That time of year again -- prepare to set clocks ahead
It's coming a few days later than in the last few years, but this weekend it's time to "spring forward" again for daylight-saving time.
Last year, it began March 8; the year before, March 9.
A few facts about the time change, which is meant to help save energy by giving us more sunlit hours in the evening:
• We do it each year at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March, then "fall back" to standard time at 2 a.m. the first Sunday in November -- this year, that'll be Nov. 7. That makes for 238 days a year of daylight-saving time.
• Only one country observes daylight-saving time year-round -- Kyrgyzstan.
• In the Southern Hemisphere, where our winter is their summer and vice-versa, they observe daylight-saving time from October to March.
• Most equatorial countries don't observe daylight-saving time because daylight hours are basically the same there whether it's summer or winter. In the United States, Hawaii, Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo reservation), Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands don't observe it.
• In the United States, where it was first instituted during World War I, an extra four weeks was added to daylight-saving time in 2007.
Pondering Our Collapse While We Watch Others Fall
Bob Chapman | The collapse of currencies and nations won’t happen overnight, because their demise has been planned, and a subtle collapse is in process.
Fast food chains face tomato famine
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Fast food joints are scrambling to find alternate sources for one of America's favorite sandwich toppings after a winter freeze took a huge bite out of Florida's tomato harvest.
Due to unusually cold winter weather, 60% to 70% of Florida's tomato crop was destroyed, said Terence McElroy, a spokesman at the Florida Department of Agriculture. And because the sunshine state produces about 75% of U.S. tomatoes, prices across the country have spiked ...
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| http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/ http://solarcycle24.com/ http://spaceweather.com/ Classification of Solar Flares Magnetic fields trigger solar wind DOOMED COMET: A newly-discovered comet is plunging toward the sun and probably will not survive. The encounter is too close to the sun for human eyes to see, but the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is able to monitor the action using an opaque disk to block the sun's glare. Click on the image to launch a 12-hour time-lapse animation: Time Lapse Animation: The doomed comet is probably a member of the Kreutz sungrazer family. Named after a 19th century German astronomer who studied them in detail, Kreutz sungrazers are fragments from the breakup of a giant comet at least 2000 years ago. Several of these fragments pass by the sun and disintegrate every day. Most are too small to see but occasionally a big fragment--like this one--attracts attention. Keep an eye on SOHO for the latest images. Sunspots - A pair of sunspots are currently visible on the earth facing side of the sun. Sunspot 1054 located in the northern hemisphere continues to grow. There is a chance for B-Class flares and perhaps a slight chance of a C-Class event. Sunspot 1055 which is located in the southern hemisphere is struggling to remain visible. Sunspots 1054 and 1055 (Friday) http://solarcycle24.com/ NASA Images Earth-Sized Objects Inside Corona Of SUN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| From Clif High: "The Shape of Things to Come, Issue 4 - Postponed. Sorry, again universe intrudes." Some news from Web Bot George Ure's UrbanSurvival.com today: (Read his website for all his news) Special Update from UrbanSurvival.com New ALTA/Shape of Things To Come Report First Cliff at www.halfpasthuman.com has in the past few minutes released a new "Shape of Things to Come" report (#4) - his first since last December 9th. If you have $10 bucks and want a good overview of what's maybe coming down the road towards us (humans) as presaged by shifts in language, then go read the report .... From Clif High: "Sorry, have to cancel interviews. Maybe later in 2010." |
NaturalNews.com | TODAY
| Epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency sweeping the world (NaturalNews) There is an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency sweeping across our modern world, and it's an epidemic of such depth and seriousness that it makes the H1N1 swine flu epidemic look like a case of the sniffles by comparison. Vitamin D deficiency... |
| Vitamin D slashes risk of bowel cancer by 40 percent (NaturalNews) A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that high levels of vitamin D help to lower the risk of developing bowel cancer. The study, which was the largest of its kind, evaluated nearly 2,500 people with and without... |
| Vitamin D Improves Insulin Sensitivity, Helps Prevent Diabetes (NaturalNews) High-dose vitamin D supplements may help increase the body's sensitivity to the blood sugar-regulating hormone insulin, thus reducing the risk of diabetes, researchers have found. Insulin resistance (or insensitivity) occurs when the... |
| Proposed Food and Drug Amendment to the United States Constitution (Opinion) With all the fight over healthcare reform, it makes sense that no matter who wins or loses the battle, Big Pharma's drug lords and the tyrannical government administration known as the FDA will come out on top. These money grabbing organizations... |
| Why you've never heard the truth about Vitamin D (comic) (NaturalNews) There is an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency sweeping across our modern world, and it's an epidemic of such depth and seriousness that it makes the H1N1 swine flu epidemic look like a case of the sniffles by comparison. Vitamin D deficiency... |
| ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Linked to Phthalate Exposure of Mother Prenatal exposure to phthalates has been linked to problem behavior in children. A collaborative study by Mount Sinai, Cornell University and U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention connects attention deficits and aggressiveness in... |
| Consider the Soy Controversy, Part II (Opinion) In part 1 of the Soy Controversy, we just started to get into the fact that many foods, like soy, contain substances that could be harmful when consumed in isolation but perfectly fine when consumed as a whole food. Mushrooms, broccoli, lentils... |
| Overweight Emergency Recruits Threaten Public Safety A study published in the online journal Obesity, March 19, found that 75 percent of young recruits for fire and ambulance service in Massachusetts were overweight or obese. The study was conducted by researchers from Boston University School... |
Today's health headlines from across the 'net
(Hand-picked by the Health Ranger for your education and amusement)- Long-term breastfeeding good for babies, mothers
- Greece riots are preview of things to come in other nations
- HVP factory sold its ingredient even after knowing it had a salmonella contamination problem
- Few drug studies offer comparitive findings
- Runaway Toyota Prius hits 90mph and won't stop!
- Baby given ten times the safe dose of vaccine by careless doctor
- NY about to get serious about a "fat tax" on sodas
- UK hospital patients routinely treated in closets and cupboards
- Women put 515 chemicals on their bodies every day (picture)
- Detroit to turn vacant lots into farmland to save city
- Microchipping all dogs now mandatory in UK (are people next?)
- NY chef makes cheese from wife's breast milk
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| CoastToCoastAM.com: In the News: Friday, March 12, 2010 Telepathic computer can read your mind Indonesian villages cashing in on ‘hobbit’ craze The Coming of the Cryptoterrestrials Giant meat-eating plants prefer to eat tree shrew poo A Disastrous Year: 2010 Death Toll Already Abnormally High |
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