February 12, 2013

The most expensive is free

 
 
Winter. Cold. Dark. Everybody wants to stay at home with wrap and laptop.
But if conscience trouble about inoccupation you can self-educate. Moreover you can find different useful materials, courses and master-klass. And every knowledge is invaluable. Besides you can find a lot of information for free. Look at some examples.
 
 
 
 
 
English with lingualeo
Lately good english skills are prefered for well paid job. You can spend your leisure time abroad much better with english.  English speaking person can establish internatinal contacts easier. Because it is the language of international communication. Since so great popularity of english it is difficult to find any course for free... But in internet... If desired you can do all. For example, there is an interesting russian site for study english lingualeo (also there is a version for Android).
For effective education you can use
- extensive library of video, audio and text materials
- interactive thematic courses (video and grammatic)
- personal dictionary with associations and voice for every words
- a number of trainings (audio, translation, crossword)
- thematic glossary.
Original design as savanna and pet Leo stimulate you for everyday exercises. Leo needs eating (noisettes for your progress) and your attention. All achievements and demands are encouraged and payed by noisettes.
 
 
Courses from outstanding American universities on coursera
If you know english well and you want to improve your professional skills (not only train language) you can take some courses on coursera. It is an american educational portal. A lot of leading American universities establish interesting courses in different fields, such as
biology and life science
business and management
computer technologies
economy and finances
education
new materials
food and nutrition
health
humanitarian science
IT and design
law
mathematics
medicine
music and cinema
physics and natural science
social science
statistics and data analysis.
 
It is convenient that there are the full courses, not the individual lectures. If you enrolled you access videos with subtitles, lecture text, homework, quizzes and exams. Since this access is limited in time and every homework have be done by time you must do everything on a specific period of time. And it is motivate you not to gave up your self-education. If all problem sets are done with high score and in time every student receive a statement of accomplishment with lecturer's signature.

December 2, 2012

FormulaBio 2012


A project FormulaBio 2012 has started this week in TechnoPark MSU. It is also supported by Russian Venture Company, Moscow department of science, industrial policy and enterpreneurship, biological faculty of MSU. Participants of this project will listen lectures by the industry leaders about biotechnology and modern trends of development, will communicate with outstanding businessmen and venture investors, will have a big program by the best Russian coaches.

The main goal of this project is new innovative companies. The best team at the end will have a support to get investments and grants and will go to the intership in biotechnological cluster in USA (Boston).
General director of TechnoPark MSU Oleg Vladimirovich has started the opening ceremony. He reported how new startups should think. "You should want change the world! And then you will have a success!"
Curators and companions had come to the opening of the program. An outstanding scientist Konstantin Georgiyevich Skryabin told about great perspectives in biotechnology especially for IT in biomedicine. He demonstrated new invention for detect sugar and reology of blood, cardiac rithm by special chip in ordinary smartfon.

The dean of the biological faculty of MSU Mikhail Petrovich Kirpichnikov shared his ideas about future of biotechnology. He sure that a golden time for innovates in this fild had come, that a brilliant concept can be created and implemented now.
Deputy head of Moscow department of science, industrial policy and entrepreneurship Igor Nikolaevich Nosov congratulated participants with the start of FormulaBio. He told about bright perspectives for innovative projects in Moscow and invited everybody to the open day of the Center of Moscow innovative development. It was a short speech, but people could understand that our government is interested in biotechnology progress and ready to finance this area.

General director of HemaCore Igor Olegovich Pivovarov shared his experience about creation of innovative company, he told about modern trends in medicine and gave some advises how to communicate with investors. He wished success to the audience. "If you choose a global goal, money will come themself. They always find a good minds".

Graduates of FormulaBio 2011 Andrej and Sergey formed a company at the end of program. They got a grant from fund "Assistance" and signed the first contract. They shared their achievements impressions. After the end of oficial ceremony (at the furshet) they answered all questions from participants of FormulaBio 2012.

Coordinators of project told about plans, approved schedule, represented learning  moduls and lectors (which promised to communicate in social networks too).

And now we should wate new genial ideas and innovative companys which will make our life more comfortable and easier.

November 26, 2012

Opening of Moscow Youth Parliament


The first center of youth parliament was opened in Moscow last week. It is an important event for young people in Russia.
Moscow youth parliament was created in 2008 for development parliamentarism among youth, for improving social and creativ activity, for development tolerance, for patriotic upbringing. But all works took place in different sites.
The new center was opened based on the "Odessa" cinema building and cover 3000 square meters. There are some transformer halls, internet cafe, electronic library, classrooms and cinema hall with 350 seats. Different leisure, informational and educational, sport and social event will be held for parliament, city of regional needs.

The new center of youth parliament outside and inside.

The leader of family and youth policy department  Yuliya Grimalskaya said at the opening ceremony: "It is the most biggest center in the city and all 3000 square meters are for young people". She added that it is the second center which was rendered for youth project in Moscow. This center was planed in 2006 and legally created in a year. And in 5 years we obtained this building.
There will be a volonteer center, areas for discussing and debate, the place for meeting people who lead healthy lifestyle in new house.
Grimalskaya also noted that public reception is worked here and young MPs collect requests from citizens, transfer them to municipal deputies and monitor their implementation.
A lot of other guests of honor were also invited for this ceremony.
Yuliya Grimalskaya, the leader of family and youth policy department

Vladimir Platonov, the chairman of Moscow city Duma

Irina Velicnova, the deputy of Moscow city Duma and the curator the project "Moscow youth parliament"

Michael Antontsev, the deputy of Moscow city Duma

Evgeny Grachev, the head of central headquarters of young guard of United Russia

Lyudmila Guseva, the head of executive committee of United Russia

A lot of interesting fields were in foyer before the official opening ceremony. There were an exhibition of public and political organizations, quest games and others. But most of popular was a photo studio where everybody could make a photo with parliament's simbols.





The opening ceremony began with a funny clip about new center.

Then the guests of honor cut the ribbon and Vladimir Vladimirov, the lead of Moscow youth parliament got a key from the center.

The VI congress of young parliamentarians began immediatly after opening ceremony. The best MPs in 9 nomination were awarded the chalices.
The leader of the generation


Ecoleader


The most creativ team


The best curator


The best journalist


The best speaker

The best youth public district team

Between every three nomination the viewers were pleased with sand show and music group BeatMixFamily.


November 8, 2012

The Day of National Unity


This weekend Russian people celebrated the Day of National Unity. This day was established for memory of events in 1612 when the Home Guard headed by Kuzma Minin and Dmitriy Pozharskiy liberated Moscow from Polish interveners. At the 4 of November the Nizhniy Novgorod Zemstvo Home Guard stormed Kitay-gorod and expelled invaders with the help of miraculous icon of Our Lady of Kazan. That victory served as a great impuls for revival of Russian state. And the icon became a subject of special veneration. People believed that they won a victory because of the icon, so the prince Pozharskiy built the Kazan cathedral at the edge of Red Square by his own money. The king Alexey Mihaylovich established the 4 of November as an Our Lady gratitude day  for her help of the liberation from Polish interveners.

The Kazan cathedral in Moscow

This holiday is also associated with the end of time of Troubles. It is a period from the death of Ivan Grozny in 1584 to the accession to the throne by the first of Romanov in 1613. It was a period of dynastic crisis. The united Russian state divided in numerous areas, a lot of pretenders tryed to come to the throne, there were an ubiquitous robbery, plunder, stealing, bribery in that time. "Seven boyars" by the head of Fedor Mstislavsky wanted to see  the catholic prince Vladislav at the Russian throne therefore they let in the Kremlin a Polish army. But a patriarch Germogen called people to protect an orthodoxy and to expel a Polish interveners. That was done at the 4 of November. And now this day is a Day of National Unity.

October 30, 2012

The Mentalist

At the sunday evening (in Moscow it was monday morning) the 100 episode of the Mentalist was shown on American channel CBS. It is my most favorite serial. I have been watching it since the first season in 2008. The main character Patric Jane is a consultant in California Bureau of Investigation. At first sight he is a charming, self-confident and impudent man, but actually he has a great pain and vulnerable soul. Like a member of nice team he investigates a lot of enigmatic crime, but not everytime love and understanding are in the team. His boss Teresa Lisbon both recognizes his achievements and criticizes him for smugness and inadmissible methods in work.

October 29, 2012

City's legends. Central part of Moscow

Yesterday I visited the excursion with city's legends again. It was in a central part of Moscow on Prechistinka and Ostozhenka streets.
I waked up at the morning and saw a snow on the street. It was the first snow in this year! But the weather was so bad: it was about 2 degrees above zero so the snow was melting, also it was raining the whole day, so it was very dank and slushy. The idea not to go to the excursion flashed in my head. But I registered at this excursion, the group and organisators would wait me, I could not betray them. I took my umbrella and went out. Unfortunately I had no gumboots... The road was like one continious puddle...



Despite the weather everybody came and we had a nice 2 hours. We visited a small pice of ancient Moscow never seen before.


The start and meeting point of our excursion. Near the Engels monument between Prechistinka and Ostozhenka streets.
Temple of the Prophet Elijah in Obydensky lane. Initially this temple was a wooden. By the legends it was built in 1 day. It was not closed even in Soviet times.
Gimnasium was built in XIX century in Modern Style. A lot of original engineering solutions were employed during construction. For example the first vacuum cleaner was in every hallway.

Golden Mile. A modern expensive district in Moscow was built in 2002-2003 by german architects.

October 25, 2012

Master-class of studio photography

Yesterday I visited master-class of studio photography. It was initiated by Moscow youth parliament. Last year I completed 3 steps of education in this project and now I am a member of journalist's group. So I have an opportunity to visit everything organised by parliament.
Our advisor in a photostudio was Vladimir Kalinin. He has been working in morden photography since 1982. We atsrted our master-class with discuss his photos. He told us every methods he used to make them.
"It is plumbing shop. We knew that we would work in a violet place without any other color, so we took a violet fur coat, a flower and baloons. It helped us to design a composition and made a balanced picture.
The second room was red. We wanted to make bright, cheerful, waggish photos. It was a play this light and make up. It is very important to support the color of interior by every component. So our model dressed a red top and have a red neckerchief.
Besides the color you have to remember about the space in picture. If the girl dressed a light, airy clothes she would be invisible inside this interior. So I bent her to make the model larger and I squared small tail. 
When we made a photo for hairstyle magazine we had to use a hard light to see every nuance, every hair. But for the cover page we wanted more mild picture, so we added a pice of organza in front of model. We got another mood and light, the model was more relaxed too.
If you want to make a man more aggressive you have to use a minimum of light, compress a perspective, cut every superfluous not to crumble the picture. Every psychologically portret is very cropped.
There is a rule, when you make a photo with people they have to see a light by both of eyes. If this is not the case, there will be no flicker in one eye which become hollow and off. Sometimes you can divide the picture: at the first part the man will be lively person, at the second it will be a devil. But sometimes you can break the rules to have some effects. Of course you should do it skillfully.
When you make a photo of group everyone should be at the same light and sharpen, nobody overlap each other. 
The mood in photos is very important. You have to catch every moments and ideas. For example at the end of the work with one model my another client come into the studio with their newborn daughter. I decided to make a picture of my model with their baby. Despite there was a little make up on a model, the lips were not painted, the eyelashes were unstick, it became the best photo of the serie.
It is very easy to work with actors because of their professionalism. They live in front of the camera and can play a different roles. For example I worked with Svetlana Svetlichnaya for the whole day. We made a great number of pictures, different characters. She can be various.
Let's to discuss a technically complicated photo. It seems to be the model lying on a sofa in front of the window. But this picture was made in this dark studio. It had to use about 5 lamps and 6 speculums to made this light. It should be noted the background is cooler than the model.
You can make absolutly different photos by various light. All of my picture snapshots were made in this studio, but everything is varied. For example at this picture I wanted to make a cinema.
It is very important to accents. At this photo the picture is made by shoes, handbag, bracelet and necklace.
Usually the stylist creates an image and photographer make only a technical work. But you are responsible for the mood and story of picture. Once time I had a serie of girls with colored water. It was very important to design a background and light for every snapshot.
The sunlight is the most comfortable for work. Once day we had an opportunity to work in old messuage. The light was depended by day time and influenced on picture's mood. I can say that in classic interier the classic pictures is best succeed.
And last photo we made at 4 or 5 am. We used an candlelight to illuminate the model, but we saved the morning mist and the mood of photo.
This is my best favorite photo, it's called "Bosko". I was in a restaurant Bosko and stole an ashtray, it is on picture now. I used only one lamp to imitate the sun. I generally prefer to exploit one light. Of course sometimes I need take more then 1 device to accent a background or some details, but all of them are an addition to main lamp for model.
I have a bright model. She took her mother's vintazh dress and lipstick in dress color. I only had to catch the moment, the breath and foreshortening. I named this serie "Cinderella Kolya". The model is Karolina, but it is difficult to  call her by name during the shooting, so I cut her name to Kolya.
It is very important to look around. The ideas are in the air. I always drop into the alleys from the main street to find something interesting. These photos were made near the Botanical garden.
You can always find a lot of ways out. For example the chic, posh, big dress is very expencive and difficult to find. I bought 15 meters of fabric and draped model. As a result I get these nice pictures".
After this lection we had a practice. Photographer taught us to work with the model and light.