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Whose Side is Cancer Research UK on?
My concern is the way in which cancer charities are run. CEOs take home massive salaries and the charities spend more on fundraising than on research. Here's a report from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp:
"CBC's Marketplace analyzed the Canadian ...
RupertTaylor, on 07/07/2014
What is the Difference Between the UK and Britain?
The etymology is not clear, but chester [castra] denotes a Roman fort . Manau Castra is a conjoining of a Celtic element with a Roman one.
That Lancashire is South Rheged makes sense to me.I was unsure whether it was Rheged or Elmet
What you ...
frankbeswick, on 07/07/2014
5 Cautious Steps to Take to Make Money Writing at Content Mills
Thanks for explaining content mills, Paula.
Thanks for your comment, Frank. I personally write for both expressing myself and making money.
AlexandriaIngham, on 07/07/2014
5 Cautious Steps to Take to Make Money Writing at Content Mills
Ologsinquinto, I don't consider Wizzley a content mill either. For me is a revenue share site. Content mills to me are those that pay pennies (sometimes not even pennies) per word, and have set terms for their writers. Wizzley and sites like it ...
AlexandriaIngham, on 07/07/2014
My Collection of Portrait Artwork
You are very talented. :)
JoHarrington, on 07/07/2014
What is the Difference Between the UK and Britain?
I was reading about Lancashire a couple of nights ago. Someone was making the case for Southern Rheged pretty much being Lancashire today, while Yorkshire was the homeland of Norse people. Hence the root of the traditional rivalry between the ...
JoHarrington, on 07/07/2014
What is the Difference Between the UK and Britain?
The more history you know, the more you realize that ethnic divisions are arbitrary. In Lancashire we were Wales until 627 [c] when the Northumbrians conquered it. A few Angles moved in, but the bulk of the native population are of British ...
frankbeswick, on 07/07/2014
What is the Difference Between the UK and Britain?
Frank - That last line - YES! That would be amazing. In many ways, my concerns aren't necessarily territorial. It's all to do with culture. Lumping together Wales as one entity; Ireland as another; Scotland too etc are arbitrary too. The ...
JoHarrington, on 07/07/2014
What is the Difference Between the UK and Britain?
I see myself as Welsh, British and European despite the fact that most of my immediate nuclear family are from England. But my main identify I consider to be British.
I am however pleasently ...
john howe, on 07/07/2014
What is the Difference Between the UK and Britain?
Ireland, the whole of the island of Ireland is a geographica entity called the British Isles in technical terms it implies no political significance at all. all of the 7000+ islands and ilets ...
johh howe, on 07/07/2014
What is the Difference Between the UK and Britain?
There is, I believe, one human community in which there are complex identitites. I call myself English and British [not UKish, as that is a political designation not an identity.] I am aware that I have a significant amount of Irish, and that is ...
frankbeswick, on 07/07/2014
What is the Difference Between the UK and Britain?
I'm glad that you liked it. :) I have friends from all over the islands, and the differences in how we view our nationalities are very deeply ingrained. I am most definitely British (with a bit of Irish in there too, but swamped by all the ...
JoHarrington, on 07/06/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
Then please tell us what you learned from your Grandad. I can cover all the stuff that can be found in books. That's not particularly useful, because others can read the same books and discover the same information. What your Grandad told you ...
JoHarrington, on 07/06/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
Oh Jo!! I'm honoured and humbled that you think I may be capable of writing something worth reading. :)
It is a terrible shame that you never spoke with my Grandad before he died, you two would ...
Michael Maguire, on 07/06/2014
What is the Difference Between the UK and Britain?
Hi Jo, I've come over form the link which you provided in our other discussion.
http://wizzley.com/irish-genocide-great-hunger/#comments
Thank you for a very interesting read and a lot of work ...
Michael Maguire, on 07/06/2014