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Fift declaration o a Catalan republic
On the 27t October 2017, the Catalonie government o Carlos Puidgemont declared wanthirldom as a republic. This is the fift time that the Catalonie government haes declared the existence o a Catalan republic. In this airticle, we can leuk at the weys the muivement haes been born, an reborn, an developit ower the hunneryears. The first declaration o Catalan wanthirldom wis in 1641 by Pau Claris, a priest that wis …
Scots as a leid o education
In this airticle, we’ll leuk at the faisibility o the uiss o Scots in education. Syne whan haes it been uised in education? In whilk wey it is uised in education? An is it siclike wi ither leids? For tae answer thae quaistens, we can leuk at the history o Scots an its uiss in education . . . Fae the middle o the nineteent hunneryear till the end o …
Surfeit Uiss o Digital Technology
Technology, an the mair by taiken digital technology, haes baith positive an negative eftercomes. Technology can hecht possibilities we wadnae itherwise hae. On the ae haund, technology in general can help us redd up problems: technology can allou us tae dae mony things fae the maist basic huntin gibbles tae space shuttles. On the ither haund, technology can cause hashery for the feck o humanity, whether it’s technology that’s uised …
Argie-bargie in politics
Whan fowk is discussin issues, the conversation whiles dwynes intae a wee stramash: ae side gies their thochtie on the thing, the ither says “naw, A think this ither thing,” an they juist rane their stances. An this is the mair-be-taiken whan it’s political issues. Whiles ye’r chancey tae even see fowk argollin for their position. An, whan this happens, fowk afttimes come awa fae it thinkin the same things …
Pit astronomy heich up in the Scots education sýstem
We can read this Thursday in The National that Scotland could be the place for the rapplin space industry by the wey o Tom Walkinshaw o technology firm Alba Orbital. We can read an aw that space technology firms fae Scotland is developpin new technology, wi Alba Orbital developpin the lichtest, cheapest, an peeriest sattelite aroon. Anither newins tae dae wi the Scots space industry, the possibility o a spaceport, …