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I am in shock since I heard this piece of news. He was an amazing actor who had his share of difficulties but he was on the right track again, only for this to happen.
The police are treating this as murder, due to the multiple stab wounds found on his body. It's so sad. I just hope the killers are found and brought to justice.
It's a huge loss to the Greek entertainment industry and a huge loss in general. My heart goes out to his family and friends. He did not deserve to lose his life so early, and certainly not in such a way. May he rest in peace.
You're surfing the web and you see the inevitable ads, many for get rich quick schemes, all with the words 'patent pending' as part of their description.
It makes it sound more believable I guess if people think they are actually in the process of getting a patent. This of course ignores the fact that they can't get one! It's nice to see these 'businesses' if they can call themselves that, are all doing their homework. Patent pending, yeah right! On what, the law changing?
Schemes are not patentable by law, in fact this also applies to discoveries, ideas, plans, scientific theories and mathematical algorithms.
So because these are schemes designed to give advice as to how to make money and are not a product as such, they cannot get a patent and saying there is a patent pending when there isn't, is also punishable by law.
It's amazing how many of these systems claim to have a patent pending though, it's clearly a method of gaining the trust of those who use them regarding their viability but all they're doing is marketing a scheme which can't hold a patent in the first place. It's a fraudulent way of advertising and their consumers should not be sucked into thinking they are legal when all they're doing is claiming to be.
The news sites have already reported it, they put it in the titles rather than the article itself, not even trying to protect those who may not want to know before the Eurovision final airs tonight. However, it is an event that we see long after the result is known so I will waste just a little more space (if you don't want to know who won, shield your eyes now) before announcing that the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 is
RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!
I will comment further once I've seen the show tonight but from the little I saw, I didn't really like the song all that much and the countries were voting the usual way and giving votes to those who they consider 'allies' whether they deserved a vote or not, often leaving some of the better songs out of their top 10 completely.
Eurovision does come down to politics to an extent and I stand by what I say every year, Greece needs to make more friends in the EU! Not that they didn't do very well anyway, 3rd place, although they had been solidly in 2nd place until the last few votes came in. Ukraine then took second place, putting Greece into third. Way to go to our representative, Kalomoira. She has done Greece and Greeks around the world proud with her efforts!
It's that time of year again, time for Eurovision.
While it is not the most well-known event for those here in Australia, it has a huge fan base and Europe tunes in yearly to see which country becomes the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
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Now not so secret...*snicker*
Greek television presenter, Rania Thraskia, has gotten married in a secret ceremony with only family present. She of course told us all about it on Tuesday, like we really wanted to know. She looks happy which is good, but again, this thing was such a whirlwind that we don't know what the future holds. Especially considering she decided to get married right after coming out of a long-term relationship/engagement. There are also baby rumours, which she denies but I think it's quite likely to be true
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I gave my resignation in at work last week. It was also the day there was a performance review and I was spoken to before I gave them my letter, my good points were pointed out, areas in need of improvement were mentioned as I'm quite new to the job but overall I was doing well. Which considering I'm working a job I can't stand and was only choosing to do because it was all that was on offer as an internal transfer when I moved cities to study as a post-grad student and needed part time work, is pretty good. I enjoyed my previous role in the company a lot more and was very good at my job.
My letter of resignation was handed in around lunchtime, it was approved and I was told that I could make it my last day if I wanted because it wasn't busy at the moment. And have those idiots get out of paying me for the duration of my notice period? I don't think so. I refused the offer and said I would continue working until the date of my last availability prior to starting my new job
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I was walking in the city today and it really struck me just how many people jaywalk. It's a daily occurrence of course, almost everyone does it.
I'm usually the only one still waiting for the 'walk' sign. I'd probably do it too if I could (only if there are no cars coming) but sadly, I've got the usual paranoia that my peers also have. I'm just too close to getting my practicing certificate to risk the possibility of getting caught jaywalking. When I go to court to be admitted as a legal practitioner, I'd have to tell the judge all my indiscretions. Luckily I don't have any to tell, but telling the judge I was caught jaywalking just months before admission would really not look good. So I wait for the walk sign while mostly everyone else crosses and at least this way I don't have to worry that I will get caught
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I thought I had heard it all until I heard about this. A court in FYROM (I refuse to call the country by the other name it uses, which was also used in the original article) has found in the favour of a beekeeper that had honey stolen and damage to his beehives....by a bear. That's right, a bear. A bear with no owner. Who is going to pay the damages? The state of course. So the state has to pay the $3500 in damages and hopefully the bear will behave himself in future or he may be taken to court again. All other animals beware!
A man must have seriously had to weigh up his options after 6 men allegedly entered his residence and started stealing his cannabis plants.
What to do in a case like this? Call the police and admit to growing illegal drugs or let the theft continue? A head scratcher really, but the man must have decided he wanted to save the plants, and therefore he called the police
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There doesn't appear to be a lot of news at the moment in Greek showbiz, except for marriages! If it's not a pregnancy, it's a marriage. Either that or Eurovision, but more on that later.
There are rumours that Anna Vissi secretly got married in London. If she managed it without dozens of Greek paparazzi's there snapping at her every moment, then good on her. I have no idea whether the rumour is true or not, but congratulations to her if it is
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