Atmospheric Pollution

Previously on MarKat (Scotland) an article was published concerning the effects and implications of River and Thermal Pollution. At the end of that article it was intimated that written entries relating to ‘atmospheric pollution’ would, in due course, be made.Atmospheric Pollution is a diverse and far reaching form of pollution, originating at different ’scales’. Air [...]

Julius Caesar (44 BC)

Caesar’s Invasion of Gaul (58 BC)

GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR was born in 102 BC to an old Roman patrician family. As a young man he progressed from one minor public position to another, just like any other young aristocrat. In 65 BC as curule aedile he spent lavishly on games and public buildings. He was [...]

Moses

MOSES was an Old Testament Hebrew Prophet and lawgiver. He was born in Egypt of Levite parents, at a time when the people of Israel were slave workers in Egypt. As a baby, Moses (Hebrew ‘Mosheh‘) was saved from a general slaughter of male Jewish children, ordered by Pharaoh, by being concealed by his mother [...]

The Death of Socrates (399 BC) & Qin Emperor (210 BC)

AT THE AGE of 70, the Greek philosopher Socrates was condemned to death for flouting conventional ideas, and for corrupting the youth of Athens with his heresies. Surrounded by a group of his pupils, he obediently drunk hemlock and died. His best-known pupil, Plato, was very conspicuously not there, officially because he was ill though [...]

Circumstance

Two children in two neighbour villagesPlaying mad pranks along the heathy leas;Two strangers meeting at a festivalTwo lovers whispering by an orchard wall;Two lives bound fast in one with golden ease;Two graves grass-green beside a grey church-tower,Wash’d with still rains and daisy-blossomed;Two children in one hamlet born and bred;So runs the round of life from [...]

‘Blogging’

PREFACE
AN ARTICLE appeared in the Guardian Newspaper, dated 21 December 2007, written by James Ball, concerning the issue of ‘Blogging’ and, appeared on-line within its ‘comment is free’ section (Cif). Cif is highly recommended by this site. The section is run by very high calibre journalists and writer’s, many of the articles of which have [...]

Human Rights (2):

FOLLOWING on from our work on Human Rights, article titled Human Rights (1) on this site, we now aim to proceed by looking more specifically at the rights, responsibilities, and at specific aspects, and examples, of how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights applies in practice.
Rights and Responsibilities
The history of human rights began with [...]

Human Rights (1):

Introduction

What’s at issue?

This is a topic which we hope to keep in the spirit by which it is intended to be delivered. Human rights and related laws, national or international, are meant to be closely interwoven. Often we see wide variations in how these laws are interpreted, put into practice or simply neglected.The basis of [...]

Sonnet

As when with downcast eyes we muse and brood,And ebb into a former life, or seemTo lapse back in a confused dreamTo states of mystical similitude;If one but speaks or hems or stirs his chair,Ever the wonder waxeth more and more,So that we say, ‘All this hath been before,All this hath been, I know not [...]

The Building of the Parthenon (438 BC):

PERICLES WAS THE greatest leader to emerge in ancient Athens. He held the office of ‘general-in-command’ in the city-state from 443 until 429 BC, exerting power through the force of personality; he was the most persuasive and influential speaker in the assembly. The rise of Pericles was associated with an expansion of Athenian power. His [...]

The Golden Rule (495 BC):

THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER Confucius (K’ung Fu-tzu) lived from 551 BC until 479 BC. At 19 he became a government official in Lu. When he was 22 he set up a school for young men who wanted to be instructed in principles of right conduct and government; he was, in effect, training them for government service. [...]

Cause and Consequence of River Pollution:

On article on this subject will, invariably, refer to quite technical matters. The author of this topic, Mark Dowe (‘MD of MarKat‘), will try to ensure that any chemical and biological processes involved in river pollution, become fully explained. It is important for readers and interested parties to apply the technical terminology used precisely and [...]

The Building of The Temple of Jerusalem (950 BC):

IN 961 BC King David of Judah died and was succeeded by Solomon, David’s son by his second wife Bathsheba. Solomon’s long and distinguished reign lasted almost 40 years, which marks him out as an able, though not necessarily wise, ruler. Solomon established a long period of peace for his kingdom by negotiating alliances with [...]

MarKat’s Introduction to Philosophy – Part 1:

SO what is Philosophy?
Since no one agrees, it’s maybe the wrong question to start with – but then most philosophy starts with:The WRONG QUESTION or the WRONG ANSWER
In a theme to be recurring on this site, MarKat (Scotland) aim to give vision and understanding within the field of philosophy. We believe that this is [...]

About Orkney Islands

General:

… Orkney is a truly unique destination. A deep sense of history can be felt everywhere in the 70 or so scattered islands that make up the archipelago, islands where life is defined by the past and sculpted by the sea.
The ferry from Scrabster on mainland Scotland to Stromness sails past the impressive red [...]

A Fiddler In The North:

The King o’ France he rade a race.Robert Burns, 1794Amang the trees, where humming bees, At buds and flowers were hinging, O, Auld Caledon drew out her drone, And to her pipe was singing, O: ‘Twas Pibroch, Sang, Strathspeys, and Reels, She dirl’d them aff fu’ clearly, O: When there cam’ a yell o’ foreign [...]