crofting
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
crofting see bleaching .
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Brankin urges 'come and talk to me' on crofting reform bill
The Scotsman; 4/24/2006; Fordyce Maxwell; 777 words
; CROFTING, like Gaelic, seems to have a more powerful grip on Scottish ... and invective is being generated by a Scottish Executive crofting reform bill now at committee evidence stage. If passed ... Jim Hunter, founder member of what is now the Scottish Crofting Foundation and a former head of Highlands and ...
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Crofting laws failing to stop land sales on open market
The Scotsman; 4/20/2007; JOHN ROSS; 679 words
; ... have been made for the tightening up of crofting legislation to stop land being sold ... highlighted last year during debates on the Crofting Reform Bill. Critics said it did nothing ... communities and the destruction of the crofting system, with young people unable to get ...
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Crofting future threatened as young desert the land
The Scotsman; 12/18/2007; JOHN ROSS; 532 words
; THE future of crofting is under threat because it is too expensive ... survey for the Committee of Inquiry into Crofting published today. Most crofters believe ... was set up last year to examine how crofting can best contribute to the economy ...
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Crofting body 'should be scrapped' after half a century, says professor
The Scotsman; 5/13/2008; JOHN ROSS; 538 words
; THE body set up to oversee and develop crofting should be wound up after more than 50 ... Commission should be given to a federation of crofting boards and Highlands and Islands Enterprise ... report, seen as the most important for crofting in half a century, aims to ensure that ...
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Crofting commission chief proud of his achievements David Green is in his last year as chairman of the Crofters Commission and has recently taken on the chairmanship of Cairngorms National Park Authority. He tells JOE WATSON why crofting, which covers 10% of Scotland's land mass, is still important for this nation
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 10/7/2006; 913 words
; ... Park Authority. He tells JOE WATSON why crofting, which covers 10% of Scotland's land mass ... role to play in safeguarding the future of crofting, a sector rarely out of the news in recent weeks since the executive's capitulation on various controversial parts of the Crofting Reform Bill. But the ...
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Crofting leaders' demands as reforms are ditched
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 9/23/2006; Joe Watson; 537 words
; ... Executive U-turn on controversial reforms to crofting legislation still does not go far enough ... the view last night from the Scottish Crofting Foundation (SCF) in its response to the ... it was abandoning major chunks of the Crofting Reform Bill. The capitulation by ministers ...
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After seven years' work crofting bill 'is in tatters'
The Scotsman; 9/28/2006; John Ross; 484 words
; ... proposals aimed at securing the future of crofting have been "botched", the Scottish Executive ... yesterday. MSPs were debating Stage 1 of the Crofting Reform Bill, much of which has had to ... taken out and an inquiry set up into crofting issues. Yesterday, Rob Gibson, the SNP ...
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No place for landowners on committee looking at crofting
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 4/5/2007; Joe Watson; 454 words
; ... committee set up to investigate the future of crofting. Deputy Environment and Rural Development ... Professor Donald Macrae and Scottish Crofting Foundation land use programme manager ... representing the interests of mainland crofting. The association's letter said: "We welcome ...
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Concerns raised over 'two-tier' crofting plans
The Scotsman; 7/5/2002; John Ross; 552 words
; ... to fears of a two-tier system of crofting. A white paper launched yesterday ... proposes a comprehensive overhaul of crofting, aiming to strip away red tape and give greater powers to individuals. Crofting is recognised as a way of sustaining ...
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At last - taking a chainsaw to the forest of legalese around crofting
The Scotsman; 7/5/2006; Fordyce Maxwell; 686 words
; ... few - I don't pretend to understand. Crofting legislation, for example. This does not ... repercussions well beyond the 30,000 people in crofting townships. Much of the trouble is embodied ... That has been true since the original crofting act of 1886. More than a century on ...
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Colonsay
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, island, 17 sq mi (44 sq km), Argyll and Bute, NW Scotland, one of the Inner Hebrides. Crofting and cheese making are the main occupations. Colonsay is separated from Oronsay by a narrow sound.
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Lewis and Harris
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
... coast, and the bulk of the island's population is in Stornoway, which has a significant port, and the northern parish of Ness. Crofting, fishing, and stock raising are the main occupations. The thriving Harris tweed industry is centered in Stornoway but utilizes ...
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Highlands
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... cent. has suffered from a steady decline of population—partly caused, initially, by the failure of the Jacobite rebellions. Crofting, fishing, and distilling are the main occupations; in recent years the tourist trade has been an important source of income ...
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Bleach
How Products Are Made
... Dutch perfected the bleaching of fabrics in a process called crofting, whereby fabrics were spread out in large fields for maximum ... scientists discovered a chemical that had the same effect as crofting, but yielded much quicker results. In 1774, Swedish chemist ...
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Goffman, Erving
A Dictionary of Sociology
... fieldwork study on one of the Shetland Islands off Scotland (whilst based in Edinburgh). His observations of everyday life in this crofting community subsequently informed his highly influential The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1959) in which he outlines ...
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