Семейные "фишечки" привносят в быт что-то очень дорогое и трепетное, отзывающееся потом теплом еще много-много лет
Monday, December 31, 2012
Две правды: 
О реальном положении дел в Беларуси существуют две правды. Одна -- для электората. В этой правде все хорошо. И даже лучше, чем у кого бы то ни было. Но есть другая правда для внутреннего чиновничьего пользования.
О реальном положении дел в Беларуси существуют две правды. Одна -- для электората. В этой правде все хорошо. И даже лучше, чем у кого бы то ни было. Но есть другая правда для внутреннего чиновничьего пользования.
Красная икра: вкусно, полезно, празднично!: 
Черная икра тоже достойна отдельной статьи, но она слишком дорогая, чтобы считать ее истинно народным продуктом. У красной икры характер более сговорчивый, а цена и вкус вполне конкурентоспособные.
Черная икра тоже достойна отдельной статьи, но она слишком дорогая, чтобы считать ее истинно народным продуктом. У красной икры характер более сговорчивый, а цена и вкус вполне конкурентоспособные.
The Real Political Split In This Country Isn't Between Democrats And Republicans:
The major news media don’t report it correctly, but this isn’t really a nation that is split between big-government Democrats and small-government conservatives; it’s instead a nation that is split between urban and rural dwellers, and also between single and married people.
See this in the nationwide 2012 exit-poll data: Voters in cities with populations of 50-to-500 thousand went for Obama by 58% to 40%; voters in cities of 500,000+ went for Obama by a huge 69% to 29%.
By contrast, voters in towns 10,000-50,000 went for Romney by 56% to 42%; and voters in rural areas (under 10,000) went for Romney by 61% to 37%. (“Suburban” voters were split evenly, 47%/46%, with Obama getting the 1% edge.)
Similarly, unmarried voters went for Obama 62%/40%, whereas married voters went for Romney 56%/42%.
To a lesser extent, this nation is also split between female and male voters, but most of the 2012 electorate (72%) still were Whites, and most white women voted for Romney (by 56%/42%, quite a big margin).
Moreover, most married women (of all races) also voted for Romney (by a modest 53%/46%). So, there were lots of female Republican voters, especially among women who were white and married.
Nonetheless, there was an overall gender-split, women going for Obama by 11%, men going for Romney by 7%, diverging perhaps because most women recognized the Republican war against women, while most men did not (or else didn’t much care about it).
Furthermore, as virtually everyone knows, this nation is politically split between young and old; and the 18-24 year-old voters went for Obama by a massive 60%/36% margin, whereas the 65+ year-old voters went for Romney by 56%/44%.
On the other hand, given the fact that unmarried voters went 62%/40% for Obama, and that married voters went 56%/42% for Romney, the two factors of age and marital status can be treated as virtual substitutes for each other.
(For anyone who wants to know more about them, the only way to separate out those two variables would be by means of the full “crosstabs” from the exit-pollsters, edisonresearch.com, but the “news” media decline to publish that crucial information, and the price of independently obtaining it from the exit-pollster, Edison Research, is $33,000, which apparently no academic researcher has done; so, this information just isn’t publicly available – at least, not yet.)
Additionally, born-again evangelical Protestants went massively, 79%/20%, for Romney, but almost all of them live in Dixie and in Appalacia, according to the Carsey Institute, and both of those regions are predominantly rural.
Still, this 4-to-1 ratio was even more enormous than the rural 61%/37% Romney win in rural areas, so it might possibly indicate a separate religious factor, but not if the most rural of voting districts were likewise breaking 4-to-1 for Romney, which likely was the case in Republican states. Consequently, we don’t yet know whether perhaps even the evangelical vote is politically just a proxy for extremely rural voters.
The U.S. House of Representatives itself is majority-Republican because the Republican Party gerrymandered the nation in 2010 to enable rural voters to retain control of the House: most voters in 2012 actually voted for Democratic U.S. House candidates over Republican ones, but this Republican rigging was successful in retaining Republican control of that body, regardless.
Electoral maps show that most of the square miles of surface-area in this nation are Republican, but the tiny remaining “blue” or Democratic areas are where urban voters predominate. The large “red” areas are where most of the guns are (think “guns=”blood”=”red”), but the few guns that kill people instead of other prey (and there aren’t many deer to be found in the cities) are generally located in the cities.
Consequently, the National Rifle Association holds an iron control over the House of Representatives, which is the sole remaining rural-dominated governmental body in our increasingly urban nation. For as long as that situation continues to be the case, the United States will continue to be far-and-away more violent than any other industrialized nation. Gangsters can easily get guns from the adjoining rural areas.
The gun lobby has perfected the exploitation of the biggest remaining blunder of America’s Founding Fathers (after slavery was abolished in 1865), and so the gun makers will continue to thrive. Apparently, rural voters don’t care more about their voting for urban murderers than male voters care about their voting for rapists and against their victims who want to purchase over-the-counter contraception after having been raped. Those rural voters are instead “traditional values” folks, not such as to be bothered to think about “city slickers” being murdered or raped.
Furthermore, whereas people inside the big cities know too well the importance of protecting their clean air and water, people in rural areas are far likelier to esteem the importance of the fracking rights they might happen to own, or of other possible ways they might have to “make a living off the land.”
How is it possible that legislation to avert catastrophic global warming will ever pass in a political body such as the U.S. House of Representatives?
The source of America’s “political breakdown,” the urban-rural split, is built into our Constitution; and the gun companies, the oil companies, and the other big donors to the Republican Party, have merely mastered it, and they milk it for every red cent.
They don’t care about the world that today’s young will inherit. But, if any hope is to exist at all, it can only be because today’s young people will recognize whom their enemies are, and will act accordingly. Voting Democratic simply won’t be enough to salvage their future.
NOTE: Vermont is the leading exception to the U.S., not an example of the U.S. It’s almost a different nation. It has no city larger than 40,000, and yet is arguably the most progressive of all the states. (It voted for Obama 67%/31%, the highest ratio other than in Obama’s home state of Hawaii.) The analysis that has been presented here does not apply to Vermont, almost all of which is small towns or even more rural than that. Vermont’s culture is strikingly alien even to that of the state’s four adjoining areas: NH, NY, MA, and Canada. Nobody has explained Vermont, and I don’t claim to understand it.
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The major news media don’t report it correctly, but this isn’t really a nation that is split between big-government Democrats and small-government conservatives; it’s instead a nation that is split between urban and rural dwellers, and also between single and married people.
See this in the nationwide 2012 exit-poll data: Voters in cities with populations of 50-to-500 thousand went for Obama by 58% to 40%; voters in cities of 500,000+ went for Obama by a huge 69% to 29%.
By contrast, voters in towns 10,000-50,000 went for Romney by 56% to 42%; and voters in rural areas (under 10,000) went for Romney by 61% to 37%. (“Suburban” voters were split evenly, 47%/46%, with Obama getting the 1% edge.)
Similarly, unmarried voters went for Obama 62%/40%, whereas married voters went for Romney 56%/42%.
To a lesser extent, this nation is also split between female and male voters, but most of the 2012 electorate (72%) still were Whites, and most white women voted for Romney (by 56%/42%, quite a big margin).
Moreover, most married women (of all races) also voted for Romney (by a modest 53%/46%). So, there were lots of female Republican voters, especially among women who were white and married.
Nonetheless, there was an overall gender-split, women going for Obama by 11%, men going for Romney by 7%, diverging perhaps because most women recognized the Republican war against women, while most men did not (or else didn’t much care about it).
Furthermore, as virtually everyone knows, this nation is politically split between young and old; and the 18-24 year-old voters went for Obama by a massive 60%/36% margin, whereas the 65+ year-old voters went for Romney by 56%/44%.
On the other hand, given the fact that unmarried voters went 62%/40% for Obama, and that married voters went 56%/42% for Romney, the two factors of age and marital status can be treated as virtual substitutes for each other.
(For anyone who wants to know more about them, the only way to separate out those two variables would be by means of the full “crosstabs” from the exit-pollsters, edisonresearch.com, but the “news” media decline to publish that crucial information, and the price of independently obtaining it from the exit-pollster, Edison Research, is $33,000, which apparently no academic researcher has done; so, this information just isn’t publicly available – at least, not yet.)
Additionally, born-again evangelical Protestants went massively, 79%/20%, for Romney, but almost all of them live in Dixie and in Appalacia, according to the Carsey Institute, and both of those regions are predominantly rural.
Still, this 4-to-1 ratio was even more enormous than the rural 61%/37% Romney win in rural areas, so it might possibly indicate a separate religious factor, but not if the most rural of voting districts were likewise breaking 4-to-1 for Romney, which likely was the case in Republican states. Consequently, we don’t yet know whether perhaps even the evangelical vote is politically just a proxy for extremely rural voters.
The U.S. House of Representatives itself is majority-Republican because the Republican Party gerrymandered the nation in 2010 to enable rural voters to retain control of the House: most voters in 2012 actually voted for Democratic U.S. House candidates over Republican ones, but this Republican rigging was successful in retaining Republican control of that body, regardless.
Electoral maps show that most of the square miles of surface-area in this nation are Republican, but the tiny remaining “blue” or Democratic areas are where urban voters predominate. The large “red” areas are where most of the guns are (think “guns=”blood”=”red”), but the few guns that kill people instead of other prey (and there aren’t many deer to be found in the cities) are generally located in the cities.
Consequently, the National Rifle Association holds an iron control over the House of Representatives, which is the sole remaining rural-dominated governmental body in our increasingly urban nation. For as long as that situation continues to be the case, the United States will continue to be far-and-away more violent than any other industrialized nation. Gangsters can easily get guns from the adjoining rural areas.
The gun lobby has perfected the exploitation of the biggest remaining blunder of America’s Founding Fathers (after slavery was abolished in 1865), and so the gun makers will continue to thrive. Apparently, rural voters don’t care more about their voting for urban murderers than male voters care about their voting for rapists and against their victims who want to purchase over-the-counter contraception after having been raped. Those rural voters are instead “traditional values” folks, not such as to be bothered to think about “city slickers” being murdered or raped.
Furthermore, whereas people inside the big cities know too well the importance of protecting their clean air and water, people in rural areas are far likelier to esteem the importance of the fracking rights they might happen to own, or of other possible ways they might have to “make a living off the land.”
How is it possible that legislation to avert catastrophic global warming will ever pass in a political body such as the U.S. House of Representatives?
The source of America’s “political breakdown,” the urban-rural split, is built into our Constitution; and the gun companies, the oil companies, and the other big donors to the Republican Party, have merely mastered it, and they milk it for every red cent.
They don’t care about the world that today’s young will inherit. But, if any hope is to exist at all, it can only be because today’s young people will recognize whom their enemies are, and will act accordingly. Voting Democratic simply won’t be enough to salvage their future.
NOTE: Vermont is the leading exception to the U.S., not an example of the U.S. It’s almost a different nation. It has no city larger than 40,000, and yet is arguably the most progressive of all the states. (It voted for Obama 67%/31%, the highest ratio other than in Obama’s home state of Hawaii.) The analysis that has been presented here does not apply to Vermont, almost all of which is small towns or even more rural than that. Vermont’s culture is strikingly alien even to that of the state’s four adjoining areas: NH, NY, MA, and Canada. Nobody has explained Vermont, and I don’t claim to understand it.
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Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of They’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010, and of CHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity.Please follow Politics on Twitter and Facebook.
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Шчаслівага года!: 
Сябры! Мы жадаем усім такога года, ў якім будзе шмат добрых нагод і кілішак падняць, і артыкул напісаць. Астролагі абяцаюць, што надыходзіць Год Мудрасці, год нечаканых, але вызначальных паваротаў. Няхай так і будзе і ў лёсе кожнага з нас, і ў лёсе краіны! Шчасця Вам, здароўя і свабоды!
Сябры! Мы жадаем усім такога года, ў якім будзе шмат добрых нагод і кілішак падняць, і артыкул напісаць. Астролагі абяцаюць, што надыходзіць Год Мудрасці, год нечаканых, але вызначальных паваротаў. Няхай так і будзе і ў лёсе кожнага з нас, і ў лёсе краіны! Шчасця Вам, здароўя і свабоды!
Семашко с протянутой рукой как символ белорусско-российских отношений: Призрак уходящего 2012 года, наводя ужас на прохожих и вызывая союзническую тоску у высшего руководства России, бродит, как неприкаянный в эти последние декабрьские дни по заснеженной и обледенелой Москве.
Ня ведаеце сваіх планаў на Новы Год?: Дадавайце свае каментары: дзе вы, колькі вас, каго шукаеце ў кампанію — і святкуйце разам!
Гороскоп-2013. Хороший год для перемен: Овнам звезды обещают яркие события, а Скорпионам — изменение мировоззрения…
Новый год на работе. Как отмечают праздник "без отрыва от производства"?: 
Они отмечают Новый год по-другому. Ни шампанского, когда куранты бьют, ни традиционного оливье, когда все за столом его уже попробовали. О том, как это, встречать праздник на работе - в материале TUT.BY
Они отмечают Новый год по-другому. Ни шампанского, когда куранты бьют, ни традиционного оливье, когда все за столом его уже попробовали. О том, как это, встречать праздник на работе - в материале TUT.BY
У навагоднюю ноч — галоўнае дзейства ля Нацыянальнай бібліятэкі, феерверк — на праспекце Пераможцаў: У ноч з 31 снежня на 1 студзеня ва ўсіх раёнах Мінска пройдуць святочны праграмы, паведамляе прэс-служба Мінгарвыканкама.
2012-й белорусы прожили как в сказке. О потерянном времени: Если коротко говорить о 2012-м, то год получился никакой — и для власти, и для ее политических оппонентов, и для значительной части обычных граждан Беларуси. Ничего не решено, проблемы просто отодвинуты на 2013-й.
Як правільна піць шампанскае?: Цяжка ўявіць святочны навагодні стол без шампанскага, а таму нялішнімі будуць парады спецыяліста адносна таго, як і з чым спажываць гэты высакародны напой.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Численность населения Беларуси сократилась на 4,5 тыс.:
За январь-ноябрь 2012 года численность населения Беларуси сократилась на 4,5 тыс.
За январь-ноябрь 2012 года численность населения Беларуси сократилась на 4,5 тыс.
Матчи "Динамо" на "Минск-Арене" посетил миллионный болельщик: 
Вчера в ходе поединка со "Спартаком" был зафиксирован миллионный посетитель игр "зубров" в КХЛ на "Минск-Арене".
Вчера в ходе поединка со "Спартаком" был зафиксирован миллионный посетитель игр "зубров" в КХЛ на "Минск-Арене".
Последний выпуск проекта о маленьких радостях жизни.
«Жыве Беларусь!». Альтэрнатыва навагодняму віншаванню Лукашэнкі: З Новым годам беларусаў павіншаваў экс-кандыдат на прэзідэнта Рыгор Кастусёў.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Минское "Динамо" завершило год победой над "Спартаком": 
В последнем матче 2012 года хоккеисты минского "Динамо" выиграли у московского "Спартака" со счетом 3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0).
В последнем матче 2012 года хоккеисты минского "Динамо" выиграли у московского "Спартака" со счетом 3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0).
1 января тарифная ставка первого разряда повышается до 240 тысяч рублей:
1 января 2013 года тарифная ставка первого разряда для оплаты труда работников бюджетных организаций и иных организаций, получающих субсидии, работники которых приравнены по оплате труда к работникам бюджетных организаций, повышается в Беларуси до Br240 тыс.
1 января 2013 года тарифная ставка первого разряда для оплаты труда работников бюджетных организаций и иных организаций, получающих субсидии, работники которых приравнены по оплате труда к работникам бюджетных организаций, повышается в Беларуси до Br240 тыс.
Вынікі году: беларускамоўнае навучаньне: У 2012 годзе ў Беларусі закрылі 128 малакамплектных школ у сельскай мясцовасьці. Пераважна яны былі беларускамоўныя. Толькі ў 16 з прыкладна 230 сярэдніх навучальных установаў Менску ёсьць магчымасьць вучыцца па-беларуску. Ніводнай цалкам беларускамоўнай школы няма ў абласных цэнтрах і вялікіх гарадах краіны. У Магілёве ў беларускамоўнай клясе засталася адна навучэнка — Ялінка Салаўёва.
"Крама": С новым годом!: Группа "Крама" представляет свою новую песню "С Новым годом", которая войдет в будущий новый альбом.
Солдаты той войны...: 
Не будет преувеличением сказать, что последние десятилетия в Беларуси шла нескончаемая война. Информационная. На уничтожение. Власть делала все возможное и невозможное, чтобы дискредитировать, растоптать, уничтожить своих оппонентов.
Не будет преувеличением сказать, что последние десятилетия в Беларуси шла нескончаемая война. Информационная. На уничтожение. Власть делала все возможное и невозможное, чтобы дискредитировать, растоптать, уничтожить своих оппонентов.
Солдаты той войны...:
Не будет преувеличением сказать, что последние десятилетия в Беларуси шла нескончаемая война. Информационная. На уничтожение. Власть делала все возможное и невозможное, чтобы дискредитировать, растоптать, уничтожить своих оппонентов.
Не будет преувеличением сказать, что последние десятилетия в Беларуси шла нескончаемая война. Информационная. На уничтожение. Власть делала все возможное и невозможное, чтобы дискредитировать, растоптать, уничтожить своих оппонентов.
Самый абсурдный арест года: 
Арест Антона Суряпина за фотографии плюшевых медведей признан самым абсурдным в мире в 2012 году.
Арест Антона Суряпина за фотографии плюшевых медведей признан самым абсурдным в мире в 2012 году.
В новогодний эфир выйдет единственная на Гродненщине любительская радиостанция из Щучина: 
За сорок лет щучинские радиолюбители наладили связь со своими коллегами из более чем 150 стран мира, провели десятки тысяч радиосвязей, около трехсот ребятишек получили навыки работы в эфире...
За сорок лет щучинские радиолюбители наладили связь со своими коллегами из более чем 150 стран мира, провели десятки тысяч радиосвязей, около трехсот ребятишек получили навыки работы в эфире...
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Блог Дмитрия Растаева. В Бобруйск приехал Шура Балаганов. Где он был так долго?: 
Бронзовую скульптуру легендарного сына лейтенанта Шмидта, героя романа "Золотой телёнок", установили сегодня в городе на Березине.
Бронзовую скульптуру легендарного сына лейтенанта Шмидта, героя романа "Золотой телёнок", установили сегодня в городе на Березине.
Горадня: калядная паштоўка таксама мае гісторыю: У гарадзенскім музеі “Гарадніца” адкрылася выстава каляднай і навагодняй паштоўкі. – Тут прадстаўлена больш за 130 паштовак. Самая старая адносіцца да пачатку ХХ стагоддзя, – кажа Святлана Чушынская, загадчык аддзела народнай творчасці. – Выстава называецца “З гісторыі каляднай (далей…)
Дзед Мароз супраць Зюзі, Святога Мікалая і Ледзянога Дзеда: Хто з гэтых персанажаў больш традыцыйны для беларусаў, хто самы стары і самы родны?
Белорусская электроника может создать помехи для любых армий: Белорусские средства радиоэлектронной борьбы становятся ходовым товаром на мировом рынке высокотехнологичных вооружений...
Конкурс імя Янкі Маўра: Пішыце для падлеткаў!: Саюз беларускіх пісьменьнікаў і Беларускі ПЭН-цэнтар з 1 студзеня 2013 году абвяшчаюць пра пачатак прыёму твораў на конкурс маладых пісьменьнікаў «Эксьлібрыс» імя Янкі Маўра. У 2013 годзе споўніцца 130 гадоў з дня нараджэньня Янкі Маўра.
60 тысяч евро пропадают на улице в Гродненской области: 
В деревеньке Трощицы неподалеку от Мира корреспонденты "ВГ" обнаружили "исчезнувший" Минский фарфоровый завод.
В деревеньке Трощицы неподалеку от Мира корреспонденты "ВГ" обнаружили "исчезнувший" Минский фарфоровый завод.
Кубу завалят белорусскими тракторами: Чрезвычайный и Полномочный Посол Кубы в Беларуси Альфредо Ньевес Портуондо заявил, что Куба увеличит закупки белорусских тракторов в 2013 году.
Учиться в Беларуси дороже, чем в Сорбонне: «Салідарнасць» посчитала, сколько средних зарплат потратят на год учебы в вузе белорусы и жители зарубежных стран.
Топ-5 самых незвычайных твораў пра Пуціна: Асуджаны расейскі актывіст Леанід Развазжаеў напісаў за кратамі верш пра сустрэчу з Пуціным.
Вы кто - жемчужная щука, крадущийся лис или кричащий петух?: 
Мы предлагаем одну из версий славянского чертога (зодиака), согласно которой 2013 год пройдет под тотемом Бородатой Жабы...
Мы предлагаем одну из версий славянского чертога (зодиака), согласно которой 2013 год пройдет под тотемом Бородатой Жабы...
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Госконтроль "наехал" на предприятие за горящие без нужды лампочки: 2013 год объявлен в стране Годом бережливости, чиновники настоятельно советуют экономить как предприятиям, так и гражданам — в быту. Госконтроль, например, от слов уже переходит к делу.
Белорусский сюрприз: 
«Седая легенда» -- настоящий успех театра, это редкий по своей цельности и гармоничности образец оперного, музыкально-театрального искусства, пишут московские критики.
«Седая легенда» -- настоящий успех театра, это редкий по своей цельности и гармоничности образец оперного, музыкально-театрального искусства, пишут московские критики.
«Габрэй» ці «жыд» – як слушна казаць па-беларуску?: Гэтае пытанне было навеянае скандалам, які разгарэўся нядаўна ва Украіне. Дэпутат Мірашнічэнка, тлумачачы выказванні галівудскай актрысы Мілы Куніс яе паходжаннем, назваў яе «жыдоўкай». Пазней аналіз украінскага Мінюста не выявіў у словах «жыд» і «жыдоўка» нормаў, якія б забаранялі (далей…)
У гонар 15-годдзя “Народнага альбома” з’явіўся фільм пра яго стварэнне: Кароткая дакументальная стужка “Шлях да мроі: Народны Альбом” закліканае нагадаць беларусам пра культавы праект ды даць штуршок да выхаду з дэпрэсіі.
Население нередко потребляет загрязненные радионуклидами грибы и ягоды, говорит специалист:
В Беларуси до сих пор сохраняется проблема высокого содержания радионуклидов в грибах и ягодах на постчернобыльских территориях.
В Беларуси до сих пор сохраняется проблема высокого содержания радионуклидов в грибах и ягодах на постчернобыльских территориях.
Беларуская мова 2012: страты і набыткі: Таварыства беларускай мовы імя Францішка Скарыны дамаглося ад кіраўніцтва Беларускай чыгункі афармленьня па-беларуску чыгуначнага вакзала ў Берасьці. Пратэсты грамадзкасьці змусілі агенцтва «Мінсктранс» вярнуць нацыянальную мову на праязныя квіткі ў Менску. Адначасна адмыслоўцы заяўляюць, што ў 2012 годзе беларуская мова мела і здабыткі, і страты.
За свои зарплаты работники завода "Луч" не могут купить себе дорогие часы: 
- Я считаю, что самый главный показатель работы предприятия - зарплата. За октябрь она в среднем составила 3,1 миллиона рублей. При этом более 60% работников получают гораздо меньше, - говорит профсоюзный лидер. - Все это результат неполной занятости и снижения объемов производства.
- Я считаю, что самый главный показатель работы предприятия - зарплата. За октябрь она в среднем составила 3,1 миллиона рублей. При этом более 60% работников получают гораздо меньше, - говорит профсоюзный лидер. - Все это результат неполной занятости и снижения объемов производства.
Идеальное применение: логотип ЧМ-2014 по хоккею на туалетной бумаге: В продаже появилась туалетная бумага с символикой Чемпионата мира по хоккею, который должен пройти в Минске в мае 2014 года.
Напиться в пэчворк, дришпельнуть и шекалдыкнуть: Венедикт Ерофеев вдохновил немцев на изучение русской алколексики
Актывіста судзяць за святкаванне Слуцкага збройнага чыну: У судзе Маскоўскага раёну Менску разглядаецца адміністратыўная справа грамадскага дзеяча Аляксандра Макаева. Ён абвінавачваецца ў арганізацыі масавага мерапрыемства, якое прайшло 1 снежня і было прымеркаванае да гадавіны Слуцкага антыбальшавіцкага паўстання.
На горнолыжной трассе вблизи Коробчиц можно будет кататься круглый год на санках: 
В парке активного отдыха проектом предусмотрено также строительство площадок для квадроциклов, игры в пейнтбол, сооружение лыжероллерной трассы и многое другое...
В парке активного отдыха проектом предусмотрено также строительство площадок для квадроциклов, игры в пейнтбол, сооружение лыжероллерной трассы и многое другое...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
12 Chess Terms That Every Journalist Needs To Know:
Here's a headline that was in USA Today a few days ago: Obama, Boehner continue stalemate on 'fiscal cliff'.
Anyone who knows chess terminology knows that it makes no sense. A "stalemate" happens at the very end of the game, when neither side has a legal move, and so the game is tied. There is no way to "continue" a stalemate. And the headline writer presumably was not trying to imply that there were literally no more options in the discussion. In fairness, lots of people misuse stalemate.
That being said, chess offers up a wealth of nice terminology that can spice up your writing if you use the terms correctly. Anyone who writes professionally, whether as a journalist or analyst or anything else, could benefit with some knowledge of chess terms.
So as a service, here are a few terms, what they mean, and how they might apply to the news.
Alekhine's Gun — When your queen and both rooks are all along the same file, they can be incredibly powerful. This orientation is named after the chess master Alexander Alekhine. This is a great term to use to describe any time you have a bunch of heavy hitters all lined up together, focusing on a single target.
Bad Bishop — In chess, you have two bishops that move along diagonals, each of which only occupies one color throughout the whole game. The bishop that starts on a white square can never occupy a black square. In a game where all of your pawns on light squares, your white bishop becomes a "bad bishop" as it becomes hemmed in and impotent. In politics, you see assets misused all the time, as their vantage point makes them particularly ill-suited to bring a certain case. A Wall Street CEO coming out as a spokesperson for later retirement? That's a bad bishop.
E2-E4 — This is the most common opening move in all of chess, as it involves moving your king pawn out two squares. Bobby Fischer famously called this opening move the "best by test." When a politician makes the most predictable possible announcement (such as when Obama started the Fiscal Cliff talks by saying he wanted everyone to freeze taxes on incomes sub-$250K) that was the E2-E4 of political moves.
Five-Piece Endgame — A very common endgame scenario in chess involves one side having a king and a rook while the other side has a king, a rook, and a pawn (five pieces total). Usually the side that is a pawn up can win, but not before an extremely drawn out and predictable fight that leaves little room for error. Any scenario where the finale is obvious, but the process of getting there is drawn out might be characterized this way.
Kibbitzer — Kibbitzers are those annoying folk who stand behind you while you play, whispering or even outright commenting on the game in progress. Pretty much everyone on twitter is a kibbitzer.
Knight Fork — Due to the knight's unusual L-shaped moves, it can be used in clever ways to attack two other pieces at once. Anytime a politician or business attacks two far apart things in one blow, the term applies.
Queening — A pawn that makes it from its starting point all the way to the other end of the board gets promoted into being a queen. After taking the lead on budget issues, Paul Ryan got queened when Mitt Romney made him his VP selection, essentially making him one of the most powerful people in the GOP.
Simul — When a master demonstrates his skill by playing several simultaneous games at once with amateurs. Any executive who has to multi-task and address several different issues at once could be said to be playing a simul.
Theory — Because there have been so many documented chess games, almost every possible opening sequence has been played several times over. Grandmasters have a huge library of these openings memorized, and can play them rote without much thought. As long as a game is going according to some previously played sequence, it's all going according to "theory." Eventually every game deviates, at which point the real game begins.
Zeitnot — In competitive chess, the players use a chess clock, which alots each player a certain amount of time to make all of their moves. As the endgame draws near the need for speed causes the players to make worse moves because time is running low. That time pressure is Zeitnot. That could be used to characterize the Plan B fiasco.
Zugzwang — This is a state that occurs usually near the end of a chess match, when it becomes advantageous for the other side to make a move before you do. This might happen if you have a perfectly secure position, but you'll inevitably weaken your position by moving. When John Boehner is calling on the Senate to move next, you know the fiscal cliff talks are in zugzwang.
Zwischenzug — An "in-between" move. If there's an obvious play, but the player decides to delay that move for whatever reason, this is a Zwischenzug. Again, Plan B might have been a Zwischenzug.
Bottom line is that chess offers a wealth of cool terms with unique definitions that can spruce up writing. No need to stick to tired terms like stalemate or checkmate.
Learn more terms at this great glossary on Wikipedia >
Please follow Business Insider on Twitter and Facebook.
Join the conversation about this story »
Here's a headline that was in USA Today a few days ago: Obama, Boehner continue stalemate on 'fiscal cliff'.
Anyone who knows chess terminology knows that it makes no sense. A "stalemate" happens at the very end of the game, when neither side has a legal move, and so the game is tied. There is no way to "continue" a stalemate. And the headline writer presumably was not trying to imply that there were literally no more options in the discussion. In fairness, lots of people misuse stalemate.
That being said, chess offers up a wealth of nice terminology that can spice up your writing if you use the terms correctly. Anyone who writes professionally, whether as a journalist or analyst or anything else, could benefit with some knowledge of chess terms.
So as a service, here are a few terms, what they mean, and how they might apply to the news.
Alekhine's Gun — When your queen and both rooks are all along the same file, they can be incredibly powerful. This orientation is named after the chess master Alexander Alekhine. This is a great term to use to describe any time you have a bunch of heavy hitters all lined up together, focusing on a single target.
Bad Bishop — In chess, you have two bishops that move along diagonals, each of which only occupies one color throughout the whole game. The bishop that starts on a white square can never occupy a black square. In a game where all of your pawns on light squares, your white bishop becomes a "bad bishop" as it becomes hemmed in and impotent. In politics, you see assets misused all the time, as their vantage point makes them particularly ill-suited to bring a certain case. A Wall Street CEO coming out as a spokesperson for later retirement? That's a bad bishop.E2-E4 — This is the most common opening move in all of chess, as it involves moving your king pawn out two squares. Bobby Fischer famously called this opening move the "best by test." When a politician makes the most predictable possible announcement (such as when Obama started the Fiscal Cliff talks by saying he wanted everyone to freeze taxes on incomes sub-$250K) that was the E2-E4 of political moves.
Five-Piece Endgame — A very common endgame scenario in chess involves one side having a king and a rook while the other side has a king, a rook, and a pawn (five pieces total). Usually the side that is a pawn up can win, but not before an extremely drawn out and predictable fight that leaves little room for error. Any scenario where the finale is obvious, but the process of getting there is drawn out might be characterized this way.
Kibbitzer — Kibbitzers are those annoying folk who stand behind you while you play, whispering or even outright commenting on the game in progress. Pretty much everyone on twitter is a kibbitzer.
Knight Fork — Due to the knight's unusual L-shaped moves, it can be used in clever ways to attack two other pieces at once. Anytime a politician or business attacks two far apart things in one blow, the term applies.
Queening — A pawn that makes it from its starting point all the way to the other end of the board gets promoted into being a queen. After taking the lead on budget issues, Paul Ryan got queened when Mitt Romney made him his VP selection, essentially making him one of the most powerful people in the GOP.Simul — When a master demonstrates his skill by playing several simultaneous games at once with amateurs. Any executive who has to multi-task and address several different issues at once could be said to be playing a simul.
Theory — Because there have been so many documented chess games, almost every possible opening sequence has been played several times over. Grandmasters have a huge library of these openings memorized, and can play them rote without much thought. As long as a game is going according to some previously played sequence, it's all going according to "theory." Eventually every game deviates, at which point the real game begins.
Zeitnot — In competitive chess, the players use a chess clock, which alots each player a certain amount of time to make all of their moves. As the endgame draws near the need for speed causes the players to make worse moves because time is running low. That time pressure is Zeitnot. That could be used to characterize the Plan B fiasco.Zugzwang — This is a state that occurs usually near the end of a chess match, when it becomes advantageous for the other side to make a move before you do. This might happen if you have a perfectly secure position, but you'll inevitably weaken your position by moving. When John Boehner is calling on the Senate to move next, you know the fiscal cliff talks are in zugzwang.
Zwischenzug — An "in-between" move. If there's an obvious play, but the player decides to delay that move for whatever reason, this is a Zwischenzug. Again, Plan B might have been a Zwischenzug.
Bottom line is that chess offers a wealth of cool terms with unique definitions that can spruce up writing. No need to stick to tired terms like stalemate or checkmate.
Learn more terms at this great glossary on Wikipedia >
Please follow Business Insider on Twitter and Facebook.
Join the conversation about this story »
В белорусскую World of Tanks играет даже Ватикан (21 фото):
Белорусская компания Wargaming, разработчик всемирно известной игры World of Tanks, прошла большой путь с момента нашего последнего общения и готова поведать о своих новых успехах. Ежедневно «Мир Танков» собирает более 600 тыс. человек онлайн только на постсоветском пространстве, а сами варгеймовцы получили важнейшие награды и мировое признание. Игра прошла нелегкий путь до проекта, на который равняются другие.
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Белорусская компания Wargaming, разработчик всемирно известной игры World of Tanks, прошла большой путь с момента нашего последнего общения и готова поведать о своих новых успехах. Ежедневно «Мир Танков» собирает более 600 тыс. человек онлайн только на постсоветском пространстве, а сами варгеймовцы получили важнейшие награды и мировое признание. Игра прошла нелегкий путь до проекта, на который равняются другие.
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"У нашай гісторыі ёсць нямала слаўных дат, і давайце не будзем забываць, што ў свой час ВКЛ было адной з самых уплывовых дзяржаў Еўропы".
"У нашай гісторыі ёсць нямала слаўных дат, і давайце не будзем забываць, што ў свой час ВКЛ было адной з самых уплывовых дзяржаў Еўропы".
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Эрикссон: Годы, прошедшие в Беларуси, были для меня лучшими в моей жизни: "Годы, прошедшие в Беларуси, были для меня очень хорошими, лучшими, можно сказать, в моей жизни", — заявил бывший посол Швеции в Минске Стефан Эрикссон в новогоднем поздравлении белорусам.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Экономика на пальцах. Иногда правильной промышленной политикой является эвтаназия предприятия: 
Последние недели прошли под знаком интенсивных поездок президента по стране, решающего проблемы модернизации отдельных отраслей и даже предприятий, в то время как Совмин и Нацбанк занимались макроэкономикой, отчитываясь о прошлых успехах и строя планы на будущее (хотя, казалось, логичнее было бы обратное разделение ролей).
Последние недели прошли под знаком интенсивных поездок президента по стране, решающего проблемы модернизации отдельных отраслей и даже предприятий, в то время как Совмин и Нацбанк занимались макроэкономикой, отчитываясь о прошлых успехах и строя планы на будущее (хотя, казалось, логичнее было бы обратное разделение ролей).
Ураджэнец Мінска хакеіст Павел Бурэ ў 41 год упершыню стане бацькам: Імя «Рускай ракеты» грымела на ўвесь свет у 1990-ыя.
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Трудолюбивые Дед Мороз и Снегурочка за неделю могут заработать около 700 долларов: 
Когда родители приглашают Деда Мороза и Снегурочку поздравить детей, все выглядит красиво. Пушистая борода, румянец на щеках, поставленный номер. Но всегда есть обратная сторона медали. Наш корреспондент поработала Снегурочкой и узнала, что стоит за этой новогодней мишурой.
Когда родители приглашают Деда Мороза и Снегурочку поздравить детей, все выглядит красиво. Пушистая борода, румянец на щеках, поставленный номер. Но всегда есть обратная сторона медали. Наш корреспондент поработала Снегурочкой и узнала, что стоит за этой новогодней мишурой.
«Беларуская мова, ці згодная вы ўзяць у законныя мужыкі русскій язык?» — відэа: Угарны выступ студэнтаў машынабудаўнічага факультэта на Фестывалі беларускай культуры ў БНТУ.
Колядное шестие к Адаму Мицкевичу: 24 декабря в Минске прошла традиционная рождественская процессия, посвященная 204-й годовщине со дня рождения поэта Адама Мицкевича.
У вырай на… «Горадня Азот»: Паводле гарадзенскіх арнітолагаў, сотні, калі не тысячы, асобін вадаплаўных птушак замест таго, каб адлятаць у вырай, застаюцца на сажалках ААТ «Горадня Азот». Тэмпература вады на некаторых з іх можа дасягаць +20.
Аперацыя “Спыні п’янага кіроўцу!”: 
На Каляды і навагоднія святы Дзяржаўтаінспекцыя перайшла на ўзмоцнены варыянт нясення службы. Пад кантролем будуць знаходзіцца вуліцы каля месцаў правядзення святочных мерапрыемстваў.
На Каляды і навагоднія святы Дзяржаўтаінспекцыя перайшла на ўзмоцнены варыянт нясення службы. Пад кантролем будуць знаходзіцца вуліцы каля месцаў правядзення святочных мерапрыемстваў.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Жирные кислоты и холестерин стимулируют нейрогенез:
Превращение стволовых нервных клеток в зрелые нейроны происходит под действием производных желчных кислот и холестерина, рецепторы для которых есть и в клетках мозга.
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