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Drider_it · 05-04-2004, 05:59 PM

but i make a living when the sun rises and sets lol noooooooo

http://www.hammondstar.com/articles/...ies/news01.txt

Local resident pushes to make daylight-saving time permanent
By David J. Mitchell, Staff Writer

BATON ROUGE -- Legislation that would make Louisiana the only state in the nation with daylight-saving time year-round could be up for a House vote as soon as today, the bill's sponsor said Wednesday.

Rep. Pete Schneider III, R-Slidell, said HB 291 would provide economic and societal benefits as businesses would have more daylight to operate and residents would have more sunlight after work.

Hammond resident Cecilia Giannobile said she went to a Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday prepared to speak in favor of the legislation, but with no opposition, the measure sailed through with a 14-0 vote and she didn't get a chance.

"It's a quality of life bill. It's great for the economy, mental and physical health. There are advantages to businesses, especially businesses that have deliveries to make in the evening hours," Giannobile said.

If approved, the results of the bill wouldn't technically take effect until October 2005, preventing the "fall back" that would normally occur at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. Daylight-saving time starts at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in April.

Schneider noted that at times during World Wars I and II, the nation was on continual daylight-saving time to conserve on energy.

He also pointed to a U.S. Department of Transportation study from the mid-1970s showing that daylight-saving time reduces energy use, dropping consumption by 10,000 barrels of oil per day for March and April during the period of that study.

"That's a hell of a savings of natural resources, especially if we were extrapolating those numbers and moving them into the numbers were are using today," he said.

When asked if he thought businesses would simply adjust their hours to coincide with the later daylight hours, Schneider acknowledged that they could but said that's not the idea.

"I guess that's one way you could look at the situation, but I wouldn't personally shift.

That's the whole idea of it, is to have that additional hour in the evening of daylight," he said.

He also countered the argument that school children would be picked up in the dark by the morning school bus with saying they already are picked up in the dark.

"If they're picking them up in the dark now, what's the difference if you're picking them up in the dark when you have more daylight in the evening," he said.

Other states and U.S. territories don't follow the traditional switch between standard and daylight-saving time, but none stay on daylight saving time.

They stay on standard time all year-round, including Hawaii; Arizona, except for the Navajo Reservation; the eastern portion of Indiana; and Puerto Rico, Giannobile said.

Schneider said if the bill doesn't come up for a vote today, it likely would on Monday.

"It just depends on how long we work tomorrow," Schneider said Wednesday.

© Hammond Star

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Drider_it Junkie Location: Louisiana	Local resident pushes to make daylight-saving time permanent but i make a living when the sun rises and sets lol noooooooo http://www.hammondstar.com/articles/...ies/news01.txt Local resident pushes to make daylight-saving time permanent By David J. Mitchell, Staff Writer BATON ROUGE -- Legislation that would make Louisiana the only state in the nation with daylight-saving time year-round could be up for a House vote as soon as today, the bill's sponsor said Wednesday. Rep. Pete Schneider III, R-Slidell, said HB 291 would provide economic and societal benefits as businesses would have more daylight to operate and residents would have more sunlight after work. Hammond resident Cecilia Giannobile said she went to a Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday prepared to speak in favor of the legislation, but with no opposition, the measure sailed through with a 14-0 vote and she didn't get a chance. "It's a quality of life bill. It's great for the economy, mental and physical health. There are advantages to businesses, especially businesses that have deliveries to make in the evening hours," Giannobile said. If approved, the results of the bill wouldn't technically take effect until October 2005, preventing the "fall back" that would normally occur at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. Daylight-saving time starts at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in April. Schneider noted that at times during World Wars I and II, the nation was on continual daylight-saving time to conserve on energy. He also pointed to a U.S. Department of Transportation study from the mid-1970s showing that daylight-saving time reduces energy use, dropping consumption by 10,000 barrels of oil per day for March and April during the period of that study. "That's a hell of a savings of natural resources, especially if we were extrapolating those numbers and moving them into the numbers were are using today," he said. When asked if he thought businesses would simply adjust their hours to coincide with the later daylight hours, Schneider acknowledged that they could but said that's not the idea. "I guess that's one way you could look at the situation, but I wouldn't personally shift. That's the whole idea of it, is to have that additional hour in the evening of daylight," he said. He also countered the argument that school children would be picked up in the dark by the morning school bus with saying they already are picked up in the dark. "If they're picking them up in the dark now, what's the difference if you're picking them up in the dark when you have more daylight in the evening," he said. Other states and U.S. territories don't follow the traditional switch between standard and daylight-saving time, but none stay on daylight saving time. They stay on standard time all year-round, including Hawaii; Arizona, except for the Navajo Reservation; the eastern portion of Indiana; and Puerto Rico, Giannobile said. Schneider said if the bill doesn't come up for a vote today, it likely would on Monday. "It just depends on how long we work tomorrow," Schneider said Wednesday. © Hammond Star __________________ It means only one thing, and everything: Cut. Once committed to fight, Cut. Everything else is secondary. Cut. That is your duty, your purpose, your hunger. There is no rule more important, no commitment that overrides that one. Cut. The lines are a portrayal of the dance. Cut from the void, not from bewilderment. Cut the enemy as quickly and directly as possible. Cut with certainty. Cut decisively, resoultely. Cut into his strength. Flow through the gaps in his guard. Cut him. Cut him down utterly. Don't allow him a breath. Crush him. Cut him without mercy to the depth of his spirit. It is the balance to life: death. It is the dance with death. It is the law a war wizard lives by, or he dies.