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What could be common between Computational Linguistics and Aerobics? Quite a lot, as it turns out to be. Dance descriptions, while not really in English do have a regular structure and can be thought of as a sub-language with full set of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic levels. There are basic words of the language (move names), correct ways . . . → Read More: Parsing jumping jacks Scottish Country Dancing is everywhere. Moscow is a fairly recent branch, so they are all bright and eager. I do not dance with them, but do read their online public journal, to see what kind of issues a non-English speaking dancers would run into. Is Podcasting revolution over before it began? BusinessWeek seems to think so and quotes Pew Internet & American Life Project’s statistics. The topic is also generating some buzz in the blogosphere, with BusinessWeek’s interpretation being gleefully accepted by some and thoughtfully rejected by others. I believe into podcasting‘s future because it is here already for . . . → Read More: The podcasts I listen to and how BusinessWeek got it wrong The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society has updated their website. It now looks prettier, runs on more modern technological base and promises better up-to-date information. This is the next step after the redesign of the society magazine to move forward in times, while preserving the original goals of the Society. It is good to see the society recognising . . . → Read More: RSCDS website refresh Scottish Country Dancing is danced everywhere. It is certainly danced in Houston (Texas). The website of the group run by Dianna Shipman looks friendly and inviting. While some links are dead, the explanations of figures are quite interesting and have cute hand-drawn diagrams. Worth . . . → Read More: Scottish Country Dancing in Houston In Lisbon, they know a good sport when they see one. During their annual Fun and Games Day, people can compete in many sports including Football, Touch rugby and Scottish Dancing. While the rules for normal sports are easy to find, the ones used for two team competitive Scottish Country Dancing are somewhat harder to come by. . . . → Read More: On equal footing: Scottish Country Dancing and Football New York branch of RSCDS organizes a dance event at United Nations every year. All money collected go to UNICEF. This year we collected 1500$. The floors at United Nations are not all that good to dance on (marble), but it is for a good cause. And it certainly gets a lot of attention from the UN . . . → Read More: RSCDS dancing at United Nations I have the news and it is good. I have passed my Teaching Certificate (Part 1 Unit 1). In a retrospect, the flashcards themselves did not help much, but the process of putting descriptions into the flashcards did. So, it was indirectly helpful after all. My weekest point was marked to be the description of positioning and . . . → Read More: RSCDS teaching certificate – the first step is done Some say RSCDS is only for older people and young Scotts do not like it. You only have to look at the pictures from the Glasgow Festival to see that it is completely opposite case. I like the one for The Dashing White Sergeant the most. Tags: . . . → Read More: Who said children don’t like Scottish Country Dancing? I am sitting for the part one of the RSCDS‘ preliminary teaching certificate. The part one is mostly theory and history, so involves a good lot of memorisation, with the hope that memorised facts will aid later deep comprehension. I am using flashcards to help me remember the facts. I have free software installed on my computer . . . → Read More: Flashcards I am using to prepare for RSCDS preliminary examination |
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