Whatever your memory capacity and however much time you invest in memorising "everything" in as short a time as possible, it is not within everyone's power. And this is where a word half-spoken in advance, a glance at a notebook, or better yet a sample with a similar task would come in very handy. Cheating is one form of laziness which, turn it as you will, is also a driver of progress.
Who knows how it is in France - the cradle of Museum Night - but in Latvia this event always falls during the blossoming of bird cherry and chestnut trees. The breath of spring drifts through the air and crowds move through Riga's streets, especially through Old Riga, seeking new impressions, new acquaintances, new information.
Is there a significant difference between MS Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit versions? In practice, what a user typically notices is OS boot speed and application launch speed. It is harder to notice a performance improvement in multimedia applications or games, unless the performance gain measures at least tens of percent.
Very soon - this coming Saturday, May 14th - museums across Riga and all of Latvia will open for a special night exhibition. Museum Night is taking place here for the seventh time and I am tremendously happy about this tradition. This year's main theme, or motto, is Neighbours. As I understand it, the theme will be explored both in the narrower sense of neighbours who live just beyond the wall, and in the broader global sense - neighbouring countries. To help decide which direction to explore the neighbourhood, the event programmes are below.
I am from the third generation. And in broad strokes the school system remained the same as for the previous generation. There were very colourful personalities among the teachers, as well as not particularly flattering incidents. For example, the deputy headmistress (зауч), the pioneer leader, and the teachers of Russian, woodwork, and drawing understood nothing of the Latvian language. If this was beneficial for the acquisition of Russian, then in woodwork one often had not the faintest idea what needed to be done and with which tool.
One must always know how to say good, warm words, but this day is yet another opportunity for each person to thank their mother for her care and selfless devotion from the very first moment of life to maturity. Therefore, what follows is a small glimpse into the history of Mother's Day in Latvia, as well as excerpts from poetry for mother by various authors.
Chardonnay is the world's most popular white grape variety. It adapts easily to different climatic conditions and soils, and readily lends itself to various transformations and the wine maturation process, which is why it has gained popularity among grape growers, winemakers, and consumers alike.
Easter preparations at our house are in full swing. This evening we dyed eggs using the time-honoured ancestral method - in onion skins. To make the eggs come out more interesting and patterned, I sacrificed a pair of stockings, poured pearl barley into them, and tied them around the eggs to be dyed. When the dark pink speckled eggs were ready, we handed them over to the Easter bunnies.
A "zebra" refers to colouring every n-th row of a table or numbered list, significantly improving readability - especially for long tables. This article covers various ways to achieve alternating row colouring using different techniques: CSS, CSS3, jQuery and Smarty.
Yesterday, on 17 April, the hall of the Riga Congress Centre resounded with vibrant Spanish rhythms. Energy flowed from every movement of the dancers, the flamenco musicians, and the singers. A powerful wave of vitality swept over all the audience members, who with every performance followed what was happening on stage with ever-increasing liveliness, applause, and cries of delight.
