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Early College Option: Good, Or Bad?

I believe that a degree is not just about subject mastery, but that it involves a period where you can mature while you learn. Thus a speedy, crammed degree does not provide this maturation period.I have therefore never believed that rushing ...

frankbeswick, 11 days ago

Early College Option: Good, Or Bad?

I know they are fully online, and one is more than a high school, it starts at kindergarten. I am aware of this since the college where I teach is involved with Early College for one of them.

blackspanielgallery, 12 days ago

Early College Option: Good, Or Bad?

blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the practicalities and products. You indicate that "in this state we have two fully online high schools." What is involved in such an arrangement? Is it that all interactions are online or is there an ...

DerdriuMarriner, 12 days ago

New Silver Bullion Coins from the UK

No, the Perth Mint has even more than two sizes for some bullion coins. Also, some are minted in multiple metals. The Queen's Beasts series has two- and ten- ounce bullion coins, and one-ounce proof coins. what is unusual is not to have had ...

blackspanielgallery, 12 days ago

Much Ado About Rockall

Derdriu, Iceland became unpopular with British fishermen due to the "cod war" in the 1970s in which Iceland unilaterally "jumped the gun" on fishing limits, claiming a two hundred mile limit ahead of any other country. This excluded British ...

frankbeswick, 13 days ago

New Silver Bullion Coins from the UK

blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the practical information and the product lines. In regard to the valiant silver coin, is it unusual in any coin to have two sizes already available in the second year?

DerdriuMarriner, 13 days ago

Much Ado About Rockall

frankbeswick, Thank you for the back- and front-stories and products. Why are Icelanders unpopular in the waters off the U.K.? What basis could Russia have claimed Rockall as theirs? Do you know whether it's common or uncommon for other pieces ...

DerdriuMarriner, 13 days ago

Much Ado About Rockall

Same fish across the area.No one can tell the difference. You have picked up the underlying message of my article, which is implicit in the title, a play on Shakespeare's title Much Ado About Nothing. With all the serious problems that the ...

frankbeswick, 14 days ago

Much Ado About Rockall

Are the fish 13 miles from the isle less desirable than those within 12 miles? It is a vast ocean, and a shall 12 mile radius circle is inconsequential, or should be.

blackspanielgallery, 14 days ago

The Monk Who Went Missing

The search was thorough, so it seems that the most likely solution was, as you say, a traffic accident in which the body was taken away and disposed of elsewhere. Though the region around Plusgarden is well-farmed and inhabited, rather like much ...

frankbeswick, 15 days ago

The Monk Who Went Missing

frankbeswick, Thank you for the practical information and product lines. Are there too many ponds and rivers along Dom Maurus's route or did the police check them? It's reassuring to think of sending divers since on this side of the pond there ...

DerdriuMarriner, 15 days ago

Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery

Thank you, Frank, for your explanation. Thank you for your note on the word trooper as well. Speaking of which, you mentioned how your father didn't want to remember the war. Same with one of my grandfathers, who was old enough to fight in WWII. ...

Mira, 22 days ago

Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery

I am in full agreement with you about the importance of the EU and the wrongness of Brexit. I have written before that Brexit is a right wing attempt to get rid of the workers' rights promoted by the EU. Right wingers have misled the element in ...

frankbeswick, 22 days ago

Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery

This is a very moving piece! Europe has gone through so much through the centuries, which is all the more reason to celebrate the European Union today. It's a large body and the challenges are many, but it has accomplished so much since its ...

Mira, 22 days ago

Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery

Andrew [my son] told me that it was the anniversary, and so in memory of Dad and all who were present at the battle I knew that something had to be written. I have reported all that he said about the battle and so have no more to tell. You ...

frankbeswick, 23 days ago