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Written By: Andy Lipps

1	Time Keeping and Weather Predictions Written by: Andy Lipps | Distributed: 2008-05-06 | - Word Count: 865 | Viewed: 1510 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 2.40 In the mid 1700s, Ben Franklin published weather predictions in Poor Richard's Almanac (1732-1757), expressly for the purpose of helping farmers anticipate the way that their crops would be affected by the weather. Weather predication has changed a lot since the days of Ben Franklin, but those initial lessons about weather observations can be practiced by the average person, even at home.
2	Greenwich Mean Time: What Is It and Why It Matters Written by: Andy Lipps | Distributed: 2008-04-29 | - Word Count: 769 | Viewed: 1270 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.83 Ultimately, the concept of why accurate time keeping is important can be traced back hundreds of years. In the 1880s, it was determined that there needed to be some sort of international standard for time keeping. It was because of this need to set standards in time keeping that Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) were established.
3	It's All About the Clocks Written by: Andy Lipps | Distributed: 2008-04-25 | - Word Count: 718 | Viewed: 1194 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 3.50 Clocks these days - well, they sure aren't what they once were; and that might not be such a bad thing. The first clocks, going way back to the 1300s, were a big step up from sun dials as a means of telling time, but it's hard to say that they were very accurate.