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The MEME this week is a picture by a facebook page called ‘Godlike Georgian Memes’ where they illustrate how Georgians say Georgia was very important in medieval times. Link: http://on.fb.me/1SnwfTm
A Georgian publishing house released a video of Hitler walking around Rustaveli. Link: http://on.fb.me/1SlSd9d
An interview with Richard Miles, who was the US Ambassador to Georgia from 2002-2005 during the Rose Revolution. Link: http://bit.ly/1OjDNr8
Heather Yundt of IWPR explores the phenomenon of Georgia’s shrinking population. Link: http://bit.ly/1IdGo4M
Tedo Japaridze writes in the National Interest that the 2016 parliamentary elections will determine if Georgia is a consolidated democracy. Link: http://bit.ly/1HZig5y
Quartz has a photoessay on the women transforming Ukraine’s police force, featuring Eka Zguladze. Link: http://bit.ly/1I0ApuC
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project with Studio Monitori report on the dangers of using natural gas in cars, which is widely used in Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1MHlZDU
The BBC picked up on the bad marketing IPhone+ commercial in Georgia that mimicked a jihadi video. Link: http://bbc.in/1PeicSa
Conan O’Brien has a series of videos on his site from his trip to Armenia earlier this fall with his assistant. Link: http://bit.ly/1LCSeAf
CNN travelling through the old Silk Route to Armenia and Georgia to learn about what is claimed to be the birthplace of wine. Link: http://cnn.it/1LzawT1
Culinary Backstreets has a new series called Tbilisi Sketches. For the first edition, Andrew North illustrates making traditional Tone bread. Link: http://bit.ly/1PRydxt
Paul Salopek documents his Out of Eden walk in National Geographic; he visits the Sakdrisi gold mine in the town of Kazreti. Link: http://bit.ly/1QKorgE
On the work of Father Petre Kharischirashvili and Catholicism in Georgia, on Vatican Radio. Link: http://bit.ly/1LCSfnH
Georgia Today looks at one activist who painted and cheered up some Zugdidi dumpsters. Link: http://bit.ly/1Yx3QOk
The trailer for the film When the Earth Seems to be Light. Link: http://bit.ly/1kWd1JZ
For the CRRC, the think tank World Experience for Georgia says that energy issues in electoral campaigns should be evidence-based, not generalized statements. Link: http://bit.ly/1SnwiOU