Sunday, October 28, 2018

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https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/usa
Nov 4, 2018 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
When local daylight time is about to reach
Sunday, November 4, 2018, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, November 4, 2018, 1:00:00 am local standard time instead.
Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on Nov 4, 2018 than the day before. There will be more light in the morning.
Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/25/when-do-the-clocks-go-back-2018-last-time-they-change
Oct. 27, 2018
Researchers had previously thought that the clock change, particularly in spring, caused people to suffer minor jet-lag style symptoms for a couple of days after the change. They now think, according to the Bundestag report, that the effects can last up to four weeks, and that “for some people the process of adaptation itself takes place only insufficiently or not at all”.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/cesar-sayoc-apos-purported-twitter-210156226.html
Oct. 26, 2018
Cesar Sayoc, the suspect arrested Friday in connection with more than a dozen potential explosive devices mailed to critics of President Donald Trump, had a long history of promoting right-wing conspiracy theories and attacking Democrats on Twitter, including some of his alleged targets.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/texans-voting-machines-changing-straight-ticket-choices-163523540--election.html
Oct. 26, 2018
Some Texas voters are complaining that machines flipped their straight-ticket selections to the other party in key races during early voting, especially the much-watched Senate battle between Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O'Rourke.
The secretary of state's office said Friday that there have been reported issues with Hart eSlate voting machines, which are used in around 30 percent of counties statewide and feature a wheel for selecting candidates and buttons to move from screen to screen. But it says they are caused by voters themselves and often occur when they complete and submit ballots too quickly.

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