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ISSUE 9

MARCH 2014

And the winners are...

Tom, Carol,
Margaret
and Janine
take the
Photographic
Awards
silverware

IT WAS celebration time for Tom

Brown, Carol Nicholson and
Margaret Wright (above) and Janine
Scott (right) as they carried off the
silverware in the UKCA Clubs
annual photographic competition.
The competition, organised by the
Camera and Computer Group,
attracted an entry of almost 90
individual photos, plus nine
portfolios.
Certificates and trophies were
presented at the Club by UKCA
Paphos Chairman Mark Farnsworth,
pictured right, presenting Janine
with the Brian Crawford trophy.

INSIDE: Annual photographic competition 2013 .... all the winners and more pictures

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Annual Photographic Competition 2013

The results in full

Tom Browns prize days

Amateur Section
CYPRUS LANDSCAPE
1 Liz Watson:
2 Liz Watson:
3 Carol Nicholson:

Milky water at Venetian Bridge

Abandonment
Sea spray

OPEN
1 Margaret Wright:
2 Liz Watson:
3 Gillian Chater:

Mosque lighting
The end of the Pier, Clevedon
I got my beady eyes on you

TYPICAL CYPRUS
1 Carol Nicholson:
2 Gillian Chater:
3 Carol Nichoilson:

On the mobile
Goats on the rampage
Wantednew tyre

NATURE
1 Gillian Chater:
2 Carol Nicholson:
3 Liz Unwin:

GoatYou looking at me?

Praying Mantis
Silkworm cocoons

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR

Margaret Wright:

Mosque Lighting

Open Section
CREATIVE DIGITAL MAGIC
1 Janine Scott:
2 Tom Brown:
3 Tom Brown:

Time travel
Moving house
Hunger

HUMOROUS
1 Zenobia Tavaria:
2 Jean Shepherd:
3 Liz Unwin:

Novel way of advertising a drink

With a little help from my friend
Oops

FOOD
1 Barrie Allington:
2 Carol Nicholson:
3 Barrie Allington:

Christmas fayre
Mixed salad
Cocktails

PORTRAIT
1 Barbara Boozer:
2 David Whinyates:
3 Jean Shepherd:

Elegant simplicity
Man of the soill
Sophie

Advanced Section

These dramatic shots earned Tom Brown first place in the Advanced
Portfolio section and the title of Advanced Photographer of the Year.
It was a double celebration for Tom (top) who was also presented with
the trophy as overall winner of the 2013 Bi-Monthly competition.

OPEN
1 Tom Brown:
2 David Whinyates:
3 Jean Shepherd:

Illuminating Work
Flying high
All of a flutter

PORTFOLIO
1 Tom Brown:
2 David Whinyates:
3 Jean Shepherd:

People
Rack and Ruin
Baloons over Bagan

ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Tom Brown
BRIAN CRAWFORD TROPY (Creative Digital Magic)
Janine Scott
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT & PROGRESS AWARD
Carol Nicholson
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Annual Photographic Competition 2013:

The trophy winners and their winning pictures

Shooting stars...
Margaret
aims for
the top
MARGARET Wrights
stunning picture of a
Mosque ceiling won the
Amateur Open class and
was deemed by the
judges to be the best photograph in the
Amateur section of the
2013 competition,
earning Margaret (right)
the trophy for Amateur
Photograph of the Year.

Janines the
apple of the
judges eye
JANINE Scott, left, put her
computer talents to good use to
win the Creative Digital Magic open
category winning the Brian
Crawford Trophy with this
clever image, titled Time Travel.

Surprise, surprise for Carol

THERE was a surprise award for Carol
Nicholson: a new trophy designed to
recognise outstanding achievement and
progress. Carol won the Amateur
Typical Cyprus category with her photo
of a priest titled On the Mobile (far right)
and earned three runners up certificates
for her other pictures which included
this shot (right) titled Wanted: New Tyre.
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Annual Photographic Competition 2013:

The rest of the category winners

Around
the
world
in 88
photographs...
OUR members scoured the globe in
their search for a winning image. As
well as Cyprus, the exotic locations for
photographs amongst the 88
individual entries included New
Zealand, Crete, Hong Kong, Dubai,
Abu Dhabi and the UK. But the six
shown here were selected as the best.
Clockwise from top right: Milky Water
at Venetian Bridge by Liz
Watson (Amateur Cyprus
Landscape); Elegant Simplicity by
Barbara Boozer (Open Portrait); Goat:
You looking a me? by Gillian Chater
(Amateur Nature); Novel way of
advertising a drink by Zenobia
Tavaria (Open Humorous);
Christmas Fayre by Barrie Allington
(Open Food); Illuminating work by
Tom Brown (Advanced Open).

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Annual Photographic Competition 2013:

Story of the presentation event

Oh
what
a night
IT DIDNT exactly go without a
hitch.
Technical problems with the Clubs wide
screen TV meant that acting Camera Club
chairman Tom Brown had to dash home to
collect his own TV so that the winning
pictures could be displayed to the
audience. On top of that there were
problems with the sound system.
But once things got underway, everything
went smoothly. And organisers have
already met to discuss ways in which the
awards night can be improved for next year.
Principal organisers were Liz Unwin and
Tom Brown, who are pictured (top)
discussing the programme with Master of
Ceremonies David Wesson.
Liz (above left) made the
introductions and the awards
were presented by UKCA
chairman Mark Farnsworth,
pictured here presenting a
second place certificate to
Bytes & Pics editor David
Whinyates, who took the
presentation pictures on the
night.
Once the awards had been
presented, guests were treated
to a tasty light buffet (above
right) prepared by Debbie and
the kitchen staff while Camera
and Computer Group chairman
David Wesson had the
important task of dispensing
the sparkling wine (right).

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How to
hook
the
phishermen
PHISHING emails
often use officiallooking logos and
layouts and
sometimes link to very
real-looking forms.
The people behind these
scams are looking for
passwords, banking
information, Social Security
number, mother's maiden
name, date of birth and more.
They can use this to steal your
identity and assets or open
credit card accounts in your
name.
Typically phishing emails
contain a link to click or a file
to download.
Don't click any links. Don't
download any files!
Email scams are tough to
weed out. Nevertheless,
almost all of them contain
clues that will help you figure
out that these are scam
emails. You just have to know
what to look for.
Here are my top 5 clues for
spotting an email scam:
1. Check the spelling
Scammers are notorious for
their lack of basic spelling and
grammar skills.
Look out for mis-spelled words
and incomplete or awkwardly
written sentences in the email.
An email that is supposedly
from a reputable and wellknown organization will not
mis-spell the name of the
organisation.
For example, one email scam
aimed at Facebook users
spelled the name of the site
with a lower case F
("facebook").
ISSUE 9

TECH TALK

Keeping
your android
App-y
THERE are literally
thousands of Apps available
for android devicesheres
a selection of essential and
useful apps for your phone
or tablet. Most are free and
can be downloaded
from Google Playstore.

Anti virus & security

With Derek Noronha

Scammers are becoming increasingly

sophisticated in their attempts to steal
your personal details. In his latest
column Derek offers valuable advice on
how to spot phishing emails

Zoner free ( Antivirus) and

Zoner AntiVirus Free - Tablet
Sophos
The above selections are free
from nag screens and are good
reliable packages.
AVG anti virus
Good App' but frequent nag to
upgrade to paid version.
Malaware

2. Check who signed it

An email from a legitimate
business will always be signed
with a person's name and
contact information. If an
email signs off with something
vague, such as "Customer
Support," be wary.
3. Does the email scream at
you IN ALL CAPS or have
lots of !!!!!! at the end?
Beware of emails that try to
get your attention by using all
capital letters, especially in the
subject line, or that try to
scare you with lots of
exclamation marks.
Using all caps has long been
viewed as on-line shouting,
which just isn't done.
The authors of scam emails
tend to write over-the-top and
very emotional content. Also,
keep an eye out for dire
warnings, such as "Urgent!" or
"Danger!"
4. The email has an
executable attachment
Never download an
attachment unless you are
sure it's legitimate.
A favourite ploy of scammers
is to send emails that look like
it has been sent by someone
you know. Don't be fooled by
the sender's name. Always
verify that the attached file

does not contain a virus. You

can do this by running a scan
or checking with the sender
whether it is a legitimate
email.
5. The email has a link to a
Web site
As more people now know
that they shouldn't download
attachments from strangers,
Scammers have become
smarter.
Instead of attaching a file, they
include a clickable link to a
Web site, where you might be
asked to provide personal
information.
For example, you might
receive an email that appears
to be from your bank offering
you a very low interest rate on
a mortgage or home equity
loan. If you click on the link, it
could ask for your name, bank
account number and online
banking password to get onto
the site.
Don't ever provide this
information if you have
reached the site by clicking a
link in an email.
One final word of advice:
Never, ever respond to a
spam email.
By doing so, you confirm that
your email account is active,
and you'll likely be flooded
with more spam.

MARCH 2014

Absolutely essential to tackle a

bigger problem than viruses

Current Affairs
UK newspapers
Most are available, but may
carry a subscription fee. Go to
https://play.google.com/store/
apps/details?
id=com.uk.newspaper
World news HD
including BBC World and Sky
New International. Works well
on Mobile phones and Tablets .
Quick to load and simple to use
interface. Go to https://play.
google.com/store/apps/details
id=com.worldlivetv. worldnewstvlive.
The above will work on Android
4 (ICS) and above. Always
check user feedback before
making any selections from the
Playstore.

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The spy
in your
hand

You too can be a citiz

en photojournalist an
d
even make yourself so
me money if youre in
the
right place at the right
time. TOM BROWN
reports on the emerge
nce of camera phones
and the possible dang
ers they could pose.

CAMERA phones are not simply

phones with a camera in them
they are cameras directly
connected to the Internet. The
speed with which these cameraphone images can be sent has
transformed the photograph into
a short message.
It was around 1997 that the integrated
mobile phone and camera was enabled to
go directly online.
Given that time frame, one would probably
be right in assuming that the social changes
brought about by the camera phone are still
very much in their infancy, but this would be
wrong.
Perhaps even more than digital cameras,
camera phones have dematerialized the
photograph, changing it from a tangible
physical object to a transient image, unlikely
to be ever published.
Because users tend to carry or have them
nearly all the time, the camera phone is
more available for the grab shot, the
unpremeditated and quick photograph long
associated with street photography.
Such camera phone photographs, executed
in a news-related spirit are known as citizen
photojournalism.
Newspapers and networks regularly solicit
bystander images. Eyewitness camera
phone pictures appeared soon after the

Dateline: New York Ci

ty, January 15th, 20
09. A US Airways Ai
ditches in the Huds
rbus
on River following a
bird strike and a pass
a rescue ferry was on
enger on
hand to take this dr
amatic picture of wh
became known as Th
at
e Miracle on the Huds
on on his camera ph
one.
2005 bombings in London and during the
2011 revolution in Egypt. In between many
other world events were similarly recorded.
Now the mobile-phone camera has created
the phoneur, that is, a person who
pretends to be talking on the phone, while
covertly snapping and taking pictures.
Everyone now has the power to be both
shopper and spy. Perhaps the public street
will also be added to the list, where
photographs are banned or considered
intrusive, alongside places like schools,

churches, and restaurants, as a setting

where a persons expectation of privacy has
been lowered.
Politicians, celebrities and people in public
life forget the possible presence of camera
phones at their peril.
They can produce benefits but can also be
used in a more sinister manner, impinging
on personal liberty, becoming the personal
equivalent of the ubiquitous surveillance
cameras found on UK city streets and in
business establishments.

Whats the best camera phone?

TECHNICAL experts from
techradar recently
reviewed six smartphones to
come up with the best
camera phone of 2013.
They checked out the Apple
i-Phone 5S, HTC One, LG G2,
Nokia Lumia 1020, Samsung
S4 Zoom and Sony Xperia Z1
in one of the most
comprehensive tests carried
out on camera phones.
The 13 megapixel LG G2

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emerged as the experts

number one choice ahead of
the Nokia with its awesome
41MP and the 21MP Sony.
According to techradar: The
LG comes across as one of
the more intuitive handsets
on test in terms of camera
functionality if all you do
want to do is point and
shoot.
You don't have to wade
through tile-based Windows

menus to get straight to the

camera option and there
aren't hidden menus that
only a few confused screen
prods will gradually unearth,
which comes as a relief.
And they concluded: We've
plumped for the LG as while
it's not the standout winner
in any category (battery life
aside) it performs very
well in terms of picture
quality, ease of use and
functionality, as well as post
processing.

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The last ever

Bi-Monthly
photographic
print
competition
was held in
December
and was won
with this
image, titled
Ox Cart in
Vietnam, by
Bytes & Pics
editor David
Whinyates
who
recounts...

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THE STORY BEHIND THE PICTURE

December wnner: David Whinyates

Shifting from the sands

WE were on a touring holiday of
Vietnam and were returning from an
excursion to what was supposed to
be one of the highlights of the area.
The red and white sand dunes in the Mui Ne
area of Central Vietnam were described as
a fascinating geological phenomenon and

are said to be constantly shifting. A must

see photo-opportunity then.
But on the day we visited I reckon they must
have shifted somewhere else because, from
a photographic point of view, they were
pretty disappointing.
The dunes were steep, but not rolling as you
see in the best sand pictures, and there

BiMonthly Print Competition 2013: Final scores

were so many people visiting it was virtually

impossible to find a footprint-free area.
After two hours trudging through sand on a
blisteringly hot day, without a decent picture
to show for it, Pauline and I were grateful to
get back into our air-conditioned transport
and head back to base for a rest.
As we approached a junction on the track
leading away from the dunes, I spotted what
was little more than a large dot on the
horizon coming down the road from our left.
With the help of the camera lens on full
zoom, I saw that it was a local couple riding
on a traditional ox-cart. I asked our driver to
pull over and we waited patiently for the cart
to get closer for what I hoped would be a
half decent picture of local life.
As they plodded to a point within range I
started shooting on full zoom in the hope
that the couple would not be conscious of
what I was doing.
In fact they didnt seem to care less what I
was up to and the winning image was taken
at fairly close range.
Details: Nikon D300. ISO 200, 1/160th,
aperture f5.3, focal length105mm.
Processing: The original was cropped tight
to the cart wheel and the ear of the animal
on the right and Photoshop was used to
slightly tone down the vivid orange shades
of the oxen and the sandy dirt track.
TOM BROWN was the overall winner of
the 2013 competition with an accumulated
average score of 72.5, a mere point ahead
of David Brindley and Keith Wright. Full
results in the table, left.

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Dam good shooting

THE Camera Clubs BiMonthly photographic
competition moved into new
territory in February with
members submitting their
entries in digital format for the
first time.
With the new format came a change
in the way the entries are
judged ,with the 35 members
attending the February 19th meeting
scoring the entries following a
critique of each of the images by
John Finney.
Also new was the adoption of two
skill sectionsAdvanced and
Intermediatebased on the overall
results of last years Bi-Monthly
competitions.
A total of 17 entries were received in
the Intermediate section with 23
images submitted for judging in the
Advanced section.

The winners
Above: Asprokremnos Dam Overflow by John Taylor
won the Advanced section. The picture was taken in
January 2012 when the boiling waters became a major
local tourist attraction. Taken on a Canon EOS 500D; F16
at 1/200th; ISO 200; focal length 35mm.
Below; Sunday Walk by Ann Chapman was the winner in
the Intermediate section. Ann took this picture while on
a walk around Wheat Hampstead in Hertfordshire in May
last year. Her walk took her through the Brocket Estate
and alongside the River Lee. where she took this
evocative image on her Olympus camera at f3.1, 1/160th
with ISO set at 80.

And
the
best
of the
rest
Clockwise from top
left: Gracies pensive
moment and We say
the funny lines not
you, 2nd and 3rd in
the Intermediate
section, both by
Michael Watts; Hotel
by Pat Burrows and
Fishing in Inlay Lake
by Jean Shepherd,
2nd and 3rd in the
Advanced section.
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Take heart: its

easier than you
might think
DO you have difficulty in
reading things on your
computer, be it tower,
laptop or tablet?
I know I often lift my laptop and
hold it closer to my face this is
because I am blind in one eye
and have restricted vision in the
other.
Are you afraid that it may soon
become too difficult to keep using
it? Living without a computer
these days, especially for us expats, would cut us off from so
many things.
So, take heart it need not happen! Microsoft have included all
sorts of Accessibility tools, and
many people dont know they
exist; even blind people can still
use a computer.
Apple have all the accessibility

features of Microsoft, and they

work so well that no alternative
software is needed.
The most urgent thing is to learn
to touch-type before you find it
hard to see the keyboard. There
are keyboard shortcuts for many
operations for which one would

Loss of vision neednt be a

major handicap when it comes
to using a computer. Here,
partially sighted club member
Barbara Reid explains some of
the many aids which are built
into your computer software.
usually use a mouse. They are
not only easier, but quicker too,
once you are familiar with them.
One uses two or three keys together; the most useful are
shown below, but many more can
be found on Control Panel, Ease
of Access Centre.
Also on the Control Panel under
Mouse you will find adjustments
that can make your cursor/ pointer easier to see,
using tabs for Pointer and
Pointer Options.
You can make it larger
and/or add a tail - I find
both indispensible.
You will see several
options there. Try them
out and choose the best
for you.
Back to Ease of Access
you can change the
colour combination of your text.
Default is black print on a white
screen, but you can reverse that,
or have yellow, or fluorescent
green, on black, etc choices are
available to suit any sight
problem. See the screen shot
above left.

Also on Ease of Access you can

activate a Magnifier. I keep the
icon for this on my Quick Access
toolbar at the bottom of the
screen, though I only need it
occasionally.
You can set it to enlarge the
whole screen, but then you need
to keep scrolling sideways to read
it.
I find it best to have a small
rectangular panel magnified it
follows your pointer around the
screen, magnifying a small
area around it as show in the
screen shot on the right.
It is a bit difficult to get used
to, but helpful once you adjust to it.
I dont know how large it will
go, but I tried it in 50 per
cent increments up to 1000
per cent, by which time
everything was pixelated
and it was not easy to use.
The example shown here is 250
per cent.
There are others that do the job
better, though some of these
need to be paid for, such as
Zoomtext.

A quick guide to keyboard shortcuts...

Ctrl s
Ctrl Enter
Ctrl p
Ctrl c
Ctrl v
Ctrl x
Ctrl Shift >
Ctrl Shift<
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Save
Send
Print
Copy
Paste
Cut
Enlarge font
Shrink font

Ctrl +
Ctrl Ctrl n
Ctrl o
Ctrl b
Ctrl i
Ctrl u
Ctrl w

Enlarge document
Shrink document
New
Open
Bold
Italics
Underline
Close

Ctrl z
Ctrl a
Ctrl d
Ctrl e
Ctrl l
Ctrl r
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Ctrl t

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Go back one step

Select all
Change font
Centre text
Align text left
Align text right
Justify text
Tab

If you are in worse situation than I

am, investigate all the other
options in Ease of Access.
Microsoft even has a built in
screen reader, if you can no
longer read the screen at all,
though there are better screen
readers available, some of them
free.
The best of the free products is
NVDA (Non Visual Display App, I
think) and the market leader is
Jaws, but it is expensive. I have

no experience of any of them, but

I suspect you get what you pay
for.
I have a blind son who is
completely computer literate,
better than many sighted people
he is now learning to use an
iPhone so failing sight really
does not mean lack of
communication anymore!
If you feel I may be able to help
you, please contact me on
b.reid32@gmail.com
But remember, I am no expert,
just someone who is beginning to
find it difficult to read the screen
and has investigated ways of
getting round that problem.
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Former member
Kitty Collier, below,
who now lives in
New Zealand, won
last summers
Paphos International
Sailing Club photo
competition, but the
real winners were
the citys needy
children. LIZ UNWIN
explains.

Chas Kimber of Paphos International

Sailing Club makes the presentation to
Solidaritys Pavlina Patsalou

Sailing in with
cash for Solidarity
LAST summer Paphos
International Sailing Club
(PISC) invited members of
the Camera club to
photograph their Summer
Regatta and then submit
the photos to be judged by
members of PISC to find
the three best photos.
Out of several hundred photos
submitted the choice was finally
whittled down to 20 and from
these first, second and third
prizewinners were selected.

The judges did not know who had

taken the photos, but out of the
three finalists, the first and second
prizewinning photos were
submitted by Kitty Colliar.
A delighted Kitty was told of her
double win, but as she has since
emigrated to New Zealand to be
with her family, receiving her
prizes personally was not an
option.
Kitty very generously said she
would like to donate her prize
money to a childrens charity in
Paphos and so Solidarity was
chosen.

Mikka Heaney and Pavlina Patsalou of Solidarity with

Chas Kimber after the presentation.
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Chas Kimber, the Commodore

from PISC was invited to the
Camera Club meeting on
February 26th to present the prize
money to Solidarity volunteers
Pavlina Patsalou and Mikka
Heaney.
Pavlina spoke briefly of the work
of Solidarity and the desperate
need in Paphos, and indeed
island-wide, for baby supplies,
particularly dried milk and
nappies, and told us that we could
give our Papantonious points to
the Solidarity number in Paps
stores and they would issue a
voucher with which to buy goods
for the charity.
There is also a facility in the
stores to deposit donations of
food and toys for the charity.
PISC gave the prize money,
topped-up with donations from its
members, while Camera club
members donated the weeks
lottery money and the proceeds of
an on the spot collection to the
charity. Together this added up to
170, for which the ladies from
Solidarity were very, very grateful.
The whole of the proceedings
were photographed and videoed
and it is hoped to put the video on
Facebook so that Kitty can see for
herself the outcome of her very
generous gesture.

MARCH 2014

Group
AGM:
Your
chance
to have
your say
ARE you happy with
the way in which the
Camera and
Computer Group is
run and with the
people who run it?
If not, you can propose
changes at the Groups
Annual General Meeting
which will take place at the
UKCA Club on
Wednesday, April 9th.
Nominations for the posts
of Group Chairman,
Camera Club Chairman,
Computer Club Chairman,
Group Secretary, Group
Treasurer and members of
the committee must be
made in advance of the
meeting and be received
by Group Secretary Liz
Watson at least seven
days before the date of the
AGM.
Nominations must be
proposed and seconded
and agreed to by the
prospective candidate.
Any proposals for changes
to the existing rules of the
Group must also have a
proposer and seconder
and be sent to the Group
Secretary a minimum of 14
days in advance of the
meeting.
Cut-off date for any
nominations is Wednesday
April 2 and for other
proposals is Wednesday,
March 26th.
Nominations or proposals
can be e-mailed to Liz
Watson at
watson.liz@gmail.com or
handed to her at club
meetings up until the
above cut-off dates.
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Opening Windows
YOUR Windows 8 or 8.1 start
menu (Start screen) is divided
into rows and columns with Live
Tiles.
The start menu automatically adjusts the
number of rows on your start screen
depending on the vertical space or your
screen resolution.
By default, the number of rows that it adds
is six and not more than that.
The number of rows depends on your
screen resolution.
Lets say your screen resolution is 1920 x
1080, then the maximum number of rows
that can be created on your start screen is
6 rows.
Heres a table that shows the maximum,
minimum and default rows based on your
screen resolution:

TUTORIAL:

How to add rows to your Start Screen

Increasing the number of rows is a simple,

straightforward procedure when you know
how.
Follow these steps and your start menu
will now have more rows and more live
tiles to display. If you want to disable this
option, follow the steps above again and
toggle off the Show more tiles option
mentioned in Step 3.
So if you want more tiles to be displayed,
you can use this method to easily add
more rows to your start menu.

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Go to your start
menu, bring up the
Charms bar and
click Settings.
From the
settings menu,
select Tiles.
If your screen
resolution allows
more rows to be
added, an option
named Show more
tiles will be there. If
you have this
option, simply turn it
on.
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Bytes & Pics

THE NEWSLETTER OF THE UKCA PAPHOS CAMERA & COMPUTER GROUP

Such a Fyti
place for a
field trip
SPUR of the moment
photographic expeditions dont
always turn out the way you think
they are going to.
Liz Watson and I decided to take to the hills
one Saturday morning recently, suitably
armed with cameras and tripods.
Our first stop was in the village of Fyti, where
we parked the car and set off to tour the
village for suitable photographic
opportunities.
Before we had taken ten steps a lady
appeared from somewhere in the village
square and invited us to follow her. Since our
knowledge of Greek was totally inadequate to
translate what was being said we were

LIZ UNWIN
reports on the
surprise
discoveries
she and Liz
Watson made
on a recent
photo trip...
unsure whether we were
being lured to buy
something or to discover
hidden delights.
It proved to be the latter.
She took us into a building
just off the village square,
which turned out to be a
community museum. What a feast for the
eyes and cameras!
The room was packed with artefacts, tools,
clothes, footwear, all beautifully displayed
and labeled in English and Greek and all
hiding a treasure trove of local history, if only
they could speak a cast iron dolly tub, from
which the automatic washing machine must
have eventually evolved, a pair of farmers
leather boots so heavy we could barely lift
them off the floor, along with old photographs
depicting village people and events in days
long gone.

visited before, not knowing about the

museum across the square and we were
introduced to her husband, Mr. Charalambos
Mavrellis.
His English was very good, and he told us
that he was normally the museum guide, but
a foot injury prevented him from walking and
standing at present.
Over coffee he told us that he was originally
the village schoolteacher to 67 pupils.
Eventually the school had to close through
declining numbers and he and his wife moved
to various other teaching posts on the island
until his retirement.

Not only all this, but a display of silk and

cotton woven wall hangings made by the lady Mr Mavrellis, pictured below, now divides his
on her full size loom, on which she also
time between acting as museum guide and
demonstrated the weaving process.
managing a thriving silk farm items used in
After we completed our photographic feast
this production were on display in the
the lady escorted us across the square to
museum, and he explained to us how silk is
Marias place a local restaurant which I had produced from the egg stage to spinning and
winding the silk thread for use in garments.

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March-May

We would love to have lingered longer to

listen to his fascinating stories of village life,
but time was running out and we had other
locations to visit.
However, in May,
when the silk
production is at its
peak, I am planning a
field trip to this
delightful spot, so we
can all share this
hidden treasure trove
of Cyprus history.

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