Highlands. Under his command 240 miles of road were laid, between 1725 and 1736 along with a dozen bridges spanning rivers across Scotland like the Tay, Garry, Tummel and the Spean. This network of roads served to connect all of the major towns such as Glasgow, Inverness, and Edinburgh along with the military garrisons and forts in the Highland area.…
he was listening to, but for a 12-year-old kid who had been surrounded by the classics all of his life, I couldn't comprehend why he would choose to listen to it over the masterpieces that were just a click away. The truth is, I still don't. Ellen Glasgow once said "All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.", and although she was writing about the postbellum South, her message is still relevant in the modern world. Living in a progressive world such as ours certainly has its…
Part 1:Write a short commentary on either primary source extract A or Primary Source extract B. Extract Chosen= A This is a letter detailing the correspondence between the British foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey to the British Ambassador to Austria, Sir M. de Bunsen following a conversation he had on the morning of 23rd July 1914 (Great Britain Foreign Office, 1915). The letter was written when the July Crisis was at its peak and was written five days before the declaration of war from…
diverse nation, but never before has the significance of the nations’ diversity been as obvious or important as it is today” (Abriam-Yago, Yoder, & Kataoka-Yahiro, 1999; Guy, 1999; Omeri, Malcolm, Ahern, & Wellington, 2003) (R.K. Adeniran & M.E. Smith-Glasgow, page 53). With increasing multiculturalism comes new realms of diversity. “Not only are there more immigrants, but increasingly they speak languages and bear cultures that are quite different from those brought by European immigrants in…
Head Injury A brain injury affects more than one person’s life. We must all value our brain as we don’t get a second one. All of us have fallen down, got hurt, and injured ourselves several times. Brain has several protective layers including the hair, skin, skull, meninges and cerebrospinal fluid. In spite of these layers of protection we still have injuries that hurt us due the pain and disable us to function normally. What is head injury? A brain injury is one of the serious kind injury…
very involved in nature and cautious about space in nature, they have a lot of space for plant life and tree growth right through the architecture in some cases or in the center. His organic style has helped artists like Charles Mackintosh with the Glasgow school. Frank Lloyd Wright has helped progress graphic design in a plethora of ways. Frank Lloyd Wright deisgn more than just buildings. Of Crouse it was sketching of architecture a lot of notes can be taken from his work as a designer. Space…
the same city could have different levels of health; between 2011-2013 life expectancy for males in affluent East Dunbartonshire was 80.5 years, which is 7.5 years longer than 73.0 years in Glasgow city. Females in East Dunbartonshire could live to 83.9 years which is 5.4 years longer than the 78.5 years in Glasgow City (The Scottish Government, 2014) Acccording to the Black Report 1980 these life expectancy are a result of class…
Chyna Hill Mrs. Dwiggins Computers/Career Explor Little Mix ‘She lives in the shadow of a lonely girl, voices so quiet you can’t hear a word. Always talking but she can’t be heard’ Little Me by Little Mix. Do you like to discover new and exciting bands? So do I! Stick around if you want to hear about my favourite girl band, Little Mix. It all started on the 2011 X-Factor, these four girls auditioned and didn’t know what was in for them.…
The artist constructs a model from cardboard, referring to a real or imaginary image, then he make a photograph of the model, which is to be destroyed afterwards. Thomas Demand, born in 1964 in Munich, is among the most outstanding artists of our times, primarily a sculptor-slash-photographer, active also as a curator. Demand began his art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1987-90), but it was at the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf (1990-2) and Goldsmith's College in London (1993-4),…
Personal Wellness This course has brought many things about my health into perspective. It has confirmed my beliefs that I should continue to participate in CrossFit and continue to live a vegan lifestyle. I has also confirmed my belief that drugs and alcohol should be avoided, it is important to exercise and eat healthy, that healthy interaction with others is essential for a stable mental state. I have also learned more about how to build healthy relationships and how to identify warning…