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		<title>Sleeping on the Job</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/03/27/sleeping-on-the-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Factors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An air traffic controller fell asleep during the fourth night shift in a row.Â Â Â  The papers said he was working alone andÂ  working from 10pm to 6am.Â Â  I know the difficulties of staying awake during those hours.Â  Now he is suspended for sleeping on the job.Â  Others will also face criticism and discipline for doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Your Circadian Rhythms</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/03/13/watch-your-circadian-rhythms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Managing Fatigue Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will people that work with you, or you, be more tired Monday morning? Â I&#8217;ve read several studies from the last few years that there are higher risks of heart attacks, traffic accidents, and workplace incidents on the first Monday of Daylight Savings Time.
It usually takes me a few days to adjust to the one hour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep Problems Lead to Other Problems</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/03/13/sleep-problems-lead-to-other-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Managing Fatigue Articles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/?p=476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Itâ€™s interesting that pipeline controllers need to be provided the opportunity for eight hours sleep, and twelve hours between shifts should provide that.Â  The ongoing challenge for anyone who works rotating shifts or their managers is providing education and suggestions and counsel about how to address those things, like sleep disorders, that may hinder getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distractedness: Part of Being Human</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/03/08/distractedness-part-of-being-human/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I advise people that we seek distractions, and I am learning it&#8217;s a natural part of being human.Â  In The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, Nicholas Carr writes, &#8220;the natural state of the human brain, like that of the brains of most of our relatives in the animal kingdom, is one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Sleep Awareness Week March 7-13</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/03/07/national-sleep-awareness-week-march-7-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managing Fatigue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/?p=472</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s National Sleep Awareness Week.Â  Are you aware of your need for sleep?Â  There&#8217;s a difference between awareness and action.Â  According to an article in today&#8217;s Marietta Daily Journal, more than a third of American adults sleep less than seven hours a night.Â  Many of them report troubles concentrating, remembering, and driving.Â  The Centers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elephant in the Control Room is Fatigue</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/02/21/elephant-in-the-control-room-is-fatigue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Control Room Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managing Fatigue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/?p=469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone asked for this presentation, which I did at the American Petroleum Institute Control Room Forum in November 2010.Â  It was already on the site.Â  For more information on fatigue, look at the categories.Â  Thanks for your interest.Â  E-mail charles@charlesalday.com for additional information.
There&#8217;s an Elephant in the Control Room-v4
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		<title>Errors by Air Traffic Controllers May Have Doubled</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/02/20/errors-by-air-traffic-controllers-may-have-doubled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/02/20/errors-by-air-traffic-controllers-may-have-doubled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Control Room Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/?p=465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Google Alert about human error caught my attention, since I am flying around the USA in early 2011.Â  It made me wonder about other control rooms and controllers, like pipeline controllers.Â  The number of operating errors in a twelve month period that ended September 30, 2010 was 1889 compared to 947 in the preceding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep Is Important Every Day &#8211; I&#8217;m Angry!</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/02/10/sleep-is-important-every-day-im-angry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/02/10/sleep-is-important-every-day-im-angry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Managing Fatigue Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managing Fatigue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/?p=462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m angry at myself!Â Â  Monday morning,Â  I decided to go to bed at 10pm because I had to get up at 6am Tuesday.Â Â  And i know that about eight hours of sleep is what I need every 24 hours.Â  Monday night I went to bed at 11:45pm.Â Â Â  I decided to catch up on some accounting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Managing Fatigue Is Important &#8211; Someone Has to Watch</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/02/09/why-managing-fatigue-is-important-someone-has-to-watch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/02/09/why-managing-fatigue-is-important-someone-has-to-watch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some must watch, while some must sleep. Thus runs the world away. ~ Shakespeare
Human beings watch all night in control centers, hospitals, factories, police stations and many places in the modern world. Pipeline controllers &#8220;control and monitor.&#8221;Â Â  It&#8217;s that monitoring function that is difficult, particularly in highly automated environments.Â  Those who watch also want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Volker: A Good Way to Begin 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/01/01/meeting-volker-a-good-way-to-begin-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlesalday.com/v1/2011/01/01/meeting-volker-a-good-way-to-begin-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My wife asked me to buy some gifts for some of our friends.Â  We&#8217;re in Heidelberg, Germany and had just finished an excellent lunch at Vetter&#8217;s.Â  I noticed a small shop across the street and walked in.Â  The proprietor greeted me in German, but switched to English when I said, &#8220;Hello.&#8221;Â Â  He was friendly and [...]]]></description>
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