Red Space Rocket

Some fairly random thinking on my part let me to this interesting article.

Why pop culture loves the ‘butterfly effect,’ and gets it totally wrong – The Boston Globe

Only wear white clothing because it reflects heat back into space and also makes you look like you are in Miami Vice. But don’t watch Miami Vice on the telly because telly is bad.

Don’t stay up late reading or watching telly. This uses electricity and electricity is really bad.

Today we started watching this classic Australian film. Here is link to some more information.

Gallipoli (1981)

We will be starting our first assignment which is related to this film and the First World War.

Your questions for Act One of Macbeth are due on Monday 11th.

I hope to have these corrected and back to you on Wednesday.

We have been working on background information about World War One. If you have missed classes you can catch up on some of this by reading the notes which I have published on the wiki.

World War One Notes

Who is behind climate change deniers? | theage.com.au

WHEN the tobacco industry was feeling the heat from scientists who showed that smoking caused cancer, it took decisive action.

It engaged in a decades-long public relations campaign to undermine the medical research and discredit the scientists. The aim was not to prove tobacco harmless but to cast doubt on the science.

This story is an interesting mix of politics, science and geography.