The origins of daylight saving time have been attributed to various people and reasons. Fingers are often pointed at farmers as the originators of the practice so they could have more daylight, butfarmers didn't necessarily support the time changewhen it was adopted in the early 20th century. ...
Daylight Savings Time is an idea that has been around for more than 100 years, and was implemented nationwide in Germany a little over a century ago. Here is its history, and how (and why) it is used today.
Daylight Saving Time(DST) is used to save energy and make better use of daylight. It was first used in 1908 in Thunder Bay, Canada. One of the advantages of Daylight Savings is the long summer evenings. ©iStockphoto.com/Lacheev Daylight Saving Time is the practice of setting the clock...
TV executives hate it, too. As a matter of fact, anyone whose industry relies on people staying inside hates DST. TV ratingsduring the first bit of DST, when its effects are dramatic. But is that necessarily an argument against DST? Should we really be saying that it’s more important ...
once again instituted what was dubbed “war time” nationwide, this time year-round. In the United States today, every state except Hawaii and Arizona observes daylight saving time. Around the world, Europe, much of Canada and part of Australia also implement it, while Russia and Asia ...
Spring started a little earlier than usual this year. Tuesday,March 19 at 11:06 p.m. EDTmarked the vernal equinox for the Northern Hemisphere, when the sun was directly over the equator and its energy was in balance between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres,according to the Nation...
Nurse Kaci Hickox angrily tells reporters that she won't change her clocks for daylight savings time Democratic Party leaders in panic after recent poll shows most Democratic voters think 'midterm' is when to end pregnancy Desperate Democratic candidates plead with Obama to stop backing them...
Remember when Oil prices started to climb up: back then it was going to be biofuels (corn, switch grass) and hydrogen. It all ended up losing money and helped destroy the environment, when farmers started slash burning forests to make room for biofuels in Asia and south america. What ever...
Now, I am not saying that this is why we put them to bed early or that it is why we started, because it’s not, but we do enjoy that time together. Did you knowthat the #1 fear of preteens and teenagers is divorce among their parents?Quality time together, with your spouse, redu...
Sometime during [the first week in August] a dope dealer from Toronto named Billy Doyle was whipped and video-buggered at [the Tate residence]. In the days before his death, Sebring had complained to a receptionist at his hair shop that someone had burned him for $2,000 worth of cocain...