradictions; I open a magazine with an article on anorexia next to ads on how to lose weight, I see ads on makeup with the slogan “Love yourself”, make-up that is loaded with cancerous lead and toxins. I can find as many contradictions in the West as I have found in India.So the question shouldn’t be “Can I loose weight with Yoga?”. The question should be “Does Yoga/ running/ climbing/ swimming make me feel good?” Focus on the feel good factor and your decisions on food, exercise, sleep will slowly slowly start falling into place. The effort shouldn’t go in the body first, the effort should go into the mind first and then into the body. Can you speak the language of your body so you can slowly take control of your personal Matrix intuitively, instinctively, free from numbers and rules? From my experi-ence, it is a ride worth taking. Namaste.

“Can I lose weight with Yoga?” . . . t h e p r o b l e m w i t h t o d a y ’ s m i n d s e t

By Dora GeorGiou

August!! What a climax!! … Bustling heat … crowded beaches … hours in the pool… and in the sea… and in the shower… three times a day!!… and still soaking our pillows in sweat all night… of course, that’s if we’re not out all night … because in August we get dressed to go out at midnight!!… And return home way after sunrise …

September, on the other hand, is the month when the kids return to school after three months of driving their parents insane … the city slickers return back to work … and we, the beach bums, finally find a spot to lay our towels down and play bats without bumping into other people …

September, be it be said, is definitely the month of new beginnings … Indeed, it is the month when many of us in Cyprus press the reset button to get ourselves back on track after the highly energized summer…

Maybe we’ll reflect this in the form of a new creativity at work? Maybe find a new job? A new hobby? New studies? Or simply just reflect on ourselves and begin our penance to restore peace to our alcohol stricken and party bashed spirits from our ruthlessly decadent “previous month” …

Indeed, this spirit of new beginnings and creativity also reflects itself in the events and festivals of this month; …

I’ll dive right in with the Paphos Aphrodite Festival which is a three-day open-air opera festival staged at the Medieval Castle against the picturesque backdrop of Pafos Harbour; This year the popular opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) by Jacques Offenbach, opens its curtain on 2nd, 3rd and 4th September 2011, hosting on its stage the National Theatre of Prague. For opera lovers this festival has become one of the great events of the Mediterranean calendar.

Of course, at this time of the year we

also have the infamous Wine Festival at the municipal gardens of Limassol; this is a span of 12 days of Dionysian celebrations at this hugely popular event that has taken place annually since 1961. With casks of free wine from the local wine industries, as well as live music, theatre performances, traditional dances and food, this is a sure hit, but also be careful not to be hit by flying wine bottles, as many a visitor has unexpectedly fallen drunk due to all the wine tasting!!

In late September, Tripoli Park in Nicosia Moat will brim with work from graphic designers, sculptors, multimedia artists and independent publishers, all swaying to an eclectic soundtrack (hip hop, reggae, fusion, electronic). See www.urbansoulfestival.com to find out more about “Kypria”; an international multi-arts festival and one of the most significant cultural events in Cyprus. Established in 1991 by the Ministry of Education and Culture, its previous participants include Martha Graham Dance Company, Ute Lemper and Tap Dogs.

In late September we have the Agia Napa Festival which is hosted at the Agia Napa Harbour… A Three-day event including traditional food, arts, crafts, music and dances.

And there you have it … These are the main events this month… And anyway … If you look between the lines you will also find many a village festival taking place in villages all around Cyprus this month … A good example is the Steni village cultural festival taking place on 9 September (Steni is a small village on the outskirts of Polis which has recently won many prizes for most improved village in Cyprus, and of course is gaining popularity for its museum which is, if not, the most comprehensive folklore museum on the island today)

Also stay on the lookout for numerous popular Greek singers who will be making their appearance on the

island this month … a nice example is Marinella who will be performing at the ancient theatre of Kourion 23rd September; and if not for the music, merely for the experience of being a spectator, as our forefathers once were, on an amphitheatre high on a cliff, the evening sea as its backdrop (and a chilled glass of white wine, might I add), would simply make this a wonderful night to remember.

It is also the month of many weddings; hundreds of Cypriots are getting married this month (besides the editor’s wedding, but I wont mention the date, so at least you’ll still see my column next month). Do not be shy to gate-crash a Cyprus wedding; (yep, can’t tell you the date) … sometimes there are three thousand people who are invited; simply arrive, greet the couple and grab a bite! They will be most hospitable, especially if you are from another country!

This month of September is also the pre-cursor to one of the biggest national days on the island where celebrations will be taking place all over the island… Yep … It’s … … Independence Day!! … October 1. The main event is a big military parade which will take place in the centre of the capital.

Dates, dates, dates!! … Are you the “spontaneous type” ? … Then why wait for events? … September is the perfect month to go on scenic drives … the weather is great … spirits are high, things are simply perfect; roll the dice … is it north, is it south, is it east or west? get in your car and head into that direction … You’ll either land up in a big town, a small rural village, see goats or meet a donkey … mountain forests … or small fishing harbours … a monastery … an ancient site … or a bustling night spot … you may even come across a small waterfall or a mountain gorge …

Cyprus is definitely not a boastful lady … yet she has many surprises … one day she is wild … the next day she is calm … she is modern … yet she is ancient … she is plain … yet she is glamorous … Some do not take the road less traveled… yet, this is where her mystery begins to be unveiled … one thing is for sure, to get to know her, you MUST explore her … But be-aware! … You may just fall in love with her!! … ☺

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plants were safe.

“We felt that way before the meeting, and we continue to feel that way af-ter the presentations and discussions over the past two days,” Dr. Maisel said.

There are risks to the implants, how-ever, Dr. Maisel said, including rup-tures, a hardening of the area around the implants, the need to remove the implants, scarring, pain, infection and asymmetry. “Women should feel as-sured that the F.D.A. continues to be-lieve that currently marketed silicone breast implants are safe,” he said.

Some patients and women’s groups who testified at the meeting disa-greed.

Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women and Families, a research and educa-tion group, told an expert panel that the two companies that manufacture silicone breast implants — Johnson & Johnson and Allergan — had done a

poor job of studying patients who got the implants, as the F.D.A. required them to do.

“And without proper data, we still don’t know how safe or effective they are and whether there are certain patients at risk for extremely negative out-comes,” Ms. Zuckerman said.

Dr. Maisel agreed that the studies conducted by the two companies had failed to follow as many patients as the agency had hoped.

One purpose of this week’s meeting was to ask the expert panel what the agency and the two companies should do about that poor follow-up. Some suggested that patients should be paid for participating; others mentioned that doctors should get some money, too.

There was some criticism of the 27-page research form that pa-

tients who participate in the study are required to com-

plete and whether it could be shortened.

Nearly all ex-pressed hope

that a reg-istry could be created that would follow all b r e a s t i m p l a n t

p a t i e n t s , but such

registries are expensive to

maintain and com-plicated to create.

The committee also agreed that patients should no longer be

told that they should get a magnetic resonance imaging test three years after getting implants and every two years following.

The reason for telling patients to get M.R.I.’s is that silicone breast implants sometimes rupture without women be-ing aware, and an M.R.I. can reveal this unseen problem.

But many patients ignore the require-ments because M.R.I.’s are expensive and it is not clear what they should do when an unseen rupture is discovered; the risks associated with ruptured im-plants may not be greater than the risks of the operation needed to take them out.

“F.D.A. continues to believe, as does the panel, that M.R.I. is the gold stand-ard for evaluating breast implants for silent rupture,” Dr. Maisel said. “But there was consensus among the pan-el that the requirements for ongoing M.R.I.’s should be removed.”

Dr. Maisel promised that the F.D.A. would study whether to follow this ad-vice.

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If you, like me, distrust school cafete-rias, you pack homemade lunches for your children, as I did until my sons finished high school. But in the rush to get youngsters up, dressed, fed and off to school on time, the safety of that packed lunch easily can be overlooked. Chances are you worry more about whether your children will eat the food in their lunch boxes than about whether that food will be safe to eat after spending hours unrefriger-ated.

While there are no statistics on how often schoolchildren are sickened by the lunches they bring from home, it’s far better to be safe than sorry, said Nancy Donley, the president of STOP Foodborne Illness, an advocacy or-ganization.

Ms. Donley, who lives in Chicago, knows the risks all too well. In 1993 she lost her only child, 6-year-old Alex, to one of the nastiest food con-taminants, E. coli 0157:H7, innocently consumed in store-bought ground meat. Rather than retreat into a fetal position, she channeled her grief and anger into helping others avoid a simi-lar tragedy.

According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention, one in six Americans will be felled by food poisoning this year, with 128,000 hospitalized and 3,000 peo-ple dying as a result. Thirty-one organ-isms are known causes of 9.4 million of these illnesses, but 38.4 million people will be sickened by unknown pathogens.

Yet another food poisoning outbreak — of particularly virulent, antibiotic-re-sistant Salmonella Heidelberg, linked to ground turkey — had spread to 26 states by early August. It took five months to alert the public to the risk.

Our extraordinarily complex food sup-ply, with commodities coming in year round from all over the world, has se-riously challenged government efforts to keep consumers safe.

“Over the years, we’ve made progress in some areas but gone backward in others,” Ms. Donley said in an inter-view. “With so many deaths and ill-nesses each year from contaminated foods, there’s still a long way to go.”

While organizations like hers press for stricter inspection standards from the government and tighter controls from the food industry, Ms. Donley believes that consumers also must protect themselves as best they can.

“It’s important for the public to un-derstand there are risks in food, and it’s up to them to try to mitigate those risks,” she said. And since children are among the most vulnerable to severe consequences of food poisoning, it makes sense to start with the lunches they take to school.

Insulated Lunch Boxes

A standard rule of food safety is to keep cold foods cold and hot foods hot un-til it is time to eat them. Temperatures between 40 degrees and 140 degrees, not uncommon in packed lunches that sit in warm classrooms for hours, are ideal conditions for bacterial growth.

Insulated lunch boxes can help keep food safer. Worry less about the deco-rations and more about the construc-

tion. The best box (hard-sided or soft) has an insulated lining and a pocket in which to place a thin freezer pack to help keep the contents cold until they are consumed.

An insulated jug (heat it first with boil-ing water) placed in an insulated lunch box can keep soup, chili or even mac-and-cheese hot until lunch time.

What to put in those boxes? Foods like peanut butter and sliced cheese can tolerate room temperatures with-out spoiling, especially if insulation is lacking. If peanuts are forbidden in your child’s school, try almond butter — more expensive but more whole-some anyway.

Also consider pantry-safe foods packed in easy-to-open containers, like tuna that can be eaten out of a flip-top can, with or without bread.

Boxed milk or juice sold unrefrigerated is also a safe bet. And you can freeze these (as well as a water bottle) ahead of time and use them as cold packs; as they defrost, they’ll keep the rest of the lunch chilled.

A number of sandwiches — for ex-ample, those made with lunch meats, hummus, tuna or egg salad — can be made the night before and frozen as well; they’ll defrost by lunch time. If your child likes lettuce and tomato, pack them separately to be put on the sandwich before eating. If you include cut-up vegetables, be sure they are washed first and packed in a clean container.

Dried fruits and whole fruits like ap-ples, bananas, oranges and grapes can round out the meal and can be kept safely at room temperature. But all fresh fruits, even those that will be peeled, must be washed before they are put in the lunch box.

A thorough washing is especially important for melons. If the skin is contaminated, the knife can transfer bacteria to the flesh, where they can flourish by lunch time.

Ever since cantaloupe was linked to an E. coli outbreak in 2004, I’ve washed all melons, including watermelon, with

a soapy sponge and hot water as soon as I get them home from the store. If they are held for days unrefrigerated, I wash them again before cutting them open.

Ms. Donley also warns parents to dis-card perishable leftovers. While my children were told to bring home lefto-vers so I could see what they did not eat, I then threw out everything perish-able.

Just as it is unwise to consume at any time foods made with raw egg, un-dercooked poultry or ground meat, or unpasteurized milk, these absolutely should be avoided in a packed lunch. Also, all raw fish, and shellfish that can be safely consumed raw, must always be kept cold.

Cleanliness Is Critical

Even perfectly safe food can become contaminated by careless storage, preparation and consumption. Per-ishable foods should be refrigerated as soon as they come home from the store. If you shop with a vehicle, take along a cooler for refrigerated foods, especially in warm weather.

Before preparing food, wash your hands with warm water and soap for 20 seconds. Countertops and cutting boards should washed as well; they can be sanitized with a bleach solution (one tablespoon liquid bleach to a gal-lon of water). For the sake of conven-ience, I use a spray-on bleach product to clean my countertops and sink, and I wash everything that comes into con-tact with raw animal products immedi-ately after use.

Of course, any surface, utensil or hand that comes into contact with raw meat, poultry, fish or eggs must always be thoroughly cleaned before being used for other foods, including those same foods after they are cooked.

Ideally, children should wash up before lunch, but that may not happen when they have only 15 to 20 minutes to eat. Alternatively, put a pocket-size hand sanitizer or moistened antibacterial towelette in the lunch box and instruct them to use it before they eat.

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Books & FilmsA Dead Hand - A Crime in Calcutta

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

Paul Theroux turns his languid gaze back to India for his lat-est self-reflexive novel, A Dead Hand, a Crime in Calcutta fol-lowing his previous sensational exploration of the Indian sub-continent in The Elephanta Suite. A Dead Hand, a Crime in Calcutta follows the adventures of a travel writer, Jerry Delfont while suffering from writers block is asked by a mysterious American philanthropist Mrs. Unger to investigate an inci-dent involving an Indian friend of her son Charlie. Rajat while staying in a seedy Calcutta ho-tel wakes up one night to dis-cover a dead boy on the floor next to his bed. Rajat fled the hotel and Delfont upon request from Mrs. Unger returns to the scene of the crime only to dis-cover not a body, but a dead hand.

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font’s writers block and soon he is caught in the mystery of the incident and the sensual and enigmatic life of Mrs. Unger, whose questionably philanthro-py is explored to reveal a far more sinister secret. Theroux’s beautifully evocative prose captures Calcutta or Kolkata as the Indians prefer and the

Cowboys and Aliens: Arizona like no one has seen it before!

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It’s like this. It’s always a one horse town, Absolution. If you

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dilemma of a foreigner ex-amining an ever-shifting and complex country filled with exotic beauty, strict religious rituals, Victorian formality and cruel poverty. Delfont’s adventures take him beyond the confines of the Bengali capital to Mirzapur and Na-gapatti in Utter Pradesh un-covering the mystery of the crime and the real motives behind the disappearance of a dead boy from a Calcutta hotel room.

Part travel journal, part crime thriller, A Dead Hand, A Crime in Calcutta is a thor-

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ARIES You’ll be able to break bad habits if you put your mind to it. If you work in conjunction with someone else you may find they’re trying to steal your thunder. Health problems may prevail if you haven’t been getting enough rest. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday.

TAURUS Follow your gut feeling regarding your business ventures. If boredom has set in, find new and unique directions that offer interesting friendships. Refrain from arguing with your mate. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday.

GEMINI Don’t evade important issues; you may find yourself backed into a corner. You will have original ideas for ways to make extra money. You will be well looked upon due to your compassionate and giving nature. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

CANCER Don’t be too eager to spend what’s left over; more unexpected expenses are evident. You will back yourself into a corner if you are baited and your stubbornness will only make matters worse. Love relationships will flourish. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday.

LEO Your emotional state will vacillate. Double-check before making any statements. The existing problems must be dealt with one way or another. If they’re too demanding, reconsider this union. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday

VIRGO Make changes around your house and plan to do some entertaining. Be careful how you handle friends and relatives, they may take things the wrong way. You don’t owe anyone an explanation. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday.

LIBRA You may have difficulty trying to get your mate to understand your position. You can get good solid advice from relatives or close friends you trust. Some of that extra energy you have stored up might just be put to good use. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

SCORPIO Children may be on your mind. Lovers will be less than accommodating, and decisions regarding personal direction a necessity. Don’t let relatives stand in the way of your personal plans. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday.

SAGITTARIUS Spend some time with the one you love. Pleasure trips will be satisfying. Try to be reasonable. Financial limitations are likely if you take risks. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

CAPRICORN You may divulge private information without realizing it this month. Rely on yourself and you will look good to superiors. Much knowledge can be obtained through the experiences you have. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

AQUARIUS Don’t make any drastic changes or begin new projects this month. You’ll be able to break bad habits if you put your mind to it. Your intellectual wit will bring greater popularity with your peers. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

PISCES Don’t let relatives make demands of you. Talk to someone with experience about budgets or consolidating debts. Try to avoid any drastic decisions concerning personal legal matters. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

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Down1. Winged2. Measuring device3. Bright thought4. Give temporarily5. Go in6. Benedictions7. A flighty scatterbrained person8. 57 in Roman numerals9. Tyrant10. Compensate

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of winemaking in Cyprus, continuing the island’s heritage and tradition.

One of the greatest moments in this journey was the creation

of KTHMA KEO wines. A new generation of

premium quality wines bearing the name of the winery.

The KTHMA KEO range has become the �agship of our wine portfolio.

Acknowledged by accredited competitions, locally and overseas.

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