A gun in the clouds: the story of an experiment with the weather Why American skies fired from cannons at public expense, as the battle associated with precipitation and with good intentions tried to set fire to the forest, Indicator.Ru says in category “History of science”. Now in Berlin: Berlin: +18° 64% 758 mm Hg. article 5 m/s In August 1891 the residents of the state of Texas suffered from drought. Crops died, people prayed to God for rain, and Congress appropriated $20000 to someone who can bring rain. This person was a Civil war veteran, lawyer patent office Robert St. George Dyrenforth. Probably the military background Dyrenforth played a role, and he was then was common opinion that rain can cause vibration of the air. Perhaps this view was reinforced by Plutarch observed that “unusually heavy rains often come after great battles.” In the book of 1871 “War and
Day: August 19, 2017
Police have ruled out terrorist attack from the list of major versions of the attack in Surgut
Continued: the person who attacked residents of Surgut men The version that the knife attack on passers-by in Surgut is a terrorist attack, not the main, reported “Interfax” in the management of the Affairs of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous district. Personal control of the investigation of the incident was taken by the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin reported on the Agency’s website. The Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Natalia Komarova plans to fly to Surgut, RIA Novosti reported. On the morning of Saturday, August 19, armed with a knife man attacked passers-by in the city centre. Seven of the injured were taken to the Surgut traumatological hospital, children among them. Four people are in serious condition. The assailant was eliminated by the police. The man was fixed waistband with unidentified device. However, it was found that explosives had not been. Occurred instituted a criminal case on
Posted a photo of the attacker on the inhabitants of Surgut with a knife
Continued: Police have ruled out terrorist attack from the list of major versions of the attack in Surgut There were photos of the men, wounded a knife of the eight (according to others seven) passers-by in the centre of Surgut. Photographs published REN TV. The assailant was eliminated by the police. His personality and motives of Commission of crime is established. Judging by the photos, the man fixed waistband with unidentified device. According to the telegram channel Mash, explosives on the body of the offender is not detected. The scene is examined by cynologists and bomb experts. As reported on the website of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous district, the assailant resisted the police. Currently, verified information about what he could be suffering from a mental disorder. On the morning of Saturday, August 19, armed with a knife man, moving on the Central city streets, attacked the
Putin proposed to move the capital of the Urals
Yury Krupnov Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of demography, migration and regional development Yury Krupnov has written to Russian President Vladimir Putin the project of the “Doctrine of razmokanija”, in which he proposed to move the capital of the Urals. It is reported by RT. The demographer believes that it is necessary to move away from an economy centered in Moscow, to the development of the whole country, especially the Far East and Siberia. Krupnov wrote that Russia “hypercentralisation” Moscow region “has absorbed almost one fifth of the entire Russian population.” In addition, the national development punctuated only by 15-25 Russian cities, which are home to more than 50 percent of Russians. The expert notes that the Russians live in the 7-10 “kuchenne, closer and detainee than the British and the Germans.” “Internally accumulating in a narrow, restricted point areas, the Russian people will continue to lose
The interior Ministry said the details of the elimination of attacked passers-by in Surgut
The interior Ministry said the details of the elimination of attacked passers-by in Surgut Attacked with a knife on the inhabitants of Surgut, the man was shot by law enforcement officers after a warning shot into the air, about it told RBC in the press service of the MIA of Russia for Khanty-Mansi Autonomous district. The attacker, as explained by representatives of agencies, “could be suffering from a mental disorder.” Messages from witnesses about the incident on the street Bazhov in a call center, as explained RBC, began to arrive at 11:40 local time. Witnesses to the incident, according to the Agency, noted that the assailant was “wearing a mask”. “Arrived at the scene the police officers patrol during the arrest the man resisted,” — said the press service, stressing that “the police warned the attacker shot into the air, and then eliminated him.” The interior Ministry ruled out terrorism
Police have ruled out a terrorist attack as the main attack in Surgut
Police have ruled out a terrorist attack as the main attack in Surgut As noted in the interior Ministry, tested the mental state of men who attacked passers-by with a knife and wounded seven people. Moscow. 19 Aug. INTERFAX.RU — the Identity of the attacker on Saturday afternoon to residents of Surgut pre-installed, checked the data on his mental illness, reported “Interfax” the press service of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous district. Thus, “the version that the attack is a terrorist attack is not the main,” said the press service. In addition, according to the revised data, stabbed seven people. Earlier it was reported that on Saturday afternoon, around 11:20, in the city of Surgut, an unknown man armed with a knife, moving through the main streets, attacked the passers-by. All the victims were hospitalized with injuries of varying severity. According to the Department of health of
In Surgut man with a knife attacked passers-by
In Surgut man with a knife attacked passers-by The police eliminated the attacker after he resisted. According to some data, the attacker wounded seven people, four of them are in serious condition. MOSCOW, 19 Jul — RIA Novosti. A man with a knife attacked people in Surgut and wounded several people, according to SK of Russia. The incident occurred in the town centre at about 11.20 am local time (9.20 CEST). Immediately police arrived and eliminated the attacker. As told in Ministry of internal Affairs of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous district, the man resisted arrest, the police had to open fire on defeat. It is noted that the attacker was wearing a mask. Investigators have established the identity of the assailant, according to preliminary data, a local resident born in 1994. Police checked the information that he could be a mental disorder. According to specified data, injured seven people, all of them
Putin proposed to move the capital from Moscow to the Urals
Putin proposed to move the capital from Moscow to the Urals A proposal was made by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of demography, migration and regional development Yuri Krupnov, reports RT with reference to the text of the “Doctrine”. In sent to the President a document he lists the disadvantages of focusing a fifth of the population of Russia in the Moscow region. The demographer pointed out the risk of losing the geopolitical advantages of Russia and even the loss of sovereignty over distant territories due to the ongoing internal migration. “We are now at 1/7 of the world’s land live 7-10 times kuchenne, closer and detainee than the British and the Germans,” — said in the draft. In addition to moving the capital of the Urals, Krupnov also advises to focus on the development of the Far East and Siberia. “Redmosquito” Russia Krupnov offers with
The NYT told the details of the resignation of the chief adviser to trump
The NYT told the details of the resignation of the chief adviser to trump Former chief White house strategist Stephen Bannon was dismissed because of the suspicion of U.S. President Donald trump that he was the source of leaks of confidential information to the media. It is reported by The New York Times, citing a source in the White house. According to the newspaper, the President believed that’bannon regularly sends information to journalists. He also noticed that the EA began to ascribe to themselves the merits of the trump. “The situation became absolutely intolerable long before the resignation of’bannon on Friday”, — said the interlocutor of the newspaper. As a consequence advisers working in the White house, divided into two groups, pursuing ultimately a common goal, writes the NYT. Those whom the President trusts, advised to send’bannon resigned, and those who sided with the chief strategist, advised him to leave
The military unit operating the latest machine gun RPK-16 may begin this year
MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. The Ministry of defence decided to purchase a new light machine guns RPK-16 for experimental military operation, which could begin this year. In an interview with TASS the General Director of concern “Kalashnikov” (included in rostec) Alexey Krivoruchko.