Use dmy dates date August 2011 The Saltire Society was established in 1936 to encourage everything that might improve the quality of life in Scotland and restore the country to its proper place as a creative force in European civilisation . It seeks to preserve all that is best in Scottish culture Scottish tradition and to encourage new developments which can strengthen and enrich the country s cultural life. It has wide ranging interests including Scottish history history , Scottish literature literature , Scottish music music , Scottish drama drama , List of architecture prizes UK architecture and planning and promotes excellence in many fields through a series of national awards. The Society also seeks to revive the memory of famous Scots and to make the nation conscious of its Scottish heritage heritage . It seeks to influence decision makers in Scotland through its committees. As well as working at national level the Society has members in Branches throughout Scotland, working to promote the Society s aims within their own communities. Membership to the Society, is available for an annual fee ref http www.saltiresociety.org.uk view item.aspx?item id 3694&open2 false Saltire Society membership page ref , to all individuals and organisations who support the aims of the Society. The name is taken from the flag of Scotland , which has the form of a saltire . ref To foster and enrich the first fifty years of the Saltire Society by George Bruce. Edinburgh, 1936. ISBN 0854110062 ref Presidents Expand list date August 2008 2005 William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk 2005 Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood The Right Honourable The Lord Sutherland of Houndwood, K.T. ref http www.saltiresociety.org.uk president.htm Saltire Society Website ref References reflist External links http www.saltiresociety.org.uk Official website Category 1936 establishments in Scotland Category Organisations based in Scotland Category Scottish culture Category Patriotic societies ... more details
distinguish Saltire Awards The Saltire Prize , named after the flag of Scotland , is the national award for advances in the commercial development of marine energy . It is organised by Scottish Development International , on behalf of the Scottish Government . To be considered for the 10 million award teams must demonstrate, in Scottish waters , a commercially viable Wave energy wave or tidal stream energy technology that achieves the greatest volume of electrical output over the set minimum hurdle of 100GWh over a continuous 2 year period using only the power of the sea. Richard Yemm of Pelamis Wave Power won the award in March 2012. ref name BBC cite news url http www.bbc.co.uk news uk scotland 17526389 title Saltire Prize medal for inventor of Pelamis wave sea snake date 28 March 2012 publisher BBC News Scotland accessdate 28 March 2012 location Glasgow ref See also Crown Estate Marine Scotland National Renewable Infrastructure Fund Renewables Obligation Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 Tidal stream generator Wave and Tidal Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Support Wave farm References Reflist External links http www.sdi.co.uk sectors saltire prize.aspx Official website Category 2007 establishments in Scotland Category 2007 in science Category Awards established in 2007 Category British science and technology awards Category Business and industry awards Category Engineering awards Category Environmental sciences awards and competitions Category Renewable energy in Scotland Category Renewable energy technology Category Science and technology in Scotland Category Scottish awards Category Scottish coast Category Scottish Government Category Sustainability in Scotland Category Sustainable development Category Tidal power Category Wave power Scotland poli stub award stub environment stub technology stub UK gov stub ... more details
distinguish Saltire Prize The Saltire Society awards the following literary awards ref cite web url http www.saltiresociety.org.uk 3695 title The Saltire Society Awards ref Scottish Book of the Year Scottish First Book of the Year Scottish History Book of the Year Scottish Research Book of the Year Awards are made to any book by an author or authors of Scottish descent or living in Scotland, or for any book which deals with the work or life of a Scot or with a Scottish question, event or situation Scottish Book of the Year was established in 1982. Past Winners Scottish Book of the Year ref cite web url http www.saltiresociety.org.uk 3695 title Book of the Year Past Winners publisher Saltire Society accessdate 2010 10 19 ref 1982 Lanark book Lanark by Alasdair Gray 1983 Collected Poems by Derick Thompson Poems of Thirty Years by Edwin Morgan poet Edwin Morgan 1984 God and the Poets The Gifford Lectures by David Daiches Intimate Voices Slected Works by Tom Leonard poet Tom Leonard 1985 Collected Poems by Norman MacCaig 1986 A Storm From Paradise by Stuart Hood 1987 The Stories of Muriel Spark by Muriel Spark 1988 Games with Shadows by Neal Ascherson The Enchanted Glass Britain and its ... takes top literary prize as Saltire awards get boost.php Kelman takes top literary prize as Saltire awards get boost , The Herald Glasgow The Herald , Phil Miller, November ... Saltire main prize ref 2010 And the Land Lay Still , by James Robertson novelist and poet James Robertson ... First Book of the Year Award Past Winners publisher Saltire Society accessdate 2010 10 19 ref This is awarded ... Research Book of the Year Award Past Winners publisher Saltire Society accessdate 2010 10 19 ref ref cite web url http www.saltiresociety.org.uk 4163 title Saltire Society 2010 History Book of the Year Award Winner publisher Saltire Society accessdate 2011 11 20 ref 1982 Thomas Chalmers and the Godly ... History Book of the Year Award Past Winners publisher Saltire Society accessdate 2011 11 20 ref 1998 ... more details
Advert date June 2011 The http www.saltirefoundation.com Saltire Foundation is a charitable organisation, created in 2006 in conjunction with Scottish Enterprise , with the aim of promoting and developing Scotland s rich pool of up and coming business talent. ref http www.saltirefoundation.com ref The Foundation operates two distinct schemes The Undergraduate Internship programme and the Saltire Fellowship. The Foundation s Chairman is Peter Lederer, who is the current chairman of the Gleneagles Hotel group and VisitScotland . ref http www.diageo.com en row NewsAndMedia PressReleases 2007 Gleneagles strengthens leadership structure.htm ref The Foundation s motto is Invest. Inspire.Succeed. And the aim is to Find, Fuel and Spark the next generation of Scottish business leaders. Inception The http www.saltirefoundation.com Saltire Foundation was a positive reaction to Scottish Enterprise s International Advisory Board IAB ref http www.scottish enterprise.com international advisory board ref identifying a shortage of aspirational and entrepreneurial leaders as a problem for the Economy of Scotland Scottish Economy . Crawford Gillies, a member of the IAB and now Chairman of Scottish Enterprise, championed the creation of the foundation, to expose upcoming Scottish business leaders to companies of scale, particularly in North America. In conjunction with this, world class education would be on offer as an alternative to other business education options, to equip potential leaders and entrepreneurs with the tools required to build high growth, scale concerns in the Scottish Economy. The foundation was created through seed funding provided by the Scottish Government, however, within the last year has become an entirely self funding entity. The Undergraduate Internship Programme ... scheme operated by the Saltire Foundation and has been in effect since 2007. Most placements .... The Saltire Fellowship The Saltire Fellowship is aimed at more experienced, ambitious and business ... more details
Saint Andrew s cross or Andrew Cross may refer to Crux decussata , one of several shapes of the Crucifix in Christian imagery. Saltire , X shaped cross in heraldry and vexillology Flag of Scotland , white saltire on a blue field Saint Andrew s Cross BDSM , X shaped cross in BDSM dungeons St. Andrew s cross philately , an otherwise blank area on a sheet of stamps, which is printed with a cross St Andrew s Cross spider Multiplication sign Andrew Cross Award for UK religious journalism disambig ... more details
The Sopranos is a 1998 novel by Scottish writer Alan Warner . It won the Saltire Society s 1998 Scottish Book of the Year Award . External links http www.richmondreview.co.uk books soprano.html Review in The Richmond Review DEFAULTSORT Sopranos, The Category Scottish novels Category 1998 novels Category Novels by Alan Warner scotland stub 1990s novel stub ... more details
Saltair or Saltaire may refer to Saltair, British Columbia , Canada Saltair, Utah , United States Saltaire , a village in West Yorkshire, England Saltaire, New York , a village in Suffolk County See also Saltire geodis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
Other uses Quadrate disambiguation Unreferenced date December 2009 In heraldry , an ordinary heraldry ordinary is described as quadrate or more fully Variations of ordinaries Nowy nowy quadrate when it has a square central boss. gallery File Durham shield.png Shield of Durham University Argent, a cross paty quadrate gules on a canton azure a chevron or between three lions rampant argent. File Cross 09.03 markinch.jpg Banner of the Burgh of Markinch , Scotland Gules, on a cross nowy quadrate argent a cock gules. File Cross paty quadrate wiki.jpg Gules, a cross paty quadrate or, charged with five mullets of six points gules a chief arched ermine charged with two Cornish choughs proper Vickers, England gallery Only certain ordinaries are usually shown quadrate the cross , the pale heraldry pale , and the fess but not, for example, a bordure or chevron insignia chevron . A saltire quadrate has the square oblique gallery File Quadrate saltire wiki.jpg Arms of North West South African province North West Province, South Africa Per saltire gules and azure, a saltire quadrate vert, fimbriated argent ... gallery External links http www.civicheraldry.co.uk norfolk ob.html freebridge 20lynn 2ordc Former arms of Freebridge Lynn Rural District Council, showing a cross quadrate. http www.civicheraldry.co.uk staffs ob.html cannock 20udc Former arms of Cannock Urban District Council, showing a cross potent quadrate. DEFAULTSORT Quadrate Heraldry Category Heraldry Category Heraldic ordinaries Heraldry stub ... more details
Ma Cameron s is a brand of Scottish Sweeties. Ma Cameron s specialise in selling the best Scottish confectionery including favorites such as Saltire Rock, Cinnamon Balls, Sherbet Straws, Soor Plooms and many more. They also have an eCommerce website File macamerons.jpg http www.macamerons.co.uk www.macamerons.co.uk Ma Cameron s is part of the Burnett Group which includes Ma Cameron s, Shiny Time and Empardio. Category British confectionery ... more details
Examples The Captain of Clan Chattan field Or, lymphad Azure, sail furled, oars shown in saltire over ... of the mast. Clan MacBain McBain of Kinchyle field Or, lymphad Azure, sails furled Argent , oars in saltire ... furled, oars in saltire, flags Gules. Clan Mackintosh The Mackintosh field Or, lymphad Azure, sails furled, oars in saltire gules , flags Gules. Clan Maclachlan Maclachlan of Maclachlan field Or, lymphad ..., oars in saltire, flags Gules. MacNeil of Barra field Or, lymphad Sable, sails furled, oars in action ... The Captain of Clan Ranald field Or, lymphad Sable, sail furled, oars in saltire, flags Gules. Clan Shaw Shaw of Rothiemurchus field Or, lymphad Azure, sail furled, oars in saltire azure , flags ... more details
believed that the crimson saltire of the current flag of Alabama was designed to resemble the blue saltire of the Confederate Battle Flag . Many battle flags were square, and the flag of Alabama ..., the saltire of the Alabama s flag most closely resembles the saltire of the flag of Florida , which ... a white flag with a red saltire, similar to Florida s current flag or a Burgundian saltire, on top of a steamboat. Furthermore, Alabama s legislation describes its red saltire as St. Andrew s cross. The Cross ... utilized a white background with a red saltire charged with 13 blue green stars. This flag was given ... States The flag of the governor of Alabama is a variant of the state flag. In the top saltire, the flag displays the state coat of arms. The bottom saltire contains the state military crest which consists ... flags Alabama Category Symbols of Alabama Category Saltire flags ar be ... more details
the Saltire Trail , a road route which passes by various local landmarks and places of historical ... factfile scottish icons saltire The History of the Saltire at visitscotland.com http www.crwflags.com fotw flags gb scotl.html The Scottish Saltire at Flags of the World http www.scottishflagtrust.com ... Centre and the Saltire Memorial in Athelstaneford See also List of places in East Lothian ... more details
was named joint winner of the Saltire Awards Saltire Society First Book Award 2010. ref cite ... publisher Saltire Society ref ref cite news url http www.heraldscotland.com news home news salmond s favourite book wins saltire society award 1.1071687 title Salmond s favourite book wins Saltire Society ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Day title orig translator image prefer 1st edition image caption author A. L. Kennedy cover artist country United Kingdom language English language English series genre Novel publisher Jonathan Cape release date 5 April 2007 media type Print Hardcover Hardback pages 288 pp isbn 0224077864 oclc 76797964 preceded by followed by Day is a novel by A. L. Kennedy . It won the novel category and the overall Costa Book of the Year Award in the 2007 Costa Book Awards . The novel is about a man who was a tailgunner in a Avro Lancaster Lancaster bomber aircraft during World War II . Later, he is an film extra extra in a film about prisoner of war prisoners of war . ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi entertainment 7167678.stm Costa Book Award list announced , BBC, 2008 01 02. ref ref http www.cbc.ca arts books story 2008 01 03 costa awards.html Much rejected first novel wins Costa award , CBC, 2008 01 03. ref ref http www.heraldscotland.com a l kennedy wins saltire award 1.870070 Saltire Book of the Year Award , Glasgow Herald, 2007 12 01. ref Footnotes reflist Category 2007 novels Category British novels 2000s novel stub ... more details
The current flag is the first to be adopted officially. Unofficially, a plain red saltire had been used ... saltire The origins of the association to Jersey of the red saltire are unknown. A 1906 letter by the Bailiff ... during the Hundred Years War . ref name fotw The saltire may have been a variation of the St George ..., French Admiralty charts show that Jersey was using the red saltire before 1783. ref http jersey.com English aboutjersey history flag Pages default.aspx ref The use of the red saltire became more common ... as an Irish symbol, and that the red saltire had been taken as one of the international maritime signal flags . Others, though, wanted to keep the traditional red saltire that had been used since ... flags Jersey Category Saltire flags ar be be x old bs ... more details
oars, and may be blazoned thus Azure, on a saltire or between four ostrich feathers argent, two oars in saltire proper, the blade of that to the dexter dark blue and that to the sinister light blue. Blue with a yellow saltire x between four white feathers, the two paddles crossed and lying along and atop the saltire When in 1965 that borough merged with its neighbours to form the London Borough ... more details
File ArgentASaltireEngrailedGules.png thumb 200px Arms of Tibetot or Tiptoft Argent, a saltire engrailed gules ref As for example quartered by the Barons Scrope of Bolton, the 2nd baron d.1403 married one of the co heiresses of Robert Tiptoft, 3rd Baron Tibetot d.1372 to be seen in quarterings of John Wyndham 1558 1645 , Watchet Church, Somerset ref The title of Baron Tibetot was created in the Peerage of England on March 10, 1308, as a barony by writ. It went into abeyance in 1372. Barons Tibetot 1308 Pain Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tibetot 1279 1314 Killed at the Battle of Bannockburn John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot 1313 1367 Robert Tiptoft, 3rd Baron Tibetot 1341 1372 See also John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft Baron Tiptoft Sources Rayment date February 2012 References references Category Baronies Tibetot ... more details
File Cruz.svg thumb 100px Crux immissa Crux immissa or Latin cross is a type of the cross in which the vertical beam sticks above the crossbeam, as the main representation of the cross by which Crucifixion of Jesus Jesus Christ was Crucifixion crucified . and represents christianity since the Ichthys was it s symbol before Other types of crosses crux simplex like letter I Saltire Christian symbol crux decussata like letter X crux commissa Cross of Tau like letter T See also Dagger typography Dagger Christian symbolism Christian cross External links http www.seiyaku.com customs crosses www.seiyaku.com http www.newadvent.org cathen 04517a.htm article in Catholic Encyclopedia commonscat inline Latin cross Category Cross symbols de Lateinisches Kreuz et Ladina rist fr Croix latine pl Krzy aci ski ru ... more details
File Flag of Valdivia, Chile.svg thumb right Flag of Valdivia The flag of Valdivia is a red saltire crux decussata or X cross on a white field. It is thought to have originated from the Spanish Cross of Burgundy Flag as the city of Valdivia, Chile Valdivia in southern Chile was a very important Valdivian fort system stronghold of the Spanish Empire . It is virtually identical to the Saint Patrick s Flag flag of Saint Patrick , although Valdivia s flag usually has a thinner cross Citation needed date February 2007 . Also, it is equal to the international maritime signal flag for the letter V and the meaning I require assistance . External links http www.allstatesflag.com fotw flags cl 10va.html Flags of the World DEFAULTSORT Valdivia, Flag of Category Los R os Region Chile stub Flag stub ... more details
Ligny en Weppes is a former Communes of France commune in the Nord department Nord Departments of France department in northern France . In 1927 it merged with Beaucamps to form Beaucamps Ligny Heraldry Blazon arms img1 Blason de la ville de Ligny en Weppes 59 Nord France.svg legend1 Arms of Ligny en Weppes text The arms of Ligny en Weppes are blazon ed br Azure, an inescutcheon argent, overall a saltire gules. See also Communes of the Nord department coord 50.6053 N 2.9175 E source kolossus frwiki display title Category Former communes of Nord Category Hameaux in Nord French department Nord geo stub fr Ligny en Weppes nl Ligny en Weppes ... more details
File Flag of Arkhangelsk Oblast.png thumb right Flag of Arkhangelsk Oblast The flag of Arkhangelsk Oblast , a federal subjects of Russia federal subject of Russia , was adopted 23 September 2009. It consists of a blue saltire on a field of white, charged with the Coat of arms of Arkhangelsk Oblast . Its ratio is 2 3. References http geraldika.ru symbols 24295 in Russian DEFAULTSORT Arkhangelsk Oblast, Flag Of Category Arkhangelsk Oblast Flag of Arkhangelsk Oblast Category Flags of the federal subjects of Russia Russia flag stub it Bandiera dell Oblast di Arcangelo pl Flaga obwodu archangielskiego pt Bandeira de Arkhangelsk ru uk ... more details
Wazemmes is a former Communes of France commune in the Nord department Nord Departments of France department in northern France , merged into Lille in 1858. Heraldry Blazon arms img1 Blason Wazemmes 59.svg legend1 Arms of Wazemmes text The arms of Wazemmes are blazon ed br Azure semy de lys Or, a tower argent issuant from which 2 croziers bases in saltire Or. See also Communes of the Nord department coord 50 37 34 N 3 03 03 E region FR type city source kolossus nlwiki display title Category Lille Category Former communes of Nord Nord geo stub fr Wazemmes nl Wazemmes ... more details
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