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Mary, Queen of Scots Mary Stuart had a laborious life since her father had died when she was only a few days old making her Queen of Scots, her marriages ended up with her husband's passing away, & her cousin Queen Elizabeth of England held her in prison for almost twenty years and later exiled The Queen of Scots for treason. On December 8th, 1542 in Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian, Mary of Guise and James V of Scotland, had a daughter named, Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen). The article states that…

“Lady Dominique, may I have this dance?” a third man asked. Knowing that Ann would not let her sit it out, she accepted this dance as well. He remained quiet for the first part. “I am Sir Harkin,” he introduced himself. Tizbeth looked again and realized that she didn’t know the young man, even in passing. “I’ve just been knighted,” he told her eagerly. She took note of the life about him. She looked at him closer. With mousey hair and dull blue eyes, he wasn’t as attractive as Donovan.…

My first formalized introduction to Buddhism only occurred in late-August with my enrollment in the class. As someone raised in a Christian home, I had very little, if no, exposure to Asian religions. Not for a lack of theological teachings; I was taught the histories and beliefs of the Abrahamic religions, but that was all. However, after attending a few sessions of the class, I had a discussion about religion with the more religious members of my family. The overall question: “What if our…

Records, he took Johnny Cash as his stage name. He was mostly of Scottish and English ancestry, and as an adult traced his surname to 11th-century Fife,Scotland, after meeting with the then-laird of Falkland,Fife, Major Michael Crichton-Stuart. Cash Loch and other locations in Fife bear the name of his family Cash’s family…

She felt right at home, living in her Seanmhair’s cottage and with Scotland, as her new address. Scotland had actually always been her second home. It was going to take only a small amount of time to get acclimated to her new living arrangement and the Scots’ way of life. Aileana decided she should take a walk into town to see if any of her friends might be out and about. It was a magnificent sunny day, now that the morning mist had burned off. As she walked along the sidewalk in town, the smell…

Brave, Home and Scotland Welcome to Scotland! In the movie, Brave by Pixar, the story of a mother and daughter’s struggling to communicate is infused with Scottish influences. Striving to preserving many Scottish tradition, Pixar showcases Scotland’s great symbol the kilt and masters the art of the great kilt. Magic an intricate part of Scotland, Pixar uses to enhance their story and add some enchantment. Capturing some of the essence of Scotland’s culture, Brave allows us a peek into a…

And for sheer intrigue don’t miss the story of how our own version of the Loch Ness Monster, a creature called Calucy came to be. While many of the events and people above are duly noted in more legitimate scholarly works there are others nearly universally overlooked and whose fascinating stories typify our uniqueness, originality…

“Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your basic premise is correct: The world is a rigged game” (Matt Taibbi). In order for a reader to really like a story, they must first get hooked on a certain aspect of the story, usually a little possibility of a diverse reality than the one they live in. A conspiracy theory can…

In Western society video games have become a dominant source of entertainment for youth. Positive side effects of video game use are brain stimulation, medical advancement and therapy but the negative connotations are children exhibiting violence, maladaptive social tendencies and addictions to gaming. Video games are defined as “electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device” according to AllAfrica.com’s article “The negative…

and managed to get into the middle Band and ended up 3rd chair, which I considered very good. The one moment that made me decisively change my attitude came from one small, but powerful experience. The band director asked us to play a song called “Loch Lomond”. To my surprise, the song correlated directly with a story. Two soldiers taking different roads, were supposedly returning from war. The man taking the “higher road” carried with him the shadow of death where the other hoped to continue to…