THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT TIME

Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday

The average U.S. city commuter loses 38 hours a year to traffic delays.

Wonder why you have to set your clock ahead in March? Daylight Saving Time began as a joke by Benjamin Franklin, who proposed waking people earlier on bright summer mornings so they might work more during the day and thus save candles. It was introduced in the U.K. in 1917 and then spread around the world.

The Department of Energy estimates that electricity demand drops by 0.5 percent during Daylight Saving Time, saving the equivalent of nearly 3 million barrels of oil.

By observing how quickly bank tellers made change, pedestrians walked, and postal clerks spoke, psychologists determined that the three fastest-paced U.S. cities are Boston, Buffalo, and New York. The three slowest? Shreveport, Sacramento, and L.A.

One second used to be defined as one-86-thousand-four-hundreth the length of a day. However, Earth’s rotation isn’t perfectly reliable. Tidal friction from the sun and moon slows our planet and increases the length of a day by 3 milli­seconds per century.

Weather also changes the day. During El Niño events, strong winds can slow Earth’s rotation by a fraction of a milli­second every 24 hours.

In 1972 a network of atomic clocks in more than 50 countries was made the final authority on time, so accurate that it takes 31.7 million years to lose about one second. To keep this time in sync with Earth’s slowing rotation, a “leap second” must be added every few years, most recently this past New Year’s Eve.

The world’s most accurate clock, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Colorado, measures vibrations of a single atom of mercury. In a billion years it will not lose one second.

Until the 1800s, every village lived in its own little time zone, with clocks synchronized to the local solar noon. This caused havoc with the advent of trains and timetables. For a while watches were made that could tell both local time and “railway time.” On November 18, 1883, American railway companies forced the national adoption of standardized time zones.

Einstein showed that gravity makes time run more slowly. Thus airplane passengers, flying where Earth’s pull is weaker, age a few extra nano­seconds each flight.

There may be an end of time. Three Spanish scientists posit that the observed acceleration of the expanding cosmos is an illusion caused by the slowing of time. According to their math, time may eventually stop, at which point everything will come to a standstill.

Today is National Crab Meat Day!  Yes…theirs a day in which we celebrate the crustaceans of all shapes and sizes!  Here’s a few delectable dishes that you can really get your pincher around!

Pickled Dungeness Crab
Mirliton, Choyote Or Vegetable Pear Casserole With Crabmeat
Peppery Stuffed Crab
Thai Crab Salad Phyllo Cups
Stir-Fried Crab Curry (Poo Pad Pong Garee)
Corn And Crab In Pastry
Cape Cod Crab-Stuffed Tomatoes
Chili Crab
Crab Quiche Squares
Mini Bagels With Crab Spread
Creole Spiced Blue Crabs With Green Onion Dipping Sauce
Bite Sized Crab Or Tuna Fish Balls Northern Neck Stuffed Crab
Crab A La King
Crabmeat Curls Appetizers
Crab And Avocado Cocktail
Crab Crepes
Crab Stuffed Poblano Chiles With Mango Salsa
Crab Crepes With Shrimp Sauce
Colorful Crab Appetizer Pizza
Creamy Crab On Corn Pancakes
Grilled Crabmeat Flautas
Crab Waffle
Crab Stuffed Jalapenos
Connecticut Crab Puffs

Today is International Women’s Day!   Click Here for the official page  in celebration of women all over the globe!

Brad’s American Saturday Night Tour made its final stop on the tour at the Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, SC last night and on the final note of the encore finale (“Alcohol”), Brad fell on stage – he bounced back up, finished the show and thanked the audience and told them good-bye.  Once he left the stage he was transported to the local hospital via ambulance to be checked out – all is well, only badly bruised.  Brad was discharged from the hospital and is on his way home to Nashville.

Check out Brad’s Twitter for an update and photos - Twitter.com/paisleyoffical

Halfway to Goal!

Here we go!  Week number 10  for The Gettin Thin In 2010 Plan!  I’ve switched things up a bit this week by adding more fruit and water to my 1500 calorie a day diet.  Still trying to get more exercise in and I’ve noticed I seem to have more energy.  I usually take a nap in the afternoon, but lately I haven’t been sluggish and tired.  Which means I’m awake longer and burning more calories I hope!    This mornings live weigh in brings me to a total loss of 35 pounds!  I’m Halfway There!  I lost 3lbs this week!   Only 35 more pounds to go to reach my goal!  Keep focused and if you slip up, don’t beat yourself up, just get right back on the track!    Join us next Friday for a LIVE weigh in at 7:20 on Today’s Country 93.5

Congratulations to this week’s KKBN Goodie Award Winner, CINDY ZELINSKI!  Here’s the Nomination letter

I feel the goody award should go to my hard working friend, Cindy Zelinsky.  She owns Papa’s New Roost, she just opened Happy Hour Hair Salon, She runs Lazy Resort and on top of all of that, she is going to school at SH Cosmetology.  She helps the school out with programs around the community. Also, she is beautiful mother to her daughter, Parkyre (Parker).  She works her tail off day in and day out and on top of all that, she has the most beautiful heart in the world!  She deserves more, but I would like to honor her for one week!  She is a great, hard working person.

Thank you,
Lisa

If you’d like to nominate someone for the KKBN Goodie award, send us your nomination letter today by going to our contact page and sending us your email to Big Joe!  The Goodie is brought to each week by JS West Ace Hardware

Scientists at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation analyzed 51 different frozen foods regularly found in grocery stores and supermarkets. Their research proved that foods retain their nutritional value during freezing. Substantial and highly beneficial amounts of no less than 21 essential vitamins, minerals and other nutrients were found in these products. Freezing, per se, does not injure vitamins. Air exposure is much more destructive, particularly to volatile nutrients such as vitamin C and thiamine.

If you’re like me sometimes you put stuff in your freezer and forget to cook it. Is it still safe to eat?

How long will frozen food keep?

• Frozen dinners — three to four months
• Ground beef and turkey — three months
• Bacon, unopened — one month
• Roasts — six to twelve months
• Whole fish — five to six months
• Fish fillets — four to five months
• Shellfish — four to six months
• Whole chicken or turkey — twelve months
• Chicken or turkey pieces — nine months
• Cooked poultry — four months

Cody and " Baby Bridgette"

Congratulations to this week’s KKBN Pet Of The Week Winner Kimberli Fish!  Here’s a pic of their beloved “Baby Bridgette”.  Yup…Baby Bridgette.   Here’s the email:

Be sure to send us your favorite pet pic for The KKBN Pet Of The Week Contest!  We” post the winner’s picture here every Tuesday.
Have a great Mother Lode day!