Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili, ranked the 81st in the world, has become the first Georgian to win an ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour title. Winning the title moved Basilashvili up to number 35 in the ATP rankings.

Basilashvili defeated two-time Hamburg titlist Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 on Sunday and won the title.

Basilashvili is the fourth qualifier to triumph on the ATP World Tour this season, joining Daniil Medvedev(Sydney), Mirza Basic (Sofia) and Roberto Carballes Baena (Quito). Marco Cecchinato claimed his maiden title in Budapest as a lucky loser.

“I am sure that every player worked so hard for this, but it’s an unbelievable moment for me,” Basilashvili stated after the victory.

Basilashvili reached a career high combined (singles and doubles) of World No. 59 on January 5, 2009. He ended his junior career with a 35–22 record on singles and 14–17 on doubles.

In 2015, he qualified for his first Grand Slam Tournament – Roland Garros, losing in the first round to Thanasi Kokkinakis. Later in the same year he managed to qualify for Wimbledon, where he beat Facundo Bagnis and the 15th seed Feliciano Lopez, advancing to the third round of a major for the first time in his career. Later that year he managed to qualify for US Open too.

In February 2017 Basilashvili participated in the Sofia event, grabbing victories over Adrian Mannarino, 1st seed Dominic Thiem and 8th seed Martin Klizan, before losing to 3rd seed and eventual winner Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals. Basilashvili continued his good form on Memphis Open, where he defeated 1st seed Ivo Karlovic and went to reach the final, but lost to Ryan Harrison in straight sets.

In June 2017, Basilashvili achieved a career-high singles ranking of 51. He reached three semifinals and one final throughout the year.

At the 2017 French Open, after defeating Gilles Simon and Viktor Troicki,Basilashvili lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the third round, winning just one game across three sets.

In July, 2018 he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament, defeating Leonardo Mayer in the final.

By Thea Morrison
from GeorgiaToday.ge

Some of you might wonder, why should we consider to mix concrete componets the best way? Because the quality of the brick reaches the maximum of its strength when the mixture is Homogeneous. The possibility of concrete block to be broken at its weakest part is less, when you avoid “the weakest” place of it.
Oh, and yes! Mixtures espetially panmixers are quit expensive. They have some spetial metal circular form that is hard to make for the thickness it owns. Those panmixers have high-cost motors, which work at a high torque for years and years of exoloatation. And yes my dear, how coulf be cheap?
Let me least you alternatives.

Mixing by hand:

Mixing by hand might work well when you plan to make concrite for your personal needs. When the production of concrete block is for commercial purposes it might be a waste of time.

Here are some cons of this method:

• It is labour depended; adds time and labour force costs to the production costs.
• This process is so slow that when the brick machine is ready for work the concrete mixture is not yet prepeared.
• The mixture might not get homogenous in a short time.

The care of the process it to mix several aggregates: sand, grit, crusher dust with a ratio of cement. It usually needs 2-3 people to mix by turn. Clumping may occur during the adding of water & typically the spade is used to pat down the mix to break the coagulated balls before being turned again into the rest of the mix.

Mussan Group has started getting new orders from Asian and African countries too. That gave us a chance to increase our manufacture speed by gettin an additional factory in Gaziantep city. This city is located in South of Turkey and is popular because of its kitchen culture. But the main reason why we choose it as a location for manufacture is city being one of the reachest factory cities in turkey.

The company had started compliting new orders out of 2000 m² factory. Just yesterday, out high qualified masters had finished molds for one of the concrete brick making machine. The mold was constructed for 8 brick constructor at once.

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Due to increased public interest, we will provide you with the information and activities against the brown marmorated stink bug, that will be implemented by the Government in 2018. The mobilization of technical means to fight against the Asian stink bug envisaged under the strategy will be held within the specified timeframe, therefore, due to existing challenge, timely provision of necessary care, equipment, supplies and measures for plant protection is essential.  The 2018 Strategy project to fight against the Asian stink bug is already developed, It should be noted, that the strategy is based on the extensive experience gained in 2017 and recommendations taken from international and Georgian experts. Accordingly the strategy includes three main directions: active information campaigns, full-scale monitoring and anti-pest measures (chemical treatment).

    As a result of the massive information campaign, we were able to provide population with the  comprehensive information about the biology and methods of fighting against the invasive pest. The population is fully aware that without their involvement government support will not sufficient for them and we will not be able to achieve positive results. Considering the 2018 Strategy project to fight against the Asian stink bug, in accordance with the December 2017 amendments put into the Law on the State Budget, the Ministry of Finance allocated an additional 35 million gel to undertake measures against the Asian stink bug, including purchase of drugs (pesticides) and appropriate equipment. According to the Public Procurement Act, the National Food Agency carried out above-mentioned procedures prescribed by law, therefore, under the simplified procurement conditions, three suppliers (It should be noted that all drug supplier companies were involved in the process) bought chemical pesticides, for which 15 million has been allocated.

    In addition, under the frame of the above mentioned budget, in 2018 the monitoring on Asian stink bug will be enhanced and carried out throughout the country. The government will purchase more than 100 thousand pheromones which will be spread across the country. The state is planning to apply chemical treatments on million hectares of land to fight against the invasive bug. For this purpose, the use of 360 tons of drugs is considered. Within the allocated budget, 120 special off-road vehicles will be purchased (70 high-speed cars with a thermal fog aggregate, 50 small-size spraying equipment) for which the state will spend 20 million GEL.

    In addition, under the international assistance format, USAID considers to purchase 17 tractor aggregates, 17 pieces of equipment will be bought by the European Union, 37 Off-road cars from China under the technical support. Agriculture throughout the world, including Georgia, often faces a variety of challenges, in this respect, it should be noted, that global climate change likely results in an increased amount of new pests to appear. We have been implementing a state program against the American white butterfly and Italian locust. As a result of the activities carried out over the years, the population of invasive pests is almost controled and economic losses are reduced to a minimum.

Georgia is a new environment for Asian stink bug and its population is not controlled biologically, it means that the invasive pest does not have a natural enemy, therefore, in order to prevent the reproduction, pest control should be implemented through chemical and mechanical means. It is important to note, that the strategy for combating the Asian stink bug envisages a biological laboratory to establish in Georgia, where natural enemies / parasites against the pest will be studied and observed. In 2018, the interagency coordination headquarter will be launched, which will be comprised of representatives of various ministries and departments. The society is aware that Asian stink bug is a dangerous pest, that damages agricultural, forest and decorative crops, unfortunately ,  mobilization of human and technical resources will take years.

 

It is important to note that in 2016-2017, in the process of developing methods and measures to fight against the Asian stink bug in Georgia, the Ministry cooperated with the following organizations and qualified specialists:

• Director General of the Intergovernmental Organization for Plant Protection of Europe and Mediterranean Countries (EPPO)Martin Ward
• General Secretary of International Convention on Plant Protection (IPPC)
• Professor at university in PennsylvaniaGregory Kawchuk

 The company “Agri Georgia” organized a meeting, where leading specialists invited from different countries shared their experience against the invasive pest, The list included:

• Chairman of the Committee on Research on Nut crops Council,Giuseppe Kalkani
• Head of Biological Control Laboratory in Switzerland, Tim Hey
• Entomologist (Canada), Tara Gariepy

The consultation group has been created at the Research Center of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture, therefore,  in the process of developing methods against the Asian stink bug   the Ministry is ready to cooperate with all parties (including Georgian and foreign scientists).