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The McCash Poetry Prize James McCash, the founder of the McCash Poetry Prize competition, was a graduate of the University of Glasgow. A trained engineer, in the 1970s he won a Glasgow Herald poetry competition which had as its theme the Walter Scott quotation, ‘This is my own, my native land!’ The competition was not specifically for poetry in Scots, but his winning entry used a modern interpretation of classical sixteenth-century Scots to admirable effect. Subsequently Mr McCash gave a generous endowment to Glasgow University for the establishment of an annual competition for poetry in...

Street names in new Edinburgh neighbourhood to be inspired by Scots poets under culture quarter vision Leading Scottish poets will be honoured by having street names inspired by their work as part of a bid to turn a new neighourhood in Edinburgh into a ‘cultural destination’ for the city.

Township solicitor Donald G. Karpowich updated Hegins Township supervisors about the project at their Dec. 2 meeting. Williams is installing a driveway on Bridge Road and has posted its permit. A “No Traffic Beyond This Point” sign was placed to keep truck traffic down, with most heavy traffic using Deep Creek Road instead of Bridge Road, according to Karpowich’s report. A road inspector site visit was on Dec. 1. Williams’ submitted building permit plans are being reviewed to identify any necessary inspections. The company plans to build a 31,000 HP gas turbine-driven comp...

role women played in generating support for the revolutionary war and helped pave the way for a greater political identity for women within the new nation. this is an hour. good afternoon. i am indeed robert griswold, chair of history, chair of the history department here at the university of oklahoma. before i introduce this afternoon's speaker and on behalf of then tire history department i want to thank the president for making this moment possible. he has a deep love for the study of history. he, in fact, majored in history in college and that affection has reflected in today's...

unemployment, more people pay into the trust funds and they become financially solvent for a long time in the future. . that's what the democrats have proposed, the answer to the medicare program is to put more money into the trust fund grow the economy and keep the medicare as a federal program that's guaranteed to all seniors. now, i also heard my republican colleagues talk about how the affordable care act some people call it obamacare the affordable care act, that somehow that was going to destroy medicare. nothing could be further from the truth. the reality is that the affordab...