Today we celebrate a somewhat unexpected date. On June 6, 1664, the city of New Amsterdam disappeared from the face of the earth. No earthquakes or typhoons - it was simply renamed New York. Not because English York is better than Dutch Amsterdam, but because they wanted to suck up to the Duke of York, a major nobleman of those times.

Remember the advertising story, which was later turned into a joke: “Are you pouring all sorts of crap on your apples? Why not? And I’m watering!” Laughter is laughter, but today the largest producers of fruits, vegetables, berries and grains act in the role of a grandfather, flavoring the future food growing on branches, in beds, in the field with all sorts of “chemicals”. Can a summer resident provide himself with “clean” gardening products? Quite.

“There are no ugly women. There are those who don’t know how to use cosmetics,” make-up artists are sure. Take the advice of professionals to look flawless. Eyes To make your eyelashes look fuller, thicker and fluffier, lightly powder them before applying mascara. How to carefully line your eyes? If your hands are shaking, don't try to draw one continuous line. Apply eyeliner in strokes. This technique will help you correct mistakes immediately.

To get used to a new climate, a person needs 5–7 days, so experts advise going on vacation for a long time – ideally 3–4 weeks. If it is not possible to go on a long trip, try to gradually adapt to the new rhythm of life. A trip to another country brings a lot of impressions to a traveler’s life: it introduces you to a new culture, gives you the opportunity to try exotic cuisine and meet new people.

“The Moment of Truth” returns to TV, to the network of Channel Five, whose leadership is known for its connections with the top of the country. On the eve of the elections, the main telekillers (Karaulov, Solovyov, Dorenko) again take their places in the ranks. A little more than six months have passed since the TV Center channel, where Karaulov spent his best years under Luzhkov, shamefully spat out “The Moment of Truth” along with the presenter.

“Why does postpartum depression happen and how to deal with it?” Tatiana, Saratov – According to studies, such depression is registered in 5-25 percent of women (differences are due to different diagnostic criteria, different periods of detection and the age of the patients). Interestingly, depression associated with the birth of a child is also observed in men. Most often it is registered in the first 5 months after the birth of a child and can last up to a year.

On STS there is the premiere of the entertaining and intellectual show “My Family Against Everyone” (from June 4 on Saturdays, at 11.00). The quiz consists of 13 questions that ordinary Russians ask their peers. The fight for prize money is settled by a couple of presenters - Tatyana Lazareva and Mikhail Shats, to whom we turned for details. – Have you decided to fulfill the dream of millions – to feel like an expert?

Anna and Sergei Litvinov’s new novel “Sky Island” is the perfect beach read. And I do not advise looking for derogatory meaning in this definition: on the beach you also need to read something, and secondly, in the novel everything is not so simple. The Litvinovs know how to write cheerfully, dynamically and accurately, but at the same time work with the most modern realities, from which magazine prose disgustingly turns away.

Having won against Armenia 3:1, the Russian national football team strengthened its chances of reaching the final part of Euro 2012, but instead of joy, this victory caused disappointment and bewilderment. If we play so sluggishly against the Armenians, do our players need the European Championship? And if necessary, then why are we playing so sluggishly?

A monument to the poet and Nobel laureate was erected in Moscow opposite the American embassy. For five years, the finished pedestal by Georgy Frangulyan (his most famous sculpture is Bulat Okudzhava on Arbat) waited for permission to take its place on Novinsky Boulevard. The monument was installed so that Joseph Brodsky is looking at the American diplomatic mission. It was to the States that the poet emigrated. “This was a proposal from Luzhkov and Kuzmin (the chief architect of Moscow.

In Udmurtia, the state of emergency that was in effect in eleven settlements of the republic was lifted. A state of emergency was established due to a fire and shell explosions that occurred at an ammunition depot of one of the military units in the village of Pugachevo.

exhibition.jpg The community of independent artists of Moscow and the Moscow region, under the leadership of Shamil Shavlikov, organized a charity exhibition of their paintings in a special exhibition pavilion of a country house located at the address: Moscow region, Odintsovo district, Kubinka city, North side, 1st passage, building 11. The exhibition included more than 100 works. The artists provided them free of charge.

It's summer time, that's the thing. Spectators are running to the beaches and barbecues; there is no time for clubs and cinema. Therefore, PR services have to work hard to drag viewers into the cinema. The comedy “All Inclusive” is already being actively advertised on TV, and here the “long-awaited premiere” is overshadowed by information about the possibility of courts and a postponement of the premiere.

Tatyana Anatolyevna buried her husband, Vladimir Krainev, a month ago. That’s why she doesn’t go to social events yet. But she couldn’t help but come to the presentation of the book “All About My Father.” This is a volume of memoirs of famous personalities about their parents, carefully collected by the writer Sergei Nikolaevich. The book contains chapters from Tatyana Tarasova herself, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Ilze Liepa, Eduard Limonov, Anton Tabakov, Denis Evstigneev.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called the Russian Constitution and the entire system of political governance of the country “unviable” and announced the need to replace it. According to Medvedev, this is due to the fact that “all signals” in Russia should come only from the Kremlin, therefore, what is not coordinated in our country by the president is not coordinated by anyone.