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In Praise of Free Online Study
I do so agree with you about free study! I am also coming to the end of an ecology course with Future Learn. It's fab!
KathleenDuffy, on 06/24/2014
Ten TV Shows to Binge-Watch this Summer - Part 2
I think "The Americans" is the only one I might have heard of, but I never knew much about any of them.
Jyreeil, on 06/24/2014
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L.E.L.): Poetic Genius as a Girl
The picture by Richter is an illustration from Sir Walter Scott's The Antiquary, published in 1816, and has nothing to do with a 14-year-old Landon, who published her poem The Love Letter in 1833 ...
J, on 06/24/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
Hi again Frank, I am of the same opinion. I have no issue with the british public. I have many acquaintances in the UK from doing business there and have always found my encounters with the ...
Michael Maguire , on 06/24/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
Thankyou, Michael. I have been trying to improve my Gaelic, which I have learned for love. Unfortunately, I work evenings, so I cannot attend night school. I retire next June, so some night school is in order, maybe at the Manchester Irish ...
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
frank: beg should be spelled "beag", mó chara... :) Thank you for trying, you did very well!
Jo, thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to look up my Grandfather.
There's ...
Michael Maguire , on 06/24/2014
WWI Christmas Truce, Christmas Eve, 1914
We can always hope.
pawpaw, on 06/24/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
Using famine for one's own agenda is gravely sinful, and I see no evidence that any of the perpetrators of the harsh policies showed any remorse. So it is not only you,Jo, who cannot forgive them, they cannot be forgiven, as repentance is a ...
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
I had not heard of the remedy for blight. Fungal plant diseases are very hard to deal with. The most reliable method is blight resistant strains. g
As for killing off the language, it failed: Is an Gailge beg liom. Slainte. [I have a little ...
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
Frank - Re lumper, I didn't know that. I did read a few months ago that they'd only just discovered a 'cure' for the Late Blight. Apparently the horticultural (or should that be environmental science or botanical?) data from the Irish genocide ...
JoHarrington, on 06/24/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
Frank - There were advocates for the Irish (at least in terms of not killing them/us en masse) in government at the time. But their voices weren't heard over the capitalist self-interest and slaughter by neglect. Initiatives were employed, but ...
JoHarrington, on 06/24/2014
Will Capitalist Horing Be Jagex's Downfall?
*bows* Though it's more like Ms Journalist Girl. ;)
Though it's hard to feel smug about seeing the writing on the wall, when one of my favourite games was ruined in the process. :(
JoHarrington, on 06/24/2014
Will Capitalist Horing Be Jagex's Downfall?
EVERYTHING ON THIS WAS PAGE WAS RIGHT OMFG...... YOU WERE RIGHT MR JOURNALIST GUY!
Joey, on 06/24/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
It is worth saying that the lumper is not grown now. It was a large, relatively tasteless spud that was destined for the cheaper end of the British market. The Irish could grow it in volume and therefore get a relatively better reward than they ...
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2014
Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?
I do blame the British government, but primarily for putting political dogma and capitalist self-interest before justice and mercy. However, certain individuals were guilty not of premeditated genocide, but of an opportunistic approach which saw ...
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2014