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= September 30 =

time intervals
What are some commonly used time intervals smaller than a day? Especially those which are used to analyze other time-related data. Examples include morning and afternoon rush hours, standard working hours, "prime time" for television, "peak time" when phone calls are expensive, daylight hours, morning-afternoon-evening, "lunch hour", etc. Procrastinatus (talk) 00:09, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The Six-hour clock marks an interesting time-interval. Wiki Dao  &#9775;  (talk)  02:18, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * And then there's the Ship's bell, too. Wiki Dao  &#9775;  (talk)  02:20, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Planck time? That's certainly smaller than a day. -- Jayron  32  04:26, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * What about the interval between the lights turning green and the car behind hooting?--85.211.199.132 (talk) 06:17, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * A work shift (e.g. graveyard shift) which may be as little as an hour or as long as twelve. Dismas |(talk) 06:30, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Love & marriage?Froggie34 (talk) 08:07, 30 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Eveyone seems to have forgotten the most commonly used time intervals smaller than a day: Hours, minutes and seconds, and the related analysis of other time related data such as speed measured in kilometres per hour, breathing measured in breaths per minute, frequency measured in cycles per second, etc. Astronaut (talk) 11:10, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Looking at your few examples, Procrastinatus, you have answered your own question. They all refer to times that are related to specific events of some kind. Thus they have a use in relating the event to the time of day in which it generally happens e.g. "Rush Hour". A purely technical time interval such an hour or five minutes, could refer to any portion of the daily cycle and does not convey any 'attached' or inherited meaning. Gurumaister (talk) 12:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I can't believe nobody has yet thought of 'Happy Hour'. Cheers! :-D 87.82.229.195 (talk) 13:38, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I was going to mention Beer O'Clock, but then realised it was just a time, not an interval. HiLo48 (talk) 22:17, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Less standardised ones: A moment, a sec, a tick (as in "hang on a moment/sec/tick/jiffy"). Also resps (used medically for respirations - an inhalation and exhalation), beats (of a heart), the monastic services (primes, nones, vespers, etc.). Steewi (talk) 01:32, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Is a stint a common word outside Australian English? I would use in the same way as a shift, but a little less formally, i.e. less rigid hours. HiLo48 (talk) 02:08, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Stint is commonly used outside of Australian English but is usually used for long periods describing someone's entire er stint in something, e.g. someone had a stint in the navy. E.g.   (okay that's Australian)  . It may occasionally be used in a similar way as shift but this far less common IMHO Nil Einne (talk) 00:15, 2 October 2010 (UTC)


 * A beat? --Ouro (blah blah) 06:34, 1 October 2010 (UTC)


 * The old operating system VAX/VMS measured one of its times in micro-fortnights.


 * 204.152.2.82 (talk) 16:26, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

New York Minute?..Hotclaws (talk) 03:48, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Dawn to dusk, the wee small hours and tea time come to mind. DOR (HK) (talk) 06:29, 4 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline (see Liturgy of the Hours). — Kpalion(talk) 09:22, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

How can I find out who the writers and researchers who work for Fox News are?
Thanks, Rich Peterson199.33.32.40 (talk) 01:50, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * If you watch the closing credits of the shows, they should be listed. -- Jayron  32  04:25, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * They also might be listed somewhere on the website. Chevy  monte  carlo  - alt 05:37, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * They have researchers?! Adam Bishop (talk) 17:11, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestions, in particular, I'll watch the end of show. I couldn't find it on their website, although I might have missed it.Rich (talk) 09:44, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Anglican Saints
Good day to you,

I am trying to find information pertaining to Anglican patron Saints that cover the following areas. 1) Abused Children 2) Adopted Children 3) Abandoned children 4) Foster care 5) Children who have lost guardians/parents to illness, war etc.Lawrence Crampton (talk) 14:24, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * William of Perth is adopted children, but he may be catholic only? Exxolon (talk) 15:45, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Our article Calendar of saints (Church of England) may give you some pointers DuncanHill (talk) 15:47, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, Saints in Anglicanism, and as I see from another post you are from South Africa, Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Southern Africa) may also be of help and interest. DuncanHill (talk) 15:52, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It strikes me that the Holy Innocents might be appropriate. DuncanHill (talk) 15:55, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm surprised not to see Saint Nicholas on Wikipedia's South African calendar of saints, but he is recognized by other Anglican churches and seen as a protector of children. Marco polo (talk) 18:06, 30 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Folks, thanks for your input. Most of what you referred me to is what I've found so far. Maybe if I gave you a little bit more info as to why I am looking, it may help. I'm from South Africa where poverty and hardship is rife, though Aids, abandonment and other reasons there are numerous children who are growing up without proper parental guidance,education etc. There are many "Child headed households", or Grandparents having to assume the role of parent as their children have died and left the grand children in there care. One example is of an eleven old who is bringing up his two siblings, stealing, begging at his own educational expense to ensure his brother and sister get an education and a fighting chance in life. Another is of Grandparents raising 26 children left to their care. There basic rights as children have been removed and effectively are abandoned by society through no fault of there own. I wish to set-up a Foundation based on Christian values, principals and provide the family structures and education needed to give them the opportunity to be accepted into and play a role in society as a whole. I am aware there are a number of organisations out there doing similar, but they do not complete the circle and as a result these children end up again being abandoned in many different ways, becoming outcasts of society. Having been part of this incomplete circle and founding my way out. I believe this is my calling from God to try and change the way we address these kind of problems and make a difference. I believe the business model I am putting together will change the way the world looks at solving it's social economic problems. I don't profess to have all the answers, but maybe I can sow the seed that gets others to start thinking and we can all work towards finding the perfect solution. I have done a lot of work to-date, but find myself stuck at finding a name for the Foundation, hence me trying to find something along the line of Saints. If we pick a saint it needs to be cross denomination, yet appropriate. To quote the Bible:

Exodus 2:9-10

(9) Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him. (10) And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, "Because I drew him out of the water." In this long process of faith - and conviction building in Moses, God was laying a foundation in him, in that people of faith parented him during his most formative years. One should never conclude that the first several years of a child's life are unimportant; in fact, it is those first couple of years that one is started down their path of the rest of his life.

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6).

I am open to any suggestions that will assist in going forward. Thanking you, regards, Larry.Lawrence Crampton (talk) 12:32, 4 October 2010 (UTC)


 * St Joseph is sometimes considered in this light, given he raised a child as his own, knowing the child was not his. 109.155.37.180 (talk) 20:01, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your help, I think it is the perfect name, God Bless to all of you, will keep you posted on developmentsLawrence Crampton (talk) 14:47, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

How many beer bottles are there in the case?
"The “On Premises” cost ranges from $85 to $115 for about 6 cases of 341 ml bottles" So I should assume there is 24 bottles in the case and that would mean I will get 49 liters of beer for $85? Or it could be 12 bottles in the case. Or some other number? From the way they put it, they assume that most/ average customer would know how many bottles in a usual case. We are talking North America. 76.67.10.16 (talk) 19:16, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Just a starting point, but at my local grocer, a 6 pack of Guiness costs $8. I am not familiar with what "On Premises" would mean here unless you are talking about buying beer at a bar maybe?  Googlemeister (talk) 19:20, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, probably Canada suxx, or just Ontario, since you could not buy a liter of beer in a local alcohol monopoly store chains, Beer Stores and LCBO for any less then $3.80 a liter. So $2 for a liter sounds like a great deal. But not so great since "On Premises" brewing you would need to wait 2 weeks before your beer is fermented, plus then go through hassle of bottling it etc. Still researching internet, and would probably decide against it. States are the best:) 76.67.10.16 (talk) 19:59, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * US American here and when I hear/read "case of beer/soda", I take it to mean 24 containers whether they're bottles or cans. That's not only from my day to day use of the term as a customer but I also used to work in a convenience store and worked with some of the ordering/inventory.  The distributors would refer to 24 containers as a case.  12-packs were either called 12-packs or, more rarely, half-cases.  Dismas |(talk) 20:08, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanx Dismas! You perfectly answered my question. Much appreciated. 76.67.10.16 (talk) 20:13, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Toronto is pretty close to the border, isn't it? Just cross over into the US and buy beer :P Rimush (talk) 13:24, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It is almost 100 miles each way, so you would probably need to buy a lot of beer at a time for it to be worthwhile. In that case though, there might be import-export regulations that would apply, so just going to Niagara Falls to buy beer might not be that practical.  Googlemeister (talk) 13:57, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Booze cruise. 109.155.37.180 (talk) 22:48, 1 October 2010 (UTC)