Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

A folk omen: the country where Yanukovych resides will face …

I won’t make it to San Diego in time to see the last northern white rhino in the world, because it suddenly died.

On its 44th year, December 14th. #RIP

Poachers, who hunted them for their horns due to their mythical healing properties, exterminated them in the wild.

There are still six females left, but what are they without… Anyway, biologists are trying to come up with something.

By the way, it was the second largest land animal, being the biggest on land after the elephant.

https://twitter.com/sdzsafaripark/status/544284479171592192

Today at the figure skating competition, Masha climbed onto the podium for the first time, third place! 🙂 well done!

I wonder how viable such a business model is: you download an encrypted magazine, music, or video onto your mobile via the internet or publicly accessible high-speed access points (without the internet, but available at every metro station, for example), you pay for a code to decrypt it later – and you can pay right there where these access points are located, or in many other places. Like at Soyuzpechat, for example. The advantage is the guaranteed receipt of content (you pay after downloading) and you can sell virtually any digital content.

Watched “Whiplash” (2014), about a drummer, the struggles of his career, and jazz. The director turns the rehearsal of a jazz brass band into a thrilling adventure: paralyzing fear, fateful stakes, blood, sweat, and spit. The conductor here resembles more a demonic army sergeant — and therefore hits the nail on the head with the realities of orchestral work. Throughout the film, the analogy with sports movies or boxing films persisted – like a coach yelling “come on, come on, you idiot! you’re nothing!” and other “motivational” encouragements towards victory. The script is predictable from the first minute, but the film is definitely worth watching. “Main villain” J.K. Simmons performs just excellently.

P.S. 60th place in IMDB TOP 250.

P.P.S. The film was shot in 19 days.

P.P.P.S. Fletcher’s excellent quote: “There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job.”

http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/725190/

Played at a friend’s place today, we recorded it

A very interesting sculptor.

He linked women with dandelions in a Staffordshire park.

http://www.boredpanda.com/fantasywire-wire-fairy-sculptures-robin-wight/

In grade 3, they cover English words like jackaroo (which, amusingly, is translated as “shepherd”)

(to be fair, the overall level of English at the HSG is very strong)

I noticed the information board in the entrance hall. It seems like time has stopped here for a year and a half. By the way, the other announcements around this one have been torn off)

Masha is doing her school homework “tears glistened in her eyes”. How would you write it and why?