History - Scotland - Net Links Pictish Nation A lengthy narrative of the origins and history of the picts. http://gouk.about.com/cs/histor5/
High Drama: Scotland's Dunnottar Castle to Scotland, Saint Ninian, traveled from England to convert the picts (early residents http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/prm/bldunnottar1.htm
Extractions: High Drama: Scotland's Dunnottar Castle Tempestuous weather or mild, Dunnottar Castle has a long history of dramaof the unstaged sort. By Judy P. Sopronyi for Historic Traveler Magazine The ruins of Dunnottar Castle perch on a huge, high mound of a cliff, almost cut off from the mainland of Scotland. With winds whipping off the North Sea and waves crashing on the rocky beach below, Dunnottar lays claim to the prize for most dramatic Scottish castle setting. Film director Franco Zeffirelli apparently agreed. He chose Dunnottar Castle to play Elsinore in his 1990 version of Shakespeare's Hamlet . In the title role, Mel Gibson played the "Alas, poor Yorick" scene near that same rocky beach. (Zeffirelli had less dramatic weatherno crashing waves were evident while Mel conversed with a skull.)
Extractions: Hummingbirds Click on the links below to see photos of various species of birds posted by people at the Birding Forum. Also, please ask permission from the photographer before using any of these photos in any way. If you're not familar with the Birding Forum, it is like a huge message board with the messages arranged into subject folders. The Photo Album is one of these folders. If you are not already a member, just click on the Guest button to enter the Forum to view the photos. You also may read all the messages you wish. Or join free and be able to post messages and photos too. The photos of these birds have been taken by conventional cameras as well as digital cameras. Additionally, many of the people willingly share information about how they took that exquisite picture so you can get ideas on how to take a similar photograph of the wild birds you see.
General Medieval Scottish History The History of the Scots, the picts and the Britons Thorough, extensive exploration http://historymedren.miningco.com/cs/generalscotland/
Extractions: Denizen of the Deep: The Loch Ness Monster Urquhart Castle is surely one of the most picturesquely situated castles in the Scottish Highlands. It's also earned the reputation of being one of the best spots for sighting Loch Ness's most famous inhabitant. by Julie Skurdenish Urquhart Castle is surely one of the most picturesquely situated castles in the Scottish Highlands. Located 16 miles south-west of Inverness, the castle, one of the largest in Scotland, dominates a sandstone bluff overlooking much of the length of Loch Ness. In the past the location endowed Urquhart with strategic importance; as far back as the beginning of the Christian era, a small Iron Age fortification occupied this promontory.
Programmers/CD - Business Of Web Design help if needed. Funding for these notes provided by Project FIVE and ProjectPICTS supervised by Doug Garrison Dean of the Petaluma Center. http://www.sonic.net/~webclass/BusWeb/LesProg.shtml
Extractions: Web site design by Jessica Hirsch - jessicahirsch@email.msn.com Funding for these notes provided by Project FIVE and Project PICTS supervised by Doug Garrison - Dean of the Petaluma Center. This course is a core requirement for several Web Development Certificates. Learn more at the Web Certification site
Anglo-Saxons there. They were first invited by the Celtic King Vortigern, who neededhelp fighting the picts and Scots. The Angles (Lat. Angli http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0804048.html
Extractions: Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons, name given to the Germanic-speaking peoples who settled in England after the decline of Roman rule there. They were first invited by the Celtic King Vortigern , who needed help fighting the Picts and Scots. The Angles (Lat. Angli ), who are mentioned in Tacitus' Germania, seem to have come from what is now Schleswig in the later decades of the 5th cent. Their settlements in the eastern, central, and northern portions of the country were the foundations for the later kingdoms known as East Anglia Mercia , and Northumbria . The Saxons , a Germanic tribe who had been continental neighbors of the Angles, also settled in England in the late 5th cent. after earlier marauding forays there. The later kingdoms of Sussex Wessex , and Essex were the outgrowths of their settlements. The Jutes, a tribe about whom very little is known except that they probably came from the area around the mouths of the Rhine, settled in Kent (see Kent, kingdom of ) and the Isle of Wight. The Anglo-Saxons eventually formed seven separate kingdoms known as the heptarchy See P. H. Blair
Extractions: Sherri's Photos Click on the links below to see photos of various species of birds posted by people at the Birding Forum. Also, please ask permission from the photographer before using any of these photos in any way. If you're not familar with the Birding Forum, it is like a huge message board with the messages arranged into subject folders. The Photo Album is one of these folders. If you are not already a member, just click on the Guest button to enter the Forum to view the photos. You also may read all the messages you wish. Or join free and be able to post messages and photos too. The photos of these birds have been taken by conventional cameras as well as digital cameras. Additionally, many of the people willingly share information about how they took that exquisite picture so you can get ideas on how to take a similar photograph of the wild birds you see.
