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Viva Brazil

The Christmas and New Year Eve were truly remarkable for me this year as I spent it in fantastic and mesmerising Brazil. My friend Caio was my guide there and as a native he could show me the best of Brazil: not only the touristic parts but also the whole beauty of small towns and suburbs, everyday life, traditions and culture. Considering that not many people speak English there I am so grateful to Caio for making this trip so amazing and stress free for me. Multifaceted and colourful Brazil is known for its nature, culture and rich history. In Brazil you can experience everything from architectural monuments of the colonial era, lively carnivals to  simply   a delicate aroma of coffee floating in the air. Among of all beautiful places Rio De Janeiro surely holds is pr imary position for me. Noisy, picturesque and ever bubbling Rio attracts by its excellent sandy beaches, luxurious hotels, unique sights and state-of-the-art architecture. To visit the city of all Brazilian
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Energy Market: which way the wind is blowing?

The world population is growing rapidly and according to demographers by 2035 it will reach 8.5 billion people.   Subsequently, the world primary energy demand is anticipated to increase at an average annual growth rate of 1.5% under annual GDP growth of 2.8%.   E nvironmental, economic and energy experts forecast the results of possible strategies of world energy development and calculate whether the world will meet 2 Degree Celsius (2C) target - a widely agreed international objective of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to avoid global warming by 2020.   Yet, with the Arab Spring, earthquake in Japan and global recession impacting energy markets, it will inevitably be tougher to reach the 2C goals. 2011 was a year when we had to learn the importance of reserving spare capacity for dealing with potential supply disruptions. We have seen oil at record high prices due to instability in the Arab world; we witnessed the dangers of nuclear power on the case of F

Confession of a fallen angel

There was nothing extraordinary or romantic in the way those two met. No intriguing online dating, no crazy friends party and not even cheeky meek smile in a pub or supermarket. He met her on a usual cold winter day at the most common and yet the most inappropriate for any romance place. And they actually haven’t thought of any kind of romance between them. Still… they managed to get together. He was special for her and she loved everything about him. Well, almost everything… Nobody is ideal at the end of the day! He…. He loved her too, even though he was never brave enough to admit it. He considered her being a bit moody but he thought he knew her and understood her… But did he really? Could he possibly know whether she was his little Angel or a Belial? Could he even guess what was on her mind in those minutes of silence? Did he wonder if she ever lied to him? Who was she with when he wasn’t around? Did he meet her to become finally happy or turn his life in to more misery? And will

The hero MUST die at the end…

R emember the famous Tolstoy’s quote “all happy families are the same”? The similar could also apply to the most of the movies with the happy endings. I don’t know whether it’s just me being weird, but in my opinion, Hollywood happy endings ruin some movies. You watch a film and all you remember afterwards is just the cliché at the end– main characters are happily in love, bad guys in prison, everything ideal…just as it’s meant to be. Isn’t it boring?! Many would disagree with me saying that there are enough negative things happening in our lives and films with happy endings make us forget about daily problems, deepen our believe in love and good triumphs over evil. So what is better – to be a spectator of a narrative history we love it closes where the bad are punished and that ultimately the conflict is resolved or... to watch a film which make you think about things or bring to you the most unexpected? What would stay in your memory and what the difference between a good fi

Жизнь по- английски

Итак, моя первая статья на русском, впервые за последние 5 лет. Хммм, слова путаются в голове... Пытаюсь сформулировать мысль, но всё как-то машинально происходит на английском. Странно… вдруг понимаю, что не говорю в совершенстве ни на одном языке. Как говорят - "ни к селу ни к городу!" Итак, первая статейка… О чем она? Конечно же о самом важном, о личном опыте, о самой жизни - моей жизни в Британии. Наверное самой большой трудностью с которой я сталкнулась, приехав в Лондон, был "культурный шок", динамичность всего проиcшодящего вокруг, ну и, конечно же, какое-то странное чувство одиночества и ненужности. Но ко всему постепенно привыкаешь, приспосабливаешься. Такое доказательство теории Дарвина на собственной шкуре! Ну обо всём по порядку... Как я уже сказала, к такому культурному шоку я была не готова... И дело не только в бешеном ритме мегаполиса, куче достоприомечательностей мирового уровня, английского завтрака по утрам и " fish and chi

Really?

Some funny stuff... Human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood at a distance of 10 meters . ( Oh, God!) Pig’s orgasm lasts 30 minutes ! ( I want to be a pig in my next life :) ) A cockroach can live 9 days with the severed head before it starves to death . ( Phew!) (… I am still thinking about a pig…:) ) Banging your head against the wall for an hour you can spend 150 calories . ( Do not try at home ..... at work , maybe) A flea can jump a distance of 350 times its body length . It's like a human jumping a football field. (…30 minutes ....... lucky pig ... just imagine !) Some lions mate over 50 times a day . (Still a pig is much cooler ... the quality over the quantity ) The strongest muscle in human’s body is tongue ! ( Hmmm. ......) Right handed people , on average , live nine years longer than left-handed ones. (I am unlucky one :( ) Elephants are the only animals that can not jump . (That 's

Food and sex: common grounds…

Think about food… all the experiences, feeling and emotions related to it... It is known fact that human can survive about a month without eating anything at all. However, already on the second day of fasting he/she will have a strong appetite . Let think of the reasons for starvation. S ome people starve for the sake of so-called " spiritual development". . Others are forced to go hungry all the time due to their bad financial situation. Sometimes it happens that people have an appetite and money , but they just can not eat - this is commonly known disease … Also, there are two types of food : homemade (literally made at home) and everything else . Homemade , of course, is the favourite one , but sometimes it becomes annoying . We w ant to try something new , even taking into account that the new is likely to be worse than the taste of our so familiar and delicious homemade dish. Now a bit about restaurants… There are