Think before you write...

... not only before you speak.

This is just a quick note to all the bloggers; I am sure you would not be happy to get in trouble because of your text and thoughts.

There are several examples in the past, but the most resent one took place in Athens yesterday, when a Greek blogger was arrested just the 1st day that Athens hosts the inaugural meeting of the Internet Governance Forumm which will take place until the 2nd of November: http://www.igfgreece2006.gr

For more details on this arrest, please check the following sites:

http://news.com.com/5208-12-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=22355&start=0

http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=750623&lngDtrID=252

And as the 'Amnesty International' suggests:

Stand up for freedom of expression on the internet...

http://www.amnesty.org.au/news_features/news

Falling over at work

Falling over can often be seen as funny, but it's not so amusing if someone does hurt hiself.

Consider that in the UK:

- Every hour someone breaks a bone at work.
- Two people die a year after slipping up.
- It's most likely to happen in the public administration, retail, wholesale, and engineering sectors.

More info on this under:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/features/fallingover.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/features/toptenfalls.shtml

Ημέρες σαν και τη σημερινή

...μου φέρνουν στο νού κείμενα αξέχναστων συγγραφέων μας περί Εθνικής Ταυτότητας, γενέων προγόνων και αγώνων του Έθνους. Θυμηθείτε το παρακάτω απόσπασμα του Ν. Καζαντζάκη από τον πρόλογό του στον "Καπετάν Μιχάλη".

«Το ελληνικό γένος αν σώθηκε ως τα σήμερα, αν επέζησε ύστερα από τόσους εχτρούς - εξωτερικούς κι εσωτερικούς, προπάντων εσωτερικούς - ύστερα από τόσους αιώνες κακομοιριά, σκλαβιά και πείνα, το χρωστάει όχι στη λογική - θυμηθείτε τους τρεις εμποράκους που ίδρυσαν τη Φιλική Εταιρεία, θυμηθείτε το '21 - το χρωστάει στο θάμα. Στην ακοίμητη σπίθα που καίει μέσα στα σωθικά της Ελλάδας. »

Διαχρονική και πολύ αληθινή η άποψή του.

Go to the cinema for only 1£

Living in a European capital as London can be great, with all that cosmopolitan opportunities this town can offer you; some will think that you do not only need time for all the possible activities, but a lot of money as well. On a way, this can be true: on an average UK cinema-goers are being ripped off compared to their European counterparts. If you wish to watch a movie on a Saturday night in Odeon (Leicester Square, London) it can cost you between 9 and 17,50£ (almost 26€)!

... On an average 13£ when in other European capitals it costs around 5£!

Do not get upset! There is still a cheap cinema in that town: the Prince Charles Cinema located at 7 Leicester Place in London, where you can live 'Feel-Good Fridays ' by watching a movie for only ONE pound! Also having beer, popcorn, sodas & ice-creams only £1! During the week it will only costs you 4£, but if you get the membership-card valid for 1 year for only 7.50£, you will pay 3£!

A nice weekend to you all and do not stop enjoying going to the cinema; there is always an economical solution in every town, or not?!