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Rocks and the diverse of differing rocks in Scotland is something to be amazed at The richness of lichens and the ability of some many flowers adapting to the habitat. Sunshine brings our eyes to the crevices and find this marvellous natural world alive ....
Scotland offers one of the best opportunities for industrial scale clean hydrogen production in Europe. There are many reasons that Scotland is the right choice for companies looking to develop hydrogen energy solutions. None more so than the fact that...
We are not all in the same boat. We are all in the same storm. Some are on super-yachts. Some have just the one oar . Your boat might be a luxury cruiser with the mortgage paid off, all mod cons. The next door neighbour’s might be a dinghy seeping with...
Too many of our politicians and aides are hypocrites. How many Labour MP’s own homes in London but claim second homes at taxpayers expense? How many Conservative MP’s have travelled despite telling others not to. Even the Greens are hypocrites. Caroline...
In 1997, Pope John Paul II decided that the internet could use a patron saint to guide Catholics in its proper use. He chose Saint Isidore of Seville (560-636), Doctor of the Church, and last of the Latin Fathers. His twenty-book opus (called Etymologia...
The targeted voucher scheme mooted by the Resolution Foundation is ideally tailored to this purpose. It is an excellent idea, quite apart from actively encouraging people to visit venues, it may also grant many an opportunity to experience something new,...
The golden ratio is roughly equal to 1.618. The special nature of this ratio appealed to the Greeks, who thought that objects in this proportion were particularly aesthetically pleasing. It has been said that they used this ratio in their architecture...
About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters; how well, they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along; How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting...
Coronavirus doesn’t discriminate we are informed, not least when the Prime Minister was moved to intensive care. Maybe it doesn’t but society does. Of course, the chances of catching it are apparently the same for anyone and if it takes hold then you...
a successful economy should no longer be measured by growth which is ultimately unsustainable and dreadful for the planet. It should be measured by its ability to provide a basic living wage and some sense of parity of reward for hard work. Not unbridled...
What is the good life? Entire books have been written to address this question. Philosophers of all ages pondered about this transcendent query as well. Still, the question remains to this present day. It therefore comes as no surprise that people are...
1# Alcohol Although this is quite unexpected, the Arabs were the first to make alcohol. But it wasn't used for weird drinks, it was used for an eye dye (or eyeliner) known as "Kuhl" [كحل] and was probably taken from the Arabic word "Kaheel" , another...
Streets are a factor, but natural meeting places are more important. We have a lot more restructuring of society to think of, especially if we want to stop extinction. We have, in effect, developed a system unsuited to people but suited to institutions....
A true story at the Pearl Harbour The Uncle, of John Murphy, Tom (Thomas Murphy) died a few years back. He was Weapons Officer on the USS California. They were hit by torpedoes. He and his Sunday crew shot up all the ammunition they had on deck back at...
We Work is yet another example of a classic 'bubble'. Whether its the South Sea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Company Tulips: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania Or Asteroid mining: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613758/asteroid-mining-bubble-burst-history/...
The virus is blowing in the wind airborne viruses can spread far and wide Keeping at arm's length won't protect you from catching an infectious disease, Coronavirus has been found on wee little particles of air pollution by scientists that were looking...
British Butterfly caterpillars feed on Nettles Many people don’t like Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica) because they sting and are thought of as weeds but a lot of these same people don’t realise just how many pretty butterflies have caterpillars that...
Autumn is a great time to visit Scotland – especially for a road trip around the beautiful, yet highly underrated Argyll region Scotland is top-notch road trip territory, but to be honest, there are two things that can turn a fun day on the road into...
Just what is information? For such an intuitive idea, its precise nature proved remarkably hard to pin down. For centuries, it seemed to hover somewhere in a half-world between the visible and the unseen, the physical and the evanescent, the enduring...
A Haptic Baton A conductors baton that communicates to visually impaired players. The baton captures the speed, angle, attack and sway of the conductor’s hand in real time and beams it directly to all players wearing receiver bands. They feel the expression...
SOUND=SPACE is an electronic musical instrument that is played - by one person or several at the same time - by moving around in an empty space. It consists of a system of ultrasonic sensors - an ultrasonic echo location system - that very accurately...
The ancient name of lavender was spikenard. There are many Biblical references to spikenard and to its price. Lavender products were extremely precious at that time. From the Gospel of Saint John: “Then took Mary a pound of spikenard, very costly, and...
Spring comes along with Lambs A lambing system concerns when lambing will occur (what season or months), how often a ewe will lamb (annual vs. accelerated), and how and where lambing will occur (shed vs. pasture). There is no one "best" lambing system...
This lovely nice weather has brought lots of nice things but also it has brought some ants that are starting to march all over the house. It would be great to find something to fight this invading army and then realised that the lavender which is in seedlings...
Dandelions Dandelions are everywhere here there and everywhere For about a week or two Dandelions - Dandelions Everywhere is dandelions Brilliant wonderful is Spring We make some nice posies Lovely Dandelion bracelets Decorated each other with Dandelions...
