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What threatens the world expansion of the Turkish sphere of influence
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By mid-2021, Turkey continues to implement the strategy of expanding its military-political, economic and cultural influence in countries that can be conditionally included in the project of the so-called “Great Turan ”.
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Artist Alexander Ponomarev: “In Russia, to become a famous artist, you must first make an exhibition in Paris or in New York ”
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Hemingway forever: how he defined the lifestyle during the “thaw ” and why his books are eternal
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The fan provoked a bicycle accident with 21 victims in the Tour de France
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The woman too wanted to show off in front of the cameras and did not look back. — Landerno, June 27.
On the famous cycling race "Tour de France" there was a massive collision, which injured 21 participants of the race.
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French police are looking for the culprit of the collapse of cyclists in the "Tour de France" - article
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The first stage of the prestigious cycling race "Tour de France" ended in a massive accident.
47 kilometers before the finish line, a cheerleader ran out on the track with a poster.
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A column of participants of the “Tour de France ” fell on the asphalt because of the stupidity of the cheerleader
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Dozens of athletes suffered because of the stupid antics of one of the spectators.
At the “Tour de France ” riders got off their bikes because of a girl with a poster.
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The head of the WHO announced the beginning of a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the world
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The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus said that today the world is at the origins of a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
During his speech at the meeting of the WHO Committee on the situation with COVID-19, he said that the world is in the early stages of the third wave of the pandemic.
Gebreyesus drew attention to the high increase in morbidity in countries, and also highlighted the mortality rates from COVID-19.
The number of deaths increased for the first time after a decline in deaths was recorded over a period of ten weeks.
The head of the WHO said that the variant of coronavirus "Delta" was one of the factors in the growth of transmission rates.
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In the United States, in the midst of the pandemic, the death rate from overdose reached a record 93 thousand
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In the United States, in the midst of the pandemic, overdose deaths reached a record 93 thousand.
In the United States, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 93,000 people died from overdoses.
The previous record in the country was set a year earlier, when 72,000 Americans were victims of drugs.
About it with reference to data of the American government, published on Wednesday, July 14, reports The Associated Press.
In Japan, as a result of suicides in a month died more people than from coronavirus for the whole of 2020 "This is a staggering loss of human lives, - said researcher from Brown University Brandon Marshall, who monitors overdose cases. - COVID significantly increased the crisis."
According to experts, coronavirus restrictions have isolated people suffering from drug addiction and made it difficult for them to access treatment.
For comparison, in 1970, when the heroin epidemic raged in the United States, fewer than 7.2 thousand deaths were associated with an overdose, and at the height of the crack epidemic in 1988, about 9 thousand.
At the same time, all of these drugs have been supplanted in recent years by fentanyl, a dangerously potent opioid developed to treat severe pain caused by diseases such as cancer.
As the newspaper writes, “increasingly it is sold illegally and mixed with other drugs. ”
Fentanyl was responsible for more than 60% of overdose deaths last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In general, 2020 was the deadliest year in the history of the United States - more than 3.3 million deaths were registered in the country, 378 thousand of which, by the way, are associated with COVID-19.
In Japan, more people died from suicide in a month than from COVID-19 complications in all of 2020.
COVID-stress syndrome: the coronavirus pandemic has affected the mental health of millions of people Share: Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Telegram Viber Email Copy link
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Experiments with artichoke: Ukrainian farmers resist global warming
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According to the expert of the Department of climate and transport of the NGO "Ecodia" Daria Lazareva, due to the decrease in the water content of rivers in Ukraine will increase competition between the utilities, energy and agriculture for water resources.
Ukrainian energy is very much in demand in fresh, cold water, which is cooled by reactors.
Farmers will receive loans under state guarantees - the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers "The warmer this water becomes, the more dangerous the situation at our power plants will be," Lazareva said.
Agrarians are experimenting with growing new crops due to global changes in nature, observe the migration of climatic zones.
And although there will be no tropics in Ukraine, we should expect higher temperatures with droughts.
This weather is typical for the Central Asian region.
These changes are already being felt by the agricultural sector, which is beginning to experiment with crops that are not characteristic of our climate zone, such as artichoke.
“In the south of Ukraine, there are areas suitable, if possible, for the use of the same land reclamation, for the collection of two harvests per year or for the cultivation of niche crops that are more drought-resistant.
This is chickpeas, sorghum, ” said Elena Neroba, Business Development Manager at Maxgrain.
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This culture will be in great demand, given the demand in the world for alternative protein.
At the same time, we should not hope that new crops, which previously could not be grown, will save the domestic agricultural sector and greatly help in terms of profit.
From classical agricultural crops, in which Ukraine was traditionally strong, no one refused.
Farmers still need to invest in modern technologies and adapt to new weather conditions.
Not for quantity, but for quality.
"Niche (agricultural crops - channel 24) for that and niche.
They don ’ t have a wide range of consumers or a distribution channel.
Inside the country, they are unpopular to fully enter the diet of Ukrainians, and we still have insufficient quantities for exports, ” Neroba said.
Climate change will affect other sectors of the Ukrainian economy, experts warned.
The closest market to us - the European Union - has long adopted initiatives that require that the product does not harm the environment.
Ukrainian export production has not yet learned to comply with all environmental standards, so Ukraine may soon become a non-competitive player in the EU market.
As part of the “green ” agreement, Europeans will introduce the so-called CBAM tax (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism), ” explained Alexey Orzhel, Head of the Energy Sector at BRDO.
Thus, European markets protect themselves and this is an absolutely logical requirement.
After all, if the manufacturer does not comply with environmental requirements, then its products do not make sense to allow on the market.
Experts noted that a new philosophy of consumption has emerged in the world.
It takes into account the environmental aspect.
The sooner manufacturers realize that their products must be made with care for the environment, the better it will be for them.
Ukrainian farmers must resist global warming: watch the video
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What aircraft will be tomorrow
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Artificial intelligence in the co-pilot's seat?
How do the number and flight of design ideas get along?
Flight hybrids and glass fuselages - gravitation or future reality?
On the eve of the opening of the International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, we are talking about this with the Director General of the National Research Center "Zhukovsky Institute", Doctor of Technical Sciences Andrei Dutov.
Andrei Vladimirovich, what is comparable with the breakthrough from propeller aircraft to jet aircraft?
Electric aircraft, hybrid propulsion systems, something else?
Andrei Dutov: Well, the propellers have not gone anywhere: they flew and we will fly.
When flying at high speeds, their aerodynamic and geometric shape changes.
But propeller planes can fly, not much inferior to jet aircraft in speed.
And even the slow-moving, but economical aircraft have their own niches.
Until we come up with some gravitation, as in science fiction films, the value of propeller aviation will remain.
This is the first.
Second, global norms and standards for new aircraft technology have sharply tightened.
And this largely determines a new round in the development of the aircraft industry of all leading countries.
Where are we going?
First of all, environmental friendliness.
There is a requirement of the international civil aviation organization ICAO: after 2030, CO2 emissions from aircraft flights should be reduced by 80 percent.
Reduce aircraft noise by 50%.
And screw technology can contribute to solving these problems.
Another important goal related to flight safety is clearly spelled out - zero fatalities.
These are three principal indicators.
In order to achieve them, new technologies are needed.
First of all, as far as the engines are concerned, it is electricity.
At MAKS will be presented a flying laboratory based on the Yak-40 with the world's first electric aircraft engine on high-temperature superconductors with a capacity of 500 kW.
And that's a real breakthrough.
Not so long ago, we watched the first run of a flying laboratory on the runway.
Did she go up into the sky?
Andrei Dutov: Yes.
It is a fully functioning model.
We hope that it will fly on MAKS as a demonstrator of technologies for creating aircraft with hybrid power plants.
I want to remind you: at the last air show, we showed only prototypes, mock-ups.
In two years, a fully functioning labor demonstrator was made.
Now we will improve it, bring it to mind, so that it can be used in the design of future aircraft.
What is know-how?
Andrei Dutov: If you do not go into details, then in the bow of the aircraft there is an air propeller, which is driven by an electric motor.
This is a unique hybrid scheme, invented in the CIAM named after Baranov (part of the SIC "Institute. N.E. Zhukovsky") together with the company "SuperOx".
The technology is based on superconducting winding materials.
They are in a state of 77 degrees Kelvin, inside - liquid nitrogen, so that the resistance on these windings "zero".
This allows you to realize huge capacities at a relatively small size.
Is flying always a weight struggle?
Andrei Dutov: Exactly right.
And here we are ahead of the world by about 2-3 years, because no one has demonstrated such an approach and has not shown such technologies.
Can you imagine?
You take off on an electric motor, where you can, start the gas turbine engine, recharge the battery at the permitted height, continue the flight again on electricity and sit on propellers...
Yak-40 LL flew to Zhukovsky on its own?
Andrei Dutov: Of course.
True, it flew without a propeller - on its two march engines.
Now the screw will be re-installed.
At the MAKS, we plan to show the flight when the gas turbine engine goes to reduced speeds, the electric motor is turned on, and the thrust will go including due to the screw that is located on it.
We hope that by 2026-2027 we will receive a full set of technologies that will allow us to create a regional aircraft on such a hybrid scheme by 2030.
But we intend to go even further: to use in the engine as a refrigerant is not nitrogen, but liquefied hydrogen, which will be the fuel.
In fact, it does not produce any emissions at all.
This will be an even more complex scheme - it is suitable for large aircraft, for long-range aviation.
However, this is already the prospect of 2035 and beyond.
All this will radically change the appearance of the most winged car?
Andrey Dutov: Hydrogen takes up more space than the same kerosene.
So it will already be a distributed hybrid propulsion system integrated into the airframe.
Therefore, we are working on new passenger aircraft layouts, one of which is the flying wing.
As you know, the military uses similar technologies for invisibility.
They need to be adapted and developed for civil aviation: from the point of view of the location of engines, fuel, optimal seating, etc.
With this arrangement, the glider will screen the noise of the engines.
However, modern aircraft noise not only the engine, but also the glider itself.
And seriously enough.
And what about supertechnologies in terms of flight safety?
Andrei Dutov: First of all, it is artificial intelligence.
There is an ICAO roadmap, there are calculations of how AI can affect security.
An absolutely clear benchmark: in 2030, a “virtual co-pilot ” based on artificial intelligence will appear in civil aviation.
It is he who will allow to solve the task set by the world community - zero dead.
An absolutely clear benchmark: in 2030, a "virtual co-pilot" based on artificial intelligence will appear in civil aviation.
Andrei Dutov: Yes.
What else does artificial intelligence and related approaches to flight safety allow?
Today, both the safety and operational efficiency of the aircraft can no longer be assessed separately from the air traffic control system.
It will be a single conglomerate, distributed information management system.
If it is quite simple: a certain algorithm of the aircraft laid on board collects initial data not only from ground points of the air traffic management system, but also from all aircraft flying in the environment to clarify and adjust the movement of the aircraft.
Thus, let ’ s say, the problem of the “black box ” is solved.
Or, for example, if some navigation unit of the aircraft is out of order, the board flying nearby can help him - replace the broken one with its unit.
Moreover, the term “predictive diagnosis ” has already appeared.
This is when the aircraft will be checked not only for condition, but also to predict its technical condition.
This will also be done by artificial intelligence.
Such systems already exist in modern aircraft, and their improvement, associated with the processing of large amounts of data, requires the use of AI algorithms.
Can artificial intelligence be wrong?
Andrey Dutov: This is primarily a neural network that learns from big data.
We are out of the stage of basic search research, and now we need to refine these technologies so that they can be used by the designer.
Where big data is not enough, the system completes the missing information with mathematical methods and conducts analysis.
In short, we are dealing not only with a large array of operational data, but also with synthesized data, the use of which requires even more attention.
The idea is serious.
It is widely discussed in the world.
Are those who say that by 2030 the potential for improving the efficiency of aircraft construction from traditional technologies will not exceed 35-40 percent?
Andrei Dutov: This is a very high estimate.
Traditional technologies in transport engineering were invented 50-60 years ago.
And today, almost everyone is at the highest points of saturation.
It is impossible to expect fundamental improvements due to their development.
By one percent, yes.
However, the cost of the result is catastrophically large.
Only from science can we expect new solutions, which can then be implemented in experimental design work, and, accordingly, in the production of new products.
We are in the early stages of developing these technologies.
But we are well aware of what they should lead to and how they should be developed.
What about the design idea, the idea?
And that, according to the aircraft designer Tupolev, only beautiful planes fly?
Andrew Dutov: What will be the next generation of aircraft?
I can clearly say that these are not just beautiful cars that separately solve their problems.
It is, above all, a functional and efficient system that manages smaller systems.
This is what the next generation of aviation technology looks like.
I mean, there's no need to think: there's a beautiful car, and then the next model will be even more beautiful.
This logic does not work here.
Here is a fundamentally different view of the system, and not on a separate aircraft.
At the MAKS, Russia will show for the first time a demonstrator of a model of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
How far is it from a car to a car?
Andrei Dutov: Theoretically, such a machine is not so difficult to make.
All the knowledge that can be implemented as technology, there is.
In addition to the fight against sound shock, which has a very negative impact on humans, and on all living things, and on the environment.
Currently, there are no standards for sound impact within ICAO.
Our experts are involved in their development.
The creation of the Strizh demonstrator is the first serious step in this direction.
And Russia is doing it.
And next year we plan to start work on the creation of an aircraft that will be a prototype of a passenger supersonic.
What are the alleged characteristics?
Andrey Dutov: Cruise speed - 1800-1900 km per hour, height - above 15 thousand meters.
At least on a supersonic, it should fly from 5 hours, which requires a fundamentally new engine.
The aircraft will have an unusual elongated body.
What does that say?
The fact that in principle at such speeds in traditional solutions is very difficult to solve the problem of strength.
In addition, the supersonic design begins to heat up.
It is lengthening.
For aluminum structures at speeds over two Mach, it can reach 30 cm. This is also necessary to take into account.
The problem is complex.
It involves the use of optimal materials, optimal designs, including bionic ones, and the same optimal technologies.
There will be no windows in the cockpit.
All external sources of information - television, infrared, radio electronic, etc. - are displayed on computers.
There will be exclusively technical vision, which is fundamentally better than the human eye.
Our Center will demonstrate such technologies at its exposition.
This work is also being done in the West.
Are we keeping up?
Andrei Dutov: We are not behind.
The works are quite open: we cooperate with Japan, Germany, France.
The exchange of views with scientists is ongoing.
How do you feel about unusual concepts: say, when the fuselage has solar panels, a glass floor or a ceiling?..
Andrey Dutov: Behind any serious technology there is a huge amount of knowledge, a huge experience of design bureaus, a huge number of experiments and an understanding of how the processes of applied research develop.
You can't just come up with something.
It's a completely different slice.
Unfortunately, there is a market and demand from investors for the future, so speculation in this area is quite large.
What are the forecasts for the development of small aircraft?
Model range of aircraft, skins?
Andrei Dutov: I would not start with the model range, but with the statement of tasks.
There is a regional policy of the country, which solves the triple task necessary to provide transport services to the population of the Russian Federation: border security, transport accessibility of the territory and mobility of the population.
A very characteristic example.
Europe is actively engaged in electric aircraft, where they will fly entirely on batteries.
Not the way we make a hybrid engine, namely batteries. Why?
Yes, because the distance in Europe required for a flight is 200-500 km.
We have to start with a thousand.
The battery does not allow you to fly by a thousand, but the hybrid does.
And we are engaged in a hybrid engine, because we understand that it meets our Russian interests.
At the MAKS is presented the aircraft "Baikal", which is to replace the An-2.
The main thing here is the question of security, and I would even say cheapness.
The task is to ensure the mass production of cheap equipment of high reliability for transport accessibility of remote areas of Russia.
The Ural plant of civil aviation will show this model.
What does our aircraft industry lack for an innovative breakthrough - creativity, flexibility of thinking?
Or, perhaps, the freedom of technological entrepreneurship?
Andrei Dutov: I think it is the opposite.
All the new fundamental principles, all the technical ideas are already known.
We talked about them.
But from ideas, inventions to serial technology that can be applied without risking people ’ s lives, without getting into commercial adventures, a long distance.
It takes years and decades for world leaders.
And this, understand me correctly, is not only the path of insights and bright take-offs.
This is a large and complex work of thousands of scientists and engineers, sometimes routine calculations, tests, the strictest selection of the best technologies and solutions.
You can come up with a lot of creative ideas, but without such careful study - are we ready to get on such planes and put our children in them, are we ready to risk at least our money?
The answer is obvious.
Creativity is needed, but still a new technological way in the aircraft industry - this is not a topic for a startup, it is not done "in the garage".
Those startups in the aircraft industry, which we sometimes hear about abroad, always take advantage of the groundwork created by the largest scientific associations at state expense.
The new technological era in aviation is indeed fantastic.
Although, perhaps, the most revolutionary innovations in it are not so spectacular.
But to make this fairy tale a reality is a great job that our applied science knows how to do and does.
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Alexander Rogers: A brief history of the pandemic from the beginning of 2020 to the present day
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Usually I do not write in this style, here the master was the late "Green Tea" (let this text be a tribute to him), but there is simply no other way.
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The “pandemic ” will inevitably backfire with a real epidemic of mental disorders
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In Russia, the death rate from drug use increased by 60% last year.
This is reported by RBC with reference to the data of Rosstat.
So, in 2020, this figure was 7316 people, in 2019 - 4569, while in 2016-2018 - from 4.4 to 4.8 thousand people.
Binding to a “pandemic ” here looks very appropriate.
The terror and war that the regime is waging against the people under the guise of caring for their health, simply had to cause a sharp increase in mental disorders and diseases.
Sergei Pereslegin at one of the seminars said that, in his opinion, up to 20 percent of the population in countries where terror rages with particular ferocity, will become mentally ill, and the “pandemic ” will inevitably backfire with the most real (without fools) large-scale epidemic of mental disorders.
For Russia, all this is more than relevant.
Even without the coronavirus, streams of hatred are pouring from televisions and all propaganda sources, sweeping away everything in its path.
And if we take into account that in parallel with this, any non-propagandistic media are being exterminated, it is extremely difficult to resist these flows.
People, as in the case of vaccination, save themselves by simply ignoring the sources of this hatred.
Stop watching TV, reading the office.
There is no other way to protect your psyche from a nightmare - only a boycott.
Nonviolent resistance.
There's no other way.
Read more about Who benefits from a pandemic?
Unfortunately, terror is not limited to "Evening Litter" and its endless clones across all channels.
He's everywhere.
Hatred has become the spiritual bond of the Putin regime.
It is nothing less than an endless lie.
It is logical that in such circumstances someone is trying to escape from reality.
Including drugs.
I think that if the statistics on the number of suicides are announced (at least estimated), the picture is unlikely to be very different.
Russia has been among the three countries with the highest suicide rates since the year 16, after Guyana and Lesotho.
And in 2019, Russia became the first country in the world in the number of suicides among men.
Somewhere in the world, Putin won.
The increase in mortality caused by mental problems is not the cause, it is a symptom.
The reason is in the very nature of the system built in Russia, which generates a rejection of any humanity.
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Will the National Bank of Georgia tighten policy due to rising prices
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TBILISI, July 21 – Sputnik.
The increase in prices in Georgia is a consequence of global processes and the coronavirus pandemic, said the head of the National Bank Koba Gvenetadze.
Annual inflation (June 2021 to June 2020) in Georgia was 9.9%, with a target of 3%.
This is the highest inflation rate in the last 10 years.
The last time a sharp jump in prices was recorded in 2011, when inflation was 10%.
“As the International Monetary Fund notes, high inflation today is a global trend and is caused by a pandemic.
In the case of Georgia, the increase in prices is caused by significantly higher prices in international markets, high intermediate costs in production against the background of limited supplies, as well as an increase in utility bills, "Gvenetadze told reporters.
He noted that as a result of the joint analysis of the IMF and the National Bank, it was found out that if world prices in dollars had remained at the same level, the inflation rate in Georgia was close to 3%.
"It is expected that this trend will end soon, and inflation at the end of 2022 will be 2.3%, and the average inflation rate by this period is 2.8%," Gvenetadze said, stressing that the forecast cannot be final.
A pandemic has one very bad moment – it is uncertainty, because there can always be some new factor that may not justify the forecast and change the situation in the opposite direction, he added.
At the same time, the head of the National Bank noted that uncertainty will be the main factor influencing the rate of monetary policy in Georgia.
"We have to be very careful and look at whether there are factors or expectations that can keep inflation at a higher level in the long run.
Therefore, we are ready to tighten the interest rate.
However, such a decision will necessarily have a basis.
Today I can tell you that I do not see the need to raise the refinancing rate.
However, due to the uncertainty that accompanies the pandemic, we will be very careful, ” Gvenetadze said.
According to him, the National Bank will make the final decision on the refinancing rate on August 4 at a meeting of the monetary policy committee based on forecasts that generate positive expectations.
"According to preliminary estimates, in the main scenario, GDP growth will be higher than 7.7%, at least more than 8%, and this gives us reason to believe that we will have a solid situation and buffers of commercial banks, which remain the locomotives of the economy," Gvenetadze said and expressed hope that negative factors will not affect the forecasts.
The improvement of economic forecasts in Georgia is due to the lifting of the restriction and growth of tourism.
The authorities already expect the economy to recover almost in full by the autumn of this year.
Meanwhile, the epidemiological situation in Georgia continues to deteriorate.
Despite the fact that the authorities are not yet considering the introduction of additional restrictions, calling on the population to vaccinate, epidemiologists have already begun to work to return the restrictions if the number of cases reaches a critical level.
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Lithuanian “hospitality ”: why exhausted and beaten by border guards Iraqi illegals ended up in Belarus?
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Do you not think that Vilnius and Warsaw staged a competition - who will be more disgraced in world politics? The Poles are caught in the leak of correspondence, in which the highest officials of the Warsaw democratic dictatorship discuss how to rock the protests in Belarus.
And do it via email, which counterintelligence and common sense do forbid strictly.
Here is Vilnius...
Can you hear that strange sound?
Listen to me.
This is breaking at the seams of Lithuanian democracy.
Two gods cannot be served, gentlemen of the politics of Vilnius.
It is impossible at the same time to teach Belarusians how to fight for some pseudo-European values on the street, and at the same time to beat, poison with dogs and, under the threat of shooting, expel their migrants through the forest to Belarus so unloved by you.
My name is Igor Tur, and I will add to the theme.If someone missed the main topic of the last days, then briefly about it.
For many years Belarus and our border service acted as a shield on the way of migrants to the European Union through Lithuania.
Europeans persistently called them there, Lithuanians publicly pretended that they were also Europe, but as soon as Merkel turned away, they asked Belarus to filter the flows of refugees from Asia.
We as friends helped, they as friends participated in projects on co-financing the arrangement of the Lithuanian-Belarusian border.But in recent years, this comrade, whose name is Gitanas Nauseda (this is the president of Lithuania), decided to work with our country differently.
Vilnius constantly created around Minsk information noise from fakes and lies that everything is bad: the nuclear power plant is unsafe, we throw the coronavirus to them, he is concerned about our doctors, civil society, someone else.
So to speak, "Brussels sprouts"...
She flew to Vilnius regularly for various reasons, but almost a year after the August events in Minsk, Lithuania lost any attractive reasons for discontent.
At the same time, Belarus officially, through the lips of our President, stated that the unfriendliness of the European Union, the curtailment of joint cross-border projects and sanctions make it impossible for our work to stop the transit of migration in a huge volume, as before.
After all, they are not our immigrants.
Once again, Belarus announced this loudly, and our logic is impeccable: spending millions of its dollars to filter refugees coming to us legally and seeking to unfriendly Europe through Lithuania (do they understand that Lithuania is not really Europe?), so doing this is stupid for us, our economy and our people.
Lithuania saw this as a window of opportunity for the Overton window: if earlier public lies about Belarusian nuclear power plants, coronavirus and protests worked, you can raise the stakes.
Having received just over two thousand illegal immigrants since the beginning of the year (and there is no reason to trust these data), Lithuania accused Minsk of transferring refugees from Iraq to Vilnius at the state level.
No, this is the fault of those who allegedly fought for democracy there, and this led, as in many other countries, to a catastrophe.
Is it our fault that they want to go to Europe?
No, this is the fault of the European Union, which populist said that it will accept everyone on its benefits.
We are a transit country.
We received people who came to us legally, and whether they have a Schengen or not, they tear up passports at the border or not, and how they try to get in is not our problem.
But Lithuania even said that Belarus earned 2 million euros on the transit of illegal immigrants.
Oh, this Baltic pettiness - measure all the number of cans with sprats.
Vilnius, dear, 2 million is a pair of BelAZ ’ s, we will not come up with sophisticated schemes for such money.
Is it really a business for someone?
But not with us...
I will repeat what we said on Sunday in the “Contours ”: if some individuals legally accept refugees in Minsk, take from them one and a half thousand dollars to show which side of Lithuania, then there is no violation of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, the maximum is fraud, for what money was taken?
I am sure that the law enforcers are ready to accept applications from Iraqi victims.
But here's what happened next.
The same migrants from Iraq, who visited the centers of Lithuania, are met by our border guards this week.
Do you think that the evidence of illegal trafficking of people across the border from Vilnius is much more than the version of which we are accused?
Where is democracy and human rights?
Or if it is from Iraq, then how would it not be completely human?
I honestly would not believe that this is possible if it were not for the words of the victims themselves.
It is obvious that Alexander Lukashenko.Do you know why our President in Europe is so disliked?
He calls things by their proper names.
In diplomacy, in such a situation, it is customary to say something like “we are concerned about the dubious actions of our partners. ”
But Alexander Lukashenko speaks as it is.
You can love him for it, you can dislike him, but it deserves universal respect.
And another one.
This week, the Head of State gave an interview to an Arab TV channel.
Do you know what the idea is coming to your mind now?
And how will the Arab world react to this story with the aggression of Lithuania?
Muslim women with children who have been beaten and starved, some of them are pregnant, Lithuanian border guards hiding their faces under balaclavas, tear up their passports, put dogs on refugees and drive them back to Belarus through the forest at gunpoint.
Does this remind you of the actions of the fascist punishers in 1943?
And let me remind you that the Arab world is ready to defend its women harshly and with weapons.
There is already a wave of discontent with the actions of Vilnius, but it is there.
Another thing is that in this “fabulous ” Europe already now there are millions of Muslims, and they are hot guys.
I do not call for violence, I condemn terrorist attacks, no matter who committed them.
But Europe and specifically Lithuania with this attitude towards Muslim refugees again opens Pandora ’ s box.
The box, which itself created populist statements.
And which has already opened in France, Germany and other countries.
If on religious grounds and because of the way migrants from Iraq were treated in Lithuania, a wave of terrorist attacks will pass through Europe – who will be to blame?
God forbid this to happen, but the soil is already fertilized.
All of a sudden, Ukraine.
After the conflict in the Donbas, Belarus welcomed tens of thousands of Ukrainians who sought peace, tranquility and opportunities to simply live and work without fear for the safety of their children.
And they got everything they asked for, and more.
But these migrants were ours, because from Ukraine, which is so eager to Europe, they just did not want to go to Europe.
What is the difference between the Iraqis and the Lithuanians?
In the fact that Vilnius is well aware that the Iraqis do not want to stay in Lithuania, so supposedly beautiful and wonderful.
They want to go further, to the real Europe.
Which, of course, Lithuania is not.
Vilnius may, and would like to accept them all, to provide jobs to support its economy.
But it's not that sweet.
Neither the Iraqis nor the Lithuanians themselves.
Maybe this is the reason for such aggression of Vilnius to refugees? This is all too interesting.
Seems to be in trouble.
For Europe.
Once again, I would like to emphasize: in democratic Lithuania, Iraqi citizens – men, women and children – were tortured and expelled from the country.
In Belarus, where the dictatorship is, they were fed and provided with medical care.
Moreover, for humanitarian reasons, as well as the need for treatment and rehabilitation of foreigners, we will not be held accountable.
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Due to climate change: 2 / 3 of the territory of Ukraine can become a zone of risky farming
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In the future, climate change may lead to the fact that two-thirds of the territory of Ukraine will become a zone of risky farming.
This assumption was made by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Roman Leshchenko.
According to him, agriculture is quite susceptible to climate change.
Therefore, already today in Ukraine, climatic zones of agriculture are shifting to the north by hundreds of kilometers. — We see that the temperature regime has increased by more than 1 ° C for 10 years.
This has a very serious impact on the farming area.
Objectively speaking, with such dynamics as today, we can come to a situation where 2 / 3 of the territory of Ukraine will become a zone of risky farming, ” the minister said.
Roman Leshchenko added that global climate change poses very big threats to agriculture.
First of all, they are a decrease in production productivity, a loss of ecosystem stability and a deterioration in the quality of life of people.
Therefore, according to the minister, it is necessary to move to more economical means of land cultivation in terms of technology, as well as to increase the share of organic products.
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Ernest Hemingway ’ s birthday: what kind of alcohol the author of “The Old Man and the Sea ” loved
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One way or another, a writer is not a boring professor, sitting all his life in the office or at home at the computer.
On the contrary, it is usually an active and non-standard person.
Take Ernest Hemingway for example.
Hemingway loved alcoholic beverages, but – wrote only sober Outstanding member of the literary elite, Ernest Miller Hemingway traveled almost the whole world.
Here and there he savoured local alcoholic beverages.
In Cuba - daiquiri, in Paris - absinthe, and in Florida (where the writer often spends the summer) - gin with coconut water.
The author of "The Old Man and the Sea" was a man of bear physique, but did not avoid women's cocktails.
He also enjoyed the "White Lady" (gin, orange liqueur and lime juice) and fruit varieties of champagne.
However, the favorite drink of the creator of "For Whom the Bell Tolls", in whatever bar Hemingway did not sit, was whiskey.
Why did he have to do all this?
Forget churches, palaces and squares.
If you really want to learn the local culture, go to the nearest bar – that ’ s how the writer himself answered this question.
Ernest Hemingway loved alcohol, but created only sober / Photo jfklibrary.org Interesting fact: according to the evidence, which can hardly be checked, Ernest Hemingway drank a liter of alcoholic beverages a day.
But at the same time strictly adhered to the golden rule: you can shave and write only on a sober head.
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Hemingway ’ s birthday: what kind of alcohol the author loved the Old Man and the Sea
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How did famous writers treat alcohol?
Like all people, differently.
Whom alcohol helped to write masterpieces, and someone after writing a masterpiece went into all serious trouble.
One way or another, a writer is not a boring professor, sitting all his life in the office or at home at the computer.
On the contrary, it is usually an active and non-standard person.
Take Ernest Hemingway for example.
Hemingway loved alcoholic beverages, but – wrote only sober Outstanding member of the literary elite, Ernest Miller Hemingway traveled almost the whole world.
Here and there he savoured local alcoholic beverages.
In Cuba - daiquiri, in Paris - absinthe, and in Florida (where the writer often spends the summer) - gin with coconut water.
The author of "The Old Man and the Sea" was a man of bear physique, but did not avoid women's cocktails.
He also enjoyed the "White Lady" (gin, orange liqueur and lime juice) and fruit varieties of champagne.
However, the favorite drink of the creator of "For Whom the Bell Tolls", in whatever bar Hemingway did not sit, was whiskey.
Why did he have to do all this?
Forget churches, palaces and squares.
If you really want to learn the local culture, go to the nearest bar – that ’ s how the writer himself answered this question.
Ernest Hemingway loved alcohol, but created only sober / Photo jfklibrary.org according to evidence that can hardly be verified, Ernest Hemingway drank a liter of alcoholic beverages per day.
But at the same time strictly adhered to the golden rule: Also interesting Ideal for a cool party: how to cook delicious alcoholic ice cream
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Win Forex Optimun: Unscrupulous Online Edition Punished
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This unprecedented decision was made by the Ninth Arbitration Court of Moscow, which considered the claim of the famous international broker Forex Optimum Group to the administrator of the site Infoskam.ru.
Published on the site negative information about the work of the online broker was declared invalid and purposefully defamatory.
Until now, the people in our Internet wrote with impunity what they wanted.
Including for money, if it was necessary to “drown ” a competitor company or for some other reason to lie to someone.
Moreover, the director of web studio Kraftwork Roman Usov, is convinced that 70% of all responses in any area are written to order.
The principle in this case (NoA40-67642 / 20-51-488) is that the defendant was a specific person - the site administrator who wrote and posted the article.
The court ordered him to pay the plaintiff the costs of notarial services, as well as to pay for the work of the representative of Forex Optimum Group in the court session.
We are still talking about compensation for causing moral, reputational and material damage.
In such unpleasant positions, in which the online broker "Forex Optimum Group" was put, many others are often found.
All of a sudden, a series of unfair negative reviews from alleged users, allegedly journalists and all sorts of specialists suddenly appear on the site.
And you won't wash.
Spoon of tar... But the rest of the potential consumers of services are very focused on this kind of information!
According to a study by Yandex.Metrica and GFK Rus, reviews on websites are unconditionally trusted by 10% of Russian citizens.
And most certainly the absolute majority of them read and then make their opinion.
What to do in such cases?
The dogs are barking, the caravan is coming...
That's usually how it was.
I had to close my eyes and continue on my own path.
Aggressive anti-advertising under the guise of features of dissatisfied customers or articles of pseudo-experts is difficult to resist.
You will not go to court: it is not the media that writes, who is to be called to account?
In this case, the defamatory information was posted in the form of an “expert ” article on a specialized website.
For what it is made clear.
Prices are also known.
It's a whole business.
Not dusty.
But dirty.
And, alas, popular, because instantly brings the desired effect.
A more successful competitor is almost immediately removed from the market.
In any case, his activity slows down, and he is forced to deal not with his direct duties, but somehow react to a provocation.
Consumers are especially sensitive to black PR in the address of companies from the financial sector - banks, mutual funds, online exchanges.
This is the case of the Forex Optimum Group.
Many shut their mouths to slanderers, paying them a decent bribe for them to remove negative false information from the site.
By the way, this is another reason why this information even gets into the network.
Some site owners personally organize an information attack on their pages in order to then stop it for a good reward.
In addition, the negative people bite.
It is also a good marketing tactic.
Attracting the reader with allegedly insider information about the problems of some popular Internet project, you immediately offer him a “lifeline ”: legal or other consulting services. Why?
Promo – what you need.
Cheap and angry.
The lawyers of Forex Optimum Group decided not to give up their positions and not to play with anyone in giveaways.
They went to court with a claim for the protection of business reputation and won the case.
The defendants were the owners of two Internet sites for reviews - Dmitry Nikanorov (Infoskam.ru) and Taisia Smirnova (Antines.ru).
From the decision of the Arbitration Court of Moscow: “The owner of the Internet site should be responsible for the placement of information that contradicts the law, since he is the person who created the appropriate technical conditions for visitors to his Internet resource. ”
Moreover, given the fact that “the case is fabricated ”, since the artificial nature of the defamatory responses posted is obvious, the court ordered the defendant to publicly admit to spreading defamation and refute the false information.
The second defendant by the time of the trial herself removed all the negativity from her site and avoided the lawsuit.
It is also a victory.
The precedent is set.
You can no longer allow unscrupulous people to do business like this and shamelessly earn money in front of everyone, denigrating responsible business.
According to Sergey Minaev, Director of the Center for Business and Political Reputation Research, the current victory of Forex Optimum Group is indicative and significant.
It can be a turning point.
It is very likely that from now on, and other companies will not want to put up with the flow of dirt pouring on them.
It is time to collect from fraudsters and disinformers substantial compensation for moral damage and losses incurred by companies.
With these citizens it is necessary to speak the language of the strictness of the law and their own language – money.
It is necessary that slander becomes a financially unprofitable enterprise.
Moreover, such a law has already been prescribed and recently adopted by the State Duma (amendments to Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code).
According to him, for defamation distributed on the Internet, a fine of up to 1 million rubles or a prison term of up to two years.
By the way, the story with Forex Optimum Group is not over yet.
The company may well start the second part of the “Marlezon ballet ” and sue the offenders in court, having already opened a criminal case.
Taisiya Meadow
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Le Figaro – quarantine or pandemic – scientists have found out what is worse
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Le Figaro – quarantine or pandemic – scientists have found out what is worse During quarantine and other harsh measures that have been taken in different countries, people wondered if they are not doing more harm than COVID-19 itself.
Therefore, scientists decided to conduct an analysis and compare data from 94 countries of the world to assess the relationship between strict quarantine measures and mortality in the pandemic era, writes Le Figaro.
During the quarantine, many wondered whether restrictive measures do more harm than the disease itself.
So scientists decided to investigate this issue, writes Le Figaro.
The researchers analyzed the impact of government restrictions on mortality rates, habitual health services, suicide rates, and mental health status.
Data came from 94 countries.
As a result, analysts concluded that nowhere was there both high mortality and severe quarantine measures, and at the same time a low number of cases of COVID-19.
This is necessary to conclude that the high mortality was caused by the quarantine.
For example, Australia or New Zealand had significant restrictions, but there was no high mortality.
In Brazil, Sweden and Russia, on the contrary, the restrictions were small, but the mortality rate is high.
According to the authors of the study, quarantine can even reduce mortality compared with previous years, since common diseases such as the flu are less common and the number of accidents is reduced.
But they also found a link between government restrictions and a reduction in routine visits to doctors.
This can be caused by a lack of doctors, and people ’ s fears that in clinics you can get infected with coronavirus.
The authors of the article admit that in general the pandemic affected the mental health of people, but the number of suicides has not increased.
And where suicides have increased, as, for example, in Japan, this is not due to quarantine, but to unemployment, and this happened after the return to normal life.
The pandemic has also affected international health programmes.
Funds earmarked for the fight against HIV and tuberculosis have been partially redirected to the coronavirus.
But to assess this aspect is quite difficult.
The authors of the study agree that the quarantine has had a negative impact on people, but they concluded that government intervention has contributed to a reduction in deaths from COVID-19 and that the quarantine cannot be worse than the damage from the pandemic, at least in the short term.
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US sanctions 2021 – Turkey buys weapons from Russia
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The US government is ready to announce sanctions against Turkey.
According to US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, the reason is that the Turkish government buys weapons from Russia.
"Comments" decided to find out how realistic this threat is.
The US is ready to impose sanctions against Turkey because of Russia.
Expert of the National Institute for Strategic Studies in the Middle East Nikolai Zamikula assessed whether the United States can go to the aggravation of relations with Turkey and whether this does not look like an attempt to divert attention from the actual “drain ” of a number of allies in the situation with the“ Nord stream-2 ”.
According to the expert, the issue of purchasing Russian air defense systems by Turkey has long been one of the main stumbling blocks on the way to stabilizing US-Turkish relations.
At the same time, Washington takes a consistently negative position regarding this deal, which, in the opinion of the American side, undermines the unity of NATO.
“It takes into account both the geopolitical aspect of the case (relations in the field of military-industrial complex between a member of the Alliance and a country that is the main threat to its Eastern flank), and almost military (the impossibility of integrating Russian systems into the common Euro-Atlantic air defense system), – says Nikolai Zamikula. – The United States has already imposed in response to this agreement certain restrictions against Turkey, the most significant of which is the exclusion of Ankara from the partner program for production and production. It is the fifth generation F-35 fighter jet.
In such a situation, the expert explains, it is quite logical that in the case of further development of Turkish-Russian relations in the field of arms procurement, Washington will turn to new sanctions measures.
This is a simple statement of fact and a reminder of the traditional, hitherto unchanged US approach to this issue.
However, it should be emphasized that it was a potential reaction to new purchases of Russian weapons by Ankara.
Assessing the prospects for such a development of events, it is worth paying attention to the theoretical possibility and practical necessity of such actions on the part of Turkey, "Zamikula said.
According to him, the Turkish authorities have repeatedly stressed that in the interests of their own state, they are ready to buy modern weapons from any source necessary from their point of view.
And they are not going to subordinate the security issues of the Turkish people to the positions of other countries, even if we are talking about important allies.
This principled, nationally-oriented position is a vivid illustration of Recep Tayyip Erdogan ’ s approaches to international relations.
And it does not exclude the further development of cooperation with the Russian Federation.
"At the same time, it is worth carefully considering the range of goods that Moscow can offer to Ankara, - said Nikolai Zamikula. - Rational evaluation of the latest Russian projects in the field of weapons shows their questionable value for Turkey (which is actively developing its own military-industrial complex, and in many areas has its own developments).
No matter how much the Russians praise their products, many projects clearly do not meet the expectations placed on them. "
The expert draws special attention to the aviation direction, because as a result of the exclusion from the F-35 program in Turkey, there is a demand for new fighters.
In these circumstances, the Russian press has long hinted at a potential deal with Turkey for the sale of Su-57 aircraft, which according to Russian statements also belong to the fifth generation.
However, the fact that this model has been in development for many years, but has not yet entered the Russian Aerospace Forces in really significant quantities, as well as the critical comments of Indian partners regarding the project, to which they showed interest in the initial stages, shows its doubtful value, ” says Nikolai Zamikula.
A couple of days ago at the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021, the Russians presented a new light fighter Su-75, which is being developed primarily for export.
However, according to the specialist, the appearance of the aircraft resembles the American concepts of many years ago (that is, clearly does not correspond to the statements about innovation and uniqueness), and its development is in the early stages.
Zamikula is sure that Turkey is unlikely to “buy ” Russian advertising dubious projects, which, according to independent experts, are inferior to American weapons.
"At the same time, there is a possibility of developing Russian-Turkish cooperation at the level of development, - the expert notes. - Ankara announces work on its own national project of the fifth-generation TF-X aircraft.
However, due to the lack of experience in this area, it is unlikely to be implemented in the coming years.
And here, Turkey may be interested in Russian developments, developed in the process of designing new models.
By themselves, the Sukhoi Design Bureau products are unlikely to interest the Turkish Air Force, but perhaps their individual elements can be used in the work on their own projects. "
Of course, such a potential cooperation between Ankara and Moscow also causes concern in the United States, and it was on this occasion that Victoria Nuland could speak in the form of a preventive designation of the position, the expert explains.
Now MAKS-2021 is taking place, and Nikolai Zamikula associates the statements of the American representative with this event, within the framework of which, theoretically, some preliminary negotiations can be conducted and draft versions of agreements can be concluded.
"But the issue of Nord Stream 2, in my opinion, has no primary relevance to the case," Zamikula said. - Of course, the statement can be taken as an attempt to remind that Biden does not forget about the need to resist the strengthening of Russian influence - if not in matters of the gas pipeline, then in other areas.
However, it should be taken into account that for Washington, building relations with Germany and Turkey — powerful members of the Euro-Atlantic community — remain parallel areas of diplomatic activity.
According to the expert, it is not necessary to project the fact that for Ukraine and its Eastern European partners the problem of the Russian gas pipeline remains a key threat to the actions of other actors of international relations leading the global game.
In the end, Mykola Zamikula believes, it is necessary to rationally assess their interests and priorities – and in this case, Nuland ’ s statement remains quite predictable, independent of the Ukrainian context, an action within one of the leading directions of US foreign policy (relations with Turkey).
We will remind, earlier “Comments ” reported how Vladimir Putin can blackmail the Turkish government because of the support of Ukraine.
Details are in our material.
Also on the portal you can find out whether Turkey really wants to increase its influence in the Caucasus.
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2 / 3 of the territory of Ukraine can become a zone of risky farming – Leshchenko
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Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Roman Leshchenko made an alarming statement during the forum “National Dialogue on Food Systems ”: The temperature regime has increased by more than 1 degree Celsius in 10 years.
And this has a very serious impact on the farming area.
Objectively speaking, with such dynamics as today, we can come to a situation where 2 / 3 of the territory of Ukraine will become a zone of risky farming.
It's interesting!
The price of land in Ukraine: where the highest and lowest Leshchenko believes that global climate change poses very big threats to agriculture – primarily due to the decline in production productivity, the loss of ecosystem resilience and the deterioration of people ’ s quality of life.
Therefore, it is necessary "to move to more economical means of processing in terms of technology and to increase the share of organic products."
We need to implement the policy of irrigation and land reclamation, the strategy of which was laid down by the government in 2019, the official added.
The Minister also noted other important issues: control and punishment for the illegal plowing of protected areas, restoration of forest belts, conservation of lands for the purpose of afforestation, alkalization and revitalization Leshchenko summed up that now there is a "full-scale review of the mechanisms for the implementation of both agricultural and environmental policies."
Important decision of the Cabinet of Ministers Farmers will receive loans under state guarantees
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Cities in the north of France have restricted the sale of fuel through illegal migrants
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Cities on the northern coast of France have restricted the sale of take-away fuel to 10 liters per customer to stop illegal migration through the English Channel.
This is reported by “European truth ” with reference to The Local.
"The purchase or sale of more than 10 litres of fuel - petrol or diesel - in hand-held containers is prohibited," the ruling, published on Thursday, said the newspaper La Voix du Nord.
Read also Record 430 migrants arrived on the shores of England in one day More fuel can be purchased only by those who need it for professional reasons.
The prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department said the restriction was necessary given the "growing presence" of migrants seeking to cross the border illegally into the UK.
One of the main means of transportation through the English Channel are boats powered by a gasoline engine.
The restriction will be valid for two months and provides for the imposition of a fine of 135 euros and can grow to 3,700 euros in case of repeated violations.
On Monday, British authorities recorded a new record of 430 illegal migrants per day arrived on the British coast.
The number of illegal migrants arriving in the UK in small boats this year has already exceeded the total number of arrivals for the whole of 2020.
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The Ministry of Health approved the study of the combination of “Satellite light ” with AstraZeneca
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A year and a half of the coronavirus pandemic led to a decrease in the ratings of politicians in most countries of the world.
At the same time, a significant blow was dealt to the popularity of both the authorities and the opposition, according to the report of the Expert Institute for Social Research (EISI) “Pandemic and Trust – on the Global Dynamics of Political Ratings and COVID-19 Waves ”.
As noted in the document, which is available to the newspaper VIEW, for the first months of 2020 was characterized by a public request for tough measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
However, in a year and a half of life in conditions of restrictions, the situation has changed.
“Public mobilization has been replaced by fatigue from both lockdowns and the fact that the severity of restrictive measures is weakly correlated with morbidity, and their increase will not necessarily lead to a decrease in the number of cases of COVID-19, ” the document says.
Another factor was fatigue from the pandemic itself and the flow of monotonous “bad news. ”
“The increase in the incidence of the disease provokes an increase in the number of negative reports in the media and supports a sense of anxiety among citizens, and also becomes a source of protest moods and dissatisfaction with the authorities, which, according to some voters, demonstrate their inability to cope with the problem, and according to others –“ aggravate ”, “manipulate ” and“ exaggerate the danger ”, – follows from the report.
“As a result, after almost a year and a half of the pandemic, power is under a barrage of criticism from both skeptical cowards, who deny the very need for restrictions, and from loyalist cowards, for whom any restrictions are insufficient.
This leads to a widespread fall in the popularity of politicians and a general decrease in confidence in them.
The decline in public confidence concerns not only the authorities, but also the opposition.
Citizens understand that opposition political forces have even fewer resources to confront the pandemic and its consequences, and a change of power during a crisis can lead to increased instability in society, ” the experts note.
At the same time, practice shows that social protest is more related to the level of morbidity.
The first months of the pandemic were marked by social mobilization and rallying around incumbent political leaders amid expectations of mass vaccination and a decrease in COVID-19 infection.
However, vaccination in Western Europe and the United States did not prevent the spread of the virus, calling into question the imminent end of the pandemic.
“This factor, combined with a new wave of morbidity, leads to disappointment in the actions of politicians and their ability to prevent the epidemic threat.
At the same time, we can confidently predict the restoration of ratings with a decrease in the number of cases and, accordingly, public anxiety, as well as the degree of media kovid-hysteria, ” the report states.
Notable changes occurred in Germany, where the ruling CDU / CSU bloc ’ s rating fell to a record 23% 1 in April, coinciding with a new wave of morbidity and the introduction of additional security measures.
In France, a period of increased morbidity in April, when the average increase exceeded 30,000 people, also led to a decline in the popularity of President Emmanuel Macron.
The level of approval for its activities fell from 40% in January to 33%, and disapproval rose from 58% to 63%.
There is a similar picture in Greece.
The ruling New Democracy party experienced an explosion of popularity in the spring and summer of 2020, when its rating exceeded 52% amid the first restrictive measures and minimal morbidity, which seemed to be a success for the authorities.
But a sharp increase in the number of cases in October reduced support for the party: by mid-July 2021, its popularity had fallen to 41.7%.
In the Netherlands, the rating of the People ’ s Party for Freedom and Democracy, which won the most seats in parliament in the last election, fell significantly in April during a protracted wave of COVID-19, which by then lasted more than six months.
At the beginning of April, the party's rating was 28% - this is the worst result for the entire previous year, during which it did not fall below 30%, and in June 2020, the party's activities were supported by 45% of respondents.
In the UK, the approval rate for Prime Minister Boris Johnson in May 2021 was 48%, the highest since April-May 2020.
However, in June, the increase in coronavirus cases increased dramatically, and at the same time, Johnson ’ s support among voters fell, reaching 34% by mid-July.
It is noteworthy that the decline in public confidence concerns not only the authorities, but also the opposition.
The population, tired of constant fear, comes to the understanding that none of the political forces has a ready recipe for salvation from a pandemic, and a change of power in a period of crisis can lead to increased instability in society.
For example, in Portugal, support for the prime minister has fallen by 20% over the past four months, while the opposition has lost 11% of its rating over the same time.
Also by the spring of 2021, in less than six months, the rating of the ruling Hungarian Fidesz party fell from 56% to 44%, but the popularity of the country ’ s united opposition decreased by 12%.
“Support for Turkish President Erdogan in May 2021 fell to 36.7%, although in January it was 48.2%.
The same applies to opposition figures.
Support for the Good Party declined from 13.7% to 8% over the same period, while Kılıçdaroğlu and Imamoglu, the two main candidates of the Republican People ’ s Party, fell from 12.6% and 14.6% in January to 6.5% and 7.7% in May.
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Because of the warming in Ukraine began to grow exotic fruits (video)
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Journalists "Segodnya" found out how global warming affects the harvest in Ukraine This year, Ukraine expects a record harvest - 100 million tons of grain and oilseeds.
It is already called the largest harvest in the years of independence.
Even during the Soviet era, this did not happen.
As they say in the story “Today ”, the summer turned out to be successful – warm and rainy.
The climate has changed.
And because of the warming in Ukraine begin to grow quite exotic fruits.
We should wait for the harvest of ziziphus and sorghum.
In addition, in Ukraine over the past six years began to grow lavender.
She migrated from the Crimean mountains to the plains.
"Lavender withstands frost up to 35 degrees.
From one hectare you can get about 10 thousand dollars, it is profitable, ” said the co-founder of the agricultural cooperative Stanislav Rassokha.
It's just the season of picking up smelly grass.
There are only a few farmers like Stanislav, who have both fields and capacities for processing lavender into essential oil and lavender water.
But he says things will change.
In the north of Ukraine, a tropical berry, honeysuckle, is now taking root.
In the next five years will be a record warm year - UN forecast A Volyn Dmitry in his garden near Lutsk grows kiwi, figs, irga along with traditional apples and pears.
In addition, fields where there is insufficient rainfall due to the climate, corn is supplanted by sorghum, common in tropical and subtropical countries.
The bay leaf is also growing.
Experts say that the climate has changed significantly, but the exotic is still at the level of experiments.
And they warn that because of warming, our traditional fruits and berries are at risk.
For example, apples can become hot in the central regions, and warm winters and cold spring can exterminate raspberries and strawberries.
As previously stated in the UN, the temperature of the Earth in 2020 reached a record high in 3 million years, humanity is moving to a catastrophic temperature increase of 2.4 degrees by the end of the century.
We also recall that rare plants were found in Chernobyl.
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Aesthetic surgery, dentistry, vaccination: medical tourism is developing in Armenia | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency
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Aesthetic surgery, dentistry, and recently vaccination against COVID-19 are one of the main directions of medical tourism in Armenia.
Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia Gevorg Simonyan told Armenpress.
“Quite a lot of foreigners come to Armenia for vaccination, and the changes have played a huge role.
Their mandatory stay here for 10 days stimulates tourism in general, as travel agencies began to make 10-day packages so that vaccination can be carried out within 10 days, ” Simonyan said.
According to him, hematology and oncology are also under development, for which a certain basis is being collected for distribution among international partners.
“We already have successful experience in this direction: for the first time in Armenia allogeneic transplantation of bone marrow stem cells was carried out, ” said Gevorg Simonyan.
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Municipal parking will be able to bring Kiev half a billion hryvnia annually, – Kravets
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New tariffs and zones for municipal parking can provide the city with more than UAH 500 million in revenues per year.
In the Solomensky district alone, innovations can help raise 40 million hryvnias, although in 2020, Kyivtransparkservice earned only 25 million in parking lots throughout Kiev.
Volodymyr Kravets, a deputy from the Opposition Platform – For Life faction and first deputy chairman of the Standing Committee of the Kyiv City Council on Architecture, Urban Planning and Land Relations, told OBOZREVATEL.
“From an economic point of view, even with 50% occupancy during the day, the available communal parking spaces can bring the city more than 1.5 million hryvnias daily, or more than 570 million hryvnias / year.
It is worth noting that most of the above amount is not an additional fee from the people of Kiev, but funds that now do not fall into the pockets of the “black ” parking lot.
Only in the Solomensky district, the new approach can help to collect more than 40 million hryvnias a year, which will be possible to direct further to the development of infrastructure.
For comparison, in 2020, Kyivtransparkservice earned a total of 24 million hryvnias in a parking lot in Kiev.
Now we have the tools to make the system work.
The final result depends on the management of parking lots directly by utilities, ” the deputy said.
We will remind, from July 1 in Kiev began to operate new official tariffs for parking.
In the I zone, covering the central part of the city, the cost of an hour of parking is 35 hryvnia.
In the areas adjacent to the center, the price of parking is 25 UAH / hour.
In the residential areas of the city, the cost remained unchanged and is 5 UAH / hour.
In case of non-payment for parking, drivers will be fined in the amount of 20 times the cost of an hour of parking.
That is, they are respectively 700, 500 and 100 hryvnia.
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What is a business card website and how to create it
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A business card site is one of the types of web-resources that is used mainly in the field of business.
Many do not fully understand what it is, how it differs from, for example, a regular site or a landing page.
Professional website development in Almaty at competitive prices offers the company hyperlab.kz.
What is a business card site Partially answer this question the name itself.
This is a site that is the hallmark of a company, organization, individual entrepreneur and not only.
This is not a landing page.
Not to be confused, because their function is slightly different.
The main functions of the business card site include: Providing detailed information about the company, contact details, location map, etc.
That is, any question that arises about the company from a potential client, there is an answer.
Small volume.
These are not huge multifunctional resources with a large number of pages.
It can be 5, 10, 15 pages or more.
A small volume allows you to speed up the development process itself, as well as reduce the cost.
Simple design.
For a business card, the services of a professional designer are rarely used, because it is not particularly necessary.
You can use standard templates, which is perfect.
This nuance also allows you to slightly reduce costs, because you do not need to spend money on design.
Limited functionality for the client.
You can ’ t create a personal account here, for example, or something else.
But, in the format of this site, all these functions are not required.
Need such a site can: Freelancers Representatives of small and medium-sized businesses Individual entrepreneur Self-employed and not only.
It is rare that such resources are used by large organizations because they can afford a powerful expensive site with a huge number of features.
How to create a business card website This can be done on your own, or with the help of a specialist.
Since it does not require any powerful and unique design and serious complex functionality, if desired, you can use special platforms for creating websites and ready-made templates.
If you do not want to do all this, or there is no time, you can turn to the services of professionals.
It is important that this resource contains the following information blocks: About the company Products and services Contact information, etc.
Before you make an order or create such a site yourself with the help of a designer, you can first study the examples of ready-made and functioning sites to determine which option is most suitable.
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Working with comfort: how the leading companies of Ukraine care about their employees | Comments Ukraine
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An effective management system is one of the main tasks of a modern company, in which the management of personnel plays a huge role.
In the modern world, working with people is one of the main functions of management and it is on the employees that the success of the company depends.
In order to effectively use the human resources at the disposal of the organization, it is necessary to create conditions for people in which they would like to work for the benefit of themselves and the organization.
Therefore, the social policy of the company, which plays a special role in the formation of motivation of employees, increasing their self-expression in work, is becoming increasingly important.
The publication "Comments" appealed to the leading Ukrainian companies working in various fields to find out what conditions of work they provide so that their employees feel comfortable and safe, how to encourage diligent workers and punish unscrupulous ones, how to motivate the team and stimulate its members to personal development.
The largest retail and retail enterprise in the country, which has 66 hypermarkets with a total area of more than 1 million m2.
This is an omnichannel ecosystem that unites the trade networks "Epicenter" and "New Line", a network of multi-brand sports stores "Intersport-Ukraine", agroholding "Epicenter Agro", factories for the production of ceramic tiles Epicenter Ceramic Corporation, woodworking production - CBM "Osmoloda", logistics facilities, and recently also pharmacies with products. Vymi shops.
The group of companies has 34,000 employees.
Search for candidates for positions in Epicenter The company “Epicenter K ” uses different methods to search for candidates.
First of all, the image of the employer works.
The presence of positive feedback from employees, a comfortable modern office, all these are auxiliary components that help in attracting employees.
Secondly, ads on different kinds of job-sites.
In the case of the IT sphere, these are DOU and Djinni sites.
And if we are talking about the search for managers, accountants, sales employees, lawyers, etc., it is WorkUA and RabotaUA.
In addition, there is a paid resource AmazingHiring.
This is, in fact, a generator of different audience of professionals: "If a person is in social networks, instant messengers, file storages and somewhere you can see what he is doing, this aggregator finds his contact.
Thus, it is possible to get contacts of a huge number of required candidates, - commented in the press service of "Epicenter K".
The range of candidates and positions is very wide.
Depending on what position a person needs, the company also pays attention to personal qualities - soft skills, which sometimes even prevail on professionalism.
"Epicenter" pays attention to what a person has already achieved at his age.
The system of bonuses and penalties in the company Epicenter K The system of bonuses and penalties is available to employees of shopping centers.
In the central office, there is no incentive system as such.
But for good work, they assure the company, they can bonus on an individual basis.
Epicenter K social packages / compensations The company does not have insurance, but the central office has its own medical center, in which employees can be treated free of charge and arrange sick leave.
In addition, the office has a large modern and absolutely free fitness center for employees.
Here you can practice with professional coaches and take part in group classes – pilates, dancing, and much more.
On the territory of the office there are also four modern sports grounds, which, by the way, are allowed to play during working hours.
As for the employees of shopping centers, the company provides them with free meals.
In addition, the company has a system of discounts for employees, which allows you to purchase online goods at special prices.
Given that today the range of "Epicenter" covers almost all product groups - from nails to food, medicines and clothing - for people this is a very significant savings.
In "Epicenter" believe that the most motivates an employee when his salary is above average and does not lag behind the market.
Interesting tasks, a good team, a comfortable place of work and an atmosphere in the team are also important.
All this motivates you to come to work and benefit the company on a daily basis.
Training and development of employees in Epicenter The company has a training center that trains sales staff.
There is also a mandatory internship in shopping centers.
It concerns not only "hall workers", but also employees of the central office.
The main goal of this approach is that a person understands how the company works, due to what he earns, who should be contacted when a particular issue arises, and so on.
Bayer is an international company operating in the fields of health and agriculture.
"Bayer" in Ukraine is part of the global concern "Bayer AG" (Bayer AG).
About 700 professional employees work to create innovative products and knowledge about them for Ukrainian consumers.
The company in Ukraine is represented by the following areas: pharmaceutical division, OTC division and agricultural division.
Search for candidates for positions in Bayer The company uses various options for recruiting personnel - it can be the recommendation of employees, posting vacancies on internal and external specialized sites and, if necessary, attracting external professional recruitment agencies.
In any case, the experience of candidates is studied and analyzed by professional HR business partners, conduct interviews with the involvement of direct managers.
Depending on the level of the position, the management of the relevant unit or function may also participate in the interviews.
During the selection of employees, professional skills and experience are of great importance.
However, it is equally important for the company to choose people who correspond to the values and culture of the company, namely - Leadership, Honesty, Efficiency and Flexibility.
The system of bonuses and penalties in Bayer "Bayer" has a system of bonuses for employees.
The amount of remuneration and the frequency of its payment depends on the category of employee.
Those that directly affect the level of sales – they have a premium for the implementation of plans.
Office workers and company management receive bonuses depending on the results of business activities or the company as a whole, and certain qualitative indicators recorded as global strategies of the corporation.
In addition to the main bonus, employees can receive a bonus for special projects or performing additional tasks that have positively affected the company ’ s results.
The company has a wide package of additional benefits and compensations - this is health insurance, accident insurance, maternity leave benefits, and there are lunches in the office.
Bayer partially compensates for the cost of a gym subscription and there are many other compensations in support of employees.
The company believes that without a common culture and team spirit, the company cannot achieve great goals and results, so one of the tasks of each manager is to promote and support this spirit.
Depending on the needs, it can be a team building, and celebration of achievements, and constant dialogues with employees to understand their motivation and needs, and various types of training.
Depending on the needs of a particular position, the company can pay for language courses and additional training to develop certain skills, also the company has a large base of online training programs for self-development of employees.
During the quarantine period, most meetings take place online, so the company practices stress management sessions for all employees, trainings on how to avoid burnout and maintain work-life balance.
The company also has a development program "School of Manager", which is aimed at supporting novice managers to create an effective team.
Huawei is a high-tech enterprise engaged in the research, development, production and sale of telecommunications equipment, is one of the largest suppliers of network solutions worldwide.
The company has more than 194,000 employees in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than 3 billion people worldwide.
Search for employees for vacant positions is carried out by various methods: "First of all - among the internal resource, that is, among those of our employees who have shown good results.
We are looking for candidates on LinkedIn, profile sites Work and Work i grc.ua.
Also, the company actively cooperates with many universities, distributes news about the vacancy among students ", - said the portal" Comments "Deputy head of the Department of personnel of the company" Huawei Ukraine "Vladimir Bilavka.
In addition, Huawei has a referral system, that is, employees can recommend their friend, girlfriend, acquaintance or just a colleague with whom they previously studied or worked.
If the recommended person is hired, the employee who made the recommendations will receive a bonus.
The company is looking for candidates on a daily basis.
Since the activity is mainly related to telecommunications, people with significant technical experience are often sought.
You have to look for them on your own.
At the same time, Huawei is the world's leading provider of information and communication technology infrastructure, so they really get a lot of resumes.
If there are no current open positions for such resumes, candidates are asked for permission to enter them into our database and are contacted in case of a relevant vacancy.
The system of bonuses and penalties in Huawei The company offers a variety of bonuses and incentives: both tangible and intangible.
This is an annual bonus, and a bonus for the project or for the best achieved result in a team or company.
In addition, the company gives its employees the opportunity to purchase products with additional discounts.
As already mentioned, the company can encourage recommendations for open vacancies.
There are no material fines, but there may be a warning for violation of labor discipline.
In practice, this happens very rarely, because the company claims that all employees are professionals who, even in remote work, are able to effectively perform their work.
Social packages / compensation in Huawei Huawei offers health insurance, including accident compensation, lunch compensation and mobile expenses.
Currently, there is an option of corporate transportation to and from the office to avoid public transportation during quarantine.
The company compensates for fuel for employees working with customers who visit them in their cars.
There is also a gym where employees can keep themselves in good shape.
In addition, the company presents gift certificates to employees on the occasion of the birth of their children.
The company pays extra for food for each working day.
In addition to the already mentioned gym, there is a leisure area with billiards, tennis tables, table games.
Motivation, training and development of employees in Huawei Company has its own University of Knowledge with an online platform with different courses for each department or profession.
External trainings are also practiced - both from the best training companies in Ukraine and abroad, at the headquarters of Huawei.
In addition to the bonus system, there is a program of professional growth Competency & Qualifications.
This is a kind of certification, which consists in the gradation of employees by levels, stimulating them to professional and personal growth.
The best employees are offered career advancement, a variety of projects, additional bonuses.
KIVI Kiwi is an international company, developer and manufacturer of smart TVs and TV services.
The company ’ s offices are located in six countries, the total number of employees is more than 200 people.
Half of them are in Ukraine.
How is the search for candidates for various positions in the company KIVI, portal "Comments" told PR-manager Anastasia Kioseva.
According to her, direct search of employees is carried out by the internal recruiting department, sometimes recruiting agencies are involved.
The company also uses the services of sites for job search.
The ratio of direct "hunting" to responses to vacancies is about 55% to 45%.
In interviews, a lot of time is devoted to assessing soft skills.
First of all, the company is interested in the candidate's ability to quickly adapt.
Companies are ready to pay more to people who are actively immersed in the process and quickly give out the first results.
At the same time, KIVI has developed a scheme of "entry into office" for each specialist.
Depending on the level of competence of the employee and his tasks, an action plan for the next month is drawn up and approved.
In addition to the work tasks in this regard, there is: familiarization with the corporate culture, acquaintance with the company ’ s departments, product research and regular meetings with HR.
The system of bonuses and penalties in Kiwi KIVI does not resort to penalties, as it demotivates employees.
The company is trying to motivate the team more.
Kiwi has a Heroic Fund - a system of encouraging extraordinary achievements, initiative actions that bring quality changes, improvements, income to the company.
The Fund is distributed by the President of the company together with the heads of departments, participants of the programs, as well as HR and KIVI-tet.
The Heroic Fund has several nominations: • Personal feat – for significant overfulfillment of the plan; • Personal project – for introducing qualitative changes into business processes or creating completely new processes, proposing initiatives that are aimed at optimizing current costs and processes; • Volunteering – for participating in projects / activities that are not assigned to an employee or separately functionally, which leads to qualitative improvements; • Bonus For the vacancy; Social payments / compensations in Kiwi The company 's social package includes: • Two-level medical insurance and dental coverage; • Payment for communication; • The program "Longevity" - a cumulative bonus system for employees who work more than three years in the company; • The program "KIVI in every home" - each employee receives a free TV in use with an update to a new model every year; • The program "KIVI for loved ones" - special discounts for friends and relatives; Since last year, the company has introduced some corporate bonuses.
For example, each employee can work remotely twice a week and choose a convenient schedule.
On Friday, the company gives everyone the right to refuse any internal meeting, even with the president of the company.
By the way, everyone can refuse a meeting scheduled on the day.
KIVI compensates absolutely all medical cases.
Less serious cases are covered by internal insurance, where the company covers 75% of the cost of medical services.
More serious diseases are compensated by the insurance company.
Hospitals are paid according to the law.
In Kivi, a set of benefits has been developed so that the employee does not have to worry about his comfort, health, leisure, professional and personal development, inconveniences during relocation.
In return, KIVI expects the same care about the results that they strive to achieve together.
The company welcomes personal and professional growth.
The company works in two directions in terms of training: • Corporate training KIVI – Business Wisdom School: invited speakers, experts of their industries.
Trainings are aimed at increasing productivity, improving business processes, personal development, etc.
By the way, trainings are not only for employees.
KIVI invites its partners; • External training activities, which the company pays for in order to improve the level of qualification of employees.
KIVI Business School regularly provides training, master classes, webinars, for example, comprehensive training for team management and process managers.
During the lockdown, a webinar was held about the coronavirus and maintaining immunity.
The information provided by the companies indicates a high level of social policy among the TOP Ukrainian employers, which includes programs and activities aimed at solving the most urgent tasks of social development of the team, improving working conditions, ensuring social protection of employees.
One of the main tasks of the company is to create conditions for effective work of employees, their professional growth, providing opportunities for decent earnings and development of enterprises.
Earlier, the publication “Comments ” wrote that Apple opened its office in Ukraine: the company ’ s plans became known.
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Give the man what he needs, and he will want comfort.
Give him comfort, and he will strive for luxury.
Sprinkle it with luxury - it will begin to sigh in exquisite.
Let him get exquisite, and he will crave madness.
Give him whatever he wants, and he will complain that he has been deceived and that he has not received what he wanted. — Ernest Miller Hemingway
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"A lot of screeching and stupid news": how is the Olympics in Tokyo
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In Tokyo, the Olympics continue, which many call the most “chaotic ”,“ strange ” and even “scandalous ” sports competitions in recent years.
The Olympic Games, which will end on August 8, are held without spectators in the stands due to coronavirus restrictions.
Every day, the covid is detected in dozens of athletes, only this week because of a positive analysis for the coronavirus in one of the Olympians, the Australian athletics team was isolated.
Ordinary people are afraid of the new “Olympic ” strain of coronavirus, and athletes at the Olympics are trying to ban sexual relations – because of the danger of infection with the virus.
A positive test for coronavirus was found in American pole vault champion Sam Kendricks.
It turned out that he was in close contact with other athletes, including Australian ones.
This was confirmed by Australian pole jumper Curtis Marshall.
After that, 63 athletes were asked to immediately return to their rooms for isolation.
Earlier, the organizers of the Olympics reported that since the beginning of July, tests for coronavirus have shown a positive result in more than 150 people related to the competition.
These athletes were transferred to special quarantine hotels.
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, specialist of the Society of Evidence-Based Medicine Vasily Vlasov believes that during the coronavirus epidemic, the Olympics would be wiser to cancel, but the commercial interests of its organizers won: These competitions could be canceled or postponed, but financial interests won - the Olympics were not canceled, because there are many people and organizations financially interested in its conduct, and it is not only athletes.
I have no other explanation, because these competitions could be canceled or postponed again.
As for financial interests, there are many sponsors, people who do business on the transmission of television signals, on the sale of advertising time during broadcasts.
There are a lot of them, and they all want their piece.
At the same time, I am not in favor of catastrophic predictions about the consequences of the Olympics, of which there are a lot now.
Theories are published that there will be some special virus, because there, in Japan, there are some absolutely special conditions for its formation and so on.
In my opinion, there is no reason for that.
Transmission of infection is possible everywhere.
Naturally, in the conditions of the Olympics, when athletes are in contact with each other, it is most likely.
But if there were more viewers, the situation would be much worse.
Since spectators are few, athletes are regularly tested, and those who have an infection are isolated, there is reason to assume that catastrophic events will not happen.
Yes, some of the athletes will bring the virus home, they will isolate it in their Australia or Canada, but I do not expect anything fundamentally terrible in terms of a new round of the epidemic, ” says Professor Vasily Vlasov.
Earlier, Olympic athletes complained about living conditions: they were offered to sleep on cardboard beds.
The organizers said that in this way they want to minimize intimate contacts between athletes.
It is believed that only one person can sleep on such a bed, since it can withstand up to 200 kilograms and breaks from sudden movements.
The organizers urged not to jump on the beds and not to "celebrate".
Various kinds of troubles began to haunt the Olympics from the very beginning: the director of the ceremony was fired for a joke about the Holocaust.
Comedian Kentaro Kobayashi left his post amid a scandal over an online recording of his 1998 speech in which he joked about the Holocaust.
Kobayashi ’ s dismissal on the eve of the opening of the Games was announced by the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics.
And the largest advertiser “Toyota ” refused to advertise their products because of the“ low public support ” of the competition.
In addition, the organizers made a geopolitical mistake, which they immediately pointed out: they presented a map of Ukraine without Crimea.
In the "schedule and results" section on the Olympic Games website on the map with countries where fans can support their national team, when choosing Ukraine in the list of countries on the map, it was possible to see that Crimea is separated from mainland Ukraine by a line, which on this map indicates the state borders.
In the IOC, this was called a contractor ’ s error, which was quickly corrected.
They also apologized for the image of Crimea as part of Russia on the official website of the Olympics in Tokyo.
This was reported by the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba and the Russian Agency “R-Sport ” with reference to the representative of the IOC.
The first channel, which in Russia broadcasts the ceremony from Tokyo, did not show during the parade of athletes the exit of the national team of Ukraine.
The broadcast shortly before its release to the stadium was interrupted for advertising.
“The parade of athletes lasts about two hours, to fulfill commercial obligations, its display is interrupted by advertising several times, ” said RBC in the press service of the First channel And even the Japanese themselves reacted to the Olympics in their country without enthusiasm.
According to polls, the majority of residents of Japan are against the Olympics in the current situation.
Many hastened to leave Tokyo, and some picketed the opening ceremony with a demand to cancel the competition.
About how coronavirus restrictions and near-sport hype affected the Olympic atmosphere and whether it prevents to perceive the Olympics in Tokyo as a holiday of sports, says political scientist and fan Kirill Shulika: the Olympics without spectators is a defective Olympics - It is clear that the Olympics without spectators, when everyone is wearing masks and at a social distance, is a defective Olympics.
But athletes are not to blame for this, they perform, and people watch.
I'm watching too.
The TV picture from the coronavirus did not suffer, but the Olympics itself without spectators, with huge losses of the organizers who can not sell souvenir products, is quite sad.
In addition, these days in Tokyo was a record for infected with coronavirus for the day, and of course, for them this is a big problem.
But on television and on the show it does not affect.
I think it is even more difficult for athletes psychologically, because in many sports it is quite difficult to perform without spectators and without their support.
I think that ’ s why American gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from the competition.
So we can assume that this unusual Olympics makes changes in the behavior of athletes. – And do negative news related to the Olympics affect their behavior and mood?
The same scandal with the Crimea, which was not included in Ukraine, the increase in the number of sick athletes, the refusal to participate in large advertisers?
This is experienced quite quickly: I read the news and forgot - Athletes before the competition abstract from everything: they do not look at anything, do not read, do not see, prepare for performances psychologically and physically.
It doesn't affect them in any way.
Viewers, too, I think.
It happened quite quickly: I read the news and forgot.
Now there are a lot of sports, a lot of awards, a lot of purely sports competitive events, and they highlight these things that, in principle, would not live long in the information field.
There is a lot of interesting and dramatic: the representatives of Bermuda won the first gold medal, the first medal was won by the Turkmen.
There are heroes who do not win medals, but remain heroes of these Games.
I mean Oksana Chusovitina, who has the eighth Olympics, and she announced the end of her sports career.
She has a beautiful sports history, and such stories are what really adorns the Olympics and what is discussed, in addition to sports results, – said political scientist Kirill Shulika.
For the Olympics in Tokyo closely follows and comments sports journalist, Soviet and Russian athlete, world champion in the triple jump Yolanda Chen.
In her opinion, scandals and troubles happen all the time at such major competitions, which does not prevent athletes from performing, and spectators from watching the Olympics and cheering for their teams: Kovid has absolutely nothing spoiled – Kovid has absolutely nothing spoiled.
Before the start of the Olympics, there was a lot of screaming, screaming, talking and all sorts of stupid news, and this is natural until the athletes got into the fight.
But as soon as the competition started, it seems to me that I, as a fan, watch the Olympics at home on TV, and comment as soon as the athletes entered the fight, as soon as the competition began, all this news, all this covid, all this nonsense – all this immediately faded into the background.
No one is interested in this anymore: no athletes, no coaches, even the fans, in my opinion, too.
Everyone is happy with the wins, medals, performances, hits to the finals.
There is a lot of intriguing news, there is always a anticipation of a beautiful fight, beautiful, cool finals, the beginning of some other sports.
Therefore, when all this husk fell away, there was a real grain, a core, for which, in fact, the Olympics exists, for which the audience, fans adore and watch it.
I'm not even embarrassed by the masks now, so this is a self-evident thing.
I have been to Japan many times during my sports career, everyone in Japan always wears masks.
If you saw that in Europe, Japanese tourists are always wearing masks, and this has always surprised Europeans, and especially Russians, no one could understand why they are always wearing masks, and for them this is an absolute norm of life.
And the social distance – I ’ m not even talking about it. – The majority of Russians in the course of opinion polls admitted that they do not know the athletes who are now competing at the Olympics.
And the competition itself is now held without spectators.
Who is the Olympics for?
Only for athletes who are important years of training?
Or do ordinary people also watch, despite the negative information about the competitions?
The Olympic Games were always overshadowed by something, something was always happening around them – In fact, the Olympic Games were always overshadowed by something, something was happening all the time around them, there were some conflicts, some scandals.
Every four years, coming to the Olympics, athletes, spectators, fans and tourists always faced one or another trouble.
Look, well, this is the way our world works, this is the way our planet works – we have something going on all the time, we don ’ t have things that are clean, smooth, white and fluffy.
This is normal and people are used to it.
It seems to me that we are creating problems for ourselves that do not really exist.
Let ’ s live according to Confucius – do not look for a black cat in a dark room, especially since it is not there.
Well, there was an epidemic – it ’ s no big deal, anyway, people came and performed.
As for the viewers, I ’ ll tell you something.
Even if the Olympics are held in some country, tourists come there, and spectators come to sports facilities, it is still a drop in the sea from the audience, from the billion-dollar audience that watches the Olympic Games all over the world on TV.
Because such a number of people still can not come to one country and visit these tournaments.
And even sold tickets are a drop in the bucket, because the bulk of fans always watch the Olympic Games on television.
That is why such expensive rights to show and broadcast the Olympic Games, so television always tries to show everything as best as possible using the latest technology.
Therefore, everything that is being said about the audience is just bullshit, it ’ s nothing at all.
The Olympic Games are always primarily television broadcasts. – Many say that Japan did not invest too much in the organization of the ceremony.
What do you personally like and dislike about the organization of the current Olympics?
The country that holds competitions invests the least in this – You just need to know how the organization of the Olympic Games is organized.
The country that hosts the competition invests the least in it.
This is mainly the money of the International Olympic Committee, this is the money of the federations, this is the money of the sponsors.
The country itself invests very little, it mainly receives good dividends from the presence of tourists, from the sale of souvenir symbols, from visiting all sorts of tourist places, staying in hotels, buying food and so on, and so on.
The country itself is never particularly spent on holding a particular big competition.
As for the opening ceremony, I ’ ll tell you honestly, I really liked it!
It was stylish, very delicate, very tasty.
It was very restrained, on the one hand, in Japanese, in Asian restrained, but at the same time with great taste and very elegant.
Personally, the absence of spectators did not bother me at all, because any opening ceremony is darkness at the stadium, all attention is concentrated in the middle of the stadium, where all the action takes place, and a huge number of viewers watch mainly on television.
Therefore, I say, in this sense, there are no problems at all.
For example, I am now commenting on bullet shooting, which takes place in smaller stadiums.
There are actually full stands, because there is always a huge number of professionals, those who participate in competitions, athletes who have already been released or have not yet entered the fight, athletes, coaches, journalists, officials and so on.
Therefore, there are spectators, they also produce a huge amount of noise and support athletes, ” said sports commentator, world and European champion in athletics, Honored Master of Sports of Russia Yolanda Chen.
In total, about 11,000 athletes representing 204 national Olympic committees take part in the competitions in Tokyo.
The team of refugee athletes will also perform under the Olympic flag.
A total of 339 sets of Olympic awards will be contested in 41 sports, including new Olympic sports such as karate, rock climbing and skateboard.
About 1,000 people were admitted to the opening ceremony, mainly high-ranking representatives of the countries participating in the Games.
Among the world leaders, in addition to the Emperor of Japan Naruhito, was the President of France Emmanuel Macron.
The United States was represented by First Lady Jill Biden.
During the opening ceremony, a minute of silence was paid to the memory of the deceased from COVID-19 and "all those who will not be able to participate in the Games."
Separately, Israeli athletes who were the victims of a terrorist attack during the 1972 Olympics in Munich were mentioned - this is the first such mention during the opening ceremonies.
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Ukrainian black soil becomes unsuitable for agriculture: alarming forecast
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The climate greatly affects the yield of the land.
Changes in the temperature regime can lead to the fact that two-thirds of the territory of Ukraine will become unsuitable for agriculture.
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Ernest Hemingway's great-granddaughter is the face of Accessorize.
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The great-granddaughter of the famous American writer Ernest Hemingway Dry Hemingway became the face of the company "Accessorize" and took part in the advertising campaign of the autumn-winter season 2016 / 17, reports "ProFashion".
28-year-old model Dre Hemingway introduced a new collection of bags, scarves, bracelets and other jewelry and accessories.
The photo shoot was held in London under the direction of fashion photographer Sean Thomas.
The great-granddaughter of the writer debuted as a model in 2009.
She participated in the catwalk show for Givenchy in Paris, then took part in the Calvin Klein resort show in New York.
She later became the face of "Gianfranco Ferré" and actively collaborated with "Gucci", "Valentino", "Chanel" and "Paco Rabanne".
Recall that at the end of July in the United States 65-year-old namesake Ernest Hemingway became the winner of the competition of twins of the famous writer.
The secret of his success, the man considers a sweater similar to the one in which the American classic loved to walk.
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British taxpayers pay for wall against migrants in France
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In the French city of Calais, a wall will be built with money from British taxpayers to prevent illegal entry of migrants from France into the UK.
According to the Daily Mail, citing Robert Goodwill, who oversees migration policy in the UK Home Office, the cost of the wall will be £2 million, or almost $2.7 million.
The height of the fence will be 4 m, and the length is about one kilometer.
It will be installed along the road that leads to the port, from where the ferry service between France and Great Britain is carried out.
The publication notes that the project has many critics who consider it a waste of money.
Kate Gibbs of the British Road Transport Association said the wall was a "scandalous waste of taxpayers' money."
According to her, it is necessary to strengthen security measures at all access roads, and not only at this section of the highway.
She also advised the association ’ s drivers not to stop within a 240 km radius around Calais to avoid the risk of attack by migrants.
In turn, Robert Goodwill believes that the wall will be able to stop the flow of migrants who want to get into the country from France.
According to him, the British authorities catch one migrant every six minutes.
He cited statistics, according to which, in 2015, the total number of detainees trying to illegally cross the border exceeded 84 thousand people.
Recall that on September 5, residents of Calais blocked the highway leading to England.
The protesters are demanding that the authorities dismantle the local spontaneous migrant camp.
In the spontaneous camp, which is called Jungle (“Jungle ”), live illegal immigrants from African countries, as well as Syria and Afghanistan.
It originated in the early 2000s.
The slum settlement has become a transit point for refugees who want to cross the English Channel and end up in the UK.
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Service – flying, friendship – faithful
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- So it was MANPADS? - I clarify, talking with the commander of the Su-34 aviation unit, Major Sergei Stepanov (all the names and surnames in the material have been changed). - No, it was an air defense system, - Sergey answers. - A portable anti-aircraft missile system simply could not hit our aircraft at such a height. - But where did the terrorists have such weapons? - Little did it come from?.
Perhaps somewhere they were able to capture an outdated military air defense system.
It is possible that it was delivered from a third country.
Borders are open here.
And Deleo was, according to the pilot, so.
The crew of the Su-34 performed another combat flight at night.
The task is generally familiar - to destroy the equipment of the militants, located in engineering structures and other shelters.
Before reaching the target of twenty kilometers, the electronic suppression system, which protects the aircraft from missile attacks, gave evidence that the Su-34th was “taken on escort. ”
In a word, he classified an unknown air defense system as an object of influence on an aircraft that can attack our car from the ground.
Navigator Captain Vladimir Sergeev, seeing the relevant information on the monitor, immediately reported about it to the commander.
And he immediately carried out an anti-missile maneuver.
What is SAM?
This is an installation hidden somewhere on a small patch among the ruins.
Here she stopped "acting on the plane", and try to find it, given the speed of the Su-34.
Yes, and the SAM can change position, and in general, who knows how many SAM cover the area of operation of the gang.
In such a situation, to attack the air defense system means to expose the car and crew to serious danger and disrupt the performance of the combat mission.
Therefore, the pilot made a turn to the previously set target and, after successful bombing, safely returned to the airfield.
I wonder: - What happened to that SAM? - Of course, we did a good job there.
And not just us.
Our comrades also made combat flights that night.
In a word, there have been no more such cases.
The commander of the Su-34 aviation unit is a military pilot of the 2nd class, he mastered the L-39, Su-24M, Su-34 aircraft.
The total flight he has – 970 hours, during the first trip to Syria made 42 combat sorties, and during the second – already about 60. – Multifunctional fighter-bomber Su-34, – says the commander, – is able to perform tasks to destroy air, land and sea targets using all types of aircraft weapons, both controlled, adjusted and unguided.
The question may be: what is the purpose of the sea?
The answer to it is “located ” literally three kilometers from us – the Mediterranean Sea is nearby.
Therefore, the possibility of terrorist actions in its waters cannot be completely excluded.
“Only fully convinced that it is the enemy, perform aiming and the use of air weapons … ” – Tell us, as far as possible, about your combat work. – Strikes on designated objects are usually carried out from the position of duty on the ground or in the air, and we also perform an independent search for targets. – This is the same method of“ free hunting ”? – Absolutely true. – And how is this “free hunting ” The crew is assigned a certain area of search.
He occupies this area at the appointed time and proceeds to search for the most important targets, the coordinates of which are not known, by characteristic signs - places of accumulation of illegal armed formations, their movement as part of columns, their conduct of hostilities with government troops.
We independently assess the situation, identify with the help of optoelectronic means of aiming, identify in detail objects that seemed suspicious, so as not to make a mistake in any case.
And only fully and finally convinced that it is the enemy, perform aiming and the use of air weapons.
The results are recorded by onboard means of video control, which can be used to assess the consequences of the strike and the damage caused to the enemy. – You have been flying with the navigator for more than one year.
Especially working together for the second time in Syria... - An experienced combat navigator.
In one of the articles that I read in the “Red Star ”, told about the Hero of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Ivanovich Bogodukhov, navigator of the Su-24.
It says very clearly that the navigational service is a flight service.
It is aimed at ensuring the safety of flights in navigational terms, navigation and combat use of aircraft.
The duties of the navigator are to prepare background data for the aviation commander to make a decision on the performance of flights or on the performance of a combat mission...
Hang on...
Did you write this article?
I confess, I did not expect that the materials published in our newspaper four years ago, you still remember... - So we are in aviation.
We are happy when they write about us.
We did not think that they would ever tell about us in the newspaper. – And about whom to tell, if not about you! – Then tell about my comrade, about navigator Captain Sergeyev.
It is a pity that his real name can not be called yet.
He has a total flight time of over 850 hours.
He flew on the Su-24M, now on the Su-34.
Combat flights - more than a hundred.
1st Class Military Navigator.
A brave officer, a master of combat work, a great friend and comrade.
I mean, actually...
Remember the lines from the song of Vladimir Vysotsky: “Would you go with him to intelligence?.. ”
I fly with my navigator both for reconnaissance and for other combat missions.
And the commander and navigator always perform these tasks in Syria in an exemplary manner.
Their professionalism and courage are appreciated by both commanders and colleagues.
Hamim, Syria.
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Korean fusion reactor KSTAR set a new world record of plasma retention – 70 seconds
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Scientists from Korea ’ s Nuclear Fusion Research Institute (NFRI) have reported an important breakthrough in controlled fusion that is said to accelerate development and bring the first commercial fusion reactors closer to launch.
More precisely, the team of the experimental reactor KSTAR (Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research) managed to set a new world record of plasma retention – 70 seconds.
At the same time, the temperature of the plasma reached 50 million degrees Celsius, which is three times hotter than the temperature in the core of the Sun.
The previous record set by ITER was 30 seconds.
By the way, the complexity of plasma containment over a long period of time is one of the main obstacles on the way to the Holy Grail of modern energy.
It should be noted that all the main successes in the field of thermonuclear fusion have been achieved at tokamak plants, and they also include the experimental KSTAR reactor, which is controlled by NFRI.
“This is a huge step forward for the implementation of a fusion reactor, ” the NFRI emphasizes the significance of its achievement.
There are several factors that have helped NFRI achieve these impressive results.
In particular, it is said about the use of a special non-inductive mode of operation.
In addition, the use of a directional beam of high power neutral particles is mentioned, which, in fact, allowed the substance to go into the plasma state.
Among other “tricks ” used by scientists, a rotating three-dimensional magnetic field is mentioned, which allows to reduce the amount of thermal energy released during collisions of plasma particles with each other, and a revolutionary internal transport barrier (ITB).
The efficiency of this barrier made it possible to reduce the amount of energy spent on heating the plasma to a historical minimum.
It should be noted here that South Korea is a participant in the international project of the ITER experimental reactor, which is being built on the territory of the European Union.
Of course, commercial nuclear fusion energy will not be available soon, and it is far from the fact that this will happen at all, but research work in this direction still gives some hope for a bright energy future with safer and less environmentally harmful alternatives to modern nuclear reactors.
In addition, this achievement will definitely help South Korea in the development of a new experimental reactor K-DEMO, which should demonstrate the advantages of a relatively stable fusion reaction.
Updated: Source: Engadget and nextbigfuture
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Rubric: "Did you ask? We answer! "
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Question: Hello, my name is Michael, I am 31 years old.
16 years ago, I walked away from God because of smoking.
I so want to return to Him, but nicotine addiction prevents me, my hand reaches for a cigarette, although I no longer want to smoke.
Is there a release from this?
Answer: Hello, dear Michael.
It is a pity that you have left the Lord because of smoking.
That was wrong.
It is necessary to fight against sin and pray to God for liberation, repenting and confessing.
I am sure that the Lord would help you and give deliverance after some struggle.
It happens differently with different people.
Some immediately receive liberation, others have to fight for a long time and rely on the Lord.
And now go immediately to God, no matter what state or sin you are in at the moment.
Be sure that if you follow the Lord and ask Him for help, sin will surely disappear from your life.
Remember that the Lord Jesus Christ loves you, He died for your sins and is now waiting for you to come to Him with repentance and hope to forgive and pardon you. QUESTION: Hello fellow believers!
I suddenly had this kind of question.
No one has been able to answer it yet.
Why did Jesus Christ die on the cross?
Why not die under the cross or somewhere else?
Why did he have to die on the cross?
ANSWER: Hello!
There are many prophecies about Christ in the Bible.
Through these prophecies, God pointed to Christ as the Messiah, through whom salvation for the human race was to come to earth.
All these prophecies were to be fulfilled in the life of Jesus Christ.
And fulfilled.
As for the death of our Lord, Psalm 21: 17 says: “My hands and my feet have pierced. ”
And yet the apostle Paul in Galatians 3: 13 speaks of the death of Christ, referring to the law of Moses (the Old Testament), that Christ redeemed us from the oath of the law, becoming an oath for us, because it is written: “Cursed is everyone hanging on a tree. ”
Thus Christ had to be hanging on a tree and His hands and feet had to be pierced.
The crucifixion on the cross was the official execution of that time and was fully in line with God ’ s foretold many, many years later.
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And how can I influence the place in eternity (after bodily death) of my deceased relatives?
ANSWER: This idea is not new, but has a long history.
Many people like to think that after death something can still be changed.
The essence of this error lies in the misunderstanding of issues related to sin and repentance.
Also, this error stems from the incorrect interpretation of those passages of Scripture, where it is said about what will happen to a person after his physical death.
It is assumed that if a person died, someone else could pray for him, freeing him from being in hell.
How, for example, would such a story look like: a person lived all his life being a strong God hater and died...
After his death, he prayed for him, and he did many good deeds, and he met him in paradise.
I think it would be a very popular way to save souls.
It is not necessary to ask anyone especially, you go to the cemetery, rewrite the names - and go ahead, replenish the ranks of saints...
As the Bible says, “Men are to die one day, and then judgment ” (Hebrews 9: 27).
“For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive according to what he did in the body, good or bad ” (2 Corinthians 5: 10).
We find no mention in Scripture of any intermediate place, often referred to as “purgatory, ” where the soul is“ cleansed and corrected. ”
Humanly, we would like such a place to be, but the Bible says that a person can make a decision about repentance and reconciliation with God only during life.
Jesus once told a story like this: “The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham ’ s bosom.
The rich man died and was buried.
And in hell, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham and Lazarus in his bosom in the distance, and cried, saying, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in the water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.
But Abraham said, Child, remember that you have already received your good in your life, and Lazarus is evil. But now he is comforted here, and you are suffering. And beyond all this, a great abyss has been established between us and you, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, neither do they pass from there to us.
Then he said, Father, I beg you to send him to my father ’ s house, for I have five brothers. Let him testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.
And Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
And he said, Nay, father to Abraham, but if anyone from the dead comes to them, they will repent.
Abraham said to him, “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not believe if a man is raised from the dead ” (Luke 16: 22-31).
As we can see from this story, there is no transition from hell to heaven or from heaven to hell.
But Abraham reminded the rich man that people who are still alive have some tool that they can use in life - the Holy Scriptures.
In other words, only during life and only following the Bible commandments, starting from repentance of sins, can a person receive salvation by the grace of God and avoid the torments of hell.
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Favorite products will remain only in the memory of mankind
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In the coming decades, people will be forced to abandon a number of products.
This will happen because of climate change.
So, potatoes, bananas, a number of seafood may disappear.
Even coffee can be a rarity.
Special conditions are required for its cultivation.
A special climate is needed.
And such lands are getting smaller every year.
Because of this, in 30 years, the area of plantations for growing coffee may decrease several times.
The same goes for the production of tea.
Due to the increase in temperature on Earth, plantations may be reduced in a few years.
In addition, the quality of the taste of tea is influenced by heavy rains.
Some alcoholic beverages may also disappear.
Global warming contributes to the extermination of a number of grape varieties, from which rare wines and cognac are made.
Currently, producers are trying to introduce new varieties of grapes.
Berries should provide the necessary acidity, without losing taste and smell.
European beer producers are experiencing a shortage of fresh water due to the drying up of rivers.
Abnormal heat adversely affects cocoa trees.
Manufacturers are looking for substitutes.
Palm oil and a number of artificial ingredients are added to the product.
All this negatively affects ultimately the taste of the finished product and human health.
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Predicted the onset of deadly hunger across the Earth
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An international team of scientists has shown that climate change will lead to a significant decrease in agricultural and marine resources around the world, resulting in global hunger.
This is reported in a press release on Phys.org.
As climate scientists recognize that it will not be possible to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere in the near future, and the point of no return may already be passed, research aimed at predicting the situation in the current century is increasingly being conducted.
In the new paper, scientists created a theoretical model to predict the state of two major food sources: agriculture and fisheries.
Experts took into account the areas in which food is grown and caught, as well as the impact that the climate can have on these areas.
For example, the increase in global temperatures will be particularly detrimental to the tropics, and in northern countries (Canada and Russia) conditions may become more favorable for agriculture.
In the worst-case scenario, 90 per cent of the world's population will live in areas where food production will fall significantly by the end of the century.
In the agricultural sector, this decline will be 25 per cent, and in fisheries - 60 per cent.
At the same time, poor countries will be most vulnerable to global warming.
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"ice" shelter that will protect astronauts from adverse factors on the surface of Mars » DailyTechInfo
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Since people who will arrive on Mars will have to spend several months or even years on the surface, they will need a safe haven that will protect them from temperature changes and from cosmic radiation breaking through the thin and rarefied atmosphere of the planet.
Moreover, for the construction of such shelters, it will be necessary to use local materials as much as possible, because the delivery of the necessary amount of composition for the manufacture of special concrete from the Earth is not yet feasible.
Scientists and experts from NASA's Langley Research Center have come up with a simple and effective solution to the above problem.
In the project developed by them shelter Mars Ice Home as the main protective layer is used ordinary ice, obtained from water extracted from the atmosphere of Mars.The design of the shelter Mars Ice Home is a large inflatable torus, closed on top of a spherical dome of a sufficiently thick layer of ice.
All the structural elements that need to be delivered from Earth are quite light and compact, and in the final design of the structure, in addition to water, some other materials that can be mined on the surface of the Red Planet are used.
In addition, the water from which the protective dome will be made can be later recycled and from it can be obtained fuel for refueling the Mars Ascent Lander spacecraft, which will take people from the surface back to orbit.
The main disadvantage is that it will take at least 400 days to extract the necessary amount of water from the atmosphere of Mars.
This problem can be solved by sending a pre-automated expedition to Mars, which will include robots that will create a foundation, pump up the shell of the shelter, collect enough water and build an ice dome during the time that people will fly to Mars.
This approach will avoid the need for hasty construction of shelter or burying deep underground immediately after the arrival of people on the planet.Mars Ice Home is still only an exciting project, not worked out to the smallest details.
However, it can serve as a starting point for other designers and specialists who will be able to produce elegant and complete solutions to the problems associated with the long stay of people on the surface of the Red Planet.
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Ukrainian banks will be required to disclose full information about services
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Business News: The NBU has adopted new requirements for disclosure by banks of information about services in advertising and on websites.
The National Bank approved new requirements for disclosure by banks of information about services in advertising and on websites, as well as recommendations on the organization by banks of consideration of consumer appeals.
This is reported by the press service of the NBU.
Banks need to change the information about services on websites and in advertising to meet the requirements.
The NBU gives financial institutions six months to adapt.
At the same time, after three months, all banks must provide comprehensive information about the services on the site in a single unified format.
In particular, indicate the full cost of the service, including commissions to third parties and payments for additional services (for example, an insurance company, a state registrar, a notary, an appraiser), the frequency of repayment of the loan, the conditions of early repayment, possible penalties in case of failure by the client to fulfill obligations, etc.
“The consumer, going to the website of any bank, should be able to download a file with comprehensive information about the full cost, terms of service, risks, etc., as well as easily compare the services of several different banks.
The Financial Services Consumer Protection Department of the National Bank will start monitoring banks' compliance with these requirements in three months and will monitor websites on a daily basis, "the statement said.
The NBU reports that for failure to disclose information about services in full, the legislation provides for penalties from 300 to 600 non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens for each case.
After six months, calculators should appear in the websites of banks to calculate expenses or income from the service.
Also in six months will earn new requirements for disclosure of information in advertising.
Advertising should also contain essential characteristics of the banking service, in particular, information about the full cost, conditions for obtaining the service, risks, etc.
The NBU recommends that financial institutions develop an automated database where all information about citizens ’ appeals will be entered.
It is also recommended that banks identify a responsible employee for reviewing each appeal, conduct training programs for bank employees who work with customers, eliminate violations identified during the appeal, as well as prevent such violations in relation to other customers.
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Treatment abroad: dispelling the main fears
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First of all, patients go abroad for those services that are not available in their countries or do not correspond to the world quality.
In search of quality medicine, and sometimes the only chance to gain health or prolong life, more and more citizens are inclined to treatment abroad.
First of all, patients go abroad for those services that are not available in their countries or do not correspond to the world quality.
Another key decision in choosing treatment abroad may be a limited time for the patient due to the disease.
Among the countries that are most popular in medical tourism, we can distinguish Turkey, Israel, India, South Korea, Germany, the United States.
In the vast number of countries and information presented on the Internet, it is easy to get confused.
And to make the right choice, you need to understand what is true and what is a myth, as well as remove excessive panic about exciting issues.
If you need to focus on the ideal ratio of price and quality, then you should turn to Turkey, which over the past decades has become one of the leaders of medical tourism.
All thanks to state funding, excellent training of professional staff and modern technical equipment of clinics.
One of the main wide-profile medical institutions in Turkey is the Anadolu Medical Center, which is in the TOP-10 clinics in the world.
The center uses the latest methods of diagnosis and treatment of oncological, cardiological, surgical, neurosurgical, orthopedic, reproductive and many other diseases.
At the same time, the cost of services in the clinic remains an order of magnitude lower than for example in European countries.
In addition, treatment in Turkey does not require a preliminary visa, and daily and regular flights to the country contribute to the prompt resolution of issues.
If we talk about other fears that may face a patient who wants to undergo treatment abroad, the following should be highlighted: 1.
Many patients are afraid even to think about the trip because of the language barrier, the organization of flights, housing, the search for a clinic and a doctor.
To date, the Anadolu Clinic provides a preliminary program of treatment and diagnosis, an interpreter, help with documentation, search for housing and accompany during the procedures and throughout the patient's stay in the clinic.
Sometimes waiting lists in many countries can reach up to several months.
While in Turkey, diagnostic procedures can be completed in 2-3 days, while in another country it would be necessary to wait at least 2-3 weeks.
The same applies to operational intervention. 3.
Cases of fraud There is a fear of getting on scammers or a clinic that will bill for previously unspecified services.
To avoid this, we recommend choosing a well-known clinic that will help with all the questions that arise and select the best option on an individual request.
Anadolu Medical Center received JSI and ESMO accreditations, and is also a strategic partner of Johns Hopkins Medical Center - the best clinic in the United States.
Expensive treatment Today, treatment abroad is becoming more affordable.
But the most important thing is that you save time on diagnosis and get the right diagnosis right away.
Thanks to this, you can start treatment earlier and for the pathology that you have.
Modern equipment, gentle treatment methods help to minimize risks, the number of side effects and contributes to a longer period of remission and quality of life.
Due to the frequent misdiagnoses made in the countries of the former CIS, patients need a free second medical opinion from world-class specialists.
Such are the doctors of the Anadolu Medical Center, to whom patients from all over the world go for advice: - Aydin Arydzhi - specialist in the treatment of infertility and oncology of the female reproductive system - Zafer Gulbash - director of the Bone Marrow Transplantation Center in Anadolu - Sertach Cichek - cardiac surgeon of adults and children.
The center has a full set of modern equipment for high-precision diagnostics, and the specialists of the clinic in the treatment prefer minimally invasive and gentle methods of treatment, and organ-saving operations.
Anadolu Medical Center is the best diagnosis and treatment, quality service and care for each patient.
This is a clinic that you can trust the most expensive - your health and loved ones.
Learn more about the free program of the Second Medical Opinion, as well as about treatment at the Anadolu Medical Center on the official website: anadolumedicalcenter.com / ua
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The National Bank ordered to publish full information about the cost of banking services
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The requirements were approved by the NBU Board Resolution No. 141, and the recommendations were approved by the Board Decision No. 889-rsh dated November 28, BusinessCensor reports with reference to the regulator ’ s press service.
The purpose of the new disclosure requirements is to provide complete, transparent and understandable information about services to consumers.
At the same time, recommendations on working with appeals are designed to ensure high-quality consideration of appeals by banks and their independent correction of identified violations of consumer rights, "the report said.
Banks are required to change the information about services on websites and in advertising to meet the new requirements within 6 months.
At the same time, after three months, all banks must provide comprehensive information about services on the website in a single unified format.
First of all, indicate the full cost of the service, in particular, the commission to third parties and payments for additional services (for example, an insurance campaign, a state registrar, a notary, an appraiser), the frequency of repayment of the loan, the conditions of early repayment, possible penalties in case of non-compliance by the client with obligations, and the like.
The consumer, going to the website of any bank, should be able to download a file with comprehensive information about the full cost, terms of service, risks, etc., as well as easily compare the services of several different banks.
In accordance with the new rules, the Financial Services Consumer Protection Department of the National Bank of Ukraine will begin monitoring banks ’ compliance with these requirements in three months and monitor websites on a daily basis.
For non-disclosure of information on services in full, the legislation provides for penalties from 300 to 600 non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens for each case.
After six months, calculators should appear in the websites of banks to calculate expenses or income from the service.
Also in six months will earn new requirements for disclosure of information in advertising.
Advertising should also contain significant characteristics of the banking service, including information about the full cost, conditions for obtaining the service, risks, and the like.
In terms of recommendations for banks to work with consumer appeals, the National Bank recommends financial institutions to develop an automated database where all information about citizens' appeals will be entered.
“The NBU also recommends that banks determine the responsible employee for the consideration of each appeal, conduct training programs for bank employees who work with customers, eliminate violations identified during the appeal, as well as prevent similar violations against other customers, ” the NBU said.
As reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law on the protection of the rights of consumers of financial services on October 16.
It will take effect from January 2020.
The law imposes obligations on the National Bank to protect the rights of consumers of financial services and provides it with tools to regulate the behavior of participants in financial markets in relation to customers.
As noted in the National Bank, for the past eight years, none of the state bodies has been engaged in the protection of the rights of consumers of financial services in Ukraine.
As a result, only in 2018 and only the National Bank received more than 13 thousand complaints from consumers outraged by the quality of financial services.
At the same time, due to the lack of an appropriate mandate, the NBU was not able to prevent abuses or take measures against violators.
The law that has been passed should change that.
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Return of Ivan the Terrible
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The painting "The Secret Departure of Ivan the Terrible before the Oprichnina" by Mikhail Panin, who was considered missing during the German occupation during the Second World War from the city of Dnepropetrovsk (now Dnipro), returned to the museum.
It was put up for auction in the United States, but in the Dnieper Museum noticed it in the catalog and demanded to return.
"We hope to learn more about this painter, - said, returning the picture painted 107 years ago, the representative of the auction house. - We were shown a Russian document, which noted that the canvas disappeared from the museum during the war."
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Valeriy Chaly expressed gratitude on behalf of the President of his country.
After learning about the history of the painting, David and Gabby Tracy, who put it up for auction, abandoned their claims.
They found the painting in a house they had bought in Connecticut.
Gabby Tracy knows about the war firsthand: she miraculously managed to survive the Holocaust: “I was born in Czechoslovakia, but during the war we managed to rush to Hungary.
At the end of the war, the Russians liberated us.
So we survived and found refuge in America, ” said Gabby.
She added that she was happy to return the painting and expressed hope to see it in the museum someday.
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Foreigners go to Russia for high-quality dentistry
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The Russian Association of Medical Tourism said that dentistry is the most common reason for visiting Russia among foreign patients.
For her, 44% of medical tourists come to the country.
We are talking about both citizens of the countries of the former USSR and Europeans.
The most demanded are such complex and expensive areas of dental care as orthodontics and surgical dentistry, namely implantation and prosthetics of teeth.
According to the press service, in 2016, more than 20,000 foreign citizens visited Russia for medical purposes.
According to the head doctor of dentistry Eskulap, Krasnodar, in 2016 the clinic was visited by more than 100 foreign citizens.
Patients most often complained of toothache, pulpitis, mild inflammation of the gums, especially in the winter.
Implantation and prosthetics of teeth is in second place, as in Russia you can put an imported implant qualitatively and not expensive, given the current exchange rate of the ruble.
The second place in the list of medical tourism was taken by urology and gynecology (23%).
Parents from neighboring countries, Europe and the UAE visited us mainly in Moscow for IVF (in vitro fertilization).
This is due to the low cost of IVF in Russia - 2.5 times cheaper.
3rd place in the ranking (17%) is occupied by plastic surgery: various types of facelifts and rejuvenation, plastic nose and chest.
The services of a plastic surgeon in Russia cost about 13% lower.
Mostly residents of neighboring countries, Israel, Great Britain and the United States.
Orthopedics and Traumatology fit in the ranking on the 4th place and 11%.
Visitors were interested in the treatment of the hip, knee and other joints.
Citizens of the Baltic States, the United States, France and the United Kingdom came to our clinics for complex operations.
Place at number five was shared by the areas of cardiovascular surgery (3%) and ophthalmology (2%).
The leaders in this field were heart clinics in Moscow, Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg.
The Russian Association of Medical Tourism (AOMMT) reports that prices for coronary bypass surgery and heart surgery in Russia are much lower than in foreign countries.
The rating is closed by ophthalmology: laser correction of vision, treatment of glaucoma and restoration of the retina.
The services of our clinics interested residents of the United States, Great Britain and Israel.
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Biologist has estimated the possibility of the disappearance of habitual products due to climate change
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Climate change can undoubtedly affect the crops and products of various crops.
However, this trend is likely to mean short-term problems.
Alexander Markov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Head of the Department of Biological Evolution of the Biological Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University, told Zvezda.
According to him, despite the information that appeared in the media that climate change threatens the disappearance of most of the familiar products, this situation is not entirely true.
The reason is that in the case of a change in the usual climate, manufacturers will simply have to rebuild, which will take a certain time.
However, everyone ’ s favorite products will not disappear because of this.
“Climate change can affect the crops and products of various crops, plants, animals and so on.
If it gets warmer or colder, it will affect the productivity of the system.
In some regions it can be a positive impact, in others it can be negative.
In general, any climate change will cause short-term problems: something is changing, agricultural producers have adapted to certain conditions, but those have changed.
You will have to grow crops in other places.
These will be short-term problems for sure, ” Markov said.
The expert added that climate change could cause local problems with agricultural productivity in all regions.
But we can adapt to the changes.
“These are not fatal processes, ” he concluded.
Earlier in the media there was information that, according to scientists, climate change can supposedly lead to the disappearance of most of the usual human products - from potatoes to olive oil.
At the same time, British researchers are convinced that coffee can disappear, and by 2050 the territory suitable for its cultivation will be halved.
And after another 30 years, the plant will completely disappear.
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New cryptocurrency Dandelion: researchers reconstruct the Bitcoin network - Other cryptocurrencies
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Anna Chernobay Professional Name: Anna Gender: Female Address: Anapa Investing in: My Business Registration: 31.08.2012 Posts: 1,345 Thanks: 518 KP: 0.372 New cryptocurrency Dandelion: researchers are reconstructing the Bitcoin network Three researchers from the University of Illinois (Shaileshh Bojja Venkatakrishnan, iulia Fanti, Pramod Viswanath) launched a joint project called Dandelion ("Dandelion").
Dandelion cryptocurrency, being the result of the reconstruction of the Bitcoin network, seeks to realize anonymity and absolute financial freedom.
Recently, experts, including lead developer of Monero Riccardo Spagni (also known as @ fluffypony), for several months held discussions about the importance of financial freedom.
At one of the events organized by the bitcoin exchange Coinbase, Ricardo Spagni shared with experts very strong considerations about why financial privacy is necessary for users of bitcoin.
In general, it is important for users of any other cryptocurrency.
For example, it is only necessary to choose the right decoding software – and attackers can easily access significant funds in the accounts of users of the open Bitcoin blockchain.
Spagny explained that the inherent transparency of the blockchain can make wealthy people easy prey for such intruders.
In addition, earnings data can be “leaked ”, data on the nature of current costs can be sold to advertisers, the profitability of private companies can be disclosed, and purchases that a person would like to hide can be put on public display.
In the future, disclosure of personal earnings or wages could be a major concern, as it would lead to possible condemnation and criticism of senior managers and other employees.
Thus, taking into account the possible consequences, even if many users do not recognize or do not realize their own need for financial freedom, there is no denying that the world needs it.
At the moment, the Bitcoin network is not anonymous at all.
Despite the widespread belief about the connection between Bitcoin transactions and trading on the darknet, in essence, Bitcoin does not provide anonymity.
Due to the fact that the Bitcoin network is built on an open blockchain, it is possible to analyze the history of users ’ transactions and determine the location of illegal activities or their commercial nature.
For the greater privacy of Bitcoin users, the Bitcoin Core development team and others, unknown to the general public, members of the Bitcoin community have developed two-tier solutions, like Mimblewimble and TumbleBit, which can, by mixing transactions and eliminating transaction history, provide a fairly high degree of anonymity.
Each bitcoin transaction contains information about the data of all previous transactions, so the analysis of a single transaction can lead to others associated with it.
That is, the functions of mixing the inputs and outputs of transactions and deleting history contribute to the maximum realization of the anonymity of users and their financial freedom.
In principle, researchers at the University of Illinois are trying to create a cryptocurrency similar to bitcoin, but which would guarantee anonymity on its own.
Like the creators of Zcash and Monero, the developers of Dandelion seek to hide transaction data from intruders, but use slightly different methods for this.
According to the research report, Dandelion will mix messages or transaction outputs from different users.
Using special mixing technology, this network will not allow any third party to view specific numbers and transaction amounts.
In an official document titled “Dandelion: Redesigning the Bitcoin Network for Anonymity ”, the researchers explain:“ In an existing P2P network, the content of transactions is transmitted in a structured form that allows third parties to view the transmitted information and, thereby, allows the de-anonymization of users.
As part of this project, we reconstructed the P2P network in order to ensure stable and verifiable anonymity, which is the main principle for us.
We offer a simple network policy called Dandelion.
The policy of Dandelion is able to guarantee anonymity with minimal loss of network functionality.
We are also ensuring the practical implementation of Dandelion. ”
Recently, experts, including the lead developer of Monero, Riccardo Spagni (also known as @ fluffypony), for several months held discussions about the importance of financial freedom.
At one of the events organized by the bitcoin exchange Coinbase, Ricardo Spagni shared with experts very strong considerations about why financial privacy is necessary for users of bitcoin.
In general, it is important for users of any other crypto-currency. For example, it is only necessary to choose the right decoding software – and attackers will easily be able to access significant funds on the accounts of users of the open Bitcoin blockchain.
Spagny explained that the inherent transparency of blockchain can make wealthy people easy prey for such attackers. In addition, data on earnings can be “merged ”, data on the nature of current costs can be sold to advertisers, profitability indicators of private companies can be disclosed, and purchases that a person would like to hide can be put on public display.
In the future, the disclosure of data about the earnings or salaries of individuals can be a serious problem, as it will lead to possible condemnation and criticism of senior managers and other workers.Thus, taking into account the possible consequences, even if many users do not recognize or do not realize their own need for financial freedom, there is no denying that the world needs it.
Despite the widespread belief about the connection between Bitcoin transactions and trading on the darknet, in essence, Bitcoin does not provide anonymity.
Due to the fact that the Bitcoin network is built on an open blockchain, it is possible to analyze the history of users' transactions and determine the location of illegal activities or their commercial nature. For greater privacy of Bitcoin users, the Bitcoin Core development team and others, unknown to the general public, members of the Bitcoin community have developed two-tier solutions, like Mimblewimble and TumbleBit, which can, by mixing transactions and eliminating the anonymous history of transactions, provide a fairly high degree Each bitcoin transaction contains information about the data of all previous transactions, so the analysis of a single transaction can lead to others associated with it.
That is, the functions of mixing the inputs and outputs of transactions and deleting history contribute to the maximum realization of the anonymity of users and their financial freedom. According to the research report, Dandelion will mix the messages or outputs of transactions from different users.
Using special mixing technology, this network will not allow any third party to view specific figures and transaction amounts. In an official document called “Dandelion: Redesigning the Bitcoin Network for Anonymity ”, the researchers explain: At the moment, the Dandelion network has not yet been tested or tested by cryptographers. nor software developers.
However, this project addresses potential topics for future research, for example, the problem of tradeoffs between anonymity and latency of blockchain networks.
Dandelion is still waiting for expert assessments that will determine the content of the long-term and short-term development plans for this project.
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Hidden Motors in Bikes - CBS Investigation
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Are hidden motors used in bicycles of cyclists of professional peloton?
Opinions of engineer István Varjas and three-time winner of the Tour de France Greg Lemond Following the French sports TV program Stade 2 and the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, the investigation into mechanical doping in cycling was conducted by journalists of the American television channel CBS in the program “60 minutes ”.
Journalist Bill Whitaker traveled to Hungary to meet with Istvan Varjas, an engineer who confessed to selling bicycles with hidden motors to professional cyclists.
In addition, CBS journalists asked what they think about the possibility of the existence of hidden in the bicycles racers professional peloton engines, three-time winner of the Tour de France Greg Lemond and Jean-Pierre Verdy (Jean-Pierre Verdy), the former director of control of the French anti-doping Agency.
Engineer István Varjas on hidden motors "The motor can be connected to the pulse meter when the pulse of the rider becomes too high, a signal is given and the motor is turned on.
We used hidden motors while testing cyclists in the vicinity of Budapest.
And it's not a moped at all, because there's no exhaust pipe or noise.
The built-in engine provides a short but powerful boost to help the cyclist. "
When asked by Bill Whitaker if Varjas knows professional peloton riders who use bicycles with motors, the engineer replied: "Exactly with this, no." - But there are bicycles with motors? - Yes.
I know that.
Do you sell your engines to professional cyclists?
But if my grandfather comes to me, buys a bicycle, and then gives it to his grandson, who participates in cycling, it's not my problem. - And if someone comes to you and says directly that he wants to use your invention to cheat, that he will pay you a lot of money, then sell? - If the money is big, then why not?
Istvan Varjas said that in 1998 his friend found him a buyer.
But the engineer swears he has no idea who the buyer is.
He simply showed CBS reporters a bank account that received $2 million that year.
Then Varjas answered before the law of his country for not paying the tax.
The engineer stressed that the buyer who bought his invention demanded an exclusive deal – for 10 years, István Varjas was not supposed to work on the engine, sell it or talk about it. – If you live in Hungary, – continued Varjas, – and if you are given 2 million dollars for 10 years just to do nothing … Could you say no?
So you think hidden motors have been used by professional cyclists since 1998?
István Varjas also revealed that Dr. Michele Ferrari had been buying stealth bikes for the past three years.
Speaking to CSB reporters on the phone, Ferrari denied buying the bike from Varjas, but admitted that he was just testing one of those bikes.
Varjas cooperated with the French police and reported that before the Tour de France in 2015, he sold bicycles with a motor to an unknown client through an intermediary.
According to him, the bikes were delivered to the French city of Beaulieu sur Mer (Beaulieu Sur Mer).
István Varjas said that in addition to the motors built into the frames, he also invented a motor that can be hidden inside the rear wheel tube.
Therefore, the weight of the wheel increases compared to the usual 800 g. Motors in bicycles team Sky?
At the 2015 Tour de France, all of the participants' bikes were weighed before the cutting stages.
Those in charge of the race told CBS that only the bicycles of the British team Sky weighed more than the rest, each almost 800 grams heavier.
A spokesman for the Sky team explained this by saying that a heavier cutting bike can improve aerodynamics.
He also claims that the team never used mechanical devices, and that the bikes were tested by the people responsible for it at the UCI.
Jean-Pierre Verdi on mechanical doping at the Tour de France in an interview with CBS said that in his opinion, in the peloton about 12 riders used hidden motors at the Tour de France in 2015, which is evidenced by the high speed of riders in the mountains.
“Of course, there is mechanical doping.
I was told about the use of motors three or four years ago.
In 2014, I was told that motors were being used, that this was a problem.
In 2015, everyone began to complain, and I replied that something needs to be done.
They're hurting cycling.
But this is human nature, man is always trying to find a magic drug. ”
Three-time Tour de France winner Greg Lemond first heard about hidden motors in 2014, when he met Varjas in Paris and tried to ride such a bike.
There's always a rotten apple, because there's a lot of money at stake.
It is possible to determine whether there is mechanical doping by weight.
In cycling, weight is everything, be it body weight or bicycle weight.
If a bicycle weighs more than a kilogram, you will never be able to ride a race on it.
It's fixable.
"I don't trust any Tour de France victory until they figure out how to remove the engines."
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Andrey Grivko about the incident with Marcel Kittel at the Tour Dubai-2017
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Andriy Grivko told his version of the incident with Marcel Kittel at the 3rd stage of the Tour Dubai-2017 Ukrainian rider of the Astana team Andriy Grivko on his Facebook page told his version of the incident with the German rider Marcel Kittel (Quick Step Floors) that occurred during the 3rd stage of the Tour Dubai-2017.
Andriy Grivko ’ s actions in punching Kittel in the face were classified by the judges as “an act of violence among riders. ”
Ukrainian rider Astana was withdrawn from the race, the team made a public apology to Marcel Kittel and the team Quick Step Floors.
Andriy Grivko about the incident with Marcel Kittel “I would like to open my point of view on the incident that caused our conflict with Marcel Kittel.
I ’ ve been in cycling for 12 years, and like everyone else, I understand that when sprinters compete for positions 3 km before the finish line, it ’ s normal.
But everything happened 100 km before the finish line in such a rude style, in such severe weather conditions that it was a great danger to the riders.
In the struggle for the position, as confirmed by Kittel himself, he rudely pushed my teammate Dmitry Gruzdev first with his shoulder, then me, creating a very tense and dangerous situation that could cause not only my fall, but also a huge blockage in the peloton.
I responded aggressively to the aggressive action.
I may have succumbed to emotions that have nothing to do with cycling, but it was an extreme situation, a safety issue where it was difficult to stay calm.
I believe that such behavior, when the lives and health of athletes are endangered due to selfishness, also has nothing to do with cycling.
In the peloton, everyone is equal, everyone has equal rights to occupy positions, no matter whether it is a famous sprinter or neo-pro.
We have to respect each other.
I think it ’ s unsportsmanlike when a rider demands a seat for him just because he ’ s famous or in a bad mood.
After this incident, Kittel literally spat in my direction several times, which, in my opinion, also has nothing to do with cycling.
I can assure you that this was not an “attack on an opponent ” arising out of nowhere.
Moreover, as Kittel himself noted, I weigh 70 kg against his 86.
However, I once again apologize to the race organizers, all the fans, and of course to my team for this unpleasant incident that led to my withdrawal from the race. ”
Alexander Shefer, sports director of the Astana team, about the incident at the 3rd stage of the Dubai Tour 2016 “Today ’ s stage turned out to be quite difficult due to the wind, nervous and dangerous moments appeared several times.
At one of these moments, Andrei Grivko did not cope with emotions and hit Marcel Kittel.
Regardless of the cause of the incident, we have to admit that our driver acted improperly.
This is unsportsmanlike and unacceptable.
We apologise to Kittel and his team for what happened.
The Astana team always adheres to a strict line in matters of sports ethics, so we fully agree with the decision of the judges to remove Andriy Grivko from the race.
Also, on the part of the team, the management will make further decisions on the punishment of the rider. ”
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The incident with the participation of the cyclist of “Astana ” media called“ the tip of the iceberg ”
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KAZINFORM - The incident between the rider of the Kazakhstan team Andrei Grivko and his German colleague is only the tip of the iceberg of what can happen when adrenaline and testosterone levels go off the charts during races.
Some believe that the fight during the race makes cycling even more attractive for the audience, the organizers and the athletes themselves believe that this behavior should be stopped.
It ’ s a race, everyone drives nervously, athletes sometimes find it difficult to restrain themselves in a stressful situation.
In addition to the incident with the participation of the cyclist of Astana, the British edition of Cycling Weekly recalled other sprint showdowns.
Recall, the Ukrainian rider of Pro Team Astana Andrey Grivko was removed from the Tour of Dubai-2017 for the fact that during the third stage he hit in the face of the German rider of the Quick Step Floors team Marcel Kittel, who is the leader of the race.
After hitting Grivko, Kittel continued the race with a bloody face.
Immediately after the finish, Kittel demanded that Andriy Grivko be punished - removed from the competition.
Astana team publicly apologized to Marcel Kittel and his team for the behavior of their rider, who was eventually withdrawn from the race.
In 2010, the hot weather and the longest stage of the Tour de France race played a cruel joke with the Spaniard Carlos Barredo and the Portuguese Rui Costa.
Cyclists Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) and Rui Costa (Caisse d'Epargne) fought, but then apologized to each other, thereby exhausting the incident.
Both were fined 400 Swiss francs.
Russian Ivan Rovny, who plays for the Tinkoff-Saxo team, fought with Italian Gianluca Brambilla of Omega Pharma- Quick-Step during the race at the 16th stage of the Vuelta.
Athletes during the skirmish did not even get off their bikes to kick each other in the face.
Both were disqualified from the race.
Earlier, another Kazakh rider lost control during the race.
A member of the Astana team Dmitry Gruzdev at the beginning of the fifth stage of the Tour of Turkey in 2015 hit the Albanian Jugert Zup.
After the incident, Gruzdev was withdrawn from the race.
In 1995, there was one of the most famous fights in the history of cycling.
In the fourth stage of the Vuelta, the Venezuelan Leonardo Sierra of Carrera and Basque Ramón González Arrieta of Banesto began to exchange blows, which resulted in both being on the pavement.
The riders got back on their feet and continued the fight.
Both drivers were disqualified from the race.
Arrieta vs Sierra During the multi-day race “Vuelta Portugal 2014 ” Spaniard Vicente Garcia de Mateos and Danish Asbjorn Kral Andersen staged a brawl.
Both riders were suspended from the tour.
Garcia de Mateos vs Andersen
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Turkey ’ s Regional Policy and Europe ’ s Position
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After many of Turkey ’ s initiatives towards Iran, including the issues of the “nuclear program ” as well as the Middle East, nothing significant has really happened between Turkey and Iran.
Turkey has tried to make a “breakthrough ” in relations with Iran, offering to join certain regional agreements on economic development, and even political consultations.
Consultations on various political issues between Turkey and Iran have been taking place for a long time, as well as between many other states.
Meanwhile, Iran, without refusing to demonstrate the Turkish-Iranian declarative rapprochement, noted that it has no intention to create some kind of alliance with Turkey, and made it clear that it will not participate in supporting initiatives on the problems of the Middle East, which require long-term discussions, with the participation of other states.
Turkey has already expressed to the Iranian leaders its misunderstanding of their position.
For example, Turkey has made sure that Iran will not support and only observes Turkey ’ s initiatives in the South Caucasus, Lebanon and Iraq.
In fact, Iran is very wary and hostile to Turkey ’ s intentions in the regions, primarily in the countries closest to Iran – Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, the South Caucasus.
Iran is visibly annoyed by Turkey ’ s attempts to increase its presence and influence in Iraq with the help and approval of the United States.
Iran also suspects Turkey of trying to negotiate with Saudi Arabia to support its actions in Iraq, which Iran views as a “conspiracy ” against it.
But most of all, Iran is concerned about the “Sunni games ” of Turkey, which is trying to negotiate with the Arabs on a number of issues to the detriment of Iran ’ s interests.
During the Turkish initiatives towards Iran, practically no issue related to the Turkish-Iranian confrontation has been resolved, in particular, on the problem of supporting Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq and Lebanon, as well as there have been no even distant agreements on the problems of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, on the Kurdish problem, the activities of intelligence services in relation to each other, which is of particular concern.
Currently, Iran is ready to make many efforts to fail Turkey ’ s initiatives in the Middle East, although similar problems remain in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
Iran continues to pursue the goal of creating a more consolidated bloc, including Syria.
Lebanon, Armenia, Tajikistan, as well as the Shiites of Iraq.
Iran makes it clear to the states of the region that nothing has changed in its intentions, but only some events in the region have occurred.
The confrontation between Iran and Turkey is constrained so far by the fact that both states would not like this opposition to be taken advantage of by some political circles and governments of Arab states, primarily Saudi Arabia and Egypt, as well as the United States and Israel.
France and Germany have always been suspicious of Turkey ’ s initiatives towards Iran.
Britain tried to get Turkey to be more loyal to the Western community on the issue of Iran, but this led to the failure of many of the hopes for Turkey that the British had.
France, from the very beginning of the Turkish initiatives on Iran, understood that there could not be enough close and mutually beneficial interests in the relations between Turkey and Iran, and there was a poorly covered game between traditional regional rivals.
On this issue, France was in full solidarity with the United States and Germany, who understood that Turkey was not in a position to influence Iran and was not going to do so, and only had to wait and see how Turkey ’ s position would change.
Recently, Turkey began to understand that its initiatives against Iran are meaningless, as they lead to the loss of positions in the West and at the same time do not allow to acquire any positions in the region in terms of influence on Iran.
Neither the Americans nor the Europeans were going to give Turkey more importance in world politics than it actually has.
The Western community did not want to assign any merit to Turkey in the direction of settling relations with Iran in the sphere of its “nuclear program ”.
Turkey has been repeatedly made clear that the Americans and Europeans do not intend to associate their policy with its attempts against Iran and consider its initiatives not at all as binding.
Turkey now feels like a loser in the game with Iran and the West, seeking to shape new proposals and more in line with Western policy.
In Ankara began to fear that their position will be used by political circles in the United States, France and Germany, which intend to condemn Turkey for the implementation of the “new foreign policy ”.
Ankara has already felt this danger, but they do not yet understand how to get out of this situation.
It would be natural for Turkey to become more in solidarity with the West and take a more critical stance against Iran, but its leadership is still speculating on the Iranian issue.
It should be noted that Turkey has not acquired anything positive for itself in the Middle East, seeking to be a mediator in relations between the West and Iran.
The Arab states were mostly not interested in settling the relations between the US and European states with Iran and, in general, in reducing tensions between them.
The “Iranian threat ”, primarily in the sphere of the“ nuclear program ”, determines the close relations of the United States with the Arab states, which consider Iran as an undesirable partner in the Middle East and are interested in the West ’ s policy of strategic containment of Iran.
The leading Arab states – Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as well as other states in the region – Jordan and the Gulf states – are not interested in strengthening the role of either Turkey or Iran in the Middle East, as well as in the formation of closer relations between Turkey and Iran.
These leading Arab states are also not interested in creating a certain zone of economic cooperation, including Turkey, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon.
Thus, the games against Iran have brought nothing to Turkish policy in the Middle East, but only irritate the Arab countries.
Turkey is trying to start new negotiations with the United States and leading European states over its initiatives on Iran.
Turkey would like to decide on its initiatives and find out whether it makes sense to continue its efforts, how much the West intends to continue to perceive Turkish initiatives as constructive.
It turns out that Turkey is in a political impasse, and now can not just abandon the initiatives, otherwise it will look like a state that badly calculates its foreign policy.
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In Belarus, there is a trend towards an increase in the export of dental services.
About it, writes the agency "Minsk-Novosti", said at a press conference the chief freelance dentist of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus Andrei Matveev.
"In 2016, dental care for foreign citizens in health care institutions of various forms of ownership was provided in the amount of 3.35 million rubles, - said A. Matveev. - In 2015, the export of dental services amounted to 1.79 million rubles.
There is a trend towards an increase in the export of dental services. ”
According to the expert, with the introduction of a 5-day visa-free entry to Belarus, the indicator of exports of dental services may increase.
“Nevertheless, it is not worth discounting the fact that often dental treatment is not a matter of one to five days, - explained A. Matveev. - If one visit to the dentist is enough for oral hygiene, then it will take more than five days for prosthetics, implantation of teeth.
Seams, for example, after these manipulations are removed on the seventh day. ”
According to A. Matveev, aesthetic treatment, prosthetics with metal-free constructions, as well as dental implantation are most in demand among foreign patients.
“Almost the whole world is coming to us for help, I don ’ t remember only patients from Australia, ” he said.
Domestic dental units "Beldent" are also supplied to the near abroad.
Also, Belarusian filling materials made with the use of the latest technologies are exported to some countries.
As for paid services to residents of Belarus, in 2016 they were provided in the amount of 62.5 million rubles.
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Oprah Winfrey sold the painting of the famous artist for 150 million
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The famous American TV presenter Oprah Winfrey sold a picture of Gustav Klimt for $150 million.
This is reported by Bloomberg, citing a source.
According to the publication, the buyer of “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II ” was a collector from China.
This is one of the largest private art deals.
It is noted that Winfrey bought the portrait in 2006 for $87.9 million at Christie's auction in New York.
For Klimt ’ s work, the amount is still a record.
Since then, the cost of the painting has increased by more than 70%.
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Canadians to build nuclear power plant
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By 2030.
Canadian scientists intend to build an experimental fusion plant by 2030.
The amount of investment in the project will be 125 million dollars.
For commercial use of the reactor will require a lot of research, write the Federal media.
Nuclear fusion is considered a powerful source of renewable energy, being more economical compared to traditional nuclear power plants: it does not require the consumption of expensive uranium.
Low greenhouse gas emissions are also an advantage.
The thermonuclear reactor repeats the principle of the Sun: two hydrogen atoms merge together at extreme temperatures and form helium, releasing a huge amount of energy.
The amount of hydrogen needed for one year of operation of a 1,000-megawatt power plant can fit in a truck.
This technology has been developed since the 1950s, reports Uralinformbureau.
The creation of such an experimental reactor ITER are engaged in France, it should be launched in 2020.
Its investors were the European Union, China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States.
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The artist who refused to paint a portrait of Bakiev
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Kyrgyz artist Tuman Zhumabayev once compared Putin to a samurai, painted a portrait of Askar Akayev, and then refused to meet Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
Called Rembrandt of the XXI century, a member of the association of artists of the United States Tuman Zhumabayev has been living in St. Petersburg for 30 years.
Now he is considered one of the most expensive artists in Russia.
Tuman Zhumabaev is now 55 years old, at one time he, not knowing the Russian language, went to conquer Peter.
And much later he painted portraits of Vladimir Putin and Askar Akayev.
But he refused to depict Nursultan Nazarbayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev on canvas.
In 1980, Zhumabayev knew only 50-60 words in Russian.
The guy, born in the village of Kyzyl-Tuu, located near the lake Sary-Chelek, went to Leningrad for higher education.
The elite of Russian fine arts is concentrated in this city.
Here is how the artist remembers his first years in St. Petersburg: - It was the year of the Olympics.
I didn't speak Russian, but I took the risk and went.
All I knew was “hello ” and“ goodbye. ”
I only spoke Kyrgyz.
I first went to college, where I learned how to make parquet.
A year later he entered the Faculty of Restoration of the Serov Art School.
Then he continued his education at the St. Petersburg Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Repin at the Russian Academy of Arts.
Studying there is considered very prestigious, so exceptionally talented students were admitted to this art university.
Tuman Zhumabayev also studied at the Repin Institute of Arts, known not only in the USSR, but also in Eastern Europe for its conservative education system: - Honestly, the St. Petersburg school was very conservative.
I think at that time there was conservatism and iron discipline in all schools.
Perhaps it is wrong to talk about conservatism here.
You can call it rules.
In fact, in order to learn how to create art canvases, you need a conservative education that gives a strict understanding and knowledge of the ways of painting.
Even if I was only 5 minutes late for class, I had to write an explanatory letter to the dean ’ s office.
We had a strong foundation in school.
If you didn ’ t like it, you had to leave.
Further development depends on the person himself.
But I am happy with this strict school.
In addition to Russia, the paintings of Tuman Zhumabaev are also exhibited in museums in Vienna, Warsaw and Paris.
He mainly paints landscapes, portraits.
In 2006, in the Column Hall of the House of Unions in Moscow, his works participated in the exhibition "Light of Rembrandt".
Critics then called Zhumabaev Rembrandt of the XXI century: - I heard about Rembrandt in college.
I grew up in a village where I knew about world celebrities.
During my first year, the teacher told me that I was drawing like Rembrandt.
I was surprised and asked who it was.
The next day I went to the Hermitage and saw the paintings of this great artist.
I went there every week.
Rembrandt became my teacher.
Tuman Zhumabayev considers the great Van Gogh and Chuikov to be his mentors.
He is particularly fond of Van Gogh ’ s work.
Trying to imitate him.
Pictures of Tuman Zhumabaev are in demand.
In the center of St. Petersburg he has a gallery "Tuman-art": - I am not a rich man.
But enough for life.
I have everything I need, I don ’ t need anything.
I can fly anywhere in the world whenever I want.
In spite of this, I put spiritual values above material ones.
My paintings sold for 50 thousand euros, sometimes more expensive.
When you buy them from me, they sell them even more expensive.
To those who cannot sell their paintings, I say that you must try and work will be rewarded.
Experts in the field of fine arts call Zhumabaev a very popular artist.
Tashkent critic Akmal Rizaev says about his work: - His works are valued dearly.
He is a modern artist, a realist.
The portrait of Vladimir Putin, which he wrote, was immediately valued at 30 thousand euros.
Now this work is in the collection of the President of Russia.
In addition, I know that the portrait of the famous opera singer Elena Obraztsova was very expensive.
I heard that the oligarchs, through intermediaries, ordered him a portrait of Nazarbayev, but he refused to write it.
Our hero at one time did not want to paint a portrait of the former President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev, he also refused to meet with him: - For the first time I saw Putin on TV.
His gaze was the gaze of a samurai.
So I made him look like a samurai.
Later, people from Putin ’ s entourage bought the painting and gave it to him.
I did not meet with Putin.
I am friends with the first president of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev.
In honor of our friendship, I painted his portrait.
He really liked it.
“My portrait was painted by many, but your work is the best, ” he said.
Later, power changed, Kurmanbek Bakiyev became president.
He came to Peter and invited me to a meeting.
For some reason, I didn't want to meet him.
He refused to paint his portrait.
I didn ’ t see him as a good president.
Maybe he was a good head of state, but I had no desire.
Tuman Zhumabayev, who brings up three sons, loves to draw mountains.
The artist explains this by the fact that he grew up in a mountainous area, which he always misses, although he often comes to his homeland: - I miss, often go to Kyrgyzstan.
Four years ago, in Issyk-Kul, I met with rich people, politicians.
I invited them to raise the art, said about the need to help artists.
They said that now the situation is difficult, and as soon as it improves, they will begin to pay attention to art, to help artists.
And I told them that if they continue to hold this opinion, the country will not develop.
Interview with Tuman Zhumabaev journalist "Ozodlika" in Prague Shukhrat Babajanov.
Journalists of Azattyk (the Kyrgyz edition of Radio Svoboda) participated in the preparation of the material
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Medical tourists from Russia are not afraid of high prices
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Experts of the Russian Association of Medical Tourism (AOMMT) together with foreign partners conducted an analysis of the outbound flow of medical tourists from Russia for 2016.
The analysis showed that Russian patients abroad are mainly looking for high-tech care and an impeccable level of service, and in the last place in their motivation is the price, unlike medical tourists from other countries of the world who go to be treated abroad in order to save money.
Over the past year, the behavior of medical tourists from Russia has changed in the direction of minimizing intermediary services in this area.
More and more Russians who have decided to undergo treatment abroad are independently contacting clinics and doctors, as well as forming a cultural and entertainment program for themselves.
The most popular health and medical directions in 2016 among Russians were: 1.
Israel; and 2.
Germany; and 3.
China; 4. USA; 5.
Ukraine; 6.
India; and 7.
Belarus.
Despite the 20-30% reduction in the volume of outbound medical tourism in 2016 (about 80 thousand Russians were treated in foreign clinics), such luxury health destinations as Switzerland practically did not lose their customers from Russia.
In general, wealthy patients from Russia and Asia are ready to pay about $8,000 per night.
In addition, there are several centers specializing in detox therapy and cosmetology.
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"I have a palette from Repin"
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Natella Toidze ’ s exhibition “Sculpture of Color ” takes place in the New Manege, and even in the midst of the working week, there are unusually many visitors in the halls – arguing near the paintings and silently considering the huge landscapes, lively and really like sculpted.
The exhibition was extended for another half month - until March 12. - Natella Georgievna, is it true that you always paint landscapes only in nature?
There are a lot of photos in the exhibition, where you work in nature: in the forest, in the village, in the field.
It is important for me to see, hear, feel everything around the canvas: the rustling of leaves, the play of light and shadows, the chirping of birds, the movement of air.
I hope this is also part of the content of the picture and determines its atmosphere.
And this is the main thing for me. - Yes, the plot is almost absent... - It is easy to come up with a plot, but I do not think that this applies to pictorial solutions.
Real music excites without words, not like in the song.
Often we hear a song where there is practically no music, and the words should excite the listener.
I am interested in conveying the state of the world around me by purely picturesque means - a combination of color spots, their location, rhythm, composition...
And nature just gives a wealth of fortunes. – In the exposition a lot of winter landscapes. – I paint often in winter, until the colors freeze.
I love to paint snow, it is always different, and each time for me sets a new pictorial task. – Art critics write about the inner drama of your paintings. – I think this is due to the inconsistency of the task – to convey the movement of life, the dynamics of matter in the static image.
And this is very interesting to me, I am trying to convey again by purely pictorial means a certain process, a certain movement in nature, a change in its state.
Probably, and the work is therefore called: "Before the snow", "Thaw", "After the rain", "Summer is over". - And in the workshop do not complete the work? - No, never.
All work must be completed in nature.
There is a different light in the workshop, a different environment, which means a different state.
And, as in music, one false note can spoil the entire musical work, in painting one wrong stroke will destroy the entire pictorial state of the picture.
Therefore, on the contrary, if I find any inaccuracy, I return the canvas to nature.
Sometimes because of one stroke, one color stroke. – With this inner tuning fork, the artist is born or is it learned? – Everyone, probably, differently.
I have lived among art books since I was a child.
Still could not read, but infinitely flipped through them, considered.
My father, Georgy Toidze, was a wonderful sculptor and graphic artist, he put up many monuments, including in Moscow.
We lived on Povarskaya, 30, in the mansion of Count Shuvalov, in the part where the house church used to be.
There was my father's workshop, which was separated from the residential part by a large glass door.
I rode a three-wheeled bicycle around huge sculptures, among clay, clay, bags of gypsum, among models and models.
And then she began to sculpt something of her own.
My father made me a small machine, and I began to spend all the time in the workshop near my father. – Were you encouraged in these classes? – I come from a family of hereditary artists, my grandfather – Mose Toidze, a famous Georgian artist, a student of Repin, graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, where I met my grandmother, Alexandra Sutina, a novice of the monastery, who studied icon painting..
Uncle – Irakli Toidze, famous poster artist, author of the wonderful poster “Motherland Calls! ”.
But no one forced their children to be artists.
They understood, they knew that those who give themselves to art, should themselves very much want it.
My grandfather had six grandchildren and granddaughters, and I am the only artist.
My father, of course, explained to me what volume, depth, plastic were, and I was interested in that.
And at some point I felt like I needed color. — That ’ s where the color sculpture comes from! — Yes, I guess.
It is amazing that this is how Paola Volkova wrote about my painting as a sculptural one.
There were paints - watercolor, then oil.
But the formats were already large. – How old were you? – 8-9.
My father never told me, “Work, ” even though they themselves were great workers — both dad and grandfather and uncle.
They spent their entire lives in a workshop.
I remember it well. – Do you manage to work like that? – Not always.
Still, the current life around requires a woman to give more — family, parents, children, grandchildren.
I work a lot and with pleasure.
By the way, the only thing I have left of Repin, I learned about it much later, is the Repin palette, as funny as it sounds.
When I asked for oil paints, my dad bought them and showed me how to squeeze the tubes into the palette and in what color sequence.
That's how I started working.
But then at the art school teachers said that the colors are wrong, in the wrong order.
But I ’ m used to it and haven ’ t changed my palette.
One day, I asked my dad why he had opened the palette to me.
And he said that his father had taught him that, and that teacher, Repin, had taught him that.
For all the clarity and brightness of your handwriting, the exhibition shows the absence of exactly what can be called a reception. – I just believe that the method found, which is then replicated by the artist, means a dead end.
And, unfortunately, such examples are always visible.
To repeat what has been found, to quote oneself, to copy earlier is the end of creativity.
Sometimes you can see how the artist sometimes accentuates his technique, aggressive it, if you can say so, because there is no other way.
I never worked as a receptionist, setting a new task for myself every time.
But this is just the most interesting! – When they write about your innovation, how do you understand it? – Probably, I mean that I am engaged exclusively in painting as such, that is, without the help of plot, symbols and signs, the ability to convey only the state of the world around me in color.
Few people work that way now.
Although I have never thought and do not think about innovation, about traditions, about modernity or not. – Tell me, Natella Georgievna, but how do you find an object for work, how do you choose it from many similar ones? – I work quickly enough, it is impossible in nature: the sun goes away, the light changes, clouds come, rain or snow is going.
But I choose the object long and carefully.
And most importantly, it should be interesting to me.
The painting task should worry me. – What gives you a large format?
Very, especially in winter, but I'm curious - you need a lot of space.
I can hardly fit into a small size. – And how do you even set the size?
This is decided in advance, you need to prepare a stretcher, canvas? - At the moment of maturation of the task.
When I find an object, I feel its state, I begin to see both the format and the size of the future picture.
- And how are your decorative, symbolic things that are made in the workshop? - Yes, in general, the same way.
And in decorative things, I solve primarily painting problems for myself.
And I should be excited and excited about that, too.
The main thing here is to worry.
Because, I hope, when this excitement is in the artist, his picture will excite the viewer.
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How do I escape from pickpockets?
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Pocket thieves often operate in the busiest places, and the easiest prey for them are confused tourists who can find it difficult to navigate in a not too familiar place.
I tell the readers of Rambler how I try to behave in order not to fall for the bait of fraudsters.
In order not to make the thieves the impression of a scattered tourist, I plan all my actions in advance.
I know exactly where I am going and what I will look at, I will clarify the routes, up to what stop to get off.
The back pockets of jeans are for beauty, not documents and money.
Therefore, I keep bank cards and cash in different pockets, where I can put my hand in anyone and make sure that everything is in place.
The backpack is also not suitable for light and valuable things, it is better to get a small bag that is convenient to hang on the shoulder and always hold with your hand.
Caring moms and classic literature teach us never to talk to strangers.
Often, thieves act in organized groups, while one speaks his teeth, the other wipes his pockets.
I never take flowers and any other supposedly gifts, this is a well-known scheme of fraudsters, when one gives a souvenir in his hands, and the second requires money for it.
If I can't get rid of it right away, I just throw these trinkets on the ground and run away.
Often, scammers try to push back the chosen victim first, and then calmly launch their hands into their pockets and bags.
Such a scheme is used in public transport, when a push is created at the entry-exit, or in front of the doors of the store.
I always stay close to my loved ones and don ’ t let anyone get in between us.
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In the Japanese city of Taiji began hunting for dolphins
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Tokyo, 09: 11 — REGNUM September 1 began the hunting season in the Japanese city of Taiji, which is known for its whaling.
The hunt did not cause a wave of outrage from animal advocates.
According to the Japanese news agency Kyodo Tsushin, dolphin hunting is carried out by pen, which in many countries of the world is considered inhumane: fishermen drive dolphins and small cetaceans into the bay, blocking their way back into the ocean with boats and nets.
Despite the criticism, this method is quite popular among Japanese fishermen.
In Japan, dolphin hunting and whaling are a traditional occupation, for many it is the main source of income and food.
Japan was forced to join the International Whaling Commission in 1988 and justified fishing for “research purposes ” until it finally withdrew from the membership on June 30, 2019.
Now fishermen from animal rights activists and other activists are protected by the police and the coast guard.
On September 1, according to Kyodo Tsushin, there were only 10 activists, but the fishermen returned with nothing.
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Instead of England to Germany: migrants in France staged a showdown for our trucker
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The Latvian trucker got into an unpleasant situation in France.
In his truck, having broken the seal, five illegal migrants entered the territory of England illegally.
Unfortunately, the car was headed to Germany.
The maximum fine that could threaten a man for transporting illegal immigrants is 30,000 euros.
As told Russian TVNET driver, the incident happened last weekend.
The fact that there is someone in his truck, the man found out on the way, when suddenly someone began to knock loudly in the trailer.
This happened after the fork, where he turned not in the direction of England, as the migrants obviously hoped, but in the direction of Germany, where the truck was headed.
Illegals most likely by navigation in the smartphone realized that they were going the wrong way, and “wanted to get out ”.
“They specifically choose cars under the seal.
At night, while I was sleeping, they opened it and got inside.
Someone outside was definitely seeing them off, because I was doing a survey of the truck this morning, and I didn't notice anything.
The seal was in place, ” the driver said.
Having stopped the car directly on the autobahn, the trucker called the police, because he himself had no right to open the seal.
Arriving at the place, the police suspected him of collusion and put forward the version that the men simply “did not agree on the price. ”
This is the first thing that the guards point out in such cases.
The Latvian driver managed to prove that he had nothing to do with it.
By the way, the maximum fine for transporting illegal migrants is 30,000 euros.
At least such a warning was written in the act issued to him by the police.
There were five queens in the car.
The oldest is 23 years old.
He was the only one who spoke some English.
“For about 40 minutes, then the migration service waited, four cars arrived.
Everyone was photographed, taken away, ” the man said.
Fortunately, the migrants did not have time to spoil the cargo, only scattered the boxes a little, so that it was more convenient to go on a long journey.
It was short for them.
The driver also noted that illegal migrants often infiltrate various trucks, trying to cross the English Channel to the UK.
In some cases, they spoil cargo, cut tents, if it is necessary to get out of the car urgently, “frame ” truckers, hiding true accomplices.
In recent years, illegal immigrants from Pakistan, Sudan, Eritrea and other countries have been trying to get to England.
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Peter Sagan was not punished for the incident at Ghent Wevelham 2017
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reigning world champion Peter Sagan under fire after the incident at Ghent Wevelham 2017 27-year-old Slovak rider team Bora-Hansgrohe Peter Sagan was under fire in Belgium after the Sporza TV channel showed a video where the reigning world champion pushed the shoulder of the Belgian rider team WB Veranclassic Maxim Vantomm during the race Ghent Went lgem-2017.
Sagan pushed Wantomm while passing Kemmelberg 34 km to the finish line when he saw Greg Van Avermat (BMC) attacking.
Peter Sagan responded to the criticism by tweeting, "I just saw footage of me making contact with Maxim Vantomm on Ghent Wevelgem.
I didn't notice that.
I ’ m sorry, but things like that happen in racing. ”
Maxim Vantomm also tweeted about the incident: "Such is the life of a little cyclist."
On the Sporza TV channel, in a program dedicated to the discussion of the race, this case was commented on by the racer of the AG2R La Mondiale team Oliver Nasen and the racer LottoNL-Jumbo Bram Tankink.
Oliver Nasen: "I think he might have hurt his rib.
I would push back. ”
Bram Tankink: “Sagan is a two-time world champion, he ’ s wearing a rainbow jersey, and he thinks he can go everywhere and then move a guy from a small cycling team. ”
Videotapes of the incident at Kemmelberg appeared only a few days after the race, so no action was taken by the International Cycling Union.
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All from Xiaomi: review of the Mi minimalist urban backpack and Mi multi-functional urban bags
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Starting small, Xiaomi quickly expanded the list of branded accessories and equipment to unprecedented quantities.
It seems that the number of products with the Mi logo is comparable to what Samsung does.
"Smart" house, small appliances for the kitchen and apartment... there are even clothes.
You can ’ t test everything, and something just doesn ’ t fit into the main topic of ITC.ua, but some things are of interest.
For example, we have already talked about sneakers from Xiaomi, and today we decided to look at the backpack and bag of a familiar brand.
The editors thank Xiaomi.ua for the provided for testing backpack and sling Mi minimalist urban Backpack Mi minimalist urban comes in a regular matte bag with a zip fastener.
Quite normal packaging for a backpack and at the first acquaintance pay attention only to the fact that Xiaomi even bags with silica gel filler branded.
You're starting to look.
The backpack looks quite good in the pictures and may be of interest to those who are looking for something in a non-sports design, but also does not consider the simplest bag-shaped options without a hint of any ergonomics.
The first meeting meets expectations.
The backpack is made of pleasant and rather dense polyester, but the company does not name the specific brand and density of the fabric, which is forgivable for an urban model.
Even empty, it keeps a rectangular shape - it's all about a plastic frame sewn into the "front" part.
The back is not the most ergonomic, but dense and stitched, the straps of normal width, although not the thickest - for a casual backpack, everything looks good, should be comfortable.
It seems that the manufacturer has paid enough attention to the details.
Zippers work perfectly and look reliable, they have comfortable plastic "tongues" with the Mi logo.
Of the inscriptions, there is only a small "Urban life style" on the front.
After studying all the pockets, I want to take a break, because there are a lot of them here.
I will try to list: External: large horizontal with organizer and key holder waterproof vertical compartment for a small umbrella large pocket in the entire area with a vertical zipper, with an additional inner pocket with a zipper and a compartment for glasses sheathed with microfiber One large inner compartment with a long zipper: general compartment for laptop (13-14 ”) compartment for iPad 9.7 ” or Kindle wide pocket with a zipper (In total, we get more than a dozen different pockets, pockets and compartments - almost a paradise for those who want to keep everything in their places.
Immediately hides and the main drawback - if you put something in all the pockets, the volume of internal space will greatly decrease.
It is bad that Xiaomi does not name the volume of the backpack, only the dimensions (30 x 14 x 39 cm).
“By the eye ” I would rate it at 15-20 liters.
I went with the Mi minimalist for about a month, using it instead of the usual Deuter GoGo.
Nothing happened to him during that time.
The backpack still holds its shape, the seams remain intact and so on.
However, I would like to note some features.
We can say that the Chinese made this backpack for other Chinese - a little exaggerated, but with a bit of truth.
With my height of 182 cm, he fits right in front of me.
First of all, this concerns the length of the straps - they are a couple of centimeters shorter than we would like.
Ends on the chest and carrying a backpack is generally comfortable, but would like to have a small stock.
The second feature is that due to the rather “square ” shape, the backpack always sits on its back slightly lower than the usual sports models, even if you are trying to tighten the straps.
People with a height of 160-175 cm (approximately) this should not cause discomfort, but tall can be confused simply because it will look a little strange.
The model also has a very comfortable handle.
It is especially useful in public transport.
It was not possible to check the behavior in the rain, but the manufacturer claims a water-repellent impregnation - if a drop of liquid falls on the surface, then it rolls down and is not absorbed.
Most likely, this will not save with heavy rain, but with normal rain can help.
The Mi minimalist seemed comfortable.
If you just need to carry a certain set of things with you - this is a good choice.
At the same time, the pockets eat a lot of internal volume and this model is not suitable if after work you need to additionally load it with products from the store or sports uniform.
Mi multi-functional urban leisure Сhest pack Mi multi-functional urban bag is a classic sling.
It is made of the same fabric as the backpack, has similar zippers and also comes in a package.
The first thing worth noting is that in life the sling is noticeably smaller than it looks in the pictures.
These dimensions are 17.5 x 8 x 32 cm, the volume is about 4 liters, but in reality it feels less.
Like a backpack, it boasts a good set of pockets: one outer small zippered inner compartment with a zipper: a small zippered pocket two quite large pockets without clasps (under a Kindle or notebook) Unlike a backpack, the back here is mesh, there are also “tongues ” on the zippers, and a single strap can be fixed both on the left and right, so that the bag was comfortable to wear over any shoulder.
Compared to large slings, there are no side access pockets, but they are not needed here due to their small size.
Honestly, I liked the sling less than the backpack.
First, its capacity leaves much to be desired.
Such a bag is suitable to carry inside documents, a small tablet and, possibly, a bottle of water or a container with lunch.
Outwardly, it looks more roomy, but in practice, the limiting factor is not the widest pockets and shape.
Everything is stitched so that the bag practically does not “stretch ”.
Secondly, even more noticeable tailoring "Chinese for the Chinese".
If in the backpack the length of the straps as a whole satisfied, then here the only strap ends somewhere on the shoulder, and the chest is already a regular belt to adjust the length.
This does not cause much discomfort - something heavy will not fit inside, but it is difficult to overcome the feeling of "irregularity".
As a result, if you evaluate in general, then Xiaomi has a couple of good products.
The backpack was comfortable.
If you constantly carry a medium format laptop with you and want to have more pockets for various small things in the backpack, and at the same time it is difficult to call you very high or high, then Mi minimalist urban can come up and please.
The price seems justified.
Sling left a rather controversial impression - an inexpensive option to take with you a minimum of the most necessary trifles for a walk, but in this scenario, the usability will be comparable to a regular shoulder bag, except that you ride a bike or have other reasons to choose the Mi multi-functional urban.
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NASA probe found “rivers ” of metals in the atmosphere of Mars
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MOSCOW, April 11 – RIA Novosti.
New data from the MAVEN probe show that the atmosphere of Mars contains not only hydrogen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen, but also a kind of tape of metal ions trapped on the red planet along with micrometeorites, NASA reports.
"MAVEN has for the first time directly detected the permanent presence of metal ions in the ionosphere of any planet other than Earth.
Metal ions live in the atmosphere for a very long time, and during this time they have time to travel long distances under the influence of winds and electric fields.
This allows them to be used to observe the flow of air in the ionosphere, ” says Joseph Grebowsky (Joseph Grebowsky) from NASA ’ s Goddard Space Flight Center.
As planetary scientists believe today, in the distant past, about four billion years ago, Mars was very similar to Earth.
It had a thick atmosphere, oceans of water and a fairly mild climate, which made it potentially suitable for the origin of life.
About a billion years later, Mars turned into a lifeless desert - its atmosphere evaporated into space, and the water reserves either evaporated or frozen and were hidden under the sands of the red planet.
Why did this happen?
Today, scientists think that the reason for all this was that Mars, unlike Earth and Jupiter, does not have its own magnetic field, or it disappeared in the first few hundred million years of its life.
As a result, particles of the solar wind colliding with the atmosphere of Mars literally “ripped off ” it and deprived the planet of 99% of its air reserves.
In 2013, NASA sent the MAVEN probe to Mars specifically to uncover the mystery of when and how the atmosphere of Mars disappeared, and to search for possible causes of this cataclysm.
Immediately after MAVEN arrived on the red planet, scientists began to record strange traces of metals and dust in the upper atmosphere, which they did not expect to see.
According to Grebowski, initially they believed the source of these materials was the tail of the comet Siding Spring, through which Mars flew in October 2014, but the subsequent two years of observations showed that the ions of sodium, magnesium, iron and other metals were not going anywhere.
This led scientists to look for a potential source of these substances on Mars and beyond.
After analyzing the data collected by MAVEN, the NASA scientific team concluded that the source of the metals are Martian micrometeorites, constantly burning in the atmosphere of Mars.
They contain small amounts of various metals that are ionized by the combustion of a meteorite and continue to soar in the ionosphere of Mars for a very long time.
Scientists believe that similar processes should occur in the atmospheres of other planets in the solar system.
This factor, according to planetologists, should be taken into account when creating descent vehicles, since a similar layer of metals in the atmosphere can interfere with the operation of communication systems with the Earth or probes in orbit.
Interestingly, these ions, unlike their counterparts on Earth, are organized into beautiful layers only in certain parts of the Martian atmosphere, located above those regions of Mars, in the rocks of which the remains of the primary magnetic field of the red planet have been preserved.
Now scientists are investigating these differences between Earth and Mars, trying to understand how they may affect the process of evaporation of the Martian atmosphere.
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Metals found in the atmosphere of Mars
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The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) detected metals (iron, magnesium and sodium) in the ionosphere of Mars.
The corresponding study is published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, briefly about it reports NASA.
Metals enter the atmosphere of Mars from the outside as products of the combustion of colliding asteroids.
These elements are constantly present in the gas shell of the celestial body, informs news.eizvestia.com.
Metals in the atmosphere of Mars are not distributed in layers, as in the gas shell of the Earth.
This is due to the lack of a global magnetic field in Mars, which is why ion concentrations in the planet's atmosphere are high only in areas where the local magnetic fields of the celestial body are strong.
Experts plan to study the influence of metals on the formation and behavior of high-altitude clouds.
Previously, only the existence of metals was allowed in the gas shells of the planets of the solar system (except for the Earth).
The main mission of MAVEN is to determine the rate of outflow of gases (oxygen and hydrogen) from the Martian atmosphere.
This will allow scientists to estimate the amount of water the planet is losing.
Experts are also interested in the climate of Mars, data about which are needed for manned missions.
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Three players of Lyon appealed to the police in connection with the attack in the match with Bastia
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This is reported by RMC.
The match of the 33rd round of the championship of France was disrupted due to the behavior of fans of the Corsican team, as well as stewards who worked at the stadium.
Before the meeting, Bastia fans tried to attack Lyon players warming up on the field, because of which the game began almost an hour late, and in the break of the match, the conflict between the goalkeeper of Lyon and the steward led to another brawl and the subsequent cancellation of the match with the score 0: 0.
After this incident, the delegate of the match decided not to finish the game.
The same source previously reported that the head of security of the hosts of the field Anthony Agostini hit the goalkeeper of the Lyon team Anthony Lopes.
Matet's defender got it from one of the stewards.
All three made statements to the police.
The incident will be considered on April 20.
“Bastia ” is waiting for serious sanctions.
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Hemingway ’ s letter with a declaration of love Marlene Dietrich will go under the hammer
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Hemingway's message is dated August 12, 1952 - the writer sent a letter from Cuba, where he lived at the time.
A year before, Dietrich admitted that he kept his photo at the head of his bed.
Hemingway and Dietrich met in 1934 and have been in correspondence ever since.
There was no romance between them.
According to Hemingway, they became “victims of a mixed passion. ”
Nevertheless, in the message, he repeatedly confesses his love to Dietrich.
In particular, Hemingway, quoted by the Russian Air Force Service, writes: "Please know that I always love you.
Sometimes I forget about you, just as I forget that my heart beats.
But it always beats. ”
Under the letter is the caption: "With love, Mr. Papa."
For several decades, the actress and writer exchanged dozens of letters.
Some of them are stored in the archives, some are in the descendants.
Dietrich ’ s grandchildren have been auctioning letters she received from Hemingway over the past few years.
# Hemingway's letter to Marlene Dietrich is up for auction.
"Please know that I love you always..." https: / / t.co / flBZCAeesW @ HemingwayLetter pic.twitter.com / 2GbPlgQBze — Hemingway Society (@ theehsociety) April 13, 2017
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Yeah, what is that?
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Yeah, what is that?
Yes, what is it?!
Well, how can you do that?
The bravery of the second happiness?
It is not enough, honestly!
Hello! Hello!
Friday and a traditional selection of super-duper parking lots.
I always like this type of parking the most.
A good example: and how does this mom with a stroller have to go?!
And this is parking in Korsakov.
And again, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
I always wonder what motivates such motorists to park in this way?
Or like that?
Here are the fools again)) Well, where is it without them!
And the fact that the left is almost empty "pocket" for parking, it's nothing!
On the pedestrian stand nicer) Yes and closer, apparently, to him from there! - laments the author of the photo.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that traffic in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk will be limited on May 8 and 9.
Details can be found here.
That's it for today!
Be careful on the roads!
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In Switzerland, tested the plane on solar panels for flight into the stratosphere
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The solar-powered plane for flight into the stratosphere first took to the air on May 5 as part of technical tests in the Swiss city of Payern.
The test flight lasted six minutes, according to the Swiss Telegraph Agency (ATS).
"The device has risen by 250-300 meters," said Swiss tester Rafael Domjan, who was at the helm.
According to him, the task was not to set an altitude record during the first flight.
A detailed analysis of the first flight will be carried out later, notes ATS.
The next tests are scheduled for next week, and the trip to the stratosphere itself is scheduled for 2019.
A convinced supporter of the widespread use of solar energy, Domzhan made a round-the-world trip on a solar-powered yacht in 2010-2012.
Now he intends to climb to the sky-high on the plane, the engine of which will also be powered only by what he receives from the celestial body.
SolarStratos single-engine aircraft weighing 450 kg has 8.5 meters in length and a wingspan of 24.8 meters long.
Solar light will be converted into energy by solar cells covering an area of 22 square meters.
The task is to rise to a height of more than 24 thousand meters, which no one in the world has yet succeeded.
Domjan ’ s compatriots - Bertrand Picard and André Borschberg - in 2015-2016 made the first round-the-world trip on a solar-powered plane.
Their aircraft Solar Impulse 2 set a number of records, but it did not climb into the stratosphere.
It was based before the flight also in Payern - in a hangar located a few hundred meters from the hangar of Domjan.
Aircraft are similar to the principle of power - from the energy of the Sun, but outwardly they are very different: Solar Impulse 2 is almost three times larger in wingspan.
SolarStratos can be in autonomous flight for a maximum of 24 hours, but it can gain three times the height of Picard and Borschberg aircraft.
Domzhan will need about $10 million for the project, which is 17 times less than the budget of Solar Impulse 2.
The flight into the stratosphere is important from the point of view of scientific research: experts want to find out how solar panels will work at high altitude.
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The unique nuclear complex of Kazakhstan will be used by the CIS countries
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The implementation of the Agreement will contribute to the creation of a mechanism for conducting scientific research on the Kazakhstan material science tokamak by scientists from different countries, obtaining a synergistic effect through the exchange of research results, samples, materials and software.
The Kazakhstan Material Science Tokamak is a unique experimental complex.
It allows to conduct a wide range of studies of structural and functional materials both for the modernization of existing industrial reactors and for promising innovative power reactor installations, to solve applied and theoretical problems in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion.
Tokamak was created on the initiative of Nursultan Nazarbayev.
It is a closed magnetic trap designed to create and hold high-temperature plasma and carry out a thermonuclear reaction.
The tokamak reactor is part of the ITER International Managed Nuclear Fusion Project.
Scientific work with its use is carried out on the basis of the National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan in the city of Kurchatov.
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Her name is Alina, and she's an airplane pilot! Yurmalchanka dreamed of flying, and became a captain
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Her name is Alina.
She is a pilot of the Latvian airline airBaltic.
Her husband and three daughters are waiting for her on the ground.
In the sky - clouds and the romance of flight.
As part of the # Proud to Be series, TVNET talks about people who inspire, delight and cause pride.
The woman lives in Jurmala and runs a blog @ kapitan _ alinasky on the social network Instagram, where she talks firsthand about everyday life, the duties of the pilot and how to fulfill their dreams.
“I wanted to be a pilot since I was a child.
At the age of 11, this became my main goal - I not only dreamed about it, but also prepared myself for the profession.
At the age of 17, I graduated from secondary school, at the age of 22 - Riga Aviation University with a diploma of avionics engineer.
I passed a tough selection, and I was accepted into the airBaltic airline as a technician, for almost six years I was repairing airplanes.
I thought that if I wasn't meant to fly, maybe I'd calm down if I were at least close to these winged machines... but I was very wrong!
While still working as a technician, I was still looking for opportunities to study as a pilot.
It was not easy, sometimes very difficult, sometimes there was no more strength to fight.
But I was pulling myself together and moving forward, ” she said.
Yurmalchanka has been flying for 19 years, 15 of them in large aircraft.
Alina's total flight time exceeds 7,500 hours.
You sit in the passenger seat, buckle up, and then the captain greets you on board the plane...
with a female voice!
You will most likely be surprised.
Alina shares her opinion on why there are not so many female pilots in aviation: "The first reason, in my opinion, is the old stereotypes, especially in the post-Soviet space.
From all sides it sounds: "It's not a woman's business, girls do not take on the pilot."
For this reason, many women don ’ t even try to become pilots – they believe that they are. ”
In fact, women in aviation work on an equal basis with men without any concessions, and this is normal. In addition, a female pilot constantly needs to prove that she is no worse than men.
The girl should be a head above the guys in knowledge.
If something does not work the first time, from all sides can sprinkle prickly remarks like "put the girl at the helm."
That is, where the guy's mistakes are forgiving - "they say, everyone happens", the girl can say: "You were told, it's not your business, and you climbed"...
The third reason is the financial issue. ”
We have not taken off yet, and the pilots are already actively working!
The pilot ’ s working hours start one hour and 10 minutes before departure, but usually the pilots arrive at the airport earlier.
An hour before departure, a briefing with flight attendants is held, you also need to have time to prepare and study flight plans.
Alina says: "Next, I will get my working tablet, and start updating some of the necessary programs.
Then I'll check to see if my flight has been changed to the plane where the plane is now.
If he's still in the air, I'll check where he's coming from and what time.
If I see the plane in the hangar, I'll call our flight coordinator and see what time the aircraft will be dragged into the parking lot.
All this information I will briefly record to myself on the briefing sheet.
After that, you need to go for an alcohol test.
Previously, alcohol tests we had been selective, sometimes such checks had to be passed after the flight.
A few years ago, such checks were introduced for all crews without exception.
The result should be zero.
If not, a second test is performed.
If there are recorded per mille, then the employee is suspended from flights, and he is sent for a blood test.
If the result of the analysis is positive, then the person is fired despite merit, title and duration of work in the company. "
Safety comes first!
Next, the pilots prepare the plane for departure - conduct a pre-flight inspection.
The monitoring pilot bypasses the aircraft, and the pilot drives in the flight plan and makes checks in the cockpit.
The captain also needs to fill in the logbook, fuel and loading documents.
Pilots need to record a fresh summary of the weather and get information from the dispatcher about the departure - the runway for takeoff, the scheme, the height, the frequency of transition, etc.
Passengers usually arrive at this time.
At some airports, the pilots themselves refuel the aircraft.
“Tankers connect the cable, and we control how much fuel to pour into the tanks, and close the fuel taps at the right values, ” writes Alina.
The question that interests everyone who has ever flown on an airplane - What happens in the cockpit?
Explain in a nutshell how the aircraft works, and what actions need to be performed by the pilots, will not work.
Therefore, we give only a few stories about the workflows and situations on board.
Alina says: The flight crew always consists of at least two pilots - the captain and the co-pilot.
This is a standard crew - on a modern airliner it is necessary to pilot, communicate, produce mechanization, read checklists.
Captain and commander are not always the same.
The commander is the one who is responsible for the flight and everyone on board.
Sometimes the crew consists of two captains, then the commander is appointed the one who is more experienced or higher rank, even if he will sit on the right in the place of the co-pilot.
Many passengers often do not know who the co-pilot is and think that only the captain controls the aircraft.
“That ’ s why I always introduce the passengers and my assistant, ” emphasizes the captain from Jurmala.
The main difference between the co-pilot and the captain is the responsibility that lies with the captain-commander.
Both pilots can fly well, but the decisions are made by the commander and the last word is always up to him.
Insider photo from the cockpit - weather radar.
It shows where you can fly and where the danger zones are.
"The principle is like a traffic light: green is normal, you can fly; yellow (orange) is careful, anything can be, and turbulence including; red - do not climb, dangerous!
There is another color: magenta - lilac-purple - it is very dangerous!
But I saw him very rarely.
We usually always go around everything that is yellow, red and magenta, ” says the pilot of the Latvian airline.
This is what the EHSI navigation device looks like.
"The big triangle at the bottom is our plane, that is, we are flying our route (pink line).
And in front of us for 15 miles (about 28 km) flies the other side (white rhombic with the numbers 00) at our altitude in the same direction as we, ” explains Alina.
Another question, which at least once, but was interested in the ordinary passenger of the aircraft - Are there situations when the pilot gets scared during the flight?
Alina answers: "I could not say when I was very afraid, because you always experience, for example, some tension before boarding, you worry about passengers in chatter, you work to do what you have to - there is no time to think about your fears.
Yes, it can be unpleasant when large clusters of thunderclouds on the way, difficult weather conditions on the landing.
But you're just dealing with it by making informed decisions.
How does the pilot calculate the amount of fuel required for the flight?
“When drawing up my briefing list, I gradually study the flight plan, weather, weather maps and notes (notes for pilots about changes at departure, destination, reserve airfields – for example, whether one of the runways is being repaired, etc.).
After that, the co-pilot and I will discuss how much fuel we will take.
Usually I will estimate how many tons we need, but I will always ask the second, and how much he calculated, ” says Alina.
“Since fuel is quite expensive today, we are not recommended to take extra pounds without the need.
However, no one disputes the decision of the commander for the fuel taken - if you need just as much, then you must.
In addition to the fuel for the flight itself, it is necessary to take into account the fuel consumed for taxiing.
Required minimum reserve or reserve, which is the amount of fuel required for 30 minutes of flight in the waiting area.
A fuel reserve is also required for unforeseen events - for example, if the wind changes or the route changes during the flight.
Then there is the "extra-fuel", which we decide to take from above for various reasons.
This number is influenced by many factors - whether we will be reduced early, whether we are often sent to the waiting area at the call at a particular airport, what weather conditions on the route - whether it is necessary to bypass storm fronts, etc.
What would the pilot say if he said, "Describe your working day"?
In her blog, Alina describes how this or that flight went.
Here, for example, one working day through the eyes of the pilot of the aircraft: "I flew to Palma de Mallorca.
It ’ s been a long time since I came across such a normal flight that I could safely fly four hours in one direction and then also back.
In general, the flight was calm, the weather was normal.
A little shocked over Lithuania, as the jet stream was crossed, the wind was more than 100 knots (180 km / h).
We flew over the Alps.
Today they were not covered by clouds, so they looked good.
On the flight back to Riga in front of us took off three aircraft.
So we were fourth.
But the interval was observed, so that successfully we did not get into its descent stream (this is an air flow in the form of perturbed air masses). "
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Pandora ’ s Box – In the United States for the first time rolled out of the hangar the largest aircraft in the world (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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May 31, 2017 in Mojave (California) took place the roll-out of the almost completed construction of the Stratolaunch Model 351 carrier aircraft (also sometimes referred to as "Roc", in fact, the official name has not yet been assigned) of the aerospace system "air launch" Stratolaunch, created by the American company Stratolaunch Systems (as part of Vulcan Aerospace Corporation). The BMPD blog.
Rolling out of the carrier aircraft Stratolaunch Model 351 aerospace system "air start" Stratolaunch American company Stratolaunch Systems.
Mojave (California), 31.05.2017 (c) Stratolaunch Systems The built twin-body Stratolaunch Model 351 aircraft is the largest aircraft in history, having a wingspan of 117 m and a length of 73 m. The maximum take-off weight should be 590 tons, with a suspended payload weight of 230 tons.
Thus, the Stratolaunch Model 351 aircraft in wingspan exceeds the former largest aircraft in the world, the Soviet An-225 "Mriya" (which has a wingspan of 88.4 m), although the An-225 retains an advantage in length (84 m) and maximum take-off weight (640 tons).
The Stratolaunch Model 351 aircraft is equipped with six twin-circuit Pratt & Whitney PW4056 turbojet engines with a thrust of 25 tons, removed from two decommissioned Boeing 747-400 aircraft.
The landing gear of the aircraft is 28-wheel, take-off distance with full load should be calculated to be 3800 m. The maximum range of the aircraft with full load will not exceed 3700 km.
The aircraft is designed to be used as a carrier for the aerospace system Stratolaunch, created by the American company Stratolaunch Systems, founded by co-founder Microsot Paul Allen and the famous aircraft designer Bert Rutan (who acted as the actual chief designer of the aircraft) (since 2015 Stratolaunch Systems is a subsidiary of the corporation created by the same Paul Allen Vulcan Aerospace).
The aircraft is designed to launch space launch vehicles using the "air launch" method, which will be carried out from an altitude of approximately 10,500 m. The launch vehicle should be suspended under the central part of the wing between the fuselages.
In the course of design and construction, the SpaceX Falcon 9 Air and Orbital ATK Pegasus II launch vehicles were successively replaced as payload options, and now only the long-known Orbital ATK Pegasus XL light launch vehicle used for “air launches ” from“ conventional ” aircraft in the United States since 1990 is considered as such (starting mass of 23.2 tons, payload mass load of 443 kg), and for which there was no need to create such a giant carrier - although the possibility of carrying and launching from it in one flight up to three Pegasus XL launch vehicles is claimed.
In light of this, the outlook for Stratolaunch is still uncertain.
In 2014, the notorious Sierra Nevada Corporation announced the development of a smaller version of the project of its lightweight manned shuttle Dream Chaser (previously rejected by NASA), which was to be launched using an unnamed launch vehicle developed by the Orbital ATK.
However, there is no information about the development of this project in relation to Stratolaunch.
During the launch vehicle roll-out ceremony on May 31, Stratolauch Systems CEO Joan Floyd said that the company would "actively explore a wide range of launch vehicles, allowing us to provide more flexibility for customers."
Rolling out of the carrier aircraft Stratolaunch Model 351 aerospace system "air start" Stratolaunch American company Stratolaunch Systems.
The Stratolaunch Model 351 was designed and built under the contract of Stratolaunch Systems by Scaled Composites, founded by Bert Rutan and now owned by Northrop Grumman Corporation.
The project was announced in December 2011.
The construction of the aircraft was carried out in a specially built for this purpose in 2012 in Mojave giant hangar.
The scheme of the intended use of the aircraft carrier Stratolaunch Model 351 of the aerospace system "air launch" Stratolaunch American company Stratolaunch Systems (c) Stratolaunch Systems The program is lagging behind in terms of about two years.
Currently, the beginning of flight tests of the carrier aircraft is scheduled for the end of 2017, and the first demonstration space launch from it - in 2019.
The start of commercial launches will be possible in this case from 2020.
The image of the carrier aircraft Stratolaunch Model 351 aerospace system "air launch" Stratolaunch American company Stratolaunch Systems with three suspended light launch vehicles "air launch" Orbital ATK Pegasus XL (c) Stratolaunch Systems Read also: The most powerful onslaught: VKS RF and "Tigers" ISIS ’ s last stronghold in Aleppo – footage of the battle (VIDEO)
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Presented the world's largest aircraft
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Stratolaunch Roc is the largest aircraft in the world.
The wingspan of its wings reaches 117 meters, the take-off weight is 590 tons, of which its own weight is 226 tons.
The aircraft is able to lift into the air a rocket weighing up to 250 tons.
The aircraft is assembled from two Boeing-747s, but many body elements are replaced with lighter carbon fiber.
In the coming months, ground and flight tests will be conducted, and the first demonstration launch of the rocket from an aircraft is scheduled for 2019.
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In America, brought out of the hangar the world ’ s largest aircraft
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In the Mojave desert in California for the first time left the hangar of the world's largest transport aircraft capable of launching launch vehicles.
This is reported by the company Stratolaunch, engaged in the development of the aircraft.
The wingspan of the aircraft is 117 meters, the weight is 230 tons.
The liner, reaching a height of 15 meters, is equipped with a chassis with 28 wheels.
Technical characteristics of the aircraft allow it to carry a payload weighing up to 250 tons.
The Stratolaunch aircraft is planned to be used as an aerial platform for launching Pegasus XL launch vehicles.
They will deliver cargo to low Earth orbit.
At the first stage, the liner will carry one missile, but in the future their number may increase to three.
According to the chief manager of the company Gene Floyd, in the near future, ground tests of the aircraft will be held in Mojave, and the first demonstration launch is planned for 2019, RIA Novosti reports.
Stratolaunch was created in 2011 by Paul Allen, one of the founders of Microsoft.
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In the United States rolled out of the hangar the largest aircraft in the world weighing 230 tons (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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In the Mojave desert in California for the first time left the hangar of the world's largest transport aircraft capable of launching launch vehicles.
About it reports RIA Novosti with reference to the company Stratolaunch, engaged in the development of the aircraft.
The Stratolaunch aircraft is planned to be used as an aerial platform for launching Pegasus XL launch vehicles.
They will deliver cargo to low Earth orbit.
At the first stage, the liner will carry one missile, but in the future, their number may increase to three.
The Stratolaunch aircraft came out of the hangar – for the first time ever – to conduct aircraft fueling tests: https: / / t.co / dyLto0HSGM pic.twitter.com / ve3YdUyOQg
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Video. The Americans showed a transport aircraft to launch launch launch vehicles
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It is designed to launch launch launch vehicles from an altitude of 9100 m.
"Thus, the first phase of the aircraft is completed and the ground and flight testing phase begins," said Stratolaunch Systems top manager Gene Floyd.
The Stratolaunch aircraft came out of the hangar – for the first time ever – to conduct aircraft fueling tests: https: / / t.co / dyLto0HSGM pic.twitter.com / ve3YdUyOQg – Stratolaunch (@ Stratolaunch) Friday, May 31, 2017
Stratolaunch weighing 250 tons is based in the California Mojave Desert.
As expected, the developers of Stratolaunch will hold the first demonstration launch from its board in 2019, Rosbalt writes.
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Airplane inside out
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At the end of May 2017, the test pilot of the RSK MiG Mikhail Belyaev was awarded the Gold Star medal and received the title of Hero of Russia for testing the latest aircraft.
This work, however, is accompanied by an equally complex process on the ground, where all systems of new aircraft are tested on test benches.
The correspondent of “Tape.ru ” got acquainted with the work of the“ iron bird ” – a full-size stand of the control system of the RSK MiG. The unofficial name came from the USA: The full scale iron bird (full-size iron bird) – so the land stands are called over the ocean, on which all elements of the aircraft control system are worked out.
A similar technology is also used in Russia.
Full-size – because the control and hydro-gas systems are laid out in full size, like on an airplane.
Iron - because all equipment is located on iron farms.
Well, the bird - because it can really fly thanks to the modeling complex and modern visualization systems. In our country, the PRSU - a full-size stand of the control system - is created for each type of MiG aircraft.
The first stand came into operation in 1958 for the development of the E-150 aircraft.
Until recently, such technologies existed only in us, in the United States and France.
Now they are actively used also by India and China.Now in the engineering center of RSK "MiG" in operation are three stands that reproduce the systems of the MiG-AT, MiG-29K and MiG-31 aircraft.
The control system of each machine is laid out in full size - with the same lengths, diameters of pipelines and wires, layout of the stand trusses, mechanisms and units.
How much "lives" the plane - the same "lives" full-size stand.
All units - in the car and in the PRSU - are absolutely the same.
The only difference is that the stand provides an approach to detail: customers can see and touch the aircraft from inside.
By the time of the release of the aircraft, the work of all its systems should be adjusted, and designers should make sure that everything works properly in the car.
As soon as it becomes clear how the aircraft will be assembled, a model is created that is launched into the wind tunnel: purges begin.
The characteristics obtained after this are processed, a data bank is created.
Not always “blown ”, as its engineers call it, aerodynamics corresponds to real, and the final indicators are revealed only at the stage of flight tests.
Based on all the results created "iron bird" and, of course, the aircraft itself. It happens that during the operation of the machine there are questions about the control systems.
They can be solved by analyzing the work on the “bird ”.
In emergencies, accidents or catastrophes, experts also turn to it - to clarify the details and identify problems in the system.
It is enough to set the same parameters: height, speed, position of the aircraft that were at the time of emergency - this will allow you to track the cause of the error of the system or pilot on the stand.
Engineers needed to understand how electronic systems worked and avoid software errors in the air.
The first digital control system that “flew ” in Russia was the MiG-AT aircraft.
The flight took place on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Mikoyan Design Bureau on December 7, 1999, but the aircraft did not go into series.
Each cylinder, each drive of this aircraft sample has a loading system to simulate the forces created by aerodynamic forces.
Pneumatic cylinders operating from compressed gas cylinders provide a hinge moment simulating an aerodynamic load.
The moment of inertia and friction are also simulated.
The operator controlling the operation of the system can control these processes with the help of consoles equipped with an on-off mechanism and a manometer.Like every carrier-based aircraft, the MiG-29K is equipped with a hook, which it clings to the finisher cables when landing on an aircraft carrier.
On the bench sample, the hook is also present.
The rudder drive and the stabilizer drive are located exactly as on the aircraft in its keel.
The consoles installed on the PRSU make it possible to test the prototype for "failures".
Ideally, the control system detects the failed element and automatically disables it.
The pilot gets a message about it.
There are no wings and flaps in the bench sample, but the entire folding mechanism is present.
His work is completely true due to the imitation of all weight characteristics.
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The energy of the future and the present
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The Ministerial Conference and the Eighth International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development began their work in the capital of Kazakhstan.
This is the first major event held on the sidelines of the international exhibition EXPO-2017.
The first agreements have already been signed within the framework of the conference.
The main topics of the Eighth International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development and its opening Ministerial Conference “Ensuring Sustainable Energy Development ” are energy security, trade and infrastructure, the interconnection of energy, climate and food, and the development of renewable energy in a regional context.
Speaking to the forum participants, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev expressed confidence that the ministerial conference will open a new chapter in the history of global dialogue and exchange of experience between different countries, cultures and civilizations. - Today we need new models for the global energy market, which should give impetus to the development of the world economy, will allow us to find a balance between economic development and preservation of the ecosystem of the planet.
This is our responsibility to future and future generations.
Today, the international community faces ambitious tasks in building a new energy system, implementing sustainable energy policies around the globe.
Kazakhstan stands for the dialogue of all interested countries, governments, business, the scientific community and international organizations in the interests of promoting sustainable development policy, the Prime Minister said.
During the forum, ministers, high-level delegates and leading energy experts will exchange views on the launch of the transformation process, the role and significance of regional cooperation and planning, the need for interrelated solutions and approaches to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The focus will include the interlinkages between fossil fuel use, energy efficiency and renewable energy development.
The Eighth Forum and Ministerial Conference will offer countries options and ways to achieve energy-related sustainable development goals, taking into account their national specificities.
Within the framework of the Ministerial Conference and the Eighth International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development, the “Agreement on Cooperation and Support of the Project on Expansion of the Solar Power Plant“ Burnoye Solar ” from 50 to 100 MW in Zhambyl Region ” and the “Credit Agreement between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and LLP“ Burnoye Solar-2 ” were signed in order to implement the project to expand the existing solar power plant “Burnoye ” from 50 MW to 100 MW in Zhambyl The area. ”
The implementation of the project will expand the existing Burnoye solar power plant from 50 MW to 100 MW and increase the generation of “clean ” electricity to 146 million kW / h per year.
After commissioning in the second quarter of 2018, the Burnoye solar power plant will become one of the largest renewable energy facilities in the CIS.
The total amount of investments under the project is 26 billion tenge, while the project is financed at the expense of Samruk-Kazyna Invest LLP and the British partner UG Energy Limited in the amount of 7.8 billion tenge.
The signing of the loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will attract long-term debt financing in the amount of 14.9 billion tenge and debt financing from the Clean Technologies Fund in the amount of 10 million US dollars.
It should be noted that the signing of the loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is carried out within the framework of project financing, which does not require additional firm pledges and financial guarantees from project sponsors.
As part of the signing of the loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, an agreement on cooperation and project support will also be signed between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Burnoye Solar-2 LLP, which is aimed at consolidating the key provisions of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of renewable energy sources.
The implementation of the project will allow to continue the initiated course on the transition of Kazakhstan to a green economy and will contribute to an increase in the level of electricity generation from renewable energy sources in Kazakhstan to 3% by 2020, will allow to start the construction of the facility during EXPO-2017, attract foreign direct investment in Kazakhstan in the amount of $12 million, create more than 300 temporary and 10 permanent jobs, as well as increase the attraction of modern “clean ” technologies to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Also, within the framework of the ministerial conference, the National Nuclear Center of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RSE NNC RK) and the International Organization for Thermonuclear Energy ITER signed an agreement on cooperation in various fields of activity.
The document was signed by the Director General of the National Nuclear Center Erlan Batyrbekov and the Director General of the ITER organization Bernard Bigot. - The agreement signed today is the first step of our technical cooperation between the RSE NNC RK and the ITER organization.
ITER will demonstrate the commercial use of controlled thermonuclear fusion.
For our part, we offer a unique installation, the launch of which we timed to the opening of the EXPO-2017 exhibition, and this is very symbolic, since we believe that the energy of the future is the energy of controlled thermonuclear fusion.
We are very grateful to the ITER organization, we are personally grateful to Mr. Bigo for this opportunity of cooperation and the unique offer to Kazakhstan to be an associate member of ITER, which, in principle, will allow our country to enter the top ten countries that own and have access to unique achievements in the energy of the future, - said the head of the National Nuclear Center Erlan Batyrbekov.
The signing of the agreement is an important step in scientific and technical cooperation in the field of technology development in support of controlled thermonuclear fusion.
It is for these purposes that a unique Tokamak KTM facility is being created on the basis of the National Nuclear Center by the leading scientific organization of Kazakhstan in the field of peaceful use of atomic energy.
This project is being implemented on behalf of the Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev in support of the international program for the development of controlled thermonuclear fusion.
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Scientists have proven that there can be life on Mars
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An amazing experiment was conducted by a scientist, Dr. Jean-Pierre Paul De Vera from the German Center for Spatial Research in Berlin.
He managed to create a camera in which the conditions of life on Mars are fully reproduced.
The results of the experiment were simply incredible – he confirmed that organisms living on Earth can already today use Mars as a natural habitat.
NASA has long sought to explore the possibility of life on Mars because of the planet ’ s resemblance to Earth, but so far there has been no evidence of past or present life as we know it.
Recent advances show that water once flowed on the red planet, which means that Mars was once adapted to the existence of life in conditions, since the climate on the planet was much warmer and wetter than today.
However, this did not stop the scientist from Germany, he proved that living organisms can not only survive in the current conditions of the red planet, but also thrive there.
His research he presented on the air of the program “Tomorrow ’ s world ” on Amazon Prime:“ Life is certainly able to exist in this cold, hostile place.
In my "Mars chamber" were organized all the conditions inherent in Mars: temperature, atmospheric pressure, chemical composition, ultraviolet rays.
Each parameter can be adjusted accurately.
The main goal is to test the resistance of terrestrial organisms to Martian conditions. "
For nine days, he repeated his experiment with microorganisms brought from the most severe continent of the Earth - Antarctica.
The results were amazing!
Not only did they survive, but they began to thrive in this environment.
"What we have seen clearly shows that microorganisms are able to survive on Mars.
This is really impressive, we never imagined that this was possible not only with bacteria, but also with organisms that use photosynthesis.
So life is possible on Mars today, and Mars could be a habitat for organisms that live on Earth. "
Next, the narrator spoke about the next step in this process for scientists around the world.
The identified opportunities allow you to modify the Red Planet and make it more adapted for, for example, growing vegetable crops.
This means that the concept of NASA, associated with the possible colonization of Mars in the future, has every reason for life.
This concept is now divided into three separate phases leading to the creation of a fully self-sustaining civilization on the Red Planet, which is planned to be implemented in the mid-2030s.
The scientist proved that the existence of life on Mars appeared first on RW Space.
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The naked truth. Banks are obliged to lend to individuals under the new rules
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What will change in the consumer lending market This week, new rules for issuing consumer loans came into force.
Six months ago, deputies adopted a law that strengthens the rights of borrowers.
Clients of financial institutions will be better informed about the cost of credit products and the associated risks.
The law applies to loans issued by banks, financial companies, credit unions and other organizations that have a corresponding license.
LIGA.net found out how the new requirements will affect the consumer lending market, and what changes await it in the future.
Consumer lending in Ukraine is gradually recovering after the crisis of 2014.
According to the National Bank, in May, the total loan portfolio of individuals increased by 1.7% compared to the previous month, compared to the same period last year - by 7.5%.
The National Bank sees the potential for further development of this segment.
“The level of indebtedness of the population in Ukraine is very low compared to other countries, this business has room to grow.
The survey of top managers of banks, which we conduct annually, showed that the majority of respondents expect the growth of consumer lending this year.
This niche of business is very close for banks and they see it as a quick way to increase their financial results, ” says Katerina Rozhkova, deputy head of the NBU.
From June 10, all banks and other financial institutions are obliged to change approaches in working with borrowers.
From now on, the creditor, even before the conclusion of the contract with the client, is obliged to provide him with detailed information about the terms and cost of the loan in a clear form.
The borrower has the right to demand the contract for review before it is signed.
Together with the contract, the client will receive a "loan passport" - a document in which all the financing conditions will be described in simple and accessible terms in a standardized format.
The loan agreement must specify the real interest rate.
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Bankers expect that the new rules in the market will positively affect consumer confidence in financial institutions.
This will increase lending in the future.
But to some requirements, market participants reacted ambiguously.
For example, not everyone likes that now banks are obliged to calculate the real annual interest rate in advance to take into account the amount of commissions paid by the consumer to the credit intermediary for his services.
“The formula for calculating the total cost of the loan and the interest rate has not changed.
But its content has changed.
In the total cost of the loan, in addition to the main amount that the client receives, the bank is obliged to indicate interest, commissions, mandatory payments and the exact amount of associated payments for the services of credit intermediaries, "explains Olena Polyanchuk, Head of Legal Sales Support at the Legal Department of Ukrsibbank.
The implementation of such requirements can be burdensome for financial institutions, bankers say.
"Third parties who act as intermediaries conduct independent financial activities and banks cannot influence it or regulate in advance the amount of fees they charge for their services," Polyanchuk said.
See also: Do banks activate lending to SMEs The law also establishes requirements for advertising consumer loans.
Now advertising loans at zero percent, which does not require checking the creditworthiness of the client, is prohibited.
If the advertisement contains any figures on the cost and terms of the loan, then it should show the maximum amount for which a loan can be issued, the real annual rate, the maximum repayment period, and in the case of the purchase of goods in installments - also the amount of the down payment.
“As much as banks do not want to advertise a zero rate and hide the real rate from the client, we understand that this is unfair and it needs to be changed, given that the level of financial literacy of the majority of the population is low.
In the future, the law will positively influence the development of the market.
If the borrower feels protected, then consumer lending will grow, ” says Anton Tyutyun, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Oschadbank.
The law also changes the order of repayment of loan claims in a favorable direction for the client, and limits the maximum amount of penalty charges.
Penalty and interest for failure to fulfill the obligation to return may not exceed double the discount rate of the National Bank and amount to more than 15% of the amount of overdue payment.
The total amount of the penalty may not exceed half of the loan amount and may not be increased.
“The document facilitates the financial burden on the client.
Now the client will repay first the real stitches, then the body of the loan and only then the possible penalties of the bank, which, according to the new rules, will be greatly reduced.
We hope that these changes will push the resumption of lending in Ukraine, ” says Olena Polyanchuk.
Another innovation of the law is that the borrower has the right within 14 calendar days from the date of conclusion of the consumer loan agreement to refuse it without explanation, even if he has already received the money.
The new law does not apply to all types of consumer loans, which is why fraud on the part of creditors is possible.
The requirements do not apply to loan agreements with an amount of less than one minimum wage, loans and overdrafts for a period of up to one month and unauthorized overdrafts that arise due to the excess of the transaction amount.
“There is a mechanism of auto-prolongation, which legally allows from a loan concluded for a month to make a loan for a year or more.
Some banks may use a variety of similar mechanisms to circumvent the law and avoid disclosing all credit information.
This law can affect the market only if it is mandatory for everyone, ” says Tamara Savoshchenko, head of the board of Ukrsotsbank.
The banker believes that in the short term, the implementation of the law will not radically change the market.
“To switch to the new lending rules, banks will have to change the business model of working with retail customers, toughen the choice of the borrower, reduce the margin from operations.
Large players will not be able to quickly rebuild, and small players do not make the market, "Savoshchenko said.
The National Bank supports innovations and intends to further strengthen the requirements of the law in terms of disclosure of information on the cost of services of credit intermediaries (insurance companies, appraisers, registrars, etc.).
According to Ekaterina Rozhkova, third-party services in the costs of the client sometimes cost up to 30% of the cost of the entire loan.
“When banks develop and implement consumer lending programs, they all determine for themselves the list of intermediaries with whom they work, determine the cost of services of these companies.
And it is clear that for the fact that banks give these companies a clientele and a market, they will receive compensation or a commission from them, which is included in the bank ’ s income.
Therefore, it is wrong to say that banks do not affect the cost of intermediary services, "Rozhkova said.
Dilemma of the National Bank: fixed rate or available loans According to the law, the regulators of the financial sector - the NBU and the National Committee of Financial Services will monitor the implementation of the requirements.
At the same time, the law does not provide for sanctions for violating the new rules.
If the National Bank has some levers of influence on banks within the framework of the sectoral laws "On financial services", "On banks and banking activities", for other financial institutions controlled by the National Commission for Financial Services, there are no similar levers of influence.
In order for the law on consumer lending to have a real effect on the entire financial market, deputies need to adopt another bill providing for additional powers of regulators and sanctions against violators.
“The adopted law on consumer lending ensures the application of fair practices in the market, but does not fully solve the problems of the consumer.
I need an additional document.
Bill 2456-d establishes specific sanctions and administrative liability of officials of financial institutions for violation of consumer rights.
For providing false information, failing to provide a copy of the contract, unilaterally increasing the fixed rate of payments, failing to report a change in the interest rate, ” says Yulia Vitka, Deputy Head of USAID ’ s Financial Sector Transformation Project.
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The Embassy of the Russian Federation said that the authorities of the DPRK detained the Russian yacht “by misunderstanding ”
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PHENYANG, June 16.
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TASS Yuri Sidorov /.
The North Korean authorities detained and delivered to the port of Rajin the Russian yacht Katalexa “by misunderstanding ”.
According to TASS correspondent in Pyongyang, press secretary of the Russian Embassy Denis Samsonov, this position was stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK in response to a request from the Russian diplomatic mission about the reasons for the incident with this ship.
According to North Korean diplomats, local fishermen showed “excessive vigilance ” and reported the ship, allegedly violating the border of the DPRK, the border service.
The authorities of the people ’ s republic assured, the interlocutor of the agency said that “the incident is settled ” and the yacht Katalexa will be able to leave the port of Rajin on June 17 after compliance with the necessary formalities.
All crew members of the yacht are healthy, Samsonov noted.
Earlier, the Russian Embassy demanded the release of Russian citizens who were on board the yacht Katalexa.
The embassy was “perplexed ” by the statement of the consular department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK that the ship was detained in the Sea of Japan for violating the border of this country.
According to our information, Samsonov noted, she was detained in an area that is located no closer than 50 miles from the shore.
Katalexa is currently moored in the port city of Rajin in the north-east of the DPRK.
There is the Consul General of the Russian Federation in the city of Chondin Yuri Bochkarev.
He met with the crew and found out the details of the incident.
An operational headquarters was established at the Russian Embassy in the DPRK.
The coastal yacht Katalexa, which was detained by the DPRK vessel in the Sea of Japan, was distilled from Taiwan to Vladivostok, to Russky Island, TASS reported in the regional Sailing Federation.
According to this organization, it has three crew members.
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Elon Musk reveals SpaceX plans to colonize Mars
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MOSCOW, June 21 – RIA Novosti.
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, spoke in detail about his plans to colonize Mars and build an independent city on its surface, published an article in the scientific journal New Space.
“There are a few things Musk omits or omits in his article.
For example, we must first wait for the first results of the ExoMars 2020 mission and make sure that there is no life on Mars before we begin to pollute it with our waste.
In addition, Musk does not take into account the main problem of Mars – low surface temperatures and their sharp drops.
Heating the “city ” of Mask will require an astronomical amount of energy, ” notes in his blog Andrew Coates (Andrew Coates), an astronomer from University College London.
At the end of September this year, Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX Corporation, told the world about his large-scale plans to colonize Mars, in which he plans to create a super-heavy rocket and a whole fleet of thousands of reusable interplanetary ships that will bring about a million people to Mars by the end of the century.
The main goal of this process, in the definition of the Mask itself, is the creation of an independent and autonomous city-" millionaire "on Mars, which will provide itself with everything necessary for life and will be a full-fledged society, not inferior to the communities of people on Earth.
Similar plans for how Musk plans to implement all these projects to turn man into a “space species ”, the American entrepreneur presented to the public in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, describing in detail all the steps to realize this“ space ” dream.
Why Mars?
According to Musk, the red planet is and will remain the only option for the “expansion ” of mankind for several reasons – it has a lot of resources, there is an atmosphere, water and in general Mars is much more like the Earth than the Moon or other nearby planets of the Solar system.
5000000% The main tool for the implementation of Mask ’ s plans to colonize Mars is to reduce the cost of space flights.
According to the head of SpaceX, the cost of putting cargo into orbit should be reduced by about fifty thousand times before the construction of a “million-plus city ” on Mars will be possible.
Such a reduction in the cost will require the creation of several key space technologies that are currently absent or exist in an embryonic form.
The first of these is the possibility of reusing boosters, missiles and fuel.
To accomplish all this, in turn, many other things will be required – in-orbit refueling technologies, special engines capable of running on fuel that can be produced both on Earth and on Mars, as well as take-off and soft landing technologies on the surface of Mars.
Such fuel, according to Musk, will be methane, whose molecules can be produced from water and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mars, and oxygen, which occurs as a by-product in its production, can be used as an oxidizing agent.
To use such fuel and oxidant Musk plans to use special tanks of interlaced carbon nanotubes, which are now being created in the laboratories of SpaceX.
These tanks will power new engines from the Raptor series of record power, an entire battery of which will be installed on every colonist spacecraft.
Tests of this engine, according to the head of a space startup, have already begun in the fall of last year.
Will there be life on Mars?
The colonists themselves, according to Musk, should go to Mars not as the ships are built, but almost simultaneously, forming a kind of "colonial flotilla" of several hundred passenger "astroliners".
This will save a large amount of money on their launch and will allow you to establish an uninterrupted supply base.
According to current estimates, a ticket for such a "liner" will cost anyone about 140 thousand US dollars, if all his ideas to reduce the cost of the flight will be implemented in the coming years.
The entrepreneur intends to invest all the money that SpaceX earns from NASA contracts and commercial launches in the implementation of this program.
According to Coates, the first part of Musk ’ s plans is quite feasible – nothing prevents SpaceX from creating such “shuttles ” that can fly to Mars and return back.
On the other hand, the construction of a permanent colony, the restoration of the atmosphere of Mars and travel to more distant planets and moons, such as Enceladus or Jupiter, the astronomer considers the fruits of Musk ’ s imagination, which are unlikely to be fulfilled in the near future.
In addition, the existence of the city on Mars, in addition to problems with its heating, will be hampered by the fact that the surface of the red planet is not protected from bombardment by cosmic rays and solar wind currents.
Accordingly, a long stay on Mars or just a flight to it can either kill a person, or cause cancer and other serious health problems.
Therefore, according to Coates, Mask ’ s ideas are still a dream that can be sought, but which is unlikely to be realized in the foreseeable future.
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10 circumstances complicating the possibility of manned missions to Mars
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Forgotten on Mars, Matt Damon in the Hollywood blockbuster The Martian had to cope with many difficulties on his own to survive on the Red Planet.
However, in real life, you would have to fight for this very life long before you get to Mars itself.
After all, in addition to radiation, psychological and physical problems associated with a long stay in space, a person will have to face other tests during real flights to Mars.
Let ’ s look at the most obvious ones.
A Martian day is only about 40 minutes longer than on Earth.
And although at first glance you can, on the contrary, rejoice that you will have as much as 40 minutes more every day, this can actually be a very serious problem, since the daily biological rhythm of a person is designed for 24 hours.
An additional 40 minutes each day on Mars will soon lead to the fact that a person will develop a syndrome of endless time zones, which, in turn, will manifest in the form of constant fatigue and poor health.
NASA space agency operators have already experienced all the “joys ” of this syndrome, as they had to work according to Martian time, as soon as one of the first rovers sent to Mars began their daily work on the Red Planet.
All employees of the space Martian mission "Sojourner", for example, adhered to the same time in which the rover had to work.
After a month of such a busy schedule, the operators, as they say, ran out of steam.
For subsequent Martian rovers, NASA's control center was able to successfully stick to Martian time for three months, but by the end of the mission, workers were still very tired.
On the basis of observations, scientists have found that a person is able to adhere to Martian time only for short periods.
Astronauts, who will have to stay on Mars for months, will not be able to get out of the framework of Martian time.
Earlier studies of sleep showed that the human body has a natural 25-hour biological rhythm, however, as it turned out later, the results of these studies were incorrect.
After the new observations, none of the participants were able to adapt to Martian time.
Despite the possibility of simulating a space trip to Mars aboard the International Space Station by staying on it for a long time, the effect of the prolonged impact on the human body of Martian gravity (38 percent of Earth ’ s) is still a mystery to scientists.
Will prolonged exposure to such partial gravity preserve the integrity of muscle and skeletal density?
And if not, how to deal with it?
If you consider that any flight to Mars, a person will have to spend long months in a closed can, finding answers to these questions is a critical aspect.
In less than perfect simulations, two mouse studies have shown that the loss of bone and muscle mass in Martian gravity may be tantamount to a complete lack of it.
The first study found that even being in conditions with 70 percent of Earth ’ s gravity will not prevent the loss of muscle and bone mass.
As part of the second study, scientists found that mice, being in conditions with reduced gravity, lost at least about 20 percent of their skeletal mass.
However, it should be borne in mind that all these studies are based on simulations.
Until astronauts actually land on Mars, it will be impossible to know the true effects of reduced gravity on their bodies.
The first thing Neil Armstrong found out after his step to the surface of the moon, was that the landing area was literally covered with large cobblestones, posing a danger to his lander.
A similar problem may arise for astronauts who will land on Mars.
They will have very little time to determine and avoid getting the lander on such cobblestones or sandstones.
Stones and various slopes can cause the Mars lander to overturn.
The fact is that even very large changes in the plane of the surface can be very difficult to detect from orbit, so people who will create landing plans can simply accidentally miss such changes.
Small cracks and depressions can also fool the sensors, which, in turn, can lead to untimely release of parachutes or landing legs, as well as incorrect automatic calculation of landing speed.
The chances of a lander waiting for a disaster due to an improperly analyzed landing site are surprisingly high.
One study found that these odds are about 20 percent.
When developing a manned Mars lander module, one serious technical problem arises almost instantly - the diameter of the head fairing of the rocket on which this Martian module will be launched.
Despite the fact that at the moment the diameter of the largest fairing is 8.4 meters, it will be very difficult to make sure that its size corresponds to the design of the manned Martian lander.
The protective heat shield needed to protect a heavy load would then be too large to fit under the fairing.
Therefore, in this case, most likely, you will have to use the inflatable technology of the heat shield, the development of which is currently only at the experimental stage.
If you use the current fairing design for the Mars mission, you will need to use a much more compact lander, which will correspond to the diameter of the 8.4 meter fairing.
Any larger modules will simply not fit.
Even if it is decided to use a more compact lander, then, most likely, due to such technical limitations, it will be necessary to redesign its design.
It will be necessary, for example, to rework not only the location of the astronauts, but also the fuel tanks of the module.
The size of the fairing itself cannot be changed, because it destabilizes the launch vehicle.
One of the main ways to reduce the speed of the landing Martian module for soft docking with the Martian surface is the system of supersonic braking propulsion system (TDU).
Its essence lies in the use of jet engines directed towards the movement to slow down the apparatus from supersonic speeds.
The use of supersonic TDU in the thin, rarefied atmosphere of Mars is a prerequisite.
However, the launch of supersonic power engines could create a shock wave that could damage the Martian lander.
NASA, for example, has virtually no experience of using such procedures, which, in turn, reduces the chances of success of the entire mission.
This technology has three problematic aspects.
First, the effect of the interaction between the airflow and the exhaust gases of engines can literally break the landing module in half.
Secondly, the heat generated by the exhaust of the spent rocket fuel can heat the landing module.
Thirdly, maintaining the stability of the lander when starting supersonic TDUs can be a very difficult task.
Although small - scale wind tunnel tests of such TDDs have been conducted previously, many full - scale tests are required to determine the reliability of such a system.
This is a very expensive and lengthy task.
However, the same NASA may have an alternative (indirect) version of testing such systems.
The American private company SpaceX is actively trying to develop a reusable rocket that uses a similar landing principle.
It should be noted that there are successes in this direction.
Static electricity Yes, yes, the same thing that makes the hair stand on end, or a small electric shock occurs when you touch anything.
Here on Earth, static electricity may be the subject of various jokes and pranks (although it can also be dangerous in terrestrial conditions), but on Mars static electricity can turn into serious problems for astronauts.
On Earth, most static discharges occur due to the insulating properties of the rubber bases of the shoes we wear.
On Mars, the surface of Mars itself will serve as an insulating material.
Even just passing through the Martian surface, the astronaut can accumulate a static discharge of sufficient force to burn electronics, for example, the entrance gate of the air chamber, just by touching the outer metal lining of the ship.
The peculiarity and dryness of the Martian surface makes it an excellent insulating material.
Martian surface particles can be up to 50 times smaller than dust particles on Earth.
When walking on it, on the shoes of astronauts will accumulate its certain reserve.
When the Martian wind blows it off, his shoes will accumulate enough charge to cause a light electric shock, which in such conditions may be enough to bury the entire mission.
Martian rovers working now on the Red Planet use special thinnest needles that discharge the charge into the atmosphere and do not allow it to hit the electronics of the rovers.
In the case of manned missions to Mars, it will require the use of special spacesuits that will protect both the astronauts and the equipment they will use.
The Space Launch System (SLS) is currently the largest launch vehicle under development and is planned to be used in the near future.
It is this rocket that the West plans to use for manned missions to Mars.
According to current NASA plans, one manned mission to Mars will require a dozen SLS rockets.
However, the current ground infrastructure for SLS launches only meets the necessary conditions in minimal terms: it is necessary to have at least one room for assembling the rocket, one giant conveyor for delivering the rocket to the launch pad and one launch pad itself.
If at least one of these components breaks down or does not cope with its task, then there will be serious concerns about the availability of the necessary launch vehicle, which in turn will call into question the very possibility of a manned mission to Mars.
For example, any delays associated with setting up and validating all SLS systems can make major changes to launch schedules.
The same problems can create less significant technical problems and even weather conditions.
In addition, the in-orbit docking required to assemble a spacecraft that will go to Mars requires compliance with the so-called launch window, that is, the time within which the rocket will be launched.
In addition, the launch of the ship to Mars directly from the orbit of the Earth also requires compliance with certain time frames.
Based on historical data on early shuttle launches, scientists have developed entire launch models.
They show a lack of confidence that the SLS rocket will be available to a certain launch window, which in turn can also put an end to any manned mission to Mars.
Toxic Martian soil In 2008, the automatic probe NASA made a historic discovery.
Perchlorates have been found on the surface of Mars.
Despite the fact that these toxic reagents have found their application in industrial production, they can cause people serious problems with their thyroid gland even when used in small quantities.
On Mars, the concentration of perchlorates in the soil is 0.5 percent, which is already very dangerous for humans.
If astronauts bring these reagents into their Martian homes, then over time there will be pollution, and then poisoning.
Decontamination technology, which is commonly used in mining, can help reduce the likelihood of contamination to some extent.
However, completely get rid of the problem in the conditions of Mars will not work, and, therefore, astronauts sooner or later will expect problems of the thyroid glands.
In addition, poisoning with perchlorates of the body is associated with various diseases of the circulatory system.
However, scientists in this direction have not yet advanced, and therefore the clarification of all the effects of perchlorates on the human body has yet to be found.
Therefore, in the long term, the consequences of staying on the Red Planet are very difficult to predict.
It is likely that astronauts will have to constantly take artificial hormonal drugs to maintain their metabolism to combat the effects of long-term exposure to perchlorates.
Long-term storage of rocket fuel For the flight to Mars and back, we will need rocket fuel.
Huge supply of fuel.
The most effective rocket fuel at the moment is cryogenic fuel, which is liquid hydrogen and oxygen.
This fuel must be constantly cooled during storage.
However, even with maximum preparation, according to statistics, 3-4 percent hydrogen leakage occurs from fuel tanks every month.
If, being already in flight, astronauts find that their fuel tanks do not have enough fuel for the return journey home, then - you know - a complete disaster will occur.
Astronauts will have to monitor the boiling of cryogenic fuel for several years as long as their mission on the Red Planet takes place.
Additional fuel could be produced directly on Mars, but its storage and cooling will require the installation of special coolers, which, in turn, need electricity to work.
Therefore, before starting a mission to Mars, we need to conduct a lot of long-term tests of fuel storage technologies to make sure that we have enough fuel in all circumstances.
In the framework of long-term space flights, no one can deny the emergence of romantic relationships between crew members.
By the end of a difficult working day, many people need psychological and physical relaxation, the way out of which is just a love relationship.
And although at first glance all this sounds cute and romantic, in practice in space this kind of relationship can have a very bad effect on the entire mission.
In 2008, a group of people participated in an experiment.
A long stay in enclosed space was used as a simulation of a flight to Mars.
The events of the experiment got out of control at the moment when one of the “astronauts ” was very upset that his girlfriend refused to have sex with him and instead chose a third astronaut.
Being in a state of constant stress and fatigue, the first astronaut at some point could not stand, and all this ended with a broken jaw of the third astronaut.
If it were not an experiment, but a real space mission, such behavior would raise serious doubts about its success.
Unfortunately, NASA is not even trying to consider all these possibilities.
According to a recent report by the US National Academy of Sciences, NASA has not investigated possible sexual relations in space missions to Mars, nor has it addressed the possible compatibility of human psychotypes in long-term space missions.
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What is aerophobia: why I am afraid to fly on a plane and what to do
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You have made a biometric passport and are ready to go on a trip to experience all the advantages of a visa-free regime as much as possible.
The only thing that scares me is the flight.
If stepping on a plane is like hard labor for you, try traveling to Europe by train or bus.
How to do this - we have described in previous materials.
But back to the planes, sooner or later you will have to overcome aerophobia and we have prepared some tips that can help you in this.
Aerophobia and excitement before the flight are not the same If a few days before the trip you feel bad only from the thought of an airplane, and at the airport you catch a panic attack and it is difficult to breathe - you have a phobia.
If a person ’ s natural fears force him to act actively, then phobias are passive.
You are not looking for a way out of the situation, but simply afraid.
The fears of men and women are different.
Ladies are sure that it is their plane that will collapse, but the stronger sex trusts the technique, they are confused by another - the inability to control the situation.
Phobia develops even in those who have never seen a plane crash and did not rise into the air.
How to overcome aerophobia You need to convince yourself that nothing bad will happen.
The aircraft is a very reliable mode of transport in which all systems are duplicated, so even if something goes down, the problem can be fixed.
The number of accidents in air transport is much less than on land - and this is a universally recognized fact.
And from the turbulence, not a single plane has not been damaged and even more so has not fallen.
If you can not cope on your own, contact a psychologist.
He will conduct therapy, during which the patient is immersed in the atmosphere of flight, experiencing many takeoffs and landings.
This should be done as long as the person does not have a fixed association of flight with a relaxed state, and not with panic.
If the panic begins to catch up on the plane, try to relax.
Take a comfortable position, turn on the music, wear a blindfold.
Talk to a fellow traveler, think about a pleasant, for example, a trip or a meeting with friends that awaits you after the flight.
Start reading more about the aircraft, the work of the pilot and the airport staff.
This will calm your imagination and make most of your fears disappear.
And finally, even going to the shower is associated with a risk to life, but it is not alarming.
Make your brain think that flying is as routine as taking a bus or train.
SEE ALSO: Visa-free travel: rules you need to know
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Pandora ’ s Box – The Fluttering of Capitalism or the Headless Running Chicken
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The other day, a representative of the Bank for International Settlements made a curious statement.
Given the scale of the bank itself and the specifics of its field of activity, this is not just the private opinion of some equally private person, it is the position of the BIS as a whole, reflecting the specifics of its understanding of the essence of what is happening.
And since such structures do not exist in a vacuum and cannot afford any significant differences in views from "colleagues in the shop", it can be stated with all reason that such are the views of the entire banking and corporate community, which determines the policy of development of all capitalism as a social system.
The problem is that they are all fundamentally wrong about the basic imperative.
Increasing labor productivity will further reduce the solvency of demand, thereby further limiting the scope of possible sales of products.
It is possible to maximize labor productivity by completely replacing people with robots, but who will then sell goods to if 90% of the population will be unemployed?
Excursion to the ideal production of cars in Leipzig Excursion to the ideal production of cars in Leipzig Judge for yourself.
The solvency of demand is determined by only three sources: demand from the state; demand from the rich class; demand from the population.
The rich (this includes owners of businesses and hereditary fortunes) are few in the world today.
About 10 to 11 percent.
Of these, about 2% are the so-called “oligarchs ”, the rest are the“ middle class ”.
It is quite obvious that even their luxury demand to pull out the entire economy as a whole is not able.
Government demand forms from the strength of 15 to 20% of almost any market.
And wherever they try to stimulate the economy in the framework of the previous model, the result is deplorable.
The greater the share of government procurement in total GDP, the more deplorable is the overall situation in the economy.
For example, in France, the share of the state exceeds 57%, but the state of the economy remains as deplorable as that of Italy (55%), Japan (40%), the United States (38%) or Rwanda (29%).
Hong Kong, with its 18%, has better economic performance than France.
However, this does not mean that the state order does not affect the economy at all.
This means that the degree of its ability to compensate for the fundamental deficiency of the capitalist system of management is steadily declining and has today approached almost zero.
There are exceptions (for example, astronautics), but they are local, because the picture as a whole does not determine.
Thus, more than 3 / 4 of the solvency of the entire market is provided by ordinary people whose income is formed from ordinary wages.
This is where the problem starts.
Retail price = cost of raw materials + production costs (e.g. water, air, electricity) + other costs (e.g. logistics or advertising) + salary + taxes + net profit.
The formula is somewhat simplified for clarity, so I consider it inappropriate to argue on the topic of the shape of the rivets.
Now we're talking about something else.
From the formula it is clear that the amount of retail value of all goods and services in the market will always be greater than the amount of all wages received by workers for their production.
Therefore, say Apple employees in principle can not buy for their salaries all manufactured goods and services of Apple Corporation.
Manufactory in its purest form appears before us when the capitalist unites former artisans under one roof in his own workshop Manufactory in its purest form appears before us when the capitalist unites former artisans under one roof in his own workshop As long as the market was large and multi-layered, and the productivity of labor remained relatively low, goods and services had a small rate of profit, and hence the difference between the aggregate price of all. goods and the aggregate wages of all workers remained within limits relatively successfully compensated through the state system of redistribution of wealth through taxes.
In the middle of the twentieth century, about 10% of the state order ’ s share in GDP was enough for this.
And the rest of the profits settled primarily in the pockets of the middle class, which accounted for more than 78% of the population of developed countries.
The latter means that the sum of each individual member remained relatively small and largely spent "on life", albeit rich, that is, money returned to the economy in the form of solvent demand.
Today, the world has fundamentally changed, about as in the final stage of the game of Monopoly.
Every business wants to maximize profits.
To scold him for this is foolish because it is hypocritical, every person in his life strives for the same thing.
The principle - I can and they can't - doesn't work here.
Increasing labor productivity is one way to reduce costs and increase business profitability.
If in a simple way "on the fingers", the scheme looks extremely simple.
You have 10 employees, each of whom receives 10 rubles a day and produces 10 units of goods.
All other costs (raw materials, materials, equipment wear, logistics, etc.) are the same, therefore, speaking further about the cost of production, they can not be mentioned and operate only with a salary.
So, now we have 10 workers producing 100 units of goods per day and costing the employer 100 rubles of money.
Accordingly, the cost of a unit of goods is 1 ruble per piece.
For example, labor productivity was raised by 50% and for the same money these 10 workers produce already 150 units of products, and its cost price is reduced to 100 rubles / 150 pieces = 0.66 rubles / piece.
It is clear that just so the staff will not work more for the previous money.
Stakhanov ’ s ideas are not popular among the people.
No matter how you twist, and it is necessary to share with employees the prices, that is, wages, also increase.
But the rate of wage growth always lags behind the rate of labor productivity growth.
If an employee raises his salary by, say, a quarter, then for each individual everything looks like a significant increase in his personal income.
In our case, from 10 to 12.5 rubles a day. Cool.
You can afford more expenses!
But for the employer, the picture looks somewhat different.
For 125 rubles a day, he now receives 150 units of products.
Watch your hands.
If earlier he paid each employee a ruble per unit, now he gives only 83 kopecks, and the employee also thanks him for his generosity!
Clashes of farmers with the police in the Netherlands Of course, among all of them are certainly some "too smart", trying to "muddy the water" and something there to talk about the injustice of such a "generous offer", but they can be fired.
Yes, at the same time, instead of 150 pieces of daily issue there will be only 135 or even 120, but the cost price will still be only 83 kopecks!
Now simple mathematics.
The reduction of 20% of the labor force on the mood of the rest of the workers is quite sobering.
Your shirt is much closer to your body.
Especially when its preservation also gives a significant increase in wages.
The volume of production increased by 20%, and the cost of the FZP fell by 17%, which in total provides an increase in profit to the owner of the business in 21.25%.
Is it any wonder the enthusiasm with which throughout the history of capitalism the idea of the necessity, necessity, and universal utility of productivity growth has been promoted, sustained, expanded, and deified?
However, do not think that increasing productivity is an absolute evil.
It stimulates cheaper goods and services, making them available to an increasing number of consumers.
Once, for example, aluminum was considered as expensive metal as platinum, and today it is poured and stamped all the cheapest.
Another thing is that the concept of labor productivity can not be evaluated in isolation from everything else.
It is like salt, the lack of which is as bad as the excess.
So, the excess of labor productivity has already come.
Of course, not by itself, but only as a consequence of the total consolidation of businesses as such.
According to the most conservative estimates, today more than 90-95% of all goods and a significant share of services are produced by large and super-large enterprises.
Their production capabilities have already become comparable to the total capacity of the world market in any industry, so there is simply nowhere to increase labor productivity further!
The increase in production is no one to sell.
And the larger the corporations become, the larger the rate of profit, that is, the difference between the prime cost and the selling price, which cannot be covered by the salaries of hired personnel.
This has caused the entire current crisis of the capitalist model as a system of economic relations.
All producers strive for enlargement, since production costs per unit of production for large production are always significantly lower than for small ones.
Here you and discounts on wholesale, volume, the possibility of postponing payment, special personal bonuses for logistics and much more, a small company is inaccessible.
But the more goods are produced, the more difficult it becomes to sell it, which means that any expansion is provided only by pushing out competitors and occupying their market share.
This, in turn, further exacerbates the competition and pushes businessmen to look for new ways to reduce costs, because there are simply no other ways to stay afloat.
And even if there are romantics who want to spit on market trends, they are quickly wound up on the tracks of competitors who can offer a similar product cheaper.
In short, now you have to run faster every day just to stay in place.
But the problem is that the cost of continuing to run becomes an increase in unemployment.
It is beautiful to talk about the cheapening of the unit of goods as labor productivity increases, but the fact of exhaustion of the capacity of demand remains behind the scenes.
From the formula - more goods at a lower price - the first part is automatically crossed out.
Because no one needs more goods.
For example, in the food sector, more than 60% of agricultural products go directly from the field to the landfill.
Few people think, but in outlets selling, say, beer for bottling, just a third of each keg is poured into the sink.
The amount of expired food in supermarkets reaches 40%.
So if now the volume of agricultural products, here right tomorrow morning, is doubled, then all its additional amount will have to be thrown out immediately on the field or on the farm.
The idea of giving to the poor does not run away for the simple reason that no one wants to produce it for free, and there will be no one to pay for the costs of free distribution.
Nothing comes from nothing.
And under these conditions, the BIS is calling for you to start running even faster.
Apparently, in their opinion, we should all get dramatically better from the fact that the former volume of goods and services will have to be produced by fewer workers.
I believe that the "internationally developing" bankers are not interested in the fate of those who "do not fit into the market".
Well, God be with them, conscience is a tensile concept and I'm not talking about it at all.
It is all about economic mathematics.
The higher the productivity of labor, the less money in the cycle of production and sale returns to the economy to ensure the solvency of demand, thereby further narrowing the market size of the next iteration of financial turnover.
Where this trend leads further - to see is not difficult.
Not just individual, losers of competition, "losers" are dying, the whole system of market relations as a whole is being destroyed.
Burning everyone under his wreckage, including the competitive winners.
There is a paradox – the higher the productivity of labor, the less workers are needed to organize production, but the fewer workers, the less need to produce, which means that even less workers are required further … and so on, until all production as such is completely stopped.
This is what bankers today can not understand.
Everything goes far beyond their perception of the world.
That is why they all continue to offer old familiar recipes.
And this is the most alarming, since the capitalist model of the economy continues to repeat iterations, each time aggravating the situation even more.
Everywhere, and always, it ends in collapse and a subsequent pullback to a lower stable level of social economic organization.
And it is not at all the fact that they will be the closest, for example, instead of transnational capitalism, the system will be able to stabilize at the level of national borders.
But also "everywhere and always" degradation is accompanied by the disposal of a huge number of people who suddenly turned out to be superfluous.
This “international bankers ” don ’ t seem to understand either.
Well, they believe that they will personally survive in any case, but this is naive.
In ancient Rome, such smarts were also, but no one survived his crash.
Alexander Zapolskis The multiplication table does not matter whether you sell or buy.
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The income of Russian clinics from the treatment of foreigners for the year increased threefold
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A study conducted by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation showed that foreigners began to be treated more often in Russia.
This is due to the ratio of price and quality - medical services are cheaper than abroad.
In 2016, 66,414 foreign citizens applied for paid medical care, the ministry told Izvestia.
In total, foreign patients generated cash flow to public and private medical organizations in the amount of 1.99 billion rubles.
In 2015, this amount was equal to 650 million rubles.
The income growth rate was 206%.
— Russian medical organizations are able to offer patients more favorable ratios of price and quality, therefore they are the most competitive in the market of medical tourism, — told “Izvestia ” in the Ministry of health of Russia.
Among the regions, patients from which come for treatment in Russia, Central Asia leads (62%).
32.2% is in Europe.
The rest of medical tourists come to us from Southeast Asia (5.2%) and Africa (0.5%), as well as North and South America, Australia and Oceania (0.1%).
The most popular among foreign patients in state clinics were oncology, ophthalmology, cardiology, dentistry, neurosurgery, traumatology and orthopedics.
For private medical institutions, the situation is a little different.
Here, the leading positions are occupied by dentistry, gynecology and reproductive technologies. - Recently, the number of tourists coming to treat teeth has increased significantly.
This is especially noticeable in the example of Chinese citizens arriving from the territories bordering Russia.
They receive high-quality medical care at a lower price than at home, — explained in the press service of the Department.
As for reproductive technologies, including IVF, their demand is explained by the fact that, for example, in some countries of Western Europe there are legislative prohibitions or age restrictions on such medical care.
The income of Russian clinics from the treatment of foreign citizens has increased significantly.
According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Health among the institutions subordinate to it, FANO and FMBA, in 2016, 66,414 foreign citizens applied for paid medical care, of which 16,000 received high-tech medical care. — In total, they generated a cash flow to medical organizations in the amount of 1.99 billion rubles.
In 2015, it was 650 million rubles.
The growth rate in just one year was 206%, - noted in the Ministry of Health.
According to the President of the Russian Association of Medical Tourism Konstantin Onishchenko, based on the analysis of data obtained from private medical clinics, in the first quarter of 2017, the number of foreigners who came to Russia to receive medical care increased by 15% compared to the same period in 2016 and amounted to about 5.5 thousand patients.
Most often go to Moscow, St. Petersburg and the central regions of Russia (85% of all visitors).
Currently, on behalf of President Vladimir Putin, the Ministry of Health is working to attract foreign patients.
For this purpose, a project office was created, which at this stage conducts marketing research, as well as analyzes the work of the most promising medical organizations, which will subsequently be included in the pilot project for the development of the field of inbound medical tourism.
A number of medical organizations are engaged in attracting patients, the other part simply accepts the incoming flow.
The service component in them is heterogeneous, there are no unified approaches.
An important part of the work is the creation of schemes for routing the flow of foreign patients and the development of standards for accreditation at the national level of medical organizations hosting foreign citizens.
For example, in Israel and the United States, there are common standards and each clinic is accredited accordingly.
The Ministry of health of Russia plans to introduce a similar mechanism, which will include a list of recommendations, — told “Izvestia ” in the Ministry of health.
According to VTB Insurance, the total volume of medical tourism in the world is estimated at $487 billion, which is more than 2% of global GDP.
There are about 10-12 million medical tourists in the world.
Among the countries generating the largest flow of foreign patients, the United States, Germany, Spain, Israel, Thailand and South Korea lead.
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Trump ’ s ex-manager calls him “Twitter ’ s Hemingway ”
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He also added that opponents of the President of the United States should beware of millions of his followers in social networks.
Former campaign manager Donald Trump Corey Lewandowski compared the US President with the writer Ernest Hemingway, noting that he “knocked down the hubris ” from his opponents on Twitter. – He is Ernest Hemingway“ Twitter ”, – quotes Lewandowski The Hill. – He many times knocked down the hubris from his opponents on Twitter..
You can ask little Marco (Marco Rubio), lying Ted (Ted Cruz) or crooked Hillary (Hillary Clinton).
We all know those names.
He added that those who intend to oppose Trump in social networks need to beware of his millions of followers and supporters.
Thus Lewandowski commented on a series of offensive messages that Donald Trump dedicated to Morning Joe hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough.
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Sagan disqualified from Tour de France for use of force
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The head of the racing Commission "Tour de France" Philip Marien said that the organizers decided to disqualify the Slovak rider Peter Sagan.
Sagan was the cause of the collapse in the last meters of the fourth stage.
Briton Mark Cavendish made an attempt to bypass Sagan from the side of the fence, but the Slovak pushed him with his elbow, after which Cavendish fell, hooking compatriot Ben Swift and German John Degenkolb.
“We have decided to disqualify Peter Sagan from the 2017 Tour de France as he put his colleagues in serious danger in the final meters of the fourth stage of the race, ” Marien said.
After the incident, Cavendish was taken to the hospital, his state of health is currently unknown.
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Erdogan accuses the West of hypocrisy and double standards
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“Betrayal in friendship with Turkey, which is not in line with our bilateral relations and fundamental values, has no explanation, ” said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an article published in the Guardian newspaper in connection with the anniversary of the July 15 events.
In the article, Erdogan noted that a year after the attempted military coup, Turkey stands for its democratic values: “A year ago, millions of citizens, throwing aside political and cultural discrimination, showed perseverance against those who tried to change the Constitution, shot innocent people and bombed the parliament.
The Turkish people, demonstrating unity, prevented the armed group from exerting influence on democracy, sovereignty and the way of life of the people.
Preventing a military coup is a turning point in the history of the country ’ s democracy. ”
The Turkish President stressed that the leaders of the West must make a choice: to be along with the terrorists or to earn the trust of the Turkish people again: “The hypocrisy of the Western countries and double standards are too disturbing for the Turkish nation, which is defending its freedom.
Attempts by our government to bring to justice Fethullah Gülen, who supported the initiative of the military coup, and his followers are important not only for Turkey, but also for democrats around the world. ”
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Intellectual property for hobbits: what, how and why. And what about hobbits → Roem.ru
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Experts of strategic consulting in the field of intellectual property Claims Igor Nevzorov and Anton Yendresyak launch a series of articles on how intellectual property protection is arranged in Russia and in the world, how companies use it to protect their interests, fight against competitors or even change the whole situation in the market in their favor.
Ask questions in the comments.
Today, in the minds of many, “intellectual property ” is a boring routine that needs to be protected because“ it is customary. ”
It ’ s like applying for a Schengen visa – to travel to Europe, or a passport deal – to transfer dollars to another country.
The investor will not give money if there is no application for a patent.
The product will not be released on the market unless there is a trademark.
Such, sometimes erroneous, judgments are shared by many.
For them, “we have everything in order with intellectual property ” is only a formal condition for doing business.
Along with fire safety training and workplace certification.
This view is limited.
It ignores the active potential of intellectual property rights.
The opportunity to transform the market for your business.
To influence the consciousness of buyers, changing it in their favor.
In intellectual property, everything is almost like that of John R. Tolkien.
There are modern “trolls ” – unscrupulous invaders of other people ’ s trademarks and patents,“ nightmare ” business with unfounded claims.
There are “patent hobbits ” here – those who do not believe or do not see the potential of modern magic – the protection of intellectual property, preferring to live in their own microcosm, far from the wars and upheavals of large peoples.
For them, protecting intellectual property rights is a waste of resources and effort.
Dealing with offenders is difficult, and often impossible.
A slight change in the software or a redrawn logo from a competitor releases him from responsibility.
The judicial system is inefficient and expensive to obtain a decision in its favor for a long time.
That's what they think.
In our publication cycle, we answer common questions about this.
Is it possible to do without the protection of intellectual property and not to protect anything? Yes.
Modern legislation is built in such a way that it provides protection for any original ideas and developments from copying or mimicry.
Regardless of any additional formalities.
If a competitor uses the software code of a team that has resigned from the developer or releases a product with similar images and ideas, such actions can be recognized as unfair competition, directly prohibited by international and Russian law.
The developer has the right to demand the suppression of unfair actions, including without specially designed copyrights, trademarks or patents.
Then why spend extra money on any additional registrations and patents?
Not in all cases, the unfairness of the competitor is obvious.
It can produce products that are only relatively similar to the product of the developer, but due to the use of similar graphic techniques, cause the consumer to have similar associations.
Here are a few examples, including existing in different market segments.
In them, the ability of one manufacturer to refer to the bad faith of another is extremely limited.
Accordingly, there is little chance of winning the case - to ban the release of a similar product.
Obtaining a patent, registration of copyright and registration of trademarks make the protection of original ideas more predictable, and the legal position of the developer is stronger.
Additional registrations and patents create more options for the developer to pressure the competitor.
It ’ s like a computer game here: you can try to pass the game and kill the dragon in the final without pumping, risking only to waste time and nerves, and then throw everything halfway.
Or you can use the "pumping skills" and confidently pass the game in a day.
And if I am a libertarian, and I believe that everyone has the right to freely use the work of everyone, it turns out that I do not need intellectual property?
Intellectual property is not only a tool to counter a competitor parasitizing on the original idea, but also a way to protect the business from the claims of a competitor who is not a libertarian.
Correctly executed rights to the software give protection from a claim from a new developer company, if it wishes to make a demand to stop using the program.
A registered trademark – until it is revoked – acts as a protective field around the brand, allowing it to withstand the claims and claims of patent trolls or competitors with a similar trademark.
The owner of the trademark "Pearl" appealed to the court with a demand to stop the production of toothpaste "Favorite Pearl", which also managed to register the corresponding trademark.
Despite the success in the first instance, in the end, the courts considered that “before challenging the registration of the defendant ’ s trademark“ Favorite Pearl ”, the defendant has the right to indicate it on the packaging of the goods produced ”.
Thus, the product remained on the market, and the claim of the owner of the sign "Pearl" was denied.
The obtained patent refutes the possibility of a competitor to obtain a similar one and limit the volume of production of the right holder ’ s goods.
Why do you say that intellectual property is modern magic?
Intellectual property can change the world.
It is closely related to the ideas embedded in the objects around us.
Protection of your own idea allows you to suppress the idea of a competitor and control, and if necessary, destroy, everything in which the idea of a competitor has found its embodiment.
Like Tolkien ’ s wizards, the right holder arranges the reality around him in such a way that his ideas become the most popular and distinguishable among consumers.
Intellectual Property: Transforms the appearance of buildings and streets.
In Australia, a married couple decided to build a new house in an elite area.
The workers took for the construction of future real estate plans of another house, standing nearby.
They probably didn ’ t know that the plans were copyrighted.
The angry owner of the original building filed a lawsuit to rebuild the couple ’ s “counterfeit home, ” saying in court:“ Every time I walk past my own home and see the neighbors ’ house, the uniqueness of my home collapses right in front of my eyes. ”
The court sided with the owner and ordered the couple to change the elements of the house (for example, round windows on the walls) or completely abandon a number of design decisions.
It prevents people from moving in a certain way.
“Prohibited gestures. ”
Very soon, rock music may lose its main symbol - the hand folded into a "goat" or, as it is called abroad, in the "horns of the devil".
And this may happen because Jen Simons – the lead singer of the band Kiss – tried to register this gesture as a trademark.
Simons claims that it was he who first “launched this gesture into the people ”, and therefore he should have all the rights.
Regardless of whether he eventually refuses the application or insists on registration, the precedent has gained considerable fame and may cause others to submit similar applications for other gestures.
At the same time, Simons ’ s application is not the only one now.
Gestures are recorded by many celebrities.
For example, the player of the hockey club “Tottenham ” filed for registration“ gesture of victory ”.
It allows you to freeze the supply of goods transported across the border.
“Parallel imports. ”
Not so long ago, Russian customs stopped letting smartphones from other countries into the country.
It would seem that could go wrong if it was bought from an official dealer who was allowed to sell by the manufacturer himself?
Everything, it turns out, is not so simple.
Intellectual property can protect anyone, in this case, the exclusive seller of such smartphones in Russia.
And really, why should he lose his profits, if the manufacturer allowed sales in Russia only to him?
It ceases to exist images, brands and products that have existed for decades.
"Krupskaya Alenka".
Krupskaya confectionery factory produced Alenka chocolate in Soviet times along with other Soviet confectionery factories, and then resumed production in modern Russia.
The competitor - the factory "Red October" - filed a claim for the termination of production and recovery of compensation in the amount of 205 million rubles.
After proceedings in the antimonopoly authority and judicial instances, the production of Alenka chocolate by the Krupskaya factory was stopped.
Creates new associations in the minds of people and manipulates their consciousness.
The Tiffany brand is protected in Russia and the world through a series of trademarks including, among other things, a special turquoise color (Pantone 1837), as well as boxes of turquoise shades.
Control over the absence of competitors in similar colors on the market leads to the formation of a clear association in the minds of consumers of a particular color with the advertising campaign and the high quality of products under this brand.
As a result, the color acquires the status of a “super-identifier ” and is especially popular in the eyes of Tiffany fans.
Tiffany closely monitors its competitors and has everything necessary to prohibit the appearance of similar ideas for the design of goods in the jewelry market.
But this is contrary to common sense – it is impossible to monopolize the idea?
And make sure no one uses a particular color on a particular product?
Can freedom of enterprise be restricted?
Intellectual property is a legitimate form of monopoly.
Its goal is to encourage those developers who bring new ideas to the world and give them the opportunity to make money from them.
Just the opposite would be contrary to common sense: when anyone could use ideas and thoughts for free, on which the developer spent months and years of his life, not to mention money.
Modern intellectual property allows you to protect individual ideas and images inherent in a particular product.
You can highlight the original feature of the brand - for example, the red sole of Louboutin shoes.
And make sure no one else can sell shoes with red soles.
The same method works for services.
When a company defends the original trait of its brand.
For example, the Pony Express brand has protected the green color of courier uniforms for mail and goods delivery services.
At the moment, many well-known brands are protected by color trademarks, which are one of the most progressive and complex forms of legal protection.
Granting a monopoly of a particular company on a particular color for a particular product is the meaning of a color trademark.
In this market segment, there will be only one brand with a registered or similar color.
And what if all the colors are registered and they end?
Colors are recorded for certain types of goods or services.
For example, the green color is already registered for banking services in the name of Sberbank, and at the same time it is registered for communication services in the name of MegaFon, as well as for tea in the name of Orimi.
The first color belongs to "Sberbank", the second - "Megaphone", the third - "Orimi" To assume that all manufacturers will take all colors in respect of all goods, similar to the situation when a computer program through the search of moves will be able to play all chess games.
It is much more likely that by the time all colors are registered on the market - taking into account the development of technology - there will be completely different identifiers that will be much better than colors, distinguishing the products of some manufacturers from others.
Dynamic states, reactions and sensations, three-dimensional holographic images, interactive interfaces that interact with consumers - these are the brand identifiers that can come into society in the relatively near future.
In fact, becoming brighter brand beacons for consumers than color today.
They can also be protected through intellectual property.
Maybe something completely different, new.
intellectual property of the future.
But does this make sense if a competitor can take another – similar – pantone and use it?
Intellectual property law is designed in such a way that it allows you to fight not only with the identical ideas of the competitor, but with any processing or similar ideas.
In a color situation, the use of a competitor ’ s color, even similar to the main color (for example, a green color for banking or communication services), still provides the owner of the color trademark with a means of struggle.
The trademark counteracts not only identical, but similar to the degree of confusion color or other designation.
From this point of view, any color that is perceived by consumers as “similar ” or“ potentially similar ” to the registered one may be prohibited for use in a judicial or administrative procedure.
All consumers are different and everyone has different color perception.
How to understand what is the criterion for the conclusion about similarity?
The position of the Russian courts is usually that the criterion of similarity sufficient to conclude that there is a violation is a figure in the region of 20 per cent.
If, on average, more than 20% of consumers felt that there was a similarity, the violation most likely occurred.
Fragment of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation of 18.07.2006 No 3691 / 06 The number of consumers suggesting similarity is established, as a rule, within the framework of sociological surveys conducted both outside the court and directly within the framework of the court proceedings.
Magic is magic.
But is intellectual property needed for anything other than protecting flowers?
Intellectual property is a means of actively countering any ideas similar to those invented by the author.
It permeates the entire spatial continuum and allows you to deal with unscrupulous situations.
We have summarized the main problem situations and questions and will answer them in the following publications:
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Russian scientists will test the equipment for the ITER reactor at the Globus-M2
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NOVOSIBIRSK, July 18 – RIA Novosti.
The completion in 2018 of the modernization of the unit of the unique research complex "Globus-M" in St. Petersburg will partially reproduce the conditions of the experimental international thermonuclear reactor ITER, the launch of which is scheduled for 2025, according to a joint press release of the Physical-Technical Institute (PTI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
It is explained that the opportunity to test the equipment developed in the PTI for ITER will appear after an increase of 2-2.5 times in the research complex "Globus-M" of the magnetic field, as well as current flowing through the plasma.
As a result of the modernization of the Globus-M tokamak, the temperature and density of the plasma will significantly increase, and, consequently, the radiation load on the inner surface of the discharge chamber will also increase.
Thus, it becomes possible to reproduce conditions close to those that will be in the near-wall area of the ITER reactor, the launch of the first plasma in which is planned in 2025, "Vasily Gusev, chief researcher of the Ioffe Institute, said in a statement.
He noted that the PTI was responsible for the development of three diagnostic systems for ITER.
The equipment can be tested on the Globus-M2 tokamak now.
For example, there will be tests of a plasma diagnostic system for the scattering of laser radiation.
The ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) reactor is being built near the Cadarache Research Center in southern France jointly by the European Union, Russia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and the United States.
This will be the first large-scale attempt to demonstrate the feasibility of using a fusion reaction to generate energy on an industrial scale.
The reactor is based on the use of the tokamak thermonuclear system - an installation for magnetic confinement of plasma, having the form of a ring.
If the ITER project is successful, humanity will be able to count on the possession of an almost inexhaustible source of energy.
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In megacities trying to recreate areas of wildlife
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Landscape designers around the world are striving to make the urban environment in megacities more sustainable and close to nature.
To do this, in large cities, parks are planted on the site of abandoned industrial facilities, as well as gardens that can “evoke emotions ” among visitors.
This is reported by the BBC.
Part of the concept of the new garden is to give residents of cities access not only to greenery and fresher air, but also to sensations.
Visitors to the gardens will have access to all plants, walk barefoot on the paths of moss and even pick berries, but the plants will not be neatly planted on the beds.
"We're trying to get people to use all their senses by exploring the garden," said one of the project's creators, Andreas Christodoulou.
To create a sense of natural nature, designers often use bulk high beds, which are called Hugelkultur.
A feature of this type of farming is that all levels of beds are made from decomposing wood waste and other biomass.
“It ’ s the idea of creating mounds on the ground, contouring, instead of just leaving the ground flat.
We are trying to make the Hugelkultur-revolution, especially in the urban environment, ” said the representative of the organization Future Gardens London, landscape designer John Davis, who believes that gardens “do not have to be flat ”.
Another direction of greening megacities is the planting of parks and gardens on the territory of abandoned industrial facilities.
At the heart of such gardens are metal structures and concrete blocks.
However, even small plots of land are suitable for plants, which in turn will attract insects.
Park designer Martin Wilson said that for him, inspiring examples are the High Line Park on the site of the elevated railway in New York and the Duisburg-Nord landscape park on the site of the steel plant in Duisburg (Germany), as well as places that have been abandoned and which have not yet begun to be used for other purposes - for example, the former MG Rover plant in Birmingham (UK).
"The concept may be to restore abandoned objects in the form in which they are known," - said the designer.
The material was provided by the project "+ 1".
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The best double Hemingway was chosen from 150 applicants
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For the title of double Ernest Hemingway competed in the Florida city of Key West more than 150 gray-bearded gentlemen.
The most similar to the famous writer recognized the resident of Texas Richard Philip.
Hemingway lived and worked in Key West in the 1930s.
[Richard Philip, winner of the Hemingway Double Competition]: "The trip to Key West was amazing.
I looked around and thought that Ernest was swimming along these waters.
Repeating his path is incredible.
I thought I had lived a part of his life. ”
Richard has entered the competition for the 17th time.
He considers himself almost the brother of a talented author.
Like him, he likes fishing and hunting.
After the award, all the white-bearded participants went to a symbolic parade.
On the streets of Key West they solemnly drove sculptures of bulls.
So Hemingway fans express respect for another of his hobbies.
The writer for many years came to Pamplona for the feast of San Fermin, during which there are races with bulls.
He immortalized the Spanish festival in the novel And the Sun Rises.
American writer was born in 1899 in Illinois.
From under his pen came many novels and stories.
In 1954 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The most famous works: "For whom the bell tolls" and "Farewell to the weapon!"
The annual Hemingway Double Competition in Key West is held for the 37th time.
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Armenia is among the countries that pose a threat to Turkey, and the United States is in the first place: a survey
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Recently, the results of a poll entitled “Studies of the perception of Turkish foreign policy in public opinion ” were published, conducted under the leadership of the university professor Kadir Has Cinema Akgül Achikmeshe.
The survey best reveals the attitude of the citizens of Turkey, which has been experiencing turbulent foreign policy and domestic political events in the past few years, to the problems of foreign policy of this country.
Changes in public sentiment can be seen by comparing the data that are given for 2013, 2015, 2016.
The survey was conducted in the form of personal interviews among thousands of people over 18 years of age in 26 ili (administrative unit of Turkey), representing the demographic structure of the country.
In particular, they were asked questions about various aspects of Turkish foreign policy.
Noteworthy is the fact that the majority of respondents in the neighboring country consider television to be the source of information about Ankara ’ s foreign policy (86.5%), 37.5% consider the Internet to be the source of information, and 30.7% consider the print press to be the source of information.
Judging by these indicators, it can be concluded that public opinion about Turkey ’ s foreign policy is formed through the interpretation of the media of this country.
The majority of Turkish citizens consider their country to be Islamic (39.9%).
It is interesting that during the presidency of Erdogan, in parallel with the increase in the component of Islam in the political life of the country, as well as in the conditions of tension in relations with the European Union, 32.7% of respondents consider Turkey a European country, while this indicator has grown over time (2013 - 24.3%, 2015 - 26.4%, 2016 - 31.8%).
The efforts of President Erdogan and the ruling party of Turkey, the attempted military coup in 2016, the constitutional amendments in 2017 formed an opinion in Turkish society about who exactly implements Turkey ’ s foreign policy.
So in 2016, 76.4% of respondents said that Turkey ’ s foreign policy is implemented by the President of Turkey, in 2017 this percentage was 69.2%.
24.3% of respondents believe that the foreign policy of Turkey is carried out by the Armed Forces of this country, 13.4% of respondents said that the National Intelligence Organization.
Even after last year ’ s July coup attempt, when the country began to persecute law enforcement officers, as well as after constitutional amendments in April this year, the Turkish authorities made the work of these structures more controlled.
A significant segment of Turkish society in 2017 expressed the opinion that the foreign policy of their country is carried out by law enforcement agencies, while 3.8% of respondents thought so in 2016, and in 2013 there was no such answer at all.
People living in Turkey are of the opinion that the foreign policy priority of their country is to strengthen relations with other countries - 61.2% of respondents, and 14.5% of respondents said that the mission of Turkish diplomatic missions in other countries is to collect information about these countries.
Turkish citizens were also asked which country is Turkey ’ s closest friend.
The overwhelming majority of respondents (71.3%) named Azerbaijan, last year 59.3% spoke in favor of this point of view.
Among friends, Pakistan ranks second, but only 2.2% of respondents think so.
About 1% of respondents consider several other countries as friends of Turkey, and 17.2% of respondents believe that Turkey has no friends at all.
At the same time, the number of those who believe that “Turkey has no friends ” decreased to 17.2% (against 23.1% last year).
In 2016, the Middle East came to the fore in the list of countries considered a threat to Turkey.
However, this year the first place went to the United States, and compared with last year, the United States is considered the largest threat by 22.4% of respondents more.
It is interesting that 19.1% of respondents consider the Armenian issue to be the main problem in US-Turkey relations.
The second biggest threat to Turkey was identified by 37.4% of respondents as Israel.
The EU countries, which last year were a threat according to 10.4% of respondents, this year ranked third in the ranking of countries posing a threat to Turkey, at a rate of 24%.
The level of perception of Russia as a threat fell from 34.9%.
After the normalization of Russian-Turkish relations this year, this figure fell to 18.5%.
It is noteworthy that Armenia ranks fifth in this list: 18% of respondents consider our country a threat.
Another point that draws attention to itself: from year to year, the inhabitants of Turkey provide less and less support for the process of accession of the country to the EU.
At the moment, support for Turkey ’ s membership in the EU is at 48.4%.
In 2015, the number of those who said: “Turkey will never be able to become a full member of the EU ” was 47.6%.
Last year, this figure rose to 66.7%, and this year to 81.3%.
At the same time, the number of those who support the creation of a different model in relations between Turkey and the EU – instead of full membership, remained at the level of 30.4%.
There is an increase in the number of supporters of the view that Turkey should build strategic cooperation with Russia as an alternative to EU membership (27.6% vs 14.8%).
17.6% consider the Organization of Islamic Cooperation as an alternative, 13.1% – the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The initiators of the survey also touched upon the topic of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
78.4% of respondents believe that North Cyprus is a friendly country that cannot be turned away under any circumstances.
Turkish citizens were also asked about their attitude to the foreign policy pursued by their country.
38.5% of respondents expressed confidence that Turkey pursues a successful foreign policy, 37.8% believe that this policy is partially successful, 23.7% believe that Turkey ’ s foreign policy is unsuccessful.
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Humanity will face a protein deficiency by 2050
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Increasing carbon dioxide levels due to global warming reduces the amount of protein in staple crops such as rice and wheat.
The lack of an important component in food will endanger the health and lives of vulnerable groups of the world's population.
According to a report published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, more than 150 million people around the globe will be at risk of protein deficiency by 2050.
About the results of the new study, scientists reported the publication AFP.
Many studies confirm the reduction in the amount of protein in plants under the influence of the increasing concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere of the planet.
In plants, other vital trace elements - zinc and iron - also break down.
Scientists cannot find a reason for how or why carbon dioxide emissions reduce the nutrient content of plants.
For the first time, a group of scientists from Harvard University conducted a field experiment in which plants were exposed to high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
The hypothesis was that carbon dioxide increases the percentage of starch in foods, thereby reducing the amount of protein and other nutrients.
The lead author of the study, a senior researcher at the School of Health.
Shanna at Harvard University Samuel Myers said that the theory was not confirmed.
“Our short answer is that we don ’ t know why (the amount of protein decreases – ‘ + 1 ’), ” Myers said.
Scientists estimate that by 2050 the protein content in barley will decrease by 14.6%, in rice by 7.6%, in wheat by 7.8%, in potatoes by 6.4%.
76% of the world ’ s population depends on these cultures.
Acute deficiency of protein and trace elements will be experienced by residents of sub-Saharan Africa, India, and South Asia.
The diet of the inhabitants of these countries will lose 5% or more protein.
According to the UN, if the menu is not enough protein, children remain stunted, more sick, and more likely to die at an early age.
William Cline, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for World Economics, presented a report in March 2008, which was published in the journal Finance and Development.
Klein studied the risks of developing countries and stressed that poor regions are more affected by climate change than economically developed countries.
They are more attached to agriculture and slower to adapt to change.
Harvest losses due to high temperatures can be up to 50% during the growing season (the time when growth and development of plants are possible).
“According to forecasts of climatologists, climate change in general will have a negative impact on crops.
In case of delay in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world can expect an even greater spread of hunger, forced migration and wars for food and water, "Polina Karkina, an expert at Greenpeace Russia, told" + 1 ".
If the situation with emissions does not change, the agriculture of states with good productive potential will also be threatened.
"Greenpeace Russia" cited estimates of Roshydromet, according to which by the end of the century the productivity of individual regions of Russia may decrease by 50%, which indicates the global nature of the problem.
Since the authors of the study from Harvard University did not find the causes of protein decay, they offer some measures to combat the effects of global warming.
According to scientists, to prevent protein deficiency in the diet can be a gradual transition to less dependent on carbon dioxide crops.
Existing crops can be enriched with additional nutrients or add alternative sources of protein to the diet.
Meanwhile, William Cline is confident that increasing agricultural productivity will not solve the problems with climate.
“Russia should focus on energy efficiency.
Today, almost every second ton of coal, oil and cubic meter of gas are burned in vain.
It is necessary to engage in the development of renewable energy sources, proper management of forests and the introduction of separate waste collection throughout the country, ” said Karkina, an expert at Greenpeace Russia.
The material was provided by the project "+ 1".
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“The plane can stay in the sky without refueling for 25 hours ”
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“Today, beyond the Urals, in Siberia, there are many villages from which you can only fly away.
But the tickets are sold out three months in advance.
And if you need to go to the hospital for surgery? ” – says the director of SibNIA them.
Chaplygina Vladimir Barsuk, who had a hand in the creation of a new all-composite "maize", able to solve the problem of mobility of the Russian outside.Last week in Novosibirsk started flight tests of the all-composite aircraft TVS-2DTS, which should become a new modern "maize" instead of the An-2.
The first flights confirmed the declared design data on flight and strength characteristics, noted in the Siberian Research Institute.
Chaplygina (SibNIA).
And on Sunday, the plane made an independent non-stop flight to Moscow to participate in the flight program of the International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS-2017).
The flight took 11 hours and 20 minutes.
SibNIA is already negotiating with the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant on the release of the first five machines for the launch of serial production. What is the superiority of the new "maize" over the legendary An-2, what modern technologies were used and whether the first customers lined up, in an interview with the newspaper VZGLYAD said the director of SibNIA them.
Chaplygina, test pilot, Ph.D.
Vladimir Barsuk.VIEW: There have already been the first flights of the aircraft in a monoplane version (in December 2014) and in a full biplane configuration with a new wing (June 2015).
Vladimir Barsuk: There used to be more technology demonstrators.
When we got the characteristics of the monoplane, we realized that they fit into the usual An-2.
The biplane that flew in Gelendzhik was, in fact, the development of the profile and the distribution of loads on the wing in flight.
We did research tasks here.
But it was impossible to talk about full aircraft.
Now we have created a demonstrator, on the basis of which you can create a production aircraft.
The wing and tail will remain without redesign.
We will still test the fuselage, find and modify the bottlenecks, but conceptually the aircraft will remain in the form in which it is now.
The aerodynamic and take-off and landing characteristics will correspond to those that we get today.VIEW: That is, now it is also a technology demonstrator? V.B.: We have made a demonstrator of dimension An-2, but the production aircraft will have more capabilities.
Simply, the dimensions of the single-engine aircraft are such that all these results can be used on a 19-seater aircraft.
And the second reason - for 70 years to replace the An-2, no one has succeeded.
700 aircraft are still flying in Russia, around the world – more than 4.5 thousand aircraft, which will be launched in series, is generally a by-product.
The main task under the contract of the Ministry of Industry and Trade is to create the technologies themselves, design, conduct tests, etc. for the creation of modern aircraft.
And here is one such aircraft created and flew to the air show MAKS-2017.
The plane flew from Novosibirsk to Moscow without landing, having covered about 3000 km.
We have 800 liters of fuel left, which would have been enough for another 6 hours of flight.
Although we didn't fill the tanks completely.
The aircraft can stay in the sky without refueling for 25 hours.
Being in the air for a long time is an important advantage.
In the Arctic, for example, it is difficult to fly, because there are no gas stations.
This aircraft solves this problem.
It has many such capabilities that no other aircraft can cope with.
Tribute to fashion? V.
B.: The creation of aircraft from new carbon materials is an obvious global trend today.
Even large aircraft corporations are moving towards composites.
They are used on the Boeing 787 and A-350.
This is modern aircraft manufacturing technology.
In addition, small-scale production of composite liners is three to five times less time-consuming at various stages.
In addition, the metal does not fall in price, but technologies using composites, like electronics, become cheaper over time.
Therefore, it is possible to predict a significant reduction in the cost of composites, as well as an improvement in strength characteristics, including fatigue.
B.: MS-21 uses the method of vacuum infusion, and we use prepreg technology.
It is a completely different ideology.
We take imported prepregs (composite materials-semi-finished products) - this is the basis for creating a composite, but the layout order and the heat treatment cycle are the result of our scientific research, this is our know-how.
This is why we have a much stronger and more interesting material.VIEW: And what about import substitution?
V. B.: Prepregs of domestic production, unfortunately, for most characteristics worse than foreign ones.
For a higher return, we took the material that would be better.
You can take domestic prepregs, but the plane will be heavier and fuel economy will be worse.
B.: The new aircraft carries twice as much cargo.
If the An-2 can carry a maximum of 1500 kg of cargo, then our aircraft is 3 tons.
The cruising speed of the old maize 180 – 190 km / h, the new – 290 – 300 km / h.
This speed we have received now, but after the revision of the screw, most likely, will be 330 – 340 km / h.
An-2 can fly without refueling only at a distance of 1200 km, and our aircraft has a flight range of more than 4000 km. The use of modern technologies allowed to increase the maximum take-off weight of the aircraft.
An-2 is only 5.5 tons, ours is 7.3 tons.
All this together made it possible to increase the performance of the aircraft in comparison with the An-2 by three to four times.
For example, the An-2 carries 1500 kg at a speed of 180 km / h with a range of 300 – 400 km, and the new aircraft carries 3 tons of cargo at a speed of 300 km / h for a range of about 700 – 1000 km.
Here is a new cockpit, a completely different system for displaying flight information for flight training.VIEW: But at the same time managed to preserve the best that was in the An-2?
For example, landing on unprepared terrain? V.B.: Landing capacities are preserved as in An-2.
It flies at the same low speeds, sits on unprepared platforms, and this is an important factor for Russia.
The same ease of maintenance, accessibility for pilots of average qualification.
An An-2 pilot without a control flight will sit on this plane and fly quietly: there is no difference at takeoff and landing.
This is very important, in my opinion. At the same time, the maintenance system will be significantly simplified, we have made a more correct refueling.
Composite aircraft lasts longer, does not need to do many things.
And the avionics, which is installed on it, allows you to fly in more difficult weather conditions than the An-2 flies.
VZGLYAD: When is it planned to make all the improvements, certify and put into production a new aircraft? V.
B.: It is possible to certify the aircraft and launch it into a series within one and a half to two years.VIEW: How much will a serial aircraft cost? V.
B.: According to our estimates, 2.5 – 3 million dollars.VIEW: Can someone compete with the new all-composite corn? V. B.: Cessna is not a competitor to him: it takes half the load and overcomes the distance twice as short.
The main competitor that we have today is the American agricultural aircraft AT-802 (“air tractor ”).
But this is a single aircraft, which is used for aviation chemical work and extinguishing fires.
There are no other competitors, but what about the customers?
Is there a commercial interest in the new corn? B.
B.: The plane has only started to fly, so it is premature to talk about customers.
In addition, it is impossible to say that our companies are ready for this aircraft.
This is not an An-2, it is a completely different aircraft with different speeds and capabilities.
No company operates such aircraft.
But I think that its appearance should lead to a change in the logistics of transport.
This is primarily a transport aircraft, not a passenger aircraft.VIEW: For example, what can it be used for other than the Arctic? V.
B.: Today, beyond the Urals, in Siberia, there are many villages from which you can only fly away.
But the tickets are sold out three months in advance.
What if I have to go to the hospital for surgery?
It's not supposed to be like that.
To solve the problem of mobility, you need this kind of aircraft that can take 14 people or cargo from Novosibirsk to the village.
However, there are no companies that want to solve this problem.
It is more profitable for carriers to fly conditionally 100 hours on a Mi-8 helicopter, transporting 20 people, and earn 200-250 thousand rubles per hour, than to fly the same 100 hours on a corn for 50 thousand rubles per hour.
Therefore, I think, we must first give the tool (the plane), and then there will be new routes and companies willing to exploit the new corn.
Because transportation on our aircraft is more profitable than on the An-2.
In terms of fuel consumption, it is 30% more economical than the 1947 maize. We have created, by order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, technologies that can now be used for small aircraft.
From corn can be made a transport, training, sports aircraft.
Do you offer not to do this?
Let's then become the Banana Republic and buy Cessna.
But Cessna, by the way, is also not popular in Russia: it was 25, there are 5 left.
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Soil Science for a Hungry Planet
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AUBURN, ALABAMA – According to the United Nations, by about 2050 the world ’ s population will increase to ten billion, putting a heavy strain on many of the world ’ s important systems, and especially on agriculture.
How can farmers, including poor producers in developing countries, increase crop productivity to meet the growing demand for food?
Feeding the world effectively will not be easy, and vital things like climate change, violent conflict, and the availability of fresh water will only complicate the task.
New farming methods using data, as well as drones to monitor crop health, can help.
However, one of the most powerful sustainable methods of increasing profitability is to effectively use what is already in the ground.
Natural microbes in soils help improve crop health and increase plant yields.
However, unwise soil management can lead to the loss of microbial content.
Refreshing depleted soils with these beneficial organisms can increase farm productivity without the use of expensive materials such as fertilizers and pesticides, thereby helping to solve the difficult task of feeding the growing population of the earth while protecting the environment.
Several startups are already working on ways to harness the power of microbes.
For example, San Francisco-based Biome Makers uses DNA sequencing to help winemakers use microorganisms to improve the quality and yield of vineyards.
Boston-based agro-tech company Indigo creates microbial products that allow plants to withstand droughts.
And Florida-based Pathway Biologic is developing microbial products for use in the agricultural sector.
Big companies are also coming into play.
Bayer Crop Sciences, for example, sells a number of germ-based products, including a product that reportedly boosts corn yields by as much as 15%.
Plenty of other companies are also developing similar products that are expected to hit the market soon.
Of course, universities are actively involved in microbial research.
For example, at Auburn University, I am part of a research team that is experiencing the effects of soil microbes on the growth and sustainability of corn and cotton plants.
I observed with my own eyes in one of my research papers how corn plants grown in soil filled with certain bacteria develop a root system three times larger than the root systems of plants grown on untreated soils.
I also saw how these bacteria protected crops from drought; in one experiment, we delayed the flow of water to a group of plants treated with microorganisms and a control group.
After five days without water, the treated plants remained tall and strong, and the untreated ones withered and dried.
One of the main reasons farmers find microbial products attractive is that they are made up of natural organisms and do not pose the same risks as synthetic chemicals.
The current market value of these products is $2.3 billion, and this market is expected to grow to $5 billion in the next four years.
The benefits that microbial processing creates for agricultural productivity cannot be overemphasized, especially in developing countries where increasing crop yields for smallholder farmers is a matter of survival.
This is especially true for African farmers.
Today, about 65% of Africa ’ s agricultural land is degraded: it lacks sufficient nutrients and microbes to support plant health.
African farmers spend $68 billion annually to compensate for this depletion, mainly through the use of chemical fertilizers.
Microbial solutions could therefore help to improve soil quality more sustainably than traditional means, enabling African farmers to grow the crops needed to feed the continent's population.
However, research on African soil microbes remains limited, and most microbial solutions target Western markets.
That needs to be changed.
Additional investments could allow scientists to discover new microbial strains with unique abilities to influence soil and crop health locally, creating the opportunity to leverage Africa ’ s own natural environment to boost agricultural productivity.
Increased investment in soil research could also lead to spillover benefits for African economies.
Thanks to new discoveries that lead to patents and licenses, the results of such research can stimulate the formation of new agribusinesses and industries related to farming.
I can personally vouch for the power of spin-off benefits from this kind of research.
My own work on soil microbes in Auburn led to three U.S. patents, under which several agricultural companies sought the right to commercialize products created using these technologies.
Additional patent applications for my research have been filed in other countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The technologies created on the basis of these patents can benefit millions of farmers and lead to the creation of commercial products that generate new profitable sources of income.
Meeting the food needs of the world ’ s growing population will entail the need to increase productivity through the creation of new agricultural products, technologies and practices.
Solutions derived from beneficial microbes will play a key role in these innovations.
For agricultural scientists like myself, there is no greater challenge for future generations than food security.
The good news is that the most promising technologies to squeeze a little more out of our plants are lurking in the ground beneath our feet and waiting to be discovered.
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In the United States found a picture stolen 31 years ago
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MOSCOW, August 12 — RIA Novosti.
Stolen from the Museum of the state of Arizona painting by the Dutch artist Willem de Kooning “Woman – Ochre ” (Woman-Ochre) was found 31 years after the theft, according to the website of the museum.
“We are delighted that this work can be exhibited in our galleries.
This is a particularly heartfelt moment, as The Woman of Ochre was donated by Edward Joseph Gallagher Jr. as a great gift to the museum, ” said museum director Meg Hegiyard.
Antiques dealer David Van Aucker discovered the painting during an inspection of a private collection and purchased it along with other property for $2,000.
Van Aucker put it on display at his store in New Mexico.
After buyers several times noted the similarity of the canvas with the painting of the abstractionist, Van Aucker turned to the museum of the state of Arizona.
Museum experts checked and confirmed the authenticity of the painting.
According to the museum, Ochra Woman was abducted from the museum by an unknown man and woman in November 1985.
The theft took no more than 15 minutes.
The man cut the canvas out of the frame while his accomplice distracted the guard.
The museum did not specify the cost of the painting, however, American radio National Public Radio previously reported that the painting is valued at $160 million.
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Stolen Klimt painting found in gallery wall
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Considered stolen picture of the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt “Portrait of a woman ” found in the wall of the gallery of contemporary art Ricci Oddi in Piacenza, reports RIA“ Novosti ” with reference to the message of the police of the Italian city.
Workers cleaned the gallery building of ivy and found the painting in a black bag in the partition between the outer walls of the gallery.
“It is possible that this bag has remained in the same place since 1997, ” the police said.
In law enforcement agencies, it is difficult to say whether the find is really the original.
According to the director of the gallery, there is every reason to believe in the authenticity of the picture.
About the “Portrait of a woman ” began to talk in 1996, when under the layers of paint found another portrait painted by Klimt earlier.
In February 1997, shortly before the opening of the exhibition dedicated to Klimt, the painting was stolen, later only its forgeries were found.
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Portrait of Klimt woman found in a wall in Pianchenza
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Workers from the Italian city of Piacenza found a painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt “Portrait of a woman ”, which since 1997 was considered stolen.
The work was found in the wall of the gallery of contemporary art Ricci Oddi in Piacenza, from where it disappeared.
As reported by RIA Novosti in the police of the Italian city, “Portrait of a woman ” was found in a black bag in the partition between the outer walls of the gallery.
This place came across workers who cleaned the walls of ivy.
The picture for a billion dollars is sold on “Avito ” Details“ Ivy and hid this cavity.
Perhaps this bag has remained in the same place since 1997, ” — said the Agency interlocutor.
He noted that it is too early to say whether this is the original picture.
So far, the canvas has been sent for examination.
“We can ’ t judge authenticity because anything that can be said about this is not accompanied by any research, ” he added.
Nevertheless, the director of the gallery has already expressed confidence that the wax and seals applied to the canvas are real.
Gustav Klimt ’ s Portrait of a Woman is on the list of the world ’ s most wanted works.
The painting was stolen in February 1997, a month before the opening of the exhibition dedicated to the famous Austrian artist.
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In Italy, allegedly found stolen 22 years ago picture Klimt
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In the gallery of Ricci Oddi in the Italian city of Piacenza, the work of Gustav Klimt “Portrait of a Woman ” was discovered.
The painting was stolen from the same museum in 1997.
Experts determine its authenticity.
“It would be the best Christmas present in history, ” said Laura Bonfanti, vice president of the gallery.
The gardener found it.
While clearing the ivy in the courtyard of the museum, he noticed a metal panel in the wall.
When he opened it, he found a bag with a painting.
“At first I thought it was garbage, but then I immediately called my superiors, ” the gallery employee said.
According to one version of the police, the picture lay in the wall all 22 years.
The thieves could have hidden it there to pick it up later.
However, it was not possible due to increased security measures after the theft.
The painting “Portrait of a Woman ” by the Austrian artist was one of the most wanted.
Its cost is estimated at 66 million dollars (this is more than four billion rubles).
The abduction of the canvas was considered one of the most “loud ” and mysterious in the XX century.
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In the wall of the Italian Museum found a painting by Gustav Klimt “Portrait of a woman ” stolen 22 years ago – and he was one of the most wanted art objects – Meduza
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Polizia di Stato / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA In the Italian city of Piacenza found a painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt “Portrait of a woman ”, the cost of which is estimated at 60 million euros.
The painting was stolen in 1997 and was included in the list of the most wanted art objects in Italy.
The painting was found in the wall of the Ricci Oddy gallery, from where it was taken 22 years ago.
Examination has not yet confirmed the authenticity of the painting, but the gallery staff believe that it is the original.
Gustav Klimt painted Portrait of a Woman in 1916 or 1917.
In 1925, the painting was bought by the aristocrat from Piacenza Giuseppe Ricci Oddi.
The collector bequeathed his collection of art to the city, and after his death they were exhibited in the gallery, which received his name.
“Portrait of a Woman ” was the most valuable exhibit of the Ricci Oddi Gallery.
In 1996, 18-year-old art student Claudia Maga noticed that Portrait of a Woman was similar to another female portrait of Klimt that no one had seen since 1912.
The magician made photocopies of both works of the artist from the album on art and with the help of tracing paper superimposed on each other.
Contours and sizes matched.
She told about her find to the then director of the gallery Ricci Oddi Ferdinando Arisi.
He took the Portrait of a Woman to the hospital to check the canvas on an X-ray machine.
It turned out that under the top layer of paint is really hidden another.
“Portrait of a Woman ” was the only“ double picture ” of Klimt.
Who is depicted on it is not known exactly.
It is assumed that it is the muse of Klimt Alma Mahler or another lover of the artist Ria Munch, who posed for him for several portraits.
According to a 2016 BBC story, Klimt fell in love with a young girl from Vienna and painted her portrait in a wide-brimmed hat and fur boa.
When the girl died suddenly, Klimt rewrote the painting so that it did not remind him of the loss.
In honor of the opening of the "double picture" of Klimt, the Ricci Oddi Gallery decided to organize an exhibition in the palace of the XIII century in Piacenza.
At the same time, the gallery building was closed for reconstruction.
There were workers, paintings were taken to storage, and the alarm was turned off.
In February 1997, the “Portrait of a Woman ” disappeared, and the disappearance was not immediately noticed: the curators did not see the canvas since Tuesday, but reported to the police only on Saturday.
Later, a frame was found on the roof of the museum.
This gave rise to the version that the picture was pulled out with a fishing rod through a window in the ceiling (it was quickly abandoned because the frame was larger than the window opening).
In April 1997, Italian customs reported that the "Portrait of a Woman" had been found on the Italian-French border.
The canvas was planned to be sent to the former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi, who at home was accused of corruption and fled to Tunisia.
Employees of the gallery rushed to the border - they were in such a hurry that they received a fine for speeding by 240 thousand liras (about $140 at the exchange rate of 1997).
However, on the spot, it quickly became clear that the picture was a fake: it smelled fresh paint.
Portrait of a Woman, which was one of two paintings by Klimt in Italy, became the second most valuable painting sought in the country (the first was Caravaggio ’ s “Christmas with St. Lawrence and St. Francis ”, stolen from Palermo in 1969).
It was suggested that it might have been a contract theft because the fame of the painting would have prevented it from being sold; but the police were unable to find the alleged customers and perpetrators.
In 2014, the case was reopened, as the police found a match fingerprint on the frame with some other prints.
However, this lead did not lead to the disclosure of the crime.
In November 2015, a man claiming to be an art thief offered to reveal the location of the Portrait of a Woman in exchange for 150,000 euros.
The police refused to pay.
A year later, the BBC published an interview with an unnamed resident of Piacenza, who in the past allegedly stole art, and later began to help the police in exchange for immunity from criminal prosecution.
The man claimed that he stole the “Portrait of a Woman ”.
He claimed that at first, with the help of one of the employees of the gallery, he replaced the original with a fake, and a few months later he took it out to cover his tracks.
A BBC interviewee said he sold the painting for cash and cocaine.
He added that the canvas will return to the gallery for the 20th anniversary of the theft, that is, by February 2017.
The forecast came true almost three years late.
On December 10, 2019, “Portrait of a Woman ” was discovered by an employee of one of the municipal enterprises of Piacenza, who was cleaning the walls of Ricci Oddi ’ s gallery from ivy.
He saw a cavity in the wall closed by an iron door; inside lay a painting wrapped in a black plastic garbage bag.
Employees of the gallery identified it as “Portrait of a woman ” Klimt.
They examined the seals and stamps on the back of the canvas and suggested that the find was the original (about six or seven fakes of the Portrait of a Woman had previously surfaced).
However, its authenticity will be determined by the examination.
Klimt il giorno dopo Telelibertà Piacenza It is assumed that the thieves planned to return for the canvas of Klimt, but failed to do so due to increased security measures in the gallery of Ricci Oddi.
The head of the Department of Culture of the City of Piacenza, Jonathan Papamareng, questioned this version.
First, according to him, after the theft, the territory of the gallery was thoroughly inspected.
Secondly, the canvas is too well preserved.
“It is in excellent condition.
It is hard to believe that it has been hidden in a wall for 22 years, close to the ground and plants, ” Papamareng told Reuters.
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The main city of nuclear physics of Kazakhstan Kurchatov celebrates its 70th anniversary
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Ust-Kamenogorsk.
KAZINFORM - The legendary city of Kurchatov in the East Kazakhstan region turns 70 today, Kazinform correspondent reports.
For the anniversary of the city, the history of which is inextricably linked with the history of the creation of a nuclear weapons test base, an interesting program has been prepared for both citizens and guests.
As part of the celebration of the birthday of the city, excursions to the facilities of JSC "Park of Nuclear Technologies", to the SNPI Museum, the festive program of the City Day "Suyikti Qalam Kurchatov", exhibitions, sports competitions, various children's and youth competitions, a parade of bikers, and much more will be held.
The culmination of the holiday will be a concert with the participation of Kazakh pop stars and fireworks on the city square.
The anniversary program of events will last until August 20 inclusive, the Department of Internal Policy of the city of Kurchatov reported.
As you know, the city of Kurchatov is located 45 kilometers from the experimental field, where the first atomic and thermonuclear bombs of the USSR were tested.
The decision to create a nuclear research site was made by the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR on August 21, 1947.
On August 29, 1949, a nuclear device was tested here for the first time in the USSR.
Scientific guidance of the test was directly carried out by the famous Soviet physicist Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov.
In Kurchatov were concentrated scientific and research laboratories, centers of physicians and biologists, mathematicians and physicists, as well as production bases of miners, drillers, geological explorers, builders.
Now the city of Kurchatov is the heart of nuclear physics in Kazakhstan - the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan is located there.
This year, the NNC presented one of its priority projects - "Creation of a stand complex of the Kazakhstan thermonuclear material science (KTM) tokamak" at the international exhibition "EXPO-2017", which became the central object of the exposition.
Tokamak KTM is the first specialized installation for scientific research and testing of materials of structures of future thermonuclear, nuclear reactors and technologies.
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