dionysus.libertarian

Beijing Olympics

2008-08-07T16:01:25Z

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?

Summer Time at Wivenhoe

2008-07-29T14:02:53Z

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.

dionysusliberta @ 2008-07-18T05:16:00

2008-07-18T04:21:34Z

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

Richard Dawkins

2008-07-05T15:15:40Z

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...