NATIONAL SLEEP AWARENESS WEEK

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NATIONAL SLEEP AWARENESS WEEK

• DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

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NATIONAL SLEEP AWARENESS WEEKMarch 3 9, 2008

• March 9 marks the end of National Sleep Awareness
  Week
• Most of the nation will set clocks forward one
  hour at 200 a.m. marking the beginning of
  Daylight Saving Time (DST)

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Idea of Daylight Saving Time

• First conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 in
  an essay An Economical Project
• Advocated seriously by a London builder, William
  Willett in 1907 in the pamphlet Waste of
  Daylight
• Proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of
  four Sundays in April and retarding them by the
  same amount on four Sundays in September.

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• Everyone appreciates the long, light evenings.
  Everyone laments their shortage as Autumn
  approaches and everyone has given utterance to
  regret that the clear, bright light of an early
  morning during Spring and Summer months is so
  seldom seen or used.

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• Daylight Saving Time has been used in the United
  States and in many European countries since World
  War I in an effort to conserve fuel.
• President Roosevelt instituted year-round DST
  called War Time 2/2/42 to 9-30-45.

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• Inconsistent use in the U.S.
• Uniform Time Act of 1966
• Still has some inconsistencies
• Daylight Saving Time in the USA legislation
  enacted in 1986.
• August, 2005
• President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy
  Act of 2005
• Changed time change dates for DST in USA
  beginning in 2007

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• 2007
• DST will begin the second Sunday in March and end
  the first Sunday in November.
• Secretary of Energy evaluates the effectiveness
  of the change.
• Congress retains the right to resume the 2005
  Daylight Saving Time schedule.

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Daylight Saving Time Schedule

• Begins Ends
• 2008 March 9 November 2
• 2009 March 8 November 1
• 2010 March 14 November 7
• 2011 March 13 November 6

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• DST saves energy
• DOT reports a savings of equivalent of 10,000
  barrels of oil/day.
• DST saves lives and prevents traffic injuries
• Allows more people to travel home from work and
  school in daylight which is much safer than
  darkness

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• DST prevents crime!
• People get home from work, school, and complete
  errands and chores in daylight.
• Reduces exposure to various crimes that are more
  common in darkness.

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• Department of Transportation
• Estimated that 50 lives were saved and
  approximately 2,000 injuries were prevented in
  March and April of the study years.
• An estimated 28 million was saved in traffic
  accident costs

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Dont Lose Sleep When Daylight Saving Time Returns

• It happens in the middle of the night once a
  year, and can affect you and your children for
  several days.
• The annual spring forward ritual can cause
  disruptions in normal sleep patterns for children
  and adults. The National Sleep Foundation says
  there are steps you can take to minimize the
  sleep loss and enjoy the benefits of healthy
  sleep and productive days.

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Daylight Saving Time

• MARCH 9, 2008
• Before you retire on March 8 (Saturday)
• Set your clocks forward one hour
• Change the batteries in your smoke detectors

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Surviving Daylight Time Change

• Children
• Maintain your childs regular sleep, wake and nap
  times.
• Try not to compensate for the lost hour by
  delaying bedtime or allowing your child to sleep
  in.
• This will increase the time it takes to
  transition.
• There may be some crankiness from being tired,
  but this should last only a day or two.

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• Make gradual adjustments
• Some parents find it best to try to start making
  adjustments on Saturday night rather than wait
  until Sunday, a school night.
• Try making a slow transition starting on Thursday
  night before the time change.
• Move bedtime earlier by 15 minutes/night.

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Surviving Daylight Time Change

• Adults
• By making a few simple lifestyle changes, most
  people can achieve the sleep that is needed to
  feel alert refreshed and ready to take on the
  day.

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• These steps can help you transition into Daylight
  Saving Time
• Sleep a little more than usual a few nights prior
  to immediately following the time change.
• Take a nap in the afternoon on Sunday if you need
  it, but not within a few hours of your regular
  bedtime.
• Too close to bedtime can disrupt nighttime sleep.

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• Say YES to sleep
• even when youre
• tempted to stay up late.
• Youll thank yourself
• in the morning.

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Shhhhhh Make Sleep a Priority