Found the long straight paths by land and water The researchers wrote a program that analyzes the lengths of possible paths on the surface of the Earth, entirely passing over land or water. It turned out that the long sea route starts off the coast of Pakistan and ends at the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the land passes from China to Portugal. The results presented in the paper on the website arXiv.org. In 2012, users of one of the most visited sites of the Internet Reddit had an argument about what the trajectory as a straight line on the surface of the Earth, passing only on the water, will be the longest. One of the participants posted a picture that shows the path starting from Pakistan, passing between Africa and Madagascar, South America enveloping and abutting land only on the coast of Kamchatka. This caused a fierce debate, but none of
Day: May 8, 2018
The actor from “Game of thrones” was named the most powerful man in the world
The actor from “Game of thrones” was named the most powerful man in the world MOSCOW, may 7 — RIA Novosti. The Icelander Hafthor Julius Björnsson, who played Gregor Clegane, nicknamed Galloping Mountain in the TV series “Game of thrones”, won the title of the most powerful men in the world. This is the official page of the tournament World’s Strongest Man in 2018 Facebook. The competition was held in the Philippines capital Manila. All participants competed in 16 kinds of exercises, the traditional power of extreme. At the end of the program Björnsson for the first time in his career won the tournament. Two years in a row he was subjected to only the second step of the podium. Publication of Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (@thorbjornsson) on 6 May 2018 at 4:11 PDT During the download an error has occurred. Björnsson has also previously won the tournament of the Arnold
Putin may decree instructed to study the projects in 12 directions
© Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, may 7. /TASS/. The Russian government by October 1, to develop or adjust national projects in 12 directions. This is stated in signed on Monday the decree of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin “About the national goals and strategic objectives development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2024”. Document published on the Kremlin website.
Firefighters looking for the source of fire in the Krasnoyarsk Palace of sports
Firefighters looking for the source of fire in the Krasnoyarsk Palace of sports KRASNOYARSK, may 8 — RIA Novosti. Firefighters looking for the source of fire in the Krasnoyarsk Palace of sports named after Ivan Yarygin, told journalists the representative of the press service of the Krasnoyarsk Directorate of the MOE Alexander Yakimov on the scene. Previously, the Agency reported that the message about the fire came in 05.32 (01.32 GMT) Tuesday. The complexity of fire was No. 3, the dead and injured there. Preliminary cause of the fire could be ignited power cables in the Elevator shaft. “Heavy smoke in the facility. Looking for a home. The smoke is due to the fact that maybe burning braid of these cables. Security of the building supports, the danger of the collapse is not”, — said Yakimov. At the moment the helicopter with a device for extinguishing arrived at the scene
“Supporters of Navalny on Tverskaya openly provoked the police”
“Supporters of Navalny on Tverskaya openly provoked the police” “Someone even threw bottles at police and stones”. MOSCOW, 7 may 2018, 18:10 — REGNUM. The state Duma it is time to consider the laws stiffening penalties for unauthorized rallies, according to Professor of National research University “Higher school of Economics” Oleg Matveychev. The scientist that almost everything that had to do with the action of the supporters of the Fund of struggle against corruption on Saturday, the fifth of may, was a provocation. “Provocation was the fact that the fifth of may, the share of supporters of Alexei Navalny was scheduled just before the inauguration of Vladimir Putin. That the Navalny supporters took to the inconsistent place — they were offered their usual good place on Sakharov Avenue, but they went on Pushkin square. I understand why it was done — Sakharov would have been obvious that supporters of Navalny
Right: experts told why the police lawfully detained the protesters Bulk
Right: experts told why the police lawfully detained the protesters Bulk MOSCOW, may 7 — RAPSI. Law enforcement officers during an illegal stock 5 may acted strictly within the law by detaining their participants, according to lawyers interviewed by RAPSI. The experts also recalled that the right to security are not only ordinary citizens but also the police themselves, who also have wives, children and elderly parents. Last Saturday in the capital was inconsistent campaign blogger Alexei Navalny, in which, according to the police, was attended not more than half a thousand people. In other Russian cities similar activities were calm, with low turnout and no incidents. Despite this, the Internet extends the information on the hard arrests and violations of rights of citizens by police officers. RAPE asked the experts whether the right of the participants of unsanctioned events to do what you want and where you want. An
The Ministry of justice has proposed to establish “emergency lights” in paddy wagons for faster transport
The Ministry of justice has proposed to establish “emergency lights” in paddy wagons for faster transport Moscow. May 7. INTERFAX.RU — the Ministry of justice proposes to equip the “flashing lights” transport for escorting arrested and convicted persons (paddy, AZ) with the aim of unimpeded travel on the busiest roads to ensure public safety. The Ministry has placed on the Federal portal of projects of normative legal acts notification of the beginning of the development of amendments to the presidential decree “About streamlining of use of devices for giving special light and sound signals installed on motor vehicles”. NewsIn Ufa showed paddy Deluxe The authors of the document note that in accordance with article 12 of the RF Law “On institutions and bodies executing criminal penalties of imprisonment” by the special units of the penal system escort is a escort at the planned routes contained in the institutions of the
Times: scientists have found that smiling in the photo “old” man
Times: scientists have found that smiling in the photo “old” man Participants estimated the age of smiling people one year older. LONDON, may 7. /TASS/. Smiling people in the photographs look older than those photographed with a serious expression. This is the conclusion reached by canadian and Israeli scientists on the results of the study, which was published Monday in the Times newspaper. The researchers invited a group of 40 people to determine by photography the age of 35 men and 35 women, some of whom were smiling, some not. In the end, the average age of people smiling were estimated to the year despite the fact that the participants were convinced that gay people in the photo look younger. In connection with the results of the study, the authors drew attention to the existing confusion in the society on this subject. “Our results clearly show that one and the
Senator Kerimov was discharged from the hospital Vishnevsky
Senator Kerimov was discharged from the hospital Vishnevsky MOSCOW, may 7 — RIA Novosti. Businessman and Senator Suleiman Kerimov, was hospitalized with complex heart rhythm disturbances, was discharged from the hospital Vishnevsky, reported Monday RIA Novosti the head of the cardiac surgery center hospital Professor Alexander Lischuk. Earlier, the Senator’s aide Alexey Krasovskiy said to RIA Novosti, on Saturday from Kerimov was diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia. “He had been treated, he had a complex rhythm disturbances. His rhythm was completely restored, and yesterday he was discharged home. Everything went well, everything is standard. Today his condition is stable — it seems he was already at work,” said Lishchuk. As noted Krasovskii, problems with health Kerimov was forced to miss today’s inauguration of President Vladimir Putin. Since November of last year, Kerimov under investigation in France on charges of tax violations, but from time to time, the result let him go
Helmets for the guards of the Vatican will print on a 3D printer
Helmets for the guards of the Vatican will print on a 3D printer New hats protect from UV radiation and are cheaper than the traditional metal. The Swiss guard of the Vatican decided to change their centuries-old traditions: in the near future, the military will replace their metal helmets to a more convenient copy, plastic, printed on a 3D printer. Pope’s Swiss Guards will ditch the heavy metal helmets for a plastic version made by a 3D printer https://t.co/wIU3Yb6mvy — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) May 7, 2018 New hats not just easier old. They protect from ultraviolet radiation and are two times cheaper. Plastic hats are also decorated with the arms of Pope Julius II, who founded the guard of the Vatican in 1506. Publication from Daniel Ibáñez (@dibanezgut) May 4, 2018 10:36 PDT The Swiss guard is considered the world’s oldest regular army, preserved to our days. Now there