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		<title>Next Time Don&#8217;t Complain, Tell a Joke Instead!</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2010/05/13/next-dont-complain-tell-a-joke-instead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 14:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost all serial killers are men. That&#8217;s &#8217;cause women like to kill one man slowly over many, many years.  (Robert Duchaine)
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Men who consistently leave the toilet seat up secretly want women to get up to go the bathroom in the middle of the night and fall in.  (Rita Rudner)
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		<title>How Do You React to Stress?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stress can be managed.  When you allow yourself to feel the stress, if you are mindful of the causes, you are actually taking the first step towards making the changes necessary to more permanently alleviate your angst.  Don't run from stress or you'll be stuck in the status quo.]]></description>
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		<title>Try and Take Full Advantage of Recovery Days &#8211; Especially over the Holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recovery days are important for health, safety, and productivity at home and at work.  Instead of finding other ways to cope with working shifts, use your recovery days to re-group and de-stress.]]></description>
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		<title>Can Music Calm a Shift Worker&#8217;s Soul – and Improve Sleep as Well?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listening to music can help shift workers reduce stress and lower blood pressure as well as having a healing effect on many of the other challenges that come from working shift work. ]]></description>
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		<title>New Research Proves – You are what you eat – More than Ever!</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/12/07/new-research-proves-%e2%80%93-you-are-what-you-eat-%e2%80%93-more-than-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low fat, high carb diets help shift workers raise serotonin levels. ]]></description>
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		<title>Plan Ahead for Ghosts and Goblins When Working Shift Work!</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/10/25/plan-ahead-for-ghosts-and-goblins-when-working-shift-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ideas for celebrating Halloween when you have to work that day.]]></description>
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		<title>Working Nights Featured in Corporate Wellness Magazine&#8217;s September Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate Wellness Magazine features two articles by Working Nights in their September magazine.]]></description>
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		<title>Lowering Stress and Anxiety for Shift Workers (and for others too!)</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/08/06/lowering-stress-and-anxiety-for-shift-workers-and-for-others-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working shifts is very stressful, but there are ways to relieve tension and anxiety resulting from the work schedule.]]></description>
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		<title>Calendar Contest Provides Healthy Benefits for Kids and Adults</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ‘Working Nights’  is announcing its new 2010 Working Nights Creative Arts Calendar Contest offering organizations the opportunity to create a custom health and safety calendar incorporating winning illustrations or photographs submitted by company employees and their family members.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Serotonin, the Happiness Holy Grail</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/07/22/serotonin-the-happiness-holy-grail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shift workers have less serotonin that day-time workers so their sleep, appetite, mood, body temperature are impacted. ]]></description>
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