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Sweet candy on a stick;)
If I go hiking and accidentally forget to take something sweet - no problems :)
I catch a few little fish, add a little salt and skewer them on small sticks and deep fry until crispy.
Mmmm...
If you have not tasted freshly caught fish and then immediately within 5 minutes fried the fish, you haven´t lived :)0 votedNovember 27, 20161Something about radiation(2)
As a matter of fact, electromagnetic radiation is everything we can analyze here on Earth concerning heavenly bodies. Astronomers have been exploring visible light for thousands of years, and relatively recently got the opportunity to analyze the other types of radiation. Since it's invisible, ordinal telescopes are unsuitable for this kind of work, of course. We need something diverse, as it goes, radiation detectors. And they have been built already. There are radio telescopes, infraring, ultraviolet, gamma- telescopes. They have the same function as optical telescopes - to gather radiation of given length and give us the opportunity to analyze it.
However, not all radiation gets to the Earth's surface. The Earth's atmosphere is transparent for the visible light only and adjoining infrared and ultraviolet bands, and has a "transparent window" in the radio band. The whole part of the tough electromagnetic waves is not accepted by the atmosphere.
On the one hand, it's very good: the tough radiation is hazardous to living organisms, and it seems like the atmosphere protects life on Earth from that danger. On the other hand, it keeps being interesting, what kind of tough radiation the heavenly bodies have.
This difficulty was solved only at the beginning of the space age. A Spacecraft is able to fly to a great height, and it is able to send the radiation detectors to the highest point of the layers of the atmosphere, which retard its (radiation's) different types. Information from that spacecraft is sent to Earth, where astronomers can see the sky in x-rays, ultra-violet rays, and some other types of rays...Excellent, you just need a different word instead of tough to describe radiation. :)
0 votedNovember 27, 20162"The Painted Veil"
The American drama film "The Painted Veil" directed by John Curran is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by W.Somerset Maugham. In my opinion the idea of the film is to show the life of a human being, who remained unbowed having gone through many trials and misfortunes, to show how a person can come out of the chaos of life with dignity. This idea is common in the works of the author. Creation of beauty is the highest form of creative work of Maugham. He said: "I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art". Such an example of beautiful life appears in the novel. It also narrates about depth of love-feeling, negotiation, difficulties of soul-making and moulding of character.
We could suppose that academic interest and being interned (if he was a patient) at the St Thomas' Hospital spured Maugham to create the novel. He possibly wanted to express and systematize his experience.0 votedNovember 27, 20160Could anybody help me please ?
"Some people believe that a college or university education should be available to all students. Others believe that higher education should be available only to good students"
In our liberal society a lot of people talk about higher education for all, others, who more conservative oppose it. I consider that higher education should be available only for the best. A meritocratic system of education providing high results for society, because people are highly motivated and more competitive.
As we know in our modern society prevalent social views and as a result education alleged for many people.(This sentence is a bit strange) These are of course good trends, but.. Free education for all results in a system where competition doesn´t exist and consequently people will not be so motivated to move forward, and as a result, a lot of human potential is wasted for nothing. As not all people have the same potential.
Additionally, human resources are not infinite and we cannot provide higher education for 7 million people around the world. That means that we have to calculate how many people with higher education we need and choose the best, or we will continue to lose human potential.
So, I suppose that system with meritocratic education provides better results. Humans as part of nature should understand that competitivity is most important law for life on our planet. Consequently higher education for the best will let humankind evolve.0 votedNovember 27, 20160- Both peas and carrots are countable nouns so they should receive the same grammatical rules. You will have to ask why the peas isn´t accepted and carrots is. I would have said that both answers are correct. The only difference is the possibility of only eating 1 (eating 1 carrot is normal, but only 1 pea.......) My favourite vegetable is carrot (OK) My favourite vegetable is pea (a bit strange) My favourite vegetable is carrots (OK) My favourite vegetable is peas (OK) My favourite vegetables are carrots (OK) My favourite vegetables are peas (OK)0 votedNovember 27, 20164
Apple Pie
I went to my parents' house yesterday. I had dinner with my father, mother and brother. That night, I stayed at my parents' house. The next day, I got two big apples as souvenirs on my way home.(If your parents game you the apples you would say "as souvenirs to take home with me", if you bought the apples on the journey back to your house "on my way home") I came back to my house and made two Apple pies. My wife and children were very pleased.:)
0 votedNovember 27, 20161JAPANISE Street Style in Saint-Petersburg.
My sweet city is very touristic especially in the summer time. I like fashion street style and I'm very careful to notice any new features on it. But I have never seen anyone in a typical Japanese street style until the present. I guess that this is one of the most fashionable and diverse (bold?) street styles in the world. Accidents happen, but this style looks like screaming - Wake up!
When I meet somebody by accident on the street in that style, I gaze (начинаю пристально смотреть) at their clothing and for a total look as a whole.
1. One day I met the 2 girls in a Japanese style. One of them looked more traditional and business-like with a focus on the light colors such as blue, green, and red. She were dressed in a pupil shirt cage skirt which looked childlike, green leggings, brightly coloured white shirt with a black-red cage tie and huge shoes.
Over the shoulder she wore a large red bag. And her hair style has unconventional looks as well - there was an uncertain mix of black/white and pink colors.
2. Another one looked more gentle and feminine. She created a mix of avant-garde and haute couture style with a mix of both local and foreign labels.
She has got the over-the-top colors on her clothes such as yellow, red and green. Pastel colors are used as well as other muted colors like black and dark reds and blues. She was dressed in a skirt with a underskirt for volume under it and a shirt with a lace in the Victorian style. Moreover she has got extremely dark details such as big sunglass, shoes and nails.
3. As well they focused on a cutting edge make up which is commonly done for a party. It is a very defined look that uses a lot of contrasting colors that highlight the lips and make the facial features bigger, especially the eyes.
They used a white eye shadow with black eyeliner around the eyes and a very light color foundation for keeping your skin looking smooth and dollish. And they used the bright red colors of a lipstick to apply to the lips.
The twosome (те двое) looked like ancient fairy tales heroes with cyber future in among the uniformly dressed crowd.0 votedNovember 27, 20161
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