Media: died actress from the movie “Sound of music” Heather Menzies-Urich

Media: died actress from the movie “Sound of music” Heather Menzies-Urich According to Variety magazine, four weeks before death she was diagnosed with a deadly brain cancer. TASS, 26 Dec. American actress of canadian origin Heather Menzies-Urich, best known for the role in the movie musical “the Sound of music” (The Sound of Music, 1965), died in Ontario at the age of 68 years. This was announced on Monday by Variety magazine, citing her family. As reported by her son Ryan Urich, actress passed away December 24, surrounded by family members. According to the publication, four weeks before death she was diagnosed with a deadly brain cancer. Heather Menzies-Urich born December 3, 1949 in Toronto. In addition to the role of Louisa von Trapp — daughter of one of the main characters in “the Sound of music,” which won five Academy awards, has played in several other films and TV

From birch-bark to spellchecker: how it changed science, academician Zaliznyak?

From birch-bark to spellchecker: how it changed science, academician Zaliznyak? 24 Dec died academician Andrei Zaliznyak — academician-linguist, leading researcher of the Novgorod birchbark documents, to prove the authenticity of “the Word about Igor’s regiment”. What else did he do for science? During the download an error has occurred. He was 82 years old. Russian service Bi-bi-si has compiled the main achievements of academician Andrei Zaliznyak. A single algorithm for all spellcheckers His first monograph — “the Inflection of the Russian language” — Zaliznyak dedicated to a systematic description of the inflection of the Russian language. He brought in single system of one hundred percent declination of nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numerals. In fact, Zaliznyak made the rules, of which there are no exceptions. The result of the work was his dictionary. The scientist brought a single algorithm for all words — including those that only appear in language —

Freight cars derailed in Transbaikalia

Freight cars derailed in Transbaikalia Delayed train Beijing — Moscow. Moscow. 26 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — Cars of a freight train derailed in the Zabaykalsky Krai, the result of delayed passenger train Beijing — Moscow, the press service of the TRANS-Baikal railway. “In connection with the derailment of a freight train on the stretch Bud — Zhipkhegen the Chita region of TRANS-Baikal railway delayed passenger trains No. 19 Beijing — Moscow, and also canceled two suburban passenger trains No. 6106 Petrovskiy Zavod Khilok, No. 6107 Khilok — Petrovsky Zavod”, — stated in the message. According to the press service, 4:47 Tuesday (22:47 GMT Wednesday) on the stretch Bud — Zhipkhegen occurred gathering 16 cars of a freight train. “Victims are not present, threat of ecology is not”, — underlined in the message. The press service noted that the broken gauge of the adjacent track, the movement of trains on a stage

Onishchenko told what to avoid when preparing for the New year

Onishchenko told what to avoid when preparing for the New year MOSCOW, 26 Dec — RIA Novosti. During the preparation for the celebration of the New year should especially keep track of your purchases, at this time, the sellers will try to sell “illiquid” goods, told RIA Novosti the Deputy of the state Duma from “United Russia”, the former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko. “Christmas trees, children’s gifts — are now trying to sell all the “old news”, it is necessary very seriously to follow, especially in regard to food for children. And attentive to the toys that are purchased, that it was not falsified”, — said Onishchenko. He noted that we need to be careful and resist the urge to buy cheap, because it can cause due to defective materials or paints, kids can get sick.

The CEC has no objections to the congregation for the Bulk, but due to previous convictions he cannot be nominated

The Chairman of the Central election Commission of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova (center) © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. A group of voters in support of self blogger Alexei Navalny on elections of the President of the Russian Federation was held in the framework of the law, but he can not run due to an unexpunged conviction for a grave crime. This was announced Monday at a meeting of the CEC.

Scientists have found that keeping marriage to enjoy life

Scientists have found that keeping marriage to enjoy life MOSCOW, 25 Dec — RIA Novosti. Canadian scientists found that married or living with their partners, people tend to experience greater satisfaction from life than singles. The study was conducted in the UK, the results have been published in the journal of Happiness Studies. Shawn Grover and John Helliwell from the Vancouver school of Economics analyzed two databases, which provides information about the level of moral-psychological status of citizens of the United Kingdom. The first database, British Household Panel Survey contains information on family status 30 thousands of people and their subjective assessment of their own status. A second database UK APS, stated similar facts about another 350 thousands of British. After reviewing the database, the researchers noted the high level of life satisfaction among married people. It is noted that, although over time the positive effect of marriage is eroding,

Named the main Russian word 2017

Named the main Russian word 2017 MOSCOW, 25 Dec — RIA Novosti. The expert Council at the Center for creative development of Russian language identified the top 10 words of 2017. The list can be found on the website of “the Year of literature 2017”. First the experts put the word “renovation”. In second place was “bitcoin”, the “hype”. Also in the top 10 were the words “toxic”, “battle”, “dope”, “cryptocurrency”, “fake”, “bezviz” and “harassment” (“harassment”). In addition, experts have identified protologism (authorial neologisms. — Approx. ed.) year. In this list first and second split word “domovent” and “GOP politics”, third place went to protologism “znamenityj”. The expert Council includes well-known writers, linguists, philologists, journalists, culture experts and philosophers.

“VKontakte” announced the winners of the first music award VK Music Awards

“VKontakte” announced the winners of the first music award VK Music Awards 30 most popular songs of the year received a special mark. Social network “Vkontakte” announced Monday the winners of its first own music awards VK Music Awards. The most listened song was “Pink wine” performed by the Duo of LJ and Feduk — the year the users of the social network included more than 200 million times. The top 30 most popular songs also included “Melting the ice” (“Mushrooms”), Despacito (Luis Fonsi conquering such markets), “will Spend” (Egor Krid), “Rukalitso” (“Scrooge”), “Mists” (Max Barskih) and others. 30 main tracks of the year published in a special playlist music section of “Vkontakte”, in addition, all prize-winners on the year — to award the following prizes — received a special mark “VK Music Awards Winner”. Today a lot of musicians become popular because of “Vkontakte”, and this trend will develop.

Routers “Voentelekoma” led to the CEO

Routers “Voentelekoma” led to the CEO Alexander Davydov was arrested on suspicion of involvement in especially large fraud. As it became known “Kommersant”, in Moscow, was detained Director General of JSC “Voentelekom” Alexander Davydov. He is suspected of embezzling about half a billion rubles during the implementation of the state contracts concluded with the Ministry of defence for supply of routers, as well as the implementation of supervision over a satellite link. At work Mr Davydov was raided. Earlier defendants in the criminal case became the first Deputy General Director of “Voentelekoma” Oleg Savitsky, a former adviser to General Director Dmitry Semiletov and CEO of the company-contractor LLC “Arsey” Tatiana Ilyina. Searches in an office office, and then in the car of the General Director of JSC “Voentelekom” Alexander Davydov the presence of witnesses the employees of the Main military investigation Department (GVSU) SKR and FSB investigators spent Monday morning.