One's Ego can couse a tragin downfall
I agree because ego basicly means that youthink you are better than everybody else. if you think that you are better than everyone else,some times you won't be better than someone and you understand it you will be very upset
. An example is if you play a game with someone and you underestimate him and lose then you will be very angry at yourself and everyone else.
Nature is filled with harsh cruelties
I agree because nature made animals eat animals for survival and cannot live without eating so they kill other animals. That is an example of how harsh the nature is.Some animals in the jungle are poisonous so if you touch them, you may die.They are poisonous because they have to protect thereselves from preditors.
Those born with social and financial advantages should help people who are not
I agree because the people with social and financial advantages wouldn't like it if they were poor so they should help the poor and not be selfish and care about other people too. Every one wants to have a good life and someone to care about them.Rich the people should help the poor people.
Πέμπτη 15 Οκτωβρίου 2009
Κυριακή 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2009
Σάββατο 12 Σεπτεμβρίου 2009
Freedom Fighter Dies In Prison
Dr Philippe Bazdo lived in
Dr Bazdo knew that he had no future in
Dr Philippe Bazdo
15 November 1991
Mr. Dimitri Medvedev
Kremlin
As you may be aware I was a close friend of and adviser to Father Aristide. I was arrested after the coup and I am in prison because I believe in democracy and freedom. I live in very harsh and difficult conditions and unless I am freed from prison I will not live very long. I plead with you to liaise with authorities in
I shall be awaiting anxiously you are reply as need medical care which cannot or will not get in
Yours sincerely,
Philippe Bazdo
Dr Bazdo handed the letter to his son who visited him in prison and he took it to the Russian Embassy in
Dear Dr Bazdo,
Your letter of 50 November has been received. I am of the view that your request can be accepted on humanitarian grounds provided you sent medical reports which confirm that you health and life are at rick if you remain in
Yours sincerely,
Dimitri Medvedev
Dr Bazdo received the letter and had mixed feelings. On the one hand it looked certain that his request would be expected and he would be out of prison but on the other hand his medical condition was deteriorating. As the conditions in prison were harsh he was not sure if he would be released in time. He contacted his doctors through his son and shortly he had in his hands 2 reports, from a cardiologist and a neurologist. According to the reports Dr Bazdo should live a peaceful and comfortable life otherwise he could have a hard attack or a stroke at any time. Quickly Dr Bazdo wrote Mr. Medvedev:
Dear President,
I enclose 2 medical reports from my doctors. I plead with you to contact the new
Yours sincerely,
Philippe Bazdo
President Medvedev received the letter through the diplomatic channels and he decided finally that he would accede to the request. He asked his ambassador to
Dear, Dr Bazdo,
I am pleased to advise that I have given instructions to my Minister of Interior to Grand you political asylum and arrangements are being made for you to travel to
Yours sincerely,
Dimitri Medvedev
The letter was on its way to Dr Bazdo.Unfortunatly it never reached him. He had a stroke in his prison cell and died.
Τρίτη 8 Σεπτεμβρίου 2009
Πέμπτη 4 Ιουνίου 2009
The Man without heirs
It was summer 1991. I was given the name and telephone of Mohamed Saghir Khan by some colleagues at Barclays Bank in Paphos as the person to contact to discuss with him the best way to arrange his assets and affairs. I was to advise him how best to plan his estate.
On 11th June 1991 I went to his house. He lived in a magnificent stone built house with a spectacular view overlooking Paphos harbor. He had four servants looking after the house and a housemaid called Chryso. As he was a Muslim I had to take my shoes off before I could walk into the house. It was like a house of an Arabian prince.
After a brief introduction he told me that he was worth $50 million and that he wanted to create a charity for the protection of wildlife, especially birds. At the back of his house he had a sanctuary for birds. It was like a small zoo. I met him again a couple of times once in June and once in July. I prepared for him draft Will and draft trust deed in order to discuss them with him with a view to implementing his wishes.
Mr Khan left Cyprus for Saudi Arabia where he had businesses. The next time that I heard about Mr Khan was the following September when I was told that Mr Khan had died at the age of 62. The news came like a thunder to me as when I last saw him he looked healthy and fit.
I made enquires with his housemaid and she told me of the persons that he had dealings with of which she knew. After my contact with them a brother living in California of Pakistani origin and a sister living in Bahrain appeared claiming to be the closest relative of the deceased, being children of a first cousin of the late Mr Khan. I asked for better evidence of their blood relationship with Mr Khan but they told me that Mr Khan was born in Ballugistan an area which at the time of his death was India and later after a war became part of Pakistan. As a result of the war the records were destroyed.
On the basis of sworn statements from these two persons I was appointed administrator of the estate, not knowing what assets it compromised. After detective work on my part I discovered a lot of cash deposits with banks in Switzerland.
Gradually a conflict arose between the two heirs. The brother was trying to claim that he should have everything, as he was a male and under Muslim Law females would not inherit anything. The sister wished to honor the wishes of the deceased and wanted to know about his philanthropist intentions.
An agreement was signed and deposited at the court but the brother, named Jamal tried his very best to break the agreement. This situation was continuing for over a year and I found myself in the middle like a ball being kicked from one to the other.
As time went by I began to suspect that these two persons may not in fact be related to the deceased. I made enquiries appointing investigators in California having noticed that a name was mentioned on a statement of expenses of Jamal. The name was Mohamed Yunis. The inspectors called Taraviras rather quickly came to the conclusion that Jamal and his sister Dina were in fact not related to the deceased. They were children of a Mr Yiakoup who in fact was a friend of the late Mr. Khan and who had died in the 1970s but not blood related. This information was also confirmed by the Embassy of Pakistan in Riyadh and other agencies.
Immediately I informed the court but Jamal and Dina went to a crooked lawyer who insisted that they were relatives and started a campaign to discredit me and destroy me. He wrote to my employers trying to have me sacked. He complained to my professional body claiming that I was not doing my job professionally. He complained to the Attorney General but all his complaints were not taken up.
The crooked lawyer then conspired with the housemaid of the deceased and she with her husband and another relative of hers went to the police and complained that I drafted a false Will under which she would benefit from the estate of the deceased $1.000.000 and that I had asked her to agree to give me half the money. It was a like presenting the right as wrong and the wrong as right. I was summoned to the police headquarters and after I insisted that a graphologist should examine the handwriting on the Will and my handwriting this was done and it became clear that I had nothing to do with the Will that was produced. In fact it turned out that the handwriting was that of one of those three persons.
After further investigation it appeared that Mr Kahn in fact had no relatives at all. He died intestate without heirs. The case in now before the courts of Paphos and the decision that remains to be decided is whether the millions of dollars will go bona vacantia to the Government of Cyprus or the Government of Pakistan. This depends on whether Mr Khan’s domicile at the date of his death was Cypriot or Pakistani. I hope it will go to Cyprus as the deceased wanted to do something charitable to benefit the Cypriot people. Interestingly, after almost 18 years from his death the matter is still before the courts. The lawyers I expect will make a lot of money! I expect it is like winning the lottery for them.
On 11th June 1991 I went to his house. He lived in a magnificent stone built house with a spectacular view overlooking Paphos harbor. He had four servants looking after the house and a housemaid called Chryso. As he was a Muslim I had to take my shoes off before I could walk into the house. It was like a house of an Arabian prince.
After a brief introduction he told me that he was worth $50 million and that he wanted to create a charity for the protection of wildlife, especially birds. At the back of his house he had a sanctuary for birds. It was like a small zoo. I met him again a couple of times once in June and once in July. I prepared for him draft Will and draft trust deed in order to discuss them with him with a view to implementing his wishes.
Mr Khan left Cyprus for Saudi Arabia where he had businesses. The next time that I heard about Mr Khan was the following September when I was told that Mr Khan had died at the age of 62. The news came like a thunder to me as when I last saw him he looked healthy and fit.
I made enquires with his housemaid and she told me of the persons that he had dealings with of which she knew. After my contact with them a brother living in California of Pakistani origin and a sister living in Bahrain appeared claiming to be the closest relative of the deceased, being children of a first cousin of the late Mr Khan. I asked for better evidence of their blood relationship with Mr Khan but they told me that Mr Khan was born in Ballugistan an area which at the time of his death was India and later after a war became part of Pakistan. As a result of the war the records were destroyed.
On the basis of sworn statements from these two persons I was appointed administrator of the estate, not knowing what assets it compromised. After detective work on my part I discovered a lot of cash deposits with banks in Switzerland.
Gradually a conflict arose between the two heirs. The brother was trying to claim that he should have everything, as he was a male and under Muslim Law females would not inherit anything. The sister wished to honor the wishes of the deceased and wanted to know about his philanthropist intentions.
An agreement was signed and deposited at the court but the brother, named Jamal tried his very best to break the agreement. This situation was continuing for over a year and I found myself in the middle like a ball being kicked from one to the other.
As time went by I began to suspect that these two persons may not in fact be related to the deceased. I made enquiries appointing investigators in California having noticed that a name was mentioned on a statement of expenses of Jamal. The name was Mohamed Yunis. The inspectors called Taraviras rather quickly came to the conclusion that Jamal and his sister Dina were in fact not related to the deceased. They were children of a Mr Yiakoup who in fact was a friend of the late Mr. Khan and who had died in the 1970s but not blood related. This information was also confirmed by the Embassy of Pakistan in Riyadh and other agencies.
Immediately I informed the court but Jamal and Dina went to a crooked lawyer who insisted that they were relatives and started a campaign to discredit me and destroy me. He wrote to my employers trying to have me sacked. He complained to my professional body claiming that I was not doing my job professionally. He complained to the Attorney General but all his complaints were not taken up.
The crooked lawyer then conspired with the housemaid of the deceased and she with her husband and another relative of hers went to the police and complained that I drafted a false Will under which she would benefit from the estate of the deceased $1.000.000 and that I had asked her to agree to give me half the money. It was a like presenting the right as wrong and the wrong as right. I was summoned to the police headquarters and after I insisted that a graphologist should examine the handwriting on the Will and my handwriting this was done and it became clear that I had nothing to do with the Will that was produced. In fact it turned out that the handwriting was that of one of those three persons.
After further investigation it appeared that Mr Kahn in fact had no relatives at all. He died intestate without heirs. The case in now before the courts of Paphos and the decision that remains to be decided is whether the millions of dollars will go bona vacantia to the Government of Cyprus or the Government of Pakistan. This depends on whether Mr Khan’s domicile at the date of his death was Cypriot or Pakistani. I hope it will go to Cyprus as the deceased wanted to do something charitable to benefit the Cypriot people. Interestingly, after almost 18 years from his death the matter is still before the courts. The lawyers I expect will make a lot of money! I expect it is like winning the lottery for them.
Δευτέρα 30 Μαρτίου 2009
Romeo and Juliet videos
Romeo and Juliet flipbook
I think that the flipbook idea is interesting but the drawings are really bad. The person that made this video spent a lot of time drawing all those images they are cute. Apart from that is a usuful way to learn the conflict of the story.It's kind of a detailed video of the story and the sound was nice because classical music fits with the play.
Video(9)
This video had a good introduction but when the story goes you can see that the production is horrible and that the diologue is changed and the most romantic part of the play has a wall that looks like the sky at night with some stars. The only thing that I liked was the dancing part because it was funny. The dolls that are supposed to be the actors are really bad and ugly and the dolls look really funny.
Video Shakespear Starwars
It's really funny but if you want to watch a serious video of a Romeo and Juliet it would be really bad. I liked it because it makes fun of the real play and the diologue is kind of funny. Also i liked because its with lego movie.
I liked the action figuers that are supposed to be in the actors. Especially prience and Capulet.
Lego stop motion
I think that the video is horrible!!It only shows violence and hatred.It took a lot of time to take this video but i think if someone liked to make fun of the shakespear play that would be the best video.
I think that the flipbook idea is interesting but the drawings are really bad. The person that made this video spent a lot of time drawing all those images they are cute. Apart from that is a usuful way to learn the conflict of the story.It's kind of a detailed video of the story and the sound was nice because classical music fits with the play.
Video(9)
This video had a good introduction but when the story goes you can see that the production is horrible and that the diologue is changed and the most romantic part of the play has a wall that looks like the sky at night with some stars. The only thing that I liked was the dancing part because it was funny. The dolls that are supposed to be the actors are really bad and ugly and the dolls look really funny.
Video Shakespear Starwars
It's really funny but if you want to watch a serious video of a Romeo and Juliet it would be really bad. I liked it because it makes fun of the real play and the diologue is kind of funny. Also i liked because its with lego movie.
I liked the action figuers that are supposed to be in the actors. Especially prience and Capulet.
Lego stop motion
I think that the video is horrible!!It only shows violence and hatred.It took a lot of time to take this video but i think if someone liked to make fun of the shakespear play that would be the best video.
Δευτέρα 16 Μαρτίου 2009
character
Michalis Michael, born Michalis Panayi Michael on 13 September 1954, fought against the Turkish army when they invaded Cyprus and was killed in action on 23 July 1974.
Contents
1.Early life
2.First tragedy
3.Early years
4.Hobbies
5.Michalis joins the Cuprus army as a concriped
6.Army coup in cyprus
7.War
8.Battle field of Sihari
9.Michalis figths in a heroic battle.
1. Early life.
Michalis Michael was born in Larnaka in 1954 on the 13th of September. He was the first child of Panayis Michael and Panayiotas Michael. He had a younger brother and a younger sister. As a child he was lively and happy always pleasant and disciplined .At the age of 6 he went to the village school in Xylotymbou. His parents were working at the British army bases in Dhekelia which are close to the village.
2. First Tragedy
At the age of 9 Michalis lost his father in a car accident. On 10th May 1964 Michalis father with 2 other villagers were driving to the village from Famagusta when the car hit a bus and all 3 men were instantly killed. This meant that Michalis became an orphan from the age of 9. This accident marked Michalis life for ever. His whole character changed. From a happy and pleasant child he became introvert and extremely reserved. It was as if though the world came to an end for Michalis.
3. Early years.
His widowed mother had to support all her 3 children and Michalis, being the eldest in the family, supported his mother as much as he could. From the age of 9 he was selling chocolates and other confectionery in a wooden box at his school to other children to earn some money to assist his mother. His mother leaned on him more than the other children because he was the eldest. At the age of 12 he enrolled at a school in Famagusta called the American Academy. From the age of 12 during the summer school holiday he would work at the main village coffee shop as a waiter to earn some money to help his family.
From the age of 15 in the summers he worked on building sites as a laborer with 2 brothers of his mother, Paraskos and Tooulis to pay for his school fees.
4. Hobbies
Although Michalis was not very tall, he won cups in sports games. He loved football and would watch games in Larnaka if he could. He also loved music very much. At school he specialized in electrical engineering and intended to go on to England to study after he would finish the army.
5. Michalis joins the Cyprus army as a conscript.
In July 1973 at the age of 19 Michalis joined the Cypriot army. He was posted to an army station in the village of Trikomo in Artillery unit 181.With his knowledge of electrical engineering from school he became a signal man. At the same time Michalis cousin Antonis joined the army. Antonis’s father and Michalis’s mother were brother and sister. Michalis and Antonis grew up together. They went to the village school at the same time and attended the same classes and both went on to the American Academy and both joined the army on the same day and both became signal men at Trikomo army barracks. Michalis and Antonis had been one year in the army doing their national service and they were planning to go to England to study as soon as they would finish their army service. However another tragedy in Michalis life was to follow.
6. Army coup in Cyprus.
In 1974 Greece was ruled by a military government called the Junta. The Junta government was Facsist and hated the then president of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios who was friendly with the communists in the Soviet Union. Turkey had long planned an invasion of Cyprus and in1974, with the blessing of NATO and the western powers took the opportunity to invade Cyprus. The Greek colonels who were ruling Greece were misled by NATO into organizing a coup in Cyprus to overthrow Makarios government. The Greek colonels foolishly believed that they had agreed with Turkey to partition Cyprus and thereafter part of Cyprus to be joined to Turkey and the remaining part to Greece. On 15 July1974 the army tanks were turned against Makarios and the legitimate government was overthrown. Those were very worrying times for Michalis and his family, as they were for all Cypriots. Fortunately Michalis didn’t take any part in any coup hostilities and he and his cousin Antonis survived the coup.
7. War
On 18 July 1974 Michalis mother, his uncle and his aunt, Antonis parents, went to Trikomo to see their children at their army barracks. Michalis and Antonis were given 10 minuets with their parents. Michalis, as if though he had an insight as to what would follow gave to his mother his watch and said to her “please keep it in case anything happens to me”. He tried to calm her down saying to her that soon he would finish and would go on and study in England. Those were the last words of Michalis to his beloved mother. It was the last time he tried to ease his mother’s fears and worries.
8. Battle field of Sihari
On the 20th July 1974 the Turkish army invaded Cyprus from the northern part of Kyrenia.Greek Cypriots were forced to leave their homes and their lands which they held for thousands of years. They became refugees in their own country. Michalis and Antonis and the other soldiers serving at Trikomo were taken to place called Afentrousa between the villages of Sihari, Bellapals and Dikomo. From there they were supporting the infantry which were in front fighting the invating Turkish army.Unfotunately the Greek officers who were in charge of the Cypriot army were misled into believing that they should not attack the Turks with all their power to fence them of and keep them out, as they were told by their Greek government that the plan was for Turkey to take a small part of Cyprus and the rest would go to Greece. Michalis and his fellow soldiers were in Afentrusa from the 20th of July to the 23rd of July 1974. The Turkish air force had killed 2 soldiers on the 20th of July when they bombed the army lorries when they were going to take positions.
9. Michalis fights in a heroic battle.
On the 22nd July 1974 a truce had been agreed and Artillery was not to be used from 4 o’clock on that day.
Michalis was 1 of over 100 soldiers who were waiting instructions from the Cypriot army headquarters whether to move back from their position. They could see the Turkish army getting close but they were told to stay where they were. The head of artillery, a Greek man called Poullos visited them on the 23rd of July 1974 and told them that they had to stay there and fight to the end if necessary, but he himself left and went back safety in Nicosia. It was about 3 o’clock in the afternoon when they decided to load their arms on to the lorries and move from that position. They followed the only available road eastwards but they came to a dead end and the officer in charge Stilianos Karpoutzis decided that they should turn back on the same road. Whilst they were moving back the first landrover in front was hit by Turkish fire from about 2 kilometers away and the convoy of lorries and landrovers stopped. The Turkish army was coming down from the mountain in big numbers towards the valley were they were stationed. Michalis and his other fellow soldiers put up a brave fight killing over a hundred Turks, moving away from the burning lorries and landlovers. The Turks were trying to encircle them and a 4 hour battle raged. Some of the fellow soldiers of Michalis who were towards the back of the convoy ran away and escaped. At about 8 o’clock Michalis was shot on the head by a bullet from a Turkish gun and fell down dead. He had fought for 4 hours killing many Turks. The brave Cypriot soldiers killed far more Turks than the men they lost, although the Turks had superior guns, but in the end they could not continue to resist due to the sheer numbers of Turks attacking them. A fellow soldier Kyriakos saw Michalis as he fell down dead and he ran to tell Antonis that his cousin was dead.Antonis was being told about Michalis death when a Turkish bullet hit his head and Antonis fell down dead, too. Kyriakos decided to take a white blanket and wave it in front of the Turks signaling surrender.
The Turks have not given any information where the dead are buried even though 35 years have past and Michalis is still one of the missing persons. His poor mother had to cope with a second tragedy having lost her husband when she was 30 and her son when she was 40.
References
http://www.tukishinvation.com/
http://www.junta.com/
http://www.nato.com/
http://www.artilleryunit181.com/
http://www.cyprusproblems.com/
External links
http://www.23rdofjuly1974/
http://www.cypriotheadquarters.com/
Contents
1.Early life
2.First tragedy
3.Early years
4.Hobbies
5.Michalis joins the Cuprus army as a concriped
6.Army coup in cyprus
7.War
8.Battle field of Sihari
9.Michalis figths in a heroic battle.
1. Early life.
Michalis Michael was born in Larnaka in 1954 on the 13th of September. He was the first child of Panayis Michael and Panayiotas Michael. He had a younger brother and a younger sister. As a child he was lively and happy always pleasant and disciplined .At the age of 6 he went to the village school in Xylotymbou. His parents were working at the British army bases in Dhekelia which are close to the village.
2. First Tragedy
At the age of 9 Michalis lost his father in a car accident. On 10th May 1964 Michalis father with 2 other villagers were driving to the village from Famagusta when the car hit a bus and all 3 men were instantly killed. This meant that Michalis became an orphan from the age of 9. This accident marked Michalis life for ever. His whole character changed. From a happy and pleasant child he became introvert and extremely reserved. It was as if though the world came to an end for Michalis.
3. Early years.
His widowed mother had to support all her 3 children and Michalis, being the eldest in the family, supported his mother as much as he could. From the age of 9 he was selling chocolates and other confectionery in a wooden box at his school to other children to earn some money to assist his mother. His mother leaned on him more than the other children because he was the eldest. At the age of 12 he enrolled at a school in Famagusta called the American Academy. From the age of 12 during the summer school holiday he would work at the main village coffee shop as a waiter to earn some money to help his family.
From the age of 15 in the summers he worked on building sites as a laborer with 2 brothers of his mother, Paraskos and Tooulis to pay for his school fees.
4. Hobbies
Although Michalis was not very tall, he won cups in sports games. He loved football and would watch games in Larnaka if he could. He also loved music very much. At school he specialized in electrical engineering and intended to go on to England to study after he would finish the army.
5. Michalis joins the Cyprus army as a conscript.
In July 1973 at the age of 19 Michalis joined the Cypriot army. He was posted to an army station in the village of Trikomo in Artillery unit 181.With his knowledge of electrical engineering from school he became a signal man. At the same time Michalis cousin Antonis joined the army. Antonis’s father and Michalis’s mother were brother and sister. Michalis and Antonis grew up together. They went to the village school at the same time and attended the same classes and both went on to the American Academy and both joined the army on the same day and both became signal men at Trikomo army barracks. Michalis and Antonis had been one year in the army doing their national service and they were planning to go to England to study as soon as they would finish their army service. However another tragedy in Michalis life was to follow.
6. Army coup in Cyprus.
In 1974 Greece was ruled by a military government called the Junta. The Junta government was Facsist and hated the then president of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios who was friendly with the communists in the Soviet Union. Turkey had long planned an invasion of Cyprus and in1974, with the blessing of NATO and the western powers took the opportunity to invade Cyprus. The Greek colonels who were ruling Greece were misled by NATO into organizing a coup in Cyprus to overthrow Makarios government. The Greek colonels foolishly believed that they had agreed with Turkey to partition Cyprus and thereafter part of Cyprus to be joined to Turkey and the remaining part to Greece. On 15 July1974 the army tanks were turned against Makarios and the legitimate government was overthrown. Those were very worrying times for Michalis and his family, as they were for all Cypriots. Fortunately Michalis didn’t take any part in any coup hostilities and he and his cousin Antonis survived the coup.
7. War
On 18 July 1974 Michalis mother, his uncle and his aunt, Antonis parents, went to Trikomo to see their children at their army barracks. Michalis and Antonis were given 10 minuets with their parents. Michalis, as if though he had an insight as to what would follow gave to his mother his watch and said to her “please keep it in case anything happens to me”. He tried to calm her down saying to her that soon he would finish and would go on and study in England. Those were the last words of Michalis to his beloved mother. It was the last time he tried to ease his mother’s fears and worries.
8. Battle field of Sihari
On the 20th July 1974 the Turkish army invaded Cyprus from the northern part of Kyrenia.Greek Cypriots were forced to leave their homes and their lands which they held for thousands of years. They became refugees in their own country. Michalis and Antonis and the other soldiers serving at Trikomo were taken to place called Afentrousa between the villages of Sihari, Bellapals and Dikomo. From there they were supporting the infantry which were in front fighting the invating Turkish army.Unfotunately the Greek officers who were in charge of the Cypriot army were misled into believing that they should not attack the Turks with all their power to fence them of and keep them out, as they were told by their Greek government that the plan was for Turkey to take a small part of Cyprus and the rest would go to Greece. Michalis and his fellow soldiers were in Afentrusa from the 20th of July to the 23rd of July 1974. The Turkish air force had killed 2 soldiers on the 20th of July when they bombed the army lorries when they were going to take positions.
9. Michalis fights in a heroic battle.
On the 22nd July 1974 a truce had been agreed and Artillery was not to be used from 4 o’clock on that day.
Michalis was 1 of over 100 soldiers who were waiting instructions from the Cypriot army headquarters whether to move back from their position. They could see the Turkish army getting close but they were told to stay where they were. The head of artillery, a Greek man called Poullos visited them on the 23rd of July 1974 and told them that they had to stay there and fight to the end if necessary, but he himself left and went back safety in Nicosia. It was about 3 o’clock in the afternoon when they decided to load their arms on to the lorries and move from that position. They followed the only available road eastwards but they came to a dead end and the officer in charge Stilianos Karpoutzis decided that they should turn back on the same road. Whilst they were moving back the first landrover in front was hit by Turkish fire from about 2 kilometers away and the convoy of lorries and landrovers stopped. The Turkish army was coming down from the mountain in big numbers towards the valley were they were stationed. Michalis and his other fellow soldiers put up a brave fight killing over a hundred Turks, moving away from the burning lorries and landlovers. The Turks were trying to encircle them and a 4 hour battle raged. Some of the fellow soldiers of Michalis who were towards the back of the convoy ran away and escaped. At about 8 o’clock Michalis was shot on the head by a bullet from a Turkish gun and fell down dead. He had fought for 4 hours killing many Turks. The brave Cypriot soldiers killed far more Turks than the men they lost, although the Turks had superior guns, but in the end they could not continue to resist due to the sheer numbers of Turks attacking them. A fellow soldier Kyriakos saw Michalis as he fell down dead and he ran to tell Antonis that his cousin was dead.Antonis was being told about Michalis death when a Turkish bullet hit his head and Antonis fell down dead, too. Kyriakos decided to take a white blanket and wave it in front of the Turks signaling surrender.
The Turks have not given any information where the dead are buried even though 35 years have past and Michalis is still one of the missing persons. His poor mother had to cope with a second tragedy having lost her husband when she was 30 and her son when she was 40.
References
http://www.tukishinvation.com/
http://www.junta.com/
http://www.nato.com/
http://www.artilleryunit181.com/
http://www.cyprusproblems.com/
External links
http://www.23rdofjuly1974/
http://www.cypriotheadquarters.com/
Τετάρτη 18 Φεβρουαρίου 2009
Father Aristide
Early years and church career
Jean – Bertrand Aristide was born in Port – Salut, Haiti on 15 July 1953. He was educated at Salesian schools in Port- au – Prince and at the College Notre Dame from where he graduated in 1974. He continued his studies in the Dominican Republic and returned to Haiti to continue his studies in philosophy and psychology.
In 1979, after completing his studies, he travelled to Italy and Israel and he returned to Haiti in 1983 for his ordination as a Salesian priest. He was appointed curate first in a parish in Port – au – Prince and later in one large parish in La Saline slums. He became an exponent of liberation theology and became a leading figure in the Catholic Church in Haiti. From the day of his ordination he dedicated his life to the education of youth and parish ministry. He defended with zeal the poor people of the country. He was seen as supporting and helping the poor Haitian.
In an interview in the National Catholic Reporter in 1998 Aristide said “The solution is revolution, first in the spirit of the Gospel; Jesus could not accept people going hungry. It is a conflict between classes, rich and poor. My role is to preach and organize”. In that year father Aristides was expelled from Salesian order and was accused of “incitement to hatred and violence” and as stepping outside the boundaries of his role as clergyman. In 1995 he left the priesthood. In 1996 he married a US citizen Mildred Trauillot with whom he had two daughters.
Three times President of Haiti
In 1990 father Aristide was a candidate for the presidential elections and following only a six-week campaign he was elected President of Haiti with a majority of 67% of the votes. He took office on February 7,1991.
On February 30, 1991 Aristide resigned as president as he lost a vote of no-confidence in parliament. Elections were scheduled but never took place as the American Government interfered with the elections. The power fell in the hands of the army commander Raoul Cedras.
Aristide went into exile in Venezuela and later in the United States. A UN embargo was imposed on Haiti and the military government of Haiti was removed and US troops were stationed in Haiti. In the US he placed pressure on the administration of President Carter in the way it behaved towards Haitians and for not helping to restore democracy in Haiti. Haitians were refused refugee status which meant that they would be killed by the military regime in Haiti. On October 15, 1994 Aristide returned to Haiti as a president to complete his term of office. He established a police force to replace the army. He finished his term of office in 1996. He could not run for President again as this was not allowed by the constitution of Haiti. He was succeeded by Rene Preval, a strong ally of Aristide who took in the election 88% of the votes.
After changes to the electoral laws, Aristide returned as president for a second term in 2000 winning the elections with a 90% majority. He was forcibly removed from office, by a coup d’ etat in 2004. Many accused the US as playing a role in the coup. He was expelled to South Africa.
His former ally Rene Preval was elected President of Haiti in 2006 and he had hinted that Aristide might return to Haiti but he never took any action to do so. There were American threats that they would reveal evidence that he was involved in drugs trafficking. After Aristide’s ousting in 2004 few countries continued to recognize him as President of Haiti.
Life in South Africa
In South Africa Aristide became research fellow at the University of South Africa and received a doctorate in languages. In December 2007 he made a speech to mark Haiti’s Independence Day during which he criticized the presidential election of 2006 describing it as a “selection” in which “the knife of treason was planted” in the back of Haitian people”.
Bibliography:
Jean Bertrand Aristide. (2009) In Wikipedia. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bertrand_Aristide
Greenhouse, Steven. (1994) Aristide Condemns Clinton's Policy as Racist. Retrieved 17, 2009, from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E2DB1331F931A15757C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
Rohter, Larry. (1994) MISSION TO HAITI; Haiti's Priest-President Faces A Hostile Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 17, 2009, from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03EED7103AF93BA1575AC0A962958260
Κυριακή 25 Ιανουαρίου 2009
podcast
The technical details of the podcast I found are:
1. An audio podcast on nature.
2. Conducted in English.
3. Title: A pair of unusual meteorites
4. Episode: Gravity's role in star formation
5. Date: January 8, 2009
6. Time: 27:13
7. Website: http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/archive.html
The theme is gravity's role in star formation, unusual meteorites, what happens when you 'over-squeeze' photons, and predictions for science in 2009.
Since i was really young I have always been intrigued by nature and astronomy. So it is not a surprise that surfing on the internet for an interesting podcast I first hit the nature sites and a subject on meteorites and star formation.
It describes the star formation process and how gravity helps dust and air mix together to form bodies that later become eventually stars that we so often watch and admire. It is a never ending process that without gravity would not be possible.
Gravity is acting as a sticky effect to help particles mix and interact to form clouds of dust and then mass bodies that get larger and larger over years and centuries.
It is amazing how gravity, a power that we know it exists and is all around us, almost never sensed has such a significant role in the formation and survival of our world.
Even if you are not too much interested in nature matters I promise you this episode will attract your attention and help you understand better how the world around us was formed and how it is all happening through gravity and balancing.
1. An audio podcast on nature.
2. Conducted in English.
3. Title: A pair of unusual meteorites
4. Episode: Gravity's role in star formation
5. Date: January 8, 2009
6. Time: 27:13
7. Website: http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/archive.html
The theme is gravity's role in star formation, unusual meteorites, what happens when you 'over-squeeze' photons, and predictions for science in 2009.
Since i was really young I have always been intrigued by nature and astronomy. So it is not a surprise that surfing on the internet for an interesting podcast I first hit the nature sites and a subject on meteorites and star formation.
It describes the star formation process and how gravity helps dust and air mix together to form bodies that later become eventually stars that we so often watch and admire. It is a never ending process that without gravity would not be possible.
Gravity is acting as a sticky effect to help particles mix and interact to form clouds of dust and then mass bodies that get larger and larger over years and centuries.
It is amazing how gravity, a power that we know it exists and is all around us, almost never sensed has such a significant role in the formation and survival of our world.
Even if you are not too much interested in nature matters I promise you this episode will attract your attention and help you understand better how the world around us was formed and how it is all happening through gravity and balancing.
Πέμπτη 15 Ιανουαρίου 2009
Agree/Disagree
1) I disagree because some kids have health problems but some others don't. Apart from the health problems kids who are healthy have problems too. Health is an important problem that’s why i disagree. Moreover there are kids with mental problems. They face different situations from other kids behaviour .e.g.(bullying)
2) Because a kid without house and family can never be happy. Despite that if the family of those children has high networth the kids could be happy. They won’t have economic problems too. Instead of that nothing else can make you feel depressed. For example if a child does not get something that he/she wants with all of his heart, e.g. (new computer) he/she says that he feels sad and cheerless. However the kid is depressed for just a small period of time until he forgets it. Peoples wants are infinite and we can’t have everything we want.
2) Because a kid without house and family can never be happy. Despite that if the family of those children has high networth the kids could be happy. They won’t have economic problems too. Instead of that nothing else can make you feel depressed. For example if a child does not get something that he/she wants with all of his heart, e.g. (new computer) he/she says that he feels sad and cheerless. However the kid is depressed for just a small period of time until he forgets it. Peoples wants are infinite and we can’t have everything we want.
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