Archive for the ‘Academia’ Category
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How To Learn French Online, fast, easy, free
Thursday, August 10th, 2006
French is an official language in 30 countries world wide. It is a beautiful language to speak or listen to, and just because I speak it I thought others should speak it as well. How do you go about it though?
If you think self-study is something you can do, the following online resources will guide [...] -
How to learn Russian online, fast, easy, free
Monday, August 7th, 2006
More than 250 million people world wide speak Russian as their primary or secondary language. Ken said he wants to learn it as well. And I bet there’s other people out there who’d like to at least be able to say a few things in Russian.
So here’s what my investigation of online resources for learning [...] -
How to learn Chinese - online, fast, easy and free
Saturday, August 5th, 2006
Chinese is a language spoken by more than 1.3 billion people word wide. Mandarin is the most commonly used and widely spread dialect of the Chinese language group, and the Official language of the People’s Republic of China.
China is an economy which enjoys a high annual growth and continuously attracts the interest of businesses around [...] -
the Vatican Secret Archives unveiled
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
I was surprised to find out more about the work carried out by the Vatican “Secret” Archives. These archives contain important documents dating eons ago. A unique treasury of history. There are also state of the art restoration and conservation labs, and much of the archives is available to researchers and scholars alike. Some of [...]
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The Genographic Project
Sunday, February 26th, 2006
This is interesting. Go over to the National Geographic’s - Genographic project site here.
Apparently, they are charting people’s ancient ancestry, and everyone who can afford the special Genographic Project kit can participate. In return, they get a chart of their personal ancient ancestry. Check it out.
