The word out of NYC is that 4 will be making a move to a more "daytime" schedule as early as February. This is a big deal when you consider that she has spent most of her time since graduation on either the swing shift or the graveyard shift. While there are the exceptions, most of us do better with the more traditional sleep cycle associated with sleeping at night. Here's a little review of circadian rhythm concepts from Wiki:
"Light resets the biological clock in accordance with the phase response curve (PRC). Depending on the timing, light can advance or delay the circadian rhythm. Both the PRC and the required luminance vary from species to species and lower light levels are required to reset the clocks in nocturnal rodents than in humans.
Lighting levels that affect the circadian rhythm in humans are higher than the levels usually used in artificial lighting in homes. According to some researchers[37] the illumination intensity that excites the circadian system has to reach up to 1000 lux striking the retina.
In addition to light intensity, wavelength (or colour) of light is a factor in the entrainment of the body clock. Melanopsin is most efficiently excited by light from the blue part of the spectrum (420–440 nm[38] according to some researchers while others have reported 470–485 nm). These blue wavelengths are present in virtually all light sources, therefore their elimination requires special lights or filters which appear amber.
It is thought that the direction of the light may have an effect on entraining the circadian rhythm;[37] light coming from above, resembling an image of a bright sky, has greater effect than light entering our eyes from below."
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Whatever. The body acts better when you sleep at night.
This business out in Connecticut is as bad as it gets. I'm wondering if the psychologists will come up with any common characteristics between the nuts that have participated in similar massacres at Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Fort Hood. There are some news stories out there that have a laundry list of more than a dozen mass killings in recent years. I'm guessing that the widespread reporting on this stuff, and the incessant post-event analysis can give the wrong people the wrong ideas. I don't know. Bad news.
More casualties in the conference realignment wars. The seven, non-football schools in the Big East look like they are bolting to form their own league or make a deal with other schools, maybe the A-10. Funny how the Big East has imploded. There was a time when the Big East was THE basketball conference in the country. Years ago when players were in school for four years (not that they went to class). Georgetown. Syracuse. UConn. Pitt. Those games were notoriously physical and competitive. Its a different game today.
4 asked for some history from my ND days with campus life and culture. I'll give that a go tomorrow.
I'm hurting at the office right now without the help of an experienced administrative assistant. While much of my work is now done via email that is naturally done by myself, there are numerous tasks associated with IRS correspondence and client file documentation that would work better with another set of hands (that knew what they were doing). You might say that I have a backlog of this work on the various desk and shelf surfaces in my office. Ugh and double-ugh! Houston, I need back-up!
Looks like tomorrow may be the day to move Margret to Century Heights Avenue. If it doesn't rain. And I just stepped outside...and it is already sprinkling.
Hope everyone has a good weekend. More here tomorrow.
BCOT
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