Showing posts with label Daylight Savings Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daylight Savings Time. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

End Daylight Savings Time

It's that time of year again. The time when I see all the positive tweets coming through in regards to daylight saving time. Originally introduced by Germany and the Central Powers to cut coal consumption during World War I, it's

I never use an alarm clock (never have). I don't seem to need much sleep, and I let my body wake me up whenever it wants to. Daylight savings means I start.

You know it as Daylight Savings Time. Originally conceived by a New Zealand entomologist in the 19th century, it wasn't utilized until the Germans implemented it during WWI. Americans did the same a short time later, then ended it, and brought it back

Benjamin Franklin was the inventor of many things that we still use and enjoy to this day: bifocals, the lightening rod, the odometer and America.

If you still haven't gotten around to adjusting the clock on your stove for daylight saving time, be glad you aren't this man. Santalicio Martinez of Delray Beach, Florida owns 1,000 clocks. He's been collecting them for 15 years. The 81-year old says

Floridians would never 'fall back' under bill making daylight savings time ...

Spring ForwardFall Back! A brief history of Daylight Saving Time in the United States.

Hey guys, uh, I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, but: Everyone seriously needs to chill out about all the Daylight Savings complaints they've.

“Ladies' man” Harry Stamps, 81, of Long Beach, Miss., hated daylight saving time so much that he died the day before “spring forward.” Stamps, who called the biannual event “The Devil's Time,” died March 9. According to his obituary in the Sun Herald

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Hey guys, uh, I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, but: Everyone seriously needs to chill out about all the Daylight Savings complaints they've.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Floridians would never 'fall back' under bill making daylight savings time ...

Grab your running shoes and head outdoors. With the weather getting warmer, why not use that extra hour of daylight to stretch your legs? Being active gives you more energy, changes your mood and eventually, you'll start feel that extra bounce in your

Spring ForwardFall Back! A brief history of Daylight Saving Time in the United States.

In the U.S., daylight saving time was first used during World War I to conserve resources. It was reinstated again during World War II until Sept. 1945. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 created a standardized system to observe daylight saving time.

I never use an alarm clock (never have). I don't seem to need much sleep, and I let my body wake me up whenever it wants to. Daylight savings means I start.

This is the weekend when we switch back to Daylight Saving Time. But did you know that losing that hour of sleep can be dangerous to your health?

Monday, March 11, 2013

What daylight savings time means for biking

Well, I went to the same high school as Sandy, Lafayette High in Brooklyn, though not at the same time. The gym teachers there, years later, were still talking about how good he was in basketball. There was an event at the school once, involving the

Lukas said she didn't know what caused the additional hour of peak fares, and she wouldn't speculate on whether the problems stemmed from the change to daylight saving time. NBC Washington's transportation reporter Adam Tuss tweeted Monday

Well, I went to the same high school as Sandy, Lafayette High in Brooklyn, though not at the same time. The gym teachers there, years later, were still talking about how good he was in basketball. There was an event at the school once, involving the

Well, I went to the same high school as Sandy, Lafayette High in Brooklyn, though not at the same time. The gym teachers there, years later, were still talking about how good he was in basketball. There was an event at the school once, involving the

Change to daylight saving time takes biggest health toll today

Books for Daylight Saving Time travelers. Posted by Ron Charles on March 10, 2013 at 9:00 am. Comments · Tweet. More. "The Time Machine," by H.G. Wells (Alan Rodgers Books). “The Time Machine,” by H.G. Wells (Alan Rodgers Books). Still dazed by

City Desk is Washington City Paper's blog about D.C. news, politics, media, the arts, and more.

I never use an alarm clock (never have). I don't seem to need much sleep, and I let my body wake me up whenever it wants to. Daylight savings means I start.

City Desk is Washington City Paper's blog about D.C. news, politics, media, the arts, and more.

Spring ForwardFall Back! A brief history of Daylight Saving Time in the United States.