John of Scotland

As the names might suggest, Irish Gaelic is largely spoken in Ireland while Scottish Gaelic is primarily spoken in Scotland. However, Scotland is not the only geographic region that Scottish Gaelic is being spoken. Scottish Gaelic is spoken in four countries, two of which consider it a recognized minority language (Ager 2015). In 2011, around 58,000 people living in Scotland were speaking Scottish Gaelic (Macleod 2013; Lewis 2015). Scottish Gaelic is a moribund language, but with recent…

Why do people vote for the SNP? The last few decades have seen an unprecedented boom in the Scottish National Party (SNP), originally a relatively unimportant minor party pursuing the dream of independence for Scotland, which has changed Scottish and British politics forever. This has been a prominent issue challenging journalists, researchers, political commentators and certainly other major parties for the last decade or so, provoking a seemingly simple though entirely complex and certainly…

Genetics Involving Pheochromocytomas Jillian Benson Baker University School of Nursing Genetics Involving Pheochromocytomas Pathophysiology Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare, benign tumors that develop from chromaffin cells, which are located in the neuroectodermal tissues around the spinal column and the adrenal glands (Grouzman et al., 2015 and Santos, 2014). Pheochromocytomas are located inside of the adrenal gland, while paragangliomas are located outside of the…

Hyrule, a kingdom that has endured the test of time. It's been through many changes throughout the ages, evolving and ever expanding its rich lore and history. But sometimes I sit back and wonder, who set up the foundation for this kingdom to prosper like we know it today? Now before we go any further, yes of course it was the people of Skyloft that founded Hyrule from what we know, but how exactly did it go down? Who set the ground work up for the relgion, geogrphy, economy, language, and…

between Welsh, Scottish and Breton music and music making. What effect do you think Irish music has had on each of the other musical cultures? Celtic music tends to be defined as encompassing the traditional music of Celtic countries, namely Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany, as well as Galicia and other areas. Since each country has gone through its unique history, there are differences in between one culture to another, but similarities are also present. Elements include instrumentation,…

Scotland has a great variety of landscapes for its size. “The landscapes of Scotland include towns, countryside, hills, glens and coasts with the human and cultural aspects of place and history” (Landscape Variety in Scotland. n.d). The cultural dimensions of Scotland’s landscape are widespread and variable. This is due to modern period designs being imposed on patterns of older use. For instance, there is an old field system on the edge of Edinburgh which is now also a golf course. Each part of…

the two. Now the war for independence for the scottish started when the british invaded the scots in 1296 and.Side note here doesn't it seem like the british invaded a lot of countries like all of the time.Anyway after the successful invasion of scotland lots of campaigns happened to drive the british out. Like in 1304 when Robert the Bruce renewed several campaigns following the killings of the red comyn and. In 1314 the scottish had a victory at bannockburn for their independence. Then lots…

Since the 16th century Great Britain has had control over the economic welfare of Scotland. Some of the economic levers that Great Britain controls is currency, finances, oil sales and debt. This control over the years has caused a lot of friction and in 2014 the first vote for independent was made. This first referendum was voted down due to the people thinking that Great Britain provided a safe blanket and felt Scotland was too weak to stand on its own economically. Now under the leadership…

A World of Feeling Besides words on a page, the “heaven-taught” ploughman Robert Burns exists today in metal, housed in a 70-foot tall Grecian temple in his hometown of Alloway in Ayrshire. Despite the constraints of sessile metal, the Bard of Ayrshire has no difficulties getting around: one might also find great Rabbie in San Francisco, Canada, or Australia. In fact, Robert Burns has the third-largest amount of statues built in his image than any other non-religious figure (“Commemorations of…

place on a battlefield in Scotland so many years ago but I can see this happening today. We live in an uncertain society in uncertain times and I feel this speech calls to me. I get emotional every time a see it. The Scottish and English have been fighting over freedom for over a hundred years. England owns Scotland and in doing so have been very cruel to the Scottish people, have raped, murdered, and taken control in every way of the Scottish people. During this time Scotland has decided that…