When chapmen billies leave the street,
And drouthy neibors, neibors meet,
As market days are wearing late,
An' folk begin to tak the gate;
While we sit bousing at the nappy,
And getting fou and unco happy,
We think na on the lang Scots miles,
The mosses, waters, slaps, and styles,
That lie between us and our hame,
Where sits our sulky sullen dame.
Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Read More...
Profession: Swimmer
Biography: Florence Chadwick was an American long-distance swimmer renowned for her groundbreaking achievements in the 1950s. She gained international fame in 1950 when she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel in both directions.
Chadwick's set numerous long-distance swimming records over the course of her career, breaking Gertrude Ederle's record for the France–England leg and setting the women's record for the England–France leg. She was also the first woman to swim the Dardanelles in a round trip, the Bosporus one way, the Catalina Channel, and the Straits of Gibraltar. Read More...
La Journée de refus de la misère, le 17 octobre, et les Assises de la jeunesse organisées le même jour par le Conseil économique et social ont donné à Martin Hirsch l'occasion d'ouvrir un nouveau chantier : celui des politiques d'insertion en faveur des moins de 25 ans. Le haut commissaire aux Solidarités actives contre la pauvreté envisage ainsi de lancer, avant la fin du mois de novembre, un appel à projets auprès des associations et des collectivités territoriales, en vue d'expérimenter des actions innovantes en la matière. Read More...
