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<h1>Time and the Arts</h1>
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<h2>Documentaries</h2>
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<li>
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"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4">Daylight
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Saving Time Explained</a>" (2011; 6:39) lightly covers daylight saving
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time's theory, history, pros and cons. Among other things, it explains
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Arizona's daylight-saving enclaves quite well.</li>
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<li>
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"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY">The Problem
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with Time & Timezones – Computerphile</a>" (2013; 10:12) delves
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into problems that programmers have with timekeeping.</li>
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<li>
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"<a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/28375932.html">All The Time In The World:
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Explaining The Mysteries Of Time Zones</a>" (2017; 2:15)
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briefly says why France has more time zones than Russia.
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<li>
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"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRz-Dl60Lfc">Why Denmark used to be
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.04 seconds behind the world</a>" (2019; 6:29) explains why the United Kingdom
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— and, once, Denmark — haven't always exactly followed their own
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laws about civil time.
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<li>
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"About Time" (1962; 59 minutes) is part of the
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Bell Science extravaganza, with Frank Baxter, Richard Deacon, and Les Tremayne.
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Its advisor was Richard Feynman, and it was voiced by Mel Blanc.
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(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154110/">IMDb entry</a>.)</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Movies</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>
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In the 1946 movie <em>A Matter of Life and Death</em>
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(U.S. title <em>Stairway to Heaven</em>)
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there is a reference to British Double Summer Time.
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The time does not play a large part in the plot;
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it's just a passing reference to the time when one of the
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characters was supposed to have died (but didn't).
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(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/">IMDb entry.</a>)
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(Dave Cantor)
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<li>
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The 1953 railway comedy movie <em>The Titfield Thunderbolt</em> includes a
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play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine's wife wants
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him to leave the pub and asks him, "Do you know what time it is?"
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And he, happy where he is, replies: "Yes, my love. Summer double time."
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(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/">IMDb entry.</a>)
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(Mark Brader, 2009-10-02)
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</li>
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<li>
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The premise of the 1999 caper movie <em>Entrapment</em> involves computers
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in an international banking network being shut down briefly at
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midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition
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from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown
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is extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for
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a gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the
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crooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to
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the computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the
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last hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 × 60 = 10.)
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(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/">IMDb entry.</a>)
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(Mark Brader, 2009-10-02)
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</li>
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<li>
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One mustn't forget the
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EUTMPuvHo">trailer</a>
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(2014; 2:23) for the movie <em>Daylight Saving</em>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>TV episodes</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>
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An episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled "The Mysterious
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Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers
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of the Arlington Time Signal to broadcast ahead of actual time;
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doing so got a crook trying to be declared dead to
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emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure.
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(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0506628/">IMDb entry</a>.)
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</li>
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<li>
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"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chimes_of_Big_Ben">The Chimes
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of Big Ben</a>", <em>The Prisoner</em>, episode 2, ITC, 1967-10-06.
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Our protagonist tumbles to
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the fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing "Big
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Ben" chiming on Polish local time.
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(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679185/">IMDb entry.</a>)
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</li>
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<li>
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"The Susie", <em>Seinfeld</em>, season 8, episode 15, NBC, 1997-02-13.
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Kramer decides that daylight saving time
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isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour.
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</li>
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<li>
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"20 Hours in America", <em>The West Wing</em>, season 4, episodes 1–2,
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2002-09-25, contained a <a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J1NHzQ1sgc">scene</a> that
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saw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to
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catch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes.
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</li>
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<li>
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"In what time zone would you find New York City?" was a $200 question on
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the 1999-11-13 United States airing of <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</em>,
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and "In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time
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zones?" was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of
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the same show. At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone
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question should have been asked 2002-06-04.
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</li>
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<li>
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A private jet's mid-flight change of time zones distorts Alison Dubois'
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premonition in the "We Had a Dream" episode of <em>Medium</em>
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(originally aired 2007-02-28).
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</li>
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<li>
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A criminal's failure to account for the start of daylight saving is pivotal
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in "<a href="https://monk.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Monk_and_the_Rapper">Mr. Monk
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and the Rapper</a>" (first aired 2007-07-20).
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</li>
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<li>
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In the <em>30 Rock</em> episode "Anna Howard Shaw Day"
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(first broadcast 2010-02-11),
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Jack Donaghy's date realizes that a Geneva-to-New-York business phone call
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received in the evening must be fake given the difference in local times.
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</li>
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<li>
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In the "Run by the Monkeys" episode of <em>Da Vinci's Inquest</em>
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(first broadcast 2002-11-17),
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a witness in a five-year-old fire case realizes they may not have set
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their clock back when daylight saving ended on the day of the fire,
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introducing the possibility of an hour when arson might have occurred.
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</li>
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<li>
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In "The Todd Couple" episode of <em>Outsourced</em> (first aired 2011-02-10),
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Manmeet sets up Valentine's Day teledates for 6:00 and 9:00pm;
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since one is with a New Yorker and the other with a San Franciscan,
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hilarity ensues.
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(Never mind that this should be 7:30am in Mumbai, yet for some reason the show
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proceeds as though it's also mid-evening there.)
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</li>
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<li>
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In the "14 Days to Go"/"T Minus..." episode of
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<em>You, Me and the Apocalypse</em>
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(first aired 2015-11-11 in the UK, 2016-03-10 in the US),
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the success of a mission to deal with a comet
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hinges on whether or not Russia observes daylight saving time.
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(In the US,
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the episode first aired in the week before the switch to <abbr>DST</abbr>.)
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</li>
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<li>
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"The Lost Hour", <em>Eerie, Indiana</em>, episode 10, NBC, 1991-12-01.
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Despite Indiana's then-lack of <abbr>DST</abbr>,
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Marshall changes his clock with unusual consequences.
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See "<a
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href="https://www.avclub.com/eerie-indiana-was-a-few-dimensions-ahead-of-its-time-1819833380"><em>Eerie,
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Indiana</em> was a few dimensions ahead of its time</a>".
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</li>
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<li>
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"Time Tunnel", <em>The Adventures of Pete & Pete</em>, season 2, episode 5,
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Nickelodeon, 1994-10-23.
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The two Petes travel back in time an hour
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on the day that <abbr>DST</abbr> ends.
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</li>
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<li>
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"King-Size Homer", <em>The Simpsons</em>, episode 135, Fox, 1995-11-05.
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Homer, working from home, remarks "8:58, first
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time I've ever been early for work. Except for all those daylight
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savings days. Lousy farmers."
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</li>
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<li>
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<em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</em>, season 2, episode 5, 2015-03-08,
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asked, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br0NW9ufUUw">Daylight Saving
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Time – How Is This Still A Thing?</a>"
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</li>
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<li>
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"Tracks", <em>The Good Wife</em>, season 7, episode 12,
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CBS, 2016-01-17.
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The applicability of a contract hinges on the
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time zone associated with a video timestamp.
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</li>
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<li>
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"Justice", <em>Veep</em>, season 6, episode 4, HBO, 2017-05-07.
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Jonah's inability to understand <abbr>DST</abbr> ends up impressing a wealthy
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backer who sets him up for a 2020 presidential run.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Books, plays, and magazines</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Jules Verne, <em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em>
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(<em>Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours</em>), 1873.
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Wall-clock time plays a central role in the plot.
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European readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in
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deep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once
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reading a paper.
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Available versions include
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<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/103">an English
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translation</a>, and
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<a href="https://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j">the original French</a>
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"with illustrations from the original 1873 French-language edition".
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</li>
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<li>
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Nick Enright, <em>Daylight Saving</em>, 1989.
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A fast-paced comedy about love and loneliness as the clocks turn back.
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</li>
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<li>
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Umberto Eco,
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before"><em>The
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Island of the Day Before</em></a>
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(<em>L'isola del giorno prima</em>), 1994.
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"...the story of a 17th century Italian nobleman trapped near an island
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on the International Date Line. Time and time zones play an integral
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part in the novel." (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22)
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</li>
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<li>
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John Dunning, <a
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href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Two-OClock-Eastern-Wartime/John-Dunning/9781439171530"><em>Two
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O'Clock, Eastern Wartime</em></a>, 2001.
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Mystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio.
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</li>
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<li>
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Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103
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of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>.
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</li>
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<li>
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"Gloom, Gloom, Go Away" by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of <em>Time</em>
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magazine's 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed
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year-round <abbr>DST</abbr> as a way of lessening wintertime despair.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Music</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Recordings of "Save That Time," Russ Long, Serrob Publishing, BMI:
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<ul>
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<li>
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Karrin Allyson, <em>I Didn't Know About You</em> (1993), track 11, 3:44.
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Concord Jazz CCD-4543.
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Karrin Allyson, vocal;
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Russ Long, piano;
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Gerald Spaits, bass;
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Todd Strait, drums.
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CD notes "additional lyric by Karrin Allyson;
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arranged by Russ Long and Karrin Allyson".
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ADO ★,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-didnt-know-about-you-mw0000618657">AMG</a>
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★★★★, Penguin ★★★⯪.
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</li>
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<li>
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Kevin Mahogany, <em>Double Rainbow</em> (1993), track 3, 6:27. Enja ENJ-7097 2.
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Kevin Mahogany, vocal;
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Kenny Barron, piano;
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Ray Drummond, bass;
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Ralph Moore, tenor saxophone;
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Lewis Nash, drums.
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ADO ★⯪,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/double-rainbow-mw0000620371">AMG</a>
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★★★, Penguin ★★★.
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</li>
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<li>
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Joe Williams, <em>Here's to Life</em> (1994), track 7, 3:58.
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Telarc Jazz CD-83357.
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Joe Williams, vocal; The Robert Farnon [39 piece] Orchestra.
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Also in a 3-CD package "Triple Play", Telarc CD-83461.
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ADO •,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/heres-to-life-mw0000623648">AMG</a>
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★★, Penguin ★★★.
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</li>
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<li>
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Charles Fambrough, <em>Keeper of the Spirit</em> (1995), track 7, 7:07.
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AudioQuest AQ-CD1033.
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Charles Fambrough, bass;
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Joel Levine, tenor recorder;
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Edward Simon, piano;
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Lenny White, drums;
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Marion Simon, percussion.
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ADO ★,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/keeper-of-the-spirit-mw0000176559">AMG</a>
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unrated, Penguin ★★★.
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>
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Holly Cole Trio, Blame It On My Youth (1992). Manhattan CDP 7 97349 2, 37:45.
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Holly Cole, voice;
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Aaron Davis, piano;
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David Piltch, string bass.
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Lyrical reference to "Eastern Standard Time" in
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Tom Waits's "Purple Avenue".
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ADO ★★⯪,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/blame-it-on-my-youth-mw0000274303">AMG</a>
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★★★, Penguin unrated.
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</li>
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<li>
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Milt Hinton,
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<a href="https://chiaroscurojazz.org/catalog/old-man-time-2-cd-set/"><em>Old
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Man Time</em></a> (1990).
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Chiaroscuro CR(D) 310, 149:38 (two CDs).
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Milt Hinton, bass;
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Doc Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, trumpet;
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Al Grey, trombone;
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Eddie Barefield, Joe Camel (Flip Phillips), Buddy Tate,
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clarinet and saxophone;
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John Bunch, Red Richards, Norman Simmons, Derek Smith,
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Ralph Sutton, piano;
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Danny Barker, Al Casey, guitar;
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Gus Johnson, Gerryck King, Bob Rosengarden, Jackie Williams,
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drums;
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Lionel Hampton, vibraphone;
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Cab Calloway, Joe Williams, vocal;
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Buck Clayton, arrangements.
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Tunes include "Old Man Time", "Time After Time",
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"Sometimes I'm Happy",
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"A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight",
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"Four or Five Times", "Now's the Time",
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"Time on My Hands", "This Time It's Us",
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and "Good Time Charlie".
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ADO ★★★,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/old-man-time-mw0000269353">AMG</a>
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★★★★⯪, Penguin ★★★.
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</li>
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<li>
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Alan Broadbent, <em>Pacific Standard Time</em> (1995).
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Concord Jazz CCD-4664, 62:42.
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Alan Broadbent, piano;
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Putter Smith, Bass;
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Frank Gibson, Jr., drums.
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The CD cover features an analemma for equation-of-time fans.
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ADO ★,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/pacific-standard-time-mw0000645433">AMG</a>
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★★★★, Penguin ★★★⯪.
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</li>
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<li>
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Anthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum, <em>Silence/Time Zones</em> (1996).
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Black Lion BLCD 760221, 72:58.
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Anthony Braxton, sopranino and alto saxophones,
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contrebasse clarinet, miscellaneous instruments;
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Leo Smith, trumpet and miscellaneous instruments;
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Leroy Jenkins, violin and miscellaneous instruments;
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Richard Teitelbaum, modular moog and micromoog synthesizer.
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ADO •,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/silence-time-zones-mw0000595735">AMG</a>
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★★★★.
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</li>
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<li>
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Charles Gayle, <em>Time Zones</em> (2006). Tompkins Square TSQ2839, 49:06.
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Charles Gayle, piano.
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ADO ★,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-zones-mw0000349642">AMG</a>
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★★★★⯪.
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</li>
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<li>
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The Get Up Kids, <em>Eudora</em> (2001). Vagrant 357, 65:12.
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Includes the song "Central Standard Time."
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Thanks to Colin Bowern for this information.
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/eudora-mw0000592063">AMG</a>
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★★⯪.
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</li>
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<li>
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Coldplay, "Clocks" (2003).
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Capitol 52608, 4:13.
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Won the 2004 Record of the Year honor at the
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Grammy Awards. Co-written and performed by Chris Martin,
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great-great-grandson of <abbr>DST</abbr> inventor William Willett.
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The song's first line is "Lights go out and I can't be saved".
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</li>
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<li>
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Jaime Guevara, "<a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN4Fe_A50U">Qué
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hora es</a>" (1993), 3:04.
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The song protested "Sixto Hour" in Ecuador
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(1992–3). Its lyrics include "Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los
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guaguas iban a clase sin sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the
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night, the buses went to class without sun").
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</li>
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<li>
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Irving Kahal and Harry Richman,
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"There Ought to be a Moonlight Saving Time" (1931).
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This musical standard was a No. 1 hit for Guy Lombardo
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in 1931, and was also performed by Maurice Chevalier, Blossom Dearie
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and many others. The phrase "Moonlight saving time" also appears in
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the 1995 country song "Not Enough Hours in the Night" written by Aaron
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Barker, Kim Williams and Rob Harbin and performed by Doug
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Supernaw.
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</li>
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<li>
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The Microscopic Septet, <em>Lobster Leaps In</em> (2008).
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Cuneiform 272, 73:05.
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Includes the song "Twilight Time Zone."
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ADO ★★,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/lobster-leaps-in-mw0000794929">AMG</a>
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★★★⯪.
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</li>
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<li>
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Bob Dylan, <em>The Times They Are a-Changin'</em> (1964).
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Columbia CK-8905, 45:36.
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ADO ★⯪,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-times-they-a-changin-mw0000202344">AMG</a>
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★★★★⯪.
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The title song is also available on "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" and "The Essential Bob Dylan."
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</li>
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<li>
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Luciana Souza, <em>Tide</em> (2009). Universal Jazz France B0012688-02, 42:31.
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ADO ★★⯪,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/tide-mw0000815692">AMG</a>
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★★★⯪.
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Includes the song "Fire and Wood" with the lyric
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"The clocks were turned back you remember/Think it's still November."
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</li>
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<li>
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Ken Nordine, <em>You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters</em> (2005).
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Geffen B0005171-02, 156:22.
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ADO ★,
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/youre-getting-better-the-word-jazz-dot-masters-mw0000736197">AMG</a>
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★★★★⯪.
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Includes the piece "What Time Is It"
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("He knew what time it was everywhere...that counted").
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</li>
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<li>
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Chicago, <em>Chicago Transit Authority</em> (1969). Columbia 64409, 1:16:20.
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<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/chicago-transit-authority-mw0000189364">AMG</a> ★★★★.
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Includes the song "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?".
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</li>
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<li>
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Emanuele Arciuli,
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<a href="https://neumarecords.org/ols/products/william-duckworth-the-time-curve-preludes"><em>The Time Curve Preludes</em></a> (2023).
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Neuma 174, 44:46.
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The title piece, composed by
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duckworth_(composer)">William
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Duckworth</a>, is the first work of postminimal music.
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Unlike minimalism, it does not assume that the listener has plenty of time.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Comics</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>
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The webcomic <em>xkcd</em> has the strips
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/673/">The Sun</a>" (2009-12-09),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/1655/">Doomsday Clock</a>" (2016-03-14) and
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/2549/">Edge Cake</a>" (2021-12-01),
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along with the panels
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/448/">Good Morning</a>" (2008-07-11),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/1017/">Backward in Time</a>" (2012-02-14),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/1061/">EST</a>" (2012-05-28),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/1179/">ISO 8601</a>" (2013-02-27),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/1335/">Now</a>" (2014-02-26),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/1799/">Bad Map Projection: Time Zones</a>"
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(2017-02-15),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/1883/">Supervillain Plan</a>" (2017-08-30),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/2050/">6/6 Time</a>" (2018-09-24),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/2092/">Consensus New Year</a>" (2018-12-31),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/2266/">Leap Smearing</a>" (2020-02-10),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/2594/">Consensus Time</a>" (2022-03-16),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/2846/">Daylight Saving Choice</a>" (2023-10-25),
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"<a href="https://xkcd.com/2854/">Date Line</a>" (2023-11-13),
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and "<a href="https://xkcd.com/2867/">DateTime</a>" (2023-12-13).
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The related book <em>What If?</em> has an entry
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"<a href="https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/">Leap Seconds</a>" (2012-12-31).
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</li>
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<li>
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Pig kills time in <a
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href="https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2016/11/06"><em>Pearls
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Before Swine</em> (2016-11-06)</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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Stonehenge is abandoned in <a
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href="https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2017/03/12"><em>Non Sequitur</em>
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(2017-03-12)</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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Caulfield proposes changing clocks just once a year in
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<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2023/12/31"><em>Frazz</em>
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(2023-12-31)</a>, while Peter and Jason go multi-lingual and -zonal in
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<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2023/12/31"><em>FoxTrot</em>
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(the same day)</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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Peppermint Patty: "What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?"
|
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<br>
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Marcie: "I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact,
|
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it's already tomorrow in Australia!"
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<br>
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(Charles M. Schulz, <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13"><em>Peanuts</em>, 1980-06-13</a>)
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Jokes</h2>
|
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<ul>
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<li>
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The idea behind daylight saving time was first proposed as a joke by
|
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Benjamin Franklin. To enforce it, he suggested, "Every
|
|
morning, as soon as the sun rises, let all the bells in every church
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|
be set ringing; and if that is not sufficient, let cannon be fired in
|
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every street, to wake the sluggards effectually, and make them open
|
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their eyes to see their true interest. All the difficulty will be in
|
|
the first two or three days: after which the reformation will be as
|
|
natural and easy as the present irregularity; for, <em>ce n'est que le
|
|
premier pas qui coûte</em>."
|
|
<a href="http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/franklin3.html">Franklin's
|
|
joke</a> was first published on 1784-04-26 by the
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|
<em>Journal de Paris</em> as <a
|
|
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin-Benjamin-Journal-de-Paris-1784.jpg">an
|
|
anonymous letter translated into French</a>.
|
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</li>
|
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<li>
|
|
"We've been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492.
|
|
Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight saving."
|
|
(Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in <em>Animal Crackers</em>, 1930,
|
|
as noted by Will Fitzgerald)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
BRADY. ...[Bishop Usher] determined that the Lord began the Creation
|
|
on the 23rd of October in the Year 4,004 B.C. at – uh, 9 A.M.!
|
|
<br>
|
|
DRUMMOND. That Eastern Standard Time? (<em>Laughter.</em>) Or Rocky Mountain
|
|
Time? (<em>More laughter.</em>) It wasn't daylight-saving time, was it? Because
|
|
the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day!
|
|
<br>
|
|
(From the play <em>Inherit the Wind</em> by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee,
|
|
filmed in 1960 with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as
|
|
Brady, and several other times. Thanks to Mark Brader.)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
"Good news."
|
|
"What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?"
|
|
(Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a
|
|
May, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series <em>Baywatch</em>)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
"A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you
|
|
cannot be killed by a fish...So most Americans remain on land, believing
|
|
they're safe. Unfortunately, this belief – like so many myths, such as that
|
|
there's a reason for 'Daylight Saving Time' – is false."
|
|
(Dave Barry column, 2000-07-02)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
"I once had sex for an hour and five minutes, but that was on the day
|
|
when you turn the clocks ahead."
|
|
(Garry Shandling, 52nd Annual Emmys, 2000-09-10)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
"Would it impress you if I told you I invented Daylight Savings Time?"
|
|
("Sahjhan" to "Lilah" in dialog from the "Loyalty" episode of <em>Angel</em>,
|
|
originally aired 2002-02-25)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
"I thought you said Tulsa was a three-hour flight."
|
|
"Well, you're forgetting about the time difference."
|
|
("Joey" and "Chandler" in dialog from the episode of <em>Friends</em>
|
|
entitled "The One With Rachel's Phone Number," originally aired 2002-12-05)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
"Is that a pertinent fact,
|
|
or are you just trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?"
|
|
(Kelsey Grammer as "Frasier Crane" to "Roz" from the episode of <em>Frasier</em>
|
|
entitled "The Kid," originally aired 1997-11-04)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
"I put myself and my staff through this crazy, huge ordeal, all because
|
|
I refused to go on at midnight, okay? And so I work, you know, and
|
|
then I get this job at eleven, supposed to be a big deal. Then
|
|
yesterday daylight [saving] time ended. Right now it's basically
|
|
midnight." (Conan O'Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of <em>Conan</em>)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
"The best method, I told folks, was to hang a large clock high on a
|
|
barn wall where all the cows could see it. If you have Holsteins, you
|
|
will need to use an analog clock." (Jerry Nelson, <a
|
|
href="http://www.agriculture.com/family/farm-humor/how-to-adjust-dairy-cows-to-daylight-savings-time">How
|
|
to adjust dairy cows to daylight saving time</a>", <em>Successful Farming</em>,
|
|
2017-10-09)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
"And now, driving to California, I find that I must enter a password
|
|
in order to change the time zone on my laptop clock. Evidently,
|
|
someone is out to mess up my schedule and my clock must be secured."
|
|
(Garrison Keillor,
|
|
"<a href="http://www.garrisonkeillor.com/weve-never-been-here-before/">We've
|
|
never been here before</a>", 2017-08-22)
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
"Well, in my time zone that's all the time I have,
|
|
but maybe in your time zone I haven't finished yet. So stay tuned!"
|
|
(Goldie Hawn, <em>Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</em> No. 65, 1970-03-09)
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
<h2>See also</h2>
|
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<ul>
|
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<li><a href="tz-link.html">Time Zone and Daylight Saving
|
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Time Data</a></li>
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</ul>
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2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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