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		<title>Zumba: Get your groove on this summer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year I discussed the latest fitness trend: outdoor workouts. But lately it seems everywhere I go, I’m hearing about this other new exercise craze: Zumba. So I thought I’d find out what it’s all about and if it’s for me (and my office-mates)…
What is Zumba?
Zumba combines the driving rhythms of Latin music and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cutting through the iPad clutter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not much of a tech gadget person, but I took notice with Apple’s iPad burst onto the scene early this year, and I can see the appeal to line up for hours to get one of the first Pads when they were dropped onto retail shelves a Saturday not long ago. The iPad looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annoyed with Luggage Fees?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a business person, whether in HR or in some other business sector, the chances are that you travel a lot. Time is money, so to use it effectively we usually travel by planes. Ten years back, as passengers we had a lot more rights and perks than we have today, from free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleeping on the Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[benefits of napping at work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever caught yourself falling asleep while still at work? The article Longer Work Days Leave Americans Nodding Off On the Job brings some interesting facts about our sleep habits and offers some tips for getting more sleep. 
While few years back, if caught sleeping at the job could possibly get you fired, today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look Ma - No Hands!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This winter I’ve been thinking a lot about getting a hands-free phone for my car. It’s not like  I’m a real “road warrior”, but there are certainly times when I would be great to be able to quickly answer a team member’s question, or listen in on a conference call when I also have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Fever at the Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monthly Feature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Winter Olympics is now in progress, and much of the world is captivated with Olympic Fever.  Aside from extended daily water cooler talk, how do you plan to celebrate the Games with your office-mates?
Here are few ideas to light the Olympic flame at your workplace:
Host a Canada party: To celebrate the host [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Up in the Air bringing you down?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As human resource professionals, you’ve likely seen the latest hit movie Up in the Air. And it’s just as likely that you’ve fielded a few jabs from friends about its portrayal of the human resource industry – or at least part of it. The movie, which has everyone talking, seems to speak to corporate America’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Office Book Club</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I regularly receive a newsletter from About.com HR, and they recently included a great article How to Implement a Book Club at Work. Being in a book club outside of work, I thought this was an interesting idea, and it got me thinking about how early on in my career, my mentor used to give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Eating Healthy in the Workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Lunchroom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holidays are over and it’s time to get back into shape. Last year, I decided to treat myself better and by that I mean eating healthier and exercising more. Working in the office environment and eating healthy can be often challenging so I look for help to stay on track and most often I find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking it to the great outdoors – the trend towards outdoor corporate fitness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fitness programs have become an essential in today’s workplace. Corporations are constantly seeking ways to support employees with gym memberships, on-site fitness facilities and other programs dedicated to improving their health and well being and reducing absenteeism. 
Across the country, progressive and creative companies are taking the idea a step further by taking their programs [...]]]></description>
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