Psychology 461 1 min. ... Every tenth child hears “ghost voices,” according to a study by psychologists from the University of Groningen in Holland.

The structure of Russian arms exports in 2009 was analyzed by the editor-in-chief of the Arms Export magazine Dmitry Vasiliev. What did they put At the end of 2009, aircraft exports traditionally took first place (61% of the volume of identified supplies). The second position went to weapons and military equipment for ground forces (21%). Naval equipment and air defense systems took third and fourth places, respectively (9 and 8%).

Expertise The reform of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, announced at the end of last year, began, which the Ministry itself calls optimization of structure and personnel. It was believed that the first step in the Ministry of Internal Affairs would be to optimize the law enforcement departments in transport and closed territorial entities, transferring their functions to the local police, and only then would a purge be carried out among the personnel with its subsequent reduction.

Dear, dear Joseph Vissarionovich! Taking the liberty of conveying to you a number of my thoughts on the situation on the musical front, I consider it necessary to make a reservation that I do not want to blame anyone for present and past mistakes... I will talk about the instruments, without which not a single piece of music - neither old nor modern - can be performed can not. Meanwhile, the situation with our instruments can easily be called catastrophic.

A new story by the regular author of Ogonyok - about God and the homeland. Sergey Kaledin And the world will appear strange again, shrouded in colored fog. A. Blok Inga Feltrinelli gave a ball. Extravagant, noisy, not matching her age, in a short skirt, high heels, with a glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other, she greeted guests. The people were selected: white-toothed, loud-voiced - rich.

Last week in Oryol the results of the mayoral elections were summed up, and, as expected, the candidate of United Russia, Viktor Safyanov, became the candidate. However, as Vlast correspondent Maria-Louise Tirmaste notes, the party in power in these elections finally demonstrated methods of work that are atypical for today’s Russia.

Anamnesis 596 1 min. ... Scientists from the University of London have found that many people waste time by exercising, but only those with certain genes get the health benefits from exercise. “For every fifth participant in our study, the loads had no effect on the biochemical background of the body,” says Professor Tim Spector.

The awards ceremony for the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Film Festival took place on Saturday evening. The jury headed by German director Werner Herzog awarded the main prize to the film “Honey” directed by Semih Kaplanoglu, and this “Golden Bear” became the first for Turkish cinema in the last 45 years. The Best Director award went to Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer.

The Ministry of Finance has entered into agreements on work in the domestic government bond market (OVGZ) with 8 out of 11 banks selected at auctions as primary dealers, the National Bank reported on Friday. The list includes Raiffeisen Bank Aval, ING Bank Ukraine, Oschadbank, Erste Bank, Ukrgasbank, UkrSibbank, UniCredit Bank and OTP Bank.

Its expansion worsened the airline's performance Despite the opening of new routes, Dniproavia airline ended 2009 with a record loss of UAH 274 million. Last year, the airline used its fleet inefficiently—its planes flew less frequently than competitors, experts say. But this year the carrier can significantly reduce losses by merging its fleet and routes with Aerosvit and Donbassaero.

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An action plan has been developed to prevent floods The State Commission on Technogenic-Ecological Safety and Emergency Situations has developed an action plan to prevent floods in 2010. In particular, before February 1, local authorities should have ensured the uninterrupted operation of storm sewers. This point of the plan has not been implemented everywhere. Thus, in Kyiv, where the largest flood in five years is expected, hydraulic structures are clogged and have lost their capacity.

Hacker attacks, new viruses, broken Internet and other computer troubles have become part of everyday life, an everyday topic akin to the weather. It is not only “high-tech” attackers who are to blame for the problems faced by ordinary owners of mobile phones and computers. Drunk excavator operators, careless electricians and incompetent telecommunications company employees can cause just as much damage as hackers.

584 1 min. ... In this photo from Vancouver, Russian national team coach Vladislav Bykov (center) gives the final instructions for the game. The hope for hockey gold at the Canadian Olympics has every chance of coming true. We now live with this last hope...

Dossier 543 1 min. ... Gerashchenko Viktor Vladimirovich was born on December 21, 1937 in Leningrad in the family of a major Soviet financier (his father was the first deputy chairman of the board of the State Bank of the USSR). He graduated from the Moscow Financial Institute and began his career as an accountant at Vneshtorgbank of the USSR, where he rose to the rank of department head.