China's Belt and Road Initiative: How Georgia Fits In

24 October, 2013 | Emerging Markets | 12 seen

China's investment in Georgia has been a topic of increasing interest in recent years. Georgia, strategically located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, has become a key player in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and an important partner for China's economic and political ambitions in the region.

China has invested heavily in Georgia's infrastructure, energy, and transportation sectors. One of the most significant Chinese investments in Georgia is the Anaklia Deep Sea Port, which is being developed by a Chinese consortium led by the China Harbour Engineering Company. The port is expected to become a major hub for trade between Asia and Europe, providing a new route for Chinese goods to reach European markets.

In addition to the port, China has invested in the construction of highways and rail links in Georgia, connecting the country to its neighbors and facilitating the movement of goods and people. China has also been involved in the construction of several hydroelectric power plants in Georgia, which have helped to improve the country's energy security.

China's investment in Georgia has not been without controversy, however. Some have raised…

Democratic Republic of Congo - The World's Poorest Country by GDP Per Capita (2013)

23 October, 2013 | Macroeconomics | 9 seen

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has long been recognized as one of the poorest countries in the world, with a GDP per capita of just $394 in 2013, according to the World Bank. The country faces a range of challenges, including political instability, conflict, and economic underdevelopment, which have contributed to its position as one of the world's least developed nations.

In 2013, the DRC was still recovering from a long period of conflict that had led to the displacement of millions of people and the loss of countless lives. Despite efforts to establish peace and stability in the country, violence and human rights abuses continued to be a major concern, particularly in the eastern regions of the country.

In addition to political instability and conflict, the DRC also faced significant economic challenges in 2013. The country's economy was heavily dependent on natural resources, particularly minerals such as cobalt, copper, and diamonds. However, much of the revenue generated by the mining sector was siphoned off by corrupt officials, leaving little to no resources for investment in infrastructure or social services.

Access to basic services…

China vs USA - empires at war

23 October, 2013 | Documentaries | 31 seen

<p>Find this documentary from 2007 in Youtube. In France 5 produced documentary authors speak of first confrontation of Chinese and American army in 1996 close to Taiwan.</p><p>In 2007 year produced documentary it's told that China has advanced and modernized it's war technology, by learning USA technics in First Gulf war, Kosowo, Afghanistan, Iraq and other.&nbsp;</p><p>China has deployed system that can shut down USA satelites over Asia..</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would say,pretty interesting topic, with more interest about nowadays:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Watch it on Youtube:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGzymvvL1EI">http://www.youtube.com/watc… src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kGzymvvL1EI&quot; frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"></iframe></p>

How to upgrade Drupal 6 to Drupal 7

23 October, 2013 | Drupal Development | 5 seen

Drupal 6 was released in 2008 and Drupal 7 was released in 2011. While Drupal 6 is still used by some websites, it is important to upgrade to Drupal 7 as it provides improved performance, security updates, and new features.

This article will guide you through the preparation process for upgrading Drupal 6 to Drupal 7.

Before making any changes, it is important to create a backup of your website. This will ensure that you can restore your website if something goes wrong during the upgrade process. You can create a backup by using a backup module or by manually copying your website files and database.

Drupal 7 has higher system requirements than Drupal 6. Before upgrading, check if your server meets the Drupal 7 system requirements. Make sure your server has the correct version of PHP, MySQL, and other required software.

Before upgrading to Drupal 7, it is important to update all of your modules and themes to their latest versions. This will ensure that your website is compatible with Drupal 7 and that you will not…

Make Me a German

22 October, 2013 | Documentaries | 9 seen

<p>Entertaining documentary from BBC, where Brit journalist with his wife and kids moves to Germany, to see what is the averege life of German people. Journalist gets a job in German pencil factory, and needs to get up exactly at 06:23 AM. Meanwhile his wife needs to be a real housewife and do house works 4 hours and 10 minutes each day. They send their kids to children garden in Woods.</p><p>Fun, entertaining and positive:</p>

Putin, Russia and the West: "New Start"

21 October, 2013 | Documentaries | 6 seen

<p>Found this documentary on YouTube, and watched in Saturday evening.&nbsp;</p><p>In this documentary is showed time when Dmitry Medvedev was president of Russia, and how Barack Obama decided to deal exactly with him, and not with Vladimir Putin.&nbsp;</p><p>In this documentary Dmitry Medvedev is portrayed as wise and independent leader, how he started reforms in Russia. As well it's showed how USA negotiated with Russia concerning Iran Nuclear program.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you are interested in Russia's politics, I could suggest this documentary for you.</p>

Few shots from Tbilisi Cheese Festival

20 October, 2013 | Living in Georgia | 16 seen

In these days the second Cheese Festival was held in Tbilisi Open Air Museum. My mom was visiting me in Georgia, and today her plane back home was. We decided to spend last hours together. The weather was not so great. We didn't found much cheese, but we spent a lovely time.

Here are few shots I captured with my old Sony DSC camera and three years later post-processed using Adobe Lightroom. 

European and Georgian cow

I find a lot of symbolism in picture above.

The Fall has come

Cheese promoters and girl with a basket

Second Tbilisi Cheese Festival

Tbilisi Open Air Museum

How to Create a Contact Form in Drupal: A Beginner's Guide

20 October, 2013 | Drupal Development | 8 seen

If you have a Drupal website, adding a contact form can be a great way to improve communication with your visitors and potential customers.

In this article, we will discuss how to add a contact form to your Drupal website, step by step.

• Download Webform
• Extract it to sites/all/modules
• Enable from the modules page

How to Showcase Popular Content on Your Drupal Website

19 October, 2013 | Drupal Development | 10 seen

Drupal is a popular content management system used by many businesses and organizations to create and manage their websites. One of the key features of Drupal is the ability to display popular content on your website. By displaying popular content, you can increase engagement and drive more traffic to your website.

In this article, we will discuss how to display popular content in Drupal.

On the picture above, you can see the most popular blog posts on my blog 15:05:01 2013-10-16.

Step 1: Enable the Statistics Module The first step is to enable the Statistics module in Drupal. This module allows you to track page views and other metrics on your website. To enable the Statistics module, go to Administration > Extend and check the box next to the Statistics module. Then click the "Install" button.

Step 2: Configure the Statistics Module Once you have enabled the Statistics module, you need to configure it to track page views. To do this, go to Administration > Configuration > System > Statistics. Under "Logging," check the box next to "Count content views." Then click the "Save configuration" button.

Step 3:…

Optimizing Your Drupal Website for Search Engines: How to Create a Sitemap for Google Webmasters

18 October, 2013 | Drupal Development | 17 seen

A sitemap is a critical aspect of any website, including Drupal websites. It helps search engines like Google to discover and index all of the pages on your website, making it easier for users to find your content.

In this article, we'll guide you through the steps to create a Drupal sitemap for Google Webmasters.

Step-by-step guide:

• Download the XML Sitemap module for Drupal
• Extract it to sites/all/modules
• Enable it from the Modules page

Estonia to catch up Scandinavia in next 10-15 years

17 October, 2013 | Emerging Markets | 26 seen

I have red some interesting article on Estonian Public Broadcasting (news.err.ee) in which  professor of economics, at Tartu University, Raul Eamets predicts that it will take 10-15 years for Estonian incomes to catch up with those of Nordic countries. 

Income level is not the same as GDP, but knowing GDP we can tell something about income level, isn't that right?  I decided to make some quick GDP comparison levels of Nordic countries and Estonia.I don't know which countries Estonian economics professor counted as Nordic countries,  but for the ease of continuing mathematical theories (my lame Google Spreadsheet graphs), I'll assume = Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland are counted as Nordic countries,

Current (2012) GDP nominal in Estonia vs Nordic Countries

Here are the raw GDP nominal 2012 data from World Bank:

• Estonia 21.854 bln USD
• Iceland 13.656 bln USD
• Finland 250.024 bln USD
• Denmark 314.242 bln USD
• Norway 499.667 bln USD
• Sweden 525.742 bln…

Week #2 of blogging 365 days in a row

17 October, 2013 | Blogging | 3 seen

<p>On October 3rd, 2013, I started a blog contest for myself - <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/node/8">Can you blog 365 days in a row.</a></p><p>Today is already 2nd week of my blogging expierence.</p><p>In second week, I continued to use "cheat" tactic, by publishing posts in future dates. That works ok.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I found out that posts I write to publish in future dates are more from - <em>How stuff works</em> category - I'm writting a lot about <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/topics/drupal">Drupal</a&gt; configuration.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Posts non-related to technical stuff - I'm publishing ASAP :)</p><p>Week 2 - marks 17 posts in total, by one (16) <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/week-1-blogging-365-days-row">more than in first week</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But - I must agree that I'm <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/node/8">already achieving routine feeling</a>, I talked starting this contest.</p>

Armenia, then, now - future

16 October, 2013 | Emerging Markets | 10 seen

Recently I wrote an article about Georgia, then, now - future, this time I would like to write about Armenia.

Landlocked land, with huge economic problems, ongoing conflicts with neighboring Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karbakh region. A country that plans to enter Eurasian Union on January 1st, 2014.

Let's start with some basic chart:

As seen from the chart above, Armenia, as well as neighboring Georgia, is no exception, in economic shrink after collapsing of Soviet Union. Now let's take a closer look by years:

• 1991. - The collapse of Soviet Union - Economy Shrinks
• 1992-1993. The economy continues to shrink, by reaching its bottom in 1993 in resulting GDP nominal just 1.201 bln USD
• 1994-1998. Economy starts to recover, reaching GDP 1.893 bln USD nominal
• 1999-2000. Looks like Armenia is softly touched by Russian economic crisis as well
• 2001 - 2008. "Golden ages" for Armenian economy. Armenia first in 2002 has greater GDP, that it was in 1990. The Year of 2008 is yet the best year for Armenian GDP - reaching 11.662 bln USD
• 2009. As the rest of world Armenia is hit by World…

Few shots from Samgori, Tbilisi

16 October, 2013 | Living in Georgia | 28 seen

Samgori is a district in Tbilisi, which is connected to the city center by the metro. Seems that the Samgori neighborhood is rarely visited by tourists

I first visited this part of Tbilisi back in August/September 2013. A lot has changed ever since, and now I considering investing in Samgori real estate market, as the property prices stile are among the lowest in the city

 A place to grow

How to Add Facebook Like Button to Drupal 7 Site

16 October, 2013 | Drupal Development | 12 seen

If you want to add the Facebook like button to your Drupal 7 site, the process is relatively straightforward. To get started, you will need to download the Facebook Like Button module from the modules section of your Drupal site. Once you have downloaded the module, extract it to the sites/modules folder.

Next, you will need to enable the Facebook Like Button module from the Modules page.

Once you have enabled the module, go to the admin/config/fblikebutton page to configure the module. You will be presented with two options for the Facebook like button: Dynamic and Static. Depending on your desired behavior for the like button, you will need to choose one of these options.

If you want the like button to dynamically like the page you are visiting, choose the Dynamic option.

To set up the like button for Drupal posts (nodes), you will need to go to the admin/config/fblikebutton/dynamic page. Here, you will be able to configure the appearance and behavior of the like button, including the layout, show faces, font, and color scheme.

By using the Facebook Like Button module, you can easily add a powerful social sharing tool to your Drupal 7…