Ship it out: FedEx expects to have its busiest day ever today with a projected 17 million shipments globally, almost double the usual daily amount. The previous record was 15.6 million shipments on Dec. 13, 2010. The Memphis-based company says it has added 20,000 seasonal positions to handle the volume. Additionally, FedEx is offering additional shifts to employees around the country. The company says its Christmas season shipping volume has grown about 75% since 2005.
Keeping it clean: The University of Kansas has been busy buying up website names such as www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx. But not because it’s planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site or an X-rated gallery of the Nude Girls of the Land of Aaahs. Instead, the university and countless other schools and businesses are rushing to prevent their good names from falling into the hands of the pornography industry. Over the past two months, schools have snapped up tens of thousands of “.xxx” website names that could be exploited by the adult entertainment business. The University of Kansas spent nearly $3,000 in all and plans to sit on the .xxx names and do nothing with them. Read the full story from The Associated Press here.
Clouded in controversy: A Dutch architectural company has apologized for a design of two Seoul skyscrapers that—to some—resembles the World Trade Center exploding during the 9/11 terror attacks. MVRDV says in a statement on its website today that it wasn’t its intention to create an image evoking the 2001 attacks. It says it “sincerely” apologizes to anyone whose feelings it has hurt. The design, unveiled in Seoul last week, is supposed to resemble a pixilated cloud covering the center of the buildings. The statement released today doesn’t say whether MVRDV will retain the design. A South Korean business partner says construction is to start in 2013. Read more about the controversy from the Los Angeles Times and see a rendering here.
