Welcome to Geoff & Janice's
All About Paphos Web Site
News
July 2007 - Watch out for my latest book: The ECDL Student Workbook. This book will help people wishing to take the European Computer Driving License certification.
June 2007 - Paul & Gill just got married. I'll get Janice to add some more
information here soon but in the meantime, you can view some of the wedding photos
here www.webhosting4beginnerz.com:- Wedding Album
May 2006 - We're about to move servers. Our hosting is about to expire and I'm sick and tired of complaining to our hosts about the amount of spam we get.
Our new hosts have some neat anti-spam techniques which seem to be working quite well for other sites, so we'll give it a go.
More News will follow; details of our holiday in Tsunami struck Thailand for instance, but my main concern right now is updating the rest of the site.
The site is being completely re-written using css (Cascading Style Sheets), and php.
This change will allow the site's look and feel to be modified in the future by simply changing one or two files.
Unfortunately, I first have to re-write all the pages so bear with me while I get it done.
If any of you are using broken browsers that won't display the drop down menu's correctly, you can find a navigation bar at the bottom of the page.
Helen and Mark got married back in 2004, so it's not really news anymore. Their wedding photos can now be viewed below.
Janice's daughter Helen and her new husband
Mark married in June 2004. It was a wonderful day (and night!) and we
thank everyone for making the day so special for them both.
Two years ago Mark was successfully transplanted with 2 new lungs as he
suffers from Cystic Fibrosis.
They honeymooned in Sedgefield, London, Singapore and Thailand. Janice
wasn't pleased as she has wanted to go to Thailand for ages. I now have to
take her for our wedding anniversary and her birthday in Dec/Jan. Do you
think I'll get away with hiding the credit cards?
I'm now busy with the production of 'Jack the Ripper' 2005 calendar and
pleased to announce that it is now ready so order online
www.ripperart.com
Janice is just as busy packing her suitcases ready for departure to Paphos
on 9th September. She's only going for 10 weeks according to her! I get to
visit in October for a month.
Finally I got Janice sat at the computer and she's added more recipes to
the site. Look under 'Janice's Stuff' to see what delights she's added. Be
warned she gets carried away with the addition of garlic. This page
contains some of the world's tastiest recipes.
Janice also has another venture as she is planning to do
Bed and Breakfast in Konia, at our house. She
tells me it will keep her busy and give her an interest while in Cyprus by
herself. If you want to find out more then go to the
Apartment page and there is a link from there.
I've just added several hundred popular song lyrics to our song lyrics pages. Most of these include the guitar chords as played on the original songs as far as I can make it out, or they have been culled from the sheet music.
Our Jokes pages are growing at an alarming
rate. We now have hundreds of the world's
funniest jokes on the Jokes pages. There are so many that I've
had to categorise them to avoid having too many links on one page.
The search engines have a limit of 100 links per page, so any more than
that and they won't get indexed. Cyprus Leaders Agree to Restart Talks on Reunification Communist Wins in Cyprus, Pledging Reunification Effort Cypriot President Loses in First Round In a 49-Year First, Greek Leader Visits Turkey U.S. Imposes Restrictions on Importing Cypriot Coins Police in Cyprus Are Searching for Missing American Diplomat European Union Split on Solution to African and Iraqi Refugee Influx Philistines, but Less and Less Philistine Turkey Moves to Ease Strains Over Cyprus Pope Backs Turkey?s Bid to Join European Union Turks? Bid to Join Europe Stalls on Cyprus and Rights, Official Warns As Lebanon?s Fuel Runs Out, Fears of a Doomsday Moment TURMOIL IN THE MIDEAST: LARNACA, CYPRUS; Fleeing Lebanon For a Crowded Island In Scramble to Evade Israeli Bombs, the Living Leave the Dead Behind Arts, Briefly; Returning Seized Art
Keep checking in for more news!
NYT > Cyprus
It was the first serious effort in two years to restart talks to erase the 1974 division.
Communist Party leader Demestris Christofias was elected president, and agreed with the Turkish Cypriot president to meet at the earliest possible date.
The surprise defeat of President Tassos Papadopoulos could signal a renewed drive to end the island?s decades-old division.
The significance of the three-day visit is mostly symbolic, an effort to overcome decades of mutual distrust. The trip had been rescheduled three times since 2004.
The new rules would essentially bar the importation of any ancient coin from Cyprus unless authorized by the Cypriot government.
Lt. Col. Thomas K. Mooney, the defense attaché at the U.S. embassy in Cyprus, has not been seen since Thursday.
Appeals by Malta and Sweden for help in sharing the burden of thousands of African and Iraqi refugees were rebuffed by other members of the E.U.
Excavations show that the Philistines, a name that has become a synonym for boorish, uncultured people, actually had fine pottery, handsome architecture and cosmopolitan tastes.
Turkey offers limited trade links to Cyprus, in effort to address issue that has stalled its talks on joining European Union; overture does little to narrow sharp divisions within EU on resuming full membership talks with Turkey 
The gesture of good will, a reversal of his position, was aimed at blunting Muslim anger toward him.
The European Union said Turkey must open its ports to Cyprus and make more progress on human rights to avoid a suspension of talks on joining the organization.
Almost one month into the Israeli blockade of Lebanon, fuel reserves have all but dried up and a blackout could come within weeks.
Hundreds of Americans fleeing Lebanon arrive in Larnaca, Cyprus, aboard amphibious assault ship Nashville; ship is one of dozens US and other countries have been using to ferry their citizens from conflict; about 3,000 Americans have arrived in Cyprus from Lebanon in last three days 
The mayor of Tyre, Lebanon, announced that any bodies not claimed within the next two days would be buried temporarily in a mass grave.
Russia's lower house of parliament approves bill that would return collection of religious books seized from Hungary by Soviet forces at end of World War II; 74 icons that had been smuggled from Russia are returned to Russian Orthodox Church after being seized in joint operation between Federal Security Service and agents from Cyprus