Time Change Increases Pedestrian Deaths

I was reading an article today that was a little frightening. Studies have shown that, after daylight savings time (DST) ends, pedestrians are almost 3 times more likely to be struck and killed by cars during the 6PM rush hour. By December, the statistics drop back down to numbers similar to those from October and continue their decline until May.

The reverse is true for the morning hours, when daylight comes earlier. Although pedestrian deaths drop during the 6AM rush hour, there are fewer walkers, so the morning reduction doesn't offset the evening increase. There is talk that implementing a permanent daylight savings time would save about 200 lives per year.

I don't mean to be difficult, but if changing the time twice a year is hazardous - why not just leave it alone?! It works for Arizona!






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Ah! What a Beautiful Day!

Having survived the 'vampire time' - summer in southern Arizona, where it's too hot to venture outside before sundown - we are now heading into everyone's favorite season: comfortable. Now, in most parts of the country you have 4 seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. In Arizona, we have 2 basic seasons - miserable and comfortable. Once in a while, Mother Nature throws in chilly as a bonus, but not often enough that it actually warrants mention as a third season.

The way we know that 'comfortable' has arrived is the fresh-air factor, which is really quite simple. If you can open your windows and, this is the important part, leave them open all day - it's 'comfortable'. Occasionally, during the 'miserable' time, there will be an odd morning that is refreshingly comfortable. One might be tempted to open windows at this point. Fatal error!

Before 10:00am, the heat will have risen so dramatically that it will take at least 24 hours to cool the house or apartment back down to a livable temperature. Even when the weatherman claims that the mid-day temperatures are going to be comfortable, don't be fooled. Should the temperature not reach triple digits that day, the humidity will rise to double digits and cancel out any relief from the heat by building the equivalent of a state-wide sauna outside your front door.

Today is the third consecutive day that we have opened our windows and kept them open. A very good sign. Perhaps I'll even walk outside today. Of course, there's always tomorrow - just in case this is a trick!

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Pay For My School

Ted Haggard, who stepped down from the pulpit, after admitting to paying for homosexual encounters, has now decided that he and his wife will pursue higher education with the intent of providing counseling at a halfway house in Phoenix. But they don't intend to do it the way the rest of us do, by actually paying for their education:

"It looks as though it will take two years for us to have adequate earning power again, so we are looking for people who will help us monthly for two years," the e-mail said. "During that time we will continue as full-time students, and then, when I graduate, we won't need outside support any longer."

Why didn't I think of that when I was enrolled in college? Hey, Mr. Citizen, I need you to pay for my education until I graduate. Then I won't need you anymore. Of course, I have no intention of paying back any monies received. You'll just have to be happy with my gratitude, as I move on to corrupting the ideals and morals of those around me.

Even better - they're not broke - and have a house on the market that is worth over $700,000!

Is this really the personal morality and self-serving mentality that society wants "building people, building lives" at Phoenix Dream Center? Please feel free to contact PDC and ask them to rethink this association. I have:

There have been stories in the news lately that imply Ted Haggard, who resigned his post with his church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after admitting to paying for homosexual liaisons, will be providing counseling at Phoenix Dream Center.

Mr. Haggard is also requesting that his supporters pay for his, and his wife's, education over the next 2 years. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070825/ap_on_re_us/evangelist_scandal

As a Phoenix resident, I request that the Dream Center rethink having anything to do with this morally bankrupt, self-serving person.

Thank you for your time.

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More Snow Pictures

Thought you might like to see more pictures from the snow that we had in the Phoenix area last week.

Local Photo: Apache Trail Sunday 01/21/07

(AZCentral.com, by Paul Rockwell)

Local Photo: Clock Tower at EAU in Thatcher

(AZCentral.com, by Kelly Ruland)

Local Photo: Snow in Central Arizona

(AZCentral.com, by Valerie Mance)

I borrowed these, from AZCentral.com and credited the picture-taker.

Happy Days, all!!

Jules

Snow In Phoenix

Guess what, folks!?

We actually got snowflakes yesterday - in Phoenix! What a pleasant surprise! Okay, not this much snow - but we did see flakes. (Other than the crazy people normally wandering the streets.)


It's nice not freezing to death all winter, like some parts of the country. But having been raised in Colorado, and living in Michigan for 20+ years, I do tend to miss the seasons.

With that said, I do have to lodge a small complaint -- It's Cold!!! I know, Cold is a requirement for snowflakes - but I don't have to like it, now do I?! We've actually got the heat on today - and I had to crawl under the bed to find my fuzzy slippers.

Hope you're all staying nice and warm! For those of you in the Plains states - don't send anymore snow, please. It freaks out the locals!

God Bless!

Jules