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Daylight Savings 2012

March 11, 2012 by · Comments Off on Daylight Savings 2012 

Daylight Savings 2012, Daylight saving time 2012 is again here and the same old questions are being raised once again. You must have reset the clock one hour forward, if not then please do it now immediately. If you don’t do, it can endanger all your schedule tomorrow.

But like every year in the past several questions are being raised by people across North America over the actual relevance of a 20th century tradition for so long in the 21st century.

A number of people have said that they don’t really want to follow this nonsense called Daylight saving time. Daylight saving time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.

Like today every year, on the second Sunday in March, watches are reset one hour ahead at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. Then eight months later on the first Sunday in November, watches are set backward by one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time.

A report while talking about the negative impact of the daylight time says, “It’s not just farmers who find this semi-annual oxymoron to be annoying as all get out-pet owners and parents don’t like it much either! Any parent will tell you the only thing worse than trying to roust a sleepy kid in the mornings is dealing with the “But it’s still light out!” arguments at bedtime.

Pet owners have their own woes, mainly in the form of pets who want their food NOW and don’t give a rat’s hat what the clock says. Few things are worse than having a cat either snagging your legs with their claws at dinnertime or stomping all over your back in the morning while you’re still in bed demanding their grub or a dog tripping you up at night or giving you “The Stare” in the morning and whining for their food”.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Heart

March 10, 2012 by · Comments Off on Rheumatoid Arthritis Heart 

Rheumatoid Arthritis Heart, People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk for a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, a new study finds.

The research involved more than 4 million people, including more than 18,000 with RA, in Denmark, who were followed for an average of five years.

During that time, people with RA had a nearly 40 percent increased risk of atrial fibrillation compared to those in the general population — 8.2 events per 1,000 person years for those with RA and six events per 1,000 person years for the general population. That works out to one new case of atrial fibrillation per 12 RA patients followed for 10 years after diagnosis.

Among RA patients, women had a slightly higher risk of atrial fibrillation than men, according to the study published online March 8 on BMJ.

The researchers also found that people with RA had a more than 30 percent higher risk of stroke than those in the general population — 7.6 events per 1,000 person years for those with RA and 5.7 events per 1,000 person years for the general population.

Previous research has linked RA to an increased risk of heart attacks, heart failure and stroke. This study finds that RA is also associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, which is associated with greater long-term risk of heart failure, stroke and death.

Daylight Savings

March 2, 2012 by · Comments Off on Daylight Savings 

Daylight Savings, You might wish Spring Break would stick around longer than a week. On the bright side, all the campus clocks should be set to the correct time when you return.

Daylight Saving Time begins March 11 at 2 a.m. So the clocks on campus (and your own clock, if you don’t want to be late for class) must be set an hour ahead.

The Power Plant Division used to readjust the clocks every 24 hours using a campus-wide bell system, said Mike Thomas, the maintenance and construction superintendent, in an email. However, that system was done away with sometime in the last five to 10 years.

The PPD still sets the memorial clock outside the O’Connell Center and the automated clocks that have been installed in some buildings, but each department is now responsible for setting its own wall clocks.

In the Reitz Union, most of the clocks are automated, according to John Duncan, the operations manager.

He said, “I know there’s one battery-operated clock in the Welcome Center, and I’m usually the one to get up and spin the little dial.”

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