First paper of the new semester is out today. We have a weird schedule such that we are now three weeks into the term by the time the paper comes out. I wish I had a way to remedy that, but at the moment I do not. This morning, we got this:
So it was a long night last night as they got back into the swing of things. That was followed by class today, two critiques today and various other work-related fun. It was enough to keep me busy in the office. The phone does not ring, but the email does constantly ding.
There are big plans in the first 45 seconds of this video have been pretty influential the last few days:
I showed it to a class. It is going into a big presentation on Friday. It figures pretty highly into conversations like this, as well: How to Advertise to the Millennial Who Hates Advertising. Everybody wants millennials, he said. And you found yourself shaking your head, knowing he was right.
Not the last, but surely the definitive word on this less-than-mysterious subject: Here’s why NBC didn’t fire Brian Williams.
Things to read … because there’s rarely a definitive word. The science is never, really, settled. The U.S. government is poised to withdraw longstanding warnings about cholesterol:
The nation’s top nutrition advisory panel has decided to drop its caution about eating cholesterol-laden food, a move that could undo almost 40 years of government warnings about its consumption.
The group’s finding that cholesterol in the diet need no longer be considered a “nutrient of concern” stands in contrast to the committee’s findings five years ago, the last time it convened. During those proceedings, as in previous years, the panel deemed the issue of excess cholesterol in the American diet a public health concern.
The finding follows an evolution of thinking among many nutritionists who now believe that, for healthy adults, eating foods high in cholesterol may not significantly affect the level of cholesterol in the blood or increase the risk of heart disease.
I wonder how many people are celebrating with breakfast for dinner tonight.
The UK has lost her way. There’s just no other way to say it:Charlie Hebdo’s UK distributor gave police list of stockists ‘in case of community tensions’ … then officers went to newsagents to demand names of customers who bought it
Two more police forces have been caught asking British newsagents which sold copies of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for details of the customers who bought it.
Officers from Wales and Cheshire police have approached shopkeepers and demanded personal information on readers of the magazine, according to reports.
It comes after police in Wiltshire caused outrage by demanding similar details be handed over in the wake of the Paris attacks.
A video from campus. You should check out the Christenberry Planetarium, which is awesome and too often overlooked:
We always ask their secret: 109-Year-Old Man Spends His Time Knitting Sweaters for Tiny Penguins. Australian Alfred Date says the secret to his longevity is just “waking up every morning.”
So, on those days when you wake up in the afternoon …
