Nervous mothers give birth to daughters The sex of the unborn child largely depends on the stress to which expectant mothers are exposed. Danish scientists who observed married couples planning to have offspring came to an interesting conclusion: if the mother suffered psychological trauma shortly before conception, she was more likely to give birth to a daughter rather than a son. Cancer is not afraid of grass A plant-based diet does not protect against colon cancer.

5 years ago, August 5, 1996, British hacker Christopher Pyle penetrated the Scotland Yard computer network and connected to the system that controls the detectives' official telephone lines. At the expense of the police department, he saved $1.5 million, it was said, on chatting with his American friends. True, the bobbies who paid for his negotiations did not remain in debt: by the fall, the hacker was identified, caught and put behind bars.

Left-handed people are twice as likely to suffer from bowel disease as right-handed people. Scientists say they don’t know what causes this disgrace. After the research, they suggested that the occurrence of the “left-handed effect” is associated with an increased amount of testosterone in the baby’s blood during the period of intrauterine development. The same excess testosterone may be to blame for subsequent stomach problems.

Gunther Grass. My centenary. "AST" - "Folio", M., 2001. Some consider the early Grasse (Dog Years and especially The Tin Drum) to be better than anything the Nobel laureate (1999) has written since. It seems to me that “My Century” is not only his most recent, but also his most successful work. Quickly and well translated, the novel in short stories consists of one hundred monologues by one hundred fictional characters.

The Media-Most employees have finally found the “pluses” in the fact that the Prosecutor General’s Office is again trying to drag their boss Gusinsky for interrogation. Now you can, for example, calmly cut the salaries of NTV employees or not pay for the production of some programs. The first victim of this policy was “Extreme Situations”.

Williams won Wimbledon for the second year in a row The final of the Wimbledon women's singles tournament took place. The winner was American Venus Williams, who defeated Justine Henin. The decisive match was somewhat similar to the semifinals, in which Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport met. Once again, the black tennis player started the game very strongly. It took her only 20 minutes to win the first game with a score of 6-1.

Representatives of the Mostorginspektsiya visited 52 trading enterprises and checked salmon caviar. The result: in 16 retail outlets, the caviar turned out to be of disgusting quality. “Mold spoils the taste and smell, unusual for this type of product. The physical, chemical and microbiological indicators do not meet the requirements, there are no documents certifying the quality,” the auditors came to such conclusions.

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Efremov Mikhail Born November 10, 1963 Graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (1987, course of V. Bogomolov). In 1987-1991 - artistic director of the Sovremennik-2 Theater Studio. Since 1991 - actor of the Moscow Art Theater. A. Chekhov. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1995).

Russia has extra money - it allocated $100,000,000 for the transition to a common currency with Belarus Viktor Merezhko, not yet a gigolo: - But I don’t have them. Honestly. My son just called and complained that his car was broken into. That guy paid a third and said that he was a poor artist and couldn’t take it anymore. So we repair it ourselves. And this was the extra money I was counting on. But I wouldn’t spend it on women - I love them too much.

Martin Lawrence, who became widely known here after Big Momma's House, is now terribly popular in the States. Moreover, it is not clear why the new film with him and Danny DeVito, called “What’s the Worst That Could Happen” by video pirates, was so coolly received in North America. The comedy turned out to be funny, and in Russia, I’m almost sure, it will definitely be liked: in general, we would gladly mock any millionaire, and even more so one with such a pitiful appearance as DeVito.

Ustinov Vladimir Ustinov Vladimir Vasilievich Born in 1953 in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Territory. In 1968 - 1972 he worked as a tool turner at the Korenovsky sugar plant (Korenovsk, Krasnodar Territory), in 1972 - 1974 he served in the army. In 1974 - 1978 - a student at the Kharkov Law Institute, then an intern, an assistant prosecutor, a senior assistant prosecutor, and a deputy district prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory.

Eldar Ryazanov doesn’t like his third film, “Girl Without an Address.” According to him, it turned out to be “frankly weaker” than the previous one - “Carnival Night”, the next morning after the release of which the young Kharkov resident Lyusya Gurchenko woke up famous. Nevertheless, TV channels broadcast both films with enviable consistency, and which one the audience loves more is still a question. However, today everyone knows Lyudmila Markovna, and only avid St.

Pigs are not only a source of meat and lard, but also excellent substitutes for guard dogs. Which can grunt and bite if desired. Minneapolis resident Becky Moyer's home doesn't have an alarm. But there lives a huge domestic boar named Arnold. One day, returning home late at night, Becky was putting the car in the garage. Suddenly, she was attacked from behind by an unknown man who wanted to rob a defenseless woman.

Robert De Niro plays tough guys in movies, but in real life his extravagant and terribly jealous wife Grace Hightower, who is called Raging Bull behind her back, makes such scenes for him that it’s like dear mother. Let's say I recently threw a tantrum and gave her a decent slap on the wrist. “Bob is caught between two fires,” says a friend of the actor.

Skorzeny Otto Otto Skorzeny The most famous commander of sabotage units of the SS troops, Standartenführer Otto Skorzeny, was born on June 12, 1908 in Vienna in the family of an engineer. He graduated from the University of Vienna, in 1930 he joined the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (NSDAP), nine years later he was enlisted in Adolf Hitler's personal guard regiment, and took part in hostilities in France and the USSR.