Milky way

Milky way captured nearby one of Turku's observatories.

 

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Science convention

Yeap, it's the conventions season.

I was asked to present at the Bulgarian - Ukranian annual science convention today. This year the themes were "Cosmos and us", "Yuri Gagarin and the dreams beyond the atmosphere" and "Atom".
My presentation was on "Atom - When the constructive can lead to global destruction". In overall, I talked about the "nuclear race" in the middle of XX century, nuclear bombs and nuclear power plants - mostly about the Chernobyl disaster and about Fukushima 1 and what happens after such catastrophies.
I recieved great feedback from the Ukranian lectors and students about my respectful and full review on Chernobyl, especially so closely to the memorial day [26 April].
I'm glad I met these guys again. The group from Gorlovka participated last year on the same convention, so we had quite a good chat afterward.

I also got a certificate for best performance [yes, one more in the collection]:


- blame it on the lack of sleep

and here's a close-up to my badge:

- no, that's not my handwriting. I can never write that pretty.

Now I really need some sleep, because I prepared my presentation in 3 a.m last night, like always in the last moment.


Edit: I just got some other photos from the Ukranian group:




- that's the small convention hall, it's an ex-physics cabinet, which explains the panels on the wall and the desks.

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Procrastination

Because I totally wasted my weekend in pointless clicking around the web, instead of doing something meaningful, I still haven't worked on all the photos I have from the trip to my village.
And since the new week is coming, let me show you a way to entertain yourself "the geek way"during boring classes, meetings or just for wasting time at home.

Math-related:











Biology-related [or not so much]:




Enjoy!


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Aliens anyone?

I was cleaning some old stuff and I found this in one of my old english manuals:



For those who don't find it familiar, the comic strip shows the events in Roswell in 1947.
That thing really made my day :]

And I can't remember if I ever posted about it, but I recently finished History channel's Ancien aliens series and I highly recommend them to you.


PS: It's damn cold outside! I just saw it's -11C degrees.



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26/31

If you remember, I participated in a history convention in April 2010 where I won some prizes. Well today my history teacher told me that my materials were published, then he gave me the actual book. My first subject was "Relationships between tzar Kaloyan and the Latin empire" and the second one, where I had a collaboration with a schoolmate was "IV crusade and its influence on the politics on the Balkans."
Beware of the poor photo quality.


-front cover









-the articles, merged into one.

Sorry for those who don't understand bulgarian, but I'm not going to translate it, it's just too long.


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Your own, personal, space ship

Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.

Евала на хората.


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PS: 100-на публикация! HELLYES!
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Интересен линк

Един бърз ъпдейт.
Предполагам доста от вас се чудят,какво да правят през летните дни,когато дори топлолюбивите не смеят да си покажат носа на жегата.
Ако ви се учи някой нов език в свободното време,било то ден или нощ,значи линка ще ви допадне.
Направо с покана:
http://www.livemocha.com/invite/r:z7W3uOYj

Накратко за сайта.Представлява мини-социална мрежа на принципа хора обучават хора.Тестовете са направени доста добре с картинки,аудио записи с изговор на думата,превод на български и пр.Писмените текстове и потребителските аудио записи се проверяват от други потребители,като има опция за оценка на знанията.
На мен ми върши прекрасна работа,тъй като в Търново няма школа по шведски език.
Успех.


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