Anyone follows the Armenian participation in Olympics?
In this post,
http://www.panorama.am/en/sport/2008/08/06/olimpiada/
they say that Armenia will be represented by 25 participants in 8 sports and "According to Khachikyan each of our sportsmen is a potential medal receiver." Would be good to know how was this estimated. Any sources to more detailed data?

Lovely, sunny weather for two weeks can at least be considered very unusual for Britain even at this time of the year. Well, the British Isles are having it … Empty shopping centres and quiet High Streets, negatively correlating with busy motorways, is a common scenery these days?

Going out into the countryside (subject to reachability to the local pub), is my preference for enjoying the good Summer weather. I managed to end up in Wivenhoe, a little old village on the river Colne. Enjoy the photos.

To transform black and white thinking into spectrum of colourful thoughts one only needs appropriate environment. (cc)

TED Talks - a sophisticated way of wasting time!


Inspired by the speech of Prof. Dawkins (a truly passionate atheist scientist), was interested in comparing a few post-soviet countries in terms of religiosity. Ref: http://www.biblesociety.org/index2.htm

Russia -  Eastern Orthodox : 50.0%
                  Non-religious: 30.0%
Armenia - Armenian Apostolic: 92.5%
                  Non-religious: Almost 0%?
Georgia - Non-religious: 41.2%
                  Georgian Orthodox: 36.6%
Azerbaijan - Shi’i Muslim: 65.4%
                      Sunni Muslim: 28.0%
Ukraine - Orthodox: 59.9%
                  Non-religious: 25.0%

Why the seemingly similar countries, such as Armenia and Georgia, are so different by reported numbers? Is the close to zero number of atheists in Armenia is only a tribute to the tradition?
To neutralize the negativity of my first post here at LJ let me share this video...