On the Vector of Economic Development of Post-Communist Georgia
The paper discussed the problem of the vision about the issues concerning the direction of development of Georgia’s economy after the restoration of the country’s independence and the model upon which it should be based. The victory of the Georgian Dream coalition in the Parliamentary elections of 1 October 2012 made the issue of choice topical again in Georgia as high priority was given to the subject of which vector of development needed to become determining after the nine-year governance of the United National Movement leaded by Mikheil Saakashvili.
The "Rosy" Mistakes of the IMF and World Bank in Georgia
The author criticizes the Georgian president for corrupt, populist, and incompetent economic policies and the IMF and World Bank for conniving at these policies for unprofessional reasons.
Suppressed Light Emission of the Reaction Zone in Detonation
THE detonation of high explosives in water can be photographed with an open camera and a flash light as the explosive gases do not emit light. The method has been used1 to investigate the spread of shock waves and explosive gases, and to investigate the initiation by shock waves2. We have found that it can be used also in certain gases such as butane and propane. The method is not suitable, on the other hand, for explosives with two levels of detonation velocity in the case of low velocity. A great part of the reaction then occurs after the reaction zone has passed and the expanding explosive gases are very luminous even in water.