Are Schools Dragging Out College on Purpose?
A growing number of colleges have been rolling out accelerated 3-year degree plans. If they can do it in 3 years, why does it have to take 4 or more?
A growing number of colleges have been rolling out accelerated 3-year degree plans. If they can do it in 3 years, why does it have to take 4 or more?
And the villain of the year is...
A couple of days ago, media outlets in the UK were filled with opinion pieces about the case of a girl who had died from cancer. The reason a media fuss was made about it was because the young woman had won a legal claim to be allowed to be cryonically frozen upon her tragic, […]
The 40-hour work week is an ingrained part of our culture, but it does very little to enrich our lives. Lucy Purdy explores alternative working models that do away with the idea of the nine-to-five
“Moving clocks ahead an hour for daylight saving means more evening sun. But it can also cause ‘microsleeps’ – nodding off with potentially dangerous consequences – until we adapt.“[1]
That headline in the Wall Street Journal of July 28 creates the immediate false impression that there is new information: shrapnel destroyed plane! Before the headline is over, the WSJ begins backtracking – “Ukraine Says” – a reference that yellow-flags a less than credible source. As the story continues, it reveals that there’s no actual news here, starting with the sub-head: “Older Flight Recorders on Plane Likely to Provide Limited Data” – so is there reliable data or not?
BUSTED AT CUSTOMS, RICH & LISA, WATER TIME IN NYC Posted July 10, 2014 in Allan Weisbecker’s Blog July 3, Scarborough, Maine. June 26 Gus and I blew out of Montauk much as I did in ’96 and then again in ’07, with Shiner and Honey, respectively, as travel companions, having ‘given up house and home’ for the road life […]