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    The Beggars Summons The Beggars Summons was first placed on the doors of friaries from 1st January 1559‚ warning that all friars are to be evacuated and to be taken over by the poor. This was on the next Whitsunday. The authors of the summons are unknown‚ however it has used words similar to that of John Knox. The summons as if written by the “Blynd‚ Cruked Bedrelles‚ Wedowis‚ Orphelingis and utter pure so visited by the hand of god”1. Warns that with the past wrongs reformation is coming. The summons

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    Trainspotting Analysis

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    Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist and playwright author. He is well known for his best selling novel Trainspotting. He had adapted many of his books into screenplays and movies. Irvine Welsh was born in 1958 in the city of Edinburgh‚ Scotland. His father worked as a docker until his health made him work as a carpet salesman and his mother worked as a waitress. Where he was growing up‚ he lived in an area called Leith. The area was known for its ports and poverty in the 1980s. Welsh left Ainslie

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    For my final project‚ I interviewed Professor Robyn Warhol in effort to gain an understanding of how academic publishing works from the perspective of the academic. The interview was divided into different sections based on the topic of conversation. The first topic of conversation was on the logistical process of academic publishing. Professor Warhol recounts her experience of being approached by both Cornell and Rutgers University‚ which she credits to her experience with the Mellon Faculty Fellowship

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    Life on Moon

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    Discoveries” that reported a line of shocking discoveries – observations. These observations had been made by sir John Herschel‚ via a telescope of new technology that had been set up somewhere in the Cape of Good Hope‚ and had been published in the Edinburgh Journal of Science. Herschel’s observations revealed the existence of a variety of animal forms on the surface of the moon. Bisons‚ beavers‚ rich flora‚ but also traces of artificial structures with smoke coming out of them‚ implying the existence

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    Scottish Independence and the Referendum A general overview of the upcoming referendum on Scottish Independence. Introduction Described as Scotland ’s "biggest choice since 1707" (McLean et al‚ 2013‚ p. ix)‚ the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence will provide a pivotal event for the current and future populations of Scotland as voters get the opportunity to decide whether or not they are to remain a part of Great Britain or become an independent nation. As McLean et al (2013) have

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    when he created his Sherlock Holmes character. Doyle’s education began in his hometown of Edinburgh where he attended one of the local schools. When he turned nine‚ he was transferred to Jesuit preparatory school of Hodder in Lancashire. Doyle then proceeded to the Jesuit secondary school of Stonyhurst where he exceled as a student (Roden). After his school years in Stonyhurst‚ he then attended Edinburgh University to practice medicine. It was there that Doyle became a student of the professor of

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    Adam Smith

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    Kirkcaldy‚ Scotland. Smith was a bright young man who entered the University of Glasgow when he was 14 year old. There he studied social philosophy and in 1740‚ he attended Oxford. In 1748‚ Smith began giving public lectures at the University of Edinburgh where he later met and began his lifelong friendship with the noted Scottish economist and philosopher David Hume. Smith and Hume collaborated often during the Scottish Enlightenment‚ and this provided the means for Smith securing a job teaching

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    Anderson‚ M.L.‚ Taylor‚ H.F. (2007) “Sociology: The essentials” 4th Edition‚ Thomson Wadsworth‚ Belmont 2. Davie‚ G. (2007) “The Sociology of Religion” Sage Publications‚ London 3. Kunin‚ S.D (2003) “Religion: The Modern Theories” Edinburgh University Press‚ Edinburgh 4. Pickering‚ W.S.F (1984) “Durkheim’s Sociology of Religion: Themes and Theories” Routledge & Kegan Paul‚ London

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    Compilation of the Quran

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    Armstrong‚ K. (2006). Muhammad: Prophet of Our Time. London: Harper Press. Aslan‚ R. (2005). No god but God: the origins‚ evolution‚ and future of Islam. New York‚ Random House. Bell‚ R.‚ & Watt‚ W. M. (1997). Bell ’s introduction to the Qurʼān. EdinburghEdinburgh University Press Burton‚ John (1977). The Collection of the Quran.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Caetani‚ L. (1998). Uthman and the recension of the Koran. In: Warraq‚ I. The origins of the Koran. New York: Prometheus Books. 67- 75

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    Dentistry and St. Louis

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    This list contains reference material recommended in Faculties of Dentistry. 1. American Academy of Periodontology. Glossary of periodontal terms. 4th ed. Chicago: American Academy of Periodontology; 2001. *2. Anusavice KJ‚ Phillips RW. Phillips’ science of dental materials. 11th ed. St. Louis: W.B. Saunders; 2003. 3. Aschheim KW‚ Dale BG. Esthetic dentistry: a clinical approach to techniques and materials. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2001. 4. Ash MM‚ Nelson SJ. Wheeler’s dental anatomy‚ physiology

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