5 TIPS: STUDY FOR THE EXAMNS

1. Make sure you are studying in a clean, quiet and orderly room. This may necessitate leaving your house. Public libraries are usually a good option. Be aware that food is likely not allowed and you will be expected to keep the silence.
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   Turn on the light! Studying in a dark room is not recommended. Add lamps at night, or in the daytime, open the window coverings(open the window a little, too). People tend to study and focus better in a brighter, oxygenated room with little noise.
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   Turn the TV off. Some people like to have the TV on quietly in the background. This can cut both ways in that it can distract you from time to time, but also can help you to continue studying. It may be beneficial to begin studying with the TV on in the background, and then turning it off once you're under way. The combination of visual and audio stimuli will likely reduce your studying performance, as it makes it more difficult for your brain to prioritize information acquisition (rapidly swapping attention between studying and watching TV).
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   Decide if music is right for you. Music's effect on memory performance varies between individuals. Some studies have found music to aid the memory performance of individuals with ADD/ADHD, while reducing it in individuals without the disorder. Music can be motivating (making studying more enjoyable) while still detracting from memory performance. You must determine whether you're better off with or without it. If you cannot bring yourself to study without music, it may be worth the minor negative effect it can have on memory.
   • If you absolutely must listen to music, find instrumental music so that the words in the music don't interfere with your studying.
   • The idea that listening to Mozart or classical music makes you smarter or keeps information in your brain, by the way: total myth.
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   Get plenty of rest the night before. Children in elementary school require on average 10-11 hours of sleep for optimal performance, while adolescents in high school require between 8-10 hours of sleep on average. Poor sleep has been found to accumulate (referred to as "Sleep debt"); in order to make up for prolonged poor sleep habits, several weeks of daily optimal sleep may be required to return to optimal performance.
   • Don't consume caffeine, or any other stimulating substance (i.e Ritalin) any less than 5-6 hours prior to sleeping. Such substances reduce the efficiency of sleep, meaning that even with sufficient sleep time, you may not feel well rested upon waking.

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16 Interesting Movie Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

M O V  I  E  S 

A mass of quite interesting factoids abut your favourite flicks that you can pass off in pubs up and down the land to either the choruses of cheers, hails of boos or the polite nod.

DAVID GARRET

David Garrett

(born David Christian Bongartz; 4 September 1980) is a record-breaking German pop and crossover violinist and recording artist.

HIS LIFE

When Garrett was four years old his father bought a violin for his older brother. The young Garrett took an interest and soon learned to play. A year later, he took part in a competition and won first prize. By the age of seven, he studied violin at the Lübeck Conservatoire, and by the age of 12, Garrett began working with the distinguished Polish violinist Ida Haendel, often traveling to London and other European cities to meet her. After leaving home at 17, he enrolled in the Royal College of Music in London, leaving after the first semester. On being asked in an interview if he was expelled, Garrett responded: "Well expelled wasn't the official term… It was mutually agreed that me and the RCM were going separate ways after the first semester. I did skip some lessons – but I also broke in to do extra practice, so that didn't help!" In 1999 he moved to New York to attend the Juilliard School, in 2003 winning the Composition Competition of Juilliard School with a fugue composed in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach While at Juilliard he studied under Itzhak Perlman, one of the first to do so, and graduated in 2004.

Garret attended the Keshet Eilon Masterclasses in Israel in the summer of the years 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2002

Garrett received his first Stradivarius at the age of 11, courtesy of German president Richard von Weizsäcker, after having performed for him. At the age of 13, Garrett recorded two CDs, appeared on German and Dutch television, and gave a concert in the residence of the Federal Republic of Germany President, the Villa Hammerschmidt, at Dr. von Weizsäcker’s personal invitation. He was offered the use of the famous Stradivarius "San Lorenzo", which is among the best instruments of the "golden period". At the age of 13, as the youngest soloist ever, Garrett signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. In April 1997, age 16, he played with theMunich Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Zubin Mehta in Delhi and Mumbai in concerts marking the 50th anniversary of India’s Independence.

Two years later, Garrett played with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester in Berlin, under the direction of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and was hailed by critics. This led to an invitation to perform at Expo 2000 in Hannover. At the age of 21, he was invited to perform at the BBC Proms.

While studying at Juilliard, Garrett supplemented his income by working as a model.

Garrett performing in Cologne on 15 January 2010

Garrett's 2008 album Encore pursues an aim of arousing young people’s interest in classical music. The release contains arrangements and compositions of his own of pieces and melodies that have accompanied him in his life so far. Together with his band, consisting of keyboard, guitar and drums, he gives concerts that include classical sonatas (accompanied by a concert grand piano), arrangements, and compositions, as well as rock songs and movie themes. In Autumn 2007, Garrett was chosen by the Montegrappa firm (whose articles are distributed by Montblanc throughout the world) as an ambassador for the launch of the new pens from the Tributo ad Antonio Stradivaricollection. The event took place in several different venues, including Rome, New York, Hong Kong, Berlin, and London. On this occasion, Garrett was offered a Stradivarius from the Gli Archi di Palazzo Comunale collection.

 He also appeared at the Royal Variety Performance on 5 December 2011,playing his cover of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit.

He joined the 9th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to assist independent musicians' careers. His most recent album,Music, was released in 2012. On 19 May 2012 he appeared in the UEFA Champions League Final performing with German singer Jonas Kaufmann. For 2014 he announced a new Crossover Tour

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EVERYTHIGNS ABOUT CHINA... =)

C H I N A 

China is an ancient country having a profound history. Originated in the eastern area of the Yellow River Region, the country's civilization is over 5,000 years old and was considered one of four ancient civilizations of the world, along with the civilizations of the ancient Babylon, the ancient Egypt and the ancient India. The first dynasty of Chinese history started from the Xia Dynasty (2070BC-1600BC) and the last one was the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), while the most glorious period were the Qin (221BC-206BC), Han (206BC-220), Tang (618-907) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties. During thousands of years of feudal ruling, Chinese people have created brilliant science and art culture, like the Four Great Inventions, the poetry, paintings and Chinese calligraphy. Also, a great amount of cultural relics such as the Great Wall and the Terra Cotta Warriors left by ancestors have become the treasures of the nation and the wonder of the world.

Founded in 1949 by the Communist Party, the People's Republic of China (PRC) is a unified multi-ethnic country. 56 nationalities are now living in 34 direct administrative regions including 23 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly-governed city regions–Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing and two special administrative regions (SAR)–Hong Kong and Macau. The 55 ethnic minorities mainly live in Chongqing, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang and Yunnan. China is also the most populous country in the world. Being over 1.3 billion (in the end of 2007), the country's population is about 22 percent of the world population. The most populous part is the eastern coastal areas. Almost 94 percent of Chinese people live in the Southeast part of the country which covers 43 percent of its land area; while the other six percent people live in the northwestern areas which cover 57 percent of the territory.

Terracotta Warriors, Xian

Tiananmen Square, Beijing

Thanks to the Reform and Opening-Up Policy, China has become stronger and stronger in economy, science and technology. Currently, the nation's economy has been growing rapidly, with the GDP dramatically increasing year by year. The GDP growth rate of the first half year of 2008 has reached 10.3. In 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2012, the country successfully launched the Shenzhou-6 and 7 manned spacecrafts, the unmannned Shenzhou-8, and the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft which carried three astronauts to the outer space. In August, 2008, the XXIX Olympiad was successfully held in its capital Beijing. Most Chinese are now living a well-to-do life and enjoy their happiness in this stable and harmonious society.

HOLIDAYS

China has seven legal holidays in a year, including New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Day and National Day. The table below provides a detailed list of 2014 / 2015 / 2016 public holidays. Hope it can help you make a good plan of your China tour.

2014 / 2015 / 2016 Major Public Holiday Calendar
Name	Date	Legal Holidays	2014	2015	2016
New Year's Day	Jan. 1	1 day	Jan. 1 off	Jan. 1 - 3 off	Jan. 1 - 3 off
Spring Festival	subject to  lunation	3 days	Jan. 31 (Jan. 31 - Feb. 6 off)	Feb. 19 (Feb. 19 - 25 off)	Feb. 8 (Feb. 8 - 14 off)
Qingming	Apr. 4 or 5	1 day	Apr. 5 (Apr. 5 - 7 off)	Apr. 5 (Apr. 4 - 6 off)	Apr. 4 (Apr. 2 - 4 off)
May Day	May 1	1 day	May 1 - 3 off	May 1 - 3 off	Apr. 30 - May 2 off
Dragon Boat	5th of 5th lunar month	1 day	Jun. 2 (May 31 - Jun. 2 off)	Jun. 20 (Jun. 20 - 22 off)	Jun. 9 (Jun. 9 - 11 off)
Mid-Autumn Day	Aug. 15 of lunar calendar	1 day	Sep. 8 (Sep. 6 - 8 off)	Sep. 27 (Sep. 26 - 28 off)	Sep. 15 (Sep. 15 - 17 off)
National Day	Oct. 1	3 days (Oct. 1 - 3)	Oct. 1 - 7	Oct. 1 - 7	Oct. 1 - 7

At the above seven festivals, Chinese people can enjoy days off. Besides, they celebrate four other festivals on which some people have a half day off - Women's Day, Youth Day, Children's Day and Army Day. Many other galas and anniversaries are celebrated even without days off, such as Arbor Day and Teachers' Day.

TOP UNIVERSITIES IN MEXICO

Universities in Mexico

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Mexico’s highest ranked institution is theUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, at 163rd in the world and 6th in Latin America. The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is a public university which has a huge student population of over 200,000 students across a number of campuses in Mexico City and beyond. The school features among the world’s best for a number of disciplines covered by the QS World University Rankings: by Subjectand ranks particularly highly in the fields of history, philosophy and education.

As recently as 2007, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México’s main campus, which was built as a collaborative architectural design project between 1949 and 1952, became one of Mexico’s 31 UNESCO Heritage Sites. The campus, which combines elements of 20th century modernism and traditional Mexican culture, has been praised by UNESCO as a fitting tribute to the country’s progress since the revolution of 1910-20, and, in particular, its recognition of the importance of education.

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Moving up 27 places in this year’s world rankings thanks to considerable international growth is the Tecnológico de Monterrey, a private institution which now stands at 279th in the world and 7th in Latin America. Although the school’s population of 90,000 is divided across 31 campuses throughout Mexico, the Tecnológico de Monterrey’s main campus is based in Monterrey, a city with the highest income per capita in Mexico which acts as an important industrial and business center for the nation.

The Tecnológico de Monterrey also offers a number of undergraduate classes taught in English. These are for international students studying for a semester or year abroad and can be used to provide credits towards a degree at the student’s home university.

Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN)           

Like the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) is also a very large public university, with over 166,000 students currently enrolled. Standing at 16th in Latin America and 551-600 in the world rankings, the Instituto Politécnico Nacional’s main campus is situated two kilometers north of Mexico City. The school is also highlighted as a world leader in six disciplines covered by the QS World University Rankings by Subject, including computer science, engineering and physics.

Other universities in Mexico

In regional terms, Mexico accounts for a major chunk of the top universities in Latin America. Some 50 Mexican universities are included in the 2013 QS University Rankings: Latin America, which lists the top 300 institutions in the region. Only Brazil claims more.

On an international scale, a total of 12 universities in Mexico are ranked within the 2013/14 QS World University Rankings®. In addition to those listed above, these include the Universidad de Guadalajara (601-650 in the world, 60th in Latin America), the Universidad Iberoamericana (601-650 in the world, 27th in Latin America), the Instituto Tecnológico Autonomo de México (651-700 in the world, 31st in Latin America), the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (651-700 in the world, 79= in Latin America) and the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (651-700 in the world, 33rd in Latin America).

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THE AMBER.... INTERESTING WORLD

T H E   A M B E R

SPIDER IN AMBER

Amber is a fossilized resin, not tree sap. Sap is the fluid that circulates through a plant's vascular system, while resin is the semi-solid amorphous organic substance secreteAd in pockets and canals through epithelial cells of the plant. Land plant resins are complex mixtures of mono-, sesqui-, di-, and triterpenoids, which have structures based on linked isoprene C₅H₈ units (Langenheim, 1969, p. 1157). Volatile terpenoid fractions in resins evaporate and dissipate under natural forest conditions, leaving nonvolatile terpenoid fractions to become fossilized if they are stable enough to withstand degradation and depositional conditions. The fossil resin becomes incorporated into sediments and soils, which over millions of years change into rock such as shale and sandstone.Therefore, amber is formed as a result of the fossilization of resin that that takes millions of years and involves a progressive oxidation and polymerization of the original organic compounds, oxygenated hydrocarbons. Although a specific time interval has not been established for this process, the majority of amber is found within Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks(approximately 30-90 million years old)

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CLASIFY OF AMBER

• Natural Baltic amber – gemstone which has undergone mechanical treatment only (for instance: grinding, cutting, turning or polishing) without any change to its natural properties

• Modified Baltic amber – gemstone subjected only to thermal or high-pressure treatment, which changed its physical properties, including the degree of transparency and color, or shaped under similar conditions out of one nugget, previously cut to the required size.

• Reconstructed (pressed) Baltic amber – gemstone made of Baltic amber pieces pressed in high temperature and under high pressure without additional components.

• Bonded Baltic amber – gemstone consisting of two or more parts of natural, modified or reconstructed Baltic amber bonded together with the use of the smallest possible amount of a colorless binding agent necessary to join the pieces.

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USES 

Amber has been used since prehistory (Solutrean) in the manufacture of jewelry and ornaments, and also in folk medicine. Amber also forms the flavoring for akvavit liquor. Amber has been used as an ingredient in perfumes.

Jewelry

Amber has been used since the stone age, from 13,000 years ago. Amber ornaments have been found in Mycenaean tombs and elsewhere across EuropeTo this day it is used in the manufacture of smoking and glassblowing mouthpieces. Amber's place in culture and tradition lends it a tourism value; Palanga Amber Museum is dedicated to the fossilized resin.

Amber has long been used in folk medicine for its purported healing properties. Amber and extracts were used from the time ofHippocrates in ancient Greece for a wide variety of treatments through the Middle Ages and up until the early twentieth century.Historic medicinal uses

Scent of amber and amber perfumery

In ancient China it was customary to burn amber during large festivities. If amber is heated under the right conditions, oil of amber is produced, and in past times this was combined carefully with nitric acid to create "artificial musk" – a resin with a peculiar musky odor.Although when burned, amber does give off a characteristic "pinewood" fragrance, modern products, such as perfume, do not normally use actual amber. This is due to the fact that fossilized amber produces very little scent. In perfumery, scents referred to as “amber” are often created and patented  to emulate the opulent golden warmth of the fossil.^[

The modern name for amber is thought to come from the Arabic word, ambar, meaning ambergris Ambergris is the waxy aromatic substance created in the intestines of sperm whales and was used in making perfumes both in ancient times as well as modern.

The scent of amber was originally derived from emulating scent of ambergris and/or labdanum but due to the endangered status of the sperm whale the scent of amber is now largely derived from labdanum.^. The term “amber” is loosely used to describe a scent that is warm, musky, rich and honey-like, and also somewhat oriental and earthy. It can be synthetically created or derived from natural resins. When derived from natural resins it is most often created out of labdanum. Benzoin is usually part of the recipe. Vanilla and cloves are sometimes used to enhance the aroma.

"Amber" perfumes may be created using combinations of labdanum, benzoin resin, copal (itself a type of tree resin used in incense manufacture), vanilla, Dammara resin and/or synthetic materials.