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Inside Straight: Caring About Questions

Sometimes we care about questions, sometimes we care about answers, and sometimes we care about both. Continue reading » Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook. Tags: Advice, Career Advice, Daylight Savings Time,...Show More Summary

Daylight Save Me From This Stupidity

(Newspaper | NC, USA) Newspaper | NC, USANewspaper | NC, USA(We have a certain time by which all paper carriers should be finished. On weekdays, it’s 6:30 am.) Customer: “I need to make a complaint about my carrier! She’s late every morning now!” Me: “I do apologize. Is she delivering after 6:30 in the morning?” Customer: “Well, no. But ever since daylight [...]

#787 The extra time you get when the clocks roll back

Bass thumping, heart pumping, joint jumping, it’s a buzzing Saturday night on the dance floor. And nothing makes that party stronger or conga longer more than knowing Daylight Savings Time peels our clocks back an hour tonight and showers us … Continue reading ?

Messing With Time

image credit: Isabelle Grosjean cc Last Sunday morning it was Daylight saving time here and we had to advance our clocks by 1 hour. Changing the time on our clocks always provokes moans, groans and column inches, but it is just one chapter in a long history of messing about with the way we measure time. The Presurfer

It is summer time in Lebanon

Lebanon will switch to “Summer Time” or “Daylight Saving Time” effective Sunday, March 31 This is a way of making better use of the daylight in the evenings by setting the clocks forward one hour.

How the BBQ and golf lobbyists changed daylight savings time in the U.S.

New Survey Reveals Employees May Be More Honest in Light Rooms Than Dark Ones

Let there be light! With light, according to a new study, comes honesty. As for the back story, researchers from the University of Virginia and College of William and Mary investigated how daylight saving time impacts crime rates. Results...Show More Summary

Senioritis: A Risk To Students’ Academic Careers?

Now that the calendar has officially moved past daylight savings time and the first day of spring, high school seniors are eagerly anticipating their graduation dates. The lure of finishing high school, being free of the corresponding...Show More Summary

A New Dusk

I really like Daylight Saving Time, since it means it’s not pitch black in the early evening: (Commonwealth Avenue and Berkeley St., Back Bay)

A Floor-to-Ceiling Guide to Spring Cleaning

Daylight savings time is a good reminder that it's time to spring clean. But what I don't love about the chore is that once the weather gets nice I want to run outside, not be cooped up at home with rubber gloves and a duster. This month,...Show More Summary

Evening News Ratings: Week of March 11

The first week of daylight saving time is already taking a bite out of evening news viewership. 2.6 million fewer people (or 11%) tuned in to one of the three evening newscasts last week, compared to the week prior. And this was during...Show More Summary

The Stream Team: Squandered Daylight Saving edition, March 18 - 24, 2013

It's strange, but every year around this time, someone sneaks into my room and manages to snatch an hour away from me, right from under my nose! Sometimes I stay up extra late trying to catch the thief, but he always eludes me. One of these days I am going to nab the scoundrel who pilfers precious time. Show More Summary

TV ratings: 'American Idol' hits a series low Thursday, 'Big Bang' down too

"American Idol" fell to a series low for a regularly scheduled episode Thursday night, scoring just a 3.0 rating among adults 18-49. A number of other shows were down too as daylight saving time may have had its first real effect on the ratings.

Nathan Greenberg: End Daylight Savings Time

Daylight Savings Time is a considerable inconvenience for parents. Losing an hour of sleep on a Sunday morning -- even once a year -- is tough. Parents have to shift their schedules twice a year. What sort of sane person can explain changing clocks to a toddler?

The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Daylight Savings Time Edition

As far as I can tell, far more efficiency and productivity is lost due to the switch to and from Daylight Savings Time than is gained due to the shift in daylight hours. The best solution, in my opinion, is to simply pick one time or the other and stick with it. No more silly [...]Show More Summary

Force Yourself Out of Bed With This 'Evil' Alarm

Let's face it: losing that extra hour for Daylight Saving Time can be painful. You've tried that extra cup of coffee, but alas, your circadian rhythm is still thrown off. It might be worth adding gamification to your wake-up process, with the FreakyAlarm iOS app ($1.99 on iTunes). Show More Summary

Did Daylight Saving Time screw up your phone’s calendar?

I think most cell phones are supposed to adjust automatically to time zone changes when you fly and time changes during the year. But for some odd reason all of the appointments listed on my Google calendar on my Samsung phone were switched to an hour earlier even though my time didn’t change. Show More Summary

Daughter of Man Who Hated Daylight Saving Time and Cats Pens 'Best Obit Ever' for Late Father

Harry Weathersby Stamps' obituary began as most great obituaries do: "Harry Weathersby Stamps, ladies' man, foodie, natty dresser, and accomplished traveler, died on Saturday, March 9, 2013." More »

Jeanne Kelly: 'Spring Forward' to Protect Your Identity

On March 10, Daylight Saving Time stole an hour from you. That's not too bad. But every single day you run the risk of identity theft. Use these tips to protect yourself!

El Guapo: With Daylight Savings Time, Latinos Prepare to Be Later Than Usual

For those unfamiliar with Latino Standard Time, it is a pronounced suspicion of traditional forms of telling time that results in tardiness, terribly contrived excuses, and judgmental sneers from the uninformed.