An Age of Magic

Picking up your masters online

One of the problems that many of us face is that by the time we’ve gotten to the point that we figure a masters would be useful in our career, we’re into a very busy period of our life and can’t take loads of time out to pick up a qualification.

That’s where the Online master degree programmes come in. Sure you could do your masters part-time but that limits your choice to the local college. With an online programme, the world’s your oyster. Well, in theory at least. The snag is that, at the moment, there are a limited number of top rated colleges offering online programmes and, of course, there’s not much point in choosing outside the top rated colleges.

Funnily enough the reason that many of the top rated colleges don’t offer their programmes online is that they feel that it would diminish the quality of their offerings. However, in practice these online programmes often attract a very high quality group of professionals who a) couldn’t fit in a conventional form of education and b) have extremely high expectations and demands of these programmes.

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British explorer sets unusual world record…in laundry basket!

The British explorer David Hempleman-Adams has broken two world records by staying put for more than fourteen hours in a small-sized hot air balloon over the United States. The 52-year-old adventurer spent fourteen hours and fifteen minutes in a basket the size of a household laundry basket when he flew more than 200 miles from Butler, Missouri, over farming fields to Cherokee, Oklahoma. He has smashed the record for the AA-01 class balloon, which had stayed unbroken for more than twenty-six years at eight hours and twelve minutes, and also broke the record for the bigger AA-02 class of balloon. What will the guy think of next…sailing across the Atlantic in a couple of stone sinks !

For the uninitiated – the AA class of balloon is a free balloon that does not have an airborne heater – very like the giant version of the type sold to children at funfairs. The AA-01 class must contain 250 cubic meters of gas or less, while an AA-02 contains 250-400 cubic meters. In this case helium was used, but hydrogen gas is also an option.

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Liz still pines for Dicky…

I suppose I can pat myself on the back for being just about the only blog in the world which has not, to date, made any mention at all about Micheal Jackson and anything to do with his death, autopsy, first funeral, second funeral…and so on. Did anyone else though NOT believe that he was inside that gold casket at the big public memorial ‘do’ some time ago…?

I caught bits and bobs of his funeral but was amazed by the sight of poor ol’ Liz Taylor sitting there looking every bit her age. Poor old girl, she has not had a good time of it herself and says she still pines for her twice-ex’d Ex-Richard Burton. He was known as Pock Face when he was younger (this is some trivia for you…) due to the fact that he had suffered from severe acne in his youth. Trouble was there was not the acne products around then that you have today. Still, Liz never cared and neither did millions of his female fans!

RIP Jacko…

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