I know we're supposed to get an extra hour of daylight but I'd take less daylight over the hell it creates for my body to re-adjust! My kids are having the worst time going to sleep tonight because of it! Is it really all that necessary to put us through every 6 months?
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I know how you are feeling. Here in Indiana, it's the first time in many years that we used Daylight Savings Time. Until yesterday, parts of Indiana and Arizona were exempt from using DST. Since our govenor signed a new law, we are now on track with everyone else. I had to set all of our watches and clockes ahead 1 hour for the first time.
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Because some people cannot get up at the proper time of day to do their work they do not understand those who do.\n\nThere is the same number of hours of daylight either side of noon so adjust your day to suit that. There is no need to have British Summer Time, Daylight Saving Time, etc so stick to the natural time for your area of the world. That means GMT in the UK
353577
It was put in place for farmers who need the daylight to work. I personally think it is ridiculous in this day and age. I would be all for giving it up. Arizona doesn't even abide by it
79883
I like it when it stays lighter later. Who care if its dark in the morning? I would rather have an extra hour of light in the evening!!!
30938
Your answer can be found here:\nhttp://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html\n\nThis is very interesting.  I didn't even know Congress changed it.
438021
I believe you are referring to the changes in the seasons.  Because the rotational axis of the earth is tilted a bit more than 23 degrees away from it's orbital plane the earth gets a bit more in the way of the sun (so to speak) as winter approaches so sunrise is a bit later each day, and sunset a bit earlier.  After the winter solstice less and less of the earth is in the way, so sunrise starts a bit earlier each day, and sunset a bit later, until the summer solstice.  Interestingly dusk is longer in the winter because the sun rises and sets at more of an angle to the horizon.  For the same reason, in the tropics dusk is shorter because the sun rises and sets more nearly vertical.  In the more northern part of the northern hemisphere and the more southern part of the southern hemisphere dusk may last all night long in the summer (culminating in the "midnight sun" north of the arctic or south of the antarctic circles).  In addition, due to the refraction of the atmosphere we see the sun earlier than actual sunrise and later than actual sunset (the atmosphere acts as sort of a lens).
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The additional month will come at the end.\n\n"Daylight savings time commonly begins in the northern hemisphere on either the first Sunday in April or the last Sunday in March, and ends on the last Sunday in October. \n\nHowever, beginning in 2007, the United States will begin observing DST on the second Sunday of March until the first Sunday in November"\n\n-taken from Wikipedia.\n\nHope this helps
205521
It sounds like you might not be getting quality sleep...see below....\n\nAccording to a poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, adults in America average 6.9 hours of sleep each night, which is slightly less than the recommended range of 7-9 hours. Sleeping gives the mind and body an opportunity to work. During sleep, the body does repair work by replacing old cells with new ones and re-energizing the organs and muscles. Also during sleep the brain is busy sorting through all the events of the day and storing the day’s learning into memory. \n\nThe quality and quantity of the sleep you get will determine how productive the next day will be. Here are some tips to help you get the sleep you need and deserve.\n\nEstablish and maintain a regular bed and wake time schedule, including weekends. \nDevelop a regular bedtime routine that is relaxing. Examples include soaking a hot bath or reading a good book. \nCreate a sleep inviting environment that is dark, quiet, comfortable, and cool. \nMake sure you have a comfortable mattress and pillows. \nUse your bedroom only for sleeping and relaxing. It is not wise to take work materials and computers into your sleeping environment. \nEat the last meal of your day at least two to three hours before bedtime. \nComplete your exercise routines at least a few hours before bedtime. \nAvoid caffeine close to bedtime as it may keep you awake. \nThe amount of sleep each person requires varies from individual to individual. When you get the right amount of sleep, you should not feel sleepy the next day. If sleepiness is creating problems in daily activities, you probably need more sleep. \n\nAccording to the National Sleep Foundation, the amount of sleep recommended, according to age, is as follows:\n\nInfants/Babies (including naps) \n0-2 months: 10.5-18.5 hours \n2-12 months: 14-15 hours \nToddlers/Children (including naps) 12-18 months: 13-15 hours \n18 months to 3 years: 12-14 hours \n3-5 years: 11-13 hours \n5-12 years: 9-11 hours \nAdolescents 8.5 -9.5 hours \nAdults/Older Persons On Average 7-9 hours \nSleep is as important to our health and well-being as air, food, and water. You may need to seek to advise of your doctor, if problems getting quality sleep last for more than a week and become bothersome or if sleepiness interferes with the way you feel or function during the day. \n\nDon’t deprive yourself of the precious sleep your body needs to stay healthy. Remember, when you get the right amount of quality sleep, you’ll wake up feeling fresh, alert, and ready to face your day.\n\nSource: The National Sleep Institute
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0 minutes. A little fact for you: Ever half hour you spend on a tanning bed is equivalent to being out in the sun for 8 hours. \n\nThat means it is 16 times worse. Do you REALLY want to risk it?
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Your Circadian Rhythm is out of sync.\n\nFirst, you need to shut down ALL electical devices in your room.  No LIGHT whatsoever.\n\nTake a quality Melatonin supplement an hour or so before bed, which should be around 10pm. A nutritionist or health food store should have melatonin.\n\nDo NOT eat past 5pm.  Do not drink past 7pm.\nTry to listen to WHITE NOISE or other relaxing music, or even the rain or ocean CD's you can buy at the store.\n\nIF you have to go to the bathroom at night, DO  NOT  turn on the lights.  The minute your body detects light, your mind's production/usage of melatonin stops.\n\nWhen the sun rises in the morning,  GET UP.  Go outside and stare indirectly at the morning light.  DO this for 20 minutes.  DO this for 2-3 days.  You can do light exercise at this time.  Joga or Stretching and breathing.  This morning routine, will reset your internal clock to your geographic time zone.  This is also a known help for those with jet-lag.\n\nTry these ideas for a week, and see if you make any progress.
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If Daylight Savings Time were observed during the winter, children would be going to school in the dark.  We tried this one year, with DST starting in February.  Kids were going to school in the dark at 7:30 am.  The experiment was not repeated.\n\nWhen I was a kid, DST would start, I think, during the Memorial Day weekend.  Now it starts on the first weekend of April (near Easter, usually) and ends on the last weekend of October (near Halloween).  I think this timing is more appropriate.\n\nThe Wikipedia article on DST states that DST will be extended in 2007, from mid-March to early November, in order to save fuel.  I'm not so sure this is a good idea.
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"The change to Daylight Saving Time (not Savings!) allows us to use less energy in lighting our homes by taking advantage of the longer and later daylight hours."\n\nAs an aside, my birthday is on one of the last days in October, meaning that sometimes I have a 25-hour birthday... at least until 2007, when the time change back from DST will be pushed to the end of November.
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You sound exactly like me.  It is now 4:07 a.m. my local time, and I will probably be up another hour or so.  I just cannot get to sleep any earlier.  It stinks because I want to sleep past noon.  I have always been a night owl and not a morning person, but this is getting to be ridiculous.  I am also thinking of seeing a specialist.  I don't do well on 8 hours of sleep.  I also need about 10.  Good luck!
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Its only a matter of perspective.  Not everyone finds the time because its not a "life altering" priority!!!!  It takes energy to be this way.  I ware make-up but not coiffed to every inch of my toes-frankly-who the hell cares what my toes look like????  I sure dont!  Look on the bright side-as you get older and older, you wont have the dexterity or physicality to be that way anyway!  Just get used to it now.  Keep your life simple!
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One question at a time.\n\nThe first one has been answered. Becasue of the earths tilt, countries in the southern hemisphere are closer to the sun in December than the countries in the northern hemisphere - that is why we have winer here (its further away). And when the earth goes around to the other side of its orbit around the sun in July, we in the northern hemisphere are closer, while they are farther. \n\nThis the general rule, however there are many other factors like elevation, precipitation, wind patterns, jet streams, ocean currents etc etc. so yes - every country in the northern hemisphere it is officially summer in july etc. but not necessarily as warm as some other countries can get. and vice versa for the southern hemisphere of course.\n\nAll of us - when we stand up, we are perpendicular to the earths surface no matter where we are. Imagine a ball ... and pins sticking straight out of the ball. This is how we'd look, so to a person on the south POLE, would be upside down to someone on the north POLE. or someone in one area, will be upside to someone else DIRECTLY on the other side the earth's surface. Everyone else will be in varying degrees of "upsidedownness"\n\nDaylight savings time is a pure man made concept. But again ... because of the tilt of the earth, during July etc. the sun shines longer on the northern hemisphere (The days are longer) and the southern hemisphere the days are shorter. This causes the sun to rise earlier and earlier and then after the longest day of the year, it reverses - the days get shorter and shorter. \n\nNow what happens is that you can wake up at 6 am and it still be pitch dark and 7 am it starts to rise and 8 am its fully light. So they change the time to go an hour back (Fall Back) and this allows the time now to be 5 am as pitch dark, 6 am start rise, and 7 am fully light. So for people who wake up at 7 am everyday, the first plan it will be kinda  dark when they wake up but with daylight savings, it will be fully light when they wake up! Thus its just something certain countries do to be able to have light for when most people wake up in the morning - even if you are not a mornig person - about 90% of people wake up at that time to to go to work\n\nHope all this made sense and email me at alxsml@yahoo.com for more clarification.
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The guidelines on how much sleep people need are just that - guidelines. They are not one-size fits all, and different people need different amounts of sleep. If you are in good health and don't feel tired, then consider yourself lucky to need so little sleep. I seem to need around 8-10 hrs, which is a total drag and dosen't fit into my schedule at all - I wish I had your "problem" :).
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Completely pissed off. I have a 3 year old that I have to stay up every night with and tonite she finally went to sleep. I was so happy that I was gonna get some sleep and actually get to sleep in the bed with my husband and guess what...My friggin step kids are here visiting for the weekend and were so loud they woke her up. They were told to stay out of the living room and be quiet and they were so loud in the living room that they woke her up and now my husband has to go be with her. So, I am in a p*ssy mood. A very p*ssy mood.