Week 9 - Oops, where did time fly?!
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What day is it? And, what time? The weekend already passed? Oh no!! We all know this feeling. The feeling of "Wait, wasn't something due today/yesterday/the day before yesterday"?
YES!!!
Whoops, I guess I missed the deadline for last Friday's blog. Not a good thing in professional journalism - at all. So, I am lucky that this is "only" a college class that is part of my journey, and everyone makes mistakes.
However, I didn't want to miss this entry because I greatly looked forward to talking a bit about time travel - a really cool way of moving from one place to another. We all experienced it last weekend. You don't believe me? Oh come on, I know you did (unless you were on a different continent than North America).
March 8, 2015 was when all people - yes, including YOU - on this continent traveled from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. in the blink of an eye. Whaaaat? Yeah, some folks refer to this way of traveling also to daylight saving time. :)
Daylight saving time here officially began Sunday. It was invented to conserve energy and to make better use of sunlight. All clocks had to be set one hour ahead. Daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, and that's when clocks will "fall back" an hour again.
In Germany, for example, the same procedure will happen on March 29. Why three weeks later than in North America, you wonder? Germany follows the rules of the European Union (EU) regarding the start and end times and dates for summer time. The period extends each year from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October.
If you would like to know a bit more about "time traveling" check out this website!
YES!!!
Whoops, I guess I missed the deadline for last Friday's blog. Not a good thing in professional journalism - at all. So, I am lucky that this is "only" a college class that is part of my journey, and everyone makes mistakes.
However, I didn't want to miss this entry because I greatly looked forward to talking a bit about time travel - a really cool way of moving from one place to another. We all experienced it last weekend. You don't believe me? Oh come on, I know you did (unless you were on a different continent than North America).
March 8, 2015 was when all people - yes, including YOU - on this continent traveled from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. in the blink of an eye. Whaaaat? Yeah, some folks refer to this way of traveling also to daylight saving time. :)
Daylight saving time here officially began Sunday. It was invented to conserve energy and to make better use of sunlight. All clocks had to be set one hour ahead. Daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, and that's when clocks will "fall back" an hour again.
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In Germany, for example, the same procedure will happen on March 29. Why three weeks later than in North America, you wonder? Germany follows the rules of the European Union (EU) regarding the start and end times and dates for summer time. The period extends each year from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October.
If you would like to know a bit more about "time traveling" check out this website!
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