EDIN March 7, 2009

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Yeshiva World March 7, 2009 REMINDER - Daylight Saving Time Begins Motzei Shabbos/Sunday Morning March 6, 2009

clock.gifSeems hard to imagine, but early Sunday morning marks the 2009 return of Daylight Savings Time.

Making the change at the beginning of March instead of the beginning of April has been in place since 2007.

But since 2007, Congress outlined a plan to spring forward on the second Sunday in March and to fall back on the first Sunday of November.

In addition to changing your clocks, here’s a reminder from the New York City fire department: Change the batteries in your smoke detectors when you change your clocks to daylight saving time on Sunday. One third of all smoke detectors have dead, near dead or disconnected batteries in them doubling occupants’ chances of perishing in a home fire.

The FDNY says 70 percent of fire-related deaths occur in homes not equipped with a working smoke alarm.

While there has been a significant drop in fire-related deaths in the past decade, Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta says “many of these deaths are preventable.”

SOME INTERESTING FACTS:

What is daylight-saving time?
Daylight-saving time is a system established to reduce energy use by extending daylight hours (clocks are set ahead one hour). This year, daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, 2009. Daylight-saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2009. In the past, daylight-saving time began in April and ended in October. However, an energy bill signed by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005 extended daylight-saving time as part of a long-term solution to the nation’s energy problems. The new law extended daylight-saving time by four weeks; beginning three weeks earlier and ending one week later. Also under the new laws, the entire state of Indiana now observes daylight-saving time. Prior to the new laws, only certain areas of the state observed the time changes.

Exceptions in the United States
In the United States, Hawaii and most of Arizona do not follow daylight-saving time. The U.S. territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and American Samoa also do not observe daylight-saving time.

2009 - Daylight-saving time begins on Sunday, March 8 and ends on Sunday, November 1.

(Meir Lewittis - YWN / CNN Student News)
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Crossroads You Make me Laugh TODAY'S CLEAN LAUGH *Razor Request*

Ronnie goes down to the barber shop. He gets his hair cut and then he is getting a shave. After being nicked by the barber several times Ronnie says "Hey buddy, have you got an extra razor?"

The barber replies "Well yes sir I do, would you prefer shaving yourself?"

Ronnie said, "Well not exactly but I thought I could defend myself."

*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
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Phil and Jo Ann Edin