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Dragon Lawyer : Scales of Justice - Chapter 3

I’ve always thought dragons and lawyers have been badly treated. When I see a dragon, it’s usually being attacked by St George and skeweredwith a lance. Lawyers are criticised for defending people the public havecondemned already in their own minds. I decided to write a fairy tale about a dragon who becomes a lawyer to helpthe sentient beings who’ve not been treated well in the fairy tales of…

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Messini

Out of all the sites I visited and all the ones listed in this book, I liked Messini  the best, probably because the layout of the site is open and there’s been enough reconstruction of the columns etc, to give the visitor a great idea of how the place would have looked when it was in its prime. There’s also the fact that few tourist buses come here. In one way, this is a shame as the site…

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Dragon Lawyer : Scales of Justice - Chapter 1

I’ve always thought dragons and lawyers have been badly treated. When I see a dragon, it’s usually being attacked by St George and skeweredwith a lance. Lawyers are criticised for defending people the public havecondemned already in their own minds. I decided to write a fairy tale about a dragon who becomes a lawyer to helpthe sentient beings who’ve not been treated well in the fairy tales of…

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Dragon Lawyer : Scales of Justice

I’ve always thought dragons and lawyers have been badly treated. When I see a dragon, it’s usually being attacked by St George and skeweredwith a lance. Lawyers are criticised for defending people the public havecondemned already in their own minds. I decided to write a fairy tale about a dragon who becomes a lawyer to helpthe sentient beings who’ve not been treated well in the fairy tales of…

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Thought Provoking Statues - Yerevan

In Yerevan, the statues made me think and provided warnings about what can happen in life. Although understated, all the statues in Yerevan have a story to tell. The first sculpture I noticed was called “Kara Bala” on Abovian Street, a statue of an old man holding some roses. Because of some new road building, they moved the piece from its original position. This spot was where a man called…

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The Genocide Memorial - Yerevan

After the establishment of Soviet rule in Armenia and especially during the reign of Stalin, talk of the Armenian-Turkish conflict was proscribed. Any talk about the Armenian Genocide or western Armenia were regarded as manifestations of nationalism and punished with imprisonment, exile, or shooting. The situation gradually began to change in the second half of the 1950s, due to Khrushchev’s…

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The Protest Memorabilia Awareness Group(PMAG)

This excerpt is from the book entitled 40 Strange Groups. Little is known about them, hence the shortness of the book and the low price. ============================== Protest has been part of the democratic process for hundreds of years. With each passing year, there are new injustices to be countered with new placards and new banners. When these protests begin though, people should remember…

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Telavi and the way to Azerbaijan

If you’re heading towards Azerbaijan, then there are several places to visit on the way to the border. The first is the city of Telavi.  Telavi is unusual because it has four citadels, the 17th-century Batonistsikhe, the 9th- / 10th-century Dzveli Galavani, the 16th-century Korchibashishvilebis Tsikhe and the 18th-century Vakhvakhishvilebis. There are still some quaint old streets and houses…

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Around The Cascade - Yerevan

The northern part of Yerevan has some outstanding sights, which visitors should not miss. The first place is called the Matenadaran, displaying Armenian manuscripts of varying degrees of antiquity. This museum is almost the only place in Armenia where this quality of manuscript is available. Built in 1957, when only one room displayed one percent of the 14,000 items in the collection, recent…

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The Unusual Pets Society (TUPS)

The Unusual Pets Society has a network around the world and meets online once a month. TUPS has a convention every second year, each time in a different country. The next meeting will be in September 2017 in Palermo. An unusual pet is defined as one that can be either transported around the world without disobeying any quarantine laws or one that can be smuggled in and out without any detrimental…

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Gori and the Caucasus

Stalin’s original Georgian name was Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili. The Russian equivalent of this is Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. During his years as a revolutionary, he adopted the alias “Stalin”, and after the October Revolution, he made it his legal name, so he became Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin. Stalin is probably the most famous person born in the country of Georgia and my next…

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If it’s Tuesday it’s Belgium Society (ITIBS)

This excerpt is from the book entitled 40 Strange Groups. Little is known about these organisations, hence the shortness of the book and the low price of less than a dollar. But, if you twisted my arm, I would admit that I’d make them up. ========== Membership of this society is confined to North American travellers who’ve been on three or more holidays where the number of countries visited has…

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Akhaltsikhe

On the way to Akhaltsikhe, I headed through the forested gorges of the Borjomi Nature Reserve to Borjomi Spa, where I visited the Borjomi Mineral Water Park or Ekaterina Park. Just outside the gates on the left-hand side, the last villa has a wonderful arabesque decoration on the ceiling of its balcony, built for the Persian consul in 1892. At the height of its popularity, Borjomi used to fill…

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Socks and Slippers Brigade (SSB)

This excerpt is from the book entitled 40 Strange Groups. Little is known about these organisations, hence the shortness of the book and the low price of less than a dollar. But, if you twisted my arm, I would admit that I’d make them up. ========== This group is estimated to be the world’s largest organisation of men and could be described as an international coalition. Membership is free and…

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Vardzia

Vardzia is one of Georgia’s most significant sites.  First though, if you’re coming from the Akhaltsikhe direction, stop at Khertvisi Fortress, dramatically sited on a cliff above the confluence of the Paravani and Mtkvari Rivers. It’s one of the oldest fortresses in Georgia, dating back to the 2nd Century BC, at least according to the 11th century Georgian chronicler Leonti Mroveli. He argued…

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‘A Neolithic miracle’: favourite ancient UK sites

Mystical and atmospheric sites from County Fermanagh to Cornwall

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The International Union of Toastmakers (IUT)

For the annual $50 membership fee, members receive a monthly recipe booklet containing suggestions for meals containing at least two rounds of toast. There are product evaluations for new toasting tools and recommendations for toasting any new brands of bread that have recently come on to the market. Member’s tips are an important part of the website and members can add the tips themselves as…