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<b>--SUPERS</b>--</p><p>:14 - :17</p><p>Library of Congress</p><p>//</p><p>:21 - :25</p><p>Library of Congress</p><p>//</p><p>:26 - :31</p><p>Geoff Chester</p><p>U.S. Naval Observatory</p><p>//</p><p>:54 - 1:00</p><p>Dr. Russell Rosenberg</p><p>National Sleep Foundation</p><p>//</p><p>1:11 - 1:19</p><p>Dr. Russell Rosenberg</p><p>National Sleep Foundation</p><br /><p>
<b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p><p>Time is not on your side this weekend. When clocks spring forward early Sunday morning to observe daylight saving time, you'll lose one hour. Karin Caifa (prono: KAY-fuh) looks at why we spring forward anyway, and how to cope with the change.</p><br /><p>
<b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p><p>SOME WEEKENDS FLY BY MORE QUICKLY THAN OTHERS. THIS WEEKEND, IT'S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION. MOST OF THE COUNTRY LOSES ONE HOUR -- 'SPRINGING AHEAD."</p><p>THE CONCEPT OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME CAN BE TRACED BACK TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, BUT GEOFF CHESTER OF THE U-S NAVAL OBSERVATORY - THE NATION'S AUTHORITY ON TIMEKEEPING - SAYS IIT REALLY GREW ALONG WITH VICTORY GARDENS DURING WORLD WAR ONE.</p><p>The idea of having an extra hour of daylight after work meant that workers could go home from the factory and have an extra hour to tend their victory gardens</p><p>DECADES LATER, IT'S STILL AROUND. BUT SOME STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED BUMPS IN HEART ATTACKS AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOLLOWING THE "SPRING AHEAD." NOT TO MENTION GRUMPY WORKERS ON MONDAY MORNING, WHEN THE NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION SAYS YOU'LL FEEL IT MOST. SO RATHER THAN TRY TO STEAL THAT HOUR BACK BY SLEEPING IN -- </p><p>Get up, take some exercise, get out and get some light, which will help set the alarm clock in your brain so that it's not so difficult to wake up on Monday morning. </p><p>THEY ALSO SUGGEST USING THE OCCASION TO TAKE STOCK OF SLEEPING HABITS, LIKE KICKING CERTAIN ITEMS OUT OF THE BEDROOM. </p><p>Put aside the cell phone, the ipad and other electronic decives that keep us connected so that you're no disturbed by them in the middle of the night. </p><p>AND LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE.THE TIME CHANGE MEANS WARMER DAYS OF SPRING AND SUMMER, ARE ON THE WAY.</p><p>IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA. </p><p>
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</p><p>daylight saving time, clocks, spring forward, spring ahead, sleep</p><br />