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14 million language learners from 195 countries on Livemocha

Livemocha claims to be the world’s largest online language learning community. With Livemocha, you can meet native speakers of the language you want to learn, join a language course and have your language exercises reviewed by other community members or by one of the Livemocha ‘experts’. They offer courses in 38 languages at the moment. They also have a regular language learning blog and a Facebook page. Continue reading →

Topographic survey

Following the start of the new season of excavation at the Palazzo Imperiale, being undertaken together with a restoration project, we have started planning all the walls and floor surfaces. A few months back I undertook a photogrammetric survey of all the standing walls that will be restored in the area, and am now fixing these into the site plan. Yesterday we cleaned USM11043 and began a detailed survey of the wall. Continue reading →

Multispectral world

Last weekend I spend some time with ACRG multispectral camera (converted Nikon D700). I got Hoya R72 infrared filter and walked on the fields of Western Estonia. I am very happy with results (see below). When it became dark outside I took the soldering iron and made two-led IR torch. This will be used for RTI testing later this week. One thing I found out already, you need quite long exposure time for a sharp image or/and much brighter light source. Continue reading →

Bo Bing

Visitors to the Southampton Confucius Institute Mid Autumn Festival finished a colourful evening of Chinese music, song and dance by local artists and schools with a game of Bo Bing, or mooncake gambling, which is popular in the city of Xiamen (home to the University of Xiamen, a partner in the Southampton Centre). See the article in the China Daily to see how the game is played. Continue reading →

Bo Bing

Visitors to the Southampton Confucius Institute Mid Autumn Festival finished a colourful evening of Chinese music, song and dance by local artists and schools with a game of Bo Bing, or mooncake gambling, which is popular in the city of Xiamen (home to the University of Xiamen, a partner in the Southampton Centre). See the article in the China Daily to see how the game is played. Continue reading →

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in Southampton – 2 events

The Confucius Institute at the University of Southampton has hosted a reception to celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. This festival is the second most important festival in Chinese culture, after Chinese New Year. The festival always falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the Moon Festival, as the moon is at its fullest on the 15th day of the lunar calendar. Continue reading →

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in Southampton – 2 events

The Confucius Institute at the University of Southampton has hosted a reception to celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. This festival is the second most important festival in Chinese culture, after Chinese New Year. The festival always falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the Moon Festival, as the moon is at its fullest on the 15th day of the lunar calendar. Continue reading →

Work, study or volunteer in another European country with Erasmus for All

The European Commission stresses its commitment to promoting multilingualism in a press statement to celebrate the European Day of Languages on the 26th of September. The EU currently spends around 1 billion euros a year on language related initiatives such as Erasmus which allows higher education students to spend part of their studies or training in another country. Continue reading →

Work, study or volunteer in another European country with Erasmus for All

The European Commission stresses its commitment to promoting multilingualism in a press statement to celebrate the European Day of Languages on the 26th of September. The EU currently spends around 1 billion euros a year on language related initiatives such as Erasmus which allows higher education students to spend part of their studies or training in another country. Continue reading →