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Type study: Stereo-typography
This is part of a series of guest posts on web typography. Today's post was written by Dan Mall of Big Spaceship.
Choosing a typeface is an art. It requires a sense of taste, style, genius, and dumb luck.
But it's also a science. We can apply logic and history in a way that points us in the right direction and deters us from poor choices. The right typeface can inspire interfaces, but what inspires those typographic decisions in the first place?
Enter stereo-typography, the art of using stereotypes to inform your type choices. Designing with stereotypes makes those initial choices a bit easier. Big = loud. Small = quiet. Smooth = elegant. Irregular = experimental. Look for typefaces whose letterforms embody a characteristic you'd like to subconsciously communicate.
Let's look at a few examples:
Looking for a fashion-inspired typeface? Find one that exemplifies the qualities of a typical runway model: tall, thin, and sassy. Faces like Ronnia Condensed, Kaffeesatz, or FF Dax Compact could be the right fit.
The Industrial Revolution produced a wonderful array of metalwork—strong and sturdy architecture designed to be functional, but which can't help but be beautiful, too. For workhorse headlines, check out slab serifs Chunk, Adelle, Kulturista, and Quatro Slab.
Postmodern furniture fans: listen up. Postmodern forms that are self-supporting and ergonomic need copy—and typography—that complement. Look no further than P22 FLLW Eaglefeather and Galette.
Website from the future? That HUD for your robot web app? Play up those angular and hard edges with Mashine, Purista, and BD Brick.
Want that grassroots, on-the-ground, crowdsourced, honest feeling? Avoid bold and black weights; opt for thin and light weights with large open counters and tall x-heights (they often feel more informal). Check out Raleway, FF Enzo Web, and P22 Underground Thin.
Stereotype-ography is a great way to reinforce the art direction of what you're designing. While we have yet to find the magic formula for finding the perfect typeface, stereotype-ography is a really useful part of the equation. No matter what the context, there's a typeface for the situation. It's up to you to find it.
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This was a fun article to read, but I will raise a thought … out of my pure interest and infatuation with Art Nouveau.
It's intriguing that P22 FLLW Eaglefeather and Galette are used in the Next Modern Home furniture example, given that those fonts are in the Art Nouveau style and the furniture looks to be more in the Mid-Century Modern style. For this era perhaps fonts like Aviano Slab, Brevia, or something Swiss would work more appropriately.
Art Nouveau is very unique and its fonts are historically used in more decorative, flowing, curvy contexts. Although, it is a curious adventure to explore other contexts where Art Nouveau fonts might be a good fit.
This article certainly got me exploring the Typekit library!
@Justin: you've got me there. My embarrassing lack of knowledge and ignorance of furniture and art history rears it's ugly head. Thanks for the save, and great suggestions!
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Greg Biffle: Time is running out for some big NASCAR stars (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
A changing of the guard?
Greg Biffle says it's coming.
Just look at the birthdays.
"The list is pretty long, isn't it," Biffle says of NASCAR's over-40 and soon-to-be-40 demographic.
"It's the harsh reality," Biffle concedes. "The shifting of the flag, whatever you want to call it.
"I'm not driving till I'm Mark's age."
Demographics isn't only an issue for this sport's ticket sellers and TV producers, it's also an interesting issue in the NASCAR garage.
Some of this sport's biggest stars are over 40, and that's traditionally a demarcation line.
However NASCAR drivers the past several years have embarked on major physical fitness programs. Well, Tony Stewart may still boast of his Burger King workouts.....
And no one, except perhaps Carl Edwards, demonstrates that physical fitness ethos more impressively than Mark Martin.
NASCAR's Media Day production: classy (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Martin is setting a new standard in this sport every day he sits down at the wheel. He just turned 54, but with his intense physical fitness regimen he's in better shape than most of his rivals.
Martin ran his first Cup race in the spring of 1981. And 32 years later he's still going strong. Last season was one of his best lately, and he could have won four times, at Texas, Pocono, Richmond and Dover. He had the fastest car at a number of tracks, as another piece of that remarkable turnaround at Michael Waltrip's.
Is Martin going for Red Farmer's record as the 'most ageless racer' in stock car history? Alabama's Farmer, who is anywhere from 80 to 84 (he insists he's not sure just when he was born), ran his first race in 1948. Farmer ran a legendary Hudson Hornet on the Daytona beach course in 1953, and he's still a regular at Talladega Short Track, in late models, at the dirt track just across the street from the big track. (And Farmer still takes Tony Stewart fishing on Logan Martin when the big tour's in town.)
Ageless Red Farmer. Still hard at it, at, what 80, 84? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
"I don't know what his record is, but I'm definitely not going after Red Farmer's record," Martin says with a laugh. "He's a bad-ass for sure."
So what is Martin's game plan? What is his next big goal? What does he want to do in racing that he hasn't already done?
"I suppose a lot of people would say 'If I can just do this one thing, that's what I want to do,'" Martin says philosophically. "I'm realistic -- that only sets you up for being crushed. And I've been crushed in this sport too many times. I was crushed in this sport as a young man.
"And I don't do that," he says of goals. "I'm smarter than that now.
"Any race win would put me over the moon. Winning the Daytona 500 would put me over the galaxy. The Brickyard would be great.
"But I'll take a win at any place on the schedule that I can get my hands on.
"All you can do is try. The wins either come or they don't come."
Ricky Stenhouse: hate to break the news, but it looks like rivals, even teammates, are going to be breaking hard on the rookie. Good thing Ricky is tough. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
And Martin remains intensely focused. The new 2013s? A new setup, he frets: "I had a rear (sway) bar setup that really, really worked well for me....but now we don't have that. As we develop this season and find something I really love, we'll gain."
After testing the new cars, Martin insists there's really not that much different, not in the grand scheme of things. "This is not reinventing the wheel," he says. "I felt the biggest change was the aesthetics, the appearance of the cars. And that is a huge improvement in manufacturer identity.
"But the basic mechanical stuff of the cars is relatively close. They (NASCAR) did some things, like taking 'skew' out of the cars (the 'crab-walking' gimmick) to keep the cars from running as crooked. But they gave us something else to compensate for that...so at the end of the day, the difference isn't dramatic.
"It's not like going from the 1979 'big' cars down to the notchback cars. Now that was dramatic.
"And going to the COT (in 2007) was dramatic too.
"This is just a subtle improvement in everything except the aesthetics."
Mark Martin is a living history book of this sport.
James Hylton. Remember when he and Richard Childress were promising up-and-comers in this sport? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
So is James Hylton.
Remember James Hylton, the long-time independent who is entered in SpeedWeeks' 50th running of the ARCA 200....at 78.
Hylton says this season will be his 'farewell tour.'
"I've been thinking about this for quite a while," Hylton says. "I'm 78, and the time has come.
"It's time to step aside as a driver and turn this car over to the younger generation.
"If I could drive until I was 90, I would. But I need to face the facts."
Did we mention it was NASCAR Media Day? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Biffle, who was Martin's teammate for several years, is no teenager.
Biffle just turned 43, but he's showing no signs of slowing down.
And The Biff certainly hasn't lost his touch. He was one of the hottest drivers last season, atop the Sprint Cup standings 14 weeks, with two wins (Texas and Michigan) and 12 top-fives, and a solid runner for the title until those September stumbles.
"Now I'm not retiring any time soon....but let's take a five-year time span: there is a potential for six of us, or so, to retire all basically in the same year," Biffle says. "And that could change the face of the sport."
Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Burton, maybe Dale Earnhardt Jr. too....
"Now I don't know what Jeff Gordon's plans are, or Tony Stewart's. And I don't know mine either," Biffle says.
"But I'm not driving till I'm 55, I'm telling you that.
"So I'm looking at the group of guys right below us....and I'd probably need a lineup: you've got Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski.
"Jimmie Johnson, well, he's in-between, like Carl Edwards and Ryan Newman.
"Dale Earnhardt Jr.? He's 40, isn't he? No, 39?"
Actually Earnhardt turns 39 this fall.
It's not always easy to be Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
On the other end of this teeter-totter is Joey Logano.
He's just 22, but with four years of Sprint Cup tour experience, and wins at New Hampshire and Pocono.
Logano concedes racing at this level has been tougher than he anticipated. Remember this is the guy that Martin discovered as a short-track unknown some 10 years ago, a guy who even back then Martin himself said was ready right then to race at the Cup level.
Well, it's taken Logano a bit longer to learn that racing in this division involved more than driving talent and smarts.
"The competition level is the big thing -- You are racing with 43 guys who can win a race at any moment," Logano says.
"If you put everyone in equal cars, then everyone is capable of doing something pretty impressive.
"Racing against really good drivers makes it mean a lot when you win a race. It means a ton."
Rivals naturally don't make it easy. In fact some go out of their way to make it tough, as Logano has learned.
This season Logano has a new owner, Roger Penske, a new car maker, Ford, a new engine builder, Doug Yates, a new crew chief, a new sponsor, Shell-Pennzoil, and a new teammate, wild and crazy Brad Keselowski.
Working for Roger Penske is quite different than working for Joe Gibbs.
The Penske operation is much more 'buttoned up.'
Jeans are not an option.
And those white shirts better have good starch.
Heavy starch, please. New teammates Joey Logano (L) and Brad Keselowski. Wonder if pal Joey plans to be as social-media-active as Brad? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Growing up in NASCAR, and in the glare of this spotlight, where every mistake and controversy is magnified, has toughened Logano.
"It forces you to grow up really quick," he says. "Quicker than your age really allows you.
"I was forced to grow up really quick when they threw me in the Cup car at 18.
"Was I mature enough to go drive it at the time? I could drive it. But to go win? Probably not. That was something that you have to have some life experience with stuff like that to get you up to that level. You have to go through some things."
And it's all played out on a very big stage.
"You guys have seen it firsthand," Logano says dryly. "How you are going to deal with people and lead a team... and how you are going to deal with situations on and off the track. Handling conflicts.
"Just racing too. Racing different situations out there.
"There are a lot of things going on that you have to go through the experiences.
"Someone can tell you a million times, but until you do it yourself you don't know.
"My work mentality has not changed; I am still working as hard as I possibly can.
"It is just learning things. You are coming in as a blank slate.
"How do you learn quicker? Maybe that would be the question I would ask myself.
"I thought I was prepared back then, but I wasn't.
"Now I really am. I feel it.
"I am getting to a level of trying to know where I need to be before I get down here."
Clint Bowyer. Doesn't look happy. Thinking about Jeff Gordon's Phoenix road rage perhaps. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
And any advice for newcomers to NASCAR?
"Expect the unexpected," Logano says. "That is the big thing.
"There are a lot of random things that come up, and a lot of different things. Each person will handle things differently.
"You can take my experiences and maybe you will be better or worse at it. Maybe it will be something completely different.
"For the most part I would say it is a lot of work, and you have to realize that this is what you have wanted to do your whole life.
"It isn't fun every day. But I am still getting to drive a race car for a living, which is cool."
Michael Waltrip (C), flanked by Brandon Davis (L) and Sandy Hook Fire Chief Bill Halstead, unveiling their Daytona 500 car, honoring the 26 victims of the Newtown, CT shooting (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
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When we raced a Hyundai against the Sonic RS Turbo we did so because there was nothing else being sold in the price range/size that was even close. What we really wanted was a Fiesta ST, which AutoGuide reports was finally, predictably confirmed for the United States market.
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If you happen to reside in Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New Orleans, or Houston, then you'll soon be able to get your hands on the newly-launched D'USSÉ cognac. D'USSÉ initially debuted in New York City and then Washington D.C. last year and thanks to the success of those launches they're ready to branch out to six new cities this year. The "Very Superior Old Pale" cognac began to work its way into the six markets mentioned above at the top of the year and will continue to expand into those cities throughout this month.
"We've been delighted by the incredible response to D'USSÉ cognac in New York and are now set to expand to additional markets," said Giles Woodyer, VP Brand Managing Director of D'USSÉ. "Our goal was always to bring something new to the cognac category by offering a meticulously crafted and distinctly smooth new product, and I believe we've succeeded. We've been particularly excited that D'USSE has appealed not only to current cognac drinkers but also to a new generation of inquisitive drinkers that are appreciating the complexity and versatility of this brand. D'USSE lends itself to being consumed neat, but is also paving the way for a renaissance in cognac, with a mixability that is landing it onto the specialty cocktail list."
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As anyone reading this knows, connected medical devices are vulnerable to attacks from outside malware. Security researchers have been warning healthcare IT leaders for years that network-connected medical devices had poor security in place, ranging from image repository backups with no passwords to CT scanners with easily-changed configuration files, but far too many problems haven't been addressed.
So why haven't providers addressed the security problems? It may be because neither medical device manufacturers nor hospitals are set up to address these issues. "The reality is both sides — providers and manufacturers — do not understand how much the other side does not know," said John Gomez, CEO of cybersecurity firm Sensato. "When I talk with manufacturers, they understand the need to do something, but they have never had to deal with cyber security before. It's not a part of their DNA. And on the hospital side, they're realizing that they've never had to lock these things down. In fact, medical devices have not even been part of the IT group and hospitals.
Gomez, who spoke with Healthcare IT News, runs one of two companies backing a new initiative dedicated to securing medical devices and health organizations. (The other coordinating company is healthcare security firm Divurgent.)
Together, the two have launched the Medical Device Cybersecurity Task Force, which brings together a grab bag of industry players including hospitals, hospital technologists, medical device manufacturers, cyber security researchers and IT leaders. "We continually get asked by clients with the best practices for securing medical devices," Gomez told Healthcare IT News. "There is little guidance and a lot of misinformation."
The task force includes 15 health systems and hospitals, including Children's Hospital of Atlanta, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Beebe Healthcare and Intermountain, along with tech vendors Renovo Solutions, VMware Inc. and AirWatch.
I mention this initiative not because I think it's huge news, but rather, as a reminder that the time to act on medical device vulnerabilities is more than nigh. There's a reason why the Federal Trade Commission, and the HHS Office of Inspector General, along with the IEEE, have launched their own initiatives to help medical device manufacturers boost cybersecurity. I believe we're at a crossroads; on one side lies renewed faith in medical devices, and on the other nothing less than patient privacy violations, harm and even death.
It's good to hear that the Task Force plans to create a set of best practices for both healthcare providers and medical device makers which will help get their cybersecurity practices up to snuff. Another interesting effort they have underway in the creation of an app which will help healthcare providers evaluate medical devices, while feeding a database that members can access to studying the market.
But reading about their efforts also hammered home to me how much ground we have to cover in securing medical devices. Well-intentioned, even relatively effective, grassroots efforts are good, but they're only a drop in the bucket. What we need is nothing less than a continuous knowledge feed between medical device makers, hospitals, clinics and clinicians.
And why not start by taking the obvious step of integrating the medical device and IT departments to some degree? That seems like a no-brainer. But unfortunately, the rest of the work to be done will take a lot of thought.


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Glad to see President Bush is finally starting to pay some attention to the US automakers more than once every two years. We're happy the President's going to be gracing two plants today with his royal presence, and we're hopeful it, along with a potential meeting next week, signals an increasing realization of the importance of US manufacturing. Although we've got to tell you that when visiting US automakers represent the linchpin in your gameplan for increasing your approval ratings, you've got some serious issues.
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We're maritime archaeologists – that is, we're interested in the remains people have left behind which tell us of humankind's long relationship with the sea. In the past we've worked on sunken shipwrecks – victims of the Spanish Armada lost in the gales of 1588, East Indiamen wrecked on British shores at the start of their long voyage to the Far East, and most recently a small warship sent by Oliver Cromwell to invade the island of Mull off the west coast of Scotland in 1653. But not all the remains we investigate are under water. There is a veritable treasure-trove of information lying along our coasts, and that's what we've been exploring today.
We're working at Fife Ness on the east coast of Scotland, at the end of the peninsula which divides the estuaries of the Forth and Tay. Just off the headland is a dangerous reef, the Carr Rocks, which in the past has been a major hazard for shipping. In 1813 the great lighthouse-builder Robert Stevenson began erecting a stone beacon to mark the end of the reef, a difficult task because the rock on which it was to stand only uncovers for a few minutes at low tide. So the interlocking stones had to be prepared on land, and shipped out to be assembled as rapidly as possible on the reef.
What we've discovered is a circular jig cut in the rock, where workmen could dress the stones to shape, practice putting them together, and then load them onto lighters for the mile and a half journey to the reef. At the water's edge is a ruined stone-built quay. This was once linked to the jig by iron rails along which trolleys carrying the stones were pushed. No trace of the rails survives, but holes drilled in the rock for supporting stanchions show where the line ran.
We decided that the best way to record these complex features would be to take vertical aerial photographs. But a ladder or even a telescopic mast can't go high enough, while for safety reasons a conventional light aircraft isn't permitted to fly sufficiently low. Neither system would have enabled us to take fully vertical pictures anyway. So we've obtained our own 'eye in the sky' – a tiny HexaKopter drone (www.mikrokopter.de) which is gyroscopically stabilised and linked to the Global Positioning System (GPS) for accurate positioning and altitude control.
It carries a camera which automatically adjusts itself to a vertical position (or whatever angle we want). A video link to the ground gives real-time feedback of what the camera 'sees', and when the framing is right a high-resolution digital photograph is taken. The photographs are subsequently rectified (adjusted by computer) to form an accurate plan. This is the first time we've used the system in the field and – joy of joys – it works! We're now developing the tool as an ideal method for speedily and accurately recording archaeological features around our coastline, and elsewhere too.
Nearby is another feature we recorded during today's visit. It's a tidal mill, whereby the rising tide filled a reservoir held by a stone-built dam, and when the tide receded it flowed through a narrow channel with a water-wheel which drove a millstone. Again the HexaKopter gave us the photographs we need to plot the detailed construction of the partly-collapsed dam walls and show the complicated cuts and slots in the natural rock in which the vanished water-wheel structure was bedded.
We're all in our various ways professionals, but we started this project as a private venture because we thought it would be interesting, useful, and fun. Dr Paula Martin is an archaeologist and historian who currently edits the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology; and Dr Colin Martin is a retired Reader from St Andrews University who specialised in shipwreck archaeology and aerial photography. Paula and Colin are both honorary members of staff at University College London's Institute of Archaeology. Edward Martin is a commercial photographer with expertise in archaeological and museum work, www.em-photo.co.uk, and he flies the HexaKopter. As you may by now have guessed, it's very much a family enterprise!
We hope you like our video and a selection of the photographs we took during our day in the field.


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|Winnebago County Sheriff's PoliceNews Media Release
|News Release Number2012-011a
|Information: Recovered Body
|Date: May 21,2012
|Time: 9:30a.m.
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On Sunday May 20, 2012 at approximately 4:25 P.M. Winnebago County Sheriff's Deputies were sent to the area of 2312 Illinois St, in regards to a found pontoon boat. Upon arrival they found an empty pontoon boat on the east cement boat ramp that leads from the Rock River. The pontoon was un-occupied. The pontoon is owned by Terry J. McFaddin (52yrs old of Loves Park, Illinois.) McFaddin had dropped off friends at the Verdi club between 3 and 3:30a.m.on Sunday 5-20-12. He was last seen northbound on the river in the pontoon alone, headed towards his home. On the afternoon of Monday May 21, 2012 The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department, Rockford Fire Department and Illinois Department of Conservation Police continued searching the Rock River for Terry McFaddin. Each agency deployed boats and Rockford Fire and Department of Conservation each had sonar. A body was located by the sonar about two hundred yards south of where McFaddin's pontoon was located. The body was in the center of the river in about twelve feet of water. Rockford Fire divers recovered the body and he has been identified as Terry McFaddin. The Winnebago County Coroner's office took control of the body and an autopsy will be scheduled. The investigation is on-going.


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According to Italian newspaper Il Mattino, the man and woman called for help about 30minutes after they went into the sea. A woman walking along the deserted beach heard their call for help and handed them a towel. Other locals went to rescue the embarrassed couple and called an ambulance. It took about an hour for an ambulance to get there and take the couple to the hospital.
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March 14th, 2010 spring your clock forward.
Wondering why? Read on…Saving Time, Saving Energy
Daylight Saving Time: Its History and Why We Use It by
Bob Aldrich, Webmaster
California Energy Commission
Spring forward…Fall back….
It's ingrained in our consciousness almost as much as the A-B-Cs or our spelling reminder of "i before e…." And it's a regular event, though perhaps a bit less regular than the swallows coming back to Capistrano. (Though that may even change with the impacts of global climate change.)
Yet in those four words is a whole collection of trivia, facts and common sense about Daylight Saving Time.
Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time is extended one month and begins for most of the United States at:
2 a.m. on the Second Sunday in March
and lasts until
2 a.m. on the First Sunday of November.
The new start and stop dates were set in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Change Your Clock & Change A Bulb!
The National Fire Protection Association and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recommend that consumers change the battery in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when we change the clocks for Daylight Saving Time.
While you've got the ladder out to check your smoke detectors, why not change a bulb?
Switching to energy efficient bulbs in your ceiling fixtures could save you $30 a year per bulb on your electricity bill.
Energy efficient lighting is particularly important in the fall when Daylight Saving Time ends and the days are shorter.
The latest generation of energy-saving lighting includes compact fluorescent bulbs that fit in standard light sockets and provide pleasant, uniform light.
Low-energy halogen or LED lighting is also becoming widely available.
Visit www.energystar.gov or www.fypower.org for information on lighting rebates and discounts.
Daylight Saving Time – for the U.S. and its territories – is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and by most of Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona).
Indiana, which used to be split with a portion of the state observing DST and the other half not, is now whole. In the past, counties in the Eastern Time Zone portion of the state did not observe DST. They were on standard time year round. A state law was passed in 2005 that has the entire state of Indiana observing DST beginning in April 2006.
Indiana isn't the only state that wanted to change daylight saving time. California asked for federal "approval" to move to a "year-round" Daylight Saving Time in 2001-2002 because of its energy crisis. (See below.)
According to Mining Co. Guide to Geography, DST is also observed in about 70 countries:
"Other parts of the world observe Daylight Saving Time as well. While European nations have been taking advantage of the time change for decades, in 1996 the European Union (EU) standardized an EU-wide "summertime period." The EU version of Daylight Saving Time runs from the last Sunday in March through the last Sunday in October. During the summer, Russia's clocks are two hours ahead of standard time. During the winter, all 11 of the Russian time zones are an hour ahead of standard time. During the summer months, Russian clocks are advanced another hour ahead. With their high latitude, the two hours of Daylight Saving Time really helps to save daylight. In the southern hemisphere where summer comes in December, Daylight Saving Time is observed from October to March. Equatorial and tropical countries (lower latitudes) don't observe Daylight Saving Time since the daylight hours are similar during every season, so there's no advantage to moving clocks forward during the summer."
Daylight Saving Time Saves Energy
One of the biggest reasons we change our clocks to Daylight Saving Time (DST) is that it reportedly saves electricity. Newer studies are being done to see if that long-held reason is true.
In general, energy use and the demand for electricity for lighting our homes is directly connected to when we go to bed and when we get up. Bedtime for most of us is late evening through the year. When we go to bed, we turn off the lights and TV.
In the average home, 25 percent of all the electricity we use is for lighting and small appliances, such as TVs, VCRs and stereos. A good percentage of energy consumed by lighting and appliances occurs in the evening when families are home. By moving the clock ahead one hour, we can cut the amount of electricity we consume each day.
Studies done in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that we trim the entire country's electricity usage by about one percent EACH DAY with Daylight Saving Time.
Daylight Saving Time "makes" the sun "set" one hour later and therefore reduces the period between sunset and bedtime by one hour. This means that less electricity would be used for lighting and appliances late in the day. We may use a bit more electricity in the morning because it is darker when we rise, but that is usually offset by the energy savings in the evening.
We also use less electricity because we are home fewer hours during the "longer" days of spring and summer. Most people plan outdoor activities in the extra daylight hours. When we are not at home, we don't turn on the appliances and lights. A poll done by the U.S. Department of Transportation indicated that Americans liked Daylight Saving Time because "there is more light in the evenings / can do more in the evenings."
While the amounts of electricity saved per household are small…added up they can be very large.
In the winter, the afternoon Daylight Saving Time advantage is offset by the morning's need for more lighting. In spring and fall, the advantage is less than one hour. So, Daylight Saving Time saves energy for lighting in all seasons of the year except for the four darkest months of the year (November, December, January and February) when the afternoon advantage is offset by the need for lighting because of late sunrise.
A report was released in May 2001 by the California Energy Commission to see if creating an early DST or going to a year-round DST will help with the electricity problems the state faced in 2000-2002.
You can download an Acrobat PDF copy of the staff report, Effects of Daylight Saving Time on California Electricity Use, Publication # 400-01-13, (PDF file, pages, 5.2 megabytes).
The study concluded that both Winter Daylight Saving Time and Summer-season Double Daylight Saving Time (DDST) would probably save marginal amounts of electricity – around 3,400 megawatt-hours (MWh) a day in winter (one-half of one percent of winter electricity use – 0.5%) and around 1,500 MWh a day during the summer season (one-fifth of one percent of summer-season use – 0.20%). Winter DST would cut winter peak electricity use by around 1,100 megawatts on average, or 3.4 percent. Summer Double DST would cause a smaller (220 MW) and more uncertain drop in the peak, but it could still save hundreds of millions of dollars because it would shift electricity use to low demand (cheaper) morning hours and decrease electricity use during higher demand hours.
The Energy Commission has also published a new report titled The Effect of Early Daylight Saving Time on California Electricity Consumption: A Statistical Analysis. Publication # CEC-200-2007-004, May 27, 2007. (PDF file, 592 kilobytes)
In May 2001, the California state legislature sent a Senate Joint Resolution (SJRX2 1) to the White House and Congress asking that states be allowed to extend Daylight Saving Time year round. Congress and the White House did not act on the request because of the world-changing events of September 11, 2001. No new legislation has been passed in California since then.
A more recent study – in draft form as of February 2008 – by Matthew Kotchen and Laura Grant of the University of Santa Barbara concludes that Daylight Saving Time in Indiana actually increases residential electricity demand. That study titled "Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence From a Natural Experiment in Indiana". (PDF file) looked at the electricity use when portions of the state finally started to observe DST. Before the new extended DST, portions of Indiana did not observe DST.
Some have wondered whether this study would be true for the entire United States. Initial analysis by staff of the California Energy Commission says a similar study may not yield the same results for California because:
The use of residential air conditioning is relatively low in Indiana, and the saturations are low. Where as California has high usage of air conditioning in the summer.
Heating use is relatively high in Indiana, while it is relatively low in California.
The diurnal variation in temperature is low while California is very high.
Indiana is located in western edge of the same time zone as Maine and Florida, but the sun actually comes up at an earlier time than those other two states.
Indiana's north-south location will affect how long the days are in the summer and might very well lead to different results in different areas.
So, while the analysis is of interest to Indiana, it's conclusions may not be totally correct for California or the rest of the country. Additional studies on electricity savings, the first national study since the 1970s, are being done by the U.S. Department of Energy, and more definitive results on DST on electricity use will be coming in the next year or two.
But why do we have Daylight Saving Time to begin with? Who created the laws and regulations that we follow?
History of Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time is a change in the standard time of each time zone. Time zones were first used by the railroads in 1883 to standardize their schedules. According to the The Canadian Encyclopedia Plus by McClelland & Stewart Inc., Canada's "[Sir Sandford] Fleming also played a key role in the development of a worldwide system of keeping time. Trains had made obsolete the old system where major cities and regions set clocks according to local astronomical conditions. Fleming advocated the adoption of a standard or mean time and hourly variations from that according to established time zones. He was instrumental in convening an International Prime Meridian Conference in Washington in 1884 at which the system of international standard time — still in use today — was adopted."
In 1918, the U.S. Congress made the U.S. rail zones official under federal law and gave the responsibility to make any changes to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only federal transportation regulatory agency at the time. When Congress created the Department of Transportation in 1966, it transferred the responsibility for the time laws to the new department.
The American law by which we turn our clock forward in the spring and back in the fall is known as the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The law does not require that anyone observe Daylight Saving Time; all the law says is that if we are going to observe Daylight Saving Time, it must be done uniformly.
Daylight Saving Time has been around for most of this century and even earlier.
Benjamin Franklin, while a minister to France, first suggested the idea in an essay titled "An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light." The essay was first published in the Journal de Paris in April 1784. But it wasn't for more than a century later that an Englishman, William Willett, suggested it again in 1907.
Willett was reportedly passing by homes where the shades were down, even though the sun was up. He wrote a pamphlet called "The Waste of Daylight" because of his observations.
Willett wanted to move the clock ahead by 80 minutes in four moves of 20 minutes each during the spring and summer months. In 1908, the British House of Commons rejected advancing the clock by one hour in the spring and back again in the autumn.
Willett's idea didn't die, and it culminated in the introduction of British Summer Time by an Act of Parliament in 1916. Clocks were put one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) during the summer months.
England recognized that the nation could save energy and changed their clocks during the first World War.
In 1918, in order to conserve resources for the war effort, the U.S. Congress placed the country on Daylight Saving Time for the remainder of WW I. It was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. The law, however, proved so unpopular that it was later repealed.
When America went to war again, Congress reinstated Daylight Saving Time on February 9, 1942. Time in the U.S. was advanced one hour to save energy. It remained advanced one hour forward year-round until September 30, 1945.
In England, the energy saving aspects of Daylight Saving were recognized again during WWII. Clocks were changed two hours ahead of GMT during the summer, which became known as Double Summer Time. But it didn't stop with the summer. During the war, clocks remained one hour ahead of GMT though the winter.
From 1945 to 1966, there was no U.S. law about Daylight Saving Time. So, states and localities were free to observe Daylight Saving Time or not.
This, however, caused confusion — especially for the broadcasting industry, and for trains and buses. Because of the different local customs and laws, radio and TV stations and the transportation companies had to publish new schedules every time a state or town began or ended Daylight Saving Time.
By 1966, some 100 million Americans were observing Daylight Saving Time through their own local laws and customs. Congress decided to step in end the confusion and establish one pattern across the country. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S. Code Section 260a) created Daylight Saving Time to begin on the last Sunday of April and to end on the last Sunday of October. Any area that wanted to be exempt from Daylight Saving Time could do so by passing a local ordinance. The law was amended in 1986 to begin Daylight Saving Time on the first Sunday in April.
Embargo Changes Daylight Saving Time
Following the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, Congress put most of the nation on extended Daylight Saving Time for two years in hopes of saving additional energy. This experiment worked, but Congress did not continue the experiment in 1975 because of opposition — mostly from the farming states.
In 1974, Daylight Saving Time lasted ten months and lasted for eight months in 1975, rather than the normal six months (then, May to October). The U.S. Department of Transportation — which has jurisdiction over Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. — studied the results of the experiment. It concluded:
Daylight Saving Time saves energy. Based on consumption figures for 1974 and 1975, The Department of Transportation says observing Daylight Saving Time in March and April saved the equivalent in energy of 10,000 barrels of oil each day — a total of 600,000 barrels in each of those two years. California Energy Commission studies confirm a saving of about one percent per day.
Daylight Saving Time saves lives and prevents traffic injuries. The earlier Daylight Saving Time allowed more people to travel home from work and school in daylight, which is much safer than darkness. And except for the months of November through February, Daylight Saving Time does not increase the morning hazard for those going to school and work.
Daylight Saving Time prevents crime. Because people get home from work and school and complete more errands and chores in daylight, Daylight Saving Time also seems to reduce people's exposure to various crimes, which are more common in darkness than in light.
The Department of Transportation estimated that 50 lives were saved and about 2,000 injuries were prevented in March and April of the study years. The department also estimated that $28 million was saved in traffic accident costs.
A brand new study in 2007 seems to confirm that DST helps prevent accidents. The study was published in February 2007 in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Vol. 7, Issue 1, Article 11) and is titled "Short and Long Run Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Fatal Automobile Crashes."
The abstract of the study by Neeraj Sood with the RAND corporation and Arkkadipta Ghosh of the Pardee RAND Graduate School's says:
"Prior literature suggests that Daylight Saving Time (DST) can both increase the risk of automobile crashes in the short run and decrease the risk of automobile crashes in the long run.
"We use 28 years (1976-2003) of automobile crash data from the United States, and exploit a natural experiment arising from a 1986 federal law that changed the time when states switched to DST to identify the short run and long run effects of DST on automobile crashes.
"Our findings suggest that:
DST has no significant detrimental effect on automobile crashes in the short run;
DST significantly reduces automobile crashes in the long run with an 8-11% fall in crashes involving pedestrians, and a 6-10% fall in crashes for vehicular occupants in the weeks after the spring shift to DST."
Congress and President Reagan Change Daylight SavingTime
Daylight Saving Time was changed slightly in 1986 when President Reagan signed Public Law 99-359. It changed Daylight Saving Time from the last Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April. No change was made to the ending date of the last Sunday in October.
This was done ostensibly to conserve energy during the month of April. Adding the entire month of April is estimated to save nationwide about 300,000 barrels of oil each year.
Changed Again in 2007
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 was passed by Congress and then signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005. Under the new law, Daylight Saving Time begins three weeks earlier than previously, on the second Sunday in March. DST is extended by one week to the first Sunday in November. The new start and stop period began in March 2007.
The original House bill would have added two full months, one in the spring and another in the fall. According to some U.S. senators, farmers complained that a two-month extension could adversely affect livestock, and airline officials said it would have complicated scheduling of international flights. So, a compromise was worked out to start DST on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November.
Enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 did not alter the rights of the states and territories to choose not to observe Daylight Saving Time.
The question remains, however, whether the earlier DST will save additional energy. The California Energy Commission's Demand Analysis Office published a report titled The Effect of Early Daylight Saving Time on California Electricity Consumption: A Statistical Analysis, Commission publication # CEC-200-2007-004, in May 2007. (PDF file, 592 kilobytes).
It concludes that, "The extension of Daylight Saving Time (DST) to March 2007 had little or no effect on energy consumption in California, according to a statistical analysis. The most likely approximation is a 0.2% decrease during these three weeks. Given the natural variation in consumption, however, the margin of electricity use change associated with early DST could have been one and a half percent of increase or decrease without such effects showing up statistically. Formally, weather- and lighting-corrected savings from DST were estimated at 0.18% with a 95% confidence interval ranging from 1.5% savings to a 1.4% increase."
Seize the Daylight
A book all about DST was published in 2005 called Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time by Dr. David Prerau.
It's published by Avalon Publishing / Thunder's Mouth Press – ISBN: 1-56025-655-9.
There's also a website about the book at: www.seizethedaylight.com
Two fun quotes from the book:
"An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later." -Winston Churchill
"It seems very strange . . . that in the course of the world's history so obvious an improvement should never have been adopted. . . . The next generation of Britishers would be the better for having had this extra hour of daylight in their childhood." -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
More About TIME
Many countries observe Daylight Saving Time. But the beginning and ending dates are often different than those used in the United States.
The book, The Official Airline Guide, is one of the best sources of information about whether or not Daylight Saving Time is observed in another country.
You can find out more information about Daylight Saving Time by writing TIME, c/o Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. 20590.
Another Web site about DST can be found at: http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/, which is a public service of the Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA) by WebExhibits as a compliment to www.time.gov.
The U.S. Naval Observatory's Web site gives the current time for all time zones, and it's free. Go to: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl.
Note, however, that with Internet traffic and delays on servers and browsers, that the correct time may be off a few seconds or more.
For the correct time of the day, you can call the Department of Transportation at 900-410-TIME. There is a charge for the call. Or check with your local phone company to see if there is a local dial up time service such as "POP-CORN."
Some phone companies also have a local number you can call for the current correct local time. Call directory assistance in your area for the number to call for the correct time.
One question people always ask about Daylight Saving Time regards the time that restaurants and bars close. In many states, liquor cannot be served after 2 a.m. But at 2 a.m. in the fall, the time switches back one hour. So, why can't they serve for that additional hour in October?
The answer: the bars do not close at 2 a.m. but actually at 1:59 a.m. So, they are already closed when the time changes from Daylight Saving Time into Standard Time.
Final observations:
It is Daylight Saving (singular) Time, NOT Daylight SavingS Time. We are saving daylight, so it is singular and not plural.
Daylight Saving Time differs in other areas of the world. Consult a good encyclopedia for additional information about DST in your own country. Or check out the "World Time Zone" or the "WorldTime" Web pages at:
There's an excellent history of time-keeping at Walk Through Time – The Evolution of Time Measurement through the Ages
Thanks for all your e-mail! We are amazed that this page gets so much attention, usually twice a year. While we appreciate the e-mail, we can not answer a lot of your specific questions. For example, we do not have the ability to tell you whether DST was practiced on a specific date or by a specific region/state/city/town in the past. Check out microfilm or old printed copies of your local newspapers around early April and late October of the years you are interested in. They will usually have stories or reminders about setting your clock. Those papers are a good indicator. Your local libraries should be able to help you with the microfilmed or printed copies of the old newspapers.
If you are interested in changing DST, either abolishing it or having it extended year-round….please do not contact the California Energy Commission. We have no jurisdiction over DST. Instead, contact your state's elected officials or your Congressional representatives. You can also contact the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C.
A final note, especially in that one of my uncles was a fire chief in Connecticut, my step son is a firefighter, and one of my colleagues has a family member who is the former fire chief in Sacramento…with the change of Daylight Saving Time, it's a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detector(s). Changing the batteries twice a year will make sure that the detector(s) will be working in case there is a fire. Some inexpensive detectors also need to be replaced completely about every five years or so. Also make sure you dispose of the old batteries and alarms properly. Check with your local solid waste disposal company or waste management board to find out the best way to dispose of old batteries and the alarms.


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By Laura Meckler
The Frustration—It Is No Longer Simmering, But It's Boiling Over"
Religious leaders who favor an overhaul of immigration laws are stepping up their pressure on House Republicans, aiming to move the stalled legislation and show that the GOP could pay a political penalty for inaction.
This weekend, Hispanic evangelical pastors will preach a "call to action," asking churchgoers to call members of Congress to demand passage of a broad immigration bill.
The program is being organized by the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which encouraged its 34,200 member churches, representing 16 million members, to participate. It is unclear how many will do so.
On Wednesday, nearly a dozen Catholic bishops and archbishops representing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are sending a letter to House members, urging them to move immigration legislation. The letter is also signed by evangelical leaders.
"The frustration—it is no longer simmering, but it's boiling over," said the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, who is meeting next week with GOP congressional leaders. "The consequences are both moral and political."
In their letter to House members, the religious leaders wrote: "Common-sense fixes to our immigration policies are long overdue."
On Tuesday, a similar letter was sent to lawmakers from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and more than 600 business associations and companies.
Last month, many religious leaders applauded House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) when he released a set of principles to guide an expected debate in the chamber on immigration legislation. Less than a week later, however, Mr. Boehner said it was unlikely legislation could pass this year, essentially putting on the back burner an issue that would divide the GOP, which has a majority in the House, in an election year.
A spokesman for Mr. Boehner, Michael Steel, replied that the speaker wants to tackle immigration but that Republicans don't believe President Barack Obama would carry out all elements of a new law.
"Right now, there is widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws, and it is going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes," he said.
The change in course angered many evangelicals, particularly Latinos, said Rev. Gabriel Salguero, president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition. "The right thing to do was sacrificed on the altar of political expediency."
Mr. Rodriguez said, "You really gave us hope, and then you took it away."
For years, Evangelical Christians have strongly supported Republicans. Hispanic evangelicals are much more likely to support Republicans than are other Latino voters, according to polling by the Pew Research Center.
Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, says that could change. He said that older evangelicals may be aligned with the GOP, but Republicans risk alienating younger religious voters. "These young voters, who are increasingly concerned about justice issues, are the activists," he said.
Other religious leaders are hesitant to blame Republicans for the failure to pass an immigration bill. Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, who also signed the letter to House members, said both parties share blame for failures over the years.
This article appeared originally on the WSJ on 2/26/13


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The ratio of Biblical names to non-Biblical names in the girl's top 20 is about the same today as it was 100 years ago, though the ratio did change a bit mid-century.
(In contrast, there's been a steady increase in the number of Biblical-origin names among the top boy names.)
Here's the color-coded table — Biblical names are in the yellow cells, non-Biblical names are in the green cells, and several borderline names (which I counted as non-Biblical) are in the orange cells:
- Biblical names: Abigail, Anna, Betty (via Elizabeth), Chloe, Danielle, Deborah, Debra, Elizabeth, Hannah, Isabella (via Elizabeth), Janet, Jean, Joan, Judith, Judy, Julie, Lillian (via Elizabeth), Lisa (via Elizabeth), Lois, Marie, Marilyn, Mary, Mia (via Maria), Michelle, Nancy (via Anne), Rachel, Rebecca, Ruth, Sandra (via Alexander), Sarah, Sharon, Stephanie, Susan, Tammy (via Tamar/Tamara)
- Non-Biblical names: Alexis, Alice, Alyssa, Amanda, Amber, Amelia, Amy, Angela, Ashley, Aubrey, Avery, Barbara, Brenda, Brianna, Brittany, Carol, Carolyn, Catherine, Charlotte, Christina, Christine, Crystal, Cynthia, Diane, Donna, Doris, Dorothy, Edna, Ella, Emily, Emma, Evelyn, Florence, Frances, Gladys, Grace, Harper, Heather, Helen, Irene, Jennifer, Joyce, Karen, Kathleen, Kayla, Kelly, Kimberly, Laura, Lauren, Linda, Lori, Louise, Madison, Margaret, Marjorie, Megan, Melissa, Mildred, Natalie, Nicole, Olivia, Pamela, Patricia, Rose, Shannon, Shirley, Sofia, Sophia, Taylor, Tiffany, Victoria, Virginia
- Borderline names:
- Ava (could be based on the Germanic root avi or the Biblical name Eve)
- Jessica (literary invention, but Shakespeare may have based it on the Biblical name Iscah)
- Samantha (possibly inspired by the Biblical name Samuel)
Again, feels pretty weird to put overtly Christian names like Christina and Christine in the non-Biblical category, but oh well.
Here are the year-by-year tallies:
|Top 20 names
given to…
|# Biblical
|# Non-Biblical
|31% of baby girls
|6 (30%)
|14 (70%)
|31% of baby girls
|7 (35%)
|13 (65%)
|32% of baby girls
|9 (45%)
|11 (55%)
|35% of baby girls
|8 (40%)
|12 (60%)
|34% of baby girls
|9 (45%)
|11 (55%)
|24% of baby girls
|9 (45%)
|11 (55%)
|24% of baby girls
|8 (40%)
|12 (60%)
|26% of baby girls
|6 (30%)
|14 (70%)
|19% of baby girls
|6 (30%)
|14 (70%)
|14% of baby girls
|6 (30%)
|14 (70%)
|12% of baby girls
|5 (25%)
|15 (75%)
Just like with the boy names, though, there's a big difference between the 1914 and 2014 sample sizes — 31% and 12%. So let's also look at the 2014 top 100, which covers 31% of female births.
By my count, last year's top 100 girl names were about a quarter Biblical, three-quarters non-Biblical:
|Biblical names (27)
|Non-Biblical/Borderline names (73)
|Isabella (via Elizabeth), Mia (via Maria), Abigail, Elizabeth, Chloe, Addison (via Adam), Lillian (via Elizabeth), Hannah, Anna, Leah, Gabriella, Sadie (via Sarah), Sarah, Annabelle, Madelyn (via Magdalene), Lucy (via Lucius), Alexa (via Alexander), Genesis, Naomi, Eva, Lydia, Julia, Khloe, Madeline (via Magdalene), Alexandra, Gianna (via Joanna), Isabelle (via Elizabeth)
|Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava, Emily, Madison, Charlotte, Harper, Sofia, Avery, Amelia, Evelyn, Ella, Victoria, Aubrey, Grace, Zoey, Natalie, Brooklyn, Lily, Layla, Scarlett, Aria, Zoe, Samantha, Audrey, Ariana, Allison, Savannah, Arianna, Camila, Penelope, Claire, Aaliyah, Riley, Skylar, Nora, Hailey, Kaylee, Paisley, Kennedy, Ellie, Peyton, Caroline, Serenity, Aubree, Alexis, Nevaeh, Stella, Violet, Mackenzie, Bella, Autumn, Mila, Kylie, Maya, Piper, Alyssa, Taylor, Eleanor, Melanie, Faith, Katherine, Brianna, Ashley, Ruby, Sophie, London, Lauren, Alice, Vivian, Hadley, Jasmine
Faith, Grace, Angela, Nevaeh, Natalie…all technically non-Biblical.
27%-73% is remarkably similar to both 25%-75% (smaller 2014 sample) and 30%-70% (1914 sample).
So here's the question of the day: If you had to choose all of your children's names from either one group or the other — Biblical names or non-Biblical names — which group would you stick to, and why?


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The full right of residence for All!
"As "tolerated refugees" we live with permanent fear of deportation. Many of us have been woken up by the police and deported early in the morning.
Most of us have been living here for many years, Germany has been our home for ten or more years. In Cologne alone there are approximately 5000 "tolerated refugees".
We have no future in our countries of origin. Our houses have been destroyed, there is extreme violence and civil war.
Our children were born here, they are growing up and visiting school here. Germany is their home country. Our Children are not permitted to start a profession, their lives have no hope.
We demand the right for Permanent Residency and the right to work to get a future for us and our children in Germany!"
(Taken from an appeal for a manifestation in Cologne, June 2006)
Even though only a small number of refugees still arrive in Germany, mass deportations are being prepared! Protection for refugees which has been awarded for people from war or civil war countries like Turkey, Kosovo, Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan have been cancelled.
By the end of 2009 the deadline for long-term "tolerated" people runs out.
In 2006 the conference of ministers for internal affairs decided that "tolerated" people shall be allowed to reside here under certain circumstances. This was a unique law but it only concerned 70.000 out of 180.000 "tolerated" people, that live in Germany for many years. The few people who have come later and those who´ll still be coming here won´t get a chance for the right of residence and a life HERE.
From the beginning of 2010 on we expect tens of thousands of people to be deported from Germany. Today - 2 months before the conference of ministers of internal affairs - we appeal for a demonstration on saturday, 3rd october ("day of german unity") in Cologne.
At 1 p.m.: Friesenplatz
From 3 to 5 p.m.: Manifestation / Concert on the place in front of the cathedral (Domvorplatz)
We demand a right for residence for all people who want / have to remain in Germany.
Information / Event:
"Right for Residence - Sealing of the External Frontier of the EU - Deportation from Germany with Claus-Ulrich Proelss (Kölner Flüchtlingsrat) und Gerda Heck (Uni Köln, Institut für Vergleichende Bildungsforschung und Sozialwissenschaften)
Thursday, 24th of September - 7:30 p.m.
Bürgerzentrum Alte Feuerwache (Projektraum), Melchiorstr. 3, 50670 Köln ( 5 min. walk from Ebertplatz )
Photos: Arbeiterfotografie


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Last night I was at a neighbor's house for his daughter's birthday party. While everyone else was watching Olympic coverage, I decided to check my Blackberry to see what my PLN (Personal Learning Network) was talking about on Twitter. I happened to notice one RT (re-tweet) in particular that sent chills through my body: (I will be using screenshots and hyperlinks them at this point to illustrate and prove that this really happened - pay particular attention to the time stamps)
My friend @jswiatek sent out the following post::
I wrote Jerry back and said if this is not a hoax, it really shows how powerful a tool Twitter can be. You see, for the past few months I have been presenting at Educational Technology Conferences about the power of Twitter. At the same time of course, I was hoping that no one was truly in this situation, but just in case I Re-Tweeted it as well:
At this point I started feeling helpless. Who do I contact to get help to that address? The host of the party suggested CNN and I thought that was a good idea, but I wanted to be sure before contacting a major news network. So I excused myself and walked back to my house to do some research. On the way I sent the following messages:
Once I was in front of a computer, it was time to research. The first thing I did was look at @biodome10's profile: http://twitter.com//biodome10
As I am reading, the posts don't look good and the situation looks grim. So now to find out more about @biodome10. Does he live in Chile? What is he doing there? The tweets a few hours earlier seemed pretty normal. So, I did a Google search for @biodome10 and the word hoax. Imagine my surprise, when I came across the headline "Tweet Cheat: Fake Reporter Sparks Controversy" (click the link to read the article) regarding a controversy @biodome10 was involved in reporting Chris Henry's death before it happened.
Basically the report stated "At around 5 p.m., on an account with Fraley's name, photograph, and a link to the DMN Web site, Twitter user @BioDome10 released a series of tweets that claimed that Henry died. At the time, Henry was battling for his life at a North Carolina hospital, and wouldn't die for another 12 hours."'
OK, so what is going on here? Gerry Fraley is a reporter for the Dallas Morning News? Let's see what he looks like. Time for another Google search, this time for Gerry Fraley video which turned up this link. http://tinyurl.com/yelt57w Yup, sure looks like @biodome10 's avatar and more and more like a hoax. But, what if he was on vacation or visiting a daughter he claimed to be trapped with. At this point it was time to get off the web and make a personal contact. I looked up the Dallas Morning News and found their contact number as 214-977-8222 and called. Meanwhile, I also sent this tweet to keep my Twitter friend @jswiatek informed of what I am finding (of course by including @biodome10 whoever this is will see it as well):
A few minutes later, I'm on the phone with the receptionist at DMN, I ask for some information on Gerry Fraley and get patched though to another department. I explain the situation to this individual and ask if Mr. Fraley is on assignment in Chile, who after a brief pause connects me to the sports department. The sports department seems a bit shocked that one of their reporters is buried under the rubble in Chile and assure me that he is safe and sound. I explain that I was just a concerned citizen and expressed that someone should look into Mr. Fraley's conduct. The person I was speaking with rather quickly came to the conclusion that the account must have been hacked (funny, since the reports I was reading all said it was an impostor). At any rate, I asked that they look into it and if this did turn out to be some kind of sick joke suggested that he be brought up on some kind of disciplinary actions. I was again assured that "Frails" would never do such a thing. Before I hung up the phone, I noticed that during the time I was being shuffled around DMN @biodome10 was miraculously rescued approximately 1 minute after I called him out! I let the gentleman from DMN know he was indeed safe and sound right after I called his bluff and hung up the phone:
Now, what can be learned from this? Certainly, don't believe everything you read on Twitter or anywhere on the web for that matter. As far as @biodome10 is concerned you are a very sick individual. Whether you are an imposter pretending to be Mr. Fraley, a hacker who decided this would be a good joke or it is indeed Gerry Fraley, you have a very serious problem and should be brought up on some form of charges. What if authorities had responded to that address and others died as they were wasting time?
Second, I am certainly not sure what to believe. It was indeed a hoax (just not sure who perpetrated it), because although @biodome10 continued for a few hours to play off that he had been rescued in Chile, his most recent tweets only a few hours later are back to being sports related:
Next, I believe I just proved what it means to be a responsible Digital Citizen. Before believing everything that appears on your browser or cell phone, do your homework. As you can see from start to finish it only took about an hour to expose this hoax. Meanwhile, all of @biodome10s followers are freaking out thinking he's buried and dying. A search on Tweetag.com now shows that the hoax has been exposed for what it is, but last night was a different story. Hopefully, this is the educational lesson that you can share with your students.
Climbing down off my soapbox now!


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Wednesday, 30 October 2013 03:13 PM
A senior Republican U.S. senator vowed on Wednesday to block confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominees to head the Federal Reserve and the Department of Homeland Security if the administration does not provide more information about the 2012 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
Senator Lindsey Graham said he would put a hold on the nomination of Janet Yellen to head the Fed and Jeh Johnson to take the homeland security post as a last resort after trying repeatedly to get more information on the Benghazi matter.
"That is the only leverage we have," the South Carolina Republican told a news conference.
Latest: Is Benghazi a Cover Up? Is Obama at the Heart of It? Vote Here
Republicans and Democrats have been waging a political battle over Benghazi since militants linked to al Qaeda affiliates attacked U.S. diplomatic outposts and killed Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three other Americans on Sept. 11 of last year.
Republicans say the attacks exposed security lapses that must be addressed. Some also accuse Democrats of a cover-up to protect Obama as he ran for re-election in 2012 as well as then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, considered a leading 2016 Democratic presidential candidate.
Graham is not the only Republican threatening to hold up Yellen's nomination. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky threatened to place a "hold" on the nomination unless a vote is held on his proposal to require greater transparency at the U.S. central bank.
To end a hold on a nominee, Democrat Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, would need to muster the support of at least 60 of the Senate's 100 members. Democrats now control the Senate, 54-46.
Graham and five other Republican lawmakers at the news conference said they were motivated by a desire to hold accountable whoever was responsible for the Benghazi attacks, not politics.
"We're demanding action, not because we're Republicans, but because the nation needs to know," he said.
Latest: Is Benghazi a Cover Up? Is Obama at the Heart of It? Vote Here
Some Republicans have been calling for survivors of the attack to appear before Congress. The administration says eyewitnesses are likely to testify in any criminal trial, and that appearing in Congress could put their lives at risk and weaken the prosecutors' case.
The White House has said it has responded to repeated requests from Congress for more information about Benghazi, noting that one of the diplomatic security agents who survived the attack has testified to a House of Representatives committee.
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Looks like it's going to be another week of snack plate lunches. I love the random creations – no two plates are ever the same!
Today's plate was almond-butter themed.
Toast with almond butter and pumpkin butter
Carrot sticks and apple slices with a big glob of almond butter
And a random leftover buffalo chicken tender.
It caught my attention when I was digging in the fridge. It didn't really go with the theme of the plate, but it was still tasty. 😉
Popcorn was BOGO at Publix this week. I can never pass up a mini bag of kettle corn, especially with some peanuts thrown on top.
Dinner tonight was a Publix Apron's meal: Hearty Meatball Soup with Spinach.
I liked the recipe because it was easy and I didn't have to buy any special ingredients to make it at home. All I needed was meat, veggies, and broth. After that I was good to go.
Unfortunately I discovered mini meatballs are not my forte.
Eh. Oh well. At least they don't have to look good to taste good.
30 minutes later…
Dinner time!
With some shredded cheddar on top.
The soup was fantastic. I loved the mini meatballs (or at least my attempt at the mini meatballs) as well as the extra splash of veggies. It was a great bowl of comfort soup.
Somehow I talked Derek into watching New Year's Eve – love that movie. Maybe tomorrow I can talk him into watching Valentine's Day? 😉
Good Night!


text: Anne Kurris was born in Antwerp in 1959. During her studies graphic design at the Royal Academy and St Lucas in Antwerp, she met Dries Van Noten, Walter Van Beirendonck and the other Belgian designers who where part of 'The Antwerp Six'. After graduating, Anne Kurris worked as a graphic designer for Dries Van Noten, for whom she designed the catalogues and invitations. She became art director of the fashion magazine BAM! and worked for major Belgian cultural institutes like the Flemish Opera in Antwerp and the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels. In 1998 the Anne Kurris children's wear collection was launched, inspired by pop art and nature, and characterized by bright color combinations and a strong graphic design. In 2009 Anne Kurris was invited to show her paperdresses in MOMU (Mode Museum Antwerp), part of the exibition PAPER FASHION. Anne Kurris teaches graphic design at the famous Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and Sint-Lucas Antwerp.


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If you plan on giving up watching Syfy movies for the New Year you might want to check out the new clips from "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid" first. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is going to be the greatest movie they've ever made. That's a tall order I know but it does have Debbie Gibson and Tiffany.
Danielle Harris is back my friends with "Shiver" and I am just tickled pink. The movie is about a secretary who's being stalked by a serial killer who has to fight for her life. I hope it has singing, that Harris has got a heart of gold that I know it's just waiting to get out. I don't even think I'm being sarcastic.
It's what the kids call a "slow day" around here at the BGH newsroom so here's a trailer for "Devil in Baby Joan" which is pretty much a "The Last Exorcism" knock off but it doesn't look awful. At the very least it's got some really nice looking title animations. So that's something, huh?
And because one of you did something very very wrong this year and we all need to be punished here's the On Demand trailer for "Hatchet 2". It's a trailer for the movie to let us all know that it's going to be On Demand. I probably didn't need to explain that though.
Congratulations makers of "Black Swan". You found a way to make a minute long video of Natalie Portman dancing around the most unattractive thing I've ever seen. Here's what I assume the direction for this was like. "YES! That was good, now do it one more time with more German in your eyes. Ya! Das ist gut mein fraulein!"
Just when you think there's no good left in the world you find out that "The Walking Dead" scored 5.6 million viewers this past Sunday. This is actually more than the pilot episode and all signs point to this Sunday's season finale doing even better. If "Glee" ends up getting canceled my entire outlook on life is going to change.
For those of you who didn't get a chance to see "Hatchet II" before America flexed its biceps and yanked it from theaters, you're in luck. The slasher flick will get an On Demand release on December 1st and more importantly be available on countless torrent sites by the end of the week. I can't be the only one who wants to see the makers of this movie end up homeless. Somebody else chime in here!
Kevin Smith plans on screening his new creepy flick "Red State" at Sundance in 2011 and apparently wants to immediately auction off distribution rights after the screening. People of Hollywood I am speaking to you directly now. I've never asked you for anything but for this I will beg. Please, when that no talent overrated pile of turds starts the bidding please please please don't bid. I want to see what it looks like when a human actually cries cake frosting and this may be my only chance.
Did anyone other than Mark see "The Collector"? Follow up question, did anyone see it and like it? Didn't think so. Well news today that there's going to be a "Collector 3D" and it's going to be in.. well, 3D. You probably guessed that from the title though.
"She Wolf Rising" is not going to be a good movie but here's some pictures of Tiffany Shepis who stars in it rolling around. There's really not much news here but I think you'll appreciate it nonetheless. So uh, how's your week going? Some weather we're having huh?
So that whole unrated thing kind of backfired didn't it? Not to be outdone by Canada, "Hatchet II" has now been pulled from US theaters. But man those 2 days that it was showing sure were special weren't they? Did anyone get to see it? Tell me what it's like to love.
Take a look at this new picture from "Scream 4" and try to tell me you don't feel a little bad for Ghostface. It's him and a bunch of his other Ghostface friends riding a bus to school. But look, they're all sitting alone, none of them are friends. My heart is breaking.
There's been almost no coverage of the upcoming Renée Zellweger flick "Case 39" but today we've got some new images and a new clip. All I know about this movie is there's a creepy as girl who sees ghosts and Zellwegger has man hands. I've got high hopes!
Here's some new clips of "Paranormal Activity 2" and it looks like the demons have finally learned how to mess with the video cameras. Maybe they're really elderly demons and don't understand technology. The people who live in the house should ask them to program the DVR and then escape while they try to figure it out.
I love things that are not safe for work, there I said it. Like the new clip from "Hatchet 2" which pretty much has everything a not safe for work clip should have. You're welcome.
There's been more images released for the upcoming show "The Walking Dead" than I know what to do with but today there's a new trailer. A trailer AND a crap load of new images. It just wouldn't feel right without them.
The first clip from "Hatchet II" has made its way online and is ready for your viewing. The film will be released in full unrated glory on October 1st and from the clip looks to be just as good as the original. Take that any way you like.
Confirmation has come down from the heavens that there will in fact not be a TV movie made to wrap up the "Heroes" series. I had no idea the show was even canceled. What happened on the last episode? Did the cheerleader get knocked up?
"Big movie news announcement coming soon. Finally." That's the word from Rob Zombie's twitter account. Is that news? I'm not even sure at this point but I'm giddy with excitement.
The film is called "Chain Letter" and there's a new clip up on the tubes for you today. Remember how spooky it was to get a chain letter twenty years ago? About damn time they made a movie about that. Alright truth be told I didn't read the movie's synopsis but I'm taking a shot in the dark based on the title.