...Wherefores of Daylight Saving Time The question I always ask myself on the second Sunday morning in March when I look at the clock upon waking up and see that is already an hour later than my usual waking hour, is “Why?” I feel I am already behind and I scramble to catch up all day long and then, when the clock tells me that it is time to go to bed, I really don’t feel like it, but know if I don’t, the next morning will bring a struggle to wake up and get going. And then along comes the first Sunday in November. It’s easy to get up – the sun is where it should be. But around eight or nine o’clock in the evening I feel myself getting drowsy, but have to wage a painful battle to stay awake because I know if I go to bed too early, the next day I will be waking up hours before I should. So, once again, I ask why? Why can’t they just leave the time alone! I say it’s time to stop the insanity of Daylight Saving Time once and for all. Just as many people enjoy early morning light as do extended evening light and if there is no real evidence of energy savings during DST, it’s time to do away with it. The story goes that Benjamin Franklin (remember “early to bed and early to rise”) was the first American to suggest Daylight Saving Time (and, by the way, it is Saving, not Savings as most of us say) because he felt that not using that extra early morning daylight in the summer months was just wasteful. But he never was able to implement it. The first year Daylight Saving Time was actually...
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...Daylight savings time was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 when he was in Paris. Evidently, Ben had a lot of “time” to kill in Paris, but his idea went nowhere. The idea of “Daylight Savings” is essentially moving clocks one hour (or more or less) ahead- essentially “moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. The first serious effort to save daylight occurred in Britain. London builder William Willett wrote an essay entitled “Waste of Daylight” in 1907- when he noticed during an early morning ride that the blinds on houses were closed-even though the sun was fully risen. Evidently, this waste of time by citizens was more than he could bear. He wrote: “Everyone appreciates the long light in evenings - everyone laments...
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...Daylight saving time was first proposed in 1895, but most countries have introduced it in the 1970s. From the very beginning, the idea has had its proponents and opponents. Many people claim that having to adjust clocks twice a year is not worthwhile, others, however, consider it an indispensable element of our lives. Daylight saving time may often prove beneficial. First of all, setting the clocks forward in spring causes evenings to be longer, as it provides us with an additional daylight hour. When the night falls later, people feel encouraged to go out more often and, consequently, to spend more money. Needless to say, a longer evening brings about the increase in consumption, which boosts the economy. In addition to that, time shifting...
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...people believe that daylight savings time comes with many benefits such as how it decreases energy usage. However that claim among others is mainly false and the problems caused by daylight savings time are much more relevant. Because of the confusion and dangers, we should eliminate daylight savings time therefore ending the negative effects. Though some may argue that exposure to artificial lighting can lead to health issues as well as being wasteful of energy. Many people who think we should keep daylight saving time think “energy not only could be wasted but over-illumination can lead to adverse health and psychological effects” (text 2 lines 1-4). However the counter argument’s importance is little compared to the time shift causing sleep deprivation and putting people’s lives at risk as “the effects on health and healthcare devices, especially when adequately not prepared in advance for the time change” (text 2 lines 33-36). The disturbance in sleep patterns puts people far more at danger. The time shift caused by daylight saving time causes many people to lose...
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...Wherefores of Daylight Saving Time The question I always ask myself on the second Sunday morning in March when I look at the clock upon waking up and see that is already an hour later than my usual waking hour, is “Why?” I feel I am already behind and I scramble to catch up all day long and then, when the clock tells me that it is time to go to bed, I really don’t feel like it, but know if I don’t, the next morning will bring a struggle to wake up and get going. And then along comes the first Sunday in November. It’s easy to get up – the sun is where it should be. But around eight or nine o’clock in the evening I feel myself getting drowsy, but have to wage a painful battle to stay awake because I know if I go to bed too early, the next day I will be waking up hours before I should. So, once again, I ask why? Why can’t they just leave the time alone! I say it’s time to stop the insanity of Daylight Saving Time once and for all. Just as many people enjoy early morning light as do extended evening light and if there is no real evidence of energy savings during DST, it’s time to do away with it. The story goes that Benjamin Franklin (remember “early to bed and early to rise”) was the first American to suggest Daylight Saving Time (and, by the way, it is Saving, not Savings as most of us say) because he felt that not using that extra early morning daylight in the summer months was just wasteful. But he never was able to implement it. The first year Daylight Saving Time was actually...
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...out later to shop, go to the ball game or even take a stroll in the park many television shows will not introduce a new season until the summer months and Hollywood releases its box office hits during the summer and fall months when people are more likely to sit in a theatre or on the couch watching tv. Daylight Saving Time is in fact a political ploy to avoid making meaningful legislation to reduce energy usage. The study "Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence From a Natural Experiment In Indiana" October 2008, examines a financial burden presented to the energy consumers during DST. During DST there is an actual increase in the energy demand due to air conditioners needing to remain on longer. This was a net increase of $3.29 per household per year or a total of $9 million per year, not to mention the amount of pollutants emitted into the air from increased driving. People are not going to walk to the store or ball park, they will drive which also increases the gas usage during DST. Instead, Congress continues to extend DST by months and convincing Americans that it is to save resources needed to fuel our day to day lives....
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...There are so many variable to consider when you consider opening a business in a foreign country. Some of the most talked about simple issues are time zone difference, taxes, language barriers, and foreign policies. The time zone changes from the US and Canada to Germany is about 8 hours. This will vary due to daylight savings time, but that is now a major issue itself. The main concern is if the company is a United States company but based out of Germany and there is a problem that needs addressed. You will need a complete management staff on the ground in Germany to oversee any problems. Depending on the situation it could require you to go on location which could take you a few days to get there as opposed to a local based company that you could be within a few hours from. This location in Germany does have a few benefits for online companies. It is centrally located to where shipments could ship faster across the world. Customers would receive products faster and that would increase overall satisfaction. Taxes will need to be considered in Germany. There are several pages of tax law that would need to be analyzed by a legal team to make sure the company pays all appropriate taxes and receives certain tax breaks they qualify for. Germany is known for high taxes and it would all depend on how they vary compared to being based in the U.S. Being an online company the language barrier should not be too much of an issue. There are programs for online stores to use to simply...
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...Victoria Amber Blakeney Answer the following questions and Email it before 02/07/2015 Exercise 1: Data Interpretation Dissolved oxygen is oxygen that is trapped in a fluid, such as water. Since many living organism requires oxygen to survive, it is a necessary component of water systems such as streams, lakes and rivers in order to support aquatic life. The dissolved oxygen is measured in units of ppm—or parts per million. Examine the data in Table 4 showing the amount of dissolved oxygen present and the number of fish observed in the body of water from which the sample was taken; finally, answer the questions below. |Table 4: Water Quality vs. Fish Population | | | |Dissolved Oxygen (ppm) | |0 | |2 | |4 | |6 | |8 | |10 ...
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...Daylight saving time (also known as DST), started on 30 April 1916, Suggested by a New Zealander named George Vernon Hudson, and first organized by Germany and Austria. On the second Sunday of March the clocks must turn forward one hour in order to contain for sun light through out the summer days. This lasts up to the first Sunday of November, which is when the clocks are turned back. This was used in World War I by the Germans to conserve coal while experiencing an energy crisis. However it s said that Daylight saving has caused controversy since it began. In todays society the states and countries that observe day light saving time has had proven side affects such as increase in vehicular accidents, depression, work injuries, and has been suggested by Researchers in Indiana to cause brain damage. One hour can mean the deference between being late or on time for a plane, meeting, class or job. In a metropolitan city being late isn’t good for anyone because now there is a possibility for accidents and sometimes consequent to fetal results. Mentioned in Ferguson’s article, an estimate of 901 more fetal crashes accurse around Daylight saving time (727 involving pedestrians, and 174 involving vehicles). These accidents are said to be derived from lack of sleep. In Pinto’s article Researchers claim that lack of sleep can lead to Cyclical disruption to circadian rhythms. As minor as it may seem, this will hamper with the long-term intelligence of ones brain. Another side affect...
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...through the mail at twice the speed of checks. 12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good. 13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway. 1 4. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it. 15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes. 16. A balanced diet is a muffin in each hand. 17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places. 18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming. 19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it. 20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on. 21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. 22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends. 23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator. 24. Someone who thinks logically provides nice contrast to the real world. 25. It ain’t the jeans that make your butt look fat. 26. If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not...
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...Ugh. You're up an hour early, your body hates you for it, and even a gallon of coffee can't get your day on track. “Daylight saving sucks’’ “We lost an hour this morning” “awaking to an already sunny sky.” “We feel robbed an hour from our day”. These are only some of the things I’ve heard citizens comment on about daylight savings and I’m here to change the way people think about daylight savings. Good morning federal opposition of the annual daylight savings, my name is Emily fields CEO of Coles and I’m here to exemplify the reasoning into why daylight savings is actually extremely beneficial to today’s living standards. Daylight savings time is the practice of advancing clocks during mid-spring until mid-autumn months for more daylight during...
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...Daylight saving in today's society has been recognized as the day that takes away an hour of valuable sleep. Why would such a day be created. In fact, Daylight savings had been created by Ben Franklin in the year of 1784 in order to save candles. This idea by Ben certainly doesn’t apply or help today's society, since lightbulbs have been created. However today's society has found that Daylight savings actually provides our world with many benefits. We actually kept daylight savings time, because it provides us with better safety and conserves our economy. Safety is a concern that many have throughout life, and daylight savings has clearly shown its considerable role in safety in two ways. A graph shows that in the beginning of daylight savings,...
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...What Motivates You As An Employee? Johanne MacLeod Indiana Wesleyan University Plagiarism Statement I have read and understand the plagiarism policy as outlined in the syllabus and the sections in the IWU Catalog relating to the IWU Honesty/Cheating Policy. By affixing this statement to the title page of my paper, I certify that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the process of completing this assignment. I also certify that the work submitted is original work and specific for this course and to my program. If it is found that cheating and/or plagiarism did take place in the writing of this paper, I understand the possible consequences of the act/s, which could include expulsion from Indiana Wesleyan University. What Motivates You As An Employee? Let me ask you a question. What motivates you as an employee? Could it be the external reward such as pay, employee benefits, and compensation packages? Or is it the internal reward such as a feeling of accomplishment, learning new things, or helping others? I am pretty sure that at one point or another, everyone dreams of having the ideal job. Whether you are in college pursuing a career or just settling at a lackluster job until you find your ideal job, something about an employer has to draw you in and keep you. Even if you eventually find what it is you are looking for, there is no guarantee you will always stay inspired and stimulated. Whether an employee has a positive or negative attitude at work is based on what motivates...
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...Crime and DST Crime has been around as long as humans have inhabited the earth, which has forced humanity to come up with a plethora of different types of crime prevention methods. One of the most basic deterrents of crime is something that Mother Nature provides: daylight. Every six months most of the world engages in the ritual of changing our clocks from Standard Time (STD) to Day Light Saving Time (DST). Unfortunately, when the shift goes from DST to STD, darkness is brought down on us an hour earlier. This darkness also brings along many crimes, since it gets darker earlier does not mean that the people will go home an hour earlier. By keeping the time in the Day Light saving mode, daylight will be extended longer and thus not exposing individuals to night time crimes any sooner than they have to be. By keeping in DST, we would be extending the daylight hours into the evening hours. In 2002, researchers from Britain gathered all available studies on effects of improved lighting on crime from both American and British studies. They relied on studies that included that included crime in both experimental and control areas. In this study, they found that 25% of the crimes like assault, larceny, and juvenile crimes occurred within the first six late afternoon-early evening hours where lighting was poor or non-existent as compared to areas that had better lighting (Calandrillo, 2008). On the other hand, out of Britain some studies have come about and are stating that...
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...January of 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin is an iconic figure in American history and throughout the world (Gaustad 2003). Among other things, he was one of the most well known politicians and civil activists of the Enlightenment Era in North America. He was known for his role as Ambassador to France, and his work to gain French military assistance during the American Revolution. Franklin was also one of the Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence and helped draft the United States Constitution. Benjamin Franklin was extremely brilliant, but at the same time considered by many as self-effacing and approachable (Essig, 2006). Despite his great involvement in civics and politics later in his life, Franklin was first a businessman and a scientist. Franklin’s scientific work and business ventures lead him to become one of the most recognizable innovators of all time. According to Isaacson (2003), one of the main factors that caused Franklin to be thought of as a genius was the varied nature of his interests. He became involved in projects that ranged from civics to science, and he never took himself too seriously. The earliest known invention of Benjamin Franklin was the development of a copperplate press in 1728 that used ornate designs, and different colors of ink to make it more difficult for counterfeiters to forge paper money from the state of New Jersey. It was also during this period that Franklin invented a method of casting printing...
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