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“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta
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“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta

...le leathchéad bliain anuas, nó mar sin. Ach is cur chuige é sin a ghlanann na céadtaí bliain den stair agus den scrios a rinneadh ar an teanga, idir polasaithe agus dlithe coilíneacha fríth-Ghaeilge, den insint reatha oifigiúil. Níor chríochnaigh an Ghaeilge ina teanga ‘mionlaithe’ anseo de thaisme. Dhírigh forsaí leatromacha coimhthíocha ar an Ghaeilge...
David Bowie: identity is creativity
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David Bowie: identity is creativity

...sang of his most famous creation, Ziggy Stardust in 1972. This might explain why the extra-terrestrial (whether human or alien) was an abiding metaphor he returned to from the early days of Major Tom in the song Space Oddity (1969) through his re-appearance in Pierrot costume on Ashes to Ashes (1980) and most recent embodiment in the video to his latest single Blackstar...
How did Emmanuel Macron win the French Presidency?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Emmanuel Macron win the French Presidency?

...Le Pen. How did a man without an established party land the top job?...[A child celebrates Emmanuel Macron's victory in the 2017 French Presidential election] A child outside the Louvre celebrates Macron's victory After a tense and often antagonistic election campaign, Emmanuel Macron is to become the next president of France. The result is, of course, in all sorts of...
Bowie as a conduit
History & The Arts

Bowie as a conduit

...sang The Clash on ‘Clash City Rockers’, one of their early militant anthems of punk righteousness – Bowie here was a bit of show off – a poseur unconcerned with the real world issues The Clash purported to address in their streetwise, politicized rock. Many of the articles written about Bowie in the aftermath of his death relay familiar narratives: he was...
Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...sang in Mahler’s 8th symphony under Lenard Bernstein in the Royal Albert Hall. At 15 as an air cadet, he flew to Singapore with the Royal Air Force. He qualified as a glider pilot at 16. He was commissioned as a 2Lt in the British Army Corps of Royal Engineers after attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He completed courses on Systems Behaviour, Industrial...
Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol

...DU, am ddim ar y rhwydweithiau ffôn mwyaf, i unrhyw un mewn argyfwng, unrhyw le, unrhyw bryd, os ydych chi’n cael trafferth ymdopi ac eisiau help ar unwaith. Testun: 85258 Switchboard Mae Switchboard yn darparu gwasanaethau gwrando a chyfeirio i’r gymuned LBGTQ+. Mae Switchboard yn rhoi lle diogel i unrhyw un drafod unrhyw beth, gan gynnwys rhywioldeb, hunaniaeth...
Intermediate Italian: describing people
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Intermediate Italian: describing people

...le parole alla parte del viso a cui si riferiscono. [Described image] Figure 2 i capelli (a) la fronte (b) il sopracciglio (c) gli occhi (d) gli occhiali (e) il naso (f) la bocca (g) la barba (h) Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 8 items in each list. i capelli la fronte il...
Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...le beurre, l’argent du beurre et les baisers de la fermiere (loosely translatable as wanting not only to have their cake and eat it, but also to kiss the baker’s daughter). But on the other hand, it is conceivable that Deal UK ought to be better than the deals granted to countries that have never been EU members. It would debase the status of EU membership to treat...