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Все российские самолеты Boeing не могут летать в воздушном пространстве Китая до последующего уведомления, говорится в письме для клиентов логистической компании Global Link, которое распространено по российским Telegram-каналам. В нем отмечается, что данное уведомление получено компанией от Администрации гражданской авиации КНР.
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речь идет о закрытии Китаем неба «для российских эксплуатантов всех самолетов, в том числе Boeing и Airbus, с двойной регистрацией».

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“...said Nestor. ... So, my plan is that Argus, Tiphys and his men dismantle the Argo into portable sections which we take overland from the eastern shore of the Propontis to the western shore of the Euxine Sea, thus circumventing the Symplegades entirely.

Phineus sprayed fruit and bread everywhere as he snorted with derisive laughter. ‘Circumventing, you say? Oh dear me, that’s a good one. Circumventing. The land between, your ‘circumventing land’ bristles with bandits, some of them only half human. They hide in the bushes, shoot arrows and wait for you to die of your wounds. You’ll never see them. For all your crew of musclebound heroes you’d be better turning for home than trying such a foolish thing. Suppose they only got ten of you – that would be ten pieces of your ship you vitally need. Circumvent that.”

--- Stephen Fry. “Heroes: Volume II of Mythos.”

Given the huge size of the empire, factors of distance and time determined how closely central government could control the diplomatic activities of its governors on the frontiers.
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Yet this was not the norm.
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Sea travel was largely seasonal and often dangerous. Probably more important, it was highly unpredictable.42 A death sentence from Caligula in Rome for the governor of Syria was three months en route, arriving twenty-seven days after news of the emperor’s death.
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The relative reliability of land communication was the preferred option. Augustus is said to have introduced a system of runners (Suet. Aug. 49), but if it was ever implemented it was soon abandoned. The Principate relied on the imperial post (cursus publicus), a system where those with official authorization (diplomata) could requisition horses and vehicles from either private sources or official posting stations (mansiones).43 It has been estimated that the average speed of this system was about 50 miles a day, although for urgent messages it could have managed up to 160 miles a day.
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The sometimes leisurely nature of diplomacy can be accounted for by the nature of ancient warfare. It was both seasonal, rarely being conducted in the winter, and slow-moving, ancient armies usually only moving at a speed of about 15 miles a day.46 There was often no need for diplomacy to hurry

--- Sabin, et al. The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare, V2.

[1. ]An early grassroots response to rising infections was crucial. ... experts praise the role of Japan's contact tracers, which swung into action after the first infections were found in January. The fast response was enabled by one of Japan's in-built advantages - its public health centres, which in 2018 employed more than half of 50,000 public health nurses who are experienced in infection tracing. In normal times, these nurses would be tracking down more common infections such as influenza and tuberculosis.

While countries such as the US and the UK are just beginning to hire and train contact tracers as they attempt to reopen their economies, Japan has been tracking the movement of the disease since the first handful of cases were found. These local experts focused on tackling so-called clusters, or groups of infections from a single location such as clubs or hospitals, to contain cases before they got out of
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[2.] The early response was also boosted by an unlikely happening. Japan's battle with the virus first came to mainstream international attention with its much-criticised response to the Diamond Princess cruise ship in February that led to hundreds of infections. Still, the experience of the ship is credited with providing Japanese experts with invaluable data early in the crisis on how the virus spread, as well as catapulting it into the public consciousness.
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[3.] Experts are also credited with creating an easy-to-understand message of avoiding what are called the "Three Cs" - closed spaces, crowded spaces and close-contact settings - rather than keeping away from others entirely.

"Social distancing may work, but it doesn't really help to continue normal social life," said Hokkaido University's Prof Suzuki. "The 'Three Cs' are a much more pragmatic approach and very effective, while having a similar effect."

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The grand lines of fortification sometimes constructed by the army served a practical purpose, but they were also visually very impressive, and as a result intimidating to an enemy, most of whom were incapable of constructing comparable works. This same combination of spec- tacle and utility was also a feature of the roads, causeways and bridges which the army constructed to facilitate its advance.

Bridges were an especially impressive statement of the Romans’ deter- mination not to be prevented by nature from achieving their objectives.

Philip Sabin, et. al. The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare, Vol. 2. 2007.

Timoxeinos would write a letter to Artabazos, or Artabazos would write one to him, and they would wrap the message around an arrow beneath the point, tie it to the feathers, then shoot it to an agreed-upon place. But the plan of Timoxeinos to betray Poteidaia was detected, for on one occasion when Artabazos shot an arrow to the assigned location, he missed his aim and hit a man of Poteidaia in the shoulder instead. A crowd of people gathered around this wounded man, as tends to happen in war; they at once pulled out the arrow, and when they perceived the letter, they brought it to their generals. ”

Herodotus, Histories.