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I'm Marlene Harris-Taylor sitting in for Amy Eddings today, and I was thinking that we are about to go through an annual fall ritual this weekend.
 
No, I鈥檓 not talking about Halloween parties and celebrations. I鈥檓 referring to turning our clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday for
 
Doctors say it interrupts our , also known as your internal body clock. The annual 鈥渟pring forward and fall back鈥� can create a feeling of jet lag, with most of the effects only temporary and people tending to adjust in a few days. But losing an hour of evening light in the fall is not only annoying, it has been associated with . And there might be even more serious health effects, such as an increase in the risk of stroke, according to .
 
Daylight saving time has a long history all over the world, but it was formalized in the United States in 1918 to give more sunlight hours in the evening in the summer. Some advocates say this saves on electricity costs but others say the .
 
There is a national movement to ditch the time switch and keep one standard time all year long. A bill called the has been introduced in Congress and President Donald Trump tweeted
 

  I鈥檒l be back next Friday
(I hope we鈥檝e all adjusted our circadian rhythms by then!),
Marlene Harris-Taylor

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Even though video games have been around for decades and more than 150 million Americans play them, they鈥檙e still kind of niche and young in the art world. The Akron Art Museum is challenging that notion with a new exhibit on gaming. Do video games get enough recognition as works of art? Call us at  (216) 916-6476 or post on  . We'll feature some of your thoughts and comments here in Noon(ish) and on Morning Edition.