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  • May 2008

    • How the Rich Can Buy Time

      W  |  May 4, 08 2:49 PM CDT

      How the Rich Can Buy Time

      (Newser) - Time is truly the currency of the rich, and W offers tips on today's ultimate luxury. How to save a few of those grains in the hourglass: Delegate: Outsourcing isn’t just for heartless CEOs—pay people to break in your smoking jackets for you. Don’t bother with books: Enlist a minion to do the reading, then give you the highlights. More »

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      wealth  • lifestyle  • luxury  • rich  • time

  • April 2008

    • Mecca Time Plugged for World Standard

      BBC  |  Apr 21, 08 4:57 PM CDT

      Mecca Time Plugged for World Standard

      (Newser) - A group of Muslim scholars wants Mecca time to replace Greenwich Mean Time as the world's default setting, the BBC reports. As Islam’s holiest city lies in perfect longitudinal alignment to magnetic north, scientists told a Qatar conference that Mecca was the “true” center of the earth. GMT, they argue, is a relic of British imperialism, and should be abolished. More »

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      Islam  • Saudi Arabia  • England  • Qatar  • scientists  • Mecca  • time  • Greenwich Mean Time

  • October 2007

    • Spring Ahead, Fall Back; Repeat

      MarketWatch  |  Oct 30, 07 9:50 AM CDT

      Spring Ahead, Fall Back; Repeat

      (Newser) - Spring ahead, fall back. And fall back again, for many whose clocks wrongly reset themselves last weekend—1 week ahead of the schedule Congress set when it extended Daylight Saving Time. Most cell phones and computers, which get time and date information from networks, weren't affected, but many alarm clocks and PDAs that predated 2005 jumped the gun, MarketWatch reports. More »

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      Congress  • cell phones  • computer  • BlackBerry  • Halloween  • Daylight Saving Time  • time  • clock  • Palm Pilot

    • Timing Is All

      ABC News  |  Oct 13, 07 10:37 AM CDT

      Timing Is All

      (Newser) - ABC News offers these tips on the best time to: Work out: The afternoon, when you’ve eaten and muscles are warmed up. Get groceries: Tuesdays and Fridays, when produce is freshest. Pick up a prescription: Play it safe and pick your pills up in the second week. Pharmacies make mistakes more frequently in the busy first week of a month. More »

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      exercise  • consumer  • time  • chores

  • August 2007

    • AT&T Stops Time (of Day)

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 29, 07 6:39 PM CDT

      AT&T Stops Time (of Day)

      (Newser) - Californians are saying goodbye to a more genteel era, a time when they used to set clocks by calling in to AT&T for the correct hour. Cell phones and computers have made the service outdated, the company says. “Times change,” says a spokesman. “There are just too many other ways to get this information.” This leaves Nevada as the last state in the Union to offer the old-fashioned service. More »

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      California  • Nevada  • AT and T  • telecom  • time

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