Outwardly, the past week was no different for Bill Gates from the previous 1712, which he worked at Microsoft. The 52-year-old software industry idol met face to face with some of his administrators and held several marketing meetings. Wrote several letters. Showed up at Microsoft TV Studios in Redmond to record a few addresses to attendees at events he couldn't attend. But the fact that everything was in order was nothing more than an illusion.

A sullen young man with a full-length tattoo stands in front of a pretty aunt in a green linen suit, who scolds him like a fifth grader. “Ilya, why did you decide to transfer? Do you understand that thief in law is not a career?!” she laments. “Okay, Tetyol, I’ll think about it,” the guy answers quietly, turns away and, so that the woman doesn’t notice, spits through his teeth.

Prisoner | Compliance with conventions Mikhail Khodorkovsky met his 45th birthday in thought: for the first time in 4.5 years after his arrest, the former head of Yukos, according to his lawyer Yuri Schmidt, thought about a possible appeal to the authorities with a request for parole. “Before, for certain reasons, we did not plan to do this, but now the situation has changed. So Mikhail is thinking,” Schmidt comments cautiously.

Office | dog work The other day in Australia, for the first time, the Take Your Dog to Work campaign was held: everyone could come to the office with their pet. The first to introduce this practice were the Americans, who have been arranging an annual "dog day" for several years in a row. HR professionals believe that the opportunity to take a pet to work increases productivity, and also promotes employee loyalty to the company, reduces stress levels and increases team cohesion.

"Dear Participant," read a message on a monitor in front of a Newsweek reporter who was sitting in an office all alone. - In this task you will need to make a choice. You can earn some money." The task is simple: the correspondent has 50 points, which is equivalent to 50 shekels (about $15). Part of these points must be given to another participant in the experiment - just like that. The rest can be converted into money and taken away. The question is how much to give.

Over the next four years, the American president will withdraw troops from Iraq, sending them to finish off al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan (regardless of the wishes of the latter), meet with Iranian leader Ahmadinejad and negotiate with Russia to reduce the nuclear arsenal.

Once, two - took On the night of last Thursday, on Friday, a few hours after the final goal of Spain at our goal, two drunken teenager with Russian tricolors wandered along the Frunze embankment. "But we will still win this European Championship!" - one fan turned to another. “Yes, Sanya, we’ll defeat it,” a substance responded in an unexpectedly in a clear clear voice.

All Muscovites remember the blackout of 2005, when an accident at the Chagino substation, built half a century ago, caused a cascading power outage in the capital, the Moscow region and neighboring regions. Many experts believe that the accident was a turning point. Without it, there might not have been a reform of the electric power industry.

Pixar's next notoriously high-profile animated project, WALL-E (in the original WALL·E), will hit us on July 3rd. The director of the film, Andrew Stanton, is already famous. His main achievement is the universally beloved painting "Finding Nemo". And about "WALL-E" they say in advance that this is the best animated film of all time. Lord, why am I so indifferent to it and longingly awaiting its completion during the premiere at the Moscow Film Festival?