Сюжет Тушение пожара на военном складе под Харьковом пока невозможно. Сюжет Угонщики суданского "Боинга-737" сдались ливийским властям. Сюжет Землетрясение на дне Байкала посеяло панику среди жителей Сибири. ВИДЕО Россияне, вернувшиеся с Олимпиады, остались без багажа Первая держава, которая подвинула Штаты: Китай бросает вызов. ВИДЕО Послевоенная истерия: почему Запад боится русского медведя.

17:59 Случаи угонов самолетов в мире в 20032008 годах.

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But why did "before you die-ism" become so popular? Part of its appeal is its simplicity, what they call in Hollywood "high-concept", says Jon Howells of Waterstones. It's something people are going to grasp from the cover. It does what it says on the tin and it's quite aspirational. A thousand is a big number but it's not unreachable. And they are great dipping-into books.

You can pick them up, dip in and then put them down. Sometimes they might inspire you to go out and see a movie but sometime they won't." Orders It's not just the book industry that has felt the force of this phenomenon. The Guardian newspaper recently published 1,000 Films to See Before You Die and Channel 4 broadcast a similar format with the less-ambitious 50 films.

The concept was dramatised on screen this year when Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman played two terminally-ill men fulfilling a wish-list, in the film The Bucket List. Freeman ticked off about half of his list But how sincere are these edicts for everyone to drop everything and start a new mission?

Mr Freeman himself had only got halfway through his own list, even though the success of the idea had given him the means and freedom to pursue it. The title shouldn't be taken too literally, says Mark Irving, who edited 1,001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die. He believes it's a note of insistence, rather than an instruction, but he did have second thoughts about endorsing it.

However, I took the view that putting these buildings together in a list would implicitly reveal their comparative strengths and weaknesses." The titles that have 101 or 1001, rather than the round figure, signify that it is an incomplete list, he says. The risk of having 100 things to do can become a distraction Philosopher Mark Vernon Philosopher Mark Vernon says the concept has echoes of Socrates, who said that to philosophise is to learn how to die, and this has been a recurring theme in philosophy ever since, because thinking about your death brings life into greater focus.

The key difference is that the philosopher - who famously rarely left the city walls of Athens - believed fulfilment came not through what you did but who you were. Contemplating death is about reflecting on the kind of person you are and reaching your own potential, rather than ticking off a checklist of activities. It's not the number of things you do in life," says Mr Vernon.

If you do one thing really well then that can make a life. Finding a cure for cancer, for example, is one thing but a very good thing. That would be the advice of the Greek philosophers." Socrates thought that by paying attention to what's in front of you, you really get to grips with life. The risk of having 100 things to do can become a distraction and you only skate across the surface.

They become 100 distractions rather than 100 things lived for. It's an implicit critique of consumerism, that life is lived by consuming more rather than living well." Add your comments on this story, using the form below. Simple. Paul M, Manchester, UK Why all the fuss about doing things before you die. It just about sums up this present bunch of must haves. Just be glad you're alive and stop worrying about what I must do. Just take life as it comes.

Roger McDermaid, Edinburgh There's a wealthy businessman in Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time novel series called Sir Magnus Donners. He realises in late middle age that he has no idea about culture at all, so commissions someone to list for him the 100 most important books of all time so he can catch up. The joke is that such a task is as impossible as it is futile. Achievements and experiences are a personal journey, and nothing to do with lists.

Maybe someone is trying to tell me something.. Catherine, Leicester I haven't read the late Dave Freeman's book - but now I will. I hope in his list of 100 Things to Do before Dying - he included preparing for his afterlife. Someone said: We are not ready to live until we are ready to die. Another person said: Make sure when you come to die, that's all you have to do. Now I know that I only need do one of these providing I do it well. Oh, thank you Socrates, thank you BBC!!

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До последнего времени ее хранили в гараже, уточняет НТВ. Вся история началась еще в 2005 году, когда Эрмитаж заключил с одной из фирм договор о реставрации статуи. Эта фирма в свою очередь наняла субподрядчика, пообещав за работу 250 тысяч рублей. Субподрядчик согласился, но решил, что этих денег мало. Тогда статую забрали, поставили ее в гараже и начали требовать деньги сначала у подрядчика, а потом и у Эрмитажа. В музее надеялись скульптуру просто выкупить, но не удалось.

Обратились в прокуратуру. Но там не нашли в действиях фирмы состава преступления. Дело сдвинулось с мертвой точки только после вмешательства антикварного отдела ГУВД. Сейчас директор фирмы-субподрядчика задержан. В отношении него возбуждено уголовное дело по факту самоуправства.

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