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• A Fox

  …hich is the reason for melting icebergs and so on. We have only 12 years! I’ll be only in my early thirties by this time. It always seemed that we had enough time or some new Einstein would figure this out or at least our generation would be dead when the anti-utopia scenario would become real life. But this is happening now. And we should do something, we have to. S…

  14.12.2018

• A Visit to a Finnish primary school: Two Days Experience in Varkaus

  …Agency for Education and Erasmus exchange program for international students. I’ve heard and read a lot about the Finnish school system, so I wished to see everything from the inside. I received an invitation from Jenni, an English teacher at Könönpellon Koulu school. She kindly asked me to make a presentation about my country for children from 1st to 6th grade. …

  13.12.2018

• Big science communication story in Russia born from a small networking coincidence

  …d 2000's university communication offices as we know them now did not exist at all. The communication office of the Russian Academy of Sciences — the flagship Russian research institution joining together around 97 000 researchers and scholars all across the country [1] - consisted of just 4 staff members, hence, covering only the agenda of RAS President and Presidiu…

  10.12.2018

• Student Exchange in Europe and Why You Must Travel

  …your comfort comes first. Sometimes it is better to pay a couple of euros more to get a better located or equipped hostel, or it is more suitable to order more expensive chops instead of a cheeseburger. 3. It is good to have foreign friends. They will explain to you how to find local and not overpriced places, where it is better to start your journey and how no…

  27.11.2018

• My Experience Studying Soft Skills at ITMO

  …s which strategy a person is more inclined to: Competing Avoiding Accommodating Collaborating Compromising Thomas-Killman strategies of negotiations The test contains 30 questions, answering which and calculating the number of definite answers, you will know which negotiating strategy you are inclined to. At the last lecture, negotiations were held on…

  26.11.2018

• Why Sugar Won’t Actually Help You Pass Your Exams

  …t is swiftly absorbed into the blood stream. As it happens, the amount of sugar in the blood increases — so the body has to metabolize it. To lower sugar the pancreas secretes insulin. At that moment you feel loss of strength and — of course — want to eat something sweet again. A kind of mild addiction takes place, I would say. What is more, sugar lowers orexyn (same…

  22.11.2018

• The Time I Saw the Queen… Twice

  …terials. Simon Rowberry, meanwhile, delivered an interesting history on the development of e-book readers, which, considering my role as an e-book publisher with my company ArcInset, was intriguing. It also called out to my inner geek with the references to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In all, this trip to London, my third overall…

  01.11.2018

• A Month in Pilsen is Like a Year of Travel

  …ilsen was liberated by the American army. Everywhere you can see advertisements about various work and educational programs in the United States. I've already been targeted on Instagram by an ad offering to move to the US. Besides, it's easy to forget what country you're in. People around you speak Spanish, Polish, Serbian, dance Sirtaki, bake pizza and cook bolog…

  29.10.2018

• Five Ways to Survive Autumn

  …les and body butter. My friend always changes her desktop wallpaper. There is a bunch of ways to change your mood: colors, smells, visuals. You should simply do something that inspires you personally, maybe even something that only you understand. Remember: the glass is always half full!…

  12.10.2018

• What stereotypes do you know about Russia?

  … our culture, people, even the architecture in Kupchino (just one crazy guy). And all of their feelings were passed along to me. I looked at familiar places in a new way. They inspired me to do something, to improve something, to enjoy my day a little bit more. That’s weird, you need to be told that you live in a great place by someone who just visited it. Afterwa…

  10.10.2018