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TV Scheduling In America Has Overshadowed Natural Circadian Rhythms
ScienceDaily ^ | March 7, 2008

Posted on 03/08/2008 3:25:54 AM PST by gusopol3

TV Scheduling In America Has Overshadowed Natural Circadian Rhythms ScienceDaily (Mar. 7, 2008) — Most of the nation is once again readying itself for losing an hour of sleep with the arrival of Daylight Saving Time. This is a "shock" not only to those of us who value our sleep, but also (very temporarily) to all levels of the economy, from the individual to the world....

How did these man-made cues come about" Daylight Saving Time has its roots in the Standard Time Act of 1918; the DST component, which was a wartime energy-saving measure, was repealed after World War I. The current plan was signed into law by President Johnson in 1966 as the Uniform Time Act. Last year, Daylight Saving was extended by four weeks.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: daylightsavings; dst; radio; television
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1 posted on 03/08/2008 3:25:55 AM PST by gusopol3
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To: gusopol3

The good thing is that we human beings are not greatly influenced by circadian rhythms, despite what you read in pop-media-junk-science articles.


2 posted on 03/08/2008 3:43:19 AM PST by Rudder (Klinton-Kool-Aid FReepers prefer spectacle over victory.)
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To: Rudder

right, it’s a good thing they’re controlled by the timing of Leno’s monologue instead.


3 posted on 03/08/2008 3:48:58 AM PST by gusopol3
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To: Rudder

We are eminently adaptable creatures, which is why we’re here after millions of years.


4 posted on 03/08/2008 4:03:12 AM PST by King of Florida (A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
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To: gusopol3
enabled them to observe how Americans split their time between their three most time-consuming activities: work, sleep, and television watching.

Well. There we have it. Reminds me PJ O'Rourke's statementsthat the real three branches of government are money, television and bullsh*t.

5 posted on 03/08/2008 4:07:46 AM PST by don-o (My son, Ben, reports to Parris Island on June 30.)
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To: don-o

freeping comes in third for me


6 posted on 03/08/2008 4:10:05 AM PST by gusopol3
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To: gusopol3

Yeah, let’s adopt a lifestyle in which our circadian rhythms are unaffected by electricity (because the advent of electricity—and even candles—has a much greater effect on supposed circadian rhythms than TV) and live like rural Africans out in the bush. We’ll all be so much better off then.


7 posted on 03/08/2008 4:14:16 AM PST by aruanan
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To: aruanan

Obama campaign theme?


8 posted on 03/08/2008 4:53:39 AM PST by gusopol3
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To: gusopol3

BO = B2A?


9 posted on 03/08/2008 5:07:26 AM PST by aruanan
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To: gusopol3

It’s a free country.

People who don’t like daylight savings time should set their clocks to whatever time they wish.

Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho!
Alarm clocks got to go!

Two, four, six, eight!
Sunsets at noon and it’s great


10 posted on 03/08/2008 5:09:01 AM PST by sergeantdave (Governments hate armed citizens more than armed criminals)
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To: aruanan

Hillary beat him to it

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/B000C4SWIG/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link


11 posted on 03/08/2008 5:21:42 AM PST by gusopol3
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Wow, this article seems to be implying that people still watch television. I hadn’t realized that.

TV is so over; only Freeping has any reality.


12 posted on 03/08/2008 5:26:16 AM PST by ottbmare
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To: ottbmare

try not to go into withdrawal with an hour less Freeping today


13 posted on 03/08/2008 5:34:57 AM PST by gusopol3
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To: gusopol3

I’m glad I read this. I’d have been late for church tomorrow!


14 posted on 03/08/2008 5:52:19 AM PST by Tax-chick (Let all creation sing of salvation. Let us together give praise forever!)
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To: ottbmare
TV is so over

Agreed, my old 19" Sony is hooked to the VCR/DVD player w/rabbit ears. End of the year, no rabbit ears. How do people put up with those commercial things? (lets not talk about my 25" computer monitor:-)

15 posted on 03/08/2008 5:54:01 AM PST by MrPiper
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To: gusopol3

BeAllYouCanBe solution; set the clocks 1/2 hour ahead and leave them there! End of any problem. I have lived most of my life in Indiana and I loved never switching time. I will die and still never understand any advantage to “day light savings” — I mean were are we putting all of this saved time?


16 posted on 03/08/2008 7:07:46 AM PST by BeAllYouCanBe (Until Americans love their own children more than they love Nancy Pelosi this suicide will continue.)
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To: gusopol3

Daylight Saving Time is a Communist plot to sap our Precious Bodily Fluids.


17 posted on 03/08/2008 7:11:25 AM PST by Condor51 (If my nose was runnin' money, I'd blow it all on you.)
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To: Tax-chick

yeah, but you’d have an excuse this week


18 posted on 03/08/2008 7:55:27 AM PST by gusopol3
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To: aruanan

I have actually heard this proposed by radical Greens. They say that if we all had to get up at sunrise and work hard all day growing food by hand/with horses and went to sleep at sundown, we would not need to use electricity at all.

Now, I want to see these people actually do that without the safety net of their trust funds.


19 posted on 03/08/2008 8:57:06 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: gusopol3

I lead the choir. Being late would be *bad*!


20 posted on 03/08/2008 1:33:11 PM PST by Tax-chick (Let all creation sing of salvation. Let us together give praise forever!)
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